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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 開始 |
かいし |
(n,vs) start; commencement; beginning |
184 |
| 開発 |
かいはつ |
(n) development; exploitation |
198 |
| 開業 |
かいぎょう |
(n) opening of business or practice |
435 |
| 開催 |
かいさい |
(n,vs) holding a meeting; open an exhibition |
453 |
| 公開 |
こうかい |
(n,vs) presenting to the public |
711 |
| 頭 |
あたま |
(n) head |
778 |
| 頭 |
かしら |
(n) head |
778 |
| 頭 |
とう |
counter for large animals |
778 |
| 展開 |
てんかい |
(n,vs) develop; expansion (opposite of compression) |
891 |
| 開通 |
かいつう |
(n,vs) opening; open |
1172 |
| 開く |
あく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to open; to become open; to become empty |
1260 |
| 開く |
ひらく |
(v5k) to open (e.g. a festival) |
1260 |
| 開設 |
かいせつ |
(n,vs) establishment; opening |
1308 |
| 開局 |
かいきょく |
(n) opening of post-office or telephone exchange |
2302 |
| 再開 |
さいかい |
(n) reopening; resumption |
2471 |
| 頭部 |
とうぶ |
(n) the head |
3278 |
| 先頭 |
せんとう |
(n) head; lead; vanguard; first |
3333 |
| 開幕 |
かいまく |
(n) raising the curtain |
3451 |
| 初頭 |
しょとう |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning |
3504 |
| 開校 |
かいこう |
(n) opening a school |
3554 |
| 冒頭 |
ぼうとう |
(adv,n) beginning; start; outset |
3637 |
| 開放 |
かいほう |
(n,vs) open; throw open; liberalization |
3656 |
| 開拓 |
かいたく |
(n,vs) reclamation (of wasteland); cultivation; pioneer |
4489 |
| 筆頭 |
ひっとう |
(n) brush tip; first on a list |
4535 |
| 開ける |
あける |
(v1) to open |
4628 |
| 開ける |
ひらける |
(v1) to become civilized; to become opened up; be up-to-date |
4628 |
| 開店 |
かいてん |
(n,vs) (grand) opening of shop |
5040 |
| 頭文字 |
かしらもじ |
(n) initials; first letter of a word |
5449 |
| 前頭 |
まえがしら |
(n) fifth grade sumo wrestler |
5706 |
| 開館 |
かいかん |
(n) opening of new hall |
5978 |
| 台頭 |
たいとう |
(n) rise of; appearance of |
6076 |
| 開戦 |
かいせん |
(n,vs) outbreak of war; starting a war |
6509 |
| 頭脳 |
ずのう |
(n) head; brains; intellect |
6960 |
| 開港 |
かいこう |
(n) open port; opening a port |
7400 |
| 埠頭 |
ふとう |
(n) pier |
7662 |
| 開閉 |
かいへい |
(n) opening and shutting |
7665 |
| 頭取 |
とうどり |
(n) (bank) president |
8005 |
| 店頭 |
てんとう |
(n) shop front; counter; shop; over-the-counter (financial) |
8572 |
| 開花 |
かいか |
(n,vs) blooming |
8720 |
| 音頭 |
おんど |
(n) workmen's songs; marching songs |
8759 |
| 開場 |
かいじょう |
(n,vs) opening |
8899 |
| 開会 |
かいかい |
(n) opening of a meeting |
9062 |
| 開園 |
かいえん |
(n) garden opening |
9129 |
| 接頭 |
せっとう |
(n) prefix |
9979 |
| 非公開 |
ひこうかい |
(n) private |
10242 |
| 開基 |
かいき |
(n) foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone) |
10830 |
| 頭角 |
とうかく |
(n) distinguishing oneself; standing out; top of the head |
10834 |
| 開祖 |
かいそ |
(n) (sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor |
10937 |
| 弾頭 |
だんとう |
(n) warhead |
11023 |
| 開山 |
かいさん |
(n) founding a temple (on a hill-top) |
11341 |
| 鉢 |
はち |
(n) a bowl; a pot; a basin; a flowerpot; a crown; a brainpan |
11596 |
| 開口 |
かいこう |
(n) open mouth |
11643 |
| 疎開 |
そかい |
(n) dispersal; evacuation; deployment |
11924 |
| 饅頭 |
まんじゅう |
(n) manjuu; steamed yeast bun with filling |
11951 |
| 地頭 |
じとう |
(n) lord of a manor |
12021 |
| 番頭 |
ばんとう |
(n) (head) clerk |
12519 |
| 座頭 |
ざがしら |
(n) leader of a troupe |
12798 |
| 座頭 |
ざとう |
(n) blind man or masseur |
12798 |
| 頭頂 |
とうちょう |
(n) top of the head; vertex (anat.); parietal |
12798 |
| 念頭 |
ねんとう |
(n) mind |
12798 |
| 街頭 |
がいとう |
(n) in the street |
12814 |
| 教頭 |
きょうとう |
(n) deputy head teacher; vice principal |
12944 |
| 開国 |
かいこく |
(n,vs) opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world |
13236 |
| 開示 |
かいじ |
(n) disclosure (legal) |
13476 |
| 開運 |
かいうん |
(n) better fortune |
13574 |
| 開城 |
かいじょう |
(n) capitulation (of fort) |
13648 |
| 打開 |
だかい |
(n) break in the deadlock |
13825 |
| 頭痛 |
ずつう |
(n) headache |
13864 |
| 頭上 |
ずじょう |
(n) overhead; high in sky |
13909 |
| 新開地 |
しんかいち |
(n) newly opened or recently settled land |
14405 |
| 開削 |
かいさく |
(n) excavation; cutting; digging |
14446 |
| 頭髪 |
とうはつ |
(n) hair (of head) |
14569 |
| 口頭 |
こうとう |
(n) oral |
14644 |
| 開講 |
かいこう |
(n,vs) beginning a series of one's lectures; starting a new course |
14745 |
| 咽頭 |
いんとう |
(adj-na,n) pharynx; pharyngeal |
15174 |
| 頭数 |
あたまかず |
(n) number of persons; numerical strength; head count |
15199 |
| 頭数 |
とうすう |
(n) number of persons; numerical strength; head count |
15199 |
| 開封 |
かいふう |
(n,vs) unsealed letter; breaking the seal |
15294 |
| 没頭 |
ぼっとう |
(n,vs) immersing oneself |
15317 |
| 開墾 |
かいこん |
(n,vs) cultivating new land |
15460 |
| 馬頭 |
ばとう |
Hayagriva; Horsehead (tantric Buddhist deity) |
15527 |
| 開票 |
かいひょう |
(n) counting ballots |
15771 |
| 核弾頭 |
かくだんとう |
(n) nuclear warhead |
16065 |
| 後頭部 |
こうとうぶ |
(n) back of head |
16747 |
| 頭蓋骨 |
ずがいこつ |
(n) skull; cranium |
16770 |
| 頭蓋骨 |
とうがいこつ |
(n) skull; cranium |
16770 |
| 頭巾 |
ずきん |
(n) hood; kerchief |
17058 |
| 出頭 |
しゅっとう |
(n,vs) appearance; presence |
17231 |
| 語頭 |
ごとう |
(n) first part of a word |
17440 |
| 満開 |
まんかい |
(n) full bloom |
17636 |
| 切り開く |
きりひらく |
(v5k) to clear (land); to open up; to cut through |
17661 |
| 頭領 |
とうりょう |
(n) head; chief; boss |
17833 |
| 会頭 |
かいとう |
(n) society president |
17885 |
| 全開 |
ぜんかい |
(n,vs) opening fully; full throttle |
18155 |
| 両開き |
りょうびらき |
(n) double (two-leaf) door |
18205 |
| 開眼 |
かいがん |
(n,vs) enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening ones eyes to the truth |
18267 |
| 開眼 |
かいげん |
(n,vs) enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening ones eyes to the truth |
18267 |
| 乳頭 |
にゅうとう |
(n) (mammary) nipple; teat |
18346 |
| 巻頭 |
かんとう |
(n) opening page of book |
18406 |
| 頭骨 |
とうこつ |
(n) skull |
18955 |
| 喉頭 |
こうとう |
(adj-na,n) larynx |
19107 |
| 散開 |
さんかい |
(n) deployment |
19375 |
| 未開 |
みかい |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) savage land; backward region; uncivilized |
20047 |
| 頭蓋 |
ずがい |
(n) cranium; skull |
20087 |
| 新開 |
しんかい |
(n) opening (of uncultivated land) |
20200 |
| 幕開け |
まくあけ |
(n) beginning; opening (of play) |
20946 |
| 双頭 |
そうとう |
(n) double-headed |
21138 |
| 船頭 |
せんどう |
(n) boatman |
21397 |
| 開所 |
かいしょ |
(n,vs) open a new business |
21836 |
| 人頭 |
じんとう |
(n) the number of people; population |
22001 |
| 開化 |
かいか |
(n) civilization; enlightenment |
22445 |
| 頭字 |
かしらじ |
(n) first letter(s); initial |
22687 |
| 開明 |
かいめい |
(n) civilization; enlightenment |
23235 |
| 組頭 |
くみがしら |
(n) group leader |
23460 |
| 切開 |
せっかい |
(n,vs) clearing (land); opening up; cutting through |
23686 |
| 頭目 |
とうもく |
(n) chief; head; leader |
23966 |
| 陣頭 |
じんとう |
(n) head of an army |
24029 |
| 開き直る |
ひらきなおる |
(v5r) to become defiant; to turn upon; to become serious |
24363 |
| 開業医 |
かいぎょうい |
(n) medical practitioner |
24777 |
| 開院 |
かいいん |
(n) opening congress; hospital opening |
24980 |
| 文明開化 |
ぶんめいかいか |
(n) Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era |
25491 |
| 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 |
| 開門 |
かいもん |
(n) opening gate |
26001 |
| 開演 |
かいえん |
(n) curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert) |
26240 |
| 柱頭 |
ちゅうとう |
(n) capital of column |
26319 |
| 鉢巻 |
はちまき |
(n) headband |
26730 |
| 旗頭 |
はたがしら |
(n) leader; boss; upper part of a flag |
26817 |
| すり鉢 |
すりばち |
(n) (earthenware) mortar (for grinding) |
26893 |
| 頭打ち |
あたまうち |
(n) reaching a peak; reaching the limit |
26893 |
| 頭打ち |
ずうち |
(n) reaching a peak; reaching the limit |
26893 |
| 巨頭 |
きょとう |
(n) leader; magnate; big head |
27058 |
| 鉢植え |
はちうえ |
(n) potted plant |
27058 |
| 帝王切開 |
ていおうせっかい |
(n) Caesarean section |
27617 |
| 見開き |
みひらき |
(n) two pages opposite each other |
27901 |
| 橋頭堡 |
きょうとうほ |
(n) bridgehead; beachhead |
28115 |
| 橋頭堡 |
きょうとうほう |
(n) bridgehead; beachhead |
28115 |
| 托鉢 |
たくはつ |
(n,vs) monk's "begging" |
28300 |
| 年頭 |
としがしら |
(n) the oldest person; beginning of the year |
28300 |
| 年頭 |
ねんとう |
(n) the oldest person; beginning of the year |
28300 |
| 見開く |
みひらく |
(v5k) to open one's eyes |
28681 |
| 開帳 |
かいちょう |
(n,vs) unveiling a Buddhist image; gambling |
28780 |
| 火鉢 |
ひばち |
(n) brazier |
28866 |
| 開平 |
かいへい |
(n) extraction of square root |
28975 |
| 開襟 |
かいきん |
(n) open-necked (shirt) |
29190 |
| 植木鉢 |
うえきばち |
(n) flowerpot |
29736 |
| 馬頭観音 |
ばとうかんのん |
(n) Kannon image decorated with an ornament in the shape of a horse's head |
29736 |
| 石頭 |
いしあたま |
(n) inflexible person |
29851 |
| 小頭 |
こがしら |
(n) head of an organizational section |
30069 |
| 観音開き |
かんのんびらき |
(n) double doors |
30195 |
| 鉢合わせ |
はちあわせ |
(n) bumping of heads; encounter; running into someone |
30308 |