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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 |
| 節 |
せつ |
(n) node; section; occasion; time |
1084 |
| 節 |
のっと |
knot; nautical mile per hour |
1084 |
| 節 |
ふし |
(n) joint; knuckle; tune; melody |
1084 |
| 節 |
ぶし |
(n-suf) tune; tone; knot; knob; point |
1084 |
| 元年 |
がんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year (of a specific reign) |
1106 |
| 清水 |
しみず |
(n) spring water |
1292 |
| 清水 |
せいすい |
(n) clear (pure) water |
1292 |
| 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 |
| 季節 |
きせつ |
(n) season |
3577 |
| 元気 |
げんき |
(adj-na,n) health(y); robust; vigor; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep |
3935 |
| 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 |
| 調節 |
ちょうせつ |
(n,vs) regulation; adjustment; control |
5889 |
| 元帥 |
げんすい |
(n) (field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army |
6008 |
| 関節 |
かんせつ |
(n) joints (knee joint, elbow joint, etc) |
6029 |
| 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 |
| 元祖 |
がんそ |
(n) originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
7285 |
| 元老 |
げんろう |
(n) elder statesman; authority |
7897 |
| 音節 |
おんせつ |
(n) syllable |
8476 |
| 清掃 |
せいそう |
(n,vs) cleaning |
8654 |
| 清い |
きよい |
(adj) clear; pure; noble |
8673 |
| 使節 |
しせつ |
(n) envoy; embassy; mission; delegate |
8839 |
| 清朝 |
しんちょう |
(n) the Manchu Dynasty |
9153 |
| 節気 |
せっき |
(n) 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons |
9265 |
| 粛清 |
しゅくせい |
(n,vs) (political) purge |
9645 |
| 節足動物 |
せっそくどうぶつ |
(n) arthopods |
10562 |
| 清算 |
せいさん |
(n) liquidation; settlement |
10693 |
| 手元 |
てもと |
(n) (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse; (2) usual skill |
12327 |
| 節約 |
せつやく |
(n,vs) economising; saving |
12385 |
| 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 |
| 小節 |
しょうせつ |
(n) (musical) bar |
13625 |
| 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 |
| 足元 |
あしもと |
(n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step |
14101 |
| 清浄 |
しょうじょう |
(adj-na,n) pure; clean; purity |
14231 |
| 清浄 |
せいじょう |
(adj-na,n) pure; clean; purity |
14231 |
| 清音 |
せいおん |
(n) (in phonetics) an unvoiced sound |
14429 |
| 平清盛 |
たいらのきよもり |
Kiyomori (shogun) |
14503 |
| 清酒 |
せいしゅ |
(n) refined sake |
14553 |
| 一節 |
いっせつ |
(n) a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section; a tune; note; strain; measure |
14727 |
| 一節 |
ひとふし |
(n) a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section; a tune; note; strain; measure |
14727 |
| 清流 |
せいりゅう |
(n) clear stream |
15276 |
| 血清 |
けっせい |
(n) serum |
15485 |
| 清国 |
しんこく |
China under the Manchus |
15627 |
| 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 |
| 清涼飲料水 |
せいりょういんりょうすい |
(n) soft drink |
16065 |
| 結節 |
けっせつ |
(n) knot; nodule; tubercule |
16347 |
| 清涼 |
せいりょう |
(adj-na,n) cool; refreshing |
16524 |
| 清澄 |
せいちょう |
(adj-na,n) clear; serene |
16576 |
| 節度 |
せつど |
(n) moderation; standard |
16614 |
| 元旦 |
がんたん |
(n) New Year's Day |
16747 |
| 清潔 |
せいけつ |
(adj-na,n) clean |
17154 |
| 清水寺 |
きよみずでら |
temple in Kyoto |
17154 |
| 節目 |
ふしめ |
(n) a knot; a turning point |
17505 |
| 清風 |
せいふう |
(n) breath of fresh air; cool (refreshing) breeze |
17710 |
| 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 |
| 節分 |
せちぶん |
(n) holiday for end of winter (Bean Throwing Night) |
18205 |
| 節分 |
せつぶん |
(n) holiday for end of winter (Bean Throwing Night) |
18205 |
| 清教徒 |
せいきょうと |
(n) Puritan |
18673 |
| 大元帥 |
だいげんすい |
(n) commander-in-chief; generalissimo |
19044 |
| 清明 |
せいめい |
(n) pure and clear |
19107 |
| 一元 |
いちげん |
(adj-no,n) unitary |
19141 |
| 清純 |
せいじゅん |
(adj-na,n) purity; innocence |
19170 |
| 元凶 |
がんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 元凶 |
げんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 清める |
きよめる |
(v1) to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise |
19663 |
| 鰹節 |
かつおぶし |
(oK) (n) small pieces of sliced dried bonito |
19693 |
| 忠節 |
ちゅうせつ |
(n) loyalty; allegiance; fidelity |
19826 |
| 製造元 |
せいぞうもと |
(n) manufacturer; maker |
20004 |
| 道元 |
どうげん |
Zen monk, 1200-1253 |
20087 |
| 元本 |
がんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 元本 |
げんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 二元論 |
にげんろん |
(n) dualism |
20510 |
| 一元化 |
いちげんか |
(n) unification; centralization |
20712 |
| 節減 |
せつげん |
(n,vs) retrenchment; curtailment; economy |
21353 |
| 分節 |
ぶんせつ |
(n) articulation |
21446 |
| 地元民 |
じもとみん |
(n) local people |
22001 |
| 季節風 |
きせつふう |
(n) seasonal winds |
22212 |
| 中元 |
ちゅうげん |
(n) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon gifts |
22687 |
| 節句 |
せっく |
(n) seasonal festival |
22948 |
| 口元 |
くちもと |
(n) the mouth; shape of the mouth; near an entrance |
23635 |
| 元通り |
もとどおり |
(adj-na,n-t) as before; as ever |
24029 |
| 版元 |
はんもと |
(n) publisher |
24291 |
| 隠元 |
いんげん |
(n) beans |
24551 |
| 清廉 |
せいれん |
(adj-na,n) honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness |
24551 |
| 節制 |
せっせい |
(n) moderation; self-restraint; temperance |
24551 |
| 文節 |
ぶんせつ |
(n) paragraph; phrase |
24551 |
| 清楚 |
せいそ |
(adj-na,n) neat and clean; tidy; trim |
24627 |
| 元締 |
もとじめ |
(n) controller; manager |
25041 |
| 湯元 |
ゆもと |
(n) source of a hot spring |
25554 |
| 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 |
| 股関節 |
こかんせつ |
(n) hip joint; coxa |
26157 |
| 清新 |
せいしん |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) fresh; new |
26240 |
| 本節 |
ほんせつ |
this chapter; this passage; this section |
26240 |
| 本節 |
ほんぶし |
(n) top-quality dried bonito |
26240 |
| 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 |
| 清らか |
きよらか |
(adj-na,n) clean; pure; chaste |
27058 |
| 節電 |
せつでん |
(n) brownout; conservation of electricity |
27153 |
| 清貧 |
せいひん |
(n) honourable poverty |
28200 |
| 多次元 |
たじげん |
(n) multidimensional |
28200 |
| 礼節 |
れいせつ |
(n) decorum; propriety; politeness |
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 |
| 窯元 |
かまもと |
(n) pottery |
29519 |
| お節介 |
おせっかい |
(adj-na,n) meddling; nosy |
29736 |
| 節水 |
せっすい |
(n) conservation of water |
30069 |
| 元利 |
がんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 元利 |
げんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 浪花節 |
なにわぶし |
(n) naniwabushi; a kind of sung narrative popular during Edo period |
30195 |
| 元締め |
もとじめ |
(n) manager; boss; promoter |
30433 |
| 腕っ節 |
うでっぷし |
(n) physical strength |
30433 |
| 元方 |
もとかた |
(n) capitalist; wholesaler |
30552 |
| 節点 |
せってん |
(n) node |
30688 |
| 一元論 |
いちげんろん |
(n) monism |
30832 |
| 清濁 |
せいだく |
(n) good and evil; purity and impurity |
30832 |
| 変節 |
へんせつ |
(n) apostasy; betrayal |
30969 |
| 天長節 |
てんちょうせつ |
(n) Emperor's Birthday |
31088 |
| 前節 |
ぜんせつ |
(n) preceding paragraph, section, or verse |
31224 |
| 元三 |
がんざん |
(n-adv,n-t) New Year's Day; January 1 to 3 |
31368 |
| 清書 |
せいしょ |
(n) clean copy |
31527 |
| 節回し |
ふしまわし |
(n) melody; intonation |
31527 |
| 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 |
| 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 |