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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 語 |
ご |
(n,n-suf) language; word |
116 |
| 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 |
| 語る |
かたる |
(v5r) to talk; to tell; to recite |
1110 |
| 用語 |
ようご |
(n) term; terminology |
1262 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 中国語 |
ちゅうごくご |
(n) Chinese language |
5586 |
| 句 |
く |
(n,n-suf) phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; expression; line; verse; stanze; 17-syllable poem |
6371 |
| 句 |
こう |
sentence |
6371 |
| 語尾 |
ごび |
(n) (inflected) end of a word |
6593 |
| 語族 |
ごぞく |
(n) family of languages |
7432 |
| 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 |
| 造語 |
ぞうご |
(n) coined word |
8950 |
| 語学 |
ごがく |
(n) language study |
8994 |
| 文句 |
もんく |
(n) phrase; complaint |
9633 |
| 訳語 |
やくご |
(n) terms used in translation |
9748 |
| 俳句 |
はいく |
(n) haiku poetry (17-syllable poem usually in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables) |
10460 |
| 母語 |
ぼご |
(n) mother tongue |
10619 |
| 語り |
かたり |
(n) talking |
11119 |
| 略語 |
りゃくご |
(n) abbreviation; acronym |
11933 |
| 主語 |
しゅご |
(n) (gram) subject |
12052 |
| 俗語 |
ぞくご |
(n) colloquialism; colloquial language |
12270 |
| 物語る |
ものがたる |
(v5r) to tell; to indicate |
12764 |
| 挙句 |
あげく |
(n-adv,n-t) in the end; finally; at last |
12963 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 語幹 |
ごかん |
(n) stem; root of a word |
14881 |
| 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 |
| 弾き語り |
ひきがたり |
(n) singing to one's own accompaniment |
16546 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 勅語 |
ちょくご |
(n) imperial rescript |
18155 |
| 季語 |
きご |
(n) seasonal word (in haiku) |
18205 |
| 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 |
| 語感 |
ごかん |
(n) sense of language |
19579 |
| 人語 |
じんご |
(n) human speech |
20128 |
| 語義 |
ごぎ |
(n) meaning of a word |
20325 |
| 祖語 |
そご |
(n) a parent language |
20854 |
| 句読点 |
くとうてん |
(n) punctuation marks |
20897 |
| 語り合う |
かたりあう |
(v5u) to talk together |
20989 |
| 語末 |
ごまつ |
(n) end of a word; suffix |
21314 |
| 語り手 |
かたりて |
(n) speaker; narrator; reciter |
22113 |
| 字句 |
じく |
(n) wording; words and phrases; way of expression |
22749 |
| 外語 |
がいご |
(n) foreign language |
22840 |
| 類義語 |
るいぎご |
(n) synonym |
22890 |
| 節句 |
せっく |
(n) seasonal festival |
22948 |
| 句集 |
くしゅう |
(n) collection of haiku poems |
23235 |
| 印欧語 |
いんおうご |
(n) Indo-European languages |
23399 |
| 語呂 |
ごろ |
(n) the sound; euphony |
24363 |
| 和語 |
わご |
(n) native Japanese words |
24627 |
| 絶句 |
ぜっく |
(n,vs) become speechless |
25113 |
| 補語 |
ほご |
(n) (gram) complement |
25286 |
| 同義語 |
どうぎご |
(n) synonym |
25767 |
| 句碑 |
くひ |
(n) slab with a haiku cut on it |
25849 |
| 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 |
| 複合語 |
ふくごうご |
(n) compound word |
27058 |
| 類語 |
るいご |
(n) synonym |
27521 |
| 梵語 |
ぼんご |
(n) Sanskrit |
27617 |
| 語根 |
ごこん |
(n) root (origin) of a word |
27703 |
| 術語 |
じゅつご |
(n) technical term |
27801 |
| 挙げ句 |
あげく |
(n-adv,n-t) in the end; finally; at last |
28008 |
| 成語 |
せいご |
(n) set phrase; idiomatic expression |
28487 |
| 謳い文句 |
うたいもんく |
(n) catchphrase; promotional line |
28866 |
| 甚句 |
じんく |
(n) lively song; lively dance |
29316 |
| 一句 |
いっく |
(n) a phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem |
29519 |
| 擬態語 |
ぎたいご |
(n) mimetic word (not mimicking sound) |
29736 |
| 句点 |
くてん |
(n) period; full stop |
29736 |
| 章句 |
しょうく |
(n) chapter and verse; paragraph; passage |
30069 |
| 夢物語 |
ゆめものがたり |
(n) account of a dream; empty dream; fantastic story |
30195 |
| 語らう |
かたらう |
(v5u) to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with |
30433 |
| 口語体 |
こうごたい |
(n) colloquial style |
30969 |
| 詩句 |
しく |
(n) verse |
32076 |
| 失語 |
しつご |
(n) forgetting the words; inability to pronounce a word correctly |
32501 |
| 成句 |
せいく |
(n) set phrase; idiomatic phrase |
32501 |
| 対句 |
ついく |
(n) couplet; antithesis |
32648 |
| 法語 |
ほうご |
(n) Buddhist sermon |
32964 |
| 一語 |
いちご |
(n) one word |
33111 |
| 言語道断 |
ごんごどうだん |
(adj-na,n) outrageous; preposterous; inexcusable; absurd |
33282 |
| 失語症 |
しつごしょう |
(n) loss of speech |
33282 |
| 連句 |
れんく |
(n) linked verse; couplet |
33462 |
| 禁句 |
きんく |
(n) taboo word |
33830 |
| 句会 |
くかい |
(n) gathering of haiku poets |
33830 |
| 常套句 |
じょうとうく |
(n) cliche |
33830 |
| 発句 |
ほっく |
(n) hokku (haiku); first line (of a tanka), first verse (of a renga) |
33830 |
| 夢語り |
ゆめがたり |
(n) account of a dream |
33830 |
| 語調 |
ごちょう |
(n) tone (of voice); note; accent |
34034 |
| 警句 |
けいく |
(n) aphorism |
35139 |
| 私語 |
しご |
(n) whispering; secret talk |
35139 |
| 桃の節句 |
もものせっく |
(n) puppet festival (3 March) |
35139 |
| 反語 |
はんご |
(n) irony; rhetorical question; antonym; word in reverse |
35139 |
| 卑語 |
ひご |
(n) slang; vulgar expression; vulgarism |
35139 |
| 米語 |
べいご |
(n) American English (lang) |
35139 |
| 下の句 |
しものく |
(n) the last part of a poem or Bible verse |
35577 |
| 文語文 |
ぶんごぶん |
(n) literary language |
35577 |
| 邦語 |
ほうご |
(n) one's native language; Japanese |
35577 |
| 連語 |
れんご |
(n) compound word; phrase |
35778 |
| 語釈 |
ごしゃく |
(n) interpretation of a word |
35968 |
| 語弊 |
ごへい |
(n) faulty expression |
36396 |
| 口語文 |
こうごぶん |
(n) colloquial language or sentence |
36396 |
| 大言壮語 |
たいげんそうご |
(n) big talk; boasting; bragging |
36620 |
| 語気 |
ごき |
(n) tone; manner of speaking |
37130 |
| 語意 |
ごい |
(n) meaning of a word |
37405 |
| 語数 |
ごすう |
(n) number of words |
37706 |
| 上の句 |
かみのく |
(n) the first part of a poem or verse |
38280 |
| 結句 |
けっく |
(adv,n) last line of a poem; finally |
38588 |
| 語り物 |
かたりもの |
(n) a narrative |
38888 |
| 詩語 |
しご |
(n) poetic diction |
38888 |
| 擬声語 |
ぎせいご |
(n) onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia) |
39227 |
| 句作 |
くさく |
(n) composing haiku poems |
39227 |
| 五節句 |
ごせっく |
(n) the 5 festivals (1 Jan, 3 Mar, 5 May, 7 Jul and 9 Sep) |
39227 |
| 反意語 |
はんいご |
(n) antonym |
39571 |
| 妄語 |
もうご |
(n,vs) lie; falsehood |
39571 |
| 雅語 |
がご |
(n) refined diction; polite expression |
39920 |
| 狂句 |
きょうく |
(n) type of comic haiku |
39920 |
| 昔語り |
むかしがたり |
(n) old story; reminiscence |
40619 |
| 名句 |
めいく |
(n) famous saying; noted haiku |
40619 |
| 畳語 |
じょうご |
(n) syllable repetition (indicating plurals) |
41039 |