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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 |
| 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 |
| 閉鎖 |
へいさ |
(n,vs) closing; closure; shutdown; lockout; unsociable |
2648 |
| 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 |
| 開拓 |
かいたく |
(n,vs) reclamation (of wasteland); cultivation; pioneer |
4489 |
| 閉塞 |
へいそく |
(n,vs) closure; blockage |
4609 |
| 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 |
| 閉じる |
とじる |
(v1) to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut |
5741 |
| 開館 |
かいかん |
(n) opening of new hall |
5978 |
| 閉店 |
へいてん |
(n) closing shop |
6389 |
| 開戦 |
かいせん |
(n,vs) outbreak of war; starting a war |
6509 |
| 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 |
| 開会 |
かいかい |
(n) opening of a meeting |
9062 |
| 開園 |
かいえん |
(n) garden opening |
9129 |
| 幽閉 |
ゆうへい |
(n) confinement; imprisonment; incarceration; house arrest; depressed feeling |
10157 |
| 非公開 |
ひこうかい |
(n) private |
10242 |
| 閉校 |
へいこう |
(n,vs) closing a school |
10279 |
| 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 |
| 閉じ込める |
とじこめる |
(v1) to lock up; to shut up; to imprison |
10966 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 自閉症 |
じへいしょう |
(n) autism |
13810 |
| 打開 |
だかい |
(n) break in the deadlock |
13825 |
| 密閉 |
みっぺい |
(n,vs) airtight |
13864 |
| 閉会 |
へいかい |
(n,vs) closure |
14042 |
| 新開地 |
しんかいち |
(n) newly opened or recently settled land |
14405 |
| 閉館 |
へいかん |
(n) closing of a building |
14416 |
| 開削 |
かいさく |
(n) excavation; cutting; digging |
14446 |
| 閉める |
しめる |
(v1,vt) to close; to shut |
14476 |
| 開講 |
かいこう |
(n,vs) beginning a series of one's lectures; starting a new course |
14745 |
| 閉ざす |
とざす |
(v5s) to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten; to plunge (in grief) |
14898 |
| 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 |
| 閉山 |
へいざん |
(n,vs) end the climbing season; closing a mine |
15527 |
| 開票 |
かいひょう |
(n) counting ballots |
15771 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 閉幕 |
へいまく |
(n) falling of the curtain |
18701 |
| 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 |
| 新開 |
しんかい |
(n) opening (of uncultivated land) |
20200 |
| 閉まる |
しまる |
(v5r,vi) to close; to be closed |
20360 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 閉場 |
へいじょう |
(n) closing of a place |
25113 |
| 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 |
| 閉じこもる |
とじこもる |
(v5r) to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away |
26494 |
| 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 |
| 腸閉塞 |
ちょうへいそく |
(n) intestinal obstruction |
28681 |
| 開帳 |
かいちょう |
(n,vs) unveiling a Buddhist image; gambling |
28780 |
| 開平 |
かいへい |
(n) extraction of square root |
28975 |
| 閉口 |
へいこう |
(n) shut mouth |
28975 |
| 開襟 |
かいきん |
(n) open-necked (shirt) |
29190 |
| 閉路 |
へいろ |
(n) closed circuit |
29316 |
| 観音開き |
かんのんびらき |
(n) double doors |
30195 |
| 半開 |
はんかい |
(n) semicivilized |
30688 |
| 閉門 |
へいもん |
(n) closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement |
31224 |
| 開腹 |
かいふく |
(n) making a surgical incision in the abdomen |
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 |
| 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 |
| 閉経 |
へいけい |
(n) menopause |
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 |
| 閉め出す |
しめだす |
(v5s) to shut out; to bar; to lock out |
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 |
| 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 |
| 閉め切る |
しめきる |
(v5r) to shut up |
39571 |
| 開発途上国 |
かいはつとじょうこく |
(n) developing country; emerging nation |
39920 |
| 閉院 |
へいいん |
(n) adjourning the Diet or an assembly |
40263 |
| 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 |
| 閉じ篭る |
とじこもる |
(v5r) to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away |
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 |
| 閉居 |
へいきょ |
(n) shutting oneself up at home |
44709 |
| 閉業 |
へいぎょう |
(n) closing of a business or enterprise |
44709 |
| 幕開き |
まくあき |
(n) raising of the curtains; beginning; opening |
44709 |
| 開巻 |
かいかん |
(n) opening (part) of a book |
46248 |
| 店開き |
みせびらき |
(n,vs) opening a store; starting a business |
47205 |
| 閉止 |
へいし |
(n) stoppage |
47205 |
| 閉廷 |
へいてい |
(n) adjourning court |
47205 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 開け閉て |
あけたて |
(n) opening and shutting |
51560 |