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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 |
| 独立 |
どくりつ |
(adj-na,n) independence (e.g. Ind. Day); self-support |
537 |
| 関東 |
かんとう |
Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) |
787 |
| 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 |
| 東海 |
とうかい |
(n) region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea |
1134 |
| 独自 |
どくじ |
(adj-na,n) original; peculiar; characteristic |
1247 |
| 東部 |
とうぶ |
(n) eastern part |
1918 |
| 単独 |
たんどく |
(adj-no,n) sole; independence; single; solo (flight) |
1923 |
| 東宝 |
とうほう |
Toho (Japanese film studio) |
2167 |
| 東京大学 |
とうきょうだいがく |
Tokyo University |
2420 |
| 独特 |
どくとく |
(adj-na,n) peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic |
2432 |
| 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 |
| 独 |
どいつ |
Germany |
3673 |
| 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 |
| 独占 |
どくせん |
(n) monopoly |
4139 |
| 東経 |
とうけい |
(n) east longitude |
5010 |
| 東南アジア |
とうなんアジア |
Southeast Asia |
5243 |
| 独裁 |
どくさい |
(n) dictatorship; despotism |
5321 |
| 東アジア |
ひがしアジア |
East Asia |
5476 |
| 中東 |
ちゅうとう |
(n) Middle East |
5776 |
| 東亜 |
とうあ |
(n) East Asia; the Orient |
6600 |
| 極東 |
きょくとう |
(n) Far East |
7260 |
| 独身 |
どくしん |
(n) bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate |
7765 |
| 広東 |
かんとん |
Canton (China) |
8071 |
| 孤独 |
こどく |
(adj-na,n) isolation; loneliness; solitude |
8079 |
| 独奏 |
どくそう |
(n) a solo |
8483 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 独唱 |
どくしょう |
(n,vs) vocal solo |
12417 |
| 独創 |
どくそう |
(n) originality |
12566 |
| 独断 |
どくだん |
(n) one's own judgement; arbitrary |
12592 |
| 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 |
| 東邦 |
とうほう |
(n) Oriental country; the Orient |
14644 |
| 東海岸 |
ひがしかいがん |
(n) east coast |
14845 |
| 独語 |
どくご |
(n) monologue; soliloquy |
15907 |
| 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 |
| 独学 |
どくがく |
(n,vs) self-study |
16798 |
| 独走 |
どくそう |
(n) running alone; doing things along that should be done with other |
17440 |
| 東征 |
とうせい |
(n) eastern expedition |
18243 |
| 独楽 |
こま |
(n) a top |
18563 |
| 中近東 |
ちゅうきんとう |
(n) Near and Middle East |
19235 |
| 独立記念日 |
どくりつきねんび |
Independence Day |
19504 |
| 独り |
ひとり |
(adv,n) alone; unmarried |
19534 |
| 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 |
| 独力 |
どくりょく |
(n-adv,n-t) one's own effort |
22057 |
| 近東 |
きんとう |
(n) Near East |
23635 |
| 東北大 |
とうほくだい |
(abbr) Touhoku University |
23686 |
| 東工大 |
とうこうだい |
Tokyo Institute of Technology; TIT |
23966 |
| 東門 |
とうもん |
eastern gate |
24217 |
| 独白 |
どくはく |
(n,vs) monologue; talking to oneself; soliloquy |
24363 |
| 独善 |
どくぜん |
(n) self-righteousness; self-justified |
24699 |
| 独り言 |
ひとりごと |
(n) a soliloquy; a monologue; speaking to oneself |
25554 |
| 独演 |
どくえん |
(n) solo; solo performance |
26817 |
| 独房 |
どくぼう |
(n) single cell; isolation cell |
26991 |
| 東屋 |
あずまや |
(n) arbor; bower; summer house |
27703 |
| 東遷 |
とうせん |
(n,vs) moving (the capital) east |
28115 |
| 独逸 |
どいつ |
Germany |
28115 |
| 南南東 |
なんなんとう |
(n) south-southeast |
28391 |
| 独居 |
どっきょ |
(n) solitude; solitary life |
28567 |
| 独壇場 |
どくだんじょう |
(n) field in which one acts unchallenged |
28681 |
| 東天 |
とうてん |
(n) the eastern sky |
28975 |
| 東独 |
とうどく |
East Germany |
29519 |
| 東北東 |
とうほくとう |
(n) east-northeast; ENE |
29632 |
| 天涯孤独 |
てんがいこどく |
(n) a person without a single relative |
30069 |
| 西独 |
せいどく |
West Germany |
30433 |
| 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 |
| 独り占め |
ひとりじめ |
(n) monopoly |
31648 |
| 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 |
| 東郊 |
とうこう |
(n) eastern suburbs |
32784 |
| 独眼 |
どくがん |
(n) one-eyed |
32964 |
| 独禁法 |
どっきんほう |
(n) the Antimonopoly Act |
33636 |
| 唯我独尊 |
ゆいがどくそん |
(n) self-conceit; vainglory; Holy am I alone |
34034 |
| 東面 |
とうめん |
(n) facing the east; east face; east side; the east |
34212 |
| 独り立ち |
ひとりだち |
(n) being independent |
34761 |
| 東天紅 |
とうてんこう |
(n) crowning in the morning |
35357 |
| 独活 |
うど |
(n) udo (plant) |
36396 |
| 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 |
| 独行 |
どっこう |
(n) going alone; self-reliance |
37405 |
| 独習 |
どくしゅう |
(n) self-study; self-teaching |
38001 |
| 東歌 |
とうか |
the old Kanto-area folk songs |
38888 |
| 独りぼっち |
ひとりぼっち |
(n) alone; lonely; solitude |
39920 |
| 独り歩き |
ひとりあるき |
(n) walking unaided; going alone; standing on one's own |
39920 |
| 独り暮らし |
ひとりぐらし |
(n) a single life; a solitary life; living alone |
39920 |
| 東漸 |
とうぜん |
(n) eastward advance |
40619 |
| 独擅場 |
どくせんじょう |
(n) field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly |
41039 |
| 東男 |
あずまおとこ |
(n) man from East Japan |
41904 |
| 独り身 |
ひとりみ |
(n) unmarried man (woman) |
41904 |
| 独り善がり |
ひとりよがり |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) complacent; self-satisfied; self-important; conceited |
41904 |
| 東半球 |
ひがしはんきゅう |
(n) Eastern Hemisphere |
42342 |
| 独立独歩 |
どくりつどっぽ |
(n) self-reliance; self-help |
42342 |
| 独得 |
どくとく |
(adj-na,n) learning by oneself |
42893 |
| 馬耳東風 |
ばじとうふう |
(n) utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears |
42893 |
| 貝独楽 |
ばいごま |
(n) shell top |
45436 |
| 独りでに |
ひとりでに |
(adv) by itself; automatically; naturally |
45436 |
| 独り子 |
ひとりご |
(n) an only child |
45436 |
| 東海道線 |
とうかいどうせん |
Tokaido Line |
46248 |
| 独吟 |
どくぎん |
(n) vocal solo |
46248 |
| 独り者 |
ひとりもの |
(n) single (i.e. unmarried) person |
47205 |
| 独修 |
どくしゅう |
(n) self-education |
47205 |
| 独り合点 |
ひとりがってん |
(n) rash assumption; hasty conclusion |
48294 |
| 独り合点 |
ひとりがてん |
(n) rash assumption; hasty conclusion |
48294 |
| 独り旅 |
ひとりたび |
(n) traveling alone |
48294 |
| 独往 |
どくおう |
(n) going on one's own or one's own way |
48294 |
| 独航船 |
どっこうせん |
(n) independent fishing boat |
48294 |
| 独酌 |
どくしゃく |
(n,vs) drinking alone; solitary drinking |
48294 |
| 東西屋 |
とうざいや |
(n) town crier |
49657 |
| 独座 |
どくざ |
(n) sitting alone |
49657 |
| 遼東の豕 |
りょうとうのいのこ |
(n) being self-complacent |
49657 |
| プロレタリア独裁 |
プロレタリアどくさい |
(n) proletarian dictatorship |
51560 |
| 一党独裁 |
いっとうどくさい |
(n) one-party rule |
51560 |
| 学の独立 |
がくのどくりつ |
freedom of learning |
51560 |
| 関東一円 |
かんとういちえん |
whole district of Kanto |
51560 |
| 関東弁 |
かんとうべん |
Kantou dialect |
51560 |
| 曲独楽 |
きょくごま |
(n) top; spinning tricks |
51560 |
| 軍部独裁 |
ぐんぶどくさい |
military dictatorship |
51560 |
| 古今東西 |
ここんとうざい |
all times and places |
51560 |