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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 |
| 始める |
はじめる |
(v1,vt) to start; to begin |
749 |
| 始まる |
はじまる |
(v5r,vi) to begin |
802 |
| 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 |
| 開幕 |
かいまく |
(n) raising the curtain |
3451 |
| 開校 |
かいこう |
(n) opening a school |
3554 |
| 始め |
はじめ |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning; start; origin |
3567 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 始発 |
しはつ |
(n) first train |
4714 |
| 始まり |
はじまり |
(n) origin; beginning |
4778 |
| 開店 |
かいてん |
(n,vs) (grand) opening of shop |
5040 |
| 創始 |
そうし |
(n) creation; founding; initiating |
5521 |
| 開館 |
かいかん |
(n) opening of new hall |
5978 |
| 開戦 |
かいせん |
(n,vs) outbreak of war; starting a war |
6509 |
| 原始 |
げんし |
(n) origin; primeval |
6584 |
| 開港 |
かいこう |
(n) open port; opening a port |
7400 |
| 開閉 |
かいへい |
(n) opening and shutting |
7665 |
| 開花 |
かいか |
(n,vs) blooming |
8720 |
| 開場 |
かいじょう |
(n,vs) opening |
8899 |
| 始祖 |
しそ |
(n) founder; originator; pioneer |
9059 |
| 開会 |
かいかい |
(n) opening of a meeting |
9062 |
| 開園 |
かいえん |
(n) garden opening |
9129 |
| 終始 |
しゅうし |
(adv,n,vs) (1) beginning and end; from beginning to end; doing a thing from beginning to end; (2) consistent(ly) |
9452 |
| 非公開 |
ひこうかい |
(n) private |
10242 |
| 始動 |
しどう |
(n) starting (in machines) |
10249 |
| 始末 |
しまつ |
(n,vs) (1) management; (2) dealing; settlement; (3) cleaning up afterwards |
10258 |
| 開基 |
かいき |
(n) foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone) |
10830 |
| 開祖 |
かいそ |
(n) (sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor |
10937 |
| 開山 |
かいさん |
(n) founding a temple (on a hill-top) |
11341 |
| 開口 |
かいこう |
(n) open mouth |
11643 |
| 疎開 |
そかい |
(n) dispersal; evacuation; deployment |
11924 |
| 年始 |
ねんし |
(n-t) New Year's call; beginning of the year; New Year's greetings |
12994 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 開講 |
かいこう |
(n,vs) beginning a series of one's lectures; starting a new course |
14745 |
| 開封 |
かいふう |
(n,vs) unsealed letter; breaking the seal |
15294 |
| 開墾 |
かいこん |
(n,vs) cultivating new land |
15460 |
| 開票 |
かいひょう |
(n) counting ballots |
15771 |
| 始発駅 |
しはつえき |
(n) starting station |
15952 |
| 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 |
| 始業 |
しぎょう |
(n) start of work; commencement; opening |
17833 |
| 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 |
| 散開 |
さんかい |
(n) deployment |
19375 |
| 始終 |
しじゅう |
(adv,n) continuously; from beginning to end |
19579 |
| 未開 |
みかい |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) savage land; backward region; uncivilized |
20047 |
| 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 |
| 開所 |
かいしょ |
(n,vs) open a new business |
21836 |
| 開化 |
かいか |
(n) civilization; enlightenment |
22445 |
| 開明 |
かいめい |
(n) civilization; enlightenment |
23235 |
| 手始め |
てはじめ |
(n) outset |
23399 |
| 切開 |
せっかい |
(n,vs) clearing (land); opening up; cutting through |
23686 |
| 更始 |
こうし |
(n) renewal; reform |
24154 |
| 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 |
| 一部始終 |
いちぶしじゅう |
(n) full particulars; the whole story |
25630 |
| 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 |
| 元始 |
げんし |
(n) origin |
26157 |
| 開演 |
かいえん |
(n) curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert) |
26240 |
| 始期 |
しき |
(n) beginning period; initial term |
26991 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 後始末 |
あとしまつ |
(n,vs) settlement (of affairs); remedial measures |
28780 |
| 開平 |
かいへい |
(n) extraction of square root |
28975 |
| 開襟 |
かいきん |
(n) open-necked (shirt) |
29190 |
| 観音開き |
かんのんびらき |
(n) double doors |
30195 |
| 半開 |
はんかい |
(n) semicivilized |
30688 |
| 開腹 |
かいふく |
(n) making a surgical incision in the abdomen |
31527 |
| 始原 |
しげん |
(n) start; origin; beginnings |
31527 |
| 開鑿 |
かいさく |
(oK) (n) excavation; cutting; digging |
31784 |
| 天地開闢 |
てんちかいびゃく |
(n) creation of heaven and earth |
31930 |
| 原始時代 |
げんしじだい |
primitive times |
32964 |
| 開闢 |
かいびゃく |
(n) beginnings; creation; founding (of empire) |
33636 |
| 開廷 |
かいてい |
(n) court session; trial |
33830 |
| 開陳 |
かいちん |
(n,vs) stating; expressing (ones opinion) |
34761 |
| 開架 |
かいか |
(n) open access (in a library); open shelves |
34955 |
| 山開き |
やまびらき |
(n) start of the mountain-climbing season |
35357 |
| 鏡開き |
かがみびらき |
(n) cutting the New Year's rice cake (on January 11) |
35968 |
| 開き戸 |
ひらきど |
(n) (hinged) door |
36396 |
| 未開拓 |
みかいたく |
(n) undeveloped; wild (areas) |
37130 |
| 始生代 |
しせいだい |
(n) Archeozoic era |
38588 |
| 川開き |
かわびらき |
(n) festival marking the start of boating season |
38888 |
| 開口一番 |
かいこういちばん |
(n-adv) at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth |
39227 |
| 開立 |
かいりゅう |
(n,vs) extraction of cubic root |
39227 |
| 開け放つ |
あけはなつ |
(v5t) to throw open; to leave open |
39571 |
| 開発途上国 |
かいはつとじょうこく |
(n) developing country; emerging nation |
39920 |
| 開銀 |
かいぎん |
development bank |
40619 |
| 半開き |
はんびらき |
(n) partly open; in half bloom |
41039 |
| 電源開発 |
でんげんかいはつ |
electric power resource development |
41444 |
| 開けっ放し |
あけっぱなし |
(adj-na,n) leaving open or ajar |
42342 |
| 開札 |
かいさつ |
(n) opening or unsealing of bids |
42893 |
| 開け放す |
あけはなす |
(v5s,vt) to keep open; to leave open |
43447 |
| 蔵開き |
くらびらき |
(n) first opening of warehouse after New Year |
43447 |
| 背開き |
せびらき |
(n) slicing a fish down its back |
44709 |
| 幕開き |
まくあき |
(n) raising of the curtains; beginning; opening |
44709 |
| 御用始め |
ごようはじめ |
(n) re-opening of offices in new year |
45436 |
| 開巻 |
かいかん |
(n) opening (part) of a book |
46248 |
| 終始一貫 |
しゅうしいっかん |
(adv) consistency |
46248 |
| 店開き |
みせびらき |
(n,vs) opening a store; starting a business |
47205 |
| 不始末 |
ふしまつ |
(adj-na,n) mismanagement; malpractice; wastefulness; carelessness; misconduct; unthriftiness |
48294 |
| 口開け |
くちあけ |
(n) opening; broaching; beginning; first sale |
49657 |
| 序開き |
じょびらき |
(n) beginnings; origins |
49657 |
| 続開 |
ぞっかい |
(n) resumption; continuing |
49657 |
| ご用始め |
ごようはじめ |
(n) re-opening of offices in new year |
51560 |
| つけ始める |
つけはじめる |
(v1) to begin to light (a cigarette) |
51560 |
| まず隗より始めよ |
まずかいよりはじめよ |
He who first suggests it should be the first to do it |
51560 |
| インフラ開発 |
インフラかいはつ |
infrastructure development |
51560 |
| テキスト開始 |
テキストかいし |
start of text (STX) |
51560 |
| ヘッディング開始 |
ヘッディングかいし |
start of heading (SOH) |
51560 |
| 宇宙開発 |
うちゅうかいはつ |
space development |
51560 |
| 宇宙開発計画 |
うちゅうかいはつけいかく |
(n) space development project (program) |
51560 |
| 運が開ける |
うんがひらける |
(exp) to be in luck's way; to have one's fortune changes to the better |
51560 |
| 押し開ける |
おしあける |
(v1) to force open; to push open |
51560 |
| 押っ始める |
おっぱじめる |
(v1) to begin |
51560 |
| 沖縄開発庁長官 |
おきなわかいはつちょうちょうかん |
Director General of Okinawa Development Agency |
51560 |
| 歌会始め |
うたかいはじめ |
annual New Year's poetry reading |
51560 |
| 海開き |
うみびらき |
(n) opening of the beachgoing season |
51560 |
| 海洋開発 |
かいようかいはつ |
ocean development |
51560 |
| 開き鯵 |
ひらきあじ |
split and dried saurel |
51560 |
| 開き封 |
ひらきふう |
(n) unsealed mail |
51560 |
| 開けっぱなし |
あけっぱなし |
(adj-na,n) leaving open or ajar |
51560 |
| 開けっ放す |
あけっぱなす |
to leave open |
51560 |
| 開け広げる |
あけひろげる |
(v1) to open wide; to reveal hidden contents |
51560 |