Japanese–English dictionary

解法

An answer to a problem. · kaihō

解消

(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). · kaishō

解答

A solution to a problem. · kaitō

解約

The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason. · kaiyaku

解説

To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc. · kaisetsu

解説者

(narratology) The person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story. · kaisetsusha

解読

(transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text. · kaidoku

解読する

To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

解釈

(countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version. · kaishaku

解錠

The action of using tools to unlock a lock without a key to that lock. · kaijō

解除

The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. · kaijo

解雇

(transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept. · kaiko

触る

(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.] · sawaru

触れられないもの

Anything intangible.

触れる

(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills. · fureru

触媒

(chemistry) A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process. · shokubai

触手

(zoology) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid. · shokushu

触覚

The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact. · shokkaku

触角

An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal. · shokkaku

言

(Christianity) The Word of God as incarnate in Jesus Christ, or as identified with the second person of the Trinity; Jesus; God the Son; Word of God. · gen

言いがかり

The act of accusing. · iigakari

言いなり

(intransitive) To do as one is told. · iinari

言い争い

(countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal). · iiarasoi

言い争う

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out. · iiarasō

言い出しっ屁

One who initiates. · iidashippe

言い切る

(obsolete, transitive) To state under oath, to plead. · iikiru

言い回し

The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression. · iimawashi

言い張る

(transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof. · iiharu

言い当てる

To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly. · iiateru

言い換える

(ambitransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context. · iikaeru

言い換えれば

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification.

言い知れぬ

Incapable of being spoken or uttered · iishirenu

言い聞かせる

(transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially: · iikikaseru

言い表わす

Impossible (or very difficult) to describe. · iiarawasu

言い訳

(countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault. · iiwake

言い訳をする

(transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.

言い返す

(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. · iikaesu

言い開く

(transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for. · iihiraku

言う

To have a specific name. · iu

言及

A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. · genkyuu

言及する

(sometimes, proscribed) To mention, to refer to.

言葉

One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language. · kotoba

言葉遊び

A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively. · kotobaasobi

言葉遣い

The style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech. · kotobazukai

言語

(uncountable) The ability to communicate using words. · gengo

言語学

The systematic and scholarly study of language. · gengogaku

言語学者

(usually) One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science. · gengogakusha

訂正

(transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from. · teisei

訃

A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete) , the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published. · fu

訃報

A notice of death. · fuhō

計り知れない

(not comparable) Too much, too vast, or too numerous to enable computation. · hakarishirenai

計る

(not comparable, mathematics) Impossible to calculate. · hakaru

計器

Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things · keiki

計器盤

(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves. · keikiban

計測

(British, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle. · keisoku

計画

(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative. · keikaku

計画外

unintentional; not intended · keikakugai

計略

(countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick. · keiryaku

計算

(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process. · keisan

計算可能な

(not comparable) Having the ability to calculate.

計算手

(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.] · keisanshu

計算機

A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically. · keisanki

計算機科学

The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation. · keisankikagaku

計算者

(historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation. · keisansha

計算表

(obsolete) A set of mathematical tables.

計算高い

(especially of a person) Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner. · keisandakai

計量

The act or result of measuring. · keiryō

計量器

Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things · keiryōki

訊く

(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something). · kiku

討論

An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision. · tōron

討論会

A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience. · tōronkai

訓練

An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence. · kunren

訓詁

A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text. · kunko

託宣

A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice. · takusen

記す

(transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. · shirusu

記事

A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc. · kiji

記入する

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

記号

(countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter. · kigō

記号学

The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication. · kigōgaku

記号論

The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication. · kigōron

記年祭

A major anniversary of an event, particularly the fiftieth (50th) anniversary of a coronation or marriage. [from late 14th c.]

記念

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event. · kinen

記念品

A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event. · kinenhin

記念日

A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years. · kinenbi

記念物

A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event. · kinenbutsu

記念碑

A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration. · kinenhi

記憶

To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory. · kioku

記憶法

Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid. · kiokuhō

記法

(uncountable, countable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities. · kihō

記章

A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction. · kishō

記者

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location. · kisha

記載

(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science. · kisai

記述

(transitive) To represent in words. · kijutsu

記述主義

(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.

記述的な

(linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.

記述語

That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.

記録

(gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet). · kiroku

記録する

(transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.

記録係

An official keeper or recorder of records. · kirokugakari

記録映画

A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner. · kirokueiga

訛り

A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc. · namari

訛り丸出しの

(of an accent) Strongly regional.

訝しむ

(ambitransitive) To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question. · ibukashimu

訪ねる

To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again). · tazuneru

訪れる

(transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.] · otozureru

訪問

A short visit, usually for social purposes. · hōmon

訪問者

(uncountable) Social visitors or companions. · hōmonsha

設備

(countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment. · setsubi

設定

The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape. · settei

設立

(Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland. · setsuritsu

設立者

One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.). · setsuritsusha

設置

(Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland. · setchi

設計

A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system. · sekkei

設計図

(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form). · sekkeizu

設計士

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

許し

Forgiveness for an offence. · yurushi

許す

(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to. · yurusu

許可

(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to. · kyoka

許可証

A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission · kyokashō

訳

(translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language). · wake

訳す

(transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate. · yakusu

訳文

(translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language). · yakubun

訴える

(intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke. · uttaeru

訴訟

(legal) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio). · soshō

診察

Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury. · shinsatsu

診断

(by extension) To determine the cause of a problem. · shindan

診療

Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury. · shinryō

診療録

(countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

証

(religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony. · akashi

証人

(countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court. · shōnin

証券

(finance) Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan. · shōken

証拠

Witness; evidence; proof of some fact. · shōko

証明

The act of certifying. · shōmei

証明する

(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.

証明書

A document containing a certified statement. · shōmeisho

証書

A document containing a certified statement. · shōsho

証言

To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath. · shōgen

証言台

The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box. · shōgendai

詐取

(transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle. · sashu

詐欺

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick. · sagi

詐欺師

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster. · sagishi

詔勅

An edict or law. · shōchoku

詔書

An edict or law. · shōsho

評する

(transitive) To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise. · hyōsuru

評価

An appraisal or evaluation. · hyōka

評判

A reputation. · hyōban

評決

(intransitive, law) To determine or judge. · hyōketsu

評論家

A person who makes a commentary, particularly · hyōronka

評議会

A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council). · hyōgikai

詠唱

(music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria. · eishō