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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 |
| 明治 |
めいじ |
Meiji era |
279 |
| 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 |
| 不明 |
ふめい |
(adj-na,n) unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; ignorant; lack of wisdom; anonymous; unidentified |
617 |
| 公開 |
こうかい |
(n,vs) presenting to the public |
711 |
| 展開 |
てんかい |
(n,vs) develop; expansion (opposite of compression) |
891 |
| 説明 |
せつめい |
(n,vs) explanation; exposition |
934 |
| 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 |
| 明らか |
あきらか |
(adj-na,n) obvious; evident; clear; plain |
1520 |
| 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 |
| 証明 |
しょうめい |
(n,vs) proof; verification |
2502 |
| 明確 |
めいかく |
(adj-na,n) clear up; clarify; define |
2694 |
| 文明 |
ぶんめい |
(n) civilization; culture |
2713 |
| 発明 |
はつめい |
(n,vs) invention |
3043 |
| 明るい |
あかるい |
(adj) bright; cheerful |
3152 |
| 表明 |
ひょうめい |
(n) declaration; indication; manifestation; demonstration; expression; announcement |
3250 |
| 判明 |
はんめい |
(n,vs) establishing; proving; identifying; confirming |
3298 |
| 開幕 |
かいまく |
(n) raising the curtain |
3451 |
| 開校 |
かいこう |
(n) opening a school |
3554 |
| 開放 |
かいほう |
(n,vs) open; throw open; liberalization |
3656 |
| 明日 |
あした |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 明日 |
あす |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 明日 |
みょうにち |
(n-t) tomorrow |
3855 |
| 照明 |
しょうめい |
(n) illumination |
4307 |
| 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 |
| 透明 |
とうめい |
(adj-na,n) transparency; cleanness |
4870 |
| 開店 |
かいてん |
(n,vs) (grand) opening of shop |
5040 |
| 明記 |
めいき |
(n,vs) clear writing; specification |
5595 |
| 開館 |
かいかん |
(n) opening of new hall |
5978 |
| 明かす |
あかす |
(v5s) to pass; spend; to reveal; to divulge |
5987 |
| 開戦 |
かいせん |
(n,vs) outbreak of war; starting a war |
6509 |
| 明治維新 |
めいじいしん |
(n) Meiji Restoration |
6704 |
| 公明党 |
こうめいとう |
Justice Party |
7167 |
| 開港 |
かいこう |
(n) open port; opening a port |
7400 |
| 解明 |
かいめい |
(n,vs) elucidation; explication |
7409 |
| 夜明け |
よあけ |
(n) dawn; daybreak |
7618 |
| 開閉 |
かいへい |
(n) opening and shutting |
7665 |
| 明示 |
めいじ |
(n,vs) specification; explicitly state |
8130 |
| 未明 |
みめい |
(n-adv,n-t) early dawn; grey of morning |
8520 |
| 声明 |
せいめい |
(n) declaration; statement; proclamation |
8594 |
| 開花 |
かいか |
(n,vs) blooming |
8720 |
| 天明 |
てんめい |
(n) dawn; daybreak |
8720 |
| 開場 |
かいじょう |
(n,vs) opening |
8899 |
| 黎明 |
れいめい |
(n) daybreak; dawn |
8899 |
| 開会 |
かいかい |
(n) opening of a meeting |
9062 |
| 開園 |
かいえん |
(n) garden opening |
9129 |
| 英明 |
えいめい |
(adj-na,n) intelligent; wise; bright; brilliant; clear-sighted |
9284 |
| 神明 |
しんめい |
(n) deity; God |
9566 |
| 明治天皇 |
めいじてんのう |
(n) Emperor Meiji |
10119 |
| 非公開 |
ひこうかい |
(n) private |
10242 |
| 明言 |
めいげん |
(n) declaration; statement |
10328 |
| 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 |
| 明美 |
めいび |
(adj-na,n) picturesque; beautiful |
11255 |
| 開山 |
かいさん |
(n) founding a temple (on a hill-top) |
11341 |
| 明大 |
めいだい |
(abbr) Meiji University |
11450 |
| 明徳 |
めいとく |
(n) virtue |
11461 |
| 明星 |
みょうじょう |
(n) morning star; Venus; Lucifer; (literary) star |
11606 |
| 開口 |
かいこう |
(n) open mouth |
11643 |
| 明け |
あけ |
(n,n-suf) beginning; dawn; end; expiration |
11802 |
| 光明 |
こうみょう |
(n) glory; hope; right future |
11817 |
| 鮮明 |
せんめい |
(adj-na,n) vivid; clear; distinct |
11860 |
| 疎開 |
そかい |
(n) dispersal; evacuation; deployment |
11924 |
| 明白 |
あからさま |
(adj-na,n) (uk) obvious; overt; plainly; frankly |
12187 |
| 明白 |
めいはく |
(adj-na,n) (uk) obvious; overt; plainly; frankly |
12187 |
| 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 |
| 不透明 |
ふとうめい |
(adj-na,n) opacity |
13980 |
| 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 |
| 公明 |
こうめい |
(adj-na,n) fairness; justice |
14529 |
| 開講 |
かいこう |
(n,vs) beginning a series of one's lectures; starting a new course |
14745 |
| 不動明王 |
ふどうみょうおう |
(n) Acala; Acalanatha Vidya-raja; The Immovable, a manifestation of Mahavairocana (Buddhist deity) |
14818 |
| 明瞭 |
めいりょう |
(adj-na,n) clarity |
15021 |
| 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 |
| 明ける |
あける |
(v1) to dawn; to become daylight |
15733 |
| 開票 |
かいひょう |
(n) counting ballots |
15771 |
| 失明 |
しつめい |
(n) loss of eyesight |
15823 |
| 明朝 |
みょうちょう |
(n-adv,n-t) tomorrow morning |
15891 |
| 明朝 |
みんちょう |
(n) Ming Dynasty; Ming-cho type(face) |
15891 |
| 弁明 |
べんめい |
(n,vs) explanation; excuse; vindication; apology |
16524 |
| 不明瞭 |
ふめいりょう |
(adj-na,n) dimness; obscurity; indistinctness |
16857 |
| 明晰 |
めいせき |
(adj-na,n) clear |
17216 |
| 聡明 |
そうめい |
(adj-na,n) wisdom; sagacity |
17231 |
| 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 |
| 明快 |
めいかい |
(adj-na,n) clarion; clarity |
17775 |
| 明け渡す |
あけわたす |
(v5s) to vacate; to surrender |
17885 |
| 打ち明ける |
うちあける |
(v1) to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart |
18127 |
| 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 |
| 自明 |
じめい |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) obvious; self-evident; axiomatic; self-explanatory |
18299 |
| 明細 |
めいさい |
(adj-na,n) details; obvious |
18762 |
| 清明 |
せいめい |
(n) pure and clear |
19107 |
| 明朗 |
めいろう |
(adj-na,n) bright; clear; cheerful |
19107 |
| 散開 |
さんかい |
(n) deployment |
19375 |
| 究明 |
きゅうめい |
(n) investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts) |
19534 |
| 賢明 |
けんめい |
(adj-na,n) wisdom; intelligence; prudence |
19534 |
| 釈明 |
しゃくめい |
(n,vs) explanation; vindication |
19579 |
| 明文化 |
めいぶんか |
(n) stipulate |
19826 |
| 未開 |
みかい |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) savage land; backward region; uncivilized |
20047 |
| 明度 |
めいど |
(n) brightness |
20047 |
| 新開 |
しんかい |
(n) opening (of uncultivated land) |
20200 |
| 明暗 |
めいあん |
(n) light and darkness; light and shade |
20436 |
| 克明 |
こくめい |
(adj-na,n) detailed; elaborate; faithfulness; diligence; conscientiousness |
20635 |
| 明媚 |
めいび |
(adj-na,n) beautiful |
20676 |
| 幕開け |
まくあけ |
(n) beginning; opening (of play) |
20946 |
| 明かり |
あかり |
(n) lamplight; light (in general); brightness |
21087 |
| 明朝体 |
みんちょうたい |
(n) Ming-style typeface |
21649 |
| 開所 |
かいしょ |
(n,vs) open a new business |
21836 |
| 年明け |
としあけ |
(n) (1) beginning of the year; early in the new year |
21927 |
| 年明け |
ねんあけ |
(n) (1) beginning of the year; early in the new year; (2) expiration of a term of service |
21927 |
| 明文 |
めいぶん |
(n) statement (e.g. law) |
22001 |
| 言明 |
げんめい |
(n) declaration; statement; assertion |
22057 |
| 開化 |
かいか |
(n) civilization; enlightenment |
22445 |
| 無明 |
むみょう |
(n) ignorance (of Buddhist teachings); darkness |
22749 |
| 松明 |
たいまつ |
(n) (pine) torch; flambeau; torchlight |
23186 |
| 開明 |
かいめい |
(n) civilization; enlightenment |
23235 |
| 解き明かす |
ときあかす |
(v5s) to explain; to dispel doubts |
23460 |
| 切開 |
せっかい |
(n,vs) clearing (land); opening up; cutting through |
23686 |
| 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 |
| 明け方 |
あけがた |
(n-adv,n-t) dawn |
25705 |
| 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 |
| 明解 |
めいかい |
(adj-na,n) clear understanding |
26240 |
| 明月 |
めいげつ |
(n) bright moon; full moon; harvest moon |
26893 |
| 愛染明王 |
あいぜんみょうおう |
(n) (Buddhism) esoteric school deity of love |
27521 |
| 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 |
| 明かり障子 |
あかりしょうじ |
(n) paper screen door for admitting light |
28487 |
| 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 |