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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 語 |
ご |
(n,n-suf) language; word |
116 |
| 言う |
いう |
(v5u) to say |
128 |
| 言う |
ゆう |
(v5u) to say |
128 |
| 英語 |
えいご |
(n) the English language |
331 |
| 物語 |
ものがたり |
(n) tale; story; legend |
543 |
| 言語 |
げんご |
(n) language |
607 |
| 日本語 |
にっぽんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 日本語 |
にほんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 言葉 |
ことば |
(n) word(s); language; speech |
736 |
| 語る |
かたる |
(v5r) to talk; to tell; to recite |
1110 |
| 用語 |
ようご |
(n) term; terminology |
1262 |
| 発言 |
はつげん |
(n) utterance; speech; proposal |
1270 |
| 宣言 |
せんげん |
(n,vs) declaration; proclamation; announcement |
1558 |
| 落語 |
らくご |
(n) rakugo story; (telling) a comic story |
2782 |
| フランス語 |
フランスご |
(n) French language |
2800 |
| 方言 |
ほうげん |
(n) dialect |
2914 |
| 原語 |
げんご |
(n) original word; original language |
3703 |
| ラテン語 |
ラテンご |
(n) Latin |
4057 |
| 単語 |
たんご |
(n) word; vocabulary; (usually) single-character word |
4260 |
| 語源 |
ごげん |
(n) word root; word derivation; etymology |
4446 |
| 国語 |
こくご |
(n) national language |
4832 |
| 言及 |
げんきゅう |
(n,vs) reference |
5271 |
| 予言 |
かねごと |
(n) prediction; promise; prognostication |
5461 |
| 予言 |
よげん |
(n) prediction; promise; prognostication |
5461 |
| 証言 |
しょうげん |
(n,vs) evidence; testimony |
5510 |
| 中国語 |
ちゅうごくご |
(n) Chinese language |
5586 |
| 言動 |
げんどう |
(n) speech and conduct |
6260 |
| 語尾 |
ごび |
(n) (inflected) end of a word |
6593 |
| 言 |
げん |
(n) word; remark; statement |
6710 |
| 一言 |
いちげん |
(n) single word |
7279 |
| 一言 |
いちごん |
(n) single word |
7279 |
| 一言 |
ひとこと |
(n) single word |
7279 |
| 語族 |
ごぞく |
(n) family of languages |
7432 |
| 遺言 |
ゆいごん |
(n) will; testament; last request |
7827 |
| 源氏物語 |
げんじものがたり |
the Tale of the Genji |
7841 |
| 語彙 |
ごい |
(n) vocabulary; glossary |
7922 |
| 助言 |
じょげん |
(n) advice; suggestion |
8151 |
| 助言 |
じょごん |
(n) advice; suggestion |
8151 |
| 公言 |
こうげん |
(n) declaration; profession |
8359 |
| 預言 |
よげん |
(n) prophecy |
8649 |
| 造語 |
ぞうご |
(n) coined word |
8950 |
| 語学 |
ごがく |
(n) language study |
8994 |
| 大納言 |
だいなごん |
(n) chief councillor of state |
9041 |
| 言論 |
げんろん |
(n) discussion |
9449 |
| 訳語 |
やくご |
(n) terms used in translation |
9748 |
| 明言 |
めいげん |
(n) declaration; statement |
10328 |
| 進言 |
しんげん |
(n) proposal; counsel; advice (to a superior) |
10344 |
| 提言 |
ていげん |
(n) proposal; motion |
10396 |
| 言い方 |
いいかた |
(n) speaking style |
10537 |
| 母語 |
ぼご |
(n) mother tongue |
10619 |
| 多言 |
たげん |
(n,vs) talkativeness; verbosity; garrulity |
10883 |
| 語り |
かたり |
(n) talking |
11119 |
| 過言 |
かごん |
(n) exaggeration; saying too much |
11730 |
| 狂言 |
きょうげん |
(n) play; drama; make-believe |
11817 |
| 真言 |
しんごん |
(n) mantra; quintessential word; Mantrayana; Shingon, Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism, originating in the eight century |
11924 |
| 略語 |
りゃくご |
(n) abbreviation; acronym |
11933 |
| 主語 |
しゅご |
(n) (gram) subject |
12052 |
| 言い換える |
いいかえる |
(v1) to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword |
12157 |
| 俗語 |
ぞくご |
(n) colloquialism; colloquial language |
12270 |
| 物語る |
ものがたる |
(v5r) to tell; to indicate |
12764 |
| 文言 |
もんごん |
(n) wording |
12837 |
| 漢語 |
かんご |
(n) Chinese word; Sino-Japanese word |
12994 |
| 標語 |
ひょうご |
(n) motto; slogan; catchword |
13250 |
| 敬語 |
けいご |
(n) honorific; term of respect |
13273 |
| 口語 |
こうご |
(n) colloquial language |
13381 |
| 言い渡す |
いいわたす |
(v5s) to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order |
13543 |
| 暴言 |
ぼうげん |
(n) reckless remark; rash remark; abusive language; thoughtless words |
13636 |
| 名言 |
めいげん |
(n) wise saying |
13825 |
| 英単語 |
えいたんご |
(n) English word |
13970 |
| 代言 |
だいげん |
(n) advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney |
14126 |
| 隠語 |
いんご |
(n) (1) secret language; jargon; cant; (2) humbug |
14220 |
| 語句 |
ごく |
(n) words; phrases |
14284 |
| 対義語 |
たいぎご |
(n) word's opposite |
14331 |
| 仏語 |
ふつご |
(n) French language |
14624 |
| 仏語 |
ぶつご |
(n) Buddhist term |
14624 |
| ドイツ語 |
ドイツご |
(n) German language |
14861 |
| 伝言 |
つてごと |
(n,vs) verbal message; rumor; word |
14861 |
| 伝言 |
でんごん |
(n,vs) verbal message; rumor; word |
14861 |
| 語幹 |
ごかん |
(n) stem; root of a word |
14881 |
| 言い回し |
いいまわし |
(n) expression; phraseology |
15079 |
| 語り継ぐ |
かたりつぐ |
(v5g) to transmit; to hand down |
15527 |
| 熟語 |
じゅくご |
(n) idiom; idiomatic phrase; kanji compound |
15567 |
| 語録 |
ごろく |
(n) analects; sayings |
15789 |
| 独語 |
どくご |
(n) monologue; soliloquy |
15907 |
| 語法 |
ごほう |
(n) diction; grammar; syntax |
16112 |
| 語形 |
ごけい |
(n) word form |
16248 |
| 述語 |
じゅつご |
(n) predicate |
16265 |
| 無言 |
むごん |
(n) silence |
16439 |
| 弾き語り |
ひきがたり |
(n) singing to one's own accompaniment |
16546 |
| 言い伝え |
いいつたえ |
(n) tradition; legend |
16730 |
| 言うまでもない |
いうまでもない |
(adj,exp) it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said |
16770 |
| 讒言 |
ざんげん |
(n) false charge; slander; defamation |
16839 |
| 古語 |
こご |
(n) obsolete word; old proverb; ancient (Japanese) language |
16902 |
| 文語 |
ぶんご |
(n) written language; literary language |
17023 |
| 新語 |
しんご |
(n) new word |
17176 |
| 語呂合わせ |
ごろあわせ |
(n) rhyming game; play on words; pun |
17195 |
| 語頭 |
ごとう |
(n) first part of a word |
17440 |
| 言い訳 |
いいわけ |
(n,vs) excuse; explanation |
17505 |
| 死語 |
しご |
(n) dead language; obsolete word |
17612 |
| 断言 |
だんげん |
(n,vs) assertion; declaration; affirmation |
17636 |
| 語り口 |
かたりくち |
(n) way of reciting; way of telling a story |
17775 |
| 言い放つ |
いいはなつ |
(v5t) to declare |
17941 |
| 勅語 |
ちょくご |
(n) imperial rescript |
18155 |
| 季語 |
きご |
(n) seasonal word (in haiku) |
18205 |
| 言い残す |
いいのこす |
(v5s) to leave word with (a person); to state in ones will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention |
18406 |
| 苦言 |
くげん |
(n) candid (frank) advice; exhortation |
18701 |
| 格言 |
かくげん |
(n) aphorism |
18728 |
| 語順 |
ごじゅん |
(n) word order |
18762 |
| 豪語 |
ごうご |
(n,vs) boasting; bombast |
19211 |
| 論語 |
ろんご |
(n) the Analects of Confucius |
19269 |
| 言霊 |
ことだま |
(n) soul or power of language |
19310 |
| 言説 |
げんせつ |
(n) remark; statement |
19375 |
| 語感 |
ごかん |
(n) sense of language |
19579 |
| 合言葉 |
あいことば |
(n) password; watchword |
20128 |
| 人語 |
じんご |
(n) human speech |
20128 |
| 語義 |
ごぎ |
(n) meaning of a word |
20325 |
| 物言い |
ものいい |
(n) manner of speaking; objection; way of speaking; rumor; quarrel; protest |
20782 |
| 祖語 |
そご |
(n) a parent language |
20854 |
| 語り合う |
かたりあう |
(v5u) to talk together |
20989 |
| 言わば |
いわば |
(adv) so to speak |
21314 |
| 語末 |
ごまつ |
(n) end of a word; suffix |
21314 |
| 伝言板 |
でんごんばん |
(n) message board |
21314 |
| 言行 |
げんこう |
(n) speech and behaviour |
21353 |
| 花言葉 |
はなことば |
(n) language of flowers |
22057 |
| 言明 |
げんめい |
(n) declaration; statement; assertion |
22057 |
| 語り手 |
かたりて |
(n) speaker; narrator; reciter |
22113 |
| 言い出す |
いいだす |
(v5s) to start talking; to speak; to tell; to propose; to suggest; to break the ice |
22615 |
| 言い分 |
いいぶん |
(n) one's say; one's point; complaint; excuse |
22687 |
| 失言 |
しつげん |
(n,vs) using improper words; verbal slip |
22749 |
| 言い表す |
いいあらわす |
(v5s) to express |
22804 |
| 外語 |
がいご |
(n) foreign language |
22840 |
| 類義語 |
るいぎご |
(n) synonym |
22890 |
| 言い換え |
いいかえ |
(n) putting in other words |
22948 |
| 印欧語 |
いんおうご |
(n) Indo-European languages |
23399 |
| 言い張る |
いいはる |
(v5r) to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying |
23635 |
| 語呂 |
ごろ |
(n) the sound; euphony |
24363 |
| 和語 |
わご |
(n) native Japanese words |
24627 |
| 戯言 |
ぎげん |
(n) nonsense; silly things; joke |
24699 |
| 戯言 |
ざれごと |
(n) nonsense; silly things; joke |
24699 |
| 戯言 |
たわごと |
(n) nonsense; silly things; joke |
24699 |
| 話し言葉 |
はなしことば |
(n) spoken word |
25224 |
| 補語 |
ほご |
(n) (gram) complement |
25286 |
| 言い寄る |
いいよる |
(v5r) to court; to woo; to approach defiantly |
25554 |
| 独り言 |
ひとりごと |
(n) a soliloquy; a monologue; speaking to oneself |
25554 |
| 同義語 |
どうぎご |
(n) synonym |
25767 |
| 用言 |
ようげん |
(n) declinable word |
26240 |
| 言い伝える |
いいつたえる |
(v1) to send word |
26730 |
| 言い返す |
いいかえす |
(v5s) to repeat; to talk back; to answer back |
26730 |
| 対語 |
ついご |
(n) pairing of (opposite) words; antonym |
26817 |
| 軍記物語 |
ぐんきものがたり |
(n) war chronicle |
26991 |