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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 語 |
ご |
(n,n-suf) language; word |
116 |
| 英語 |
えいご |
(n) the English language |
331 |
| 独立 |
どくりつ |
(adj-na,n) independence (e.g. Ind. Day); self-support |
537 |
| 物語 |
ものがたり |
(n) tale; story; legend |
543 |
| 言語 |
げんご |
(n) language |
607 |
| 日本語 |
にっぽんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 日本語 |
にほんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 語る |
かたる |
(v5r) to talk; to tell; to recite |
1110 |
| 独自 |
どくじ |
(adj-na,n) original; peculiar; characteristic |
1247 |
| 用語 |
ようご |
(n) term; terminology |
1262 |
| 単独 |
たんどく |
(adj-no,n) sole; independence; single; solo (flight) |
1923 |
| 独特 |
どくとく |
(adj-na,n) peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic |
2432 |
| 落語 |
らくご |
(n) rakugo story; (telling) a comic story |
2782 |
| フランス語 |
フランスご |
(n) French language |
2800 |
| 独 |
どいつ |
Germany |
3673 |
| 原語 |
げんご |
(n) original word; original language |
3703 |
| ラテン語 |
ラテンご |
(n) Latin |
4057 |
| 独占 |
どくせん |
(n) monopoly |
4139 |
| 単語 |
たんご |
(n) word; vocabulary; (usually) single-character word |
4260 |
| 語源 |
ごげん |
(n) word root; word derivation; etymology |
4446 |
| 国語 |
こくご |
(n) national language |
4832 |
| 独裁 |
どくさい |
(n) dictatorship; despotism |
5321 |
| 中国語 |
ちゅうごくご |
(n) Chinese language |
5586 |
| 語尾 |
ごび |
(n) (inflected) end of a word |
6593 |
| 語族 |
ごぞく |
(n) family of languages |
7432 |
| 独身 |
どくしん |
(n) bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate |
7765 |
| 源氏物語 |
げんじものがたり |
the Tale of the Genji |
7841 |
| 語彙 |
ごい |
(n) vocabulary; glossary |
7922 |
| 孤独 |
こどく |
(adj-na,n) isolation; loneliness; solitude |
8079 |
| 独奏 |
どくそう |
(n) a solo |
8483 |
| 造語 |
ぞうご |
(n) coined word |
8950 |
| 語学 |
ごがく |
(n) language study |
8994 |
| 訳語 |
やくご |
(n) terms used in translation |
9748 |
| 母語 |
ぼご |
(n) mother tongue |
10619 |
| 語り |
かたり |
(n) talking |
11119 |
| 略語 |
りゃくご |
(n) abbreviation; acronym |
11933 |
| 主語 |
しゅご |
(n) (gram) subject |
12052 |
| 俗語 |
ぞくご |
(n) colloquialism; colloquial language |
12270 |
| 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 |
| 物語る |
ものがたる |
(v5r) to tell; to indicate |
12764 |
| 漢語 |
かんご |
(n) Chinese word; Sino-Japanese word |
12994 |
| 標語 |
ひょうご |
(n) motto; slogan; catchword |
13250 |
| 敬語 |
けいご |
(n) honorific; term of respect |
13273 |
| 口語 |
こうご |
(n) colloquial language |
13381 |
| 英単語 |
えいたんご |
(n) English word |
13970 |
| 隠語 |
いんご |
(n) (1) secret language; jargon; cant; (2) humbug |
14220 |
| 語句 |
ごく |
(n) words; phrases |
14284 |
| 対義語 |
たいぎご |
(n) word's opposite |
14331 |
| 仏語 |
ふつご |
(n) French language |
14624 |
| 仏語 |
ぶつご |
(n) Buddhist term |
14624 |
| ドイツ語 |
ドイツご |
(n) German language |
14861 |
| 語幹 |
ごかん |
(n) stem; root of a word |
14881 |
| 語り継ぐ |
かたりつぐ |
(v5g) to transmit; to hand down |
15527 |
| 熟語 |
じゅくご |
(n) idiom; idiomatic phrase; kanji compound |
15567 |
| 語録 |
ごろく |
(n) analects; sayings |
15789 |
| 独語 |
どくご |
(n) monologue; soliloquy |
15907 |
| 語法 |
ごほう |
(n) diction; grammar; syntax |
16112 |
| 語形 |
ごけい |
(n) word form |
16248 |
| 述語 |
じゅつご |
(n) predicate |
16265 |
| 弾き語り |
ひきがたり |
(n) singing to one's own accompaniment |
16546 |
| 独学 |
どくがく |
(n,vs) self-study |
16798 |
| 古語 |
こご |
(n) obsolete word; old proverb; ancient (Japanese) language |
16902 |
| 文語 |
ぶんご |
(n) written language; literary language |
17023 |
| 新語 |
しんご |
(n) new word |
17176 |
| 語呂合わせ |
ごろあわせ |
(n) rhyming game; play on words; pun |
17195 |
| 語頭 |
ごとう |
(n) first part of a word |
17440 |
| 独走 |
どくそう |
(n) running alone; doing things along that should be done with other |
17440 |
| 死語 |
しご |
(n) dead language; obsolete word |
17612 |
| 語り口 |
かたりくち |
(n) way of reciting; way of telling a story |
17775 |
| 勅語 |
ちょくご |
(n) imperial rescript |
18155 |
| 季語 |
きご |
(n) seasonal word (in haiku) |
18205 |
| 独楽 |
こま |
(n) a top |
18563 |
| 語順 |
ごじゅん |
(n) word order |
18762 |
| 豪語 |
ごうご |
(n,vs) boasting; bombast |
19211 |
| 論語 |
ろんご |
(n) the Analects of Confucius |
19269 |
| 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 |
| 語感 |
ごかん |
(n) sense of language |
19579 |
| 人語 |
じんご |
(n) human speech |
20128 |
| 語義 |
ごぎ |
(n) meaning of a word |
20325 |
| 祖語 |
そご |
(n) a parent language |
20854 |
| 語り合う |
かたりあう |
(v5u) to talk together |
20989 |
| 語末 |
ごまつ |
(n) end of a word; suffix |
21314 |
| 独力 |
どくりょく |
(n-adv,n-t) one's own effort |
22057 |
| 語り手 |
かたりて |
(n) speaker; narrator; reciter |
22113 |
| 外語 |
がいご |
(n) foreign language |
22840 |
| 類義語 |
るいぎご |
(n) synonym |
22890 |
| 印欧語 |
いんおうご |
(n) Indo-European languages |
23399 |
| 語呂 |
ごろ |
(n) the sound; euphony |
24363 |
| 独白 |
どくはく |
(n,vs) monologue; talking to oneself; soliloquy |
24363 |
| 和語 |
わご |
(n) native Japanese words |
24627 |
| 独善 |
どくぜん |
(n) self-righteousness; self-justified |
24699 |
| 補語 |
ほご |
(n) (gram) complement |
25286 |
| 独り言 |
ひとりごと |
(n) a soliloquy; a monologue; speaking to oneself |
25554 |
| 同義語 |
どうぎご |
(n) synonym |
25767 |
| 対語 |
ついご |
(n) pairing of (opposite) words; antonym |
26817 |
| 独演 |
どくえん |
(n) solo; solo performance |
26817 |
| 軍記物語 |
ぐんきものがたり |
(n) war chronicle |
26991 |
| 独房 |
どくぼう |
(n) single cell; isolation cell |
26991 |
| 複合語 |
ふくごうご |
(n) compound word |
27058 |
| 類語 |
るいご |
(n) synonym |
27521 |
| 梵語 |
ぼんご |
(n) Sanskrit |
27617 |
| 語根 |
ごこん |
(n) root (origin) of a word |
27703 |
| 術語 |
じゅつご |
(n) technical term |
27801 |
| 独逸 |
どいつ |
Germany |
28115 |
| 成語 |
せいご |
(n) set phrase; idiomatic expression |
28487 |
| 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 |
| 東独 |
とうどく |
East Germany |
29519 |
| 擬態語 |
ぎたいご |
(n) mimetic word (not mimicking sound) |
29736 |
| 天涯孤独 |
てんがいこどく |
(n) a person without a single relative |
30069 |
| 夢物語 |
ゆめものがたり |
(n) account of a dream; empty dream; fantastic story |
30195 |
| 語らう |
かたらう |
(v5u) to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with |
30433 |
| 西独 |
せいどく |
West Germany |
30433 |
| 口語体 |
こうごたい |
(n) colloquial style |
30969 |
| 独り占め |
ひとりじめ |
(n) monopoly |
31648 |
| 失語 |
しつご |
(n) forgetting the words; inability to pronounce a word correctly |
32501 |
| 独眼 |
どくがん |
(n) one-eyed |
32964 |
| 法語 |
ほうご |
(n) Buddhist sermon |
32964 |
| 一語 |
いちご |
(n) one word |
33111 |
| 言語道断 |
ごんごどうだん |
(adj-na,n) outrageous; preposterous; inexcusable; absurd |
33282 |
| 失語症 |
しつごしょう |
(n) loss of speech |
33282 |
| 独禁法 |
どっきんほう |
(n) the Antimonopoly Act |
33636 |
| 夢語り |
ゆめがたり |
(n) account of a dream |
33830 |
| 語調 |
ごちょう |
(n) tone (of voice); note; accent |
34034 |
| 唯我独尊 |
ゆいがどくそん |
(n) self-conceit; vainglory; Holy am I alone |
34034 |
| 独り立ち |
ひとりだち |
(n) being independent |
34761 |
| 私語 |
しご |
(n) whispering; secret talk |
35139 |
| 反語 |
はんご |
(n) irony; rhetorical question; antonym; word in reverse |
35139 |
| 卑語 |
ひご |
(n) slang; vulgar expression; vulgarism |
35139 |
| 米語 |
べいご |
(n) American English (lang) |
35139 |
| 文語文 |
ぶんごぶん |
(n) literary language |
35577 |
| 邦語 |
ほうご |
(n) one's native language; Japanese |
35577 |
| 連語 |
れんご |
(n) compound word; phrase |
35778 |
| 語釈 |
ごしゃく |
(n) interpretation of a word |
35968 |
| 語弊 |
ごへい |
(n) faulty expression |
36396 |
| 口語文 |
こうごぶん |
(n) colloquial language or sentence |
36396 |
| 独活 |
うど |
(n) udo (plant) |
36396 |
| 大言壮語 |
たいげんそうご |
(n) big talk; boasting; bragging |
36620 |
| 語気 |
ごき |
(n) tone; manner of speaking |
37130 |
| 語意 |
ごい |
(n) meaning of a word |
37405 |
| 独行 |
どっこう |
(n) going alone; self-reliance |
37405 |
| 語数 |
ごすう |
(n) number of words |
37706 |
| 独習 |
どくしゅう |
(n) self-study; self-teaching |
38001 |
| 語り物 |
かたりもの |
(n) a narrative |
38888 |
| 詩語 |
しご |
(n) poetic diction |
38888 |
| 擬声語 |
ぎせいご |
(n) onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia) |
39227 |
| 反意語 |
はんいご |
(n) antonym |
39571 |