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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 |
| 文化 |
ぶんか |
(n) culture; civilization |
281 |
| 基本 |
きほん |
(n) foundation; basis; standard |
464 |
| 文字 |
もじ |
(n) letter (of alphabet); character |
545 |
| 文字 |
もんじ |
(n) letter (of alphabet); character |
545 |
| 日本語 |
にっぽんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 日本語 |
にほんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 文学 |
ぶんがく |
(n) literature |
741 |
| 文 |
ふみ |
(n) letter; writings |
765 |
| 文 |
ぶん |
(n) sentence |
765 |
| 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 |
| 文庫 |
ぶんこ |
(n) library; book collection |
1048 |
| 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 |
| 文献 |
ぶんけん |
(n) literature; books (reference) |
1219 |
| 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 |
| 全日本 |
ぜんにほん |
(exp) All-Japan |
1268 |
| 資本 |
しほん |
(n) funds; capital |
1561 |
| 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 |
| 本塁打 |
ほんるいだ |
(n) home run (baseball) |
2148 |
| 本格 |
ほんかく |
(n) propriety; fundamental rules |
2246 |
| 本体 |
ほんたい |
(n) substance; real form; object of worship |
2608 |
| 天文 |
てんもん |
(n) astronomy |
2680 |
| 文明 |
ぶんめい |
(n) civilization; culture |
2713 |
| 英文 |
えいぶん |
(n) sentence in English |
2811 |
| 本拠地 |
ほんきょち |
(n) stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters |
2887 |
| 文章 |
ぶんしょう |
(n) sentence; article |
2905 |
| 本店 |
ほんてん |
(n) head office |
2972 |
| 論文 |
ろんぶん |
(n) thesis; essay; treatise; paper |
3111 |
| 天文学 |
てんもんがく |
(n) astronomy |
3264 |
| 文学部 |
ぶんがくぶ |
(n) department (faculty) of literature |
3495 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 本数 |
ほんすう |
(n) number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc) |
4079 |
| 本土 |
ほんど |
(n) mainland; one's home country; the country proper |
4530 |
| 文法 |
ぶんぽう |
(n) grammar |
4677 |
| 天文台 |
てんもんだい |
(n) astronomical observatory |
4705 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 文藝春秋 |
ぶんげいしゅんじゅう |
name of publishing company |
5277 |
| 日本航空 |
にっぽんこうくう |
JAL; Japan Air Lines |
5317 |
| 頭文字 |
かしらもじ |
(n) initials; first letter of a word |
5449 |
| 単行本 |
たんこうぼん |
(n) special book; separate volume; book of lectures |
5467 |
| 呪文 |
じゅもん |
(n) spell; charm; incantation |
5523 |
| 絵本 |
えほん |
(n) picture book |
5610 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 人文 |
じんぶん |
(n) humanity; civilization; culture |
6326 |
| 人文 |
じんもん |
(n) humanity; civilization; culture |
6326 |
| 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 |
| 文政 |
ぶんせい |
(n) educational policies or administration |
6799 |
| 日本書紀 |
にほんしょき |
Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan) |
6933 |
| 注文 |
ちゅうもん |
(n,vs) order; request |
7389 |
| 文部省 |
もんぶしょう |
(n) (abbr) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
7511 |
| 本山 |
ほんざん |
(n) head temple; this temple |
7555 |
| 本堂 |
ほんどう |
(n) main temple building; nave |
7568 |
| 標本 |
ひょうほん |
(n) example; specimen |
7688 |
| 本館 |
ほんかん |
(n) main building |
7725 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 本校 |
ほんこう |
(n) main school; this school |
8632 |
| 本気 |
ほんき |
(adj-na,n) seriousness; truth; sanctity |
8686 |
| 光文社 |
こうぶんしゃ |
Koubunsha (publisher) |
8717 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 本丸 |
ほんまる |
(n) inner citadel |
9265 |
| 本殿 |
ほんでん |
(n) main shrine; inner sanctuary |
9541 |
| 文句 |
もんく |
(n) phrase; complaint |
9633 |
| 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 |
| 本因坊 |
ほんいんぼう |
(n) grand master of the game of go |
9805 |
| 文化庁 |
ぶんかちょう |
(Japan's) Agency for Cultural Affairs |
10080 |
| 文治 |
ぶんじ |
(n) civil administration |
10279 |
| 文治 |
ぶんち |
(n) civil administration |
10279 |
| 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 |
| 本庁 |
ほんちょう |
(n) central government office; this office |
11097 |
| 本陣 |
ほんじん |
(n) troop headquarters; daimyo's inn; stronghold |
11341 |
| 文体 |
ぶんたい |
(n) literary style |
11423 |
| 公文書 |
こうぶんしょ |
(n) official document; archives |
11461 |
| 文系 |
ぶんけい |
(n) humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts |
11506 |
| 本科 |
ほんか |
(n) regular course; this lesson |
11506 |
| 本屋 |
ほんおく |
principal residence |
11561 |
| 本屋 |
ほんや |
(n) bookstore; publisher; main building |
11561 |
| 文理 |
ぶんり |
(n) literature and science; context; (line of) reasoning |
11586 |
| 読本 |
とくほん |
(n) reading-book |
11633 |
| 読本 |
どくほん |
(n) reading-book |
11633 |
| 碑文 |
ひぶん |
(n) inscription; epitaph; epigraph |
11817 |
| 本誌 |
ほんし |
(n) this magazine |
11933 |
| 本舗 |
ほんぽ |
(n) head office; main shop |
11960 |
| 絹本 |
けんぽん |
(n) silk used in artwork |
11981 |
| 国文学 |
こくぶんがく |
(n) Japanese literature |
11981 |
| 本流 |
ほんりゅう |
(n) main current; main current of thought |
12116 |
| 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 |
| 本業 |
ほんぎょう |
(n) principal occupation |
12576 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 本能 |
ほんのう |
(n) instinct |
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 |