Japanese–English dictionary

手続き

A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end. · tetsuzuki

手続き上

(legal) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure. · tetsuzukijō

手綱

(equestrian) The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins. · tazuna

手芸

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

手術

(countable, medicine) A surgical procedure. · shujutsu

手術室

A room in a hospital used for performing surgical operations. · shujutsushitsu

手袋

(clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers. · tebukuro

手話

(uncountable) Sign language in general. · shuwa

手足

A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). · teashi

手車

A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.) · teguruma

手軽

Easy to use, useful. · tegaru

手近

Nearby, within reach. · tejika

手錠

A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge. · tejō

手長猿

A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch. · tenagazaru

手間賃

The cost of an action or deed. · temachin

手鞄

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

手順

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

手風琴

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds). · tefuukin

手首

(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense. · tekubi

才

Having existed or lived for the specified time. · sai

才略

(uncountable) The quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how best to act; (countable, archaic) an instance of this. · sairyaku

才能

(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude. [First attested in the early 17th century.] · sainō

才能のある

Endowed with one or more talents.

才覚

A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. [from 1580] · saikaku

打ち上げる

(intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb). · uchiageru

打ち上げ花火

A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft. [from 20th c.] · uchiagehanabi

打ち切り

The process of terminating or the state of being terminated. · uchikiri

打ち切る

(transitive, figurative) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel. · uchikiru

打ち勝つ

To overcome an abstract obstacle. · uchikatsu

打ち壊し

The act of ruining or wrecking. · uchikowashi

打ち壊す

To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil. · uchikowasu

打ち明け話

Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret. · uchiakebanashi

打ち消し

(logic) The negation in logic. · uchikeshi

打ち消す

(transitive) To assert that something is not true. · uchikesu

打ち砕く

(transitive) To break (something brittle) violently. · uchikudaku

打ち立てる

To start (an institution or organization). · uchitateru

打ち負かす

(transitive, slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively. · uchimakasu

打ち込む

(transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on. · uchikomu

打ち首

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head. · uchikubi

打つ

(transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile. · utsu

打つかる

(intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.

打っ潰す

(figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy. · buttsubusu

打倒

Expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against a person, organization, practice, belief, etc., typically in a public protest. · datō

打破

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.] · daha

打者

(baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat. · dasha

打電する

To use a telegraph, send a message by telegraph.

打順

(cricket, baseball, softball) The sequence in which a side's batsmen go in to bat. · dajun

払い忘れる

To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

払い戻し

An amount of money returned. · haraimodoshi

払い戻す

(figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge. · haraimodosu

払う

(ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. · harau

托鉢僧

(Hinduism, more, _, loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic. · takuhatsusō

扱き

(US, Philippines) An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military. · shigoki

扱く

(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm. · shigoku

扶養

Financial or other help. · fuyō

扶養家族

A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support. · fuyōkazoku

扶養料

(legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person. · fuyōryō

扶養者

The primary income-earner in a household. · fuyōsha

扶養親族

A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support. · fuyōshinzoku

批准

(transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just. · hijun

批判

To find fault (with something). · hihan

批判を許さない

(figurative) Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.

批判的

Inclined to find fault or criticize. · hihanteki

批判的思考

The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues. · hihantekishikō

批評

(uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed · hihyō

批評家

(countable) A person who appraises the works of others. · hihyōka

承知

The act of acknowledging · shōchi

承認

(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in. · shōnin

承諾

(law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner. · shōdaku

技

A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. · waza

技巧

A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. · gikō

技師

Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally) , a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so. · gishi

技能

(Often in the plural) : An ability, power, or skill. · ginō

技術

A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. · gijutsu

技術経営

(business) management of technology.

技術者

Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally) , a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so. · gijutsusha

技量

(uncountable) Skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency. · giryō

抑える

(transitive) To keep in, hold back, or repress (something). · osaeru

抑え投手

(baseball) A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game.

抑制

(urology) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces). · yokusei

抑圧

The act of repressing; state of being repressed. · yokuatsu

抑圧的

Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.

抑揚

(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking. · yokuyō

抑止

(transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage. · yokushi

抑止力

Something that deters. · yokushiryoku

抑止力となる

Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.

抑留

(uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained. · yokuryuu

抓る

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. · tsuneru

投げ

The flight of a thrown object. · nage

投げる

To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide. · nageru

投げ槍

A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon. · nageyari

投じる

To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide. · tōjiru

投入する

To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.

投影機

An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. [from 19th c.] · tōeiki

投手

(baseball, softball) The player who delivers the ball to the batter. · tōshu

投機

A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. · tōki

投機家

(business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns. · tōkika

投獄

(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will. · tōgoku

投球

(baseball) A thrown pitch. · tōkyuu

投球法

(baseball) A pitching motion.

投石器

A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects. · tōsekiki

投石機

A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects. · tōsekiki

投票

The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting. · tōhyō

投票する

(intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.

投票用紙

(originally) A small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote. · tōhyōyōshi

投票者

Someone who votes. · tōhyōsha

投資

To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain. · tōshi

投資家

A person who invests money in order to make a profit. · tōshika

投降

The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand. · tōkō

投降する

(intransitive, or, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.

抗う

(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority. · aragau

抗ウィルス

(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses. · kōuirusu

抗うつ

(pharmaceutical effect) Preventing or counteracting depression. · kōutsu

抗うつ剤

(pharmaceutical drug) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression. · kōutsuzai

抗うつ薬

(pharmaceutical drug) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression. · kōutsuyaku

抗えない

Impossible to resist.

抗ヒスタミン剤

(pharmaceutical drug) A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies. · kōhisutaminzai

抗ヒスタミン薬

(pharmaceutical drug) A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies. · kōhisutamin'yaku

抗体

(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen. · kōtai

抗生物質

(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system. · kōseibusshitsu

抗菌性

(pharmaceutical effect) Killing or inhibiting bacteria. · kōkinsei

抗菌薬

(pharmaceutical drug) A drug having the effect of killing or inhibiting bacteria. · kōkin'yaku

抗議

A formal objection, especially one by a group. · kōgi

抗議者

(legal) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

折り合い

The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions. · oriai

折り畳

Designed to fold

折り紙

(uncountable, art) The Japanese art of paper folding. · origami

折る

The action of folding; a fold. · oru

折れる

(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack. · oreru

折節

(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each. · orifushi

折紙

(uncountable, art) The Japanese art of paper folding. · origami

折衝

(intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement. · sesshō

折衷

The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions. · setchuu

抜かす

To leave out or omit (something). · nukasu

抜け替わり

The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.

抜け替わる

(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one. · nukekawaru

抜け目

Artful, tricky or cunning. · nukeme

抜け目のない

Quickly and critically discerning. · nukemenonai

抜け道

(figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect. · nukemichi

抜本的

Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter. · bapponteki

抜歯する

(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

披露宴

A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone. · hirōen

抱きしめ

A hug or other affectionate grasp.

抱き枕

A long body-length pillow that can be held or wrapped around one's body while sleeping. · dakimakura

抱く

(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. · idaku

抱擁

An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug. · hōyō

抵当

(finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. · teitō

抵当権

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered. · teitōken

抵抗

(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of. · teikō

抵抗する

to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of