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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 言う |
いう |
(v5u) to say |
128 |
| 言う |
ゆう |
(v5u) to say |
128 |
| 書く |
かく |
(v5k) to write |
463 |
| 言語 |
げんご |
(n) language |
607 |
| 言葉 |
ことば |
(n) word(s); language; speech |
736 |
| 発言 |
はつげん |
(n) utterance; speech; proposal |
1270 |
| 葉 |
は |
(n) leaf |
1311 |
| 宣言 |
せんげん |
(n,vs) declaration; proclamation; announcement |
1558 |
| 図書館 |
としょかん |
(n) library |
1681 |
| 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 |
| 著書 |
ちょしょ |
(n) literary work; book |
2090 |
| 書籍 |
しょせき |
(n) book; publication |
2314 |
| 書房 |
しょぼう |
(n) library; bookstore |
2599 |
| 聖書 |
せいしょ |
(n) Bible; scriptures |
2790 |
| 方言 |
ほうげん |
(n) dialect |
2914 |
| 書店 |
しょてん |
(n) bookshop |
3516 |
| 図書 |
としょ |
(n) books |
4802 |
| 青葉 |
あおば |
(n) fresh leaves |
4805 |
| 新書 |
しんしょ |
(n) new book; 17 x 11 cm paperbook book |
4823 |
| 秘書 |
ひしょ |
(n) (private) secretary |
4943 |
| 教科書 |
きょうかしょ |
(n) text book |
5225 |
| 言及 |
げんきゅう |
(n,vs) reference |
5271 |
| 書記 |
しょき |
(n) clerk; secretary |
5342 |
| 予言 |
かねごと |
(n) prediction; promise; prognostication |
5461 |
| 予言 |
よげん |
(n) prediction; promise; prognostication |
5461 |
| 証言 |
しょうげん |
(n,vs) evidence; testimony |
5510 |
| 書き込み |
かきこみ |
(n,vs) writing; entry (e.g. form) |
5711 |
| 言動 |
げんどう |
(n) speech and conduct |
6260 |
| 書き込む |
かきこむ |
(v5m) to fill in (writing) |
6484 |
| 書物 |
しょもつ |
(n) books |
6616 |
| 言 |
げん |
(n) word; remark; statement |
6710 |
| 日本書紀 |
にほんしょき |
Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan) |
6933 |
| 辞書 |
じしょ |
(n) dictionary; lexicon |
6982 |
| 書体 |
しょたい |
(n) calligraphic style(s) |
7170 |
| 書院 |
しょいん |
(n) drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove |
7176 |
| 一言 |
いちげん |
(n) single word |
7279 |
| 一言 |
いちごん |
(n) single word |
7279 |
| 一言 |
ひとこと |
(n) single word |
7279 |
| 書類 |
しょるい |
(n) documents; official papers |
7324 |
| 白書 |
はくしょ |
(n) white paper |
7397 |
| 双葉 |
ふたば |
(n) bud; sprout |
7472 |
| 書簡 |
しょかん |
(n) letter; note; epistle |
7625 |
| 遺言 |
ゆいごん |
(n) will; testament; last request |
7827 |
| 書き換える |
かきかえる |
(v1) to rewrite; to renew; to transfer |
7935 |
| 読書 |
どくしょ |
(n) reading |
8095 |
| 助言 |
じょげん |
(n) advice; suggestion |
8151 |
| 助言 |
じょごん |
(n) advice; suggestion |
8151 |
| 書道 |
しょどう |
(n) calligraphy |
8348 |
| 公言 |
こうげん |
(n) declaration; profession |
8359 |
| 紅葉 |
こうよう |
(n) (1) autumn colours; (2) (Japanese) maple |
8505 |
| 紅葉 |
もみじ |
(n) (1) (Japanese) maple |
8505 |
| 若葉 |
わかば |
(n) new leaves; fresh verdure |
8505 |
| 預言 |
よげん |
(n) prophecy |
8649 |
| 子葉 |
しよう |
(n) cotyledon; seed leaf |
8706 |
| 書き下ろす |
かきおろす |
(v5s) to write a play, book, filmscript, etc. |
9001 |
| 大納言 |
だいなごん |
(n) chief councillor of state |
9041 |
| 京葉 |
けいよう |
Tokyo and Chiba |
9079 |
| 言論 |
げんろん |
(n) discussion |
9449 |
| 明言 |
めいげん |
(n) declaration; statement |
10328 |
| 進言 |
しんげん |
(n) proposal; counsel; advice (to a superior) |
10344 |
| 提言 |
ていげん |
(n) proposal; motion |
10396 |
| 言い方 |
いいかた |
(n) speaking style |
10537 |
| 多言 |
たげん |
(n,vs) talkativeness; verbosity; garrulity |
10883 |
| 叢書 |
そうしょ |
(n) series (of publications); library (of literature) |
10978 |
| 落書き |
らくがき |
(n,vs) scrawl; scribble; graffiti |
11140 |
| 肩書き |
かたがき |
(n) title; degree; address (on letter); criminal record |
11304 |
| 公文書 |
こうぶんしょ |
(n) official document; archives |
11461 |
| 過言 |
かごん |
(n) exaggeration; saying too much |
11730 |
| 狂言 |
きょうげん |
(n) play; drama; make-believe |
11817 |
| 葉月 |
はづき |
(n) (obs) eighth month of lunar calendar |
11860 |
| 真言 |
しんごん |
(n) mantra; quintessential word; Mantrayana; Shingon, Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism, originating in the eight century |
11924 |
| 万葉集 |
まんようしゅう |
(n) Manyoushuu (famous 8thC poetry); Japan's oldest anthology of poems |
12052 |
| 蔵書 |
ぞうしょ |
(n,vs) book collection |
12107 |
| 書記官 |
しょきかん |
(n) secretary |
12138 |
| 言い換える |
いいかえる |
(v1) to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword |
12157 |
| 肩書 |
かたがき |
(n) title; degree; address (on letter); criminal record |
12177 |
| 漢書 |
かんしょ |
(n) a Chinese book; a book written in Chinese |
12434 |
| 書面 |
しょめん |
(n) document; letter |
12576 |
| 訳書 |
やくしょ |
(n) translation |
12607 |
| 司書 |
ししょ |
(n) librarian |
12679 |
| 本書 |
ほんしょ |
(n) text; script; this book |
12711 |
| 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 |
| 書き方 |
かきかた |
(n) way of writing; how to write |
12963 |
| 落葉 |
おちば |
(n,vs) fallen leaves; leaf litter; defoliation; shedding leaves |
12994 |
| 落葉 |
らくよう |
(n,vs) fallen leaves; leaf litter; defoliation; shedding leaves |
12994 |
| 手書き |
てかき |
(n) (1) handwriting; (2) skilled penman |
13236 |
| 手書き |
てがき |
(n) (1) handwriting; (2) skilled penman |
13236 |
| 言い渡す |
いいわたす |
(v5s) to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order |
13543 |
| 証書 |
しょうしょ |
(n) bond; deed; certificate |
13543 |
| 暴言 |
ぼうげん |
(n) reckless remark; rash remark; abusive language; thoughtless words |
13636 |
| 秘書官 |
ひしょかん |
(n) minister's secretary |
13648 |
| 名言 |
めいげん |
(n) wise saying |
13825 |
| 書誌 |
しょし |
(n) bibliography |
13864 |
| 同書 |
どうしょ |
(n) the same book; the said book |
13864 |
| 史書 |
ししょ |
(n) history book |
13955 |
| 代言 |
だいげん |
(n) advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney |
14126 |
| 書式 |
しょしき |
(n) blank form |
14727 |
| 伝言 |
つてごと |
(n,vs) verbal message; rumor; word |
14861 |
| 伝言 |
でんごん |
(n,vs) verbal message; rumor; word |
14861 |
| 読み書き |
よみかき |
(n) reading and writing |
14861 |
| 国会図書館 |
こっかいとしょかん |
(n) National Diet Library; Library of Congress |
14911 |
| 言い回し |
いいまわし |
(n) expression; phraseology |
15079 |
| 葉書 |
はがき |
(n) postcard |
15174 |
| 古書 |
こしょ |
(n) old book; rare book |
15294 |
| 書き直す |
かきなおす |
(v5s) to write out; to make a fair copy |
15294 |
| 書写 |
しょしゃ |
(n) transcription; copying; handwriting |
15485 |
| 選書 |
せんしょ |
(n) anthology; selection of books |
15485 |
| 遺書 |
いしょ |
(n) posthumous writings |
15823 |
| 松葉 |
まつば |
(n) pine needle |
15907 |
| 書き上げる |
かきあげる |
(v1) to write out or down; to finish writing |
16044 |
| 書状 |
しょじょう |
(n) letter; note |
16112 |
| 無言 |
むごん |
(n) silence |
16439 |
| 言い伝え |
いいつたえ |
(n) tradition; legend |
16730 |
| 言うまでもない |
いうまでもない |
(adj,exp) it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said |
16770 |
| 書家 |
しょか |
(n) calligrapher; individual with good penmanship |
16770 |
| 覚書 |
おぼえがき |
(n) memo; note; memorial; protocol |
16798 |
| 讒言 |
ざんげん |
(n) false charge; slander; defamation |
16839 |
| 偽書 |
ぎしょ |
(n) spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery |
16983 |
| 複葉 |
ふくよう |
(n) compound leaf; biplane |
17344 |
| 詔書 |
しょうしょ |
(n) imperial edict; decree |
17421 |
| 言い訳 |
いいわけ |
(n,vs) excuse; explanation |
17505 |
| 書評 |
しょひょう |
(n,vs) book review |
17505 |
| 針葉樹 |
しんようじゅ |
(n) conifer; needle-leaved tree |
17530 |
| 断言 |
だんげん |
(n,vs) assertion; declaration; affirmation |
17636 |
| 言い放つ |
いいはなつ |
(v5t) to declare |
17941 |
| 書法 |
しょほう |
(n) penmanship; calligraphy |
18077 |
| 広葉樹 |
こうようじゅ |
(n) broadleaf tree |
18205 |
| 書名 |
しょめい |
(n) pen name |
18205 |
| 言い残す |
いいのこす |
(v5s) to leave word with (a person); to state in ones will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention |
18406 |
| 苦言 |
くげん |
(n) candid (frank) advice; exhortation |
18701 |
| 格言 |
かくげん |
(n) aphorism |
18728 |
| 横書き |
よこがき |
(n) writing horizontally |
18815 |
| 中葉 |
ちゅうよう |
(n-adv,n-t) about the middle (of an era) |
19269 |
| 言霊 |
ことだま |
(n) soul or power of language |
19310 |
| 言説 |
げんせつ |
(n) remark; statement |
19375 |
| 全書 |
ぜんしょ |
(n) complete book; complete set |
19375 |
| 一葉 |
いちよう |
(n) (1) a leaf; a page; (2) a copy (of a photo); (3) a boat |
19534 |
| 木の葉 |
きのは |
(n) foliage; leaves of trees |
19534 |
| 木の葉 |
このは |
(n) foliage; leaves of trees |
19534 |
| 合言葉 |
あいことば |
(n) password; watchword |
20128 |
| 投書 |
とうしょ |
(n) letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution |
20278 |
| 調書 |
ちょうしょ |
(n) protocol; preliminary memo |
20325 |
| 書き残す |
かきのこす |
(v5s) to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out |
20404 |
| 経書 |
けいしょ |
(n) classic Confucian writings |
20749 |
| 正書法 |
せいしょほう |
(n) correct orthography |
20782 |
| 物言い |
ものいい |
(n) manner of speaking; objection; way of speaking; rumor; quarrel; protest |
20782 |
| 和書 |
わしょ |
(n) (Japanese) book bound in Japanese style |
20819 |