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Entry Reading English Rank
新聞 しんぶん (n) newspaper 913
聞く きく (v5k) to hear; to listen; to ask 1477
苦手 にがて (adj-na,n) poor (at); weak (in); dislike (of) 4476
聞こえる きこえる (v1) to be heard; to be audible 6182
苦戦 くせん (n) hard fight; close game 6627
苦しむ くるしむ (v5m) to suffer; to groan; to be worried 7115
苦労 くろう (adj-na,n,vs) troubles; hardships 7676
苦しめる くるしめる (v1) to torment; to harass; to inflict pain 9153
苦情 くじょう (n) complaint; troubles; objection 9748
苦しい くるしい (adj) painful; difficult 10033
苦悩 くのう (n,vs) suffering; distress; affliction; anguish; agony; trouble 11054
苦痛 くつう (adj-na,n) pain; agony 12092
異聞 いぶん (n) strange tale; another story; variant (reading); strange report or tale 14463
聞かす きかす (v5s,vt) to inform about; to read to; to sing for 14727
見聞 けんぶん (n,vs) information; observation 15259
見聞 けんもん (n,vs) information; observation 15259
苦しみ くるしみ (n) pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship 15609
苦難 くなん (n) trial 16133
前代未聞 ぜんだいみもん (n) unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history; record-breaking 17023
苦境 くきょう (n) trouble; crisis; predicament 17612
聞き入れる ききいれる (v1) to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with 17918
聞き取る ききとる (v5r) to catch (a person's words); to follow; to understand 18077
聞き手 ききて (n) hearer; listener; audience 18512
苦言 くげん (n) candid (frank) advice; exhortation 18701
新聞紙 しんぶんし (n) newsprint; newspaper 18815
苦い にがい (adj) bitter 19016
苦慮 くりょ (n,vs) rack one's brains 20404
聞きつける ききつける (v1) to hear; to catch (the sound) 21277
苦心 くしん (n,vs) pain; trouble; anxiety; diligence; hard work 21489
苦味 くみ (n) bitterness; bitter taste 21615
苦味 にがみ (n) bitterness; bitter taste 21615
聞き出す ききだす (v5s) to get information out of a person; to begin listening 21615
苦笑 くしょう (n,vs) bitter smile 21889
苦肉の策 くにくのさく (n) last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity 22057
伝聞 でんぶん (n,vs) hearsay; rumor; report 22948
苦闘 くとう (n,vs) agonizing 25918
苦労人 くろうにん (n) worldly-wise man 25918
苦学 くがく (n,vs) paying one's own school expenses by working 26319
苦笑い にがわらい (n,vs) bitter smile 27241
醜聞 しゅうぶん (n) scandal 28008
滅茶苦茶 めちゃくちゃ (adj-na,n) (uk) absurd; unreasonable; excessive; messed up; spoiled; wreaked 28008
苦渋 くじゅう (n) bitterness; mortification; difficulty in understanding; distress; affliction 28487
苦行 くぎょう (n) penance; austerities; mortification 28780
苦楽 くらく (n) pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows 29086
無茶苦茶 むちゃくちゃ (adj-na,n) (uk) confused; jumbled; mixed up; unreasonable 29086
堅苦しい かたくるしい (adj) formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff 29410
堅苦しい かたぐるしい (adj) formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff 29410
見苦しい みぐるしい (adj) unsightly; ugly 29410
苦々しい にがにがしい (adj) unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous 29851
聞き分ける ききわける (v1) to recognize (identify) by sound 29851
重苦しい おもくるしい (adj) heavy; gloomy; awkward; cumbrous; oppressive; leaden 30433
日経新聞 にっけいしんぶん Nikkei (newspaper) (abbr. of Nippon Keizai) 30433
見聞き みきき (n) information; experience; observation 30552
風聞 ふうぶん (n) rumour; hearsay; report 30552
生活苦 せいかつく (n) life's struggles 31224
聴聞 ちょうもん (n) listening; hearing 31224
ご苦労 ごくろう (adj-na,int,n) (hon) trouble (I have put you through) 32501
苦杯 くはい (n) bitter experience (ordeal) 32501
四苦八苦 しくはっく (n,vs,exp) be in dire distress; hard put to it 32501
言い聞かせる いいきかせる (v1) to tell someone to do something; to warn; to persuade; to instruct 32784
苦悶 くもん (n) anguish 32964
伝え聞く つたえきく (v5k) to learn by hearsay 32964
労苦 ろうく (n) labor; toil; hardship 33111
苦し紛れ くるしまぎれ (adj-na,n) in desperation 33282
悪戦苦闘 あくせんくとう (n,vs) hard fighting 33462
暑苦しい あつくるしい (adj) sultry; sweltering 33636
聞き込む ききこむ (v5m) to get information; to find out; to get wind of 33636
息苦しい いきぐるしい (adj) choking; oppressive; suffocating 33830
聞き書き ききがき (n) account of what one hears 33830
気苦労 きぐろう (n) worry; care; anxiety 35357
著聞 ちょぶん (n) something well-known throughout the world 35357
著聞 ちょもん (n) something well-known throughout the world 35357
聞き流す ききながす (v5s) to ignore 35577
苦汁 くじゅう (n) bitter experience 35778
苦汁 にがり (n) bittern; brine 35778
聞き届ける ききとどける (v1) to grant 35778
聞き返す ききかえす (v5s) to ask in return; to ask again; to listen repeatedly 35968
旧聞 きゅうぶん (n) old news 36169
聞き入る ききいる (v5r) to listen attentively to; to be lost in 36620
盗み聞き ぬすみぎき (n,vs) eavesdropping; tapping 36884
心苦しい こころぐるしい (adj) painful; be or feel sorry 37706
聞き耳 ききみみ (n) straining one's ears 37706
一苦労 ひとくろう (n) a hard time; pains 38001
外聞 がいぶん (n) reputation; respectability; honour 38280
苦役 くえき (n) hard toil 38280
聞き分け ききわけ (adj-no,n) easily taught; obedient 38280
聞き役 ききやく (n) listener's role 38280
目茶苦茶 めちゃくちゃ (adj-na,n) (uk) absurd; unreasonable; excessive; messed up; spoiled; wreaked 38280
苦節 くせつ (n) unswerving determination 38588
聞き及ぶ ききおよぶ (v5b) to hear of; to learn of 38588
寡聞 かぶん (adj-na,n) limited information 38888
辛苦 しんく (n) hardship; toil; trouble 39920
病苦 びょうく (n) pain of sickness 40263
苦界 くがい (n) (1) world of suffering (Buddhism); (2) life of prostitution 41039
艱難辛苦 かんなんしんく (n) trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties 41039
苦肉 くにく (n) desperation measure 41444
困苦 こんく (n) privation; hardship 41444
八苦 はっく (n) the eight pains (of Buddhism) 41444
聞き付ける ききつける (v1) to hear; to catch (the sound) 41444
ご苦労さん ごくろうさん (exp) I appreciate your efforts 41904
苦力 くうりい coolie 41904
苦虫 にがむし (n) making a sour face (as if having consumed a bitter bug) 42342
苦労性 くろうしょう (adj-na,n) nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature 42342
奏聞 そうもん (n) reporting to the Emperor 42342
壁新聞 かべしんぶん (n) wall newspaper; wall poster 42342
立ち聞き たちぎき (n) eavesdrop 42342
聞き惚れる ききほれる (v1) to listen to in an ecstasy 42893
聞き上手 ききじょうず (adj-na,n) good listener 42893
又聞き またきき (n) hearsay 42893
又聞き またぎき (n) hearsay 42893
三重苦 さんじゅうく (n) triple handicap 43447
御苦労 ごくろう (adj-na,int,n) (hon) trouble (I have put you through) 44061
聞き覚え ききおぼえ (n) learning by ear 44061
業苦 ごうく (n) karmic suffering 44709
言い聞かす いいきかす (v5s) to tell someone to do something; to warm; to persuade; to instruct 44709
聞き物 ききもの (n) worth listening to 44709
名聞 みょうもん (n) reputation 44709
名聞 めいぶん (n) reputation 44709
余聞 よぶん (n) gossip; rumor 44709
奇聞 きぶん (n) strange news 45436
狭苦しい せまくるしい (adj) cramped 45436
苦衷 くちゅう (n) distress 45436
取り越し苦労 とりこしぐろう (n) overanxiety 45436
百聞 ひゃくぶん (n) hearing a hundred times 45436
貧苦 ひんく (n) hardship; serious poverty 45436
漏れ聞く もれきく (v5k) to overhear 45436
忍苦 にんく (n) endurance; stoicism 46248
博聞 はくぶん (adj-na,n) well-informed; erudite 46248
微苦笑 びくしょう (n) faint, ironic or bittersweet smile 46248
聞き苦しい ききぐるしい (adj) poor sound quality; unpleasant to hear 46248
聞き捨てる ききすてる (v1) to ignore; to overlook 46248
愛別離苦 あいべつりく (n) (Buddhism) the pain of separation from loved ones 47205
刻苦 こっく (n) hard work 47205
上聞 じょうぶん (n) an imperial hearing 47205
寝苦しい ねぐるしい (adj) unable to sleep well 47205
珍聞 ちんぶん (n) curious or extraordinary story or piece of news 47205
聞き漏らす ききもらす (v5s) to fail to hear; to miss 47205
聞知 ぶんち (n) learn of 47205
仄聞 そくぶん (n,vs) casually hearing; hearing casually 47205
ご苦労さま ごくろうさま (adj-na,exp,int,n) I appreciate your efforts 48294
艶聞 えんぶん (n) love affair; romance; ones love story 48294
苦り切る にがりきる (v5r) to look sour (disgusted) 48294
新聞種 しんぶんだね (n) news source or topic 48294
赤新聞 あかしんぶん (n) scandal sheet; gutter press 48294
難行苦行 なんぎょうくぎょう (n) penance; hardship 48294
聞き糺す ききただす (v5s) to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of 48294
令聞 れいぶん (n) good reputation; fame 48294
逸聞 いつぶん (n) something unheard of 49657
怪聞 かいぶん (n) strange rumor; scandal 49657
甘苦 かんく (n) sweetness and bitterness; joys and sorrows 49657