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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 先 |
さき |
(adj-no,n,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); (3) destination; (4) the first priority; the future; objective; sequel; remainder; the other party |
706 |
| 先 |
せん |
(adj-no,n) the future; priority; precedence; former; previous; old; late |
706 |
| 祭 |
まつり |
(n) festival; feast |
871 |
| 先代 |
せんだい |
(n) family predecessor; previous age; previous generation |
1082 |
| 先生 |
せんせい |
(n) teacher; master; doctor |
1598 |
| 祭り |
まつり |
(n) festival; feast |
2514 |
| 祖 |
そ |
(n) ancestor; forefather; progenitor |
2581 |
| 霊 |
れい |
(n) soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost |
2807 |
| 優先 |
ゆうせん |
(n,vs) preference; priority |
3076 |
| 先頭 |
せんとう |
(n) head; lead; vanguard; first |
3333 |
| 祖父 |
そふ |
(n) grandfather |
3519 |
| 先輩 |
せんぱい |
(n) senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer |
3732 |
| 先行 |
せんこう |
(n,vs) preceding; going first |
3844 |
| 先端 |
せんたん |
(n) pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge |
4118 |
| 先発 |
せんぱつ |
(n,vs) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead |
4569 |
| 祭事 |
さいじ |
(n) festival; rites; ritual |
4915 |
| 先住民 |
せんじゅうみん |
(n) former inhabitant |
5598 |
| 精霊 |
しょうりょう |
(n) (Buddhism) spirit of the deceased |
5643 |
| 精霊 |
せいれい |
(n) spirit; soul; ghost |
5643 |
| 先進 |
せんしん |
(n) seniority; advance; leadership |
6068 |
| 幽霊 |
ゆうれい |
(n) ghost; specter; apparition; phantom |
6241 |
| 祖先 |
そせん |
(n) ancestor |
7196 |
| 祭神 |
さいしん |
(n) enshrined deity |
7234 |
| 祭神 |
さいじん |
(n) enshrined deity |
7234 |
| 先立つ |
さきだつ |
(v5t) to lead; to precede; to die before someone; to go before; to take precedence |
7264 |
| 元祖 |
がんそ |
(n) originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
7285 |
| 祖母 |
そぼ |
(n) grandmother |
7296 |
| 先祖 |
せんぞ |
(n) ancestor |
7463 |
| 司祭 |
しさい |
(n) (Catholic) priest; rabbi |
7643 |
| 先駆 |
せんく |
(n) (1) forerunner; pioneer; outrider; precursor; (2) herald; (3) pilot car |
7827 |
| 祭典 |
さいてん |
(n) festival |
8572 |
| 大祭 |
たいさい |
(n) grand festival |
8994 |
| 始祖 |
しそ |
(n) founder; originator; pioneer |
9059 |
| 祖国 |
そこく |
(n) fatherland; native country |
9211 |
| 祭祀 |
さいし |
(n) ritual; religious service; festival |
9963 |
| 開祖 |
かいそ |
(n) (sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor |
10937 |
| 霊場 |
れいじょう |
(n) sacred ground |
11233 |
| 慰霊 |
いれい |
(n) comfort the spirit (of the dead) |
11269 |
| 先駆ける |
さきがける |
(v1) to be the first |
11304 |
| 霊園 |
れいえん |
(n) cemetery |
11376 |
| 悪霊 |
あくりょう |
(n) evil spirit |
11386 |
| 悪霊 |
あくれい |
(n) evil spirit |
11386 |
| 心霊 |
しんれい |
(n) spirit |
11515 |
| 行き先 |
いきさき |
(n) (1) destination; (2) whereabouts; address |
11742 |
| 行き先 |
ゆきさき |
(n) (1) destination; (2) whereabouts; address |
11742 |
| 祭礼 |
さいれい |
(n) (religious) festival |
11885 |
| 先駆け |
さきがけ |
(n) charging ahead of others; the first to charge; pioneer; forerunner; harbinger |
12236 |
| 教祖 |
きょうそ |
(n) founder of a religious sect |
12327 |
| 例祭 |
れいさい |
(n) regular festival; annual festival |
12342 |
| 亡霊 |
ぼうれい |
(n) ghost; the dead; departed spirits; apparition |
12356 |
| 聖霊 |
せいれい |
(n) the holy ghost |
12944 |
| 先制 |
せんせい |
(n,vs) preempt; headstart (of several runs) (baseball) |
12944 |
| 最先端 |
さいせんたん |
(adj-no,n) ultra-fine |
13167 |
| 霊感 |
れいかん |
(n) afflatus; inspiration |
13381 |
| 祭る |
まつる |
(v5r) to deify; to enshrine |
13503 |
| 先手 |
さきて |
(n) front lines; vanguard |
13625 |
| 先手 |
せんて |
(n) (1) the first move; forestalling; initiative; (2) black player (shogi) |
13625 |
| 祝祭日 |
しゅくさいじつ |
(n) national holiday |
13927 |
| 高祖 |
こうそ |
(n) founder of dynasty or sect |
14101 |
| 先物 |
さきもの |
(n) futures |
14727 |
| 神霊 |
しんれい |
(n) divine spirit |
14830 |
| 霊廟 |
れいびょう |
(n) mausoleum |
15128 |
| 先鋒 |
せんぽう |
(n) advance guard |
15431 |
| 祭壇 |
さいだん |
(n) altar |
15502 |
| 先天 |
せんてん |
(n) inherent; innate |
15714 |
| 真っ先 |
まっさき |
(n) the head; the foremost; beginning |
15925 |
| 手先 |
てさき |
(n) fingers |
16065 |
| 先史 |
せんし |
(n) prehistory |
16294 |
| 霊山 |
れいざん |
(n) sacred mountain |
16506 |
| 出先 |
でさき |
(n) destination |
16594 |
| 怨霊 |
おんりょう |
(n) revengeful ghost; apparition |
16683 |
| 先導 |
せんどう |
(n) guidance; leadership |
16770 |
| 指先 |
ゆびさき |
(n) fingertip |
16822 |
| 矢先 |
やさき |
(n) arrowhead; brunt; target |
16857 |
| 先勝 |
さきがち |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 先勝 |
せんかち |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 先勝 |
せんしょう |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 祖父母 |
そふぼ |
(n) grandparents |
16983 |
| 先取 |
せんしゅ |
(n,vs) earning the first (runs); preoccupation |
17127 |
| 霊魂 |
れいこん |
(n) soul; spirit |
17231 |
| 祭司 |
さいし |
(n) priest |
17366 |
| 御霊 |
みたま |
(n) spirit of a deceased person |
17612 |
| 霊界 |
れいかい |
(n) the spiritual world |
17810 |
| 霊的 |
れいてき |
(adj-na,n) spiritual; incorporeal |
17994 |
| 祝祭 |
しゅくさい |
(n) festivals; feasts |
18025 |
| 先鋭 |
せんえい |
(adj-na,n) radical; acute; sharp |
18406 |
| 先々 |
さきざき |
(n-adv,n-t) formerly; a few years ago |
18441 |
| 先々 |
まま |
well, well |
18441 |
| 先回り |
さきまわり |
(n) going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another |
18512 |
| 先例 |
せんれい |
(n) precedent |
18538 |
| 率先 |
そっせん |
(n) taking the initiative |
18538 |
| 祭日 |
さいじつ |
(n) national holiday; festival day |
18728 |
| 先んじる |
さきんじる |
(v1) to precede; to forestall; to anticipate |
19044 |
| 先着 |
せんちゃく |
(n) first arrival |
19044 |
| 言霊 |
ことだま |
(n) soul or power of language |
19310 |
| 先天的 |
せんてんてき |
(adj-na,n) a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary |
19443 |
| 祇園祭 |
ぎおんまつり |
(n) Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th) |
19476 |
| 霊長 |
れいちょう |
(n) leader with miraculous powers; humanity |
19663 |
| 先陣 |
せんじん |
(n) vanguard; advance guard |
20004 |
| 前夜祭 |
ぜんやさい |
(n) Christmas Eve; the eve (of festival) |
20047 |
| 先任 |
せんにん |
(n) seniority; predecessor |
20200 |
| 先取り |
さきどり |
(n,vs) receiving in advance; taking before others |
20278 |
| 先負 |
さきまけ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 先負 |
せんぶ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 先負 |
せんぷ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 先負 |
せんまけ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 死霊 |
しりょう |
(n) spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul |
20510 |
| 死霊 |
しれい |
(n) spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul |
20510 |
| 謝肉祭 |
しゃにくさい |
(n) the carnival |
20676 |
| 祖語 |
そご |
(n) a parent language |
20854 |
| 英霊 |
えいれい |
(n) spirits of war dead; great men |
20897 |
| 先ず |
まず |
(adv) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; hardly (with neg. verb); anyway; well; now |
20897 |
| 祖師 |
そし |
(n) founder of a sect |
20989 |
| 先攻 |
せんこう |
(n) batting first |
21087 |
| 秋祭り |
あきまつり |
(n) autumn festival |
21277 |
| 宛先 |
あてさき |
(n) address; destination |
21397 |
| 春先 |
はるさき |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning of spring |
21489 |
| 宗祖 |
しゅうそ |
(n) sect founder |
21792 |
| 霊気 |
れいき |
(n) aura |
22113 |
| 先見 |
せんけん |
(n) foresight; anticipation |
22687 |
| 先送り |
さきおくり |
(n) postpone |
22687 |
| 霊媒 |
れいばい |
(n) spirit medium |
22687 |
| 先鞭 |
せんべん |
(n) initiative; pioneering |
22749 |
| 先帝 |
せんてい |
(n) the late emperor |
23186 |
| 冠婚葬祭 |
かんこんそうさい |
(n) important ceremonial occasions in family relationships |
23235 |
| 先週 |
せんしゅう |
(n-adv,n-t) last week; the week before |
23295 |
| 旅先 |
たびさき |
(n) destination; goal |
23345 |
| 先人 |
せんじん |
(n) predecessor; pioneer; ancestor |
23520 |
| 矛先 |
ほこさき |
(n) point of spear; aim of attack; force of argument |
23686 |
| 曾祖父 |
そうそふ |
(n) great-grandfather |
23750 |
| 曾祖父 |
ひいじじ |
(n) great-grandfather |
23750 |
| 曾祖父 |
ひおうじ |
(n) great-grandfather |
23750 |
| 曾祖父 |
ひじじ |
(n) great-grandfather |
23750 |
| 先日 |
せんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) the other day; a few days ago |
24080 |
| 精霊流し |
しょうりょうながし |
(n) floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased |
24217 |
| 祭儀 |
さいぎ |
(n) rites; ritual |
24291 |
| 父祖 |
ふそ |
(n) ancestors |
24627 |
| 霊験 |
れいけん |
(n) miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue |
24627 |
| 霊験 |
れいげん |
(n) miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue |
24627 |
| 先住 |
せんじゅう |
(n) previous priest or resident |
24777 |
| 先入観 |
せんにゅうかん |
(n) preconception; prejudice; preoccupation |
24777 |
| 霊柩車 |
れいきゅうしゃ |
(n) hearse |
25041 |
| 外祖父 |
がいそふ |
(n) maternal grandfather |
25491 |
| 先方 |
さきかた |
the person in front; companion |
25491 |
| 先方 |
せんぽう |
(n) other party (side); he; she; they; destination |
25491 |
| 助祭 |
じょさい |
(n) (Catholic) deacon |
25630 |
| 先遣 |
せんけん |
(n,vs) sending ahead |
25630 |
| 先行き |
さきいき |
(n) the future |
26001 |
| 先行き |
さきゆき |
(n) the future |
26001 |
| 急先鋒 |
きゅうせんぽう |
(n) van (of a movement) |
26578 |