Japanese–English dictionary

死人担

One called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral.

死体

(literary, medicine) A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected. [from late 14th c.] · shitai

死体安置所

A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts. · shitaianchijo

死体置き場

A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts. · shitaiokiba

死刑

The practice of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime. · shikei

死刑囚

A person sentenced to death. · shikeishuu

死刑執行人

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal. · shikeishikkōnin

死別

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death. · shibetsu

死去

(formal) Death, departure from life. · shikyo

死地

(informal, figurative) An extremely dangerous location, structure, or device. · shichi

死後

After death. · shigo

死産

The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth. · shizan

死神

The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. · shinigami

死罪

The practice of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime. · shizai

死者

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”). · shisha

死者のためのミサ

A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.

死肉

Rotting flesh of a dead animal or person. · shiniku

死霊使い

A person who practices or performs necromancy.

死骸

The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh. · shigai

殆ど

In close approximation; almost, virtually. [from 17th c.] · hotondo

殉教

The condition of a martyr; the death or suffering of a martyr; the death or suffering on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. · junkyō

殉教者

One who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red martyrdom. · junkyōsha

殊

That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included. · koto

残す

(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely. · nokosu

残り

Something left behind; an excess or remainder. · nokori

残り火

A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal. · nokoribi

残る

(transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate. · nokoru

残存

(anthropology) A custom or belief that persists in folklore from earlier times, when the rationale behind it is forgotten. · zanzon

残存する

(intransitive) To continue to exist.

残忍

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice. · zannin

残念

Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification. · zannen

残業

(uncountable) Working time outside of one's regular hours. · zangyō

残機

(video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made. · zanki

残溝

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

残虐

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice. · zangyaku

残虐行為

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

残酷

(informal, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, mildly, _) Used as an intensifier. · zankoku

残酷な

Extremely wicked or cruel.

残響

An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes. · zankyō

残額

(accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account. · zangaku

残骸

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed. · zangai

殲滅

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

殲滅的

Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.

殴り倒す

(informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch. · naguritaosu

殴る

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event. · naguru

殴打

(legal) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence. · ōda

段

A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text. · dan

段々

In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly. · dandan

段ボール

A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs. · danbōru

段取り

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

段階

The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent. [from 14th c.] · dankai

殺し屋

A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia. · koroshiya

殺す

(transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal). · korosu

殺人

(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional. · satsujin

殺人罪

(uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder. · satsujinzai

殺人者

(countable) A person who kills another. · satsujinsha

殺処分

The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering. · satsushobun

殺到する

(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

殺害

(transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal). · satsugai

殺害する

To illegally kill (a person or persons) with intent, especially with predetermination

殺戮

A massacre; the killing of a large number of people. · satsuriku

殺生

(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food. · sesshō

殺菌

(uncountable) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms. · sakkin

殺菌剤

(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those that are used on living objects (as opposed to disinfectants) and aren't transported by the lymphatic system to destroy bacteria in the body (as opposed to antibiotics). · sakkinzai

殺虫剤

A substance used to kill insects. · satchuuzai

殻

The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside. · kara

殿下

The style of a prince, princess or someone of equivalent rank. · denka

母

A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered). · haha

母のように世話する

(transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.

母乳栄養

(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity. · bonyuueiyō

母国

One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt. · bokoku

母性

Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly. · bosei

母斑

A mark on the skin formed before birth. · bohan

母方

The female or maternal branch of a family. · hahakata

母校

A school, college, or university which a person has graduated from or attended. · bokō

母権

The dominance of women in social or cultural systems. · boken

母権制

The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.

母獅

A female lion (animal).

母系の

Related through the mother, or her side of the family.

母胎

(anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. [from 8th c.] · botai

母集団

(statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn. · boshuudan

母音

(phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable. · boin

母音字

(orthography) A letter or diacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w (rarely), y (sometimes).

母音記号

(orthography, phonology) The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.

毎

All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception. · goto

毎年

Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual. · maitoshi

毎日

That occurs every day, or at least every working day. · mainichi

毎日熱

(medicine, now, _, rare, historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria. [from 14th c.] · mainichinetsu

毎月

Occurring every month. · maitsuki

毎週

Happening once a week, or every week. · maishuu

毒

A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. · doku

毒々しい

(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy. · dokudokushii

毒にも薬にもならない

Neither beneficial nor harmful. · dokunimokusurinimonaranai

毒を含んだ

Of an animal (specifically a snake) or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting venom.

毒人参

Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera · dokuninjin

毒害

The administration of a poison. · dokugai

毒性

(toxicology, pharmaceutical drug) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. · dokusei

毒性学

(sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning. · dokuseigaku

毒殺

The administration of a poison. · dokusatsu

毒気

Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune. · dokki

毒液

An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey. · dokueki

毒牙

A long pointed tooth in snakes, for injecting venom. · dokuga

毒物学

(sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning. · dokubutsugaku

毒茸

Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita. · dokukinoko

毒蛇

A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America · dokuja

毒針

A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack. · dokubari

毒餌

Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests. · dokue

毒麦

Any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields. · dokumugi

比

A number representing a comparison between two named things. · hi

比べる

(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y. · kuraberu

比例

Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard. · hirei

比喩

Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures. · hiyu

比律賓

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila. · firipin

比較

(often with to) Able to be compared (to). · hikaku

比較（せよ）

Compare; compare to; compare with.

比較級

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully). · hikakukyuu

毛

A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong. · ke

毛むくじゃら

(of a person) Having a lot of body hair. · kemukujara

毛包虫症

(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.). · mōhōchuushō

毛嚢

(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle. · mōnō

毛布

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting. · mōfu

毛斯綸

(textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth. · mosurin

毛氈

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. · mōsen

毛沢東主義

The philosophy espoused by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, a form of Marxism-Leninism that focuses on the peasantry as the revolutionary vanguard. · mōtakutōshugi

毛沢東主義者

one who advocates Maoism

毛深い

(of a person) Having a lot of body hair. · kebukai

毛玉

A small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming. · kedama

毛皮

(countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin. · kegawa

毛穴

A tiny opening in the skin. · keana

毛糸

(uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving. · keito

毛織物

Made of wool. · keorimono

毛繻子

A type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin. · kejusu

毛羽

A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather. · keba

毛羽立てる

To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).

毛虫

The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm. · kemushi

毛革

The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification). · kegawa

毬

(printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller. · mari

毬果

The fruit of a conifer. · kyuuka

毳々

A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.

氏

(North America, Philippines, formerly or traditionally UK) Abbreviation of Mister. · shi

氏族

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain. · shizoku

民主

(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy). · minshu

民主主義

(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy). · minshushugi

民主主義者

A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France). · minshushugisha

民主党員

(US, _, politics, proscribed, often, pejorative) Of or belonging to the Democratic Party in the United States.

民主化

The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously. · minshuka

民主的

Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people. · minshuteki

民事

(uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. · minji

民事上

(uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. · minjijō

民事的

(uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. · minjiteki