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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 前 |
せん |
before |
54 |
| 前 |
ぜん |
(n-adv,n,n-suf,pref) before; ago; former; previous; one-time; the above |
54 |
| 前 |
まえ |
(n-adv,n-t,suf) (1) before; in front; fore part; ago; previously; (2) head (of a line); (3) in the presence of; lady (so-and-so); (4) (five minutes) to; (5) helping; portion |
54 |
| 元 |
もと |
(n,n-suf,n-t) (1) origin; original; (2) former |
93 |
| 世紀 |
せいき |
(n) century; era |
258 |
| 名前 |
なまえ |
(n) name |
360 |
| 以前 |
いぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) ago; since; before; previous |
534 |
| 駅前 |
えきまえ |
(n) in front of station |
1034 |
| 前後 |
ぜんご |
(n-adv,suf) around; throughout; front and back; before and behind; before and after; about that (time); longitudinal; context; nearly; approximately |
1068 |
| 紀元前 |
きげんぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) pre-era; B.C. |
1078 |
| 元年 |
がんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year (of a specific reign) |
1106 |
| 地元 |
じもと |
(n) local |
1586 |
| 元号 |
げんごう |
(n) era name |
1714 |
| 前身 |
ぜんしん |
(n) antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization |
1807 |
| 元々 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
1977 |
| 前半 |
ぜんはん |
(n) first half |
2127 |
| 前半 |
ぜんぱん |
(n) first half |
2127 |
| 前述 |
ぜんじゅつ |
(n) afore-mentioned; above-mentioned |
2132 |
| 直前 |
ちょくぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) just before |
2179 |
| 元素 |
げんそ |
(n) chemical element |
2689 |
| 紀元 |
きげん |
(n) (1) era; (2) A.D. (Christian era) |
2699 |
| 次元 |
じげん |
(n) dimension |
2702 |
| 前期 |
ぜんき |
(n-adv,n-t) first term; first half year; preceding period; early period |
2784 |
| 戦前 |
せんぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) pre-war days |
2929 |
| 午前 |
ごぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) morning; A.M.; am |
3282 |
| 前年 |
ぜんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) the preceding year; last year |
3343 |
| 前提 |
ぜんてい |
(n) preamble; premise; reason; prerequisite |
3632 |
| 前面 |
ぜんめん |
(n) front part; frontage; facade |
3633 |
| 前者 |
ぜんしゃ |
(n) the former |
3804 |
| 元気 |
げんき |
(adj-na,n) health(y); robust; vigor; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep |
3935 |
| 事前 |
じぜん |
(adj-no,n) prior; beforehand; in advance |
4230 |
| 手前 |
てまえ |
(n) before; this side; we; you |
4807 |
| 元禄 |
げんろく |
(n) period in the Edo era |
4808 |
| 前方 |
ぜんぽう |
(n) forward; frontward |
5037 |
| 前方 |
まえかた |
(adv,n) previously; some time ago |
5037 |
| 復元 |
ふくげん |
(n,vs) restoration (to original state); reconstruction |
5266 |
| 皇紀 |
こうき |
(n) Imperial era |
5332 |
| 元首 |
げんしゅ |
(n) ruler; sovereign |
5543 |
| 還元 |
かんげん |
(n,vs) resolution; reduction; return to origins |
5667 |
| 前線 |
ぜんせん |
(n) front line; (weather) front |
5669 |
| 前頭 |
まえがしら |
(n) fifth grade sumo wrestler |
5706 |
| 前日 |
ぜんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) previous day; the day before |
5725 |
| 前日 |
まえび |
(n-adv,n-t) previous day; the day before |
5725 |
| 元帥 |
げんすい |
(n) (field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army |
6008 |
| お前 |
おまえ |
(n) (fam) you (sing); presence (of a high personage) |
6098 |
| 元来 |
がんらい |
(n-adv) originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally |
6344 |
| 紀行 |
きこう |
(n) traveller's journal |
6617 |
| 生前 |
せいぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) while alive; during one's lifetime |
6617 |
| 前回 |
ぜんかい |
(n-adv,n-t) last time; last installment; last session |
6654 |
| 改元 |
かいげん |
(n) change of era |
6793 |
| 日本書紀 |
にほんしょき |
Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan) |
6933 |
| 元祖 |
がんそ |
(n) originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
7285 |
| 寸前 |
すんぜん |
(n) on the verge; just in front of |
7538 |
| 元老 |
げんろう |
(n) elder statesman; authority |
7897 |
| 前進 |
ぜんしん |
(n) advance; drive; progress |
8061 |
| 紀勢本線 |
きせいほんせん |
Kisei Main Line (Wakayama-Mie Railway) |
8272 |
| 最前線 |
さいぜんせん |
(n) foremost line |
8439 |
| 前衛 |
ぜんえい |
(n) advance guard; vanguard |
8501 |
| 前編 |
ぜんぺん |
(n) first part; first volume |
8677 |
| 前奏 |
ぜんそう |
(n) prelude; overture |
9265 |
| 腕前 |
うでまえ |
(n) ability; skill; facility |
9361 |
| 門前 |
もんぜん |
(n) before a gate |
9872 |
| 御前 |
おまえ |
(n) (fam) you (sing); presence (of a high personage) |
10387 |
| 御前 |
ごぜん |
(n) Your Excellency; the (Imperial) presence |
10387 |
| 千年紀 |
せんねんき |
(n) millennium |
10501 |
| 前部 |
ぜんぶ |
(n) front part; fore; front |
10756 |
| 前輪 |
ぜんりん |
(n) front wheel |
10813 |
| 前輪 |
まえわ |
(n) front wheel |
10813 |
| 前年度 |
ぜんねんど |
(n-adv,n) preceding fiscal year |
11199 |
| 当たり前 |
あたりまえ |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) usual; common; ordinary; natural; reasonable; obvious |
11406 |
| 前記 |
ぜんき |
(adj-no,n) aforesaid; above-mentioned; said; above |
11624 |
| 目前 |
もくぜん |
(n) before your very eyes |
11710 |
| 手元 |
てもと |
(n) (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse; (2) usual skill |
12327 |
| 前夜 |
ぜんや |
(n-adv,n-t) last night; the previous night |
12367 |
| 従前 |
じゅうぜん |
(adj-no,n) previous; former |
12547 |
| 家元 |
いえもと |
(n) head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school |
12592 |
| 元日 |
がんじつ |
(n) New Year's Day |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぶく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぷく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 前項 |
ぜんこう |
(n) preceding paragraph |
13009 |
| 前座 |
ぜんざ |
(n) opening performance; minor performer |
13047 |
| 前任 |
ぜんにん |
(adj-no,n) former (official) |
13068 |
| 多元 |
たげん |
(n) pluralistic |
13595 |
| 根元 |
こんげん |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 根元 |
ねもと |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 人前 |
にんまえ |
portion of food |
13760 |
| 人前 |
ひとまえ |
(n) the public; company |
13760 |
| 前方後円墳 |
ぜんぽうこうえんふん |
(n) ancient Imperial graves |
13864 |
| 前向き |
まえむき |
(adj-na,n) facing forward; positively |
13970 |
| 足元 |
あしもと |
(n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step |
14101 |
| 前世 |
ぜんせ |
(n) previous existence |
14921 |
| 前世 |
ぜんせい |
(n) antiquity; the previous era |
14921 |
| 前例 |
ぜんれい |
(n) precedent |
15061 |
| 持ち前 |
もちまえ |
(n) one's nature; characteristic |
15187 |
| 前哨 |
ぜんしょう |
(n) outpost |
15353 |
| 自前 |
じまえ |
(n) at one's own expense |
15378 |
| 建前 |
たてまえ |
(n) face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) |
15679 |
| 販売元 |
はんばいもと |
(n) selling agency |
15733 |
| 山元 |
やまもと |
(n) owner of a mountain; a mine |
15891 |
| 前立腺 |
ぜんりつせん |
(n) prostate gland |
16223 |
| 元旦 |
がんたん |
(n) New Year's Day |
16747 |
| 出前 |
でまえ |
(n) catering; meal delivery service |
16798 |
| 前代未聞 |
ぜんだいみもん |
(n) unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history; record-breaking |
17023 |
| 記紀 |
きき |
the Kojiki and Nihonshoki |
17505 |
| ジュラ紀 |
ジュラき |
(adj-na,n) Jurassic Period; Jurassic |
17685 |
| 空前 |
くうぜん |
(adj-no,n) unprecedented; record-breaking |
17710 |
| 前掲 |
ぜんけい |
(adj-no,n) above-named |
17885 |
| 前倒し |
まえだおし |
(n) acceleration (of payment schedule) |
17968 |
| 元朝 |
げんちょう |
New Year's morning |
18052 |
| 身元 |
みもと |
(n) person's identity; ID; past; background |
18205 |
| 前史 |
ぜんし |
(n) prehistory |
18406 |
| 風紀 |
ふうき |
(n) public morals |
18538 |
| 前庭 |
ぜんてい |
(n) front garden; front yard |
18955 |
| 大元帥 |
だいげんすい |
(n) commander-in-chief; generalissimo |
19044 |
| 前列 |
ぜんれつ |
(n) front row |
19082 |
| 一元 |
いちげん |
(adj-no,n) unitary |
19141 |
| 紀要 |
きよう |
(n) bulletin; memoirs |
19170 |
| 神前 |
しんぜん |
(n) before god; before an altar |
19310 |
| 駅前通り |
えきまえどおり |
(n) street in front of station |
19579 |
| 元凶 |
がんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 元凶 |
げんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 男前 |
おとこまえ |
(n) handsome man |
19693 |
| 前々 |
まえまえ |
(n) beforehand; for a long time |
19756 |
| 前髪 |
まえがみ |
(n) forelock |
19885 |
| 製造元 |
せいぞうもと |
(n) manufacturer; maker |
20004 |
| 前夜祭 |
ぜんやさい |
(n) Christmas Eve; the eve (of festival) |
20047 |
| 道元 |
どうげん |
Zen monk, 1200-1253 |
20087 |
| 前段 |
ぜんだん |
(n) preceding paragraph; first part |
20200 |
| 元本 |
がんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 元本 |
げんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 口前 |
くちまえ |
(n) way of speaking; profession |
20278 |
| 二元論 |
にげんろん |
(n) dualism |
20510 |
| 前文 |
ぜんぶん |
(n) preamble; the above statement |
20588 |
| 前足 |
まえあし |
(n) forefeet |
20635 |
| 前置詞 |
ぜんちし |
(n) preposition |
20676 |
| 一元化 |
いちげんか |
(n) unification; centralization |
20712 |
| 前兆 |
ぜんちょう |
(n) omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger |
21039 |
| 前途 |
ぜんと |
(n) future prospects; outlook; the journey ahead |
21230 |
| 前代 |
ぜんだい |
(n) previous generation; former ages |
21649 |
| 前山 |
ぜんざん |
foothills; first range of mountains |
21743 |
| 前翅 |
ぜんし |
(n) fore-wing (of insect) |
21743 |
| 前科 |
ぜんか |
(n) previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense |
21836 |
| 地元民 |
じもとみん |
(n) local people |
22001 |
| 前駆 |
ぜんく |
(n) vanguard; precursor; forerunner; leader |
22259 |
| 綱紀 |
こうき |
(ateji) (n) law and order; discipline |
22305 |
| 前週 |
ぜんしゅう |
(n-adv,n-t) (arch) last week; the week before |
22341 |
| 前腕 |
ぜんわん |
(n) forearm |
22615 |
| 前腕 |
まえうで |
(n) forearm |
22615 |
| 中元 |
ちゅうげん |
(n) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon gifts |
22687 |
| 江戸前 |
えどまえ |
(n) Tokyo style |
22948 |