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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 元 |
もと |
(n,n-suf,n-t) (1) origin; original; (2) former |
93 |
| 紀元前 |
きげんぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) pre-era; B.C. |
1078 |
| 元年 |
がんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year (of a specific reign) |
1106 |
| 親 |
おや |
(n) parents |
1325 |
| 地元 |
じもと |
(n) local |
1586 |
| 父親 |
ちちおや |
(n) father |
1708 |
| 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 |
| 母親 |
ははおや |
(n) mother |
2154 |
| 親王 |
しんのう |
(n) prince of royal blood; Imperial prince |
2583 |
| 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 |
| 両親 |
ふたおや |
(n) parents; both parents |
3338 |
| 両親 |
りょうしん |
(n) parents; both parents |
3338 |
| 親友 |
しんゆう |
(n) close friend; bosom (old, intimate) friend; buddy; crony; chum |
3901 |
| 元気 |
げんき |
(adj-na,n) health(y); robust; vigor; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep |
3935 |
| 親しむ |
したしむ |
(v5m) to be intimate with; to befriend |
4561 |
| 元禄 |
げんろく |
(n) period in the Edo era |
4808 |
| 親子 |
おやこ |
(n) parent and child |
5201 |
| 親子 |
しんし |
(n) parent and child |
5201 |
| 復元 |
ふくげん |
(n,vs) restoration (to original state); reconstruction |
5266 |
| 元首 |
げんしゅ |
(n) ruler; sovereign |
5543 |
| 親交 |
しんこう |
(n) intimacy |
5606 |
| 還元 |
かんげん |
(n,vs) resolution; reduction; return to origins |
5667 |
| 元帥 |
げんすい |
(n) (field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army |
6008 |
| 親族 |
しんぞく |
(n) relatives |
6128 |
| 元来 |
がんらい |
(n-adv) originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally |
6344 |
| 改元 |
かいげん |
(n) change of era |
6793 |
| 内親王 |
ないしんのう |
(n) imperial or royal princess |
6799 |
| 親方 |
おやかた |
(n) master |
6890 |
| 親会社 |
おやがいしゃ |
(n) parent company |
6991 |
| 親しい |
したしい |
(adj) intimate; close (e.g. friend) |
7115 |
| 元祖 |
がんそ |
(n) originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
7285 |
| 親衛隊 |
しんえいたい |
(n) bodyguards |
7773 |
| 元老 |
げんろう |
(n) elder statesman; authority |
7897 |
| 親戚 |
しんせき |
(n) relative |
8955 |
| 親指 |
おやゆび |
(n) thumb |
9229 |
| 近親 |
きんしん |
(n) near relative |
10800 |
| 親善 |
しんぜん |
(n) friendship |
11023 |
| 手元 |
てもと |
(n) (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse; (2) usual skill |
12327 |
| 親密 |
しんみつ |
(adj-na,n) intimacy; friendship |
12492 |
| 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 |
| 親父 |
おやじ |
(gikun) (n) one's father; old man; one's boss |
13047 |
| 親鸞 |
しんらん |
Founder of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism (1173-1262) |
13298 |
| 多元 |
たげん |
(n) pluralistic |
13595 |
| 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 |
| 親和 |
しんわ |
(n) friendship; fellowship |
13810 |
| 足元 |
あしもと |
(n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step |
14101 |
| 親分 |
おやぶん |
(n) boss; chief; head |
14261 |
| 親日 |
しんにち |
(n) pro-Japanese |
14745 |
| 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 |
| 親等 |
しんとう |
(n) degree of kinship |
16112 |
| 名付け親 |
なづけおや |
(n) godparent |
16314 |
| 親政 |
しんせい |
(n) direct Imperial rule |
16481 |
| 元旦 |
がんたん |
(n) New Year's Day |
16747 |
| 親切 |
しんせつ |
(adj-na,n) kindness; gentleness |
16902 |
| 親しみ |
したしみ |
(n) intimacy; affection; familiarity |
17775 |
| 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 |
| 親権 |
しんけん |
(n) parental authority |
18495 |
| 親米 |
しんべい |
(n) pro-American |
18985 |
| 親類 |
しんるい |
(n) relation; kin |
18985 |
| 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 |
| 親睦 |
しんぼく |
(n) friendship; reunion |
19170 |
| 元凶 |
がんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 元凶 |
げんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 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 |
| 和親 |
わしん |
(n) friendship |
20676 |
| 一元化 |
いちげんか |
(n) unification; centralization |
20712 |
| 里親 |
さとおや |
(n) foster parent(s) |
20782 |
| 親愛 |
しんあい |
(n) (1) deep affection; (2) dear; beloved |
21397 |
| 肉親 |
にくしん |
(n) blood relationship; blood relative |
21889 |
| 地元民 |
じもとみん |
(n) local people |
22001 |
| 親近 |
しんきん |
(n) a relative; familiarity |
22259 |
| 中元 |
ちゅうげん |
(n) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon gifts |
22687 |
| 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 |
| 隠元 |
いんげん |
(n) beans |
24551 |
| 親任 |
しんにん |
(n) imperial appointment |
24551 |
| 元締 |
もとじめ |
(n) controller; manager |
25041 |
| 湯元 |
ゆもと |
(n) source of a hot spring |
25554 |
| 親衛 |
しんえい |
(n) monarch's guards |
25630 |
| 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 |
| 慣れ親しむ |
なれしたしむ |
(v5m) to become familiar with; to get used to |
26001 |
| 胸元 |
むなもと |
(n) breast; pit of stomach |
26001 |
| 元始 |
げんし |
(n) origin |
26157 |
| 膝元 |
ひざもと |
(n) near one's knee |
26319 |
| 元勲 |
げんくん |
(n) elder statesman |
26648 |
| 単元 |
たんげん |
(n) teaching unit |
26730 |
| 親孝行 |
おやこうこう |
(adj-na,n) filial piety |
27153 |
| 親玉 |
おやだま |
(n) boss; chief; head |
27801 |
| 多次元 |
たじげん |
(n) multidimensional |
28200 |
| 親潮 |
おやしお |
(n) the Kurile Current |
28391 |
| 親告罪 |
しんこくざい |
(n) type of crime which requires a formal complaint from the victim in order to prosecute |
28681 |
| 生みの親 |
うみのおや |
(exp,n) one's true parents; founder; creator |
28681 |
| 親書 |
しんしょ |
(n) handwritten or autograph letter |
28866 |
| 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 |
| 親身 |
しんみ |
(adj-na,n) relative; kind; cordial |
29190 |
| 枕元 |
まくらもと |
(n) bedside |
29410 |
| 窯元 |
かまもと |
(n) pottery |
29519 |
| 親鳥 |
おやどり |
(n) parent bird |
29632 |
| 元利 |
がんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 元利 |
げんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 元締め |
もとじめ |
(n) manager; boss; promoter |
30433 |
| 親和力 |
しんわりょく |
(n) (chemical) affinity |
30433 |
| 元方 |
もとかた |
(n) capitalist; wholesaler |
30552 |
| 一元論 |
いちげんろん |
(n) monism |
30832 |
| 懇親 |
こんしん |
(n) friendship; intimacy |
30969 |
| 元三 |
がんざん |
(n-adv,n-t) New Year's Day; January 1 to 3 |
31368 |
| 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 |
| 親不孝 |
おやふこう |
(adj-na,n) lack of filial piety |
31930 |
| 目元 |
めもと |
(n) eyes; skin round one's eyes |
31930 |
| 片親 |
かたおや |
(n) a or one parent |
32076 |
| 親知らず |
おやしらず |
(n) wisdom tooth |
32361 |
| 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 |
| 親代わり |
おやがわり |
(n) (one acting as a) foster parent |
33282 |
| 座元 |
ざもと |
(n) theater proprietor; producer |
34580 |
| 本元 |
ほんもと |
(n) origin; main branch of family |
34761 |
| 網元 |
あみもと |
(n) head of fisherman's group or union |
35139 |
| 火元 |
ひもと |
(n) origin of a fire |
35778 |
| 不親切 |
ふしんせつ |
(adj-na,n) unkindness; unfriendliness |
35968 |
| 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 |
| 胴元 |
どうもと |
(n) bookmaker (in gambling); manager |
36396 |
| 襟元 |
えりもと |
(n) front of neck |
36884 |
| 元請け |
もとうけ |
(n) prime contraction or contractor |
36884 |
| 親署 |
しんしょ |
(n) signature of an emperor or noble |
37130 |
| 親馬鹿 |
おやばか |
(n) (over) fond parents |
37405 |
| 親切心 |
しんせつしん |
(n) kindness |
38001 |
| 耳元 |
みみもと |
(n) close to the ear |
38280 |