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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 元 |
もと |
(n,n-suf,n-t) (1) origin; original; (2) former |
93 |
| 新 |
しん |
(n,n-suf,pref) new |
108 |
| 世紀 |
せいき |
(n) century; era |
258 |
| 新た |
あらた |
(adj-na,n) new; fresh; novel |
805 |
| 新聞 |
しんぶん |
(n) newspaper |
913 |
| 新しい |
あたらしい |
(adj) new |
1011 |
| 紀元前 |
きげんぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) pre-era; B.C. |
1078 |
| 元年 |
がんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year (of a specific reign) |
1106 |
| 新設 |
しんせつ |
(n) newly organized or established |
1159 |
| 地元 |
じもと |
(n) local |
1586 |
| 新幹線 |
しんかんせん |
(n) bullet train (very high speed); shinkansen |
1624 |
| 元号 |
げんごう |
(n) era name |
1714 |
| 元々 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
1977 |
| 新人 |
しんじん |
(n) new face; newcomer |
1995 |
| 更新 |
こうしん |
(n,vs) renewal; update; innovation; renovation |
2050 |
| 元素 |
げんそ |
(n) chemical element |
2689 |
| 紀元 |
きげん |
(n) (1) era; (2) A.D. (Christian era) |
2699 |
| 次元 |
じげん |
(n) dimension |
2702 |
| 新規 |
しんき |
(adj-na,n) novelty; originality |
2785 |
| 最新 |
さいしん |
(n) latest; newest |
2854 |
| 新田 |
しんでん |
(n) a new rice field |
2881 |
| 元気 |
げんき |
(adj-na,n) health(y); robust; vigor; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep |
3935 |
| 新型 |
しんがた |
(n) new style |
4785 |
| 元禄 |
げんろく |
(n) period in the Edo era |
4808 |
| 新書 |
しんしょ |
(n) new book; 17 x 11 cm paperbook book |
4823 |
| 復元 |
ふくげん |
(n,vs) restoration (to original state); reconstruction |
5266 |
| 皇紀 |
こうき |
(n) Imperial era |
5332 |
| 元首 |
げんしゅ |
(n) ruler; sovereign |
5543 |
| 還元 |
かんげん |
(n,vs) resolution; reduction; return to origins |
5667 |
| 新作 |
しんさく |
(n) new work; new production |
5905 |
| 元帥 |
げんすい |
(n) (field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army |
6008 |
| 新選 |
しんせん |
(n) newly compiled, selected or edited |
6013 |
| 元来 |
がんらい |
(n-adv) originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally |
6344 |
| 革新 |
かくしん |
(n) reform; innovation |
6444 |
| 新興 |
しんこう |
(n) rising; developing; emergent |
6492 |
| 紀行 |
きこう |
(n) traveller's journal |
6617 |
| 新橋 |
しんばし |
(n) Shinbashi (section of Tokyo) |
6700 |
| 明治維新 |
めいじいしん |
(n) Meiji Restoration |
6704 |
| 改元 |
かいげん |
(n) change of era |
6793 |
| 日本書紀 |
にほんしょき |
Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan) |
6933 |
| 新潮 |
しんちょう |
Shinchou (magazine and publisher) |
7071 |
| 新造 |
しんぞう |
(n) new; newly made |
7182 |
| 元祖 |
がんそ |
(n) originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
7285 |
| 新生 |
しんせい |
(n) rebirth; new birth; nascent |
7346 |
| 新党 |
しんとう |
(n) new (political) party |
7432 |
| 新道 |
しんどう |
(n) new road |
7702 |
| 維新 |
いしん |
(n) restoration (e.g. Meiji) |
7761 |
| 新制 |
しんせい |
(n) new system |
7860 |
| 元老 |
げんろう |
(n) elder statesman; authority |
7897 |
| 新春 |
しんしゅん |
(n) New Year (Spring) |
8160 |
| 紀勢本線 |
きせいほんせん |
Kisei Main Line (Wakayama-Mie Railway) |
8272 |
| 一新 |
いっしん |
(n) complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; renewal |
8483 |
| 新築 |
しんちく |
(n) new building; new construction |
8931 |
| 新車 |
しんしゃ |
(n) new car |
9153 |
| 新約 |
しんやく |
(n) New Testament |
9222 |
| 新曲 |
しんきょく |
(n) new piece; new song |
9377 |
| 斬新 |
ざんしん |
(adj-na,n) novel; original; newness |
9548 |
| 新撰 |
しんせん |
(n) newly compiled, selected or edited |
9758 |
| 新鋭 |
しんえい |
(adj-na,n) freshly picked; newly produced |
10147 |
| 新着 |
しんちゃく |
(n) new arrivals; new acquisitions |
10223 |
| 千年紀 |
せんねんき |
(n) millennium |
10501 |
| 新鮮 |
しんせん |
(adj-na) fresh |
11242 |
| 新装 |
しんそう |
(n) redecoration; remodelling; refurbishment |
11351 |
| 新版 |
しんぱん |
(n) brand new |
11685 |
| 新婚 |
しんこん |
(n) newly-wed |
11753 |
| 新暦 |
しんれき |
(n) the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar |
12295 |
| 手元 |
てもと |
(n) (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse; (2) usual skill |
12327 |
| 家元 |
いえもと |
(n) head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school |
12592 |
| 新旧 |
しんきゅう |
(n) new and old; incoming and outgoing |
12668 |
| 新年 |
しんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) New Year |
12814 |
| 新報 |
しんぽう |
(n) news(paper) (old term) |
12825 |
| 元日 |
がんじつ |
(n) New Year's Day |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぶく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぷく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 超新星 |
ちょうしんせい |
(n) supernova |
12877 |
| 新日本製鐵 |
しんにっぽんせいてつ |
(n) Nippon Steel Corporation |
13120 |
| 新日本製鐵 |
しんにほんせいてつ |
(n) Nippon Steel Corporation |
13120 |
| 新居 |
しんきょ |
(n) new home |
13209 |
| 多元 |
たげん |
(n) pluralistic |
13595 |
| 根元 |
こんげん |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 根元 |
ねもと |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 足元 |
あしもと |
(n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step |
14101 |
| 新館 |
しんかん |
(n) annexe |
14261 |
| 新開地 |
しんかいち |
(n) newly opened or recently settled land |
14405 |
| 新入生 |
しんにゅうせい |
(n) freshman; first-year student |
14429 |
| 新地 |
しんち |
(n) newly opened or newly developed territory |
15149 |
| 刷新 |
さっしん |
(n) reform; renovation |
15502 |
| 新進 |
しんしん |
(n) rising; up-and-coming |
15609 |
| 販売元 |
はんばいもと |
(n) selling agency |
15733 |
| 新政 |
しんせい |
(n) a new government or administration |
15771 |
| 新種 |
しんしゅ |
(n) new species; new variety |
15803 |
| 山元 |
やまもと |
(n) owner of a mountain; a mine |
15891 |
| 新株 |
しんかぶ |
(n) new stocks or shares |
16365 |
| 新法 |
しんぽう |
(n) new method; new law |
16576 |
| 新体操 |
しんたいそう |
(n) rhythmic sports gymnastics |
16730 |
| 元旦 |
がんたん |
(n) New Year's Day |
16747 |
| 新星 |
しんせい |
(n) new face (star); nova |
17023 |
| 改新 |
かいしん |
(n,vs) reformation |
17176 |
| 新語 |
しんご |
(n) new word |
17176 |
| 記紀 |
きき |
the Kojiki and Nihonshoki |
17505 |
| 新月 |
しんげつ |
(n) a new moon; a crescent moon |
17505 |
| ジュラ紀 |
ジュラき |
(adj-na,n) Jurassic Period; Jurassic |
17685 |
| 元朝 |
げんちょう |
New Year's morning |
18052 |
| 身元 |
みもと |
(n) person's identity; ID; past; background |
18205 |
| 新生児 |
しんせいじ |
(n) newborn baby |
18299 |
| 新風 |
しんぷう |
(n) new style |
18512 |
| 新米 |
しんまい |
(exp,n) new rice; novice; newbie; tyro |
18538 |
| 風紀 |
ふうき |
(n) public morals |
18538 |
| 新品 |
しんぴん |
(n) (brand-)new article |
18644 |
| 新入 |
しんにゅう |
(n) newly arrived; joined; newly-entered |
18762 |
| 新聞紙 |
しんぶんし |
(n) newsprint; newspaper |
18815 |
| 新兵 |
しんぺい |
(n) new recruit; a conscript |
18815 |
| 大元帥 |
だいげんすい |
(n) commander-in-chief; generalissimo |
19044 |
| 一元 |
いちげん |
(adj-no,n) unitary |
19141 |
| 紀要 |
きよう |
(n) bulletin; memoirs |
19170 |
| 元凶 |
がんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 元凶 |
げんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 製造元 |
せいぞうもと |
(n) manufacturer; maker |
20004 |
| 道元 |
どうげん |
Zen monk, 1200-1253 |
20087 |
| 新開 |
しんかい |
(n) opening (of uncultivated land) |
20200 |
| 元本 |
がんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 元本 |
げんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 二元論 |
にげんろん |
(n) dualism |
20510 |
| 一元化 |
いちげんか |
(n) unification; centralization |
20712 |
| 新薬 |
しんやく |
(n) a new medicine |
21314 |
| 新字 |
しんじ |
(n) kanji made in Japan |
21576 |
| 新案 |
しんあん |
(n) new idea or design; novelty |
21649 |
| 新卒 |
しんそつ |
(n) new (recent) graduate |
21836 |
| 地元民 |
じもとみん |
(n) local people |
22001 |
| 新任 |
しんにん |
(n) inaugural; new |
22057 |
| 綱紀 |
こうき |
(ateji) (n) law and order; discipline |
22305 |
| 新刊 |
しんかん |
(n) new book; new publication |
22445 |
| 新劇 |
しんげき |
(n) new type or school of drama |
22528 |
| 中元 |
ちゅうげん |
(n) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon gifts |
22687 |
| 新派 |
しんぱ |
(n) new school (of thought etc.) |
22840 |
| 新妻 |
にいづま |
(n) new wife |
22890 |
| 口元 |
くちもと |
(n) the mouth; shape of the mouth; near an entrance |
23635 |
| 元通り |
もとどおり |
(adj-na,n-t) as before; as ever |
24029 |
| 版元 |
はんもと |
(n) publisher |
24291 |
| 今世紀 |
こんせいき |
(n) this century |
24495 |
| 隠元 |
いんげん |
(n) beans |
24551 |
| 新教 |
しんきょう |
(n) Protestantism |
24551 |
| 新生代 |
しんせいだい |
(n) Cenozoic era |
24551 |
| 新参 |
しんざん |
(n) newcomer; tyro |
24699 |
| 新婦 |
しんぷ |
(n) bride |
24777 |
| 紀伊國屋 |
きのくにや |
Large bookstore with big foreign book section (main branch, Shinjuku) |
24980 |
| 元締 |
もとじめ |
(n) controller; manager |
25041 |
| 新郎 |
しんろう |
(n) bridegroom |
25224 |
| 新訳 |
しんやく |
(n) new translation |
25286 |
| 湯元 |
ゆもと |
(n) source of a hot spring |
25554 |