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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 世界 |
せかい |
(n) the world; society; the universe |
79 |
| 世 |
よ |
(n) world; society; age; generation |
183 |
| 世紀 |
せいき |
(n) century; era |
258 |
| 近年 |
きんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) recent years |
908 |
| 近い |
ちかい |
(adj,suf) near; close by; short |
980 |
| 近鉄 |
きんてつ |
(abbr) Kinki Nippon Tetsudou (railway co.) |
1020 |
| 付近 |
ふきん |
(n,n-suf) neighbourhood; vicinity; environs |
1021 |
| 最近 |
さいきん |
(adj-no,n-adv,n-t) latest; most recent; nowadays |
1127 |
| 近く |
ちかく |
(n-adv,n) near; neighbourhood; vicinity |
1343 |
| 近代 |
きんだい |
(n) present day |
1385 |
| 近畿 |
きんき |
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara) |
1896 |
| 世代 |
せだい |
(n) generation; the world; the age |
1971 |
| 中世 |
ちゅうせい |
(n-adv,n-t) Middle Ages; mediaeval times |
2653 |
| 世帯 |
せたい |
(n) household |
3167 |
| 近衛 |
このえ |
(n) Imperial Guards |
3349 |
| 接近 |
せっきん |
(n,vs) getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching |
3712 |
| 近郊 |
きんこう |
(n) suburbs; outskirts |
3874 |
| 世界中 |
せかいじゅう |
(n) around or throughout the world |
4067 |
| 近隣 |
きんりん |
(n) neighbourhood; vicinity |
4115 |
| 近傍 |
きんぼう |
(n) neighborhood |
4966 |
| 世間 |
せけん |
(n) world; society |
5046 |
| 近づく |
ちかづく |
(v5k) to approach; to get near; to get acquainted with; to get closer |
5394 |
| 近世 |
きんせい |
(n) recent times |
5414 |
| 後世 |
こうせい |
(n-adv,n) posterity; future life; life to come |
5583 |
| 世界一 |
せかいいち |
(n-adv,n-t) best in the world |
5806 |
| 側近 |
そっきん |
(n) close associate; braintruster |
6601 |
| 治世 |
ちせい |
(n) rule; reign; peaceful times; regime; dynasty |
6652 |
| 出世 |
しゅっせ |
(n) promotion; successful career; eminence |
7201 |
| 近接 |
きんせつ |
(n,vs) neighboring; adjacent; adjoin |
7329 |
| 近辺 |
きんぺん |
(n) neighbourhood; vicinity |
7568 |
| 世話 |
せわ |
(n,vs) looking after; help; aid; assistance |
7596 |
| 世論 |
せろん |
(n) public opinion |
7756 |
| 世論 |
よろん |
(n) public opinion |
7756 |
| 次世代 |
じせだい |
(n) next (future) generation |
7841 |
| 近所 |
きんじょ |
(n) neighbourhood |
8169 |
| 世襲 |
せしゅう |
(n) heredity; heritage |
8490 |
| 近似 |
きんじ |
(n) approximate; proximate |
8715 |
| 創世 |
そうせい |
(n) creation of world |
9598 |
| 身近 |
みぢか |
(adj-na,n) near oneself; close to one; familiar |
9769 |
| 近距離 |
きんきょり |
(n) short distance |
10289 |
| 早世 |
そうせい |
(n) dying young; early death |
10427 |
| 近親 |
きんしん |
(n) near relative |
10800 |
| 世俗 |
せぞく |
(n) common customs; worldliness; vulgar; popular; the world; the common people |
10821 |
| 近日 |
きんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) soon; in a few days |
11011 |
| 附近 |
ふきん |
(n) neighborhood |
11011 |
| 救世主 |
きゅうせいしゅ |
(n) saviour; messiah |
11643 |
| 近海 |
きんかい |
(n) coastal waters; adjacent seas |
11778 |
| 世の中 |
よのなか |
(n) society; the world; the times |
11902 |
| 至近 |
しきん |
(n) very near |
12434 |
| 近づける |
ちかづける |
(v1) to bring near; to put close; to let come near; to associate with |
13068 |
| 間近 |
まぢか |
(adj-na,n-adv,n) proximity; nearness; soon; nearby |
13185 |
| 浮世絵 |
うきよえ |
(n) ukiyoe (color print of everyday life in Edo period) |
13381 |
| 一世 |
いっせ |
(n) a lifetime; a generation; foreign immigrant; Japanese immigrant to USA |
14342 |
| 一世 |
いっせい |
(n) a lifetime; a generation; foreign immigrant; Japanese immigrant to USA |
14342 |
| 前世 |
ぜんせ |
(n) previous existence |
14921 |
| 前世 |
ぜんせい |
(n) antiquity; the previous era |
14921 |
| 救世 |
きゅうせい |
(n) salvation |
15061 |
| 現世 |
げんせ |
(n) present (transient) world (Buddhism); the present age; life |
15294 |
| 現世 |
げんせい |
(n) present (transient) world (Buddhism); the present age; life |
15294 |
| 現世 |
げんぜ |
(n) present (transient) world (Buddhism); the present age; life |
15294 |
| 世相 |
せそう |
(n) (1) phase of life; sign of the times; (2) world (social) conditions; society |
15609 |
| 世子 |
せいし |
(n) heir; successor |
15771 |
| 遠近 |
えんきん |
(n) distance; perspective; far and near; here and there |
16265 |
| 遠近 |
おちこち |
(n) distance; perspective; far and near; here and there |
16265 |
| 永世 |
えいせい |
(n) eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence |
16546 |
| 近視 |
きんし |
(n) shortsightedness |
18077 |
| 近付く |
ちかづく |
(v5k) to approach; to get near; to get acquainted with; to get closer |
18267 |
| 近況 |
きんきょう |
(n) recent state (condition) |
19044 |
| 中近東 |
ちゅうきんとう |
(n) Near and Middle East |
19235 |
| 世界銀行 |
せかいぎんこう |
World Bank |
19922 |
| 近寄る |
ちかよる |
(v5r) to approach; to draw near |
20242 |
| 辞世 |
じせい |
(n) passing away; death; death poem |
20588 |
| 浮世 |
うきよ |
(n) fleeting life; this transient world; sad world |
20588 |
| 見世物 |
みせもの |
(n) a show |
22113 |
| 親近 |
しんきん |
(n) a relative; familiarity |
22259 |
| 世辞 |
せじ |
(n) flattery; compliment |
22687 |
| 乱世 |
らんせい |
(n) troubled times; turbulent times |
22804 |
| あの世 |
あのよ |
(n) the other world; world of the dead |
23038 |
| 近臣 |
きんしん |
(n) vassal; attendant |
23038 |
| 近道 |
ちかみち |
(n) short way; shortcut |
23399 |
| 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 |
| 近東 |
きんとう |
(n) Near East |
23635 |
| 漸近 |
ぜんきん |
(n) asymptote (math) |
24291 |
| 今世紀 |
こんせいき |
(n) this century |
24495 |
| 月世界 |
げっせかい |
(n) moon; lunar world |
24627 |
| 近侍 |
きんじ |
(n,vs) attendant; attendance upon another |
24980 |
| 近頃 |
ちかごろ |
(n-adv,n-t) lately; recently; nowadays |
25224 |
| 世直し |
よなおし |
(n) world reformation |
25224 |
| 来世 |
らいせ |
(n) the next world; the future; posterity |
25358 |
| 来世 |
らいせい |
(n) the next world; the future; posterity |
25358 |
| 在世 |
ざいせい |
(n) being alive; living |
25705 |
| 近時 |
きんじ |
(n-adv,n-t) recently |
25767 |
| 近習 |
きんじゅ |
(n) attendant |
25918 |
| 世継ぎ |
よつぎ |
(n) heir; successor |
25918 |
| 絶世 |
ぜっせい |
(adj-no,n) peerless; unequaled; matchless |
26001 |
| 近眼 |
きんがん |
(n) nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia |
26730 |
| 近眼 |
ちかめ |
(n) nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia |
26730 |
| 四半世紀 |
しはんせいき |
(n) quarter of a century |
26730 |
| 万世 |
ばんせい |
(n-adv) all ages; eternity |
27433 |
| 万世 |
よろずよ |
(n-adv,n-t) thousands of years; eternity; all generations |
27433 |
| 近々 |
きんきん |
(adv) nearness; before long |
27801 |
| 近々 |
ちかぢか |
(adv) nearness; before long |
27801 |
| 別世界 |
べっせかい |
(n) another world |
27901 |
| 世情 |
せじょう |
(n) the ways of the world; human nature |
28300 |
| 常世 |
とこよ |
(n) distant |
28975 |
| 当世 |
とうせい |
(n-adv,n-t) present-day; nowadays |
29086 |
| 渡世人 |
とせいにん |
(n) gambler |
29632 |
| 三世 |
さんせい |
children of nisei; 3rd generation in US |
29962 |
| 三世 |
さんぜ |
(n) past and present and future existences |
29962 |
| 浮世草子 |
うきよぞうし |
(n) (Edo-period variety of) realistic literature |
30195 |
| 経世 |
けいせい |
(n) administration; government; conduct of state affairs |
30552 |
| 渡世 |
とせい |
(n) livelihood; subsistence; business |
30552 |
| 厭世 |
えんせい |
(n) pessimism; weariness with life |
30832 |
| 近県 |
きんけん |
(n) neighboring prefectures |
30969 |
| 近在 |
きんざい |
(n) neighboring villages; suburban districts |
30969 |
| 近作 |
きんさく |
(n) recent work |
31088 |
| 近付ける |
ちかづける |
(v1) to bring near; to put close; to let come near; to associate with |
31224 |
| 世人 |
せじん |
(n) the people; the public; the world |
31368 |
| 立身出世 |
りっしんしゅっせ |
(n) success in life |
31648 |
| 処世 |
しょせい |
(n) conduct |
31784 |
| 上世 |
かみつよ |
(n) antiquity; ancient times |
32076 |
| 上世 |
じょうせい |
(n) antiquity; ancient times |
32076 |
| 仲見世 |
なかみせ |
(n) nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine |
32361 |
| 世渡り |
よわたり |
(n) making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence |
32501 |
| 隔世 |
かくせい |
(n) previous age |
32648 |
| 俗世 |
ぞくせい |
(n) this world; earthly life |
32648 |
| 近体 |
きんたい |
(n) modern style |
32784 |
| 世評 |
せひょう |
(n) reputation; public opinion |
32784 |
| 近国 |
きんごく |
(n) neighboring country; lands outlying Kyoto |
33111 |
| 手近 |
てぢか |
(adj-na,n) near; handy; familiar |
33111 |
| 御世 |
みよ |
(n) imperial reign |
33282 |
| 不世出 |
ふせいしゅつ |
(n) rare; extraordinary; unparalleled |
33282 |
| 世間体 |
せけんてい |
(n) appearance (in the eyes of society); decency |
34034 |
| 世話好き |
せわずき |
(adj-na,n) obliging person |
34034 |
| 世話焼き |
せわやき |
(n) a bother; a meddlesome person |
34381 |
| 世上 |
せじょう |
(n) the world |
35139 |
| 俗世間 |
ぞくせけん |
(n) the workaday world |
35139 |
| 三千世界 |
さんぜんせかい |
(n) the whole world; the universe |
35357 |
| 世話物 |
せわもの |
(n) play dealing with the lives of ordinary people |
35357 |
| 観世音 |
かんぜおん |
(n) Avalokitesvara (bodhisattva of mercy and salvation); Kwannon; Kuan Yin |
35577 |
| 近影 |
きんえい |
(n) recent photograph or photography |
35778 |
| 出世魚 |
しゅっせうお |
(n) fish that are called by different names as they grow larger |
36169 |
| 千世 |
ちよ |
(n) (1) thousand years; (2) very long period; forever |
36620 |
| 下世話 |
げせわ |
(n) common saying; common phrase |
37130 |
| 一世一代 |
いっせいいちだい |
(n) once in a lifetime; of one's lifetime |
37405 |
| 一世一代 |
いっせいちだい |
(n) once in a lifetime; of one's lifetime |
37405 |
| 出世頭 |
しゅっせがしら |
(n) most successful man |
37405 |
| 遁世 |
とんせい |
(n) seclusion from the world |
37706 |
| 近景 |
きんけい |
(n) foreground |
38001 |