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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 元 |
もと |
(n,n-suf,n-t) (1) origin; original; (2) former |
93 |
| 紀元前 |
きげんぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) pre-era; B.C. |
1078 |
| 元年 |
がんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year (of a specific reign) |
1106 |
| 島根 |
しまね |
(n) island country |
1535 |
| 地元 |
じもと |
(n) local |
1586 |
| 元号 |
げんごう |
(n) era name |
1714 |
| 元々 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
1977 |
| 元素 |
げんそ |
(n) chemical element |
2689 |
| 紀元 |
きげん |
(n) (1) era; (2) A.D. (Christian era) |
2699 |
| 次元 |
じげん |
(n) dimension |
2702 |
| 根 |
ね |
(n) root |
2939 |
| 屋根 |
やね |
(n) roof |
3388 |
| 根拠 |
こんきょ |
(n) basis; foundation |
3507 |
| 元気 |
げんき |
(adj-na,n) health(y); robust; vigor; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep |
3935 |
| 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 |
| 元禄 |
げんろく |
(n) period in the Edo era |
4808 |
| 復元 |
ふくげん |
(n,vs) restoration (to original state); reconstruction |
5266 |
| 元首 |
げんしゅ |
(n) ruler; sovereign |
5543 |
| 還元 |
かんげん |
(n,vs) resolution; reduction; return to origins |
5667 |
| 元帥 |
げんすい |
(n) (field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army |
6008 |
| 元来 |
がんらい |
(n-adv) originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally |
6344 |
| 改元 |
かいげん |
(n) change of era |
6793 |
| 根強い |
ねづよい |
(adj) firmly rooted; deep-seated |
6811 |
| 元祖 |
がんそ |
(n) originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
7285 |
| 元老 |
げんろう |
(n) elder statesman; authority |
7897 |
| 羽根 |
はね |
(n) shuttlecock |
8555 |
| 利根 |
りこん |
(adj-na,n) intelligence |
9850 |
| 大根 |
だいこん |
(n) Japanese white radish |
11119 |
| 手元 |
てもと |
(n) (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse; (2) usual skill |
12327 |
| 家元 |
いえもと |
(n) head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school |
12592 |
| 元日 |
がんじつ |
(n) New Year's Day |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぶく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぷく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 多元 |
たげん |
(n) pluralistic |
13595 |
| 根元 |
こんげん |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 根元 |
ねもと |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 尾根 |
おね |
(n) (mountain) ridge; spur |
13701 |
| 根幹 |
こんかん |
(n) basis; nucleus; root and branch |
14030 |
| 足元 |
あしもと |
(n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step |
14101 |
| 根源 |
こんげん |
(n) root; source; origin |
14331 |
| 根性 |
こんじょう |
(n,vs) will-power; guts; temper; nature; spirit |
14612 |
| 付け根 |
つけね |
(n) root; joint; base; crotch |
15502 |
| 販売元 |
はんばいもと |
(n) selling agency |
15733 |
| 山元 |
やまもと |
(n) owner of a mountain; a mine |
15891 |
| 根底 |
こんてい |
(n) root; basis; foundation |
16390 |
| 根拠地 |
こんきょち |
(n) base (of operations) |
16506 |
| 元旦 |
がんたん |
(n) New Year's Day |
16747 |
| 根付く |
ねずく |
to take root |
17127 |
| 元朝 |
げんちょう |
New Year's morning |
18052 |
| 身元 |
みもと |
(n) person's identity; ID; past; background |
18205 |
| 大元帥 |
だいげんすい |
(n) commander-in-chief; generalissimo |
19044 |
| 一元 |
いちげん |
(adj-no,n) unitary |
19141 |
| 根絶 |
こんぜつ |
(n) eradication |
19476 |
| 元凶 |
がんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 元凶 |
げんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 屋根裏 |
やねうら |
(n) attic |
19721 |
| 根ざす |
ねざす |
(v5s) to come from; to have roots in |
19922 |
| 製造元 |
せいぞうもと |
(n) manufacturer; maker |
20004 |
| 道元 |
どうげん |
Zen monk, 1200-1253 |
20087 |
| 球根 |
きゅうこん |
(n) (plant) bulb |
20128 |
| 元本 |
がんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 元本 |
げんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 垣根 |
かきね |
(n) hedge |
20325 |
| 歯根 |
しこん |
(n) root of a tooth; fang |
20473 |
| 二元論 |
にげんろん |
(n) dualism |
20510 |
| 一元化 |
いちげんか |
(n) unification; centralization |
20712 |
| 根城 |
ねじろ |
(n) stronghold; citadel; headquarters |
20946 |
| 草の根 |
くさのね |
(exp,n) grassroots; rank and file; the roots of grass |
21353 |
| 地元民 |
じもとみん |
(n) local people |
22001 |
| 根茎 |
こんけい |
(n) rhizome; root stalk |
22615 |
| 中元 |
ちゅうげん |
(n) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon gifts |
22687 |
| 口元 |
くちもと |
(n) the mouth; shape of the mouth; near an entrance |
23635 |
| 事実無根 |
じじつむこん |
(n) groundless; entirely contrary to fact |
23686 |
| 平方根 |
へいほうこん |
(n) square root |
23686 |
| 元通り |
もとどおり |
(adj-na,n-t) as before; as ever |
24029 |
| 根っから |
ねっから |
(adj-no,adv) by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart |
24217 |
| 版元 |
はんもと |
(n) publisher |
24291 |
| 隠元 |
いんげん |
(n) beans |
24551 |
| 岩根 |
いわね |
(n) rock |
24980 |
| 蓮根 |
れんこん |
(n) lotus root |
24980 |
| 元締 |
もとじめ |
(n) controller; manager |
25041 |
| 湯元 |
ゆもと |
(n) source of a hot spring |
25554 |
| 根子 |
ねっこ |
(n) root; stump |
25630 |
| 親元 |
おやもと |
(n) one's parents; one's parents' home; one's home |
25630 |
| 二元 |
にげん |
(n) duality |
25705 |
| 元手 |
もとで |
(n) funds; capital; stock |
25918 |
| 胸元 |
むなもと |
(n) breast; pit of stomach |
26001 |
| 元始 |
げんし |
(n) origin |
26157 |
| 根回し |
ねまわし |
(n) making necessary arrangements |
26319 |
| 膝元 |
ひざもと |
(n) near one's knee |
26319 |
| 元勲 |
げんくん |
(n) elder statesman |
26648 |
| 単元 |
たんげん |
(n) teaching unit |
26730 |
| 男根 |
だんこん |
(n) penis |
26817 |
| 根治 |
こんじ |
(n) complete (radical) cure |
27153 |
| 根治 |
こんち |
(n) complete (radical) cure |
27153 |
| 語根 |
ごこん |
(n) root (origin) of a word |
27703 |
| 根菜 |
こんさい |
(n) root crops |
27801 |
| 多次元 |
たじげん |
(n) multidimensional |
28200 |
| 紀元節 |
きげんせつ |
(n) (historical) Empire Day |
28975 |
| 蔵元 |
くらもと |
(n) sake brewer; warehouse overseer |
28975 |
| 枕元 |
まくらもと |
(n) bedside |
29410 |
| 禍根 |
かこん |
(n) root of evil |
29519 |
| 根気 |
こんき |
(n) (1) patience; (2) perseverance; energy |
29519 |
| 窯元 |
かまもと |
(n) pottery |
29519 |
| 元利 |
がんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 元利 |
げんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 同根 |
どうこん |
(n) same root; same origin |
30195 |
| 元締め |
もとじめ |
(n) manager; boss; promoter |
30433 |
| 元方 |
もとかた |
(n) capitalist; wholesaler |
30552 |
| 根付 |
ねつけ |
(n) netsuke |
30552 |
| 一元論 |
いちげんろん |
(n) monism |
30832 |
| 毛根 |
もうこん |
(n) hair root |
30832 |
| 元三 |
がんざん |
(n-adv,n-t) New Year's Day; January 1 to 3 |
31368 |
| 腰元 |
こしもと |
(n) chamber maid; female servant |
31648 |
| 元金 |
がんきん |
(n) capital; principal |
31784 |
| 元金 |
もときん |
(n) capital; principal |
31784 |
| 根深い |
ねぶかい |
(adj) deep-rooted; ingrained |
31784 |
| 喉元 |
のどもと |
(n) throat |
31930 |
| 国元 |
くにもと |
(n) hometown; native place |
31930 |
| 目元 |
めもと |
(n) eyes; skin round one's eyes |
31930 |
| 塊根 |
かいこん |
(n) tuberous root |
32501 |
| 多元的 |
たげんてき |
(adj-na,n) pluralism; plurality |
32501 |
| 元元 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
33282 |
| 根太 |
ねだ |
(n) joist |
33636 |
| 根太 |
ねぶと |
(n) (skin) boil |
33636 |
| 根っこ |
ねっこ |
(n) root; stub; stump |
34034 |
| 羽根車 |
はねぐるま |
(n) (turbine's) impeller |
34381 |
| 座元 |
ざもと |
(n) theater proprietor; producer |
34580 |
| 根粒 |
こんりゅう |
(n) root nodule |
34761 |
| 本元 |
ほんもと |
(n) origin; main branch of family |
34761 |
| 網元 |
あみもと |
(n) head of fisherman's group or union |
35139 |
| 心根 |
こころね |
(n) feelings; nature; disposition |
35577 |
| 火元 |
ひもと |
(n) origin of a fire |
35778 |
| 立方根 |
りっぽうこん |
(n) cubic root |
35778 |
| 性根 |
しょうこん |
(n) perseverance |
35968 |
| 性根 |
しょうね |
(n) character; nature |
35968 |
| 舌根 |
ぜっこん |
(n) root of the tongue |
35968 |
| 勧進元 |
かんじんもと |
(n) backer; promoter |
36169 |
| 火の元 |
ひのもと |
(n) origin of fire |
36396 |
| 根絶やし |
ねだやし |
(n) eradication; extermination |
36396 |
| 宿根草 |
しゅっこんそう |
(n) perennial plant |
36396 |
| 胴元 |
どうもと |
(n) bookmaker (in gambling); manager |
36396 |
| 襟元 |
えりもと |
(n) front of neck |
36884 |
| 元請け |
もとうけ |
(n) prime contraction or contractor |
36884 |
| 根差す |
ねざす |
(v5s) to root in; to come from |
37405 |
| 善根 |
ぜんこん |
(n) good deeds; charity |
37405 |
| 気根 |
きこん |
(n) aerial root |
37706 |
| 根負け |
こんまけ |
(n) running out of patience with; having tried and failed |
37706 |
| 根方 |
ねかた |
(n) root; lower part |
38001 |