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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 |
| 発売 |
はつばい |
(n,vs) sale |
187 |
| 開発 |
かいはつ |
(n) development; exploitation |
198 |
| 発表 |
はっぴょう |
(n,vs) announcement; publication |
429 |
| 基本 |
きほん |
(n) foundation; basis; standard |
464 |
| 発生 |
はっせい |
(n,vs) outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; origin |
485 |
| 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 |
| 発見 |
はっけん |
(n,vs) discovery; detection; finding |
796 |
| 発行 |
はっこう |
(n) issue (publications) |
824 |
| 本線 |
ほんせん |
(n) main line |
839 |
| 脚本 |
きゃくほん |
(n) scenario |
903 |
| 西日本 |
にしにっぽん |
western Japan |
976 |
| 西日本 |
にしにほん |
western Japan |
976 |
| 発展 |
はってん |
(n,vs) development; growth |
1000 |
| 本名 |
ほんみょう |
(n) real name |
1009 |
| 本名 |
ほんめい |
(n) real name |
1009 |
| 本来 |
ほんらい |
(n-adv,n-t,adj-no) essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself; originally |
1131 |
| 発 |
はつ |
(n,suf) departure; beginning; counter for gunshots |
1151 |
| 本部 |
ほんぶ |
(n) headquarters |
1194 |
| 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 |
| 発足 |
はっそく |
(n) starting; inauguration |
1264 |
| 発足 |
ほっそく |
(n) starting; inauguration |
1264 |
| 全日本 |
ぜんにほん |
(exp) All-Japan |
1268 |
| 発言 |
はつげん |
(n) utterance; speech; proposal |
1270 |
| 発電 |
はつでん |
(n,vs) generation (e.g. power) |
1492 |
| 禁止 |
きんし |
(n,vs) prohibition; ban |
1508 |
| 資本 |
しほん |
(n) funds; capital |
1561 |
| 発着 |
はっちゃく |
(n) arrival and departure |
1710 |
| 発射 |
はっしゃ |
(n,vs) firing; shooting; discharge; catapult |
1973 |
| 本塁打 |
ほんるいだ |
(n) home run (baseball) |
2148 |
| 爆発 |
ばくはつ |
(n,vs) explosion; detonation; eruption |
2178 |
| 発達 |
はったつ |
(n,vs) development; growth |
2185 |
| 本格 |
ほんかく |
(n) propriety; fundamental rules |
2246 |
| 発音 |
はつおん |
(n,vs) pronunciation |
2587 |
| 本体 |
ほんたい |
(n) substance; real form; object of worship |
2608 |
| 発揮 |
はっき |
(n,vs) exhibition; demonstration; utilization; display |
2776 |
| 本拠地 |
ほんきょち |
(n) stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters |
2887 |
| 本店 |
ほんてん |
(n) head office |
2972 |
| 発明 |
はつめい |
(n,vs) invention |
3043 |
| 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 |
| 出発 |
しゅっぱつ |
(n,vs) departure |
3703 |
| 反発 |
はんぱつ |
(n,vs) repelling; rebound; recover; oppose |
3797 |
| 本数 |
ほんすう |
(n) number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc) |
4079 |
| 発掘 |
はっくつ |
(n,vs) (1) excavation; exhumation; (2) discovery (e.g. new talent) |
4337 |
| 本土 |
ほんど |
(n) mainland; one's home country; the country proper |
4530 |
| 発車 |
はっしゃ |
(n) departure of a vehicle |
4560 |
| 先発 |
せんぱつ |
(n,vs) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead |
4569 |
| 発動 |
はつどう |
(n,vs) invoke (law); put into operation |
4589 |
| 始発 |
しはつ |
(n) first train |
4714 |
| 発覚 |
はっかく |
(n,vs) detection; coming to light |
4718 |
| 活発 |
かっぱつ |
(adj-na,n) vigor; active |
4738 |
| 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 |
| 勃発 |
ぼっぱつ |
(n,vs) outbreak (e.g. war); outburst; sudden occurrence |
4785 |
| 発する |
はっする |
(vs-s) to fire (a gun); to emit; to give forth |
5032 |
| 発祥 |
はっしょう |
(n) origin; appearance of auspicious omen |
5051 |
| 本当に |
ほんとうに |
(adv) really; truly |
5210 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 多発 |
たはつ |
(n) repeated occurrence |
5585 |
| 絵本 |
えほん |
(n) picture book |
5610 |
| 禁じる |
きんじる |
(v1) to prohibit |
5683 |
| 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 |
| 発注 |
はっちゅう |
(n,vs) ordering (materials); placing an order |
6192 |
| 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 |
| 単発 |
たんぱつ |
(n) single-engined aeroplane; anything which fires only one shot |
6307 |
| 発光 |
はっこう |
(n,vs) luminescence; radiation |
6504 |
| 本家 |
ほんけ |
(n) head house (family); birthplace; originator |
6535 |
| 本拠 |
ほんきょ |
(n) stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters |
6552 |
| 発信 |
はっしん |
(n) dispatch; transmission |
6555 |
| 本当 |
ほんとう |
(adj-na,n) truth; reality |
6569 |
| 旗本 |
はたもと |
(n) shogunal vassal |
6673 |
| 禁 |
きん |
(n) ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition |
6890 |
| 日本書紀 |
にほんしょき |
Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan) |
6933 |
| 発酵 |
はっこう |
(n,vs) fermentation |
7135 |
| 再発 |
さいはつ |
(n) return; relapse; reoccurrence |
7163 |
| 増発 |
ぞうはつ |
(n) increase the number of trains in operation; increase bond issues |
7368 |
| 連発 |
れんぱつ |
(n,vs) running continuously; firing in rapid succession |
7432 |
| 発想 |
はっそう |
(n) expression (music); conceptualization |
7450 |
| 本山 |
ほんざん |
(n) head temple; this temple |
7555 |
| 本堂 |
ほんどう |
(n) main temple building; nave |
7568 |
| 標本 |
ひょうほん |
(n) example; specimen |
7688 |
| 本館 |
ほんかん |
(n) main building |
7725 |
| 台本 |
だいほん |
(n) libretto; scenario |
8014 |
| 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 |
| 日豊本線 |
にっぽうほんせん |
Nippon Main Line (Kagoshima-Miyazaki-Fukuoka Railway) |
8759 |
| 禁煙 |
きんえん |
(exp) No Smoking! |
8906 |
| 本木 |
もとき |
(n) original stock |
8950 |
| 発進 |
はっしん |
(n) departure; takeoff |
9015 |
| 発現 |
はつげん |
(n,vs) revelation |
9065 |
| 告発 |
こくはつ |
(n) indictment; prosecution; complaint |
9211 |
| 本丸 |
ほんまる |
(n) inner citadel |
9265 |
| 発端 |
ほったん |
(n) the beginning |
9478 |
| 発刊 |
はっかん |
(n,vs) publish; start (new) publication |
9494 |
| 本殿 |
ほんでん |
(n) main shrine; inner sanctuary |
9541 |
| 日本銀行 |
にっぽんぎんこう |
(n) Bank of Japan |
9645 |
| 日本銀行 |
にほんぎんこう |
(n) Bank of Japan |
9645 |
| 本稿 |
ほんこう |
(n) this manuscript |
9655 |
| 解禁 |
かいきん |
(n) lifting a ban |
9758 |
| 発案 |
はつあん |
(n) idea; suggestion; proposal |
9791 |
| 本因坊 |
ほんいんぼう |
(n) grand master of the game of go |
9805 |
| 頻発 |
ひんぱつ |
(n) frequency; frequent occurrence |
10119 |
| 発券 |
はっけん |
(n,vs) (bank)note issuing |
10304 |
| 蒸発 |
じょうはつ |
(n,vs) evaporation; unexplained disappearance |
10328 |
| 監禁 |
かんきん |
(n,vs) confinement |
10507 |
| 発作 |
ほっさ |
(n) fit; spasm |
10605 |
| 挑発 |
ちょうはつ |
(n,vs) provocation; stirring up |
10961 |
| 本庁 |
ほんちょう |
(n) central government office; this office |
11097 |
| 発令 |
はつれい |
(n,vs) official announcement; proclamation |
11104 |
| 発熱 |
はつねつ |
(n) get a fever; generation of heat |
11328 |
| 本陣 |
ほんじん |
(n) troop headquarters; daimyo's inn; stronghold |
11341 |
| 自発 |
じはつ |
(n) spontaneous |
11469 |
| 本科 |
ほんか |
(n) regular course; this lesson |
11506 |
| 本屋 |
ほんおく |
principal residence |
11561 |
| 本屋 |
ほんや |
(n) bookstore; publisher; main building |
11561 |
| 読本 |
とくほん |
(n) reading-book |
11633 |
| 読本 |
どくほん |
(n) reading-book |
11633 |
| 発声 |
はっせい |
(n) utterance; speaking |
11685 |
| 発砲 |
はっぽう |
(n,vs) firing; discharge of gun |
11765 |
| 本誌 |
ほんし |
(n) this magazine |
11933 |
| 本舗 |
ほんぽ |
(n) head office; main shop |
11960 |
| 絹本 |
けんぽん |
(n) silk used in artwork |
11981 |
| 後発 |
こうはつ |
(n,vs) starting late |
12092 |
| 本流 |
ほんりゅう |
(n) main current; main current of thought |
12116 |
| 発布 |
はっぷ |
(n,vs) proclamation; promulgation |
12177 |
| 発効 |
はっこう |
(n) coming into effect |
12492 |
| 本業 |
ほんぎょう |
(n) principal occupation |
12576 |
| 本書 |
ほんしょ |
(n) text; script; this book |
12711 |
| 発送 |
はっそう |
(n) sending; forwarding; shipping |
12994 |