Japanese–English dictionary

スインギング

(sex) An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners, often in a group setting. · suingingu

スイング

(music) The genre of music associated with this dance style. · suingu

スウェーデン

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden. · suwēden

スウェーデン人

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent. · suwēdenjin

スウェーデン語

Of or pertaining to Sweden. · suwēdengo

スウェーデン語の

Of or pertaining to the Swedish language.

スウェットシャツ

A loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel. · suwettoshatsu

ズウォティ

The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy. · zuwoti

すうがくしゃ

An expert on mathematics; someone who studies mathematics. · suugakusha

スエード

A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories. · suēdo

スエット

The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow. · suetto

スカ

(music genre) A style of Jamaican dance music originating in the late 1950s, combining elements of Caribbean calypso and mento with American jazz and rhythm and blues; it was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. · suka

スカーフ

A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. · sukāfu

スカイ

The largest island of the Inner Hebrides, in Highland council area, Scotland; the Isle of Skye. · sukai

スカイダイビング

The practice of performing acrobatic movements during the freefall phase of a parachute jump. · sukaidaibingu

スカイライン

The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky. · sukairain

スカウティング

The Scout Movement. · sukautingu

スカウト

A male member of the Scout Movement. · sukauto

スカトロ

(slang, pornography) Coprophilia, scatophilia. · sukatoro

スカンク

Any of various small mammals, of most genera of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure. · sukanku

スカンジナビア

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands. · sukanjinabia

スカンディナヴィア

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands. · sukandinavia

スカンディナビア

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands. · sukandinabia

スキー

One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water. · sukī

スキーマ

(databases) A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column. · sukīma

スキーヤー

One who skis. · sukīyā

スキーをする

(transitive) To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport). · sukīosuru

スキゾイド

Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity. · sukizoido

スキゾイド患者

(psychiatry) Someone with schizoid personality disorder.

スキット

A short comic performance done by amateurs. · sukitto

スキャナ

A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.] · sukyana

スキャナー

A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.] · sukyanā

スキャンする

(computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner. · sukyansuru

スキャンダル

An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved. · sukyandaru

スキューバ

(underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater. · sukyūba

スキュラ

A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirlpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily. The passage between Scylla and Charybdis was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying between Scylla and Charybdis signifies a great peril on either hand. · sukyura

スキュレー

A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirlpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily. The passage between Scylla and Charybdis was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying between Scylla and Charybdis signifies a great peril on either hand. · sukyurē

スキル

A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. · sukiru

スキン

A person with little or no head hair. (This entry is a translation hub.) · sukin

スキンヘッド

A person with little or no head hair. (This entry is a translation hub.) · sukinheddo

スクーター

A small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame. · sukūtā

スクーナー

(watercraft) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast. · sukūnā

スクイズ

(baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third. · sukuizu

スクイズする

(transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting. · sukuizusuru

すぐに

Within a short time; quickly. · suguni

スクライブ

Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist. · sukuraibu

スクラップ

(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk. · sukurappu

スクランブル

(military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft. · sukuranburu

スグリ

The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red. · suguri

スクリーン

The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation. · sukurīn

スクリーンプレー

(authorship, cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically. · sukurīnpurē

スクリプト

(computing) A brief and simple program. · sukuriputo

スクリュー

(nautical) A ship's propeller. · sukuryū

スクリュードライバー

A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it. · sukuryūdoraibā

スクロール

A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. · sukurōru

スケーター

A person who skates. · sukētā

スケーティング

The act, or the sport, of skating on ice. · sukētingu

スケート

The act, or the sport, of skating on ice. · sukēto

スケートをする

To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates. · sukētoosuru

スケートをする人

A person who skates.

スケープゴート

In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed. · sukēpugōto

スケアクロウ

An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. [from 1530s] · sukeakurō

スケジュール

A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur. [from 19th c.] · sukejūru

スケッチ

A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines. · suketchi

すけべ

Offensive to standards of decency or morality. · sukebe

すけべい

Offensive to standards of decency or morality. · sukebei

スケルトン

(sports, uncountable) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first. · sukeruton

スコーン

A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle. · sukōn

スコア

The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers. · sukoa

スコアカード

A printed card allowing spectators of a game to identify players and record progress. · sukoakādo

スコアボード

A large board that displays the score in a game or contest. · sukoabōdo

すごい

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

すごく

In an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully. · sugoku

スコッチウィスキー

(uncountable) Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley. · sukotchiwisukī

スコットランド

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

スコットランド人

A person born in or native to Scotland. · sukottorandojin

スコットランド語

A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country. · sukottorandogo

スコップ

A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots. · sukoppu

ずさん

Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful. · zusan

スザンナ

(biblical character) A follower of Jesus (Luke 8:3) · suzanna

すし

(proscribed) Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish. · sushi

スズ

(uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn. · suzu

スズカケノキ

(US) Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore), distinguished by its mottled bark which flakes off in large irregular masses. · suzukakenoki

スズキ

Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish · suzuki

すすだらけの

Pertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky. [from 16th c.] · susudarakeno

スズメ

A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds. · suzume

スズメバチ

A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting. · suzumebachi

すすり泣き

A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath. · susurinaki

すすり泣く

To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy. · susurinaku

すする

(transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time. · susuru

スター

Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol. · sutā

スターター

An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine. · sutātā

スターダスト

(informal, dated) A distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of dust, especially if the individual stars of which cannot be resolved with a telescope. · sutādasuto

スタート

The beginning of an activity. · sutāto

スタートアップ

A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth. · sutātoappu

スタート地点

The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc. · sutātochiten

スターバックス

A widespread chain of coffee shops. · sutābakkusu

スターリニズム

The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. · sutārinizumu

スターリン

A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin. · sutārin

スターリングシルバー

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

スターリングラード

(historical) Former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961. · sutāringurādo

スターリン主義

The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. · sutārinshugi

スターレット

A young actress with a promising career ahead of her. · sutāretto

スター効果

(mineralogy) A star-shaped figure exhibited by some crystals by reflected light (as in a star sapphire) or by transmitted light (as in some mica).

スタイ

An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating. · sutai

スタイラス

(writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them. · sutairasu

スタイル

A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art. · sutairu

スタグフレーション

(economics) Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment. [from 1965] · sutagufurēshon

スタジアム

A venue where sporting events are held. · sutajiamu

スタジオ

An artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works. · sutajio

スタチュート

A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc. · sutachūto

スタック

(computing, often with "the") A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions. · sutakku

スタッフ

(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch. · sutaffu

スタッフロール

(film, television) The credits shown at the end of a film, TV program, etc. · sutaffurōru

スタバ

A widespread chain of coffee shops. · sutaba

スタビリティー

The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change. · sutabiritī

スタンガン

A weapon intended to immobilize, usually through delivery of an electric shock. · sutangan

スタンション

A vertical pole, post, or support. · sutanshon

スタンダード

A level of quality or attainment. · sutandādo

スタンチョン

A vertical pole, post, or support. · sutanchon

スタンド

A small stall for the display and sale of goods. · sutando

スタントマン

In films, someone who performs stunts that are deemed too dangerous or physically difficult for the main actors to attempt. · sutantoman

スタンフォード

A habitational surname from Old English. · sutanfōdo

スタンフォード大学

A private university in Santa Clara County, California.

スチール

(photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage. · suchīru

スチュワーデス

A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers). · suchuwādesu

スチル

(photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage. · suchiru

すっかり

(intensifier, sometimes, _, childish) Wholly; entirely; completely; totally. · sukkari

ズッキーニ

(British, Ireland, uncountable) A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash. · zukkīni

ズック

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings. · zukku

ずっと

Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer). · zutto

すっとこどっこい

silly, quirky · suttokodokkoi

すっぱい

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar. · suppai

スッポン

A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction. · suppon

すっぽんぽん

(chiefly, British, slang) Completely nude. · supponpon

ステーキ

Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling. · sutēki

ステーキハウス

A restaurant that specializes in good cuts of meat, particularly steak. · sutēkihausu

ステークホルダー

(business) A person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise. · sutēkuhorudā

ステージ袖

Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience.

ステープラー

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. · sutēpurā

ステアリング

Equipment used to control direction; something used to steer. · sutearingu

スティグマ

(typography) A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ). · sutiguma

スティック

(North America, ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end. · sutikku

スティルトン

A type of blue-veined cheese made in England. · sutiruton

スティレット

A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing. · sutiretto

すてきな人

(countable, informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.

すてきもの

(countable, informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing. · sutekimono

ステッカー

An adhesive label or decal. · sutekkā

ステッキ

A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking. · sutekki

ステップ

A narrow board serving as a step beneath the doors of some cars. · suteppu