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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 書く |
かく |
(v5k) to write |
463 |
| 起こる |
おこる |
(v5r) to occur; to happen |
1107 |
| 起こす |
おこす |
(v5s) to raise; to cause; to wake someone |
1259 |
| 起点 |
きてん |
(n) starting point |
1418 |
| 図書館 |
としょかん |
(n) library |
1681 |
| 起きる |
おきる |
(v1) to get up; to rise |
2010 |
| 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 |
| 起源 |
きげん |
(n) origin; beginning; rise |
2644 |
| 起用 |
きよう |
(n) appointment; promotion |
2787 |
| 聖書 |
せいしょ |
(n) Bible; scriptures |
2790 |
| 書店 |
しょてん |
(n) bookshop |
3516 |
| 引き起こす |
ひきおこす |
(v5s) to cause |
3881 |
| 図書 |
としょ |
(n) books |
4802 |
| 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 |
| 起動 |
きどう |
(n,vs) startup; starting (e.g. engine, computer) |
5252 |
| 書記 |
しょき |
(n) clerk; secretary |
5342 |
| 書き込み |
かきこみ |
(n,vs) writing; entry (e.g. form) |
5711 |
| 書き込む |
かきこむ |
(v5m) to fill in (writing) |
6484 |
| 書物 |
しょもつ |
(n) books |
6616 |
| 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 |
| 書類 |
しょるい |
(n) documents; official papers |
7324 |
| 起工 |
きこう |
(n) setting to work |
7336 |
| 白書 |
はくしょ |
(n) white paper |
7397 |
| 書簡 |
しょかん |
(n) letter; note; epistle |
7625 |
| 蜂起 |
ほうき |
(n) uprising; revolt |
7897 |
| 提起 |
ていき |
(n) bring suit; file a claim; raise a question |
7914 |
| 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 |
| 起訴 |
きそ |
(n) prosecution; indictment |
8184 |
| 起因 |
きいん |
(n) cause |
8262 |
| 書道 |
しょどう |
(n) calligraphy |
8348 |
| 書き下ろす |
かきおろす |
(v5s) to write a play, book, filmscript, etc. |
9001 |
| 突起 |
とっき |
(n) protuberance |
9129 |
| 縁起 |
えんぎ |
(n) omen |
10396 |
| 巻き起こす |
まきおこす |
(v5s) to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy) |
10486 |
| 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 |
| 蔵書 |
ぞうしょ |
(n,vs) book collection |
12107 |
| 書記官 |
しょきかん |
(n) secretary |
12138 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 隆起 |
りゅうき |
(n) protuberance; projection; rising |
13250 |
| 証書 |
しょうしょ |
(n) bond; deed; certificate |
13543 |
| 秘書官 |
ひしょかん |
(n) minister's secretary |
13648 |
| 再起 |
さいき |
(n) comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (gram) |
13740 |
| 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 |
| 起伏 |
きふく |
(n) undulation |
14261 |
| 起業 |
きぎょう |
(n) starting a business; promotion of enterprise |
14587 |
| 書式 |
しょしき |
(n) blank form |
14727 |
| 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 |
| 起草 |
きそう |
(n,vs) drafting; drawing up a bill |
14938 |
| 喚起 |
かんき |
(n) evocation |
14959 |
| 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 |
| 励起 |
れいき |
(n) (electrical) excitation |
15925 |
| 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 |
| 想起 |
そうき |
(n,vs) remembering; recollection; recall |
16365 |
| 起爆 |
きばく |
(n) exploding |
16614 |
| 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 |
| 偽書 |
ぎしょ |
(n) spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery |
16983 |
| 発起人 |
ほっきにん |
(n) originator; promoter |
17127 |
| 詔書 |
しょうしょ |
(n) imperial edict; decree |
17421 |
| 書評 |
しょひょう |
(n,vs) book review |
17505 |
| 書法 |
しょほう |
(n) penmanship; calligraphy |
18077 |
| 決起 |
けっき |
(n,vs) jump to one's feet; stand up against; rising to action |
18105 |
| 書名 |
しょめい |
(n) pen name |
18205 |
| 勃起 |
ぼっき |
(n,vs) (male) erection; standing erect; stiffening |
18406 |
| 横書き |
よこがき |
(n) writing horizontally |
18815 |
| 起す |
おこす |
(io) (v5s) to raise; to cause; to wake someone |
19235 |
| 全書 |
ぜんしょ |
(n) complete book; complete set |
19375 |
| 起立 |
きりつ |
(n,vs) standing up |
20278 |
| 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 |
| 和書 |
わしょ |
(n) (Japanese) book bound in Japanese style |
20819 |
| 書斎 |
しょさい |
(n) study |
21230 |
| 起き上がる |
おきあがる |
(v5r) to rise; to erect; to get up |
21314 |
| 上書き |
うわがき |
(n) address; superscription |
21397 |
| 書林 |
しょりん |
(n) vast stock of books; bookstore |
21446 |
| 起算 |
きさん |
(n) starting to count |
21530 |
| 起工式 |
きこうしき |
(n) groundbreaking or cornerstone-laying ceremony |
21649 |
| 楷書 |
かいしょ |
(n) printed style writing |
21792 |
| 信書 |
しんしょ |
(n) letter; personal correspondence |
21972 |
| 四書 |
ししょ |
(n) the four Chinese classics |
22165 |
| 洋書 |
ようしょ |
(n) Western books |
22305 |
| 書庫 |
しょこ |
(n) archive (file) |
22341 |
| 勅書 |
ちょくしょ |
(n) imperial rescript |
22341 |
| 奮起 |
ふんき |
(n,vs) stirring; rousing oneself |
22341 |
| 呼び起こす |
よびおこす |
(v5s) to call (to mind); to wake |
22385 |
| 原書 |
げんしょ |
(n) original document |
22687 |
| 起電 |
きでん |
(n) generation of electricity |
22749 |
| 筋書き |
すじがき |
(n) synopsis; outline; plot |
22890 |
| 書き記す |
かきしるす |
(v5s) to write down; to record; to register |
22890 |
| 百科全書 |
ひゃっかぜんしょ |
(n) encyclopedia |
22890 |
| 早起き |
はやおき |
(n) early rising |
23088 |
| 国書 |
こくしょ |
(n) credentials; sovereign message |
23399 |
| 書き表す |
かきあらわす |
(v5s) to write out; to express; to publish |
23460 |
| 裏書 |
うらがき |
(n) endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll |
23686 |
| 能書 |
のうしょ |
(n) excellent calligraphy; calligraphy |
23854 |
| 縁起物 |
えんぎもの |
(n) talisman; lucky charm |
24029 |
| 掘り起こす |
ほりおこす |
(v5s) to dig up |
24217 |
| 生起 |
せいき |
(n,vs) take place; occurrence; happen |
24363 |
| 書き手 |
かきて |
(n) writer; calligrapher |
24551 |
| 大書 |
たいしょ |
(n,vs) writing in large letters |
24627 |
| 起床 |
きしょう |
(n) rising; getting out of bed |
24699 |
| 書画 |
しょが |
(n) paintings and writings (of calligraphy) |
24699 |
| 起死回生 |
きしかいせい |
(n) revival of the dead; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation |
24777 |
| 発起 |
ほっき |
(n) proposal; resolution |
24915 |
| 書生 |
しょせい |
(n) student; houseboy |
25224 |
| 起つ |
たつ |
(v5t) to rise up; to initiate (political) action |
25286 |
| 篆書 |
てんしょ |
(n) characters used on seals |
25423 |
| 惹起 |
じゃっき |
(n,vs) bringing about; cause; provocation |
25767 |
| 隷書 |
れいしょ |
(n) ancient square style of kanji |
25767 |
| 墨書 |
ぼくしょ |
(n) writing in India ink |
25849 |
| 禁書 |
きんしょ |
(n) prohibited book or literature |
25918 |
| 教書 |
きょうしょ |
(n) (presidential) message |
26080 |
| 伝書鳩 |
でんしょばと |
(n) carrier pigeon; homing pigeon |
26080 |
| 書き出し |
かきだし |
(n) beginning; opening sentence or paragraph |
26157 |
| 願書 |
がんしょ |
(n) written application or petition |
26319 |