Japanese–English dictionary

アーグラ

A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India. · āgura

アーク放電

(electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning. [from 19th c.] · ākuhōden

アーケード

(architecture) A row of arches. · ākēdo

アーサー

A en given name. · āsā

アーサナ

A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga. · āsana

アーシューラー

(Shi'ism) A holy day falling on the 10th day of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali in 680 AD. · āshūrā

アーシュラ

A en given name. · āshura

アース

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live. · āsu

アースガルズ

(Norse mythology) The realm of the Æsir gods. · āsugaruzu

アースガルド

(Norse mythology) The realm of the Æsir gods. · āsugarudo

アースする

(UK, transitive) To connect electrically to the earth. · āsusuru

アーセナル

(soccer) The Arsenal Football Club. · āsenaru

アーチェリー

(uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow. · ācherī

アーチ道

A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.

アーティキュレーション

(accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet. · ātikyurēshon

アーティチョーク

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus. · ātichōku

アートワーク

A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art. · ātowāku

アーミッシュ

A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. · āmisshu

アームチェア

A chair with supports for the arms or elbows. · āmuchea

アーメン

(biblical) Certainly; verily. · āmen

アーモンド

Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: · āmondo

アーヤトッラー

(Shi'ism) A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism. · āyatorrā

アーリア人

(theosophy, Germanic, _, mysticism, Nazism) A member of a race defined variously as comprising people of Germanic descent, in the narrowest sense, or all non-Jewish Caucasians, in the broadest sense · āriajin

アール

A municipality, the capital city of Ağrı district and Ağrı Province, Turkey; formerly known as Karaköse (1919-1946) and before that Karakilise. · āru

ああ

The vocative particle, used for direct address. · aa

アイ

The name of the Latin-script letter I/i. · ai

アイ・キュー

Initialism of intelligence quotient. · ai・kyū

アイアース

(Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War. · aiāsu

アイアン

(golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots. · aian

アイオワ

A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines. · aiowa

あいこ

Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc. · aiko

アイコン

(graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something. · aikon

アイザック

A en given name. · aizakku

アイシス

A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. [from 2013] · aishisu

アイシング

(cooking) A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods. · aishingu

アイス

Water in frozen (solid) form. · aisu

アイスキャンディー

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving. · aisukyandī

アイスクリーム

A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar. · aisukurīmu

アイスボックス

A box or compartment containing ice, typically used to keep provisions cool. [from 19th c.] · aisubokkusu

アイスランド

An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe. · aisurando

アイスランド語

Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland. · aisurandogo

アイゼン

An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice. · aizen

アイダ

A en given name. · aida

アイダホ州

A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Boise.

あいつ

(informal, term of address) Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man. · aitsu

あいつら

(the third-person plural nominative) A group of entities previously mentioned. [since 13th c.] · aitsura

アイテール

(Greek god) One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of light, brother-husband of Hemera and grandson of Chaos. · aitēru

アイデア

An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.] · aidea

アイティー

(informatics) Initialism of information technology. · aitī

アイテム

(by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use. · aitemu

アイデンティティ

The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves. · aidentiti

アイデンティティー

The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves. · aidentitī

アイドル

An idol. · aidoru

アイバンホー

The hero of this novel. · aibanhō

アイピーアドレス

(Internet) A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network. · aipīadoresu

アイフォーン

(trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device. · aifōn

アイフォン

(trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device. · aifon

アイホン

(trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device. · aihon

アイライナー

Makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline. · airainā

アイリーン

A en given name, in regular use since the 19th century. · airīn

アイリス

A en given name; a flower name used since the end of the 19th century. · airisu

アイルランド

Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people. · airurando

アイルランド人

(as plural) The Irish people. · airurandojin

アイルランド語

Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people. · airurandogo

アイルランド語の

Pertaining to the Irish language.

アイロニー

(rhetoric) The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context. · aironī

アイロン

A hand-held device with a heated flat metal base used to smooth out wrinkles in clothes. · airon

アイロン掛け

The act of pressing clothes with an iron#Noun, such as a steam iron. · airongake

アイロン掛けをする

(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

アインシュタイン

Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th-century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity. · ainshutain

アインスタイニウム

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Es) with atomic number 99: a soft, silvery, paramagnetic metal. · ainsutainiumu

アヴァロン

(Arthurian legend) An island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death. · avaron

アヴィニョン

A city, the capital of Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. · avinyon

アウグスツス

The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.); heir to Julius Caesar · augusutsusu

アウグストゥス

The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.); heir to Julius Caesar · augusutusu

アウシュヴィッツ

A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim. · aushuvittsu

アウシュビッツ

A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim. · aushubittsu

アウティング

The act of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual or transgender without that person's consent. · autingu

アウト

(baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc. · auto

アウトサイダー

One who is not part of a community or organization. · autosaidā

アウトソーシング

The transfer of a business function to an external service provider. · autosōshingu

アウトバック

(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops. · autobakku

アウトレット

A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier. · autoretto

アウレリウス

A en given name; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world. · aureriusu

アウローラ

(Roman god) Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol. · aurōra

アウロラ

(Roman god) Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol. · aurora

アオメン

A city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong. · aomen

アカ

Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany. · aka

アカウント

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300] · akaunto

アカシア

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] · akashia

あかつき

(intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. · akatsuki

アカデミー

A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science. [First attested in the early 17th century.] · akademī

アカデミー会員

A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]

アカデミシャン

A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.] · akademishan

あがなう

(transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences). · aganau

アガメムノーン

(Greek mythology) One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war. · agamemunōn

アガメムノン

(Greek mythology) One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war. · agamemunon

あからさま

(euphemism) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions. [from 1971] · akarasama

あからさまな

Open and not concealed or secret. · akarasamana

あがる

(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. · agaru

アキュムレータ

(British) A wet-cell storage battery. · akyumurēta

アキレウス

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp. · akireusu

アキレス

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp. · akiresu

アクアマリン

The bluish-green colour of the sea. · akuamarin

アクアラング

(underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater. · akuarangu

アクアリウム

A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals. · akuariumu

アクエンアテン

A en given name · akuen'aten

アクシデント

An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans. · akushidento

アクション

Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance. · akushon

アクセサリー

Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment. · akusesarī

アクセル

A en given name in quiet use since the 19th century. · akuseru

アクセント

(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked. · akusento

アクセントをつける

(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something). · akusentootsukeru

アクチノイド

(chemistry) Any of the 15 radioactive elements of the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium that are positioned under the lanthanides, to which they have similar chemistry. · akuchinoido

アクチュアリー

A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions. · akuchuarī

アクティビティー

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

あくどい

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

あくび

The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored. · akubi

アクメ

A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions. [from 18th c.] · akume

アグリビジネス

(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do. [from 1950s] · aguribijinesu

アクレ

A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Rio Branco. · akure

アクロニム

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words. · akuronimu

アクロバット

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance. · akurobatto

アクロポリス

The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.) · akuroporisu

あげる

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone). · ageru

アコースティック

(music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification or the need thereof. · akōsutikku

アコーディオン

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds). · akōdion

アコーディオン式

A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.

アコーデオン

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds). · akōdeon

あこがれ

A wistful or melancholy longing. · akogare

あざ

A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow. · aza

アサイラム

A place of safety or refuge. · asairamu

アザケルトリ

Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds. · azakerutori

あさましい

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

アザミ

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

あさり

To dig for clams. · asari

あし

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

アジール

A place of safety or refuge. · ajīru

アジア

The largest continent, located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean. · ajia

アジア人

(US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia. · ajiajin

アジサシ

Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail. · ajisashi

アシスタント

A person who assists or helps someone else. · ashisutanto

アシスト

(baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout. · ashisuto

アジト

A place to hide. · ajito

アジュマ

(Korea) A married middle-aged Korean woman. · ajuma

アジュンマ

(Korea) A married middle-aged Korean woman. · ajunma

アジョシ

(Korea) A middle-aged Korean man. · ajoshi

アジョッシ

(Korea) A middle-aged Korean man. · ajosshi

アシンメトリー

Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry. · ashinmetorī

アス

To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree. · asu