Common Words by Reading

63.7%
yellow
yellow
yellow ②high-pitched (voice)
illustrated storybook with yellow covers (Edo period)
yellow flower ②chrysanthemum ③rapeseed flowers
yellow chrysanthemum
yellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)
オウ
30.2%
gold (Au) ②golden ③money (esp. ōban coin)
golden ratio (approx. 1.6180339887)
orpiment ②gamboge ③falsification
loess ②yellow ochre ③Hades
goldthread (Coptis japonica)
fifth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and central)
コウ
4.9%
underground spring ②Hades
Yellow river (in China)
Yellow Turban Rebellion (China; 184 CE)
yellow sand ②loess ③desert
ripening and turning yellow
yellow soil ②Hades
yellow flag (esp. in motorsport)
Yellow Peril (alleged threat to Western civilization posed by East Asians) ②harm caused by dumping human waste from train toilets onto the track
spring of yellow buds
dust (in air)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone) ②black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
こ-
1.1%
gold ②gold coin ③gold color
millet dough cake
sweet potato variety (often used in shōchū brewing)
Others
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
bright yellow (the color of amur corktree bark)
ōshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)