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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 言葉 |
ことば |
(n) word(s); language; speech |
736 |
| 葉 |
は |
(n) leaf |
1311 |
| 青葉 |
あおば |
(n) fresh leaves |
4805 |
| 双葉 |
ふたば |
(n) bud; sprout |
7472 |
| 芽 |
め |
(n) sprout |
8023 |
| 紅葉 |
こうよう |
(n) (1) autumn colours; (2) (Japanese) maple |
8505 |
| 紅葉 |
もみじ |
(n) (1) (Japanese) maple |
8505 |
| 若葉 |
わかば |
(n) new leaves; fresh verdure |
8505 |
| 子葉 |
しよう |
(n) cotyledon; seed leaf |
8706 |
| 京葉 |
けいよう |
Tokyo and Chiba |
9079 |
| 葉月 |
はづき |
(n) (obs) eighth month of lunar calendar |
11860 |
| 万葉集 |
まんようしゅう |
(n) Manyoushuu (famous 8thC poetry); Japan's oldest anthology of poems |
12052 |
| 落葉 |
おちば |
(n,vs) fallen leaves; leaf litter; defoliation; shedding leaves |
12994 |
| 落葉 |
らくよう |
(n,vs) fallen leaves; leaf litter; defoliation; shedding leaves |
12994 |
| 発芽 |
はつが |
(n,vs) burgeoning |
13937 |
| 葉書 |
はがき |
(n) postcard |
15174 |
| 松葉 |
まつば |
(n) pine needle |
15907 |
| 複葉 |
ふくよう |
(n) compound leaf; biplane |
17344 |
| 針葉樹 |
しんようじゅ |
(n) conifer; needle-leaved tree |
17530 |
| 芽生える |
めばえる |
(v1) to bud; to sprout |
17885 |
| 広葉樹 |
こうようじゅ |
(n) broadleaf tree |
18205 |
| 中葉 |
ちゅうよう |
(n-adv,n-t) about the middle (of an era) |
19269 |
| 一葉 |
いちよう |
(n) (1) a leaf; a page; (2) a copy (of a photo); (3) a boat |
19534 |
| 木の葉 |
きのは |
(n) foliage; leaves of trees |
19534 |
| 木の葉 |
このは |
(n) foliage; leaves of trees |
19534 |
| 合言葉 |
あいことば |
(n) password; watchword |
20128 |
| 出芽 |
しゅつが |
(n) germination; sprouting |
20635 |
| 麦芽 |
ばくが |
(n) malt |
20989 |
| 萌芽 |
ほうが |
(n) germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign |
20989 |
| 葉巻 |
はまき |
(n) cigar |
21039 |
| 花言葉 |
はなことば |
(n) language of flowers |
22057 |
| 単葉 |
たんよう |
(n) simple leaf; monoplane |
22749 |
| 落ち葉 |
おちば |
(n,vs) fallen leaves; leaf litter; defoliation; shedding leaves |
23345 |
| 枯葉 |
かれは |
(n) dead leaf; dry leaves |
23750 |
| 二葉 |
によう |
two flat things |
23919 |
| 二葉 |
ふたば |
(n) bud; sprout |
23919 |
| 葉柄 |
ようへい |
(n) leaf stalk; stipe |
24363 |
| 芽胞 |
がほう |
(n) spore |
24915 |
| 話し言葉 |
はなしことば |
(n) spoken word |
25224 |
| 新芽 |
しんめ |
(n) sprout; bud; shoot |
25630 |
| 万葉仮名 |
まんようがな |
(n) early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically |
26001 |
| 胚葉 |
はいよう |
(n) germ (germinal, embryonic) layers |
26080 |
| 枝葉 |
えだは |
(n) leaves and branches; side issues; foliage |
27521 |
| 枝葉 |
しよう |
(n) leaves and branches; side issues; foliage |
27521 |
| 葉っぱ |
はっぱ |
(n) leaf |
27521 |
| 葉酸 |
ようさん |
(n) folic acid |
27521 |
| 合い言葉 |
あいことば |
(n) password; watchword |
27617 |
| 書き言葉 |
かきことば |
(n) the written word; the written language |
28008 |
| 絵葉書 |
えはがき |
(n) picture postcard |
29316 |
| 落葉樹 |
らくようじゅ |
(n) deciduous tree |
29519 |
| 葉脈 |
ようみゃく |
(n) veins of a leaf |
30195 |
| 胚芽 |
はいが |
(n) embryo bud; germ |
30195 |
| 葉桜 |
はざくら |
(n) cherry tree in leaf |
30552 |
| 肉芽 |
にくが |
(n) granulation |
30832 |
| 大和言葉 |
やまとことば |
(n) the ancient or primordial Japanese language |
31224 |
| 三つ葉 |
みつば |
(n) honeywort; wild chervil |
31368 |
| 茎葉 |
けいよう |
(n) stems and leaves |
31527 |
| 菜っ葉 |
なっぱ |
(n) rape leaves; greens |
31648 |
| 前頭葉 |
ぜんとうよう |
(n) frontal lobe |
32501 |
| 松葉杖 |
まつばづえ |
(n) crutch(es) |
33111 |
| 木の芽 |
きのめ |
(n) bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum); leaf bud |
33111 |
| 木の芽 |
このめ |
(n) bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum); leaf bud |
33111 |
| 葉緑素 |
ようりょくそ |
(n) chlorophyl |
33111 |
| 後葉 |
こうよう |
(n) posterity; future generations; descendant |
33830 |
| 湯葉 |
ゆば |
(n) sheet of dried tofu |
34034 |
| 朽葉 |
くちば |
(n) decayed leaves |
34212 |
| 若芽 |
わかめ |
(n) sprouts; new shoots; buds |
34212 |
| 黄葉 |
こうよう |
(n) yellow leaves |
34381 |
| 芽吹く |
めぶく |
(v5k) to bud |
34381 |
| 枯れ葉 |
かれは |
(n) dead leaf; dry leaves |
34381 |
| 葉隠れ |
はがくれ |
(n) hiding in the leaves |
34381 |
| 芽生え |
めばえ |
(n) bud; sprout |
35139 |
| 紅葉狩り |
もみじがり |
(n) autumn-leaf viewing |
35139 |
| 花芽 |
かが |
(n) flower bud |
36169 |
| 草葉 |
くさば |
(n) blades of grass |
36169 |
| 麦芽糖 |
ばくがとう |
(n) maltose; malt sugar |
36169 |
| 言の葉 |
ことのは |
(n) literary word |
36396 |
| 腐葉土 |
ふようど |
(n) humus; leaf mold |
37130 |
| 百葉箱 |
ひゃくようばこ |
(n) Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges) |
38280 |
| 末葉 |
うらば |
(n) end leaves; top leaves; last leaves |
38280 |
| 末葉 |
うれば |
(n) end leaves; top leaves; last leaves |
38280 |
| 末葉 |
すえば |
(n-t) the last descendant; the last days of any age |
38280 |
| 末葉 |
ばつよう |
(n-t) the last descendant; the last days of any age |
38280 |
| 末葉 |
まつよう |
(n-adv,n-t) end; close |
38280 |
| 葉腋 |
ようえき |
(n) leaf axil |
39571 |
| 言葉尻 |
ことばじり |
(n) word ending; slip of the tongue |
40263 |
| 押し葉 |
おしば |
(n) pressed leaves |
40619 |
| 薄葉 |
うすよう |
(n) Japanese tissue |
41039 |
| 葉菜類 |
ようさいるい |
(n) leafy vegetables |
41039 |
| 桐一葉 |
きりひとは |
(n) falling paulownia leaf signaling the beginning of autumn |
41904 |
| 葉蘭 |
はらん |
(n) aspidistra |
41904 |
| 落葉松 |
からまつ |
(n) larch |
41904 |
| 落葉松 |
らくようしょう |
(n) larch |
41904 |
| 芽キャベツ |
めキャベツ |
(n) Brussels sprouts |
42342 |
| 飼い葉 |
かいば |
(n) fodder |
42342 |
| 売り言葉 |
うりことば |
(n) inflammatory words |
42342 |
| 葉牡丹 |
はぼたん |
(n) kale |
42342 |
| 買い言葉 |
かいことば |
(n) tit for tat |
43447 |
| 逆さ言葉 |
さかさことば |
(n) word said backwards; word of opposite meaning |
44061 |
| 譲葉 |
ゆずりは |
(n) yuzuriha plant |
44061 |
| 柳葉魚 |
ししゃも |
(n) smelt |
44061 |
| 葉陰 |
はかげ |
(n) under the (shadow) of the leaves (of a tree) |
44709 |
| 葉風 |
はかぜ |
(n) breeze rustling through leaves |
44709 |
| 荷葉 |
かよう |
lotus leaf |
45436 |
| 話言葉 |
はなしことば |
(n) spoken language; colloquial expression |
45436 |
| 芽接ぎ |
めつぎ |
(n) bud grafting |
46248 |
| 葉末 |
はずえ |
(n) tip of a leaf |
46248 |
| 蓮っ葉 |
はすっぱ |
(adj-na,n) vulgar; wanton |
46248 |
| 肺葉 |
はいよう |
(n) pulmonary lobe; lobe of the lung |
47205 |
| 干葉 |
ひば |
(n) dried leaves; dried daikon leaves |
48294 |
| 国言葉 |
くにことば |
(n) national language; local dialect |
48294 |
| 芽ぐむ |
めぐむ |
(v5m) to bud; to sprout |
49657 |
| 口言葉 |
くちことば |
(n) words in common use |
49657 |
| 蔦紅葉 |
つたもみじ |
(n) maple; scarlet-tinged ivy |
49657 |
| 葉煙草 |
はたばこ |
(n) leaf tobacco |
49657 |
| お芽出度い |
おめでたい |
(n) (uk) happy event; matter for congratulation; auspicious event; pregnancy |
51560 |
| アセンブリー言葉 |
アセンブリーことば |
assembly language |
51560 |
| コンパイラー言葉 |
コンパイラーことば |
compiler language |
51560 |
| 右葉 |
うよう |
right lobe |
51560 |
| 羽状複葉 |
うじょうふくよう |
(n) pinnate compound leaf |
51560 |
| 往復葉書 |
おうふくはがき |
postcard with a reply card attached |
51560 |
| 下町言葉 |
したまちことば |
working-class accent or dialect |
51560 |
| 下葉 |
かよう |
(n) lower leaves |
51560 |
| 下葉 |
したば |
(n) lower leaves |
51560 |
| 花芽形成 |
かがけいせい |
(n) flower bud formation |
51560 |
| 花葉 |
かよう |
(n) floral leaf |
51560 |
| 蝦蛄葉サボテン |
しゃこばサボテン |
(n) Christmas cactus; crab cactus |
51560 |
| 芽を出す |
めをだす |
(exp) to sprout; to put forth buds |
51560 |
| 芽を摘む |
めをつむ |
(exp) to nip something in the bud; to nip the buds |
51560 |
| 芽出度い |
めでたい |
(adj) happy; simple soul; propitious; joyous |
51560 |
| 芽条変異 |
がじょうへんい |
(n) bud mutation |
51560 |
| 芽立ち |
めだち |
(n) bud; sprout |
51560 |
| 外胚葉 |
がいはいよう |
(n) ectoderm |
51560 |
| 官製葉書 |
かんせいはがき |
(n) official (government) postcard; postal card |
51560 |
| 肝葉 |
かんよう |
lobe of the liver |
51560 |
| 観葉植物 |
かんようしょくぶつ |
(n) decorative plant |
51560 |
| 忌み言葉 |
いみことば |
(n) taboo word |
51560 |
| 忌言葉 |
いみことば |
(n) taboo word |
51560 |
| 棄言葉 |
すてことば |
sharp parting remark |
51560 |
| 朽ち葉 |
くちば |
(n) decayed leaves |
51560 |
| 朽ち葉色 |
くちばいろ |
(n) yellow-brown |
51560 |
| 堅い言葉 |
かたいことば |
stiff speech |
51560 |
| 言い古した言葉 |
いいふるしたことば |
hackneyed saying |
51560 |
| 言葉から実行に移る |
ことばからじっこうにうつる |
(v5r) to change words into actions |
51560 |
| 言葉に詰まる |
ことばにつまる |
(exp) to be at a loss for words |
51560 |
| 言葉に表せない |
ことばにあらわせない |
ineffable; inexpressible |
51560 |
| 言葉の綾 |
ことばのあや |
figure of speech |
51560 |
| 言葉の壁 |
ことばのかべ |
language barrier |
51560 |
| 言葉を継ぐ |
ことばをつぐ |
(exp) to continue (to say) |
51560 |
| 言葉を交える |
ことばをまじえる |
(exp) to exchange words |
51560 |