Japanese–English dictionary

精神医学

(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions. · seishin'igaku

精神安定剤

(pharmaceutical drug) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension. · seishin'anteizai

精神異常

The state of being insane; madness. · seishin'ijō

精神病

(uncountable, psychiatry) The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole. · seishinbyō

精神的

(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality. · seishinteki

精神科医

A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry. · seishinkai

精管切除術

(surgery) The surgical incision of all or part of the vas deferens as a means of male sterilization.

精通する

(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

精鋭

A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group. · seiei

精錬所

A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals. · seirensho

精霊

(mysticism, fantasy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water. · shōryō

糊

Wallpaper paste. · nori

糖

(uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink. · tō

糖化

(biochemistry) The hydrolysis of soluble polysaccharides to form simple sugars. · tōka

糖尿病

(disease) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.] · tōnyōbyō

糖菓

(countable, especially, _, UK, India) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy. · tōka

糖蜜

A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (North America) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses. · tōmitsu

糖質

(carbohydrate) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms. · tōshitsu

糖類

(uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink. · tōrui

糞

(sometimes, vulgar) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody. · kuso

糠

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain. · nuka

糸

(Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform. · ito

糸屑

Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc. · itokuzu

糸巻き棒

The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.

糸杉

An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis. · itosugi

糸球体

(anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine · shikyuutai

糸瓜

Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd. · hechima

糸繰り人形

A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.

系

(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition. · kei

系列

A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other. · keiretsu

系図

A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.] · keizu

系統

(countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree. · keitō

系統を組む

(transitive) To interconnect a group or system.

系譜

A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.] · keifu

系譜学

(countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree. · keifugaku

糾弾

(countable) The act of calling into question or challenging the accuracy or propriety of something. · kyuudan

紀

(geology) A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs. · ki

紀元

(often, punctuated) Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord. · kigen

約

Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost. [from before 1150] · yaku

約分

(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction. · yakubun

約因

(law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract. · yakuin

約数

An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times, the former being called a divisor of the latter. · yakusuu

約束

(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court. · yakusoku

約束する

To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.

約物

A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods). · yakumono

約音化

(linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are reduced or lost, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.

紅斑

A scar or birthmark. · kōhan

紅毛

(of a person) Having red hair. · kōmō

紅玉

An apple cultivar from New York. · kōgyoku

紅色

A deep, slightly bluish red. · beniiro

紅花

A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil. · benibana

紅葉ず

(intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.

紅葉つ

(intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.

紅鶴

(countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes. · benizuru

紋

(heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon. · mon

紋様

A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements. [from 16th c.] · mon'yō

納まる

To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result). · osamaru

納め口上

A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play

納得

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct. · nattoku

納棺

(transitive) To place in a coffin. · nōkan

納税者

A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax. · nōzeisha

納骨堂

A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains. · nōkotsudō

純潔

Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse. · junketsu

純粋

Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed. [first attested in the mid 1500s] · junsui

純粋な

Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.

純粋主義者

An advocate of purism.

純血

Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal. · junketsu

純資産

(accounting) Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets. · junshisan

純銀

Sterling silver, or articles made from this material. · jungin

紙

(papercraft) A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side. · kami

紙パック

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

紙吹雪

Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations. · kamifubuki

紙巻き煙草

A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking. · kamimakitabako

紙綴器

A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper. · kamitsuzuki

紙鑢

(uncountable) Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing. · kamiyasuri

級

(North America, Philippines, education) A level of primary and secondary education. · kyuu

級友

A student who is in the same class at school. · kyuuyuu

級数

(mathematics) The sequence of partial sums \sum_{i=1}^n{a_i} of a given sequence ai. · kyuusuu

紛い

Not real; false, fraudulent. · magai

紛い物

A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine. · magaimono

紛らわしい

difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc. · magirawashii

紛れ当たり

A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated. · magureatari

素

(mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers). · su

素っ気ない

Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly. · sokkenai

素っ気無い

Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly. · sokkenai

素人

Members of the public not in the attentive public of any given issue; laypeople. · shirōto

素描

A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper. · sobyō

素数

(mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers). · sosuu

素敵

(colloquial, North America, Australia) Excellent, exciting, remarkable. · suteki

素早い

Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands. · subayai

素晴しい

Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance. · subarashii

素晴らしい

(colloquial, North America, Australia) Excellent, exciting, remarkable. · subarashii

素材

Cloth to be made into a garment; woven fabric. · sozai

素粒子

(physics) A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks. · soryuushi

素質

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill. · soshitsu

素足

Wearing nothing on the feet. · suashi

紡ぐ

(transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together. · tsumugu

紡績

The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread. · bōseki

紡錘

(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread. · bōsui

索引

An alphabetical listing of items and their location. · sakuin

紫丁香花

A flower of the lilac shrub. · murasakihashidoi

紫外

Ultraviolet colour. · shigai

紫外線の

Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres.

紫水晶

A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone. · murasakizuishō

紫色

(uncountable) A purple colour. · murasakiiro

紫苑

Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers. · shion

累乗

A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): x^n, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x \times x \times \cdots \times x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent. · ruijō

累乗根

(arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity). · ruijōkon

細い

Thin; slim. · hosoi

細かい

Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment. · komakai

細工

(countable, uncountable) Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior. · saiku

細流

A small stream; a streamlet; a gill. · sairyuu

細石器

(archaeology) A small stone tool. · saisekki

細胞

an immature cell or tissue · saibō

細胞核

(cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material. · saibōkaku

細胞質

(cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton. · saibōshitsu

細菌

(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles. · saikin

細菌学

(biology, microbiology) The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture. · saikingaku

細道

A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees. · hosomichi

細部まで行き届いた

Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.

細長い

extensive in length (physical distance, or time) · hosonagai

紳士

Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man. · shinshi

紹介

(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else). · shōkai

紺

Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour. · kon

紺碧

Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky. · konpeki

終い

The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. · shimai

終う

(transitive) To finish, terminate. · shimau

終える

(ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end. · oeru

終に

At the end or conclusion; ultimately. · tsuini

終わったこと

(idiomatic) Something in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.

終わり

(idiomatic) In the end; finally; ultimately. · owari

終わりの時

The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.

終わる

Finished; ended; concluded; completed. · owaru

終了

The end, finish, close or last part of something. · shuuryō

終域

(mathematics, analysis) The target set into which a function is formally defined to map elements of its domain; the set denoted Y in the notation f : X → Y. · shuuiki

終声

(orthography) The final consonant (or consonant cluster) at the end of a Korean syllable.

終曲

The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music. · shuukyoku

終末論

(uncountable) The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment. · shuumatsuron

終楽章

The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.

終止符

(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period. · shuushifu

終点

The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located. · shuuten

終盤

(chess) The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left. [1884] · shuuban

終着駅

A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City. · shuuchakueki

終端器

(electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.

終結

The end, finish, close or last part of something. · shuuketsu

終身刑

(countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract). · shuushinkei

終身在職権

A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.

組み入れる

To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate. · kumiireru

組み立てる

(transitive) To put together. · kumitateru

組み紐

A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.] · kumihimo