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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 明治 |
めいじ |
Meiji era |
279 |
| 文化 |
ぶんか |
(n) culture; civilization |
281 |
| 文字 |
もじ |
(n) letter (of alphabet); character |
545 |
| 文字 |
もんじ |
(n) letter (of alphabet); character |
545 |
| 不明 |
ふめい |
(adj-na,n) unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; ignorant; lack of wisdom; anonymous; unidentified |
617 |
| 文学 |
ぶんがく |
(n) literature |
741 |
| 文 |
ふみ |
(n) letter; writings |
765 |
| 文 |
ぶん |
(n) sentence |
765 |
| 説明 |
せつめい |
(n,vs) explanation; exposition |
934 |
| 文庫 |
ぶんこ |
(n) library; book collection |
1048 |
| 文献 |
ぶんけん |
(n) literature; books (reference) |
1219 |
| 明らか |
あきらか |
(adj-na,n) obvious; evident; clear; plain |
1520 |
| 文化財 |
ぶんかざい |
(n) cultural assets; cultural property |
1725 |
| 文書 |
ぶんしょ |
(n) document; writing; letter; note; records; archives |
2076 |
| 文書 |
もんじょ |
(n) document; writing; letter; note; records; archives |
2076 |
| 証明 |
しょうめい |
(n,vs) proof; verification |
2502 |
| 天文 |
てんもん |
(n) astronomy |
2680 |
| 明確 |
めいかく |
(adj-na,n) clear up; clarify; define |
2694 |
| 文明 |
ぶんめい |
(n) civilization; culture |
2713 |
| 英文 |
えいぶん |
(n) sentence in English |
2811 |
| 文章 |
ぶんしょう |
(n) sentence; article |
2905 |
| 発明 |
はつめい |
(n,vs) invention |
3043 |
| 論文 |
ろんぶん |
(n) thesis; essay; treatise; paper |
3111 |
| 明るい |
あかるい |
(adj) bright; cheerful |
3152 |
| 表明 |
ひょうめい |
(n) declaration; indication; manifestation; demonstration; expression; announcement |
3250 |
| 天文学 |
てんもんがく |
(n) astronomy |
3264 |
| 判明 |
はんめい |
(n,vs) establishing; proving; identifying; confirming |
3298 |
| 文学部 |
ぶんがくぶ |
(n) department (faculty) of literature |
3495 |
| 明日 |
あした |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 明日 |
あす |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 明日 |
みょうにち |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 文部 |
もんぶ |
(n) (abbr) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
4053 |
| 文芸 |
ぶんげい |
(n) literature; art and literature; belles-lettres |
4054 |
| 照明 |
しょうめい |
(n) illumination |
4307 |
| 文法 |
ぶんぽう |
(n) grammar |
4677 |
| 天文台 |
てんもんだい |
(n) astronomical observatory |
4705 |
| 透明 |
とうめい |
(adj-na,n) transparency; cleanness |
4870 |
| 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 |
| 文藝春秋 |
ぶんげいしゅんじゅう |
name of publishing company |
5277 |
| 頭文字 |
かしらもじ |
(n) initials; first letter of a word |
5449 |
| 呪文 |
じゅもん |
(n) spell; charm; incantation |
5523 |
| 明記 |
めいき |
(n,vs) clear writing; specification |
5595 |
| 明かす |
あかす |
(v5s) to pass; spend; to reveal; to divulge |
5987 |
| 人文 |
じんぶん |
(n) humanity; civilization; culture |
6326 |
| 人文 |
じんもん |
(n) humanity; civilization; culture |
6326 |
| 明治維新 |
めいじいしん |
(n) Meiji Restoration |
6704 |
| 文政 |
ぶんせい |
(n) educational policies or administration |
6799 |
| 公明党 |
こうめいとう |
Justice Party |
7167 |
| 注文 |
ちゅうもん |
(n,vs) order; request |
7389 |
| 解明 |
かいめい |
(n,vs) elucidation; explication |
7409 |
| 文部省 |
もんぶしょう |
(n) (abbr) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
7511 |
| 夜明け |
よあけ |
(n) dawn; daybreak |
7618 |
| 小文字 |
こもじ |
(n) lower case letters |
7935 |
| 縄文 |
じょうもん |
(n) Jomon period; straw-rope pattern |
7973 |
| 明示 |
めいじ |
(n,vs) specification; explicitly state |
8130 |
| 未明 |
みめい |
(n-adv,n-t) early dawn; grey of morning |
8520 |
| 声明 |
せいめい |
(n) declaration; statement; proclamation |
8594 |
| 光文社 |
こうぶんしゃ |
Koubunsha (publisher) |
8717 |
| 天明 |
てんめい |
(n) dawn; daybreak |
8720 |
| 黎明 |
れいめい |
(n) daybreak; dawn |
8899 |
| 文字通り |
もじどおり |
(n-adv) literally |
9010 |
| 条文 |
じょうぶん |
(n) text; provisions (act, treaty) |
9015 |
| 文脈 |
ぶんみゃく |
(n) context |
9038 |
| 大文字 |
おおもじ |
(n) (1) upper case letters; large characters |
9265 |
| 大文字 |
だいもんじ |
(n) (1) upper case letters; large characters; (2) the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; (3) huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year |
9265 |
| 英明 |
えいめい |
(adj-na,n) intelligent; wise; bright; brilliant; clear-sighted |
9284 |
| 神明 |
しんめい |
(n) deity; God |
9566 |
| 文句 |
もんく |
(n) phrase; complaint |
9633 |
| 文化庁 |
ぶんかちょう |
(Japan's) Agency for Cultural Affairs |
10080 |
| 明治天皇 |
めいじてんのう |
(n) Emperor Meiji |
10119 |
| 文治 |
ぶんじ |
(n) civil administration |
10279 |
| 文治 |
ぶんち |
(n) civil administration |
10279 |
| 明言 |
めいげん |
(n) declaration; statement |
10328 |
| 原文 |
げんぶん |
(n) the text; original |
10368 |
| 構文 |
こうぶん |
(n) syntax; sentence structure |
10725 |
| 全文 |
ぜんぶん |
(n) whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph |
10830 |
| 明美 |
めいび |
(adj-na,n) picturesque; beautiful |
11255 |
| 文体 |
ぶんたい |
(n) literary style |
11423 |
| 明大 |
めいだい |
(abbr) Meiji University |
11450 |
| 公文書 |
こうぶんしょ |
(n) official document; archives |
11461 |
| 明徳 |
めいとく |
(n) virtue |
11461 |
| 文系 |
ぶんけい |
(n) humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts |
11506 |
| 文理 |
ぶんり |
(n) literature and science; context; (line of) reasoning |
11586 |
| 明星 |
みょうじょう |
(n) morning star; Venus; Lucifer; (literary) star |
11606 |
| 明け |
あけ |
(n,n-suf) beginning; dawn; end; expiration |
11802 |
| 光明 |
こうみょう |
(n) glory; hope; right future |
11817 |
| 碑文 |
ひぶん |
(n) inscription; epitaph; epigraph |
11817 |
| 鮮明 |
せんめい |
(adj-na,n) vivid; clear; distinct |
11860 |
| 国文学 |
こくぶんがく |
(n) Japanese literature |
11981 |
| 明白 |
あからさま |
(adj-na,n) (uk) obvious; overt; plainly; frankly |
12187 |
| 明白 |
めいはく |
(adj-na,n) (uk) obvious; overt; plainly; frankly |
12187 |
| 文楽 |
ぶんらく |
(n) Japanese puppet theatre; Bunraku |
12295 |
| 文科 |
ぶんか |
(n) (1) literary course; (2) the arts |
12374 |
| 重文 |
じゅうぶん |
(n) (abbr) compound sentence; important national treasure |
12401 |
| 文人 |
ぶんじん |
(n) person of letters; literary person |
12467 |
| 漢文 |
かんぶん |
(n) Chinese (classical) literature |
12510 |
| 文言 |
もんごん |
(n) wording |
12837 |
| 古文書 |
こぶんしょ |
(n) ancient documents; archives |
12899 |
| 古文書 |
こもんじょ |
(n) ancient documents; archives |
12899 |
| 古文 |
こぶん |
(n) ancient writing; classical literature |
13146 |
| 古文 |
こもん |
(n) ancient writing; classical literature |
13146 |
| 公文 |
こうぶん |
(n) official document; archives |
13222 |
| 文中 |
ぶんちゅう |
(n) in the document |
13273 |
| 文武 |
ぶんぶ |
(n) literary and military arts; the pen and the sword |
13381 |
| 一文字 |
いちもんじ |
(n) straight line; beeline |
13896 |
| 不透明 |
ふとうめい |
(adj-na,n) opacity |
13980 |
| 公明 |
こうめい |
(adj-na,n) fairness; justice |
14529 |
| 文面 |
ぶんめん |
(n) content of a letter |
14553 |
| 文官 |
ぶんかん |
(n) civil official |
14624 |
| 不動明王 |
ふどうみょうおう |
(n) Acala; Acalanatha Vidya-raja; The Immovable, a manifestation of Mahavairocana (Buddhist deity) |
14818 |
| 十文字 |
じゅうもんじ |
(adj-no,n) a cross; cruciform |
14911 |
| 文教 |
ぶんきょう |
(n) education; culture |
14938 |
| 明瞭 |
めいりょう |
(adj-na,n) clarity |
15021 |
| 文殊 |
もんじゅ |
(n) Manjusri; Transcendent Wisdom (Buddhist deity) |
15041 |
| 文集 |
ぶんしゅう |
(n) anthology |
15149 |
| 作文 |
さくぶん |
(n) composition; writing |
15187 |
| 文房具 |
ぶんぼうぐ |
(n) stationery |
15627 |
| 和文 |
わぶん |
(n) Japanese text; sentence in Japanese |
15665 |
| 文筆 |
ぶんぴつ |
(n) literary art; literary activity; writing |
15714 |
| 明ける |
あける |
(v1) to dawn; to become daylight |
15733 |
| 旺文社 |
おうぶんしゃ |
Oubunsha (publisher) |
15803 |
| 失明 |
しつめい |
(n) loss of eyesight |
15823 |
| 一文 |
いちぶん |
(n) a sentence |
15865 |
| 一文 |
いちもん |
(n) something insignificant; one mon (10th sen) |
15865 |
| 明朝 |
みょうちょう |
(n-adv,n-t) tomorrow morning |
15891 |
| 明朝 |
みんちょう |
(n) Ming Dynasty; Ming-cho type(face) |
15891 |
| 序文 |
じょぶん |
(n) preface; foreword |
16195 |
| 成文 |
せいぶん |
(n) written expression; writing |
16347 |
| 弁明 |
べんめい |
(n,vs) explanation; excuse; vindication; apology |
16524 |
| 欧文 |
おうぶん |
(n) European language; foreign text |
16839 |
| 正文 |
せいぶん |
(n) the official text |
16857 |
| 不明瞭 |
ふめいりょう |
(adj-na,n) dimness; obscurity; indistinctness |
16857 |
| 文様 |
もんよう |
(n) pattern; design |
16857 |
| 国文 |
こくぶん |
(n) national literature |
16880 |
| 文語 |
ぶんご |
(n) written language; literary language |
17023 |
| 明晰 |
めいせき |
(adj-na,n) clear |
17216 |
| 聡明 |
そうめい |
(adj-na,n) wisdom; sagacity |
17231 |
| 文民 |
ぶんみん |
(n) civilian |
17303 |
| 散文 |
さんぶん |
(n) prose |
17530 |
| 文庫本 |
ぶんこぼん |
(n) paperback (pulp) |
17612 |
| 文壇 |
ぶんだん |
(n) literary world; literary circles |
17661 |
| 明快 |
めいかい |
(adj-na,n) clarion; clarity |
17775 |
| 明け渡す |
あけわたす |
(v5s) to vacate; to surrender |
17885 |
| 文武両道 |
ぶんぶりょうどう |
(n) (accomplished in) both the literary and military arts |
17968 |
| 打ち明ける |
うちあける |
(v1) to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart |
18127 |
| 自明 |
じめい |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) obvious; self-evident; axiomatic; self-explanatory |
18299 |
| 明細 |
めいさい |
(adj-na,n) details; obvious |
18762 |
| 恋文 |
こいぶみ |
(n) love-letter |
18869 |
| 長文 |
ちょうぶん |
(n) long sentence or letter |
18918 |