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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 |
| 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 |
| 祖 |
そ |
(n) ancestor; forefather; progenitor |
2581 |
| 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 |
| 先住民 |
せんじゅうみん |
(n) former inhabitant |
5598 |
| 先進 |
せんしん |
(n) seniority; advance; leadership |
6068 |
| 祖先 |
そせん |
(n) ancestor |
7196 |
| 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 |
| 参拝 |
さんぱい |
(n,vs) worship |
7304 |
| 礼拝 |
らいはい |
(n,vs) adoration; worship; divine service |
7317 |
| 礼拝 |
れいはい |
(n,vs) adoration; worship; divine service |
7317 |
| 先祖 |
せんぞ |
(n) ancestor |
7463 |
| 先駆 |
せんく |
(n) (1) forerunner; pioneer; outrider; precursor; (2) herald; (3) pilot car |
7827 |
| 崇拝 |
すうはい |
(n,vs) worship; adoration; admiration; cult |
8622 |
| 始祖 |
しそ |
(n) founder; originator; pioneer |
9059 |
| 祖国 |
そこく |
(n) fatherland; native country |
9211 |
| 開祖 |
かいそ |
(n) (sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor |
10937 |
| 先駆ける |
さきがける |
(v1) to be the first |
11304 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 拝殿 |
はいでん |
(n) front shrine; hall of worship |
12798 |
| 拝 |
はい |
(n) worship |
12849 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 高祖 |
こうそ |
(n) founder of dynasty or sect |
14101 |
| 先物 |
さきもの |
(n) futures |
14727 |
| 先鋒 |
せんぽう |
(n) advance guard |
15431 |
| 先天 |
せんてん |
(n) inherent; innate |
15714 |
| 崇敬 |
すうけい |
(n) reverence |
15771 |
| 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 |
| 崇める |
あがめる |
(v1) to revere; to respect; to worship |
16439 |
| 出先 |
でさき |
(n) destination |
16594 |
| 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 |
| 拝領 |
はいりょう |
(n,vs) receiving (from a superior); bestowed |
17833 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 先天的 |
せんてんてき |
(adj-na,n) a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary |
19443 |
| 拝借 |
はいしゃく |
(n,vs) (hum) (pol) borrowing |
19961 |
| 先陣 |
せんじん |
(n) vanguard; advance guard |
20004 |
| 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 |
| 祖語 |
そご |
(n) a parent language |
20854 |
| 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 |
| 拝謁 |
はいえつ |
(n) audience (with Emperor) |
20989 |
| 先攻 |
せんこう |
(n) batting first |
21087 |
| 宛先 |
あてさき |
(n) address; destination |
21397 |
| 春先 |
はるさき |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning of spring |
21489 |
| 拝見 |
はいけん |
(n,vs) (hum) (pol) seeing; look at |
21489 |
| 宗祖 |
しゅうそ |
(n) sect founder |
21792 |
| 崇高 |
すうこう |
(adj-na,n) supreme |
22385 |
| 先見 |
せんけん |
(n) foresight; anticipation |
22687 |
| 先送り |
さきおくり |
(n) postpone |
22687 |
| 尊崇 |
そんすう |
(n) reverence; veneration |
22687 |
| 先鞭 |
せんべん |
(n) initiative; pioneering |
22749 |
| 先帝 |
せんてい |
(n) the late emperor |
23186 |
| 拝む |
おがむ |
(v5m) to worship; to beg; to make a supplication |
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 |
| 拝啓 |
はいけい |
(int,n) Dear (so and so) |
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 |
| 拝観 |
はいかん |
(n) see; inspect; visit |
24217 |
| 拝命 |
はいめい |
(n,vs) receiving an official appointment |
24217 |
| 父祖 |
ふそ |
(n) ancestors |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 先王 |
せんおう |
(n) the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings |
26578 |
| 先王 |
せんのう |
(n) the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings |
26578 |
| 先妻 |
せんさい |
(n) former wife; late wife |
26578 |
| 道祖神 |
どうそじん |
(n) traveler's guardian deity |
26578 |
| 刃先 |
はさき |
(n) edge of blade |
26817 |
| 先達 |
せんだち |
(n) guide; leader; pioneer |
26893 |
| 先達 |
せんだつ |
(n) guide; leader; pioneer |
26893 |
| 爪先 |
つまさき |
(n) tiptoe |
28200 |
| 遠祖 |
えんそ |
(n) forefathers; remote ancestors |
28975 |
| 目先 |
めさき |
(n) near future; immediate; before one |
28975 |
| 曾祖母 |
そうそぼ |
(n) great-grandmother |
29086 |
| 曾祖母 |
ひいばば |
(n) great-grandmother |
29086 |
| 曾祖母 |
ひおおば |
(n) great-grandmother |
29086 |
| 曾祖母 |
ひばば |
(n) great-grandmother |
29086 |
| 鼻先 |
はなさき |
(n) tip of nose |
29086 |
| 穂先 |
ほさき |
(n) tip of an ear |
29086 |
| 庭先 |
にわさき |
(n) in the garden |
29316 |
| 軒先 |
のきさき |
(n) edge of the eaves; house frontage |
29410 |
| 水先 |
みずさき |
(n) direction of a current; course of a ship |
29632 |
| 先月 |
せんげつ |
(n-adv,n-t) last month |
30069 |
| 先だって |
せんだって |
(n-adv,n-t) recently; the other day |
30195 |
| 剣先 |
けんさき |
(n) point of a sword |
30308 |
| 先払い |
さきばらい |
(n) advance payment; payment on delivery; forerunner |
30308 |
| 店先 |
みせさき |
(n) store front |
30308 |
| 水先案内 |
みずさきあんない |
(n) pilotage; pilot |
30688 |
| 優先株 |
ゆうせんかぶ |
(n) preferred stock; preference shares |
30832 |
| 先走る |
さきばしる |
(v5r) to be forward; to be impertinent |
30969 |
| 口先 |
くちさき |
(n) lips; mouth; snout; proboscis; professions; lip service; mere words |
31224 |
| 高祖父 |
こうそふ |
(n) great-great-grandfather |
31368 |
| 先付け |
さきづけ |
(n) dating forward |
31368 |
| 後先 |
あとさき |
(n) front and rear; before and after; both ends; beginning and end; order; consequences; context |
31527 |
| 拝礼 |
はいれい |
(n,vs) worship |
31648 |
| 先決 |
せんけつ |
(n) previous decision |
32076 |
| 先程 |
さきほど |
(n-adv,n-t) some time ago |
32076 |
| 遥拝 |
ようはい |
(n,vs) worshipping from afar |
32216 |
| 巡拝 |
じゅんぱい |
(n,vs) circuit pilgrimage |
32361 |
| 先年 |
せんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) former years; formerly; a few years ago |
33636 |
| 先番 |
せんばん |
(n) precedence; first move (in games) |
33830 |