Japanese–English dictionary

根無葛

Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it is now placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

根石

A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based. · neishi

根絶

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

格上げ

(transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate. · kakuage

格下げ

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470] · kakusage

格付け

One’s relative placement in a list. · kakuzuke

格変化

(grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive. · kakuhenka

格好いい

(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others. · kakkoii

格好悪い

Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. · kakkowarui

格子

A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle. · kōshi

格子模様

Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.

格納庫

A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept. · kakunōko

格言

A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. · kakugen

格闘

To grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat. · kakutō

栽培

To grow plants, notably crops. · saibai

栽培所

A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers. · saibaijo

栽培面積

An area of land measured in acres.

桁

A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure. · keta

桁外れ

(not comparable, mathematics) Impossible to calculate. · ketahazure

桂

An evergreen tree (Cinnamomum cassia) originating in southern China, and widely cultivated for its aromatic bark, which is used to produce cinnamon. · katsura

桂馬

(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces. · keima

桃

(uncountable) A light yellow-red colour. · momo

桃色

(uncountable) A light yellow-red colour. · momoiro

案

A systematic plan of future action. [from 18th c.] · an

案内

The act or process of guiding. · annai

案内する

(horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.

案内人

Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain. · annainin

案内役

Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain. · annaiyaku

案内書

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

案山子

An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. [from 1530s] · kakashi

桑

(countable) The fruit of this tree. · kuwa

桑の実色

(countable) The fruit of this tree.

桑色

(countable) The fruit of this tree. · kuwairo

桕

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

桜

The wood of a cherry tree. · sakura

桜ん坊

The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans. · sakuranbo

桜草

A flowering plant of the genus Primula. · sakurasō

桟敷

The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium. · sajiki

桟橋

A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty. · sanbashi

桴

A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.] · bachi

桶

A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.) · oke

桶屋

A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs. · okeya

桿体

A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft. · kantai

桿菌

Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease. · kankin

梁

A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure. · hari

梁漁

A fence placed across a river to catch fish.

梃

A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. · teko

梃子

A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button). · teko

梅

Japanese apricot, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume. · ume

梅毒

(disease) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. · baidoku

梗塞

(pathology) An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis. · kōsoku

梗概

(authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work. · kōgai

梟

A Eurasian species of owl, Strix uralensis · fukurō

梢

The crown or uppermost branches of a tree. · kozue

梨

A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis). · nashi

梭

(weaving) A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom. · hi

梭子魚

Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators. · kamasu

梱包

(uncountable, archaic) The act of packing something. · konpō

梵天

(Hindu god) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. · bonten

梵語

A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism. · bongo

梶木

Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw. · kajiki

棄てる

(transitive) To throw away, to reject. · suteru

棄却

The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid. · kikyaku

棄権

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] · kiken

棍棒

A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end. · konbō

棒

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length. · bō

棘

A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators. [from early 17th c.] · odoro

棚

(countable, especially, _, in, _, Ireland, _) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard). · tana

棚上げにする

(chiefly, US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something). [from 19th c.]

森

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods. · mori

森林

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods. · shinrin

森林公園

A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes. · shinrinkōen

森林火災

A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland. · shinrinkasai

森羅万象

Everything under consideration. · shinrabanshō

棹

(music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted · sao

棺

A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. · kan

棺桶

A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. · kan'oke

椅子

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. · isu

椈

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches. · buna

椋鳥

A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds. · mukudori

植える

(ambitransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow. · ueru

植え替え

The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location. · uekae

植民地

A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters. · shokuminchi

植民地主義

The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance. · shokuminchishugi

植民地化

The process of establishing a colony. · shokuminchika

植物

(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree. · shokubutsu

植物〜

Of or relating to vegetables. · shokubutsu

植物の

Of or relating to vegetables.

植物人間

(countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage. · shokubutsuningen

植物学

(uncountable) A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants. · shokubutsugaku

植物学者

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants. · shokubutsugakusha

植物生態

The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.

植物相

Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc. · shokubutsusō

植物誌

A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc. · shokubutsushi

植生

(uncountable) Plants, taken collectively. · shokusei

椎骨

(skeleton) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord. · tsuikotsu

検事

A prosecuting attorney. · kenji

検出する

To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.

検問所

A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection. · kenmonjo

検察

(legal) In many countries, a legal body and institution, usually part of the state apparatus, empowered to perform prosecution. Prosecutor's Office. See Prosecutor. · kensatsu

検察官

(law) A person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding. · kensatsukan

検挙

(legal) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc. · kenkyo

検査

An inspection or examination. · kensa

検査員

A person employed to inspect something. · kensain

検死

A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death. · kenshi

検死官

(Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, legal) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove. · kenshikan

検眼士

A person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment. · kenganshi

検索

An Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine. · kensaku

検索表

(taxonomy) A key; an identification guide; a series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon. · kensakuhyō

検証

(mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem. · kenshō

検閲

The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated. · ken'etsu

検閲する

To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).

検閲官

An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media. · ken'etsukan

椰子の実

A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. · yashinomi

椿

Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant. · tsubaki

楊子

A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth. · yōji

楊枝

A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth. · yōji

楓

A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds. · kaede

楔

One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering. · kusabi

楕円形

An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse. · daenkei

楡

(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers. · nire

楢

(uncountable) The wood of the oak. · nara

業

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth. · gyō

業務

(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade. · gyōmu

業火

(uncountable) The fire of Hell. · gōka

業界

(countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade. · gyōkai

業界用語

(uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject. · gyōkaiyōgo

業績

The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment. · gyōseki

楯突く

(transitive) To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. · tatetsuku

極光

An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively. · kyokkō

極印

An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals. · gokuin

極大

To the highest degree. · kyokudai

極小

To the lowest degree. · kyokushō

極度

In the greatest or highest degree; intense. · kyokudo

極楽

(slang) The upper gallery in a theatre. · gokuraku

極端

Excessive, or far beyond the norm. · kyokutan

極端主義

Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.

極道

Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully. · gokudō

極限

The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition. · kyokugen

楽

(of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed. · raku

楽しい

Pleasant, capable of giving pleasure. · tanoshii

楽しく

In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.

楽しげ

Noticeably happy and optimistic. · tanoshige

楽しみ

(uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything. · tanoshimi

楽しむ

(transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something. · tanoshimu

楽句

(music) A small section of music in a larger piece. · gakku

楽器

A device used to produce music. · gakki

楽団

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist. · gakudan

楽園

(figuratively) A very pleasant place, such as a place full of lush vegetation. · rakuen

楽天主義

a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome · rakutenshugi