Japanese–English dictionary

成分

One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food. · seibun

成功

The achievement of one's aim or goal. [from 16th c.] · seikō

成功する

(intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).

成功報酬

(finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification. · seikōhōshuu

成層圏

(meteorology) The region of the uppermost atmosphere where the temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone. · seisōken

成文化

The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws. · seibunka

成果

The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment. · seika

成熟

The process of becoming mature. · seijuku

成立

(countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin. · seiritsu

成績

The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment. · seiseki

成長

(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. · seichō

成長率

The relative speed of change or progress. [from 18th c.] · seichōritsu

我

Belonging to me. · waga

我々

(colloquial, may seem patronising) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given. · wareware

我が

Belonging to me. · waga

我が儘

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. · wagamama

我ら

(colloquial, may seem patronising) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given. · warera

我利勉

(slang, British) One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck. · gariben

我慢

The quality of being patient. · gaman

我慢強い

(of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting. · gamanzuyoi

我武者羅

A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention. [from 1794] · gamushara

我発見せり

An exclamation indicating a sudden discovery.

戒

(archaic, or, jocular) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict. · kai

戒厳令

Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time. · kaigenrei

戒律

(archaic, or, jocular) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict. · kairitsu

或る人

Some unspecified person. · aruhito

戦

(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement. · ikusa

戦い

(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement. · tatakai

戦う

(intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight · tatakau

戦乙女

(Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla. · ikusaotome

戦乱

engaged in war; belligerent · senran

戦争

(intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe). · sensō

戦争を遂行する

(intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).

戦争中

engaged in war; belligerent

戦争好き

Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.

戦利品

(military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. · senrihin

戦前

Of the time period prior to a war. · senzen

戦友

comrade in arms (fellow combatant or soldier) · sen'yuu

戦地

A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield. · senchi

戦域

A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war. · sen'iki

戦場

The area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field. · senjō

戦士

A warrior; a fighting soldier. · senshi

戦役

A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal. · sen'eki

戦後の

Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.

戦意

(uncountable) The will or ability to fight. · sen'i

戦時

(often, attributive) A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place. · senji

戦歴

(figuratively) A course of development, such as that of a war or career. · senreki

戦法

A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end. · senpō

戦略

(uncountable) The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare. · senryaku

戦略家

A person who devises strategies. · senryakuka

戦線

(military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact. · sensen

戦艦

(military, watercraft, chiefly, historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship. · senkan

戦術

(uncountable) The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare. · senjutsu

戦車

A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare. · sensha

戦闘

(military) Combat. · sentō

戦闘員

A person engaged in combat, often armed. · sentōin

戦隊

A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. · sentai

戯け者

(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence. · odokemono

戯れる

(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.] · tawamureru

戯曲

(countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors. · gikyoku

戯画

Having the characteristics of a caricature, grotesque. · giga

戴冠

(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty. · taikan

戴冠式

(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty. · taikanshiki

戸

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key. · to

戸口

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key. · toguchi

戸外

Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. [from 18th c.] · kogai

戻す

(transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner. · modosu

戻り

(not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place. · modori

戻り値

(computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure. · modorichi

戻る

(nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere. · modoru

房

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together. · fusa

所

A location or position in space. · tokoro

所在

(with a possessive) A location; where something is situated. · shozai

所属

(followed by to) To be a part of a group. · shozoku

所属の

(botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.

所得

Wages, money earned, income. · shotoku

所持

To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own. · shoji

所持する

(transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

所有

(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset. · shoyuu

所有地

A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land. · shoyuuchi

所有権

The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing. · shoyuuken

所有物

Something that is owned. · shoyuubutsu

所有者

One who owns something. · shoyuusha

所有者団体

One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner.

所有証

(property law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.

所見

A remark or comment. · shoken

所詮

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point. · shosen

所長

An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden. · shochō

扁平

Having no variations in height. · henpei

扁平足

A person having the above condition. · henpeisoku

扁桃

Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: · hentō

扁桃体

(neuroanatomy) Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans. · hentōtai

扁桃核

(neuroanatomy) Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.

扁桃腺

(anatomy, immunology) Ellipsis of palatine tonsil. · hentōsen

扁豆

Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. · hiramame

扇

Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail. · ōgi

扇ぐ

(transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action. · aogu

扇動

(pejorative) A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument. · sendō

扇動者

One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers. · sendōsha

扇子

A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. · sensu

扇風機

An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc. · senpuuki

扉

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key. · tobira

手

The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. · te

手がかり

(figuratively) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase. · tegakari

手すり

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. · tesuri

手に入る

Readily obtainable. · tenihairu

手に入れる

(intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit. · teniireru

手に負えない

(chiefly, US, informal) Boisterous, energetic, noisy, and difficult to control. · tenioenai

手に顔を埋める

To bring the palm of one’s hand to one’s face as an expression of mixed humor and disbelief, disgust or shame; for example, when one is caught off-guard with a particularly bad pun.

手のひら

The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. · tenohira

手のひらに隠す

To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g., for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.

手を叩く

(intransitive) To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound. · teotataku

手を引く

(figuratively) To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with. [with of ‘something’] · teohiku

手伝い

Aid; help; the act or result of assisting. · tetsudai

手伝う

(transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something). · tetsudau

手写本

A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.

手前

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. · temae

手助け

Aid; help; the act or result of assisting. · tedasuke

手動

(of an activity) Performed with the hands. · shudō

手口

A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism. · teguchi

手合わせ

The act of one who spars. · teawase

手品

(countable) A magician’s trick. · tejina

手堅い

Complete, solid, or secure. · tegatai

手工芸

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft. · shukōgei

手工芸品

An artifact produced by handicraft. · shukōgeihin

手帖

A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand. · techō

手帳

A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand. · techō

手引き

A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook. · tebiki

手当

(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme. · teate

手押し車

A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads. · teoshiguruma

手拍子

The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together. · tebyōshi

手掛かり

Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. · tegakari

手提げバッグ

(now, rare) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job. [from 19th c.] · tesagebaggu

手提げ鞄

(now, rare) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job. [from 19th c.] · tesagekaban

手摺

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. · tesuri

手放す

(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)] · tebanasu

手数を掛ける

(reflexive, or, intransitive) To take pains (to do something); to bother. · tesuuokakeru

手数料

A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction. · tesuuryō

手書き

Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced. · tegaki

手書き原稿

A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.

手札

A small card with a person's name and professional information (such as occupation, business phone number, e-mail address, etc.). · tefuda

手榴弾

A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket. · shuryuudan

手歯止め

Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.

手段

before an infinitive: As a means of achieving the specified end; to. · shudan

手法

(loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field. · shuhō

手渡す

To bring or transport something to its destination. · tewatasu

手漕ぎ舟

(US) A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing).

手短

Brief, yet including all important information. · temijika

手筒

(broad) A handgun [1570s]

手紙

A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note. · tegami