Japanese–English dictionary

振り込む

(transitive) To put money or funds into an account. · furikomu

振る

(transitive) To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love. · furu

振る舞い

(countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally. · furumai

振る舞う

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation. · furumau

振れる

(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. · fureru

振付師

A person who choreographs. · furitsukeshi

振動

(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm. · shindō

振動させる

(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.

振戦

(medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions. · shinsen

振替

(computing) An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction). · furikae

振舞い

(countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally. · furumai

振顫

(medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions. · shinsen

挽く

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. · hiku

挽肉

(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat. · hikiniku

挿入

(transitive) To put in between or into. · sōnyuu

挿話

An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events. · sōwa

捉える

(transitive) To reproduce convincingly. · toraeru

捌け口

Something which allows for the release of one's desires. · sabakeguchi

捏ねる

(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc. · koneru

捏造

(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely. · netsuzō

捕える

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.] · toraeru

捕まえる

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.] · tsukamaeru

捕らえる

(transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.] · toraeru

捕らえ難い

Of an argument or concept, words, etc.: requiring one to distinguish between fine points, especially if it is difficult to do so; nice; also (generally) , difficult to grasp; not easily understood or obvious.

捕る

(transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium). [from 16thc.] · toru

捕手

(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher. · hoshu

捕捉

(legal) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. · hosoku

捕方

(UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers. · torikata

捕獲

The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction. · hokaku

捕獲物

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

捕虜

One who is imprisoned or otherwise confined. · horyo

捕食

(zoology) The preying of one animal on others. · hoshoku

捕鯨

The practice of hunting whales. · hogei

捜査員

One who investigates. · sōsain

捜索

(obsolete) A group of people conducting a search or inquiry. · sōsaku

捧げる

(transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. · sasageru

捨てる

(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.] · suteru

捨て札

A discarded playing card in a card game. · sutefuda

捩れ

An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone. · nejire

据える

(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. · sueru

捻る

To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force. · hineru

捻挫

The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining · nenza

捻挫する

To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation

掃く

(transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. · haku

掃引

(intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke. · sōin

掃除

(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object. · sōji

掃除婦

(chiefly, British) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages. · sōjifu

授与

(law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government. · juyo

授乳

(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse. · junyuu

授業

A series of lessons covering a single subject. · jugyō

授業料

(North American, Philippines) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college). · jugyōryō

授精

The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant). · jusei

掌

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

掌院

(Eastern Orthodoxy) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.

掏る

(transitive) To pick pockets; to steal. · suru

掏摸

One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand. · suri

排便

The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels. · haiben

排出

(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy). · haishutsu

排出腔

(anatomy, zoology) The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, marsupials and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.

排卵

(physiology) The release of an ovum from an ovary. · hairan

排反

(logic, probability theory) Describing multiple events or propositions such that the occurrence of any one implies the nonoccurrence of all other events or propositions. Boolean function of NOR logic gate · haihan

排外主義

(pejorative) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism. · haigaishugi

排斥

To avoid. · haiseki

排水

Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products. · haisui

排水溝

A ditch along the side of a road. · haisuikō

排水管

A verticle pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout. · haisuikan

排泄

The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting. · haisetsu

排泄する

(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.

排球

(countable) The inflated ball used in such a game. · haikyuu

排除

The act of expelling or the state of being expelled. · haijo

掘っ立て小屋

A crude, roughly built hut or cabin. · hottategoya

掘り出し物

(slang, figurative) A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it. · horidashimono

掘り出す

(transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. · horidasu

掘り起こす

(transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. · horiokosu

掘る

(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way. · horu

掘削機

A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.Excavator · kussakuki

掘鼠

A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers). · horinezumi

掛かる

(transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price. · kakaru

掛け

A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread). · kake

掛ける

To hold very tightly, as to not fall off. · kakeru

掛け布団

A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted. · kakebuton

掛け算

(countable, arithmetic) A calculation involving multiplication. · kakezan

掛け軸

(architectural element) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern. · kakejiku

掛け金

A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side. · kakekin

掛け釘

A protrusion used to hang things on. · kakekugi

掛物

(countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters). · kakemono

掟

Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject. · okite

採点

(Canada, UK) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.). · saiten

採用する

To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.

採石場

(mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate. · saisekijō

採鉱

The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth. · saikō

採餌

The act of searching for food or other items. · saiji

探し回る

(transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. · sagashimawaru

探す

(ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for). · sagasu

探り回す

(transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something

探る

(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery. · saguru

探偵

(law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator. · tantei

探子

(medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.

探査機

(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. [from 20th c.] · tansaki

探検

(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically. · tanken

探検家

One who explores something · tankenka

探求

A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission. · tankyuu

探究

The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning. · tankyuu

探索

A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission. · tansaku

探針

(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. [from 20th c.] · tanshin

探鉱者

A person who explores or prospects an area in search of mineral deposits, such as gold.

接ぎ穂

(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense. · tsugiho

接ぐ

(transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon. · tsugu

接合

(countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected. · setsugō

接合子

(cytology, also, attributive) A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes during a fertilization process. [from late 19th c.] · setsugōshi

接吻

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting. · seppun

接地

(British) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner. · setchi

接地する

(UK, transitive) To connect electrically to the earth.

接地面

The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction. [from 1900s] · setchimen

接尾語

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning. · setsubigo

接尾辞

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning. · setsubiji

接待

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

接点

(electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections. · setten

接眼レンズ

The lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed. · setsuganrenzu

接着剤

a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion · setchakuzai

接着力

The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance. · setchakuryoku

接種

(immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease. · sesshu

接続

The act of joining, or condition of being joined. · setsuzoku

接続曲

(music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17thc.] · setsuzokukyoku

接続詞

(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.) · setsuzokushi

接続駅

(rail transport, countable) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made. · setsuzokueki

接線

(music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound. · sessen

接触

The act of touching physically; being in close association. · sesshoku

接辞

(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix. · setsuji

接近

(also, figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near. · sekkin

接近戦

(especially, military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling. · sekkinsen

接頭語

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc. · settōgo

接頭辞

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc. · settōji

接骨木

A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries. · niwatoko

控え

A reserve or substitute. · hikae

控えている

Next in a sequence.

控えめ

Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. · hikaeme

推力

The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse. · suiryoku

推定

A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something. · suitei

推測

(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess. · suisoku

推測する

(intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.

推移

The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another. · suii

推移的

(set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element a is related to b and b is related to c, then a is necessarily related to c. · suiiteki

推薦

An act of recommending. · suisen

推薦状

A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position. · suisenjō

推論

(uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive. · suiron

推論する

(transitive) To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.

推進力

A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels. · suishinryoku

推進器

A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat. · suishinki

掩体壕

(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks. · entaigō