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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 語 |
ご |
(n,n-suf) language; word |
116 |
| 明治 |
めいじ |
Meiji era |
279 |
| 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 |
| 不明 |
ふめい |
(adj-na,n) unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; ignorant; lack of wisdom; anonymous; unidentified |
617 |
| 日本語 |
にっぽんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 日本語 |
にほんご |
(n) Japanese language |
685 |
| 説明 |
せつめい |
(n,vs) explanation; exposition |
934 |
| 語る |
かたる |
(v5r) to talk; to tell; to recite |
1110 |
| 用語 |
ようご |
(n) term; terminology |
1262 |
| 明らか |
あきらか |
(adj-na,n) obvious; evident; clear; plain |
1520 |
| 証明 |
しょうめい |
(n,vs) proof; verification |
2502 |
| 明確 |
めいかく |
(adj-na,n) clear up; clarify; define |
2694 |
| 文明 |
ぶんめい |
(n) civilization; culture |
2713 |
| 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 |
| 発明 |
はつめい |
(n,vs) invention |
3043 |
| 明るい |
あかるい |
(adj) bright; cheerful |
3152 |
| 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 |
| 原語 |
げんご |
(n) original word; original language |
3703 |
| 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 |
| ラテン語 |
ラテンご |
(n) Latin |
4057 |
| 単語 |
たんご |
(n) word; vocabulary; (usually) single-character word |
4260 |
| 照明 |
しょうめい |
(n) illumination |
4307 |
| 語源 |
ごげん |
(n) word root; word derivation; etymology |
4446 |
| 国語 |
こくご |
(n) national language |
4832 |
| 透明 |
とうめい |
(adj-na,n) transparency; cleanness |
4870 |
| 中国語 |
ちゅうごくご |
(n) Chinese language |
5586 |
| 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 |
| 語尾 |
ごび |
(n) (inflected) end of a word |
6593 |
| 明治維新 |
めいじいしん |
(n) Meiji Restoration |
6704 |
| 公明党 |
こうめいとう |
Justice Party |
7167 |
| 解明 |
かいめい |
(n,vs) elucidation; explication |
7409 |
| 語族 |
ごぞく |
(n) family of languages |
7432 |
| 夜明け |
よあけ |
(n) dawn; daybreak |
7618 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 造語 |
ぞうご |
(n) coined word |
8950 |
| 語学 |
ごがく |
(n) language study |
8994 |
| 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 |
| 訳語 |
やくご |
(n) terms used in translation |
9748 |
| 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 |
| 母語 |
ぼご |
(n) mother tongue |
10619 |
| 語り |
かたり |
(n) talking |
11119 |
| 明美 |
めいび |
(adj-na,n) picturesque; beautiful |
11255 |
| 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 |
| 略語 |
りゃくご |
(n) abbreviation; acronym |
11933 |
| 主語 |
しゅご |
(n) (gram) subject |
12052 |
| 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 |
| 俗語 |
ぞくご |
(n) colloquialism; colloquial language |
12270 |
| 物語る |
ものがたる |
(v5r) to tell; to indicate |
12764 |
| 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 |
| 英単語 |
えいたんご |
(n) English word |
13970 |
| 不透明 |
ふとうめい |
(adj-na,n) opacity |
13980 |
| 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 |
| 公明 |
こうめい |
(adj-na,n) fairness; justice |
14529 |
| 仏語 |
ふつご |
(n) French language |
14624 |
| 仏語 |
ぶつご |
(n) Buddhist term |
14624 |
| 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 |
| ドイツ語 |
ドイツご |
(n) German language |
14861 |
| 語幹 |
ごかん |
(n) stem; root of a word |
14881 |
| 明瞭 |
めいりょう |
(adj-na,n) clarity |
15021 |
| 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 |
| 明ける |
あける |
(v1) to dawn; to become daylight |
15733 |
| 語録 |
ごろく |
(n) analects; sayings |
15789 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 弁明 |
べんめい |
(n,vs) explanation; excuse; vindication; apology |
16524 |
| 弾き語り |
ひきがたり |
(n) singing to one's own accompaniment |
16546 |
| 不明瞭 |
ふめいりょう |
(adj-na,n) dimness; obscurity; indistinctness |
16857 |
| 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 |
| 明晰 |
めいせき |
(adj-na,n) clear |
17216 |
| 聡明 |
そうめい |
(adj-na,n) wisdom; sagacity |
17231 |
| 語頭 |
ごとう |
(n) first part of a word |
17440 |
| 死語 |
しご |
(n) dead language; obsolete word |
17612 |
| 語り口 |
かたりくち |
(n) way of reciting; way of telling a story |
17775 |
| 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 |
| 勅語 |
ちょくご |
(n) imperial rescript |
18155 |
| 季語 |
きご |
(n) seasonal word (in haiku) |
18205 |
| 自明 |
じめい |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) obvious; self-evident; axiomatic; self-explanatory |
18299 |
| 語順 |
ごじゅん |
(n) word order |
18762 |
| 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 |
| 豪語 |
ごうご |
(n,vs) boasting; bombast |
19211 |
| 論語 |
ろんご |
(n) the Analects of Confucius |
19269 |
| 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 |
| 語感 |
ごかん |
(n) sense of language |
19579 |
| 釈明 |
しゃくめい |
(n,vs) explanation; vindication |
19579 |
| 明文化 |
めいぶんか |
(n) stipulate |
19826 |
| 明度 |
めいど |
(n) brightness |
20047 |
| 人語 |
じんご |
(n) human speech |
20128 |
| 語義 |
ごぎ |
(n) meaning of a word |
20325 |
| 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 |
| 祖語 |
そご |
(n) a parent language |
20854 |
| 語り合う |
かたりあう |
(v5u) to talk together |
20989 |
| 明かり |
あかり |
(n) lamplight; light (in general); brightness |
21087 |
| 語末 |
ごまつ |
(n) end of a word; suffix |
21314 |
| 明朝体 |
みんちょうたい |
(n) Ming-style typeface |
21649 |
| 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 |
| 語り手 |
かたりて |
(n) speaker; narrator; reciter |
22113 |
| 無明 |
むみょう |
(n) ignorance (of Buddhist teachings); darkness |
22749 |
| 外語 |
がいご |
(n) foreign language |
22840 |
| 類義語 |
るいぎご |
(n) synonym |
22890 |
| 松明 |
たいまつ |
(n) (pine) torch; flambeau; torchlight |
23186 |
| 開明 |
かいめい |
(n) civilization; enlightenment |
23235 |
| 印欧語 |
いんおうご |
(n) Indo-European languages |
23399 |
| 解き明かす |
ときあかす |
(v5s) to explain; to dispel doubts |
23460 |
| 語呂 |
ごろ |
(n) the sound; euphony |
24363 |
| 和語 |
わご |
(n) native Japanese words |
24627 |