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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 鉄道 |
てつどう |
(n) railroad |
37 |
| 道 |
みち |
(n) road; street; way; method |
43 |
| 道路 |
どうろ |
(n) road; highway |
161 |
| 国道 |
こくどう |
(n) national highway |
165 |
| 活動 |
かつどう |
(n,vs) action; activity |
195 |
| 北海道 |
ほっかいどう |
northernmost of four main islands of Japan |
249 |
| 自動車 |
じどうしゃ |
(n) automobile |
271 |
| 自分 |
じぶん |
(n) myself; oneself |
411 |
| 自身 |
じしん |
(n) by oneself; personally |
516 |
| 活躍 |
かつやく |
(n) activity |
544 |
| 生活 |
せいかつ |
(n,vs) living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood |
563 |
| 自治体 |
じちたい |
(n) self-governing body; municipality |
663 |
| 自由 |
じゆう |
(adj-na,exp,n) freedom; liberty; as it pleases you |
672 |
| 自然 |
しぜん |
(adj-na,adv,n) nature; spontaneous |
752 |
| 自ら |
みずから |
(n-adv,n) for one's self; personally |
798 |
| 都道府県 |
とどうふけん |
(n) administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures |
838 |
| 自動 |
じどう |
(adj-na,n) automatic; self-motion |
857 |
| 県道 |
けんどう |
(n) prefectural road |
920 |
| 軌道 |
きどう |
(n) (1) orbit; (2) railroad track |
1052 |
| 自体 |
じたい |
(adv,n) itself |
1178 |
| 独自 |
どくじ |
(adj-na,n) original; peculiar; characteristic |
1247 |
| 復活 |
ふっかつ |
(n,vs) revival (e.g. musical); restoration |
1249 |
| 報道 |
ほうどう |
(n) information; report |
1391 |
| 自衛隊 |
じえいたい |
(n) self-defence force |
1441 |
| 街道 |
かいどう |
(n) highway |
1515 |
| 自治 |
じち |
(n) self-government; autonomy |
1782 |
| 自己 |
じこ |
(n) self; oneself |
1999 |
| 自転車 |
じてんしゃ |
(n) bicycle |
2099 |
| 自由民主党 |
じゆうみんしゅとう |
LDP; Liberal Democratic Party |
2351 |
| 道具 |
どうぐ |
(n) implement; tool; means |
2547 |
| 東海道 |
とうかいどう |
Tokaido (name of Edo-Kyoto highway) |
2605 |
| 自社 |
じしゃ |
(n) private company |
2987 |
| 活用 |
かつよう |
(n,vs) conjugation; practical use |
3031 |
| 柔道 |
じゅうどう |
(n) judo |
3136 |
| 自民党 |
じみんとう |
LDP; Liberal Democratic Party |
3163 |
| 自殺 |
じさつ |
(n,vs) suicide |
3297 |
| 自主 |
じしゅ |
(n) independence; autonomy |
3619 |
| 自宅 |
じたく |
(n) one's home |
3630 |
| 活性 |
かっせい |
(n) active |
3944 |
| 自称 |
じしょう |
(n,vs) self-styled; would-be; calling oneself |
4520 |
| 水道 |
すいどう |
(n) water service; water supply |
4650 |
| 活発 |
かっぱつ |
(adj-na,n) vigor; active |
4738 |
| 神道 |
しんとう |
(n) Shinto |
5015 |
| 道場 |
どうじょう |
(n) (arch) dojo; hall used for martial arts training; mandala |
5162 |
| 自動的 |
じどうてき |
(adj-na,n) automatic |
5379 |
| 自衛 |
じえい |
(n) self-defense |
5445 |
| 自作 |
じさく |
(n) one's own work |
5510 |
| 自由党 |
じゆうとう |
Liberal Party |
5632 |
| 修道院 |
しゅうどういん |
(n) monastery; convent; cloister; abbey |
5924 |
| 剣道 |
けんどう |
(n) kendo; swordmanship; fencing |
6092 |
| 修道 |
しゅうどう |
(n) learning; studying the fine arts |
6092 |
| 武道 |
ぶどう |
(n) martial arts; military arts; Bushido |
6275 |
| 活かす |
いかす |
(v5s) to revive; to resuscitate; to make use of |
6364 |
| 自立 |
じりつ |
(n,vs) independence; self-reliance |
6548 |
| 歩道 |
ほどう |
(n) footpath; walkway; sidewalk |
6605 |
| 片道 |
かたみち |
(n) one-way (trip) |
6612 |
| 市道 |
しどう |
(n) municipal roads |
6862 |
| 自国 |
じこく |
(n) one's own country |
7153 |
| 道徳 |
どうとく |
(n) morals |
7364 |
| 自慢 |
じまん |
(n,vs) pride; boast |
7468 |
| 新道 |
しんどう |
(n) new road |
7702 |
| 自信 |
じしん |
(n) self-confidence |
7742 |
| 自在 |
じざい |
(adj-na,n) freely; at will |
7779 |
| 道道 |
みちみち |
(adv,n) along the way |
7988 |
| 旧道 |
きゅうどう |
(n) old road |
8098 |
| 自覚 |
じかく |
(n) self-conscious |
8188 |
| 書道 |
しょどう |
(n) calligraphy |
8348 |
| 軽自動車 |
けいじどうしゃ |
(n) light motor vehicle (lt 550cc) |
8359 |
| 自伝 |
じてん |
rotation; turning |
8550 |
| 自伝 |
じでん |
(n) autobiography |
8550 |
| 東名高速道路 |
とうめいこうそくどうろ |
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway |
8575 |
| 活字 |
かつじ |
(n) printing type |
8622 |
| 道中 |
どうちゅう |
(n-adv,n-t) along the way; journey |
8720 |
| 地方自治体 |
ちほうじちたい |
(n) local self-governing body |
8809 |
| 赤道 |
せきどう |
(n) equator |
8865 |
| 自民 |
じみん |
(abbr) Liberal Democratic Party; LDP |
8884 |
| 弾道 |
だんどう |
(n) ballistic |
8884 |
| 自爆 |
じばく |
(n) suicide bombing |
9401 |
| 茶道 |
さどう |
(n) tea ceremony; Way of Tea |
9659 |
| 茶道 |
ちゃどう |
(ok) (n) tea ceremony; Way of Tea |
9659 |
| 下水道 |
げすいどう |
(n) drain; sewer; drainage system |
9698 |
| 自害 |
じがい |
(n,vs) suicide |
9729 |
| 弓道 |
きゅうどう |
(n) (Japanese) archery |
9854 |
| 中道 |
ちゅうどう |
(n) the middle road; middle of the road; mean; moderation |
10060 |
| 軽便鉄道 |
けいびんてつどう |
(n) narrow-gauge railroad; light railway |
10299 |
| 軽便鉄道 |
けいべんてつどう |
(n) narrow-gauge railroad; light railway |
10299 |
| 伝道 |
でんどう |
(n,vs) proselytizing; evangelism; missionary work |
10323 |
| 生活協同組合 |
せいかつきょうどうくみあい |
a cooperative |
10339 |
| 極道 |
ごくどう |
(adj-na,n) profligate |
10344 |
| 自責 |
じせき |
(n) self-condemnation |
10410 |
| 農道 |
のうどう |
(n) farm road |
10449 |
| 自重 |
じじゅう |
(n) weight of an (unloaded) vehicle |
10477 |
| 自重 |
じちょう |
(n) prudence |
10477 |
| 私生活 |
しせいかつ |
(n) one's private life |
10562 |
| 自律 |
じりつ |
(n) autonomy |
10571 |
| 自力 |
じりき |
(n) by oneself; self-made |
10600 |
| 大道 |
だいどう |
(n) main street; avenue |
10743 |
| 林道 |
りんどう |
(n) path through forest; woodland path |
10954 |
| 自生 |
じせい |
(n,vs) growing wild (naturally); native |
11208 |
| 不自然 |
ふしぜん |
(adj-na,n) unnatural; artificial; affected; strained |
11233 |
| 上水道 |
じょうすいどう |
(n) waterworks |
11351 |
| 自発 |
じはつ |
(n) spontaneous |
11469 |
| 自粛 |
じしゅく |
(n,vs) self-control; self-discipline |
11479 |
| 正道 |
せいどう |
(n) path of righteousness; path of duty; the right track; the correct path |
11660 |
| 正道 |
まさみち |
(n) path of righteousness; path of duty; the right track; the correct path |
11660 |
| 自我 |
じが |
(n) self; the ego |
11802 |
| 車道 |
しゃどう |
(n) roadway |
11817 |
| 自転 |
じてん |
(n) rotation; spin |
11885 |
| 公道 |
こうどう |
(n) public road; justice |
12177 |
| 自決 |
じけつ |
(n,vs) self-determination; suicide; resignation (from a post) |
12177 |
| 道教 |
どうきょう |
(n) Taoism |
12187 |
| 魔道 |
まどう |
(n) heresy; evil ways |
12374 |
| 山道 |
さんどう |
(n) mountain road; mountain trail |
12649 |
| 山道 |
やまみち |
(n) mountain road; mountain trail |
12649 |
| 花道 |
かどう |
(n) flower arrangement |
12729 |
| 花道 |
はなみち |
(n) passage through audience to stage |
12729 |
| 人道 |
じんどう |
(n) humanity; sidewalk |
12756 |
| 不自由 |
ふじゆう |
(adj-na,n) discomfort; disability; inconvenience; destitution |
12931 |
| 地下道 |
ちかどう |
(n) subterranean tunnel |
13033 |
| 自家用車 |
じかようしゃ |
(n) private automobile |
13082 |
| 合気道 |
あいきどう |
(n) (MA) aikido; way of harmony with the universe |
13120 |
| 部活 |
ぶかつ |
(n) club activities |
13262 |
| 外道 |
げどう |
(n) heretical doctrine |
13439 |
| 索道 |
さくどう |
(n) overhead freight-carrying cable |
13503 |
| 自著 |
じちょ |
(n) one's own literary work |
13776 |
| 坂道 |
さかみち |
(n) hill road |
13790 |
| 参道 |
さんどう |
(n) road approaching a shrine |
13790 |
| 自閉症 |
じへいしょう |
(n) autism |
13810 |
| 沿道 |
えんどう |
(n) route; course; roadside |
13845 |
| 自由形 |
じゆうがた |
(n) freestyle (swimming event) |
13864 |
| 入道 |
にゅうどう |
(n) entering the priesthood; priest |
13937 |
| 小道具 |
こどうぐ |
(n) props; (stage) properties; gadgets |
14057 |
| 華道 |
かどう |
(n) flower arrangement |
14101 |
| 遊歩道 |
ゆうほどう |
(n) promenade; esplanade |
14101 |
| 海道 |
かいどう |
(n) sea route |
14126 |
| 各自 |
かくじ |
(n-adv,n-t) individual; each |
14140 |
| 道士 |
どうし |
(n) a person of high morals; a Taoist |
14184 |
| 歩道橋 |
ほどうきょう |
(n) pedestrian bridge |
14316 |
| 自家用 |
じかよう |
(n) for private or home use |
14342 |
| 自筆 |
じひつ |
(n) one's own handwriting |
14745 |
| 水道局 |
すいどうきょく |
water bureau or department |
14898 |
| 王道 |
おうどう |
(n) principles of royalty; rule of right |
14982 |
| 黄道 |
おうどう |
(n) ecliptic |
15149 |
| 黄道 |
こうどう |
(n) ecliptic |
15149 |
| 古道 |
こどう |
(n) old road; ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning |
15259 |
| 自白 |
じはく |
(n) confession; acknowledgement |
15259 |
| 自前 |
じまえ |
(n) at one's own expense |
15378 |
| 地道 |
じみち |
(adj-na,n) steady |
15431 |
| 食道 |
しょくどう |
(n) esophageal |
15460 |
| 自認 |
じにん |
(n) admission; (self-)acknowledgment |
15502 |