Japanese–English dictionary

掩蔽

(transitive, astronomy) To cover or hide from view. · enpei

掩蔽壕

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

措置

(in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans. [from 17th c.] · sochi

掲げる

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. · kakageru

掲示板

(telecommunications, Internet) Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service. · keijiban

掴む

To grip or grasp tightly. [from 17th c.] · tsukamu

掻き乱す

(transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake. [from 16th c.] · kakimidasu

掻き混ぜる

(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it. · kakimazeru

揃え

(typography) Of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned, with the space between words adjusted as necessary. Also called fully justified to contrast with left-justified and right-justified. · soroe

揉み上げ

Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin. · momiage

揉み合う

Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner. · momiau

揉める

(intransitive) To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief. · momeru

揉め事

A distressing or dangerous situation. · momegoto

描く

To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.] · egaku

描写

(transitive) To represent in words. · byōsha

描写的

Drawn, pictorial.

提供

A proposal that has been made. · teikyō

提出する

(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.

提携

(intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association. · teikei

提携者

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.

提案

(countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting. · teian

提案する

(transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).

提案書

(legal) The offer by a party of what they have in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract. · teiansho

提琴

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow. · teikin

提督

(military) The appointed commander of a navy, regardless of formal title. [1440] · teitoku

提示部

(music) The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue. · teijibu

提議

(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration. · teigi

提起

(transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office. · teiki

揚げ足を取る

(intransitive, idiom, often followed by with) To criticize something excessively. · ageashiotoru

揚子江

The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km. · yōsukō

揚州

A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.

換喩

(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object. · kan'yu

換喩法

(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.

換気

The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh. · kanki

握り

Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice. · nigiri

握り寿司

Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice. · nigirizushi

握り締める

(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp. · nigirishimeru

握る

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

握手

The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement. · akushu

揮発

(ergative) To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state. · kihatsu

揮発性

(physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions. · kihatsusei

揮発油

(uncountable, North America) A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol. · kihatsuyu

援兵

(in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action. · enpei

援助

(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief. · enjo

揶揄う

To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt. · karakau

揺さぶる

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

揺さ振る

(transitive) To shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle. · yusaburu

揺する

(transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. · yusuru

揺らす

(transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. · yurasu

揺らめく

(intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light. · yurameku

揺り籠

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. · yurikago

揺るぎない

Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree. [first attested around 1400] · yuruginai

揺れ

A shake, quiver, or vibration. · yure

揺れる

(transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval. · yureru

揺籃

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. · yōran

損

The quality of being a competitive disadvantage. · son

損なう

(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction. · sokonau

損傷

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact. · sonshō

損失

(slang) Cost or expense. · sonshitsu

損害

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact. · songai

損益

(financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance. · son'eki

搭乗

The act of people getting aboard a ship aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation. · tōjō

搭乗口

A passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark. · tōjōguchi

携帯情報端末

(computing theory) Initialism of pushdown automaton. · keitaijōhōtanmatsu

携帯電話

(US, NZ, AU, Philippines, informal) A cellular phone. · keitaidenwa

携挙

(Christianity) In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ. · keikyo

搾る

(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once. · shiboru

搾取者

One who exploits.

摂動

(countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies · setsudō

摂取

(transitive) To eat. · sesshu

摂政

A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule. · sesshō

摂氏

Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to 1⁄273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero. · sesshi

摘む

To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground. · tsumamu

摩する

To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing. · masuru

摩天楼

(architecture) A very tall building with a large number of floors. [from 1880s] · matenrō

摩擦

Injury or wear caused by friction. · masatsu

摩擦音

(phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. · masatsuon

摩訶薩

A "great bodhisattva", one explicitly defined by their devotion to salvation of all beings through bodhicitta.

撃つ

(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal. · utsu

撃破する

To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.

撃退

(transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully. · gekitai

撒き餌

(fishing, chiefly, North America) A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks. · makie

撒く

(transitive) To deliver or pass out. · maku

撞着語法

(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect. · dōchakugohō

撤回

(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. · tekkai

撤廃

The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation. [First attested around the early 16th century.] · teppai

撤退

The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant. · tettai

撥ね付ける

(transitive) To reject, turn down. · hanetsukeru

撫でる

To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing. · naderu

撫子

A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers. [from 17th c.] · nadeshiko

播く

(transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling. · maku

撮る

(transitive, dated) To make a picture, photograph, etc. of (a person, scene, etc.). · toru

撮影

(film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography · satsuei

撮影する

(transitive, intransitive) To take a photograph (of).

撮影所

A company or organization that makes films, records or other artistic works. · satsueijo

撮影技師

Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.

撮影監督

(cinematography) A photographer who oversees the operations of the cameras and lighting when making a film. The cinematographer may also double as the camera operator of the movie camera, though this is usually done by a cameraman. The film director may also double as the cinematographer, though this is usually a different person. · satsueikantoku

撮影者

(photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation. · satsueisha

撲滅

To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate. · bokumetsu

撹乳器

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter. · kakunyuuki

撹拌

The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.) · kakuhan

擁する

To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. · yōsuru

擁護

The act of vindicating or the state of being vindicated. · yōgo

擁護しようとしやすい

Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover. [from 14th c.]

擁護者

(botany) A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size. · yōgosha

擂り鉢

(countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle. · suribachi

擂粉木

A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things. · surikogi

操り人形

Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove. · ayatsuriningyō

操る

(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. · ayatsuru

操作

(uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function. · sōsa

操作的

(pejorative) Reaching one's goals at the expense of other people by using them. · sōsateki

操作者

(informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods. · sōsasha

操縦席

The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled. [from 20th c.] · sōjuuseki

操縦桿

(aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.) · sōjuukan

擢んでる

Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.] · nukinderu

擦り傷

A light abrasion; a slight scratch. · surikizu

擦り切れる

To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use. · surikireru

擦る

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction. · suru

擦過傷

Injury or wear caused by friction. · sakkashō

擬

False; not genuine; fake. · modoki

擬人化

The attribution of human characteristics and behavior to something not human. [from mid-18th c.] · gijinka

擬声

(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.

擬声語

(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents. · giseigo

擬態語

(part of speech) A word that uses sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement. · gitaigo

擬音

(uncountable, US) The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images. · gion

擬音語

(part of speech) A word that uses sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement. · giongo

擲弾

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

擽る

(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching. · kusuguru

攀じ登る

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion. · yojinoboru

攣縮

(biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth. · renshuku

攪拌

An implement for shaking or mixing. · kakuhan

攫う

(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.] · sarau

支え

(sometimes, attributive) Something which supports. · sasae

支える

(transitive) To help keep from falling. · sasaeru

支出

(uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay. · shishutsu

支局

A location of an organization with several locations. · shikyoku

支店

(countable) A branch office of such an institution. · shiten

支度

(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready. · shitaku

支払い

(uncountable) The act of paying. · shiharai

支払う

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

支払不能

(finance) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay their debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business. · shiharaifunō

支払人

One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.

支払猶予期間

(uncountable, finance) An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which he or she is free of at least part of his normal obligations towards the creditor.

支持

(transitive) To encourage support for something. · shiji

支持する

(transitive) To help keep from falling.

支持者

(literally) One who follows, comes after another. · shijisha

支援

(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief. · shien

支流

(hydrology) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water. · shiryuu

支点

(mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots. · shiten

支社

A location of an organization with several locations. · shisha