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Entry Reading English Rank
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
事実 じじつ (n-adv,n) fact; truth; reality 947
事故 じこ (n) accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons 991
工事 こうじ (n) construction work 1049
刑事 けいじ (n) criminal case; (police) detective 1067
延長 えんちょう (n,vs) extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening 1210
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
事務 じむ (n) business; office work 1787
繰り返す くりかえす (v5s) to repeat; to do something over again 1955
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
延伸 えんしん (n,vs) extension 3145
事例 じれい (n) example; precedent 3660
従事 じゅうじ (n,vs) engaging; pursuing; following 3912
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
師事 しじ (n,vs) study under; looking up; apprentice oneself 5032
県知事 けんちじ (n) prefectural governor 5048
返す かえす (v5s,vt) to return something 5448
返還 へんかん (n,vs) return; restoration 5484
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
折り返し おりかえし (adv,n) lapel; cuffs; flap; chorus; refrain; repetition 6653
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
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
事象 じしょう (n) phenomenon; matter 7576
商事 しょうじ (n) commercial affairs 7739
延期 えんき (n,vs) postponement; adjournment 7866
返る かえる (v5r) to return; to come back; to go back 8200
古事記 こじき (n) Japan's Ancient Chronicle 8234
遅延 ちえん (n,vs) delay; be delayed 8690
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
延びる のびる (v1) to be prolonged 9115
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
返上 へんじょう (n,vs) give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose 9829
折り返す おりかえす (v5s) to turn up; to fold back 9963
議事堂 ぎじどう (n) Diet building 10037
振り返る ふりかえる (v5r) to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back 10197
返済 へんさい (n,vs) repayment 10279
執事 しつじ (n) steward; butler; court official; deacon 10387
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
事由 じゆう (n) reason; cause 11892
返答 へんとう (n) reply 12216
繰り返し くりかえし (n) repetition; reiteration 12342
叙事詩 じょじし (n) descriptive poetry; epic poem 12374
有事 ゆうじ (n) emergency 12592
生き延びる いきのびる (v1) to survive; to live long 12912
寝返る ねがえる (v5r) to change sides; to double-cross; to betray 13222
延ばす のばす (v5s,vt) to lengthen; to stretch; to reach out; to postpone; to prolong; to extend; to grow (beard) 13273
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
延べ のべ (n) futures; credit (buying); stretching; total 13955
海事 かいじ (n) maritime affairs 14220
参事官 さんじかん (n) councillor 14543
返却 へんきゃく (n,vs) return of something; repayment 14601
悪事 あくじ (n) evil deed; crime; wickedness 14861
延命 えんめい (n) (1) long life; longevity; (2) macrobiotics 15112
見返り みかえり (n) collateral 15317
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
蔓延 まんえん (n,vs) spread disease 15654
領事 りょうじ (n) consul 15714
返り討ち かえりうち (n) killing a would-be avenger 15925
跳ね返す はねかえす (v5s) to reject; to bounce back 16133
参事 さんじ (n) secretary; councillor 16160
主事 しゅじ (n) manager; director; secretary 16195
引き返す ひきかえす (v5s) to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps 16223
返り咲く かえりざく (v5k) to come back; to bloom a second time 16223
生き返る いきかえる (v5r) to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life 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
落ち延びる おちのびる (v1) to run away; to escape safely 17710
領事館 りょうじかん (n) consulate 17775
恩返し おんがえし (n) requital of a favour 17810
国事 こくじ (n) national affairs 18105
ひっくり返す ひっくりかえす (v5s) to turn over; to overturn; to knock over; to upset; to turn inside out 18462
事跡 じせき (n) evidence; trace; vestige 19044
返信 へんしん (n,vs) reply 19082
取り返す とりかえす (v5s) to regain; to recover; to get back 19579
宙返り ちゅうがえり (n) somersault; looping-the-loop 20004
情事 じょうじ (n) love affair; liaison 20278
盛り返す もりかえす (v5s) to rally; to make a comeback 21177
延髄 えんずい (n) afterbrain 21446
珍事 ちんじ (n) strange or unusual occurrence 21694
裏返す うらがえす (v5s) to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over 21836
仕事場 しごとば (n) place where one works; construction site; working area 21927
順延 じゅんえん (n) moved to a later date 22001
圧延 あつえん (n,vs) rolling 22113
巻き返し まきかえし (n) rally; recovery; rollback 22305
奪い返す うばいかえす (v5s) to take back; to recapture 22385
跳ね返る はねかえる (v5r) to rebound 22687
裏返し うらがえし (n) inside out; upside down 22687
追い返す おいかえす (v5s) to turn away; to send away 22890
総領事 そうりょうじ (n) consul general 22948
送り返す おくりかえす (v5s) to send back 23186
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
事欠く ことかく (v5k) to lack 23460
当事 とうじ (n) matter under concern 23520
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
打ち返す うちかえす (v5s) to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to come and retreat 24080
茶飯事 さはんじ (n) commonly occurring 24080
若返る わかがえる (v5r) to be rejuvenated; to feel young again 24217
延焼 えんしょう (n) spread of fire 24291
返り咲き かえりざき (n) comeback (e.g. in business); second bloom; reflowering; reflorescence 24627
農事 のうじ (n) farming; agriculture 24980
返品 へんぴん (n,vs) returned goods 24980
政事 せいじ (n) political affairs 25041
仕返し しかえし (n,vs) being even with; reprisal; tit for tat; retaliation; revenge 25172
延寿 えんじゅ (n) longevity; prolongation of life 25286
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
若返り わかがえり (n) rejuvenation; restoration of youth 25286
外事 がいじ (n) foreign affairs 25358
返送 へんそう (n,vs) sending back; return to sender 25554
お返し おかえし (n) return gift; revenge; change 25918
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
万事 ばんじ (n) all; everything 26157