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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 法 |
ほう |
(n,n-suf) Act (law: the X Act) |
124 |
| 方法 |
ほうほう |
(n) method; manner; way; means; technique |
642 |
| 法人 |
ほうじん |
(n) juridical (legal) person; corporate body; corporation |
676 |
| 法律 |
ほうりつ |
(n) law |
876 |
| 魔法 |
まほう |
(n) magic; witchcraft; sorcery |
1156 |
| 破壊 |
はかい |
(n,vs) destruction |
1208 |
| 憲法 |
けんぽう |
(n) constitution |
1344 |
| 防衛 |
ぼうえい |
(n) defense; protection; self-defense |
1619 |
| 破る |
やぶる |
(v5r,vt) to tear; to violate; to defeat; to smash; to destroy |
2060 |
| 手法 |
しゅほう |
(n) technique |
2233 |
| 防御 |
ぼうぎょ |
(n,vs) defense; safeguard; protection |
2322 |
| 消防 |
しょうぼう |
(n) fire fighting; fire department |
2413 |
| 防止 |
ぼうし |
(n) prevention; check |
2654 |
| 法則 |
ほうそく |
(n) law; rule |
2879 |
| 法令 |
ほうれい |
(n) laws and ordinances |
3071 |
| 防ぐ |
ふせぐ |
(v5g,vt) to defend (against); to protect; to prevent |
3080 |
| 法学 |
ほうがく |
(n) law; jurisprudence |
3081 |
| 法学部 |
ほうがくぶ |
(n) law department; law school |
3313 |
| 司法 |
しほう |
(n) administration of justice |
3520 |
| 民法 |
みんぽう |
(n) civil law; civil code |
3739 |
| 療法 |
りょうほう |
(n) remedy; medical treatment |
4097 |
| 技法 |
ぎほう |
(n) technique |
4546 |
| 文法 |
ぶんぽう |
(n) grammar |
4677 |
| 法的 |
ほうてき |
(adj-na,n) legality |
4737 |
| 突破 |
とっぱ |
(n,vs) breaking through; breakthrough; penetration |
4833 |
| 刑法 |
けいほう |
(n) criminal law; penal code |
4839 |
| 破産 |
はさん |
(n,vs) (personal) bankruptcy |
4915 |
| 違法 |
いほう |
(adj-na,n) illegal; illegality; unlawfulness |
5194 |
| 国防 |
こくぼう |
(n) national defence |
5223 |
| 防災 |
ぼうさい |
(n) disaster prevention |
5356 |
| 予防 |
よぼう |
(n,vs) prevention; precaution; protection against |
5414 |
| 商法 |
しょうほう |
(n) trade; business; commerce; commercial law |
5430 |
| 撃破 |
げきは |
(n,vs) crushing |
5572 |
| 魔法使い |
まほうつかい |
(n) magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch |
6020 |
| 法案 |
ほうあん |
(n) bill (law) |
6032 |
| 消防署 |
しょうぼうしょ |
(n) fire station |
6281 |
| 破綻 |
はたん |
(n) failure; bankruptcy |
6311 |
| 用法 |
ようほう |
(n) directions; rules of use |
6648 |
| 爆破 |
ばくは |
(n,vs) blast; explosion; blow up |
6753 |
| 立法 |
りっぽう |
(n) legislation; lawmaking |
6763 |
| 戦法 |
せんぽう |
(n) tactics; strategy |
6790 |
| 法廷 |
ほうてい |
(n) courtroom |
6846 |
| 法定 |
ほうてい |
(n) legal; designated by law |
6976 |
| 法制 |
ほうせい |
(n) legislation; laws |
7017 |
| 防衛庁 |
ぼうえいちょう |
(Japan's) Defense Agency |
7503 |
| 攻防 |
こうぼう |
(n) offense and defense |
7525 |
| 破損 |
はそん |
(n) damage |
7595 |
| 不法 |
ふほう |
(adj-na,n) lawlessness; injustice; illegality; unlawfulness |
7618 |
| 破棄 |
はき |
(n,vs) revocation; annulment; breaking (e.g. treaty) |
7748 |
| 法務 |
ほうむ |
(n) judicial affairs; Ministry of Justice; judge advocate general (mil) |
8000 |
| 奏法 |
そうほう |
(n) playing (instrument); playing method; touch |
8140 |
| 製法 |
せいほう |
(n) manufacturing method; recipe; formula |
8427 |
| 破裂 |
はれつ |
(n,vs) explosion; rupture; break off |
8520 |
| 寸法 |
すんぽう |
(n) measurement; size; dimension |
8575 |
| 法規 |
ほうき |
(n) the law |
8792 |
| 防護 |
ぼうご |
(n) protection |
8813 |
| 堤防 |
ていぼう |
(n) bank; weir |
9103 |
| 大破 |
たいは |
(n) serious damage; drubbing |
9109 |
| 防空 |
ぼうくう |
(n) air defense |
9236 |
| 工法 |
こうほう |
(n) method of construction |
9438 |
| 消防庁 |
しょうぼうちょう |
Fire and Disaster Management Agency (formerly: Fire Defense Agency) |
9583 |
| 法師 |
ほうし |
(n) Buddhist priest; bonze |
9829 |
| 法務省 |
ほうむしょう |
Ministry of Justice |
9922 |
| 合法 |
ごうほう |
(adj-na,n) legal; lawful; legality |
10060 |
| 法科 |
ほうか |
(n) law department or law school |
10088 |
| 拳法 |
けんぽう |
(n) Chinese art of self-defence |
10361 |
| 法号 |
ほうごう |
(n) priest's name or posthumous Buddhist name |
10590 |
| 法務大臣 |
ほうむだいじん |
(n) Minister of Justice |
10677 |
| 法皇 |
ほうおう |
(n) ex-emperor who becomes a monk |
10834 |
| 法名 |
ほうみょう |
(n) priest's name or posthumous Buddhist name |
11233 |
| 税法 |
ぜいほう |
(n) taxation law |
11282 |
| 防具 |
ぼうぐ |
(n) protector |
11572 |
| 法典 |
ほうてん |
(n) code of law; body of law |
11784 |
| 破門 |
はもん |
(n,vs) excommunication; anathema |
11796 |
| 破滅 |
はめつ |
(n,vs) ruin; destruction; fall |
12026 |
| 防犯 |
ぼうはん |
(n) prevention of crime |
12130 |
| 海防 |
かいぼう |
(n) coastal defense |
12295 |
| 破れる |
やぶれる |
(v1) to get torn; to wear out |
12401 |
| 破片 |
はへん |
(n) fragment; splinter; broken piece |
12547 |
| 航法 |
こうほう |
(n) sailing; navigation |
12655 |
| 作法 |
さほう |
(n) manners; etiquette; propriety |
12668 |
| 打ち破る |
うちやぶる |
(v5r) to hit |
12711 |
| 法華経 |
ほけきょう |
(n) the Lotus Sutra |
13024 |
| 走破 |
そうは |
(n,vs) running (cover) the whole distance |
13636 |
| 法務局 |
ほうむきょく |
(n) regional legal affairs bureau |
13716 |
| 非合法 |
ひごうほう |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) illegal; unlawful |
13740 |
| 防水 |
ぼうすい |
(n,vs) tarpaulin; make watertight; waterproof |
14111 |
| 対位法 |
たいいほう |
(n) counterpoint |
14342 |
| 兵法 |
ひょうほう |
(n) art of war; strategy; tactics |
14503 |
| 兵法 |
へいほう |
(n) art of war; strategy; tactics |
14503 |
| 法帖 |
ほうじょう |
(n) copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy |
14805 |
| 私法 |
しほう |
(n) private law |
14898 |
| 記法 |
きほう |
(n) notation |
14921 |
| 見破る |
みやぶる |
(v5r) to see through another's thoughts; to have a sharp eye; to penetrate; to fathom |
15259 |
| 法要 |
ほうよう |
(n) Buddhist memorial service |
15276 |
| 忍法 |
にんぽう |
(n) ninja arts |
15581 |
| 破局 |
はきょく |
(n) catastrophe; cataclysm |
15654 |
| 防火 |
ぼうか |
(n) fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof |
15679 |
| 法相 |
ほうしょう |
(n) Minister of Justice |
15733 |
| 法相 |
ほっそう |
Buddhist sect |
15733 |
| 破格 |
はかく |
(adj-na,n) extraordinary; special |
15925 |
| 語法 |
ごほう |
(n) diction; grammar; syntax |
16112 |
| 防弾 |
ぼうだん |
(n) bulletproof; bombproof |
16546 |
| 解法 |
かいほう |
(n) (key to) solution |
16576 |
| 新法 |
しんぽう |
(n) new method; new law |
16576 |
| 砂防 |
さぼう |
(n) erosion control |
16629 |
| 防備 |
ぼうび |
(n) defense; defensive preparations |
16683 |
| 国防総省 |
こくぼうそうしょう |
National Military Establishment |
16711 |
| 加法 |
かほう |
(n) addition |
16902 |
| 打破 |
だは |
(n,vs) break down; defeat; abolish |
16953 |
| 破天荒 |
はてんこう |
(adj-na,n) unheard-of; unprecedented |
17023 |
| 軍法 |
ぐんぽう |
(n) military law; martial law; tactics; strategy |
17195 |
| 適法 |
てきほう |
(adj-na,n) legality |
17366 |
| 無法 |
むほう |
(adj-na,n) outrageous |
17590 |
| 暦法 |
れきほう |
(n) calendar making |
17731 |
| 法曹 |
ほうそう |
(n) legal profession; lawyer |
17833 |
| メートル法 |
メートルほう |
(n) metric system |
17918 |
| 法華宗 |
ほっけしゅう |
(n) Hokke sect in Buddhism |
17918 |
| 水防 |
すいぼう |
(n) flood prevention |
18025 |
| 破砕 |
はさい |
(n,vs) crushing; smashing; cracking to pieces |
18052 |
| 書法 |
しょほう |
(n) penmanship; calligraphy |
18077 |
| 仏法 |
ぶっぽう |
(n) Buddhism |
18155 |
| 法理 |
ほうり |
(n) legal principle |
18205 |
| 防除 |
ぼうじょ |
(n) pest control; extermination |
18644 |
| 旧法 |
きゅうほう |
(n) old law; old method |
18701 |
| 国防省 |
こくぼうしょう |
(U.S.) Department of Defense; the Pentagon; (British) Ministry of Defence |
18793 |
| 法度 |
はっと |
(n) law; ban; prohibition; ordinance |
18793 |
| 図法 |
ずほう |
(n) drawing; draftsmanship |
18815 |
| 法医学 |
ほういがく |
(n) legal medicine |
18815 |
| 説法 |
せっぽう |
(n) a lecture; (Buddhist) sermon; preaching; moralizing |
19044 |
| 消防車 |
しょうぼうしゃ |
(n) fire engine |
19107 |
| 乗法 |
じょうほう |
(n) multiplicative |
19476 |
| 伝法 |
でんぼう |
(adj-na,n) teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado |
19534 |
| 伝法 |
でんぽう |
(adj-na,n) teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado |
19534 |
| 防波堤 |
ぼうはてい |
(n) breakwater; mole |
19579 |
| 法主 |
ほうしゅ |
(n) high priest |
19663 |
| 法主 |
ほっしゅ |
(n) high priest |
19663 |
| 法主 |
ほっす |
(n) high priest |
19663 |
| 弁証法 |
べんしょうほう |
(n) dialectic; dialectics |
19861 |
| 無防備 |
むぼうび |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) defenseless |
19961 |
| 難破 |
なんぱ |
(n,vs) shipwreck |
20004 |
| 法文学部 |
ほうぶんがくぶ |
(n) faculty of law and literature |
20047 |
| 妙法 |
みょうほう |
(n) mysteries; excellent methods |
20200 |
| 法王 |
ほうおう |
(n) Pope |
20436 |
| 防戦 |
ぼうせん |
(n) defensive fight (battle) |
20510 |
| 公法 |
こうほう |
(n) public law |
20676 |
| 農法 |
のうほう |
(n) farming methods |
20712 |
| 防寒 |
ぼうかん |
(n) protection against cold |
20712 |
| 正書法 |
せいしょほう |
(n) correct orthography |
20782 |
| 国法 |
こくほう |
(n) national law |
20897 |