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All Japanese words, A–Z

次のもの
About to be specified.
次元
(geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates. · jigen
次官
An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet · jikan
次末
(UK, in, _, US, _, usually, formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
次第
Relying upon; depending upon. · shidai
欧州
Related to the European Union. · ōshuu
欧米
The western world; i.e. Western Europe, the US and Canada (sometimes includes Latin America), and Australia and New Zealand. · ōbei
欧米人
A native or inhabitant of the West, of the Western world—Europe and the Americas. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.) · ōbeijin
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions. · yoku
欲しい
(intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish. · hoshii
欲する
To want; to wish for earnestly. · hossuru
欲張り
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely. · yokubari
欲張る
(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously. · yokubaru
欲望
(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something. · yokubō
欺き
Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
欺く
(transitive) To trick or mislead. · azamuku
欺瞞
(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive. · giman
欺騙
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy. · kihen
款待
The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests. · kantai
(music) A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing. · uta
歌う
(intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. · utau
歌劇
(music) A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance. · kageki
歌劇団
A company dedicated to performing such works. · kagekidan
歌唱
The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing. · kashō
歌姫
Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. [from the 19th c.] · utahime
歌手
A person who sings, often professionally. · kashu
歌曲
A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase. · kakyoku
歌舞伎
(often, capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies. · kabuki
歌詞
The words to a song (or other vocal music). · kashi
歌謡
A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas. · kayō
歓楽
That which causes merriment. · kanraku
歓迎
The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception. · kangei
歓迎すべき
Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
止まっている
Not moving.
止まる
Not moving; calm. · tomaru
止む
(formal, intransitive) To stop. · yamu
止める
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.] · tomeru
止め処ない
Unable to be stopped.
止血帯
(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb. · shiketsutai
(mathematics, of a number) Greater than zero. [from the 18th c.] · sei
正しい
To be correct in one's judgment or statement about something. (This entry is a translation hub.) · tadashii
正しく
The definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable... · masashiku
正す
(transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from. · tadasu
正に
The definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable... · masani
正六面体
(geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces. · seirokumentai
正則性
(uncountable) The condition or quality of being regular
正割
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec · seikatsu
正午
(now, rare) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight. · shōgo
正反対
diametrically opposite · seihantai
正史
A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field. · seishi
正味
Remaining after expenses or deductions. · shōmi
正子
Twelve o'clock at night exactly. · shōshi
正字法
(uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word. · seijihō
正常
(set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology. · seijō
正式
In accordance with established forms. · seishiki
正弦
(trigonometry, mathematics) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse. · seigen
正当化
(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence. · seitōka
正念
The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress. · shōnen
正接
(music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound. · seisetsu
正教
(Christianity, loosely) Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East. · seikyō
正教会
The Eastern body of Christendom. · seikyōkai
正方形
Shaped like a square (the polygon). · seihōkei
正書法
(uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word. · seishohō
正気
Reasonable and rational behaviour. · shōki
正球
(cricket, countable) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
正直
The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600] · shōjiki
正直に言うと
(sentence adverb) Frankly, to be honest.
正確
The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness · seikaku
正確な
(sciences, engineering, of data points, strictly) Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value).
正確性
The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness · seikakusei
正統
The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity. · seitō
正統性
The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity. · seitōsei
正義
The state or characteristic of being just or fair. · seigi
正解
Free from error; true; accurate. · seikai
正門
A grandiose and often lavish entrance. · seimon
正面
(programming) An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern. · shōmen
正音学
The study of pronunciation. [1640]
正餐
A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion. · seisan
武人
A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant. · bujin
武勇
(uncountable) Distinguished bravery or courage, especially in battle; heroism. · buyuu
武器
(usually used in the plural) A weapon. · buki
武器を捨てる
(intransitive) To lay down arms; to stand down.
武士
A warrior; a fighting soldier. · bushi
武士道
An ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above life. · bushidō
武者
A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant. · musha
武装
(military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification. · busō
武装解除
(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. · busōkaijo
武闘派
Showing or having the impulse to be combative. · butōha
The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running. · ho
歩き回る
(transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement). · arukimawaru
歩き方
(machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs. · arukikata
歩く
On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal. [from 10th c.] · aruku
歩み寄り
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions. · ayumiyori
歩み板
(rare, obsolete, outside, dialects) A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people. · ayumiita
歩む
(intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely. · ayumu
歩兵
Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne). · hohei
歩哨
A sentry, watch, or guard. · hoshō
歩幅
A step. · hohaba
歩廊
A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon. · horō
歩測
To measure by walking. · hosoku
歩行
. · hokō
歩行者
A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle. · hokōsha
歩行者道
Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
歩道
Any set path or trail to be used by people walking. · hodō
歪み
An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone. · hizumi
歪める
(transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape. · yugameru
歪曲
(figuratively) Injustice, wrong. · waikyoku
A tooth on a gear. · ha
歯ブラシ
A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth. · haburashi
歯列矯正器
(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them. · shiretsukyōseiki
歯医者
A medical doctor who specializes in teeth. · haisha
歯擦音
(phonetics) A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack. · shisatsuon
歯朶
Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations. · shida
歯根
The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place. · shikon
歯痛
(medicine) A pain or ache in a tooth. · shitsuu
歯磨き粉
A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth. · hamigakiko
歯磨剤
A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth. · shimazai
歯科医
A medical doctor who specializes in teeth. · shikai
歯科医師
A medical doctor who specializes in teeth. · shikaishi
歯科補綴学
Prosthetic dentistry: a specialty of dentistry concerned with the restoration or replacement of damaged or missing teeth or portions thereof.
歯肉
(often, in the plural) The flesh around the teeth. · shiniku
歯茎
(phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth. · haguki
歯軋り
(transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger. · hagishiri
歯音
(phonetics, uncommon) Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal. · shion
歯髄
The soft center of a tooth. · shizui
歯齦
(often, in the plural) The flesh around the teeth. · shigin
Having existed or lived for the specified time. · toshi
歳入
All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means. · sainyuu
歴代誌
(book of the bible) A book of the Jewish Tanakh, divided into two Books of Chronicles in the Christian Bible.
歴史
The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory). · rekishi
歴史修正主義者
A proponent of revisionism.
歴史家
A writer of history. · rekishika
歴史的
(uncommon) Synonym of historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians. · rekishiteki
歴青
A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch. · rekisei
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. · shi
死すべき
Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. [from 14th c.] · shisubeki
死なない
Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
死にかけている
Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
死にそうな
Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
死に神
(Japanese mythology) A deity and/or personification of death. · shinigami
死に絶える
(idiomatic) To become extinct. · shinitaeru
死ぬ
(transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision. · shinu
死の床
The bed on which someone dies. · shinotoko
死を忘るなかれ
An emblematic object or personal ornament, such as a skull, used as a reminder of one's mortality.
死亡
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. · shibō
死亡事故
An accident that causes death. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · shibōjiko
死亡率
The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time. · shibōritsu
死亡者略歴
(by extension) A brief biography of a person (especially one who is well-known) who has recently died, usually describing their life and achievements, particularly in the form of an article in a news publication or an item in a news broadcast.
死亡記事
A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete) , the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published. · shibōkiji
死人
(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”). · shinin

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