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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 明治 |
めいじ |
Meiji era |
279 |
| 西 |
にし |
(n) west |
280 |
| 不明 |
ふめい |
(adj-na,n) unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; ignorant; lack of wisdom; anonymous; unidentified |
617 |
| 説明 |
せつめい |
(n,vs) explanation; exposition |
934 |
| 西日本 |
にしにっぽん |
western Japan |
976 |
| 西日本 |
にしにほん |
western Japan |
976 |
| 関西 |
かんさい |
Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) |
997 |
| 明らか |
あきらか |
(adj-na,n) obvious; evident; clear; plain |
1520 |
| 西部 |
せいぶ |
(n) the west; western part; the West |
1835 |
| 西武 |
せいぶ |
(n) Western military |
1964 |
| 西口 |
にしぐち |
(n) west entrance |
2366 |
| 証明 |
しょうめい |
(n,vs) proof; verification |
2502 |
| 東西 |
とうざい |
(n) East and West; whole country; Orient and Occident; Your attention please |
2633 |
| 明確 |
めいかく |
(adj-na,n) clear up; clarify; define |
2694 |
| 文明 |
ぶんめい |
(n) civilization; culture |
2713 |
| 西側 |
にしがわ |
(n) west side; west bank |
2882 |
| 西暦 |
せいれき |
(n) Christian Era; anno domini (A.D.) |
2999 |
| 発明 |
はつめい |
(n,vs) invention |
3043 |
| 西洋 |
せいよう |
(n) the west; Western countries |
3064 |
| 明るい |
あかるい |
(adj) bright; cheerful |
3152 |
| 北西 |
ほくせい |
(n) northwest |
3160 |
| 表明 |
ひょうめい |
(n) declaration; indication; manifestation; demonstration; expression; announcement |
3250 |
| 判明 |
はんめい |
(n,vs) establishing; proving; identifying; confirming |
3298 |
| 南西 |
なんせい |
(n) southwest |
3428 |
| 南西 |
みなみにし |
(n) southwest |
3428 |
| 明日 |
あした |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 明日 |
あす |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 明日 |
みょうにち |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 照明 |
しょうめい |
(n) illumination |
4307 |
| 透明 |
とうめい |
(adj-na,n) transparency; cleanness |
4870 |
| 西方 |
さいほう |
(n) western direction |
5291 |
| 西方 |
せいほう |
(n) western direction |
5291 |
| 明記 |
めいき |
(n,vs) clear writing; specification |
5595 |
| 明かす |
あかす |
(v5s) to pass; spend; to reveal; to divulge |
5987 |
| 西ドイツ |
にしドイツ |
West Germany |
6513 |
| 明治維新 |
めいじいしん |
(n) Meiji Restoration |
6704 |
| 大西洋 |
たいせいよう |
Atlantic Ocean |
6824 |
| 西欧 |
せいおう |
(n) Western Europe |
7077 |
| 公明党 |
こうめいとう |
Justice Party |
7167 |
| 解明 |
かいめい |
(n,vs) elucidation; explication |
7409 |
| 西南 |
せいなん |
(n) south-west |
7549 |
| 夜明け |
よあけ |
(n) dawn; daybreak |
7618 |
| 以西 |
いせい |
(n,n-suf) west of; and westward |
7739 |
| 西遊 |
さいゆう |
(n) westward trip; trip to the West |
7897 |
| 西遊 |
せいゆう |
(n) westward trip; trip to the West |
7897 |
| 明示 |
めいじ |
(n,vs) specification; explicitly state |
8130 |
| 未明 |
みめい |
(n-adv,n-t) early dawn; grey of morning |
8520 |
| 声明 |
せいめい |
(n) declaration; statement; proclamation |
8594 |
| 天明 |
てんめい |
(n) dawn; daybreak |
8720 |
| 黎明 |
れいめい |
(n) daybreak; dawn |
8899 |
| 英明 |
えいめい |
(adj-na,n) intelligent; wise; bright; brilliant; clear-sighted |
9284 |
| 神明 |
しんめい |
(n) deity; God |
9566 |
| 西岸 |
せいがん |
(n) west coast; west bank |
9829 |
| 明治天皇 |
めいじてんのう |
(n) Emperor Meiji |
10119 |
| 明言 |
めいげん |
(n) declaration; statement |
10328 |
| 明美 |
めいび |
(adj-na,n) picturesque; beautiful |
11255 |
| 西海岸 |
にしかいがん |
(n) west coast |
11328 |
| 明大 |
めいだい |
(abbr) Meiji University |
11450 |
| 明徳 |
めいとく |
(n) virtue |
11461 |
| 明星 |
みょうじょう |
(n) morning star; Venus; Lucifer; (literary) star |
11606 |
| 明け |
あけ |
(n,n-suf) beginning; dawn; end; expiration |
11802 |
| 光明 |
こうみょう |
(n) glory; hope; right future |
11817 |
| 鮮明 |
せんめい |
(adj-na,n) vivid; clear; distinct |
11860 |
| 明白 |
あからさま |
(adj-na,n) (uk) obvious; overt; plainly; frankly |
12187 |
| 明白 |
めいはく |
(adj-na,n) (uk) obvious; overt; plainly; frankly |
12187 |
| 北大西洋 |
きたたいせいよう |
North Atlantic |
12849 |
| 西北 |
せいほく |
(n) north-west |
13098 |
| 西経 |
せいけい |
(n) west longitude |
13424 |
| 不透明 |
ふとうめい |
(adj-na,n) opacity |
13980 |
| 公明 |
こうめい |
(adj-na,n) fairness; justice |
14529 |
| 西アフリカ |
にしアフリカ |
West Africa |
14745 |
| 不動明王 |
ふどうみょうおう |
(n) Acala; Acalanatha Vidya-raja; The Immovable, a manifestation of Mahavairocana (Buddhist deity) |
14818 |
| 明瞭 |
めいりょう |
(adj-na,n) clarity |
15021 |
| 中西部 |
ちゅうせいぶ |
(n) Mid-west |
15396 |
| 明ける |
あける |
(v1) to dawn; to become daylight |
15733 |
| 失明 |
しつめい |
(n) loss of eyesight |
15823 |
| 明朝 |
みょうちょう |
(n-adv,n-t) tomorrow morning |
15891 |
| 明朝 |
みんちょう |
(n) Ming Dynasty; Ming-cho type(face) |
15891 |
| 弁明 |
べんめい |
(n,vs) explanation; excuse; vindication; apology |
16524 |
| 西域 |
せいいき |
(n) western regions of China |
16658 |
| 不明瞭 |
ふめいりょう |
(adj-na,n) dimness; obscurity; indistinctness |
16857 |
| 明晰 |
めいせき |
(adj-na,n) clear |
17216 |
| 聡明 |
そうめい |
(adj-na,n) wisdom; sagacity |
17231 |
| 明快 |
めいかい |
(adj-na,n) clarion; clarity |
17775 |
| 明け渡す |
あけわたす |
(v5s) to vacate; to surrender |
17885 |
| 打ち明ける |
うちあける |
(v1) to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart |
18127 |
| 自明 |
じめい |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) obvious; self-evident; axiomatic; self-explanatory |
18299 |
| 明細 |
めいさい |
(adj-na,n) details; obvious |
18762 |
| 清明 |
せいめい |
(n) pure and clear |
19107 |
| 明朗 |
めいろう |
(adj-na,n) bright; clear; cheerful |
19107 |
| 究明 |
きゅうめい |
(n) investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts) |
19534 |
| 賢明 |
けんめい |
(adj-na,n) wisdom; intelligence; prudence |
19534 |
| 釈明 |
しゃくめい |
(n,vs) explanation; vindication |
19579 |
| 西本願寺 |
にしほんがんじ |
temple in Kyoto |
19799 |
| 明文化 |
めいぶんか |
(n) stipulate |
19826 |
| 明度 |
めいど |
(n) brightness |
20047 |
| 明暗 |
めいあん |
(n) light and darkness; light and shade |
20436 |
| 克明 |
こくめい |
(adj-na,n) detailed; elaborate; faithfulness; diligence; conscientiousness |
20635 |
| 明媚 |
めいび |
(adj-na,n) beautiful |
20676 |
| 明かり |
あかり |
(n) lamplight; light (in general); brightness |
21087 |
| 明朝体 |
みんちょうたい |
(n) Ming-style typeface |
21649 |
| 西陣 |
にしじん |
(n) district in Kyoto |
21836 |
| 西風 |
せいふう |
(n) west wind |
21836 |
| 西風 |
にしかぜ |
(n) west wind |
21836 |
| 年明け |
としあけ |
(n) (1) beginning of the year; early in the new year |
21927 |
| 年明け |
ねんあけ |
(n) (1) beginning of the year; early in the new year; (2) expiration of a term of service |
21927 |
| 明文 |
めいぶん |
(n) statement (e.g. law) |
22001 |
| 言明 |
げんめい |
(n) declaration; statement; assertion |
22057 |
| 無明 |
むみょう |
(n) ignorance (of Buddhist teachings); darkness |
22749 |
| 松明 |
たいまつ |
(n) (pine) torch; flambeau; torchlight |
23186 |
| 開明 |
かいめい |
(n) civilization; enlightenment |
23235 |
| 解き明かす |
ときあかす |
(v5s) to explain; to dispel doubts |
23460 |
| 西和 |
せいわ |
(exp) Spanish-Japanese |
23635 |
| 文明開化 |
ぶんめいかいか |
(n) Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era |
25491 |
| 明け方 |
あけがた |
(n-adv,n-t) dawn |
25705 |
| 明解 |
めいかい |
(adj-na,n) clear understanding |
26240 |
| 明月 |
めいげつ |
(n) bright moon; full moon; harvest moon |
26893 |
| 愛染明王 |
あいぜんみょうおう |
(n) (Buddhism) esoteric school deity of love |
27521 |
| 西向き |
にしむき |
(n) facing west |
27901 |
| 偏西風 |
へんせいふう |
(n) westerlies |
28008 |
| 明かり障子 |
あかりしょうじ |
(n) paper screen door for admitting light |
28487 |
| 南南西 |
なんなんせい |
(n) south-southwest |
28681 |
| 薄明 |
はくめい |
(n) twilight; dusk; faint light |
29316 |
| 西独 |
せいどく |
West Germany |
30433 |
| 西北西 |
せいほくせい |
(n) west-northwest |
30552 |
| 明滅 |
めいめつ |
(n,vs) flickering; blinking |
30688 |
| 西紀 |
せいき |
(n) Christian era |
30832 |
| 灯明 |
とうみょう |
(n) light offered to a god |
31088 |
| 不鮮明 |
ふせんめい |
(adj-na,n) blur |
31648 |
| 月明かり |
つきあかり |
(n) moonlight |
31930 |
| 西瓜 |
すいか |
(n) watermelon |
31930 |
| 西高東低 |
せいこうとうてい |
(n) high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east |
32076 |
| 明く |
あく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to open; to become open; to become empty; (2) to dawn |
32501 |
| 明徴 |
めいちょう |
(n,vs) clarification |
32784 |
| 明鏡 |
めいきょう |
(n) clear mirror |
32964 |
| 明るむ |
あかるむ |
(v5m) to brighten; to be refreshed |
33282 |
| 簡明 |
かんめい |
(adj-na,n) terse; concise; simple and clear |
33636 |
| 仏蘭西 |
ふらんす |
France |
34034 |
| 平明 |
へいめい |
(adj-na,n) clear; simple |
34034 |
| 明鏡止水 |
めいきょうしすい |
(n) clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water) |
34381 |
| 月明 |
げつめい |
(n) moonlight |
34580 |
| 糾明 |
きゅうめい |
(n) searching examination |
35139 |
| 明後日 |
あさって |
(n-adv,n-t) day after tomorrow |
35778 |
| 明後日 |
みょうごにち |
(n-adv,n-t) day after tomorrow |
35778 |
| 分明 |
ふんみょう |
(adj-na,n) clearness; clear understanding |
35968 |
| 分明 |
ぶんみょう |
(adj-na,n) clearness; clear understanding |
35968 |
| 分明 |
ぶんめい |
(adj-na,n) clearness; clear understanding |
35968 |
| 西半球 |
にしはんきゅう |
(n) the Occident |
36396 |
| 明り |
あかり |
(n) lamplight; light (in general); brightness |
36396 |
| 露西亜 |
ろしあ |
Russia |
36396 |