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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 日本 |
にっぽん |
Japan |
11 |
| 日本 |
にほん |
Japan |
11 |
| 本 |
ほん |
(n,pref) book; main; head; this; our; counter for long cylindrical things |
110 |
| 本 |
もと |
(n,n-suf,n-t) (1) origin; original |
110 |
| 以下 |
いか |
(n) less than; up to; below; under; and downward; not exceeding; the following; the rest |
263 |
| 基本 |
きほん |
(n) foundation; basis; standard |
464 |
| 日本語 |
にっぽんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 日本語 |
にほんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 地下鉄 |
ちかてつ |
(n) underground train; subway |
697 |
| 投稿 |
とうこう |
(n,vs) contribution; submission |
750 |
| 本社 |
ほんしゃ |
(n) head office; main office; headquarters |
770 |
| 本人 |
ほんにん |
(n) the person himself |
784 |
| 本線 |
ほんせん |
(n) main line |
839 |
| 脚本 |
きゃくほん |
(n) scenario |
903 |
| 西日本 |
にしにっぽん |
western Japan |
976 |
| 西日本 |
にしにほん |
western Japan |
976 |
| 本名 |
ほんみょう |
(n) real name |
1009 |
| 本名 |
ほんめい |
(n) real name |
1009 |
| 本来 |
ほんらい |
(n-adv,n-t,adj-no) essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself; originally |
1131 |
| 本部 |
ほんぶ |
(n) headquarters |
1194 |
| 日本人 |
にっぽんじん |
(n) Japanese person |
1237 |
| 日本人 |
にほんじん |
(n) Japanese person |
1237 |
| 投手 |
とうしゅ |
(n) (baseball) pitcher |
1266 |
| 全日本 |
ぜんにほん |
(exp) All-Japan |
1268 |
| 資料 |
しりょう |
(n) materials; data |
1354 |
| 資格 |
しかく |
(n) qualifications; requirements; capabilities |
1462 |
| 投票 |
とうひょう |
(n,vs) voting; poll |
1514 |
| 資本 |
しほん |
(n) funds; capital |
1561 |
| 下り |
くだり |
(n,n-suf) down-train (going away from Tokyo) |
1604 |
| 地下 |
ちか |
(n) basement; underground |
1634 |
| 投げる |
なげる |
(v1) to throw; to cast away |
1944 |
| 本塁打 |
ほんるいだ |
(n) home run (baseball) |
2148 |
| 本格 |
ほんかく |
(n) propriety; fundamental rules |
2246 |
| 低下 |
ていか |
(n,vs) fall; decline; lowering; deterioration |
2339 |
| 投入 |
とうにゅう |
(n,vs) throw; investment; making (an electrical circuit) |
2433 |
| 本体 |
ほんたい |
(n) substance; real form; object of worship |
2608 |
| 資金 |
しきん |
(n) funds; capital |
2693 |
| 資源 |
しげん |
(n) resources |
2720 |
| 上下 |
うえした |
(n) high and low; up and down; unloading and loading; praising and blaming |
2752 |
| 上下 |
かみしも |
(n) samurai garb; an old ceremonial garb; the government and the people; the upper and the lower parts of the body |
2752 |
| 上下 |
しょうか |
(n) high and low; the government and the people; going up and down |
2752 |
| 上下 |
じょうげ |
(n,vs) high and low; up and down; unloading and loading; praising and blaming |
2752 |
| 下記 |
かき |
(adj-no,n) the following |
2842 |
| 本拠地 |
ほんきょち |
(n) stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters |
2887 |
| 投資 |
とうし |
(n) investment |
2897 |
| 本店 |
ほんてん |
(n) head office |
2972 |
| 資産 |
しさん |
(n) property; fortune; means; assets |
3110 |
| 下位 |
かい |
(n) low rank; subordinate; lower order (e.g. byte) |
3372 |
| 下車 |
げしゃ |
(n,vs) alighting; getting off |
3381 |
| 部下 |
ぶか |
(n) subordinate person |
3522 |
| 日本一 |
にほんいち |
(n) Japan's best; number one in Japan |
3593 |
| 日本海 |
にっぽんかい |
(n) Sea of Japan |
3608 |
| 日本海 |
にほんかい |
(n) Sea of Japan |
3608 |
| 出資 |
しゅっし |
(n) investment; contribution; financing |
3679 |
| 傘下 |
さんか |
(n) affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella |
3791 |
| 下部 |
かぶ |
(n) substructure; lower part; subordinate (office) |
4074 |
| 下部 |
しもべ |
(n) servant; manservant |
4074 |
| 本数 |
ほんすう |
(n) number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc) |
4079 |
| 下さる |
くださる |
(v5aru) (hon) to give; to confer |
4371 |
| 本土 |
ほんど |
(n) mainland; one's home country; the country proper |
4530 |
| 下す |
くだす |
(v5s) to lower; to let go down |
4613 |
| 天下 |
てんか |
(n) the world; whole country; descent from heaven; having one's own way; the public; the ruling power |
4673 |
| 藤本 |
とうほん |
(n) climbing trees; liana |
4759 |
| 根本 |
こんぽん |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
4778 |
| 根本 |
ねもと |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
4778 |
| 投球 |
とうきゅう |
(n,vs) pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball |
4808 |
| 落下 |
らっか |
(n,vs) fall; drop; come down |
5105 |
| 本当に |
ほんとうに |
(adv) really; truly |
5210 |
| 本文 |
ほんぶん |
(n) text (of document); body (of letter) |
5253 |
| 本文 |
ほんもん |
(n) text (of document); body (of letter) |
5253 |
| 下旬 |
げじゅん |
(n-adv,n-t) month (last third of) |
5300 |
| 日本航空 |
にっぽんこうくう |
JAL; Japan Air Lines |
5317 |
| 下げる |
さげる |
(v1) to hang; to lower; to move back; to wear; to dismiss; to grant |
5425 |
| 単行本 |
たんこうぼん |
(n) special book; separate volume; book of lectures |
5467 |
| 下がる |
さがる |
(v5r) to hang down; to abate; to retire; to fall; to step back |
5484 |
| 下田 |
げでん |
(n) worn-out rice land |
5569 |
| 絵本 |
えほん |
(n) picture book |
5610 |
| 下目 |
しため |
(n) downward glance; contemptuous look |
5706 |
| 下野 |
げや |
(n) retirement from public office |
5736 |
| 下る |
くだる |
(v5r) to get down; to descend |
5924 |
| 下流 |
かりゅう |
(n) downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes |
5932 |
| 本州 |
ほんしゅう |
main island of four main islands of Japan |
5946 |
| 本物 |
ほんもの |
(n) genuine article |
6001 |
| 配下 |
はいか |
(n) subordinates; one's followers |
6113 |
| 下院 |
かいん |
(n) Lower House; lower (legislative) body |
6143 |
| 本質 |
ほんしつ |
(n) essence; true nature; reality |
6185 |
| 本尊 |
ほんぞん |
(n) principal image of Buddha; idol; object of adoration; the man himself; the master of the house |
6203 |
| 本国 |
ほんごく |
(n) one's own country |
6206 |
| 降下 |
こうか |
(n) fall; descent; (plane) landing; (atmos.) depression |
6406 |
| 本家 |
ほんけ |
(n) head house (family); birthplace; originator |
6535 |
| 本拠 |
ほんきょ |
(n) stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters |
6552 |
| 本当 |
ほんとう |
(adj-na,n) truth; reality |
6569 |
| 旗本 |
はたもと |
(n) shogunal vassal |
6673 |
| 物資 |
ぶっし |
(n) goods; materials |
6833 |
| 投下 |
とうか |
(n,vs) throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment |
6922 |
| 日本書紀 |
にほんしょき |
Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan) |
6933 |
| 城下町 |
じょうかまち |
(n) castle town; town around castle |
7254 |
| 投じる |
とうじる |
(v1) to throw; to cast; to invest |
7543 |
| 最下位 |
さいかい |
(n) the lowest rank; the bottom; the cellar |
7553 |
| 本山 |
ほんざん |
(n) head temple; this temple |
7555 |
| 本堂 |
ほんどう |
(n) main temple building; nave |
7568 |
| 下ろす |
おろす |
(v5s) to take down; to launch; to drop; to lower; to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge |
7618 |
| 標本 |
ひょうほん |
(n) example; specimen |
7688 |
| 幕下 |
まくした |
(n) junior class sumo wrestler or division |
7691 |
| 本館 |
ほんかん |
(n) main building |
7725 |
| 台本 |
だいほん |
(n) libretto; scenario |
8014 |
| 信越本線 |
しねつほんせん |
Shinetsu Main Line (Gunma-Nagano-Niigata Railway) |
8058 |
| 投与 |
とうよ |
(n,vs) prescribing medicine; administering (medicine) |
8066 |
| 融資 |
ゆうし |
(n) financing; loan |
8137 |
| 本番 |
ほんばん |
(n) the actual performance; without rehearsal |
8146 |
| 紀勢本線 |
きせいほんせん |
Kisei Main Line (Wakayama-Mie Railway) |
8272 |
| 写本 |
しゃほん |
(n) manuscript; written copy; codex |
8364 |
| 門下 |
もんか |
(n) one's pupil or student or follower |
8594 |
| 本校 |
ほんこう |
(n) main school; this school |
8632 |
| 下着 |
したぎ |
(n) underwear |
8639 |
| 本気 |
ほんき |
(adj-na,n) seriousness; truth; sanctity |
8686 |
| 本島 |
ほんとう |
(n) main island; this island |
8749 |
| 日豊本線 |
にっぽうほんせん |
Nippon Main Line (Kagoshima-Miyazaki-Fukuoka Railway) |
8759 |
| 本木 |
もとき |
(n) original stock |
8950 |
| 書き下ろす |
かきおろす |
(v5s) to write a play, book, filmscript, etc. |
9001 |
| 資材 |
しざい |
(n) (raw) material |
9129 |
| 南下 |
なんか |
(n,vs) going south |
9189 |
| 本丸 |
ほんまる |
(n) inner citadel |
9265 |
| 下手 |
したて |
(n) the foot; humble position; lower part; left part of the stage; lower direction |
9486 |
| 下手 |
したで |
(n) the foot; humble position; lower part; left part of the stage; lower direction |
9486 |
| 下手 |
しもて |
(n) the foot; humble position; lower part; left part of the stage; lower direction |
9486 |
| 下手 |
へた |
(adj-na,n) unskillful; poor; awkward |
9486 |
| 本殿 |
ほんでん |
(n) main shrine; inner sanctuary |
9541 |
| 日本銀行 |
にっぽんぎんこう |
(n) Bank of Japan |
9645 |
| 日本銀行 |
にほんぎんこう |
(n) Bank of Japan |
9645 |
| 本稿 |
ほんこう |
(n) this manuscript |
9655 |
| 投打 |
とうだ |
(n) pitching and batting |
9659 |
| 下水道 |
げすいどう |
(n) drain; sewer; drainage system |
9698 |
| 完投 |
かんとう |
(n,vs) going the whole distance; pitching a whole game |
9769 |
| 本因坊 |
ほんいんぼう |
(n) grand master of the game of go |
9805 |
| 下降 |
かこう |
(n) downward; descent; fall; drop; subsidence |
9931 |
| 城下 |
じょうか |
(n) land near the castle |
9979 |
| 下級 |
かきゅう |
(n) lower grade; low class; junior (officer) |
10179 |
| 格下げ |
かくさげ |
(n) demotion; downgrading |
10235 |
| 下山 |
げさん |
(n,vs) descending (mountain) |
10279 |
| 下山 |
げざん |
(n,vs) descending (mountain) |
10279 |
| 年下 |
としした |
(n) younger; junior |
10383 |
| 却下 |
きゃっか |
(n,vs) rejection; dismissal |
10537 |
| 松下電器 |
まつしたでんき |
Matsushita Electric Industrial |
10693 |
| 下 |
した |
(n) under; below; beneath |
10707 |
| 直下 |
ちょっか |
(n,vs) directly under; price cut; fall perpendicularly |
10779 |
| 下回る |
したまわる |
(v5r) to be less than; to be lower than |
10821 |
| 下町 |
したまち |
(n) Shitamachi; lower parts of town |
10845 |
| 投影 |
とうえい |
(n,vs) projection |
10931 |
| 本庁 |
ほんちょう |
(n) central government office; this office |
11097 |