Rank Kanji Meaning(s)
1 to take out, to put out, to submit (e.g. thesis), to publish, to send (e.g. letter)
2 ゆる to permit, to forgive, to exempt (someone) from, to acknowledge, to trust
3 かす to let (someone) hear, to make (someone) listen, to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.
4 のこ to leave (behind), to leave (undone), to save, to leave (to someone, esp. after one’s death), to stay (in the ring)
5 しめ to (take out and) show, to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.), to indicate
6 ころ to kill, to suppress, to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.), to put out (a runner)
7 かす to miss (doing)
8 to push, to apply pressure from above, to stamp (i.e. a passport), to press (someone for something)
9 なが to drain, to float (e.g. logs down a river), to wash away, to broadcast
10 かえ to repeat
11 しる to write down, to mention, to inscribe, to remember
12 わた to announce
13 わた to ferry across (e.g. a river), to lay across, to hand over
14 たす to satisfy (conditions, one’s appetite, etc.), to fill (e.g. a cup)
15 らす to run out of, to be out of (e.g. breath)
16 to emboss, to print out, to work out (e.g. policy)
17 to take one’s leave, to resign (from), to decline
18 かく to hide
19 見直みなお to look at again, to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.), to get a better opinion of, to improve
20 to jump out, to appear (suddenly), to butt in, to run away (e.g. from home)
21 かす to make (the best) use of, to let live, to revive, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
22 to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.)
23 なやます to afflict
24 うつ to change, to change the object of one’s interest or focus, to spend or take time, to infect
25 こす to raise, to wake, to cause, to start, to fall ill with
26 のこ to leave behind
27 まか to entrust (to someone)
28 きほぐす to disentangle, to relax
29 はず to remove, to drop (e.g. from a team), to leave (e.g. one’s seat), to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
30 わす to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.), to intersect, … with one another
31 ざす to shut, to block (a street, entrance, etc.), to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.), to consume (with negative feelings)
32 まわ to turn, to pass around, to move (someone or something to where its needed), to turn (to a new use)
33 おも to recall
34 よろこばす to delight
35 まわ to wield, to display (one’s knowledge), to abuse (one’s power), to manipulate someone
36 うつ to project, to portray, to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
37 おどろかす to surprise
38 to put on the market, to become popular
39 さが to search for, to search (a house, pocket, etc.)
40 しめ to indicate
41 くつがえ to overturn, to overthrow (government etc.), to reverse (decision etc.)
42 もよお to hold (an event), to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.)
43 おか to invade, to infringe, to harm
44 とす to drop, to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.), to lose (a match), to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice), to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin)
45 手渡てわた to hand over
46 to move (house)
47 ため to try (out)
48 うごかす to move, to inspire, to change, to operate
49 かえ to return (something), to turn over, to pay back, to respond (with)
50 はげます to encourage, to raise (one’s voice)
51 おどかす to threaten, to startle
52 るがす to shake
53 ざす to come from
54 ふくらます to swell
55 わす to mix together
56 こわ to break, to wreck
57 ゆずわた to hand over
58 to calculate, to deduce
59 らす to abate
60 to pierce, to sting, to sew, to pole (a boat)
61 とお to stick through, to spread throughout, to make a path between two points, to proceed in a logical manner
62 to slip out, to break into the lead, to begin to fall out (e.g. hair), to break out (of a loop)
63 to air, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc.
64 にぎらす to let (someone) take hold of your hand
65 わた to deliver
66 to have more wins than losses, to take the lead (in points, goals, etc. during a match)
67 おど to threaten
68 もう to say, to do
69 to create, to invent, to give birth to
70 はな to talk, to tell, to speak (a language)
71 見放みはな to abandon
72 たく to entrust (someone) with, to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.), to use (something) to express (one’s feelings, opinion, etc.), to use as a pretext
73 to recommend, to infer (from), to think (something) through
74 らす to lay waste, to invade, to troll (e.g. web forums)
75 ほどこ to give (time, money, goods), to do, to apply (processing, makeup, etc.), to sow, to spread far and wide
76 to steam (food, towel, etc.), to be hot and humid
77 to expel
78 たお to throw down, to kill, to overthrow, to leave unpaid
79 はし to begin to run
80 おもこす to recall
81 たす to keep (a person) waiting
82 to cancel
83 かす to boil, to excite, to melt (metal)
84 もど to put back, to vomit, to recover (of a market price)
85 to pull out, to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable), to withdraw (money), to bring out (talent, potential, beauty, flavour, etc.), to get (money) out of someone
86 to take out, to mention something
87 to throw down, to abandon, to give freely, to start to throw
88 to shut out
89 to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.), to invoke (e.g. a subroutine)
90 いた to do
91 やす to cool (from room temperature), to calm down, to be frightened (at)
92 まどわす to bewilder, to tempt
93 うつ to transcribe, to describe, to film
94 to spout out, to sprout, to burst into laughter, to blow (smoke, etc.)
95 to draw (a thread), to head out as a group, to send out one after another, to lunge
96 もど to send back
97 かす to dissolve, to melt
98 はな to cut off (from)
99 しつぶす to squash
100 まよわす to puzzle