Japanese–English dictionary

蓮

A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae. · hasu

蔑む

(transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt. · sagesumu

蔑ろ

Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting. · naigashiro

蔑称

An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath. · besshō

蔓

The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow. · tsuru

蔓延

(transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity. · man'en

蔓植物

Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus. · tsurushokubutsu

蔕

(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop. · heta

蔦

The plant Parthenocissus tricuspidata · tsuta

蕁麻

Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles: · irakusa

蕃椒

Any of various tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers. · banshō

蕎麦

A Japanese buckwheat noodle. · soba

蕨

(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock. · warabi

蕪

The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle. · kabu

蕪菜

The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle. · kabuna

蕾

A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded. · tsubomi

薄い

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. · usui

薄い紗

A soft, sheer fabric.

薄める

(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. · usumeru

薄れる

(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. · usureru

薄明

Any faint light through which something is seen. · hakumei

薄明かり

Any faint light through which something is seen. · usuakari

薄明薄暮性

(zoology) Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight. · hakumeihakubosei

薄暗い

Not bright or colorful. · usugurai

薄汚い

Covered with filth; very dirty. · usugitanai

薄紅梅

Pale red.

薄紫

(uncountable) A light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers. · usumurasaki

薄荷

The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce. · hakka

薄荷脳

(organic compound) A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes. · hakkanō

薄赤褐色

A brown colour, with a tint of red.

薄鈍

(colloquial) A stupid person. · usunoro

薄黄色

A yellow colour.

薊

This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland. · azami

薔薇

A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers. · bara

薔薇色

(countable, uncountable) A purplish-red or pink color, the color of some rose flowers. · barairo

薦め

An act of recommending. · susume

薦める

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed. · susumeru

薦挙

An act of recommending. · senkyo

薦骨

(anatomy) A large triangular bone at the base of the spine, located between the two ilia (wings of the pelvis) and formed from vertebrae that fuse in adulthood. · senkotsu

薪

Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat. · maki

薫香

Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons. · kunkō

薬

(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose. · kusuri

薬剤

(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose. · yakuzai

薬剤学

(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics. · yakuzaigaku

薬剤師

(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics. · yakuzaishi

薬味入れ

A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

薬学

(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics. · yakugaku

薬物

A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine. · yakubutsu

薬理学

The science of drugs, including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. · yakurigaku

薬瓶

A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals. · kusuribin

薬缶

(cookware) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. · yakan

薬草

(countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine. · yakusō

薬莢

(weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile. · yakkyō

薮医者

A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit. · yabuisha

藁色

(uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

藍玉

A transparent bluish-green, sometimes yellow-green, variety of beryl. · rangyoku

藍色

having a deep purplish-blue colour · aiiro

藤

Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States. · fuji

藤本

Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus. · tōhon

藤色

Having a pale purple colour. · fujiiro

藩屛

A defense or safeguard. · hanpei

藪から棒

(idiomatic) Unexpectedly; without warning or preparation. · yabukarabō

藪医者

(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630] · yabuisha

藪睨み

The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus. · yabunirami

蘆

(uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed · ashi

蘇らせる

(intransitive) To rise from the dead; to return to life.

蘇り

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ. · yomigaeri

蘇州

(historical) Su, a former imperial prefecture in modern Jiangsu, China, surrounding the city.

蘇格蘭

A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England. · sukottorando

蘇生させる

(ambitransitive) To restore (someone or something) to animation or life; to come back to animation or life.

蘇生する

(intransitive) To regain consciousness.

蘊

(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.

蘚苔

Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci). · sentai

蘭

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language. · ran

蘭の花

A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours. [mid-19th c.]

蘭国

A traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland. · rankoku

蘭語

The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic. · rango

蘿蔔

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper. · suzushiro

虎

Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. · tora

虎の巻

(by extension) A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership. · toranomaki

虎猫

(countable) A brindled cat. · toraneko

虐げる

To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.] · shiitageru

虐めをする

(transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment.

虐待

Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment. [from late 16th c.] · gyakutai

虐殺

The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms. · gyakusatsu

虚ろ

(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside. · utsuro

虚偽

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine. · kyogi

虚弱

Deficient in physical strength. · kyojaku

虚栄

Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions. · kyoei

虚栄心

Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions. · kyoeishin

虚脱感

(figuratively) A feeling of emptiness. · kyodatsukan

虚血

(cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction). · kyoketsu

虚言

An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood. · kyogen

虚飾

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. [from 1548] · kyoshoku

虫

(gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating. · mushi

虫さされ

A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom. · mushisasare

虫刺され

A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom. · mushisasare

虫垂切除術

(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix. · chuusuisetsujojutsu

虫垂炎

(pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix · chuusuien

虫歯

The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay. · mushiba

虫瘤

(plant disease) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii). · mushikobu

虫癭

(plant disease) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii). · chuuei

虱

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. · shirami

虹

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air. · niji

虹彩

(botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See w:Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia). · kōsai

虹霓

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air. · kōgei

蚊

A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever. · ka

蚋

Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae. · buyu

蚤

A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities. · nomi

蚯蚓

A worm that lives in the ground. · mimizu

蛆

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.] · uji

蛇

(now, literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one. · hebi

蛇皮

The skin of a snake · jabi

蛇紋石

(mineralogy) Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin. · jamonseki

蛇行

(intransitive) To follow or move in a winding route. · dakō

蛇足

Concerned with or involving trivia. · dasoku

蛋白

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water. · tanpaku

蛋黄

The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young. · tankō

蛍

(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight. · hotaru

蛍光

(physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle. · keikō

蛍雪の功を積む

(rare) To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.

蛙

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

蛞蝓

Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. [from early 18th c.] · namekuji

蛭

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. · hiru

蛮人

An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; usually associated with senseless violence and self-harm or other such shows of brute force and lack of mental faculty. · banjin

蛸

(countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus. · tako

蛸壷

(military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire. · takotsubo

蛹

The pupa of a butterfly or moth, particularly bare and hanging or girdled, as opposed to enclosed in a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place. · sanagi

蛻

The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting. · monuke

蛾

Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae. · ga

蜀黍

Cooked ears of corn (maize, specifically sweet corn). · morokoshi

蜂

(informal, proscribed) Any stinging flying insect, especially a wasp. · hachi

蜂の巣

Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young. · hachinosu

蜂巣

Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young. · hachisu

蜂窩織炎

A solid mass formed by inflamed connective tissue, such as forms around an appendix in appendicitis. · hōkashikien

蜂蜜酒

(alcohol) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water. · hachimitsushu

蜂起

(uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler. · hōki

蜂雀

Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover. · hachisuzume

蜂鳥

Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover. · hachidori

蜃気楼

An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water. · shinkirō

蜘蛛

Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey. · kumo

蜘蛛恐怖症

An abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids, especially spiders. · kumokyōfushō

蜜月

The period of time immediately following a marriage. · mitsugetsu

蜜柑

(countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit). · mikan

蜜蜂

(informal, proscribed) Any stinging flying insect, especially a wasp. · mitsubachi

蜜蜂の巣箱

A man-made structure in which honey bees are kept so that humans can harvest their honey.

蜜蝋

A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods. · mitsurō

蜥蜴

(chiefly, in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles. · tokage

蜻蛉

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched. · tonbo

蜻蜓

Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner. · tonbo