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Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
元 |
もと |
(n,n-suf,n-t) (1) origin; original; (2) former |
93 |
世紀 |
せいき |
(n) century; era |
258 |
紀元前 |
きげんぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) pre-era; B.C. |
1078 |
節 |
せつ |
(n) node; section; occasion; time |
1084 |
節 |
のっと |
knot; nautical mile per hour |
1084 |
節 |
ふし |
(n) joint; knuckle; tune; melody |
1084 |
節 |
ぶし |
(n-suf) tune; tone; knot; knob; point |
1084 |
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 |
元々 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
1977 |
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 |
季節 |
きせつ |
(n) season |
3577 |
元気 |
げんき |
(adj-na,n) health(y); robust; vigor; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep |
3935 |
元禄 |
げんろく |
(n) period in the Edo era |
4808 |
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 |
調節 |
ちょうせつ |
(n,vs) regulation; adjustment; control |
5889 |
元帥 |
げんすい |
(n) (field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army |
6008 |
関節 |
かんせつ |
(n) joints (knee joint, elbow joint, etc) |
6029 |
元来 |
がんらい |
(n-adv) originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally |
6344 |
紀行 |
きこう |
(n) traveller's journal |
6617 |
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 |
元老 |
げんろう |
(n) elder statesman; authority |
7897 |
紀勢本線 |
きせいほんせん |
Kisei Main Line (Wakayama-Mie Railway) |
8272 |
音節 |
おんせつ |
(n) syllable |
8476 |
使節 |
しせつ |
(n) envoy; embassy; mission; delegate |
8839 |
節気 |
せっき |
(n) 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons |
9265 |
千年紀 |
せんねんき |
(n) millennium |
10501 |
節足動物 |
せっそくどうぶつ |
(n) arthopods |
10562 |
手元 |
てもと |
(n) (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse; (2) usual skill |
12327 |
節約 |
せつやく |
(n,vs) economising; saving |
12385 |
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 |
多元 |
たげん |
(n) pluralistic |
13595 |
小節 |
しょうせつ |
(n) (musical) bar |
13625 |
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 |
足元 |
あしもと |
(n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step |
14101 |
一節 |
いっせつ |
(n) a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section; a tune; note; strain; measure |
14727 |
一節 |
ひとふし |
(n) a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section; a tune; note; strain; measure |
14727 |
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 |
結節 |
けっせつ |
(n) knot; nodule; tubercule |
16347 |
節度 |
せつど |
(n) moderation; standard |
16614 |
元旦 |
がんたん |
(n) New Year's Day |
16747 |
記紀 |
きき |
the Kojiki and Nihonshoki |
17505 |
節目 |
ふしめ |
(n) a knot; a turning point |
17505 |
ジュラ紀 |
ジュラき |
(adj-na,n) Jurassic Period; Jurassic |
17685 |
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 |
節分 |
せちぶん |
(n) holiday for end of winter (Bean Throwing Night) |
18205 |
節分 |
せつぶん |
(n) holiday for end of winter (Bean Throwing Night) |
18205 |
風紀 |
ふうき |
(n) public morals |
18538 |
大元帥 |
だいげんすい |
(n) commander-in-chief; generalissimo |
19044 |
一元 |
いちげん |
(adj-no,n) unitary |
19141 |
紀要 |
きよう |
(n) bulletin; memoirs |
19170 |
元凶 |
がんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
元凶 |
げんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
鰹節 |
かつおぶし |
(oK) (n) small pieces of sliced dried bonito |
19693 |
忠節 |
ちゅうせつ |
(n) loyalty; allegiance; fidelity |
19826 |
製造元 |
せいぞうもと |
(n) manufacturer; maker |
20004 |
道元 |
どうげん |
Zen monk, 1200-1253 |
20087 |
元本 |
がんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
元本 |
げんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
二元論 |
にげんろん |
(n) dualism |
20510 |
一元化 |
いちげんか |
(n) unification; centralization |
20712 |
節減 |
せつげん |
(n,vs) retrenchment; curtailment; economy |
21353 |
分節 |
ぶんせつ |
(n) articulation |
21446 |
地元民 |
じもとみん |
(n) local people |
22001 |
季節風 |
きせつふう |
(n) seasonal winds |
22212 |
綱紀 |
こうき |
(ateji) (n) law and order; discipline |
22305 |
中元 |
ちゅうげん |
(n) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon gifts |
22687 |
節句 |
せっく |
(n) seasonal festival |
22948 |
口元 |
くちもと |
(n) the mouth; shape of the mouth; near an entrance |
23635 |
元通り |
もとどおり |
(adj-na,n-t) as before; as ever |
24029 |
版元 |
はんもと |
(n) publisher |
24291 |
今世紀 |
こんせいき |
(n) this century |
24495 |
隠元 |
いんげん |
(n) beans |
24551 |
節制 |
せっせい |
(n) moderation; self-restraint; temperance |
24551 |
文節 |
ぶんせつ |
(n) paragraph; phrase |
24551 |
紀伊國屋 |
きのくにや |
Large bookstore with big foreign book section (main branch, Shinjuku) |
24980 |
元締 |
もとじめ |
(n) controller; manager |
25041 |
湯元 |
ゆもと |
(n) source of a hot spring |
25554 |
親元 |
おやもと |
(n) one's parents; one's parents' home; one's home |
25630 |
二元 |
にげん |
(n) duality |
25705 |
元手 |
もとで |
(n) funds; capital; stock |
25918 |
胸元 |
むなもと |
(n) breast; pit of stomach |
26001 |
元始 |
げんし |
(n) origin |
26157 |
股関節 |
こかんせつ |
(n) hip joint; coxa |
26157 |
本節 |
ほんせつ |
this chapter; this passage; this section |
26240 |
本節 |
ほんぶし |
(n) top-quality dried bonito |
26240 |
膝元 |
ひざもと |
(n) near one's knee |
26319 |
元勲 |
げんくん |
(n) elder statesman |
26648 |
四半世紀 |
しはんせいき |
(n) quarter of a century |
26730 |
単元 |
たんげん |
(n) teaching unit |
26730 |
節電 |
せつでん |
(n) brownout; conservation of electricity |
27153 |
多次元 |
たじげん |
(n) multidimensional |
28200 |
礼節 |
れいせつ |
(n) decorum; propriety; politeness |
28200 |
紀元節 |
きげんせつ |
(n) (historical) Empire Day |
28975 |
蔵元 |
くらもと |
(n) sake brewer; warehouse overseer |
28975 |
枕元 |
まくらもと |
(n) bedside |
29410 |
窯元 |
かまもと |
(n) pottery |
29519 |
お節介 |
おせっかい |
(adj-na,n) meddling; nosy |
29736 |
節水 |
せっすい |
(n) conservation of water |
30069 |
元利 |
がんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
元利 |
げんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
浪花節 |
なにわぶし |
(n) naniwabushi; a kind of sung narrative popular during Edo period |
30195 |
元締め |
もとじめ |
(n) manager; boss; promoter |
30433 |
腕っ節 |
うでっぷし |
(n) physical strength |
30433 |
元方 |
もとかた |
(n) capitalist; wholesaler |
30552 |
節点 |
せってん |
(n) node |
30688 |
一元論 |
いちげんろん |
(n) monism |
30832 |
西紀 |
せいき |
(n) Christian era |
30832 |
変節 |
へんせつ |
(n) apostasy; betrayal |
30969 |
天長節 |
てんちょうせつ |
(n) Emperor's Birthday |
31088 |
前節 |
ぜんせつ |
(n) preceding paragraph, section, or verse |
31224 |
元三 |
がんざん |
(n-adv,n-t) New Year's Day; January 1 to 3 |
31368 |
節回し |
ふしまわし |
(n) melody; intonation |
31527 |
腰元 |
こしもと |
(n) chamber maid; female servant |
31648 |
元金 |
がんきん |
(n) capital; principal |
31784 |
元金 |
もときん |
(n) capital; principal |
31784 |
喉元 |
のどもと |
(n) throat |
31930 |
国元 |
くにもと |
(n) hometown; native place |
31930 |
目元 |
めもと |
(n) eyes; skin round one's eyes |
31930 |
楽節 |
がくせつ |
(n) musical passage or section |
32076 |
多元的 |
たげんてき |
(adj-na,n) pluralism; plurality |
32501 |
元元 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
33282 |
党紀 |
とうき |
(n) party discipline |
33462 |
節操 |
せっそう |
(n) (1) constancy; integrity; honor; (2) chastity; fidelity |
33830 |
時節 |
じせつ |
(n) (1) season; (2) the times; (3) opportunity; occasion |
34212 |
節用 |
せつよう |
(n) economization |
34212 |
座元 |
ざもと |
(n) theater proprietor; producer |
34580 |
本元 |
ほんもと |
(n) origin; main branch of family |
34761 |
桃の節句 |
もものせっく |
(n) puppet festival (3 March) |
35139 |
網元 |
あみもと |
(n) head of fisherman's group or union |
35139 |
貞節 |
ていせつ |
(adj-na,n) chastity; virtue; fidelity |
35357 |
火元 |
ひもと |
(n) origin of a fire |
35778 |
節税 |
せつぜい |
(n) tax reduction |
35778 |
勧進元 |
かんじんもと |
(n) backer; promoter |
36169 |
火の元 |
ひのもと |
(n) origin of fire |
36396 |
軍紀 |
ぐんき |
(n) military discipline |
36396 |