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Entry Reading English Rank
持つ もつ (v5t) (1) to hold; to carry; (2) to possess 95
食べる たべる (v1) to eat 1320
支持 しじ (n,vs) support; maintenance 1546
食 しょく (n) meal; (one's) diet; food; foodstuff(s) 1747
維持 いじ (n,vs) maintenance; preservation 1753
食品 しょくひん (n) commodity; foodstuff 1765
保持 ほじ (n,vs) retention; maintenance; preservation 3299
食事 しょくじ (n,vs) meal 4265
所持 しょじ (n,vs) possession; owning 4498
持ち主 もちぬし (n) owner; proprietor 4730
食堂 しょくどう (n) cafeteria; dining hall 4912
気持ち きもち (n) feeling; sensation; mood 5028
飲食 いんしょく (n) food and drink; eating and drinking 5078
持ち込む もちこむ (v5m,vt) to lodge; to take something into ..; to bring in 5469
食用 しょくよう (n) for use as food; edible 5624
食料 しょくりょう (n) food 5665
食物 しょくもつ (n) food; foodstuff 6697
食べ物 たべもの (n) food 6763
食材 しょくざい (n) (1) ingredient; (2) foodstuff 6916
捕食 ほしょく (n,vs) predation; eating prey; preying upon 7095
食う くう (v5u) (male) (vulg) to eat 7324
持続 じぞく (n) continuation 8226
食糧 しょくりょう (n) provisions; rations 9015
持ち上げる もちあげる (v1) to raise; to lift up; to flatter 9284
持ち帰る もちかえる (v5r) to carry back or home; to take out (e.g. food) 9559
肉食 にくしょく (n) meat diet 9886
給食 きゅうしょく (n,vs) school lunch; providing a meal 10549
食肉 しょくにく (n) meat (for consumption) 10845
持ち合わせる もちあわせる (v1) to happen to have on hand or in stock 11376
食らう くらう (v5u) to eat; to drink; to receive (blow) 11606
受け持つ うけもつ (v5t) to take (be in) charge of 11633
食卓 しょくたく (n) dining table 11677
併せ持つ あわせもつ (v5t) to own (something) as well 11860
持ち出す もちだす (v5s) to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs 11892
持参 じさん (n,vs) bringing; taking; carrying 12005
持てる もてる (exp,v1) to be well liked; to be popular 12270
外食 がいしょく (n) eating out 12510
金持ち かねもち (n) rich man 12519
持ち味 もちあじ (n) inherent flavor; distinctive characterisic 12638
腐食 ふしょく (n) corrosion 12698
食器 しょっき (n) tableware 12764
手持ち てもち (n) holdings; goods on hand 12837
食中毒 しょくちゅうどく (n) food poisoning 13463
侵食 しんしょく (n,vs) infringement; violation 13503
持ち もち (n,n-suf) (1) hold; charge; keep possession; in charge; (2) wear; durability; life; draw; (3) usage (suff) 13525
持ち上がる もちあがる (v5r) to lift; to happen; to occur; to come up; to turn up 13558
朝食 ちょうしょく (n) breakfast 13730
主食 しゅしょく (n) staple food 14503
持ち歩く もちあるく (v5k) to carry 14818
日食 にっしょく (n) solar eclipse 14818
持ち前 もちまえ (n) one's nature; characteristic 15187
持ち込み もちこみ (n) bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink) 15239
食い止める くいとめる (v1) to check; to hold back 15332
扶桑 ふそう (n) land east of China; Japan 15332
食塩 しょくえん (n) table salt 15396
食欲 しょくよく (n) appetite (for food) 15431
食道 しょくどう (n) esophageal 15460
軽食 けいしょく (n) light meal 15925
和食 わしょく (n) Japanese-style meal 16065
持病 じびょう (n) chronic disease 16195
夕食 ゆうしょく (n) evening meal; dinner 16414
定食 ていしょく (n) set meal; special (of the day) 16506
洋食 ようしょく (n) Western-style meal 16614
持久 じきゅう (n) endurance; persistence 16983
食い込む くいこむ (v5m) to eat into 16983
昼食 ちゅうしょく (n) lunch; midday meal 17344
昼食 ちゅうじき (n) lunch; midday meal 17344
昼食 ひるげ (n) lunch; midday meal 17344
食生活 しょくせいかつ (n) eating habits 17564
草食 そうしょく (n) herbivorous 17710
持ち回り もちまわり (n) rotation; by turns 17833
浸食 しんしょく (n,vs) erosion; corrosion 18267
断食 だんじき (n,vs) fasting 18267
扶養 ふよう (n) support; maintenance 18462
扶助 ふじょ (n) aid; help; assistance; support 18701
持論 じろん (n) one's cherished opinion; pet theory 19107
堅持 けんじ (n,vs) holding on to; sticking to 19141
持ち駒 もちごま (n) a captured piece than can be reused (shogi); a person or object held in reserve; available means 19344
雑食 ざっしょく (n) omnivorous 19579
乞食 こじき (n) beggar; begging 19756
乞食 こつじき (n) beggar; begging 19756
持ち株 もちかぶ (n) stock holdings; one's shares 19922
持ち時間 もちじかん (n) amount of time one has 19961
受け持ち うけもち (n) charge (of something); matter in one's charge 20242
住持 じゅうじ (n) chief priest of temple 20473
食い違い くいちがい (n) discrepancy; different or conflicting opinions 20588
美食 びしょく (n) delicious or gourmet food 20989
扶持 ふち (n) ration; stipend; allowance 20989
持ち去る もちさる (v5r) to take away; to carry away 21230
菜食 さいしょく (n) vegetable diet 21314
子持ち こもち (n) person with kid(s); parent 21649
試食 ししょく (n) sampling food 21694
持ち物 もちもの (n) one's property; personal effects 21743
隠し持つ かくしもつ (v5t) to carry (something) under cover 22165
餌食 えじき (n) prey; victim 22165
月食 げっしょく (n) lunar eclipse 22493
食い違う くいちがう (v5u) to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry 22615
掛け持ち かけもち (n,vs) holding two or more positions concurrently 22804
持ち直す もちなおす (v5s) to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up 22804
持ち越す もちこす (v5s) to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer 23295
持ち帰り もちかえり (n) takeout (ie. food) 23345
常食 じょうしょく (n,vs) daily food; regular diet; staple food 23460
護持 ごじ (n,vs) defend and maintain; support; protection 24080
力持ち ちからもち (n) muscleman; strong man 24495
食いしん坊 くいしんぼう (adj-no,n) glutton; gourmand 24627
加持 かじ (n) faith-healing; incantation 24980
食パン しょくパン (n) plain bread 24980
持ち運ぶ もちはこぶ (v5b) to carry; to bring (to a place) 25358
大食漢 たいしょくかん (n) great eater; glutton 25358
夜食 やしょく (n) supper; night meal 25767
食後 しょくご (n-t) after a meal 25918
食通 しょくつう (n) gourmet 25918
取り持つ とりもつ (v5t) to mediate; to entertain; to serve 26001
食虫植物 しょくちゅうしょくぶつ (n) insectivorous plants 26157
会食 かいしょく (n) dining together; mess 26240
持ち寄る もちよる (v5r) to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something) 26494
食わず嫌い くわずぎらい (n) prejudice against (some food); aversion without even trying 26578
糧食 りょうしょく (n) provisions 26893
共食い ともぐい (n) cannibalism (in animals); mutual destruction; internecine struggle; eating each other; damaging each other 26991
海食 かいしょく (n,vs) marine erosion 27330
食客 いそうろう (n) house guest; (euph.) free-loader 28008
食客 しょっかく (n) house guest; (euph.) free-loader 28008
食客 しょっきゃく (n) house guest; (euph.) free-loader 28008
食費 しょくひ (n) food expense 28115
絶食 ぜっしょく (n) fasting 28115
大食 たいしょく (n) gluttony 28115
食らわす くらわす (v5s) to make s'one eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick) 28681
食券 しょっけん (n) meal ticket 28681
気持 きもち (n) feeling; sensation; mood 28866
持ち出し もちだし (n) an item carried out; provide money (oneself) 28975
持て余す もてあます (v5s) to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with 29316
虫食い むしくい (n) worm-eaten 29316
衣食住 いしょくじゅう (n) necessities of life (food, clothing, etc.) 29519
気持ちよい きもちよい (adj) good feeling; feeling good 29851
長持ち ながもち (n,vs) long lasting; long wearing 29851
過食 かしょく (n,vs) overeating 29962
持ち逃げ もちにげ (n) make off with (something); abscond 30552
食い荒らす くいあらす (v5s) to devour; to work at various things; to eat some of everything 30688
貪食 どんしょく (n) voracity; ravenousness 30832
副食 ふくしょく (n) side dish; supplementary food 31088
食餌 しょくじ (n) dietary cure 31224
偏食 へんしょく (n) unbalanced diet 31224
矜持 きょうじ (n) pride; dignity 31224
長持 ながもち (n) nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.) 31784
食い逃げ くいにげ (n,vs) running away without paying for food; bilk 31930
気持ちいい きもちいい (adj) good feeling; feeling good 32076
防食 ぼうしょく (n) protection against corrosion 32216
食い下がる くいさがる (v5r) to hang on to; to doff 32501
食前 しょくぜん (n-adv,n-t) before meals 32501
間食 かんしょく (n) eating between meals; snacking 32648