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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 |
| 主 |
あるじ |
(n) master; head (of a household); landlord; one's husband; employer; host |
134 |
| 主 |
おも |
(adj-na,n) chief; main; principal; important |
134 |
| 主 |
しゅ |
(n) (one's) master; (our) lord |
134 |
| 主 |
ぬし |
(n) owner; master; lover; god |
134 |
| 主義 |
しゅぎ |
(n) doctrine; rule; principle |
428 |
| 基本 |
きほん |
(n) foundation; basis; standard |
464 |
| 主要 |
しゅよう |
(adj-na,n) chief; main; principal; major |
533 |
| 日本語 |
にっぽんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 日本語 |
にほんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 本社 |
ほんしゃ |
(n) head office; main office; headquarters |
770 |
| 本人 |
ほんにん |
(n) the person himself |
784 |
| 主人公 |
しゅじんこう |
(n) (1) protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); (2) head of household |
833 |
| 本線 |
ほんせん |
(n) main line |
839 |
| 脚本 |
きゃくほん |
(n) scenario |
903 |
| 国民 |
こくみん |
(n) national; people; citizen |
923 |
| 藩主 |
はんしゅ |
(n) feudal lord; daimyo |
935 |
| 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 |
| 市民 |
しみん |
(n) citizen; townspeople |
1111 |
| 主演 |
しゅえん |
(n) starring; playing the leading part |
1122 |
| 定義 |
ていぎ |
(n,vs) definition |
1128 |
| 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 |
| 民族 |
みんぞく |
(n) people; race; nation; racial customs; folk customs |
1216 |
| 主張 |
しゅちょう |
(n,vs) claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet |
1223 |
| 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 |
| 住民 |
じゅうみん |
(n) citizens; inhabitants; residents; population |
1427 |
| 主題歌 |
しゅだいか |
(n) theme song |
1539 |
| 資本 |
しほん |
(n) funds; capital |
1561 |
| 義 |
ぎ |
(n) justice; righteousness; morality; honour |
1578 |
| 民主 |
みんしゅ |
(n) democratic; the head of the nation |
1961 |
| 民間 |
みんかん |
(adj-no,n) private; civilian; civil; popular; folk; unofficial |
1988 |
| 中華人民共和国 |
ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこく |
People's Republic of China; Communist China |
2105 |
| 主催 |
しゅさい |
(n,vs) organization; sponsorship |
2113 |
| 民営 |
みんえい |
(n) private management |
2130 |
| 本塁打 |
ほんるいだ |
(n) home run (baseball) |
2148 |
| 民主党 |
みんしゅとう |
Democratic party |
2172 |
| 民 |
たみ |
(n) nation; people |
2242 |
| 本格 |
ほんかく |
(n) propriety; fundamental rules |
2246 |
| 名義 |
めいぎ |
(n) name |
2252 |
| 自由民主党 |
じゆうみんしゅとう |
LDP; Liberal Democratic Party |
2351 |
| 君主 |
くんしゅ |
(n) ruler; monarch |
2377 |
| 主体 |
しゅたい |
(n) subject; main constituent |
2530 |
| 本体 |
ほんたい |
(n) substance; real form; object of worship |
2608 |
| 株主 |
かぶぬし |
(n) shareholder; stockholder |
2670 |
| 当主 |
とうしゅ |
(n) (present) head of a family |
2801 |
| 本拠地 |
ほんきょち |
(n) stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters |
2887 |
| 大韓民国 |
だいかんみんこく |
Republic of Korea |
2919 |
| 植民 |
しょくみん |
(n,vs) colonization |
2941 |
| 主力 |
しゅりょく |
(n) main force; chief object |
2951 |
| 主流 |
しゅりゅう |
(n) main current (stream) |
2953 |
| 本店 |
ほんてん |
(n) head office |
2972 |
| 義務 |
ぎむ |
(n) duty; obligation; responsibility |
3150 |
| 自民党 |
じみんとう |
LDP; Liberal Democratic Party |
3163 |
| 人民 |
じんみん |
(n) people; public |
3357 |
| 正義 |
せいぎ |
(n) justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning |
3511 |
| 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 |
| 自主 |
じしゅ |
(n) independence; autonomy |
3619 |
| 主役 |
しゅやく |
(n) leading part; leading actor (actress) |
3706 |
| 中華民国 |
ちゅうかみんこく |
Chinese Republic (Taiwan) |
3725 |
| 民法 |
みんぽう |
(n) civil law; civil code |
3739 |
| 主題 |
しゅだい |
(n) subject; theme; motif |
3769 |
| 慶應義塾 |
けいおうぎじゅく |
Keio (Private University) |
3905 |
| 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 |
| 主導 |
しゅどう |
(n,vs) main leadership |
4572 |
| 民俗 |
みんぞく |
(n) people; race; nation; racial customs; folk customs |
4647 |
| 持ち主 |
もちぬし |
(n) owner; proprietor |
4730 |
| 主任 |
しゅにん |
(n) person in charge; responsible official |
4754 |
| 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 |
| 移民 |
いみん |
(n) emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant |
4808 |
| 民放 |
みんぽう |
(n) commercial broadcast |
4851 |
| 農民 |
のうみん |
(n) farmers; peasants |
5074 |
| 広義 |
こうぎ |
(n) wide sense; broader application |
5092 |
| 本当に |
ほんとうに |
(adv) really; truly |
5210 |
| 講義 |
こうぎ |
(n,vs) lecture |
5212 |
| 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 |
| 県民 |
けんみん |
(n) citizens of a prefecture |
5315 |
| 意義 |
いぎ |
(n) meaning; significance |
5317 |
| 日本航空 |
にっぽんこうくう |
JAL; Japan Air Lines |
5317 |
| 単行本 |
たんこうぼん |
(n) special book; separate volume; book of lectures |
5467 |
| 主として |
しゅとして |
(adv) mainly |
5473 |
| 民衆 |
みんしゅう |
(n) people; populace; masses |
5490 |
| 民事 |
みんじ |
(n) civil affairs; civil case |
5512 |
| 先住民 |
せんじゅうみん |
(n) former inhabitant |
5598 |
| 絵本 |
えほん |
(n) picture book |
5610 |
| 領主 |
りょうしゅ |
(n) feudal lord |
5781 |
| 城主 |
じょうしゅ |
(n) lord of a castle |
5820 |
| 狭義 |
きょうぎ |
(n) narrow-sense |
5897 |
| 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 |
| 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 |
ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみん |
People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) |
6215 |
| 公民館 |
こうみんかん |
(n) public hall; community center |
6374 |
| 主砲 |
しゅほう |
(n) main battery; main armament |
6374 |
| 民謡 |
みんよう |
(n) folk song; popular song |
6440 |
| 本家 |
ほんけ |
(n) head house (family); birthplace; originator |
6535 |
| 庶民 |
しょみん |
(n) masses; common people |
6552 |
| 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 |
| 主人 |
あるじ |
(n) master; head (of a household); landlord; one's husband; employer; host |
6587 |
| 主人 |
しゅじん |
(n) master; head (of a household); landlord; one's husband; employer; host |
6587 |
| 主教 |
しゅきょう |
(n) bishop; prelate; primate |
6621 |
| 主宰 |
しゅさい |
(n,vs) supervision; chairmanship |
6633 |
| 旗本 |
はたもと |
(n) shogunal vassal |
6673 |
| 日本書紀 |
にほんしょき |
Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan) |
6933 |
| 社会民主党 |
しゃかいみんしゅとう |
Social Democratic Party |
7077 |
| 主権 |
しゅけん |
(n) sovereignty; supremacy; dominion |
7272 |
| 教義 |
きょうぎ |
(n) creed; doctrine |
7334 |
| 演義 |
えんぎ |
(n) expansion; amplification; commentary; adaptation |
7457 |
| 本山 |
ほんざん |
(n) head temple; this temple |
7555 |
| 本堂 |
ほんどう |
(n) main temple building; nave |
7568 |
| 主婦 |
しゅふ |
(n) housewife; mistress |
7653 |
| 標本 |
ひょうほん |
(n) example; specimen |
7688 |
| 本館 |
ほんかん |
(n) main building |
7725 |
| 難民 |
なんみん |
(n) refugees |
7827 |
| 台本 |
だいほん |
(n) libretto; scenario |
8014 |
| 一義 |
いちぎ |
(n) a reason; a principle; a meaning; the first meaning; the first principle; the first consideration |
8049 |
| 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 |
| 本島 |
ほんとう |
(n) main island; this island |
8749 |
| 主翼 |
しゅよく |
(n) main planes (of an airplane) |
8759 |
| 日豊本線 |
にっぽうほんせん |
Nippon Main Line (Kagoshima-Miyazaki-Fukuoka Railway) |
8759 |
| 馬主 |
うまぬし |
(n) (race)horse owner |
8788 |
| 馬主 |
ばしゅ |
(n) (race)horse owner |
8788 |
| 馬主 |
ばぬし |
(n) (race)horse owner |
8788 |
| 同義 |
どうぎ |
(adj-na,n) the same meaning |
8821 |
| 自民 |
じみん |
(abbr) Liberal Democratic Party; LDP |
8884 |
| 本木 |
もとき |
(n) original stock |
8950 |
| 主席 |
しゅせき |
(n) head; chief; president; governor; chairman |
8965 |
| 義務付ける |
ぎむづける |
(v1) to obligate |
9086 |