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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 話 |
はなし |
(io) (n) talk; speech; chat; story; conversation |
133 |
| 電話 |
でんわ |
(n,vs) telephone |
479 |
| 会話 |
かいわ |
(n) conversation |
1388 |
| 話題 |
わだい |
(n) topic; subject |
1694 |
| 神話 |
しんわ |
(n) myth; legend |
1879 |
| 訓練 |
くんれん |
(n,vs) practice; training |
2501 |
| 話す |
はなす |
(v5s) to speak |
2513 |
| 逸話 |
いつわ |
(n) anecdote |
4434 |
| 対話 |
たいわ |
(n,vs) interactive; interaction; conversation; dialogue |
5098 |
| 通話 |
つうわ |
(n,vs) (1) telephone call; talking; calling; (2) counter for telephone calls |
6174 |
| 童話 |
どうわ |
(n) fairy tale |
6867 |
| 訓 |
くん |
(n) native Japanese reading (rendering) of a Chinese character |
7125 |
| 世話 |
せわ |
(n,vs) looking after; help; aid; assistance |
7596 |
| 校訓 |
こうくん |
(n) school precepts |
7735 |
| 話者 |
わしゃ |
(n) narrator; speaker |
8143 |
| 手話 |
しゅわ |
(n) sign language |
9412 |
| 説話 |
せつわ |
(n) tale; narrative |
9940 |
| 電話機 |
でんわき |
(n) telephone instrument |
10883 |
| 特訓 |
とっくん |
(n) special training; intensive training; crash course |
11282 |
| 英会話 |
えいかいわ |
(n) (1) English conversation; (2) school for English conversation (abbr) |
11461 |
| 話し合い |
はなしあい |
(n) discussion; conference |
12021 |
| 教訓 |
きょうくん |
(n) lesson; precept; moral instruction |
12356 |
| 話せる |
はなせる |
(v1) to be understanding; to be sensible |
12434 |
| 話し合う |
はなしあう |
(v5u) to discuss; to talk together |
12877 |
| 談話 |
だんわ |
(n) a talk; conversation |
13109 |
| 民話 |
みんわ |
(n) folklore |
14342 |
| 話しかける |
はなしかける |
(v1) to accost a person; to talk (to someone) |
15595 |
| 昔話 |
むかしばなし |
(n) folklore; legend |
16683 |
| 実話 |
じつわ |
(n) true story |
16902 |
| 裏話 |
うらばなし |
(n) story not generally known; inside story; the real story (behind ...) |
17389 |
| 訓令 |
くんれい |
(n) directive; instructions |
17505 |
| 秘話 |
ひわ |
(n) secret story; unknown episode |
17885 |
| 夜話 |
やわ |
(n) night talks; evening tea parties |
18267 |
| 夜話 |
よばなし |
(n) night talks; evening tea parties |
18267 |
| 話し方 |
はなしかた |
(n) way of talking |
19107 |
| 寓話 |
ぐうわ |
(n) allegory |
20004 |
| 話術 |
わじゅつ |
(n) art of conversation |
20087 |
| 訓読み |
くんよみ |
(n) kun-yomi (Japanese reading of character) |
22570 |
| おとぎ話 |
おとぎばなし |
(n) fairy tale |
22687 |
| 講話 |
こうわ |
(n) lecture; discourse |
22948 |
| 世話人 |
せわにん |
(n) sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent |
23399 |
| 世話人 |
せわびと |
(n) sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent |
23399 |
| 懇話 |
こんわ |
(n) friendly (familiar) chat (talk) |
24154 |
| 話し言葉 |
はなしことば |
(n) spoken word |
25224 |
| 話し手 |
はなして |
(n) speaker |
25358 |
| 腹話術 |
ふくわじゅつ |
(n) ventriloquism |
25491 |
| 挿話 |
そうわ |
(n) episode |
26240 |
| 訓読 |
くんどく |
(n,vs) reading a Chinese text (kanbun) in Japanese |
26494 |
| 官話 |
かんわ |
(n) the Mandarin language |
26817 |
| 発話 |
はつわ |
(n) utterance |
26991 |
| 受話器 |
じゅわき |
(n) (telephone) receiver |
27058 |
| 作り話 |
つくりばなし |
(n) fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth |
27703 |
| 家訓 |
かきん |
(n) family precepts |
28567 |
| 家訓 |
かくん |
(n) family precepts |
28567 |
| 笑い話 |
わらいばなし |
(n) funny story |
28975 |
| 話芸 |
わげい |
(n) (the art of) storytelling |
29086 |
| 訓示 |
くんじ |
(n) instruction; direction |
29519 |
| 訓詁 |
くんこ |
(n) interpretation; exegesis |
29632 |
| 白話 |
はくわ |
(n) colloquial Chinese |
29632 |
| 話法 |
わほう |
(n) narration |
29632 |
| 情話 |
じょうわ |
(n) conversing from the heart; love story |
29851 |
| 遺訓 |
いくん |
(n) dying instructions |
30069 |
| 話し掛ける |
はなしかける |
(v1) to accost a person; to talk (to someone) |
30308 |
| 字訓 |
じくん |
(n) the Japanese reading of a kanji |
31368 |
| 国際電信電話 |
こくさいでんしんでんわ |
KDD; Japanese international telecommunications company |
31527 |
| 小話 |
こばなし |
(n) (1) anecdote; (2) brief (comic) story |
31648 |
| 小話 |
しょうわ |
(n) (1) anecdote; (2) brief (comic) story |
31648 |
| 茶話 |
さわ |
(n) a chat over tea |
32076 |
| 茶話 |
ちゃばなし |
(n) a chat over tea |
32076 |
| 茶話 |
ちゃわ |
(n) a chat over tea |
32076 |
| 音訓 |
おんくん |
(n) kanji readings |
32648 |
| 訓戒 |
くんかい |
(n) warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something |
33111 |
| 訓点 |
くんてん |
(n) punctuation marks; guiding marks for rendering Chinese into Japanese |
33462 |
| 訓導 |
くんどう |
(n,vs) old word for licensed elementary school teacher; instruction; guiding |
33462 |
| 法話 |
ほうわ |
(n) Buddhist sermon |
33636 |
| 世話好き |
せわずき |
(adj-na,n) obliging person |
34034 |
| 話し相手 |
はなしあいて |
(n) person with whom to speak; advisor |
34212 |
| 世話焼き |
せわやき |
(n) a bother; a meddlesome person |
34381 |
| 送話 |
そうわ |
(n) (telephonic) transmission |
34761 |
| 世話物 |
せわもの |
(n) play dealing with the lives of ordinary people |
35357 |
| 笑話 |
しょうわ |
(n) amusing story |
35577 |
| 和訓 |
わくん |
(n) Japanese reading of a Chinese character |
35968 |
| 別れ話 |
わかればなし |
(n) talk about divorce or separation |
36396 |
| 訓話 |
くんわ |
(n) exemplum; apologue |
36620 |
| 長電話 |
ながでんわ |
(n) long telephone conversation |
36620 |
| 長話 |
ながばなし |
(n) long talk |
36884 |
| 下世話 |
げせわ |
(n) common saying; common phrase |
37130 |
| 話合い |
はなしあい |
(n) discussion; conference |
37130 |
| 悲話 |
ひわ |
(n) sad or tragic story |
37405 |
| 閑話 |
かんわ |
(n) quiet talk; gossip |
38001 |
| 庭訓 |
ていきん |
(n) (arch) home education |
38588 |
| 訓告 |
くんこく |
(n) reprimand; admonition |
38888 |
| 立ち話 |
たちばなし |
(n) standing around talking |
38888 |
| 話し声 |
はなしごえ |
(n) speaking voice; talking voice |
38888 |
| 雑話 |
ざつわ |
(n) chitchat |
39227 |
| 正訓 |
せいくん |
(n) correct kun reading |
39227 |
| 痴話喧嘩 |
ちわげんか |
(n) lover's quarrel |
39571 |
| 話し込む |
はなしこむ |
(v5m) to be deep in talk |
39920 |
| 茶飲み話 |
ちゃのみばなし |
(n) a chat over tea |
40619 |
| 訓育 |
くんいく |
(n) discipline |
41039 |
| 閑話休題 |
かんわきゅうだい |
(exp,n) Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,... (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling) |
42342 |
| 古訓 |
こくん |
(n) ancient instruction; old reading |
42342 |
| 漏話 |
ろうわ |
(n) cross talk |
42342 |
| 哀話 |
あいわ |
(n) sad story |
42893 |
| 訓辞 |
くんじ |
(n) address to students |
44061 |
| 四方山話 |
よもやまばなし |
(n) talk about various topics |
44061 |
| 痴話 |
ちわ |
(n) lovers talk; sweet nothings |
44061 |
| 話言葉 |
はなしことば |
(n) spoken language; colloquial expression |
45436 |
| 道話 |
どうわ |
(n) exemplum |
46248 |
| 傍訓 |
ぼうくん |
(n) marginal notes |
46248 |
| 話しぶり |
はなしぶり |
(n) one's way of talking |
46248 |
| 話半分 |
はなしはんぶん |
(n) taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story |
46248 |
| 訓電 |
くんでん |
(n) telegraphed instructions |
47205 |
| 例話 |
れいわ |
(n) illustration |
47205 |
| 話頭 |
わとう |
(n) topic; subject |
47205 |
| 訓誡 |
くんかい |
(n,vs) admonishment; warning |
48294 |
| 直話 |
じきわ |
(n) account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand; story one had direct from |
48294 |
| 直話 |
ちょくわ |
one's own account (of something) |
48294 |
| 話柄 |
わへい |
(n) topic; subject |
48294 |
| 一口話 |
ひとくちばなし |
(n) joke; anecdote |
49657 |
| 佳話 |
かわ |
(n) good story |
49657 |
| 高話 |
たかばなし |
(n) loud speech |
49657 |
| 請訓 |
せいくん |
(n) request for instructions |
49657 |
| 禅話 |
ぜんわ |
(n) Zen talk |
49657 |
| 難訓 |
なんくん |
(n) difficult reading of a kanji |
49657 |
| お伽話 |
おとぎばなし |
(n) fairy tale |
51560 |
| お世話になる |
おせわになる |
(exp) to be indebted |
51560 |
| お世話をする |
おせわをする |
(exp) to take care of |
51560 |
| お話し中 |
おはなしちゅう |
(n) busy (phone) |
51560 |
| のろけ話 |
のろけばなし |
(n) (uk) speaking fondly of |
51560 |
| ほそぼそ話す |
ほそぼそはなす |
(v5s) to speak slowly and quietly |
51560 |
| アドオン電話 |
アドオンでんわ |
(n) add-on telephone |
51560 |
| アラビア夜話 |
アラビアよばなし |
(n) Arabian Nights; The Thousand and One Nights; The Arabian Nights' Entertainments |
51560 |
| ギリシア神話 |
ギリシアしんわ |
(n) Greek mythology |
51560 |
| コードレス電話 |
コードレスでんわ |
cordless phone |
51560 |
| テレビ電話 |
テレビでんわ |
(n) visual telephone; screen-phone |
51560 |
| ローマ神話 |
ローマしんわ |
(n) Roman myths |
51560 |
| 一つ話 |
ひとつばなし |
(n) anecdote; common talk |
51560 |
| 一夕話 |
いっせきわ |
(n) a short story; short-story writer |
51560 |
| 英会話学校 |
えいかいわがっこう |
(n) English conversation school |
51560 |
| 艶笑小話 |
えんしょうこばなし |
amorous anecdote |
51560 |
| 穏やかに話す |
おだやかにはなす |
(exp) to talk quietly |
51560 |
| 音訓索引 |
おんくんさくいん |
index listing kanji by their Chinese and Japanese pronunciations |
51560 |
| 伽話 |
とぎばなし |
fairy tale; nursery tale |
51560 |
| 会話の組 |
かいわのくみ |
conversation class |
51560 |
| 回訓 |
かいくん |
(n) instructions sent in response to a question (from an embassy, consulate, etc.) |
51560 |
| 学校の事を話す |
がっこうのことをはなす |
(exp) to talk about school affairs; to speak about the school |
51560 |
| 楽屋話 |
がくやばなし |
(n) inside story; confidential talk |
51560 |
| 漢文訓読 |
かんぶんくんどく |
(vs) reading a Chinese text in Japanese |
51560 |
| 間接話法 |
かんせつわほう |
indirect speech or narration |
51560 |