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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 事 |
こと |
(n) thing; matter; fact; circumstances; business; reason; experience |
88 |
| 事業 |
じぎょう |
(n) project; enterprise; business; industry; operations |
259 |
| 事件 |
じけん |
(n) event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal |
276 |
| 記事 |
きじ |
(n) article; news story; report; account |
328 |
| 事務所 |
じむしょ |
(n) office |
899 |
| 近年 |
きんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) recent years |
908 |
| 事実 |
じじつ |
(n-adv,n) fact; truth; reality |
947 |
| 近い |
ちかい |
(adj,suf) near; close by; short |
980 |
| 事故 |
じこ |
(n) accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons |
991 |
| 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 |
| 工事 |
こうじ |
(n) construction work |
1049 |
| 刑事 |
けいじ |
(n) criminal case; (police) detective |
1067 |
| 最近 |
さいきん |
(adj-no,n-adv,n-t) latest; most recent; nowadays |
1127 |
| 仕事 |
しごと |
(adj-no,n) work; occupation; employment |
1235 |
| 軍事 |
ぐんじ |
(n) military affairs |
1313 |
| 事項 |
じこう |
(n) matter; item; facts |
1332 |
| 近く |
ちかく |
(n-adv,n) near; neighbourhood; vicinity |
1343 |
| 近代 |
きんだい |
(n) present day |
1385 |
| 事務 |
じむ |
(n) business; office work |
1787 |
| 近畿 |
きんき |
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara) |
1896 |
| 理事 |
りじ |
(n) director; board of directors |
1990 |
| 事情 |
じじょう |
(n) circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons |
2228 |
| 出来事 |
できごと |
(n) incident; affair; happening; event |
2449 |
| 事典 |
じてん |
(n) cyclopedia; encyclopedia |
2599 |
| 事態 |
じたい |
(n) situation; present state of affairs; circumstances |
2605 |
| 知事 |
ちじ |
(n) prefectural governor |
2819 |
| 行事 |
ぎょうじ |
(n) event; function |
2876 |
| 近衛 |
このえ |
(n) Imperial Guards |
3349 |
| 事例 |
じれい |
(n) example; precedent |
3660 |
| 接近 |
せっきん |
(n,vs) getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching |
3712 |
| 近郊 |
きんこう |
(n) suburbs; outskirts |
3874 |
| 従事 |
じゅうじ |
(n,vs) engaging; pursuing; following |
3912 |
| 近隣 |
きんりん |
(n) neighbourhood; vicinity |
4115 |
| 事前 |
じぜん |
(adj-no,n) prior; beforehand; in advance |
4230 |
| 食事 |
しょくじ |
(n,vs) meal |
4265 |
| 見事 |
みごと |
(adj-na,n) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable |
4533 |
| 幹事 |
かんじ |
(n,vs,exp) executive secretary; coordinator; arranging |
4651 |
| 祭事 |
さいじ |
(n) festival; rites; ritual |
4915 |
| 近傍 |
きんぼう |
(n) neighborhood |
4966 |
| 師事 |
しじ |
(n,vs) study under; looking up; apprentice oneself |
5032 |
| 県知事 |
けんちじ |
(n) prefectural governor |
5048 |
| 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 |
| 民事 |
みんじ |
(n) civil affairs; civil case |
5512 |
| 人事 |
じんじ |
(n) personnel affairs; human affairs |
5610 |
| 人事 |
ひとごと |
(n) other's affairs |
5610 |
| 側近 |
そっきん |
(n) close associate; braintruster |
6601 |
| 検事 |
けんじ |
(n) public prosecutor |
6666 |
| 無事 |
ぶじ |
(adj-na,n) safety; peace; quietness |
6696 |
| 当事者 |
とうじしゃ |
(n) person concerned; interested party |
6713 |
| 近接 |
きんせつ |
(n,vs) neighboring; adjacent; adjoin |
7329 |
| 判事 |
はんじ |
(n) judge; judiciary |
7413 |
| 大事 |
おおごと |
(adj-na,n) important; valuable; serious matter |
7511 |
| 大事 |
だいじ |
(adj-na,n) important; valuable; serious matter |
7511 |
| 近辺 |
きんぺん |
(n) neighbourhood; vicinity |
7568 |
| 事象 |
じしょう |
(n) phenomenon; matter |
7576 |
| 商事 |
しょうじ |
(n) commercial affairs |
7739 |
| 近所 |
きんじょ |
(n) neighbourhood |
8169 |
| 古事記 |
こじき |
(n) Japan's Ancient Chronicle |
8234 |
| 近似 |
きんじ |
(n) approximate; proximate |
8715 |
| 事務次官 |
じむじかん |
(n) permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister |
8809 |
| 事物 |
じぶつ |
(n) things; affairs |
8839 |
| 不祥事 |
ふしょうじ |
(n) scandal; deplorable event |
8870 |
| 事柄 |
ことがら |
(n) matter; thing; affair; circumstance |
8876 |
| 家事 |
かじ |
(n) housework; domestic chores |
9249 |
| 物事 |
ものごと |
(n) things; everything |
9249 |
| 事変 |
じへん |
(n) accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency |
9293 |
| 身近 |
みぢか |
(adj-na,n) near oneself; close to one; familiar |
9769 |
| 議事堂 |
ぎじどう |
(n) Diet building |
10037 |
| 近距離 |
きんきょり |
(n) short distance |
10289 |
| 執事 |
しつじ |
(n) steward; butler; court official; deacon |
10387 |
| 近親 |
きんしん |
(n) near relative |
10800 |
| 近日 |
きんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) soon; in a few days |
11011 |
| 附近 |
ふきん |
(n) neighborhood |
11011 |
| 返事 |
へんじ |
(n,vs) reply; answer |
11011 |
| 火事 |
かじ |
(n) fire; conflagration |
11112 |
| 時事 |
じじ |
(n) events of the day; current affairs |
11319 |
| 神事 |
しんじ |
(n) Shinto rituals |
11710 |
| 近海 |
きんかい |
(n) coastal waters; adjacent seas |
11778 |
| 事由 |
じゆう |
(n) reason; cause |
11892 |
| 叙事詩 |
じょじし |
(n) descriptive poetry; epic poem |
12374 |
| 至近 |
しきん |
(n) very near |
12434 |
| 有事 |
ゆうじ |
(n) emergency |
12592 |
| 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 |
| 何事 |
なにごと |
(n) what; something; everything; nothing (with neg. verb) |
13449 |
| 議事 |
ぎじ |
(n) proceedings |
13449 |
| 事後 |
じご |
(n) after-; post-; ex- |
13525 |
| 故事 |
こじ |
(n) origin; historical fact; tradition |
13595 |
| 海事 |
かいじ |
(n) maritime affairs |
14220 |
| 参事官 |
さんじかん |
(n) councillor |
14543 |
| 悪事 |
あくじ |
(n) evil deed; crime; wickedness |
14861 |
| 人事院 |
じんじいん |
(n) National Personnel Authority |
15353 |
| 惨事 |
さんじ |
(n) disaster; horrible accident |
15502 |
| 事案 |
じあん |
(n) concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem |
15654 |
| 領事 |
りょうじ |
(n) consul |
15714 |
| 参事 |
さんじ |
(n) secretary; councillor |
16160 |
| 主事 |
しゅじ |
(n) manager; director; secretary |
16195 |
| 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 |
| 事績 |
じせき |
(n) achievement; exploit; merits |
16390 |
| 府知事 |
ふちじ |
(n) prefectural governor |
16730 |
| 総領事館 |
そうりょうじかん |
(n) consulate-general |
16953 |
| 領事館 |
りょうじかん |
(n) consulate |
17775 |
| 近視 |
きんし |
(n) shortsightedness |
18077 |
| 国事 |
こくじ |
(n) national affairs |
18105 |
| 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 |
| 事跡 |
じせき |
(n) evidence; trace; vestige |
19044 |
| 中近東 |
ちゅうきんとう |
(n) Near and Middle East |
19235 |
| 近寄る |
ちかよる |
(v5r) to approach; to draw near |
20242 |
| 情事 |
じょうじ |
(n) love affair; liaison |
20278 |
| 珍事 |
ちんじ |
(n) strange or unusual occurrence |
21694 |
| 仕事場 |
しごとば |
(n) place where one works; construction site; working area |
21927 |
| 親近 |
しんきん |
(n) a relative; familiarity |
22259 |
| 総領事 |
そうりょうじ |
(n) consul general |
22948 |
| 近臣 |
きんしん |
(n) vassal; attendant |
23038 |
| 願い事 |
ねがいごと |
(n) wish; dream; prayer; one's desire |
23295 |
| 炊事 |
すいじ |
(n) cooking; culinary arts |
23345 |
| 近道 |
ちかみち |
(n) short way; shortcut |
23399 |
| 事欠く |
ことかく |
(v5k) to lack |
23460 |
| 当事 |
とうじ |
(n) matter under concern |
23520 |
| 近東 |
きんとう |
(n) Near East |
23635 |
| 事実無根 |
じじつむこん |
(n) groundless; entirely contrary to fact |
23686 |
| 監事 |
かんじ |
(n) manager; supervisor |
23799 |
| 茶飯事 |
さはんじ |
(n) commonly occurring |
24080 |
| 漸近 |
ぜんきん |
(n) asymptote (math) |
24291 |
| 近侍 |
きんじ |
(n,vs) attendant; attendance upon another |
24980 |
| 農事 |
のうじ |
(n) farming; agriculture |
24980 |
| 政事 |
せいじ |
(n) political affairs |
25041 |
| 近頃 |
ちかごろ |
(n-adv,n-t) lately; recently; nowadays |
25224 |
| 公事 |
くじ |
(n) political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit |
25286 |
| 公事 |
こうじ |
(n) government business |
25286 |
| 外事 |
がいじ |
(n) foreign affairs |
25358 |
| 近時 |
きんじ |
(n-adv,n-t) recently |
25767 |
| 宇宙開発事業団 |
うちゅうかいはつじぎょうだん |
NASDA; National Space Development Agency |
25918 |
| 近習 |
きんじゅ |
(n) attendant |
25918 |
| 万事 |
ばんじ |
(n) all; everything |
26157 |
| 医事 |
いじ |
(n) medical practice |
26398 |
| 近眼 |
きんがん |
(n) nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia |
26730 |
| 近眼 |
ちかめ |
(n) nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia |
26730 |
| 近々 |
きんきん |
(adv) nearness; before long |
27801 |
| 近々 |
ちかぢか |
(adv) nearness; before long |
27801 |
| 好事家 |
こうずか |
(n) dilettante; person of fantastic taste |
27801 |
| 用事 |
ようじ |
(n) tasks; things to do |
27901 |
| 後事 |
こうじ |
(n) future affairs; affairs after one's death |
28300 |
| 事足りる |
ことたりる |
(v1) to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied |
28681 |
| 揉め事 |
もめごと |
(n) quarrel; trouble; dispute; friction (between people) |
28780 |
| 火事場 |
かじば |
(n) scene of a fire |
29410 |