Japanese–English dictionary

法院

The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. · hōin

泡

A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially: · awa

泡を吹く

(intransitive) (of a liquid) To bubble.

泡沫

Lasting for a short period of time. · utakata

泡立つ

(intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling). · awadatsu

泡立て器

A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function). · awadateki

波

A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation. · nami

波乗り

The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard. · naminori

波動

A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling. · hadō

波斯

Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran. · perusha

波旬

(Buddhism) The Buddhist demon who tempts people away from enlightenment · hajun

波止場

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

波浪

A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound · harō

波長

(physics) The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency. · hachō

泣き上戸の

Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying. [from 17th c.]

泣き事

(UK, AU, NZ, Irish) A peevish complaint.

泣き喚く

(chiefly, derogatory) To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob. · nakiwameku

泣き声

A shedding of tears; the act of crying. · nakigoe

泣き所

(countable) An inadequate quality; fault. · nakidokoro

泣き虫

A baby who cries excessively. · nakimushi

泣く

(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep. Especially in anger or sadness · naku

泥

(chiefly, US) Soil or earth. · doro

泥土

(chiefly, US) Soil or earth. · deido

泥岩

(petrology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. [from 18th c.] · deigan

泥板岩

(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure. · deibangan

泥棒

One who carries out a theft. · dorobō

泥棒政治

A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed. · dorobōseiji

泥沼

A swampy, soggy area of ground. · doronuma

泥漿

Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid. · deishō

泥濘

A swampy, soggy area of ground. · nukarumi

泥炭

Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.] · deitan

泥鰌

The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a freshwater fish native to East Asia. · dojō

注ぎ込む

(intransitive, figurative) To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in. · sosogikomu

注ぐ

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

注入

(colloquial) A downpour; a flood of precipitation. · chuunyuu

注射

A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid. · chuusha

注射器

A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe. · chuushaki

注意

(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off. · chuui

注意事項

That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. · chuuijikō

注意書き

An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something · chuuigaki

注意深い

Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely. · chuuibukai

注文

(countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods. · chuumon

注目

(uncountable) Mental focus. · chuumoku

注目度

(figurative, uncountable) Reputation, prominence; noticeability. · chuumokudo

注解

A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis. · chuukai

注解する

(transitive) To add annotation to.

注釈する

(transitive) To add annotation to.

泰

Of or pertaining to Thailand. · tai

泰国

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok. Former name: Siam. · taikoku

泰平

(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance. · taihei

泳ぎ

An act or instance of swimming. · oyogi

泳ぎ手

One who swims. · oyogite

泳ぐ

(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. · oyogu

泳ぐ人

One who swims.

洋服

(card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by colour and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards. · yōfuku

洋服だんす

A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture. · yōfukudansu

洋服一式

The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.

洋服箪笥

A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture. · yōfukudansu

洒落

A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused. · share

洒落る

Elegant, stylish. · shareru

洗い出し

An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something. · araidashi

洗い越し

A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing. · araigoshi

洗剤

Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant. · senzai

洗口液

A liquid used to clean one's mouth. · senkōeki

洗浄

The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid. · senjō

洗浄器

Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe. · senjōki

洗濯

To wash the laundry. · sentaku

洗濯女

A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.

洗濯屋

A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing. · sentakuya

洗濯挟み

(British, Australia, NZ, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry. · sentakubasami

洗濯機

Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher. · sentakuki

洗濯物

That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. [from c. 1930] · sentakumono

洗熊

An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail. · araiguma

洗礼

(Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water. · senrei

洗礼志願者

A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.

洗練

Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation. · senren

洗練する

(transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.

洗脳

(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis) · sennō

洗面

(intransitive) To clean oneself with water. · senmen

洗面台

A basin used for holding water for washing. · senmendai

洗面器

A basin used for holding water for washing. · senmenki

洛叉

One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000. · rakusha

洞

A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. · hora

洞察

An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder. · dōsatsu

洞毛

One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal. · dōmō

洞穴

A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. · horaana

洞窟

A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. · dōkutsu

洟

(informal, uncountable, sometimes, slightly, vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose. · hana

津

The capital city of Mie Prefecture, Japan. · tsu

津波

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train). · tsunami

津浪

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train). · tsunami

洪水

A great flood or rain. · kōzui

活力

The impetus behind all motion and all activity. · katsuryoku

活動

(uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness. · katsudō

活動家

One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change. · katsudōka

活動的

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives. · katsudōteki

活塞

(mechanics) A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump) · kassoku

活性化

(transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate. · kasseika

活性化する

(broadly, dated) To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.

活発

Brisk; lively. · kappatsu

活躍

Brisk; lively. · katsuyaku

派手

Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner. · hade

派手な

Ostentatious; showy.

派生

Something derived. · hasei

派生語

(calculus) One of the two fundamental objects of study in calculus (the other being integration), which quantifies the rate of change, tangency, and other qualities arising from the local behavior of a function. · haseigo

派閥

A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal. · habatsu

流

Any large flow of a liquid in a single body. · ru

流し

A basin used for holding water for washing. · nagashi

流れ

The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current. · nagare

流れる

(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another. · nagareru

流れ出る

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

流れ星

A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.] · nagareboshi

流れ糸

A fine film made up of cobwebs, seen floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.

流れ糸のように繊細なかぼそいもの

Anything delicate, light and flimsy.

流れ糸のように繊細なはかないもの

Anything delicate, light and flimsy.

流体

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma. · ryuutai

流儀

(uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks. · ryuugi

流入

Anything which flows in or into. · ryuunyuu

流出

(intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country. · ryuushutsu

流出河川

A river that runs out of a lake.

流刑

The act of banishing. · ryuukei

流動化

The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business. · ryuudōka

流動性

(economics, countable) An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash. · ryuudōsei

流域

(geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin. · ryuuiki

流星

A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.] · ryuusei

流暢

The quality of smoothness of flow. · ryuuchō

流暢な

Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

流浪

To roam, as a vagabond · rurō

流産

(transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.] · ryuuzan

流砂

Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts. · ryuusa

流罪

(historical) Deportation to a penal colony. · ruzai

流血

(literally) The shedding or spilling of blood. · ryuuketsu

流行

(countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons. · ryuukō

流行り

(countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons. · hayari

流行性

(figurative) Like an epidemic: widespread in a bad way. · ryuukōsei

流行性感冒

(disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics. · ryuukōseikanbō

流行性耳下腺炎

(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck. · ryuukōseijikasen'en

流行病

A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population. · ryuukōbyō

流量

(physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface. · ryuuryō

浄化

(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). · jōka

浄化する

(transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.

浄化する (Jōka suru)

(transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.

浅い

A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water. · asai

浅ましい

Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.] · asamashii

浅瀬

A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing. · asase

浜

A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water. · hama

浜に乗り上げる

(transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.

浜に引き上げる

(transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.

浜梨の実

The fleshy false fruit of a wild rose plant (e.g. sweetbrier, dog rose, burnet rose, etc.), containing the achenes or true fruits.

浜簪

(countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima. · hamakanzashi