Coming: you'll be able to favorite these words shortly.
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
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
困難 こんなん (adj-na,n) difficulty; distress 1757
事務 じむ (n) business; office work 1787
理事 りじ (n) director; board of directors 1990
難しい むずかしい (adj) difficult 2084
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
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
非難 ひなん (n,vs) blame; attack; criticism 4320
なん (n,n-suf) difficulty; hardships; defect 4322
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
難易 なんい (n) difficulty; relative difficulty 5451
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
避難 ひなん (n,vs) taking refuge; finding shelter 5678
難い かたい (adj,suf) difficult; hard 6251
難い にくい (adj,suf) difficult; hard 6251
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
難民 なんみん (n) refugees 7827
古事記 こじき (n) Japan's Ancient Chronicle 8234
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
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
議事堂 ぎじどう (n) Diet building 10037
遭難 そうなん (n) disaster; shipwreck; accident 10350
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
難関 なんかん (n) barrier 11294
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
救難 きゅうなん (n) rescue; salvage 12283
叙事詩 じょじし (n) descriptive poetry; epic poem 12374
難航 なんこう (n) stormy passage 12391
有事 ゆうじ (n) emergency 12592
難解 なんかい (adj-na,n) difficult 12756
盗難 とうなん (n) theft; robbery 13109
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
財政難 ざいせいなん (n) economic difficulties 13558
故事 こじ (n) origin; historical fact; tradition 13595
海難 かいなん (n) shipwreck 14164
海事 かいじ (n) maritime affairs 14220
参事官 さんじかん (n) councillor 14543
悪事 あくじ (n) evil deed; crime; wickedness 14861
難点 なんてん (n) fault; weakness 15174
人事院 じんじいん (n) National Personnel Authority 15353
惨事 さんじ (n) disaster; horrible accident 15502
難色 なんしょく (n) disapproval 15527
事案 じあん (n) concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem 15654
領事 りょうじ (n) consul 15714
苦難 くなん (n) trial 16133
受難 じゅなん (n) suffering; agony; passion 16133
参事 さんじ (n) secretary; councillor 16160
主事 しゅじ (n) manager; director; secretary 16195
無難 ぶなん (adj-na,n) safety; security 16294
事績 じせき (n) achievement; exploit; merits 16390
府知事 ふちじ (n) prefectural governor 16730
難所 なんしょ (n) rough spot 16770
総領事館 そうりょうじかん (n) consulate-general 16953
難聴 なんちょう (n) deafness 17366
領事館 りょうじかん (n) consulate 17775
国事 こくじ (n) national affairs 18105
災難 さいなん (n) calamity; misfortune 18373
事跡 じせき (n) evidence; trace; vestige 19044
難病 なんびょう (n) incurable disease 19663
難破 なんぱ (n,vs) shipwreck 20004
情事 じょうじ (n) love affair; liaison 20278
珍事 ちんじ (n) strange or unusual occurrence 21694
仕事場 しごとば (n) place where one works; construction site; working area 21927
難読 なんどく (n) difficult to read (e.g. obscure kanji) 22259
難問 なんもん (n) perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem 22840
総領事 そうりょうじ (n) consul general 22948
難なく なんなく (adv) easily 23088
願い事 ねがいごと (n) wish; dream; prayer; one's desire 23295
難行 なんぎょう (n) penance 23295
難題 なんだい (n) difficult theme 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
茶飯事 さはんじ (n) commonly occurring 24080
水難 すいなん (n) drowning; flood; shipwreck 24291
農事 のうじ (n) farming; agriculture 24980
至難 しなん (adj-na,adj-no,n) most difficult; next to impossible 25041
政事 せいじ (n) political affairs 25041
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
外事 がいじ (n) foreign affairs 25358
気難しい きむずかしい (adj) hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious 25554
気難しい きむづかしい (adj) hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious 25554
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
医事 いじ (n) medical practice 26398
殉難 じゅんなん (n) martyrdom 26730
難攻不落 なんこうふらく (n) impregnable 26730
多難 たなん (adj-na,n) full of troubles, difficulties 26817
好事家 こうずか (n) dilettante; person of fantastic taste 27801
用事 ようじ (n) tasks; things to do 27901
難曲 なんきょく (n) difficult musical piece 28200
後事 こうじ (n) future affairs; affairs after one's death 28300
事足りる ことたりる (v1) to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied 28681
揉め事 もめごと (n) quarrel; trouble; dispute; friction (between people) 28780
火事場 かじば (n) scene of a fire 29410
祝い事 いわいごと (n) a celebration 29519
難治 なんじ (n) obstinate 29519
難治 なんち (n) obstinate 29519
法難 ほうなん (n) religious persecution 29519
事細か ことこまか (adj-na,n) detail 29962
難儀 なんぎ (adj-na,n) affliction; hardship; difficulty 30308
検事正 けんじせい (n) chief public prosecutor 30433
有り難い ありがたい (adj) grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude 30433
事大 じだい (n) subserviency to the stronger 30552