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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 東京 |
とうきょう |
Tokyo (current capital of Japan) |
32 |
| 東 |
あずま |
(n) east; Eastern Japan |
226 |
| 東 |
ひがし |
(n) east |
226 |
| 関東 |
かんとう |
Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) |
787 |
| 向け |
むけ |
(n-suf) (intended) for ~; oriented towards ~ |
799 |
| 東北 |
とうほく |
(n) (1) north-east; (2) Northern most six prefectures of Honshu |
961 |
| 東北 |
ひがしきた |
(n) (1) north-east |
961 |
| 方向 |
ほうこう |
(n) direction; course; way |
965 |
| 東海 |
とうかい |
(n) region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea |
1134 |
| 向かう |
むかう |
(v5u) to face; to go towards |
1171 |
| 傾向 |
けいこう |
(n) tendency; trend; inclination |
1370 |
| 向上 |
こうじょう |
(n,vs) elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress |
1623 |
| 東部 |
とうぶ |
(n) eastern part |
1918 |
| 東宝 |
とうほう |
Toho (Japanese film studio) |
2167 |
| 向ける |
むける |
(v1) to turn towards; to point |
2210 |
| 東京大学 |
とうきょうだいがく |
Tokyo University |
2420 |
| 東口 |
ひがしぐち |
(n) east entrance |
2557 |
| 東海道 |
とうかいどう |
Tokaido (name of Edo-Kyoto highway) |
2605 |
| 東西 |
とうざい |
(n) East and West; whole country; Orient and Occident; Your attention please |
2633 |
| 東芝 |
とうしば |
Toshiba (company) |
2934 |
| 東側 |
とうそく |
(n) east side; east bank |
3323 |
| 東側 |
ひがしがわ |
(n) east side; east bank |
3323 |
| 北東 |
きたひがし |
(n) northeast |
3384 |
| 北東 |
ほくとう |
(n) northeast |
3384 |
| 東洋 |
とうよう |
(n) Orient |
3417 |
| 東方 |
とうほう |
(n) eastern direction; the Orient |
3581 |
| 向き |
むき |
(adj-na,n,n-suf) direction; situation; exposure; aspect; suitability |
3754 |
| 南東 |
なんとう |
(n) southeast |
3823 |
| 南東 |
みなみひがし |
(n) southeast |
3823 |
| 東大 |
とうだい |
(abbr) Tokyo University |
3932 |
| 日向 |
ひなた |
(n) sunny place; in the sun |
4507 |
| 向く |
むく |
(v5k) to face |
4655 |
| 東経 |
とうけい |
(n) east longitude |
5010 |
| 転向 |
てんこう |
(n,vs) conversion; shift; about-face; switch |
5125 |
| 意向 |
いこう |
(n) intention; idea; inclination |
5207 |
| 東南アジア |
とうなんアジア |
Southeast Asia |
5243 |
| 東アジア |
ひがしアジア |
East Asia |
5476 |
| 中東 |
ちゅうとう |
(n) Middle East |
5776 |
| 指向 |
しこう |
(n) OO (object oriented); directional (microphone) |
6230 |
| 東亜 |
とうあ |
(n) East Asia; the Orient |
6600 |
| 志向 |
しこう |
(n) intention; aim |
6887 |
| 動向 |
どうこう |
(n) trend; tendency; movement; attitude |
7077 |
| 極東 |
きょくとう |
(n) Far East |
7260 |
| 広東 |
かんとん |
Canton (China) |
8071 |
| 向こう |
むこう |
(n) beyond; over there; opposite direction; the other party |
8513 |
| 東名高速道路 |
とうめいこうそくどうろ |
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway |
8575 |
| 東上 |
とうじょう |
(n) going to Tokyo; going east |
8614 |
| 東欧 |
とうおう |
Eastern Europe |
8917 |
| 東大寺 |
とうだいじ |
Todaiji Temple |
9001 |
| 以東 |
いとう |
(n) east of; and eastward |
9079 |
| 関東大震災 |
かんとうだいしんさい |
(n) Great Kanto earthquake of 1923 |
10268 |
| 東端 |
とうたん |
(n) east end; eastern tip |
10449 |
| 東国 |
とうごく |
(n) eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces |
10813 |
| 立ち向かう |
たちむかう |
(v5u) to fight against; to oppose; to face |
11163 |
| 表向き |
おもてむき |
(n) outward appearance; ostensible; public; official |
11208 |
| 対向 |
たいこう |
(n,vs) counter-; corresponding; face; opposite |
11225 |
| 東南 |
とうなん |
(n) south-east |
11233 |
| 東南 |
ひがしみなみ |
(n) south-east |
11233 |
| 東横線 |
とうよこせん |
Toyoko Line (between Tokyo and Yokohama) |
11328 |
| 出向 |
しゅっこう |
(n,vs) being transferred; proceeding; leaving for |
11544 |
| 東岸 |
とうがん |
(n) eastern coast; east bank |
11633 |
| 東京湾 |
とうきょうわん |
Tokyo Bay; Bay of Tokyo |
11685 |
| 東都 |
とうと |
(n) the Eastern Capital; Yedo; Edo; Tokyo |
12246 |
| 出向く |
でむく |
(v5k) to go to; to proceed to; to leave for |
12467 |
| 東照宮 |
とうしょうぐう |
(n) Toshogu Shrine |
12607 |
| 東雲 |
しののめ |
(n) daybreak; dawn |
12798 |
| 東宮 |
とうぐう |
(n) crown prince |
12994 |
| 一向 |
いっこう |
(adv) (not) at all |
13610 |
| 一向 |
ひたすら |
(adj-na,adv) earnestly |
13610 |
| 前向き |
まえむき |
(adj-na,n) facing forward; positively |
13970 |
| 向かい |
むかい |
(adj-no,n) facing; opposite; across the street; other side |
14446 |
| 東邦 |
とうほう |
(n) Oriental country; the Orient |
14644 |
| 向う |
むかう |
(io) (v5u) to face; to go towards |
14704 |
| 趣向 |
しゅこう |
(n) plan; idea |
14745 |
| 不向き |
ふむき |
(adj-na,n) unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable |
14784 |
| 東海岸 |
ひがしかいがん |
(n) east coast |
14845 |
| 下向 |
げこう |
(n,vs) leaving the capital |
15332 |
| 東進 |
とうしん |
(n,vs) proceeding east |
16223 |
| 東風 |
こち |
(n) east wind; spring wind |
16747 |
| 東風 |
こちかぜ |
(n) east wind; spring wind |
16747 |
| 東風 |
とうふう |
(n) east wind; spring wind |
16747 |
| 東風 |
ひがしかぜ |
(n) east wind; spring wind |
16747 |
| 偏向 |
へんこう |
(n) propensity; tendency; inclination; deflection |
17058 |
| 一向に |
いっこうに |
(adv) (not) at all |
18155 |
| 東征 |
とうせい |
(n) eastern expedition |
18243 |
| 向かい合う |
むかいあう |
(v5u) to be opposite; to face each other |
18346 |
| 向き合う |
むきあう |
(v5u) to be opposite; to face each other |
19044 |
| 差し向ける |
さしむける |
(v1) to send or direct a person to |
19044 |
| 中近東 |
ちゅうきんとう |
(n) Near and Middle East |
19235 |
| 真っ向 |
まっこう |
(n) brow; front; helmet front |
19403 |
| 向かい側 |
むかいがわ |
(n) opposite side; other side; other party |
19861 |
| 振り向く |
ふりむく |
(v5k) to turn one's face; to turn around |
20128 |
| 東夷 |
あずまえびす |
(n) (in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country |
20635 |
| 東夷 |
とうい |
(n) (in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country |
20635 |
| 上向き |
うえむき |
(adj-na,n) upturn; upward tendency; looking upward |
20854 |
| 上向き |
うわむき |
(adj-na,n) upturn; upward tendency; looking upward |
20854 |
| 横向き |
よこむき |
(n) turning sideways |
21230 |
| 下向き |
したむき |
(n) downward look; business decline |
21314 |
| 仰向け |
あおむけ |
(n) face up |
22165 |
| 内向 |
ないこう |
(n) introvert |
22687 |
| 後ろ向き |
うしろむき |
(n) back facing; turning one's back to |
22749 |
| 仕向ける |
しむける |
(v1) to induce; to tempt; to treat; to act toward; to handle (men); to send; to forward to |
23460 |
| 向日葵 |
ひまわり |
(gikun) (n) sunflower |
23520 |
| 回向 |
えこう |
(n,vs) Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul |
23584 |
| 近東 |
きんとう |
(n) Near East |
23635 |
| 東北大 |
とうほくだい |
(abbr) Touhoku University |
23686 |
| 風向 |
ふうこう |
(n) wind direction |
23919 |
| 東工大 |
とうこうだい |
Tokyo Institute of Technology; TIT |
23966 |
| 東門 |
とうもん |
eastern gate |
24217 |
| 性向 |
せいこう |
(n) affection |
25491 |
| 風向き |
かざむき |
(n) wind's direction |
26494 |
| 風向き |
かぜむき |
(n) wind's direction |
26494 |
| 振り向ける |
ふりむける |
(v1) to turn |
27058 |
| 東屋 |
あずまや |
(n) arbor; bower; summer house |
27703 |
| 西向き |
にしむき |
(n) facing west |
27901 |
| 東遷 |
とうせん |
(n,vs) moving (the capital) east |
28115 |
| 南南東 |
なんなんとう |
(n) south-southeast |
28391 |
| 向後 |
こうご |
(n-adv,n-t) hereafter |
28975 |
| 東天 |
とうてん |
(n) the eastern sky |
28975 |
| 向かい合わせる |
むかいあわせる |
(v1) to face; to confront; to be opposite to |
29190 |
| 東独 |
とうどく |
East Germany |
29519 |
| 上向く |
うえむく |
(v5k) to look upward; to turn upward; to rise |
29632 |
| 上向く |
うわむく |
(v5k) to look upward; to turn upward; to rise |
29632 |
| 東北東 |
とうほくとう |
(n) east-northeast; ENE |
29632 |
| 見向く |
みむく |
(v5k) to look around; to look towards (us) |
30069 |
| 向い |
むかい |
(io) (adj-no,n) facing; opposite; across the street; other side |
30069 |
| 後向き |
うしろむき |
(n) back facing; turning one's back to |
30308 |
| 向上心 |
こうじょうしん |
(n) ambition; aspiration |
30433 |
| 右向き |
みぎむき |
(n) facing right |
30832 |
| 東南東 |
とうなんとう |
(n) east-southeast; ESE |
31368 |
| 東宮御所 |
とうぐうごしょ |
Crown Prince's Palace |
31527 |
| 西高東低 |
せいこうとうてい |
(n) high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east |
32076 |
| 外向 |
がいこう |
(n) extroversion |
32501 |
| 東郊 |
とうこう |
(n) eastern suburbs |
32784 |
| 向性 |
こうせい |
(n) tropism |
33111 |
| 向かい風 |
むかいかぜ |
(n) head wind |
33462 |
| 左向き |
ひだりむき |
(n) turning to the left |
33462 |
| 東面 |
とうめん |
(n) facing the east; east face; east side; the east |
34212 |
| 東天紅 |
とうてんこう |
(n) crowning in the morning |
35357 |
| 真向かい |
まむかい |
(n) directly opposite; facing |
35968 |
| 向こう岸 |
むこうぎし |
(n) the opposite bank |
36620 |
| 歯向かう |
はむかう |
(v5u) to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy |
36884 |
| 東奔西走 |
とうほんせいそう |
(n,vs) busy oneself about (something); be on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest |
37130 |
| 向う側 |
むこうがわ |
(n) other side; opposite side; other party |
38280 |
| 向学心 |
こうがくしん |
(n) love of learning |
38588 |
| 参向 |
さんこう |
(n,vs) proceeding to |
38588 |
| 発向 |
はっこう |
(n) departure for a specified destination |
38588 |
| 東歌 |
とうか |
the old Kanto-area folk songs |
38888 |
| 仕向け |
しむけ |
(n) delivery; sending; treatment |
39227 |
| 刃向かう |
はむかう |
(v5u) to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy |
39571 |