Japanese–English dictionary

ガードル

A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery. · gādoru

カートン

An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material. · kāton

カートンパック

An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material. · kātonpakku

ガーナ

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Ghana. · gāna

ガーニー

(US) A stretcher having wheeled legs. · gānī

カーニバル

A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment. · kānibaru

ガーネット

(mineral) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives. · gānetto

ガーネット色

A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.

カーネル

(computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components. · kāneru

カービン

A rifle with a short barrel. · kābin

ガーフィールド

An English surname, thought to be habitational. · gāfīrudo

ガーフィッシュ

(especially, UK, Ireland) Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone. · gāfisshu

カーフィル

(Islam, countable, offensive, religious slur, political) A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim. · kāfiru

カーブボール

(baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve" · kābubōru

カーペット

A fabric used as a complete floor covering. · kāpetto

カーボナード

(mineral) A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling. · kābonādo

カーボンコピー

(countable, informal) A carbon copy. · kābonkopī

カーリー

(Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu. · kārī

ガーリック

A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking. · gārikku

カーリング

(uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice). · kāringu

カール

A en given name, equivalent to English Charles. · kāru

ガールズラブ

(especially, Japanese fiction) A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more women. · gāruzurabu

カール大帝

One of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.

カーン

(historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages. · kān

カイ

The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets. · kai

カイアファ

A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus. · kaiafa

カイエンヌ

The capital city of French Guiana department. · kaiennu

カイザー

Delivery of a baby through an incision in the womb. · kaizā

ガイド

(chiefly, US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc. · gaido

ガイドブック

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

ガイドライン

A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour. · gaidorain

かいばおけ

A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. · kaibaoke

カイマン

(narrowly) Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae. · kaiman

カイロプラクター

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic. · kairopurakutā

カイロプラクティック

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic. · kairopurakutikku

カイン

(biblical character) The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel. · kain

ガウェイン

One of the greatest knights in Arthurian legend; he is King Arthur's nephew and a Knight of the Round Table. · gawein

カウガール

A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. · kaugāru

カウキャッチャー

(rail transport, principally, _, US) A plough-shaped device affixed to the front of a locomotive (or other large vehicle), usually wedge or V-shaped so as to push or deflect objects on the tracks out of the way, to clear out the train's path and prevent the risk of derailment or major damage to it. · kaukyatchā

カウチ

(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa. · kauchi

ガウチョ

A cowboy of the South American pampas. · gaucho

カウボーイ

A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music. · kaubōi

ガウロン

A region, peninsula, and urban area of Hong Kong. · gauron

カウンセラー

A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems. · kaunserā

カウンタ

A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted · kaunta

カウンター

An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc. · kauntā

カウンターテナー

(historical) A part or section performing a countermelody against the tenor or main part. · kauntātenā

カウントダウン

(astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle. · kauntodaun

カエサル

An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar. · kaesaru

かえで

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

カエル

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop. · kaeru

カオス

The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony. · kaosu

カオルーン

A region, peninsula, and urban area of Hong Kong. · kaorūn

ガガーリン

A transliteration of the Russian surname Гага́рин (Gagárin). · gagārin

カカオ

The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. · kakao

かがく

(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules. · kagaku

かかと

(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. · kakato

かがり火

A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. · kagaribi

かがる

(transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric. · kagaru

カガン

(historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages. · kagan

かぎタバコ

A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco. · kagitabako

かき立てる

(intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself. · kakitateru

かぎ針編み

(sewing) A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle. · kagibariami

かくして

therefore (especially in syllogisms) · kakushite

カクテル

A mixed alcoholic beverage. · kakuteru

かけがえのない

Having great or incalculable value. · kakegaenonai

カケス

Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour. · kakesu

かけ取り

A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.

かご

(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points. · kago

カコミスル

A North American ringtail, Bassariscus astutus · kakomisuru

ガザ

A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City. · gaza

ガサガサにする

(intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales. · gasagasanisuru

カササギ

A well-known black-and-white corvid species, Pica pica, of Eurasian distribution. · kasasagi

カササギフエガラス

A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen, in the family Artamidae. · kasasagifuegarasu

カサノバ

A promiscuous, philandering man. · kasanoba

カザフスタン

A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan. · kazafusutan

かさぶた

The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease. · kasabuta

カサブランカ

The capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco. · kasaburanka

カザン

The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. · kazan

ガジェット

Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated. · gajetto

カシオペヤ座

(Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon. · kashiopeyaza

カジノ

A public building or room for gambling. · kajino

カジミール

A en given name. · kajimīru

カシュー

A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples. · kashū

カジュアル

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

カシュルート

(Jewish law) The Jewish dietary laws, stating which foods are fit to eat. · kashurūto

かす

A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread). · kasu

カズー

(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it. · kazū

かすか

(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness · kasuka

カスク

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

ガスケット

(mechanics) Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression. · gasuketto

カスタード

(by extension) A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat. · kasutādo

カスタードプディング

(chiefly, US, Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries. · kasutādopudingu

カスタネット

(musical instruments, chiefly, in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string. · kasutanetto

カスタマイズする

To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications. · kasutamaizusuru

カスタム

An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit · kasutamu

カスタムス

An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit · kasutamusu

ガストロノミー

The study of the relationship between food and culture. · gasutoronomī

カスバ

The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East. · kasuba

ガスパチョ

A cold soup of Spanish origin, made with olive oil, vinegar, bread and raw vegetables such as tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber and sweet peppers. · gasupacho

カセット

A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material. · kasetto

ガゼル

An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods. · gazeru

カソード

(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively). · kasōdo

カソリック

Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church. · kasorikku

ガソリン

(uncountable, North America, New Zealand, Philippines) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel. · gasorin

カソワリ

Any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous. · kasowari

ガター

(bowling) A groove down the sides of a bowling lane. · gatā

カタール

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Qatar. Capital: Doha. · katāru

ガタガタ音

Rattling sound.

カタカナ

(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language. · katakana

かたきを討つ

(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

カタクチイワシ

Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food. · katakuchiiwashi

カタコンベ

(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome. · katakonbe

カタツムリ

Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell. · katatsumuri

カタパルト

A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects. · kataparuto

カタルーニャの

Of, from or relating to Catalonia, Spain. · katarūnyano

カタルーニャ人

A native or inhabitant of Catalonia, Spain.

カタルーニャ語

Of, from or relating to Catalonia, Spain. · katarūnyago

ガダルカナル島

A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.

カタルシス

(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). · katarushisu

カタログ

A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc. · katarogu

カタロニアの

Of, from or relating to Catalonia, Spain. · kataroniano

カタロニア人

A native or inhabitant of Catalonia, Spain.

カタロニア語

The Romance language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain, also spoken in the Valencian autonomous region (where the language is officially named valencià), the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Roussillon in France, and the Sardinian city of Alghero. · kataroniago

カチューシャ

A type of artillery rocket launcher consisting of an array of rockets mounted on a truck, originated in the Soviet Union. · kachūsha

かつ

Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.] · katsu

カツオ

Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna, but smaller. [from 16th c.] · katsuo

カツオドリ

Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid. · katsuodori

がっかり

(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject. · gakkari

カッコイイ

(slang) Amazing. · kakkoii

カッザーフィー

A transliteration of the Arabic surname القَذَّافِيّ (al-qaḏḏāfiyy). · kazzāfī

カッシオペイア

(Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon. · kasshiopeia

ガッダーフィ

A transliteration of the Arabic surname القَذَّافِيّ (al-qaḏḏāfiyy). · gaddāfi

ガッダーフィー

A transliteration of the Arabic surname القَذَّافِيّ (al-qaḏḏāfiyy). · gaddāfī

ガッチャ

I have got you covered, I've got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone). · gatcha

ガッツ

(by extension, informal) Courage; determination. · gattsu

かつて

previously; once · katsute

カットラス

(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship. · kattorasu

カッパ

The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet. · kappa

カッパー

(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29. · kappā

カップ

A customary unit of measure · kappu

カップケーキ

A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top. · kappukēki

カップリング

(fandom, transitive) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts. · kappuringu

カップル

Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship. · kappuru

カップ状

Anything shaped like a cup.

カツレツ

A thin slice of meat, usually fried. · katsuretsu

カテーテル

(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid. · katēteru

カテキズム

A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity. · katekizumu

カテゴリ

A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria. · kategori

かどうか

(computing) A keyword that invokes conditional processing: in the event that a given condition is true, execute the given statement(s) (otherwise execute other statements). · kadōka