Japanese–English dictionary

シュレッダー

A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder. · shureddā

シュワルツ

A surname from German. · shuwarutsu

シュワルツェネッガー

A surname from German; used specifically of Arnold Schwarzenegger (b. 1947), an Austrian-American businessman and governor of California, known especially for his success as a professional bodybuilder and action film actor. · shuwarutseneggā

ジョー

(rare) : a diminutive of various female given names. · jō

ジョーカー

A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games. · jōkā

ジョーク

Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness. · jōku

ショーケース

A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect. · shōkēsu

ジョージ

A en given name; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e). · jōji

ジョージア

A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi. · jōjia

ジョージア語

The language of Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia. · jōjiago

ジョーゼット

A thin lightweight silk or cotton fabric with a matte finish. · jōzetto

ショーツ

Pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees. · shōtsu

ショート

(electrical engineering) A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it. · shōto

ショートカット

(computing, in the Microsoft family of operating systems) A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it. · shōtokatto

ショートケーキ

A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit. · shōtokēki

ショートパンツ

Pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees. · shōtopantsu

ショートブレッド

A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour. · shōtobureddo

ショービニスト

(pejorative) A chauvinistic person. · shōbinisuto

ショービニズム

(pejorative) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism. · shōbinizumu

ショーマン

One skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation, performance, or publicity. · shōman

ショール

A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons. · shōru

ショールーム

A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products. · shōrūmu

ジョイスティック

A mechanical control device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment. · joisutikku

しょうがない

(idiomatic) It is inevitable. There is no alternative. · shōganai

しょうせつ

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.] · shōsetsu

ジョギング

An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise. · jogingu

ショコラ

(mostly, uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans. · shokora

ショコラ色

(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).

ジョスト

A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field. · josuto

ジョセフ

A en given name. · josefu

ショタ

A male given name of Georgian origin. · shota

ジョッキ

A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.A mug · jokki

ショック

(figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning. · shokku

ショックアブソーバー

Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact. · shokkuabusōbā

ジョックストラップ

(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise. · jokkusutorappu

しょっちゅう

In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently. · shotchuu

ショット

(photography, film) A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames. · shotto

ショットガン

(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge. · shottogan

しょっぱくない

Not of a salty taste. · shoppakunai

ショッピング

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy. · shoppingu

ショッピングセンター

An enclosed shopping centre. [from 20th c.] · shoppingusentā

ショップ

An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well. · shoppu

ショパン

A surname from French. · shopan

ジョブ

An economic role for which a person is paid. · jobu

ショベル

A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.Excavator · shoberu

ジョン

A en given name; very popular since the Middle Ages. · jon

ジョンソン

A patrilineal surname transferred from the given name. The second most common surname in the United States. · jonson

シラー

A surname from German. · shirā

シラキュース

Syracuse University (in New York) · shirakyūsu

シラクーザ

A city and port, the capital of the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. · shirakūza

シラクーザ県

A former province of Sicily, Italy; abolished in 2015 and replaced by an equivalent administrative entity.

シラクサ

A city and port, the capital of the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. · shirakusa

シラクサ県

A former province of Sicily, Italy; abolished in 2015 and replaced by an equivalent administrative entity.

シラサギ

Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. · shirasagi

じらす

(intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation. · jirasu

シラフ

Not drunk; not intoxicated. · shirafu

シラミ

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

シラミを取る

(archaic, literal) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. I nitpicked his hair.

シリーズ

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

シリア

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus. · shiria

シリカ

Silicon dioxide. [from 1801] · shirika

シリコーン

(chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts. · shirikōn

シリコン

(chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855. · shirikon

ジリス

A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers). · jirisu

シリル

A en given name; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs. · shiriru

シリング

The old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen. · shiringu

シリンダー

(geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve. · shirindā

シルヴェスター

A en given name used in English since the sixteenth century. · shiruvesutā

シルエット

An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [mid 19th c.] · shiruetto

しるし

(figuratively) Anything that indicates future trends. · shirushi

シルト

(uncountable) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water. · shiruto

ジレー

A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool. · jirē

シロアリ

A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea. · shiroari

しろうと

Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful. · shirōto

シロクログマ

(colloquial, also, attributively) Ellipsis of giant panda (“Ailuropoda melanoleuca”). [from 19th c.] · shirokuroguma

シロッコ

A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions. · shirokko

シロップ

(UK, AU, NZ) A concentrated non-carbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking. · shiroppu

シロフォン

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives. · shirofon

しわが寄る

(transitive) To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles. · shiwagayoru

しわくちゃ

(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together. · shiwakucha

シン

A surname from Punjabi. · shin

シンカー

(baseball) Any of several high speed pitches that have a downward motion near the plate; a two-seam fastball, a split-finger fastball, or a forkball. · shinkā

シンガポール

An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore. · shingapōru

しんがり

(military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest. · shingari

シンク

A basin used for holding water for washing. · shinku

ジングル

(broadcasting, advertising, music) A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial. · jinguru

シングルス

(sports, plurale tantum) A game between individual players. · shingurusu

シングルトン

(computing) A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern. · shinguruton

シンクロナイズ

(transitive) To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way. · shinkuronaizu

シンクロニシティ

(uncountable) The state of being synchronous or simultaneous. · shinkuronishiti

しんげん

A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims. · shingen

ジンゴイズム

(uncountable) Excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism, especially with regards to foreign policy. · jingoizumu

シンシア

A en given name. · shinshia

シンジケート

(crime) A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime. · shinjikēto

シンシナティ

The third largest city in Ohio, United States and the county seat of Hamilton County. · shinshinati

ジンジャーブレッド

(transitive, idiomatic, uncommon) To decorate or embellish in an ornate or intricate way. · jinjābureddo

じんじん

(intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood. · jinjin

シンセサイザー

(music) An electronic instrument consisting of a module, or a set of modules, that creates its sounds with electronics and does not have any keyboard. · shinsesaizā

シンセン

A major subprovincial city of Guangdong, in southeastern China. · shinsen

シンタックス

(computing, countable) The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language. · shintakkusu

シンデレラ

A popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward. · shinderera

シンドバッド

(fiction) A fictional sailor, the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin, who encountered monsters and magic while travelling the seas east of Africa and south of Asia. · shindobaddo

シンドローム

(pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition. · shindorōmu

シンド語

An Indo-Aryan language spoken in four main dialects in Pakistan and India. There are around 35 million Sindhi speakers in Sindh سنڌ and more than 40 million throughout the world. Sindhi is written with a modified Arabic script that has 52 letters, and in a modified Devanagari script too. · shindogo

シンナー

A solvent used to thin oil-based paints or clean up after their use. · shinnā

ジンバブエ

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia. · jinbabue

シンバル

(percussion instrument) A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like. · shinbaru

シンブル

(sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material. · shinburu

シンポジウム

A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations. · shinpojiumu

シンメトリー

Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis. · shinmetorī

スー

A en given name and of related female given names; popular as a middle name. · sū

スーザン

A en given name. · sūzan

スーダン

Republic of the Sudan, since 1955 · sūdan

スーツ

(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. · sūtsu

スーツケース

A suitcase. · sūtsukēsu

スート

(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. · sūto

スートラ

A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy. · sūtora

スーパー

A chain of such stores. · sūpā

スーパーヴィラン

A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero. · sūpāviran

スーパーカー

Any high-performance sports car. · sūpākā

スーパーコンピューター

(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation. · sūpākonpyūtā

スーパースター

Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity. · sūpāsutā

スーパーバイザー

(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities. · sūpābaizā

スーパーパワー

(countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union. · sūpāpawā

スーパーヒーロー

Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things. · sūpāhīrō

スーパーマーケット

A chain of such stores. · sūpāmāketto

スーパーマン

A fictional comic-book superhero with superhuman strength and speed, X-ray vision, and the ability to fly. [from 1933.] · sūpāman

スーパーモデル

A highly paid, famous fashion model. · sūpāmoderu

スープ

(countable) A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat. · sūpu

スープスプーン

A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon. · sūpusupūn

スーラ

Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran. · sūra

スーリヤ

A en given name used in India. · sūriya

ズールー人

A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.

ズールー族

Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time. · zūrūzoku

ズールー語

The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu. · zūrūgo

ずい

In a wholehearted manner; without reserve; enthusiastically, unreservedly. · zui

ズィー

The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z. · zuī

スイーツ

A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal. · suītsu

スイート

A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access. [from 18th c.] · suīto

スイートハート

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one. · suītohāto

スイカ

A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit. · suika

スイス

Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people. · suisu

スイスチャード

(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste. · suisuchādo

スイス人

Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people. · suisujin

スイッチ

A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow. · suitchi

ずいぶん

Significantly; to a degree worth considering. · zuibun

スイベル

(mechanical) A piece, such as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis. · suiberu

すいぼ

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. · suibo

スイマー

One who swims. · suimā

スインガー

(sex) A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners). · suingā