Japanese–English dictionary

ダブする

(dance, intransitive) To perform the dab dance move; to move both arms, parallel with one's head, to either side of the body. · dabusuru

タフタ

A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers. · tafuta

ダプネー

(Greek god) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus. · dapunē

ダブリン

(metonym) The government of the Republic of Ireland. · daburin

ダブルス

(sports, plurale tantum) a game between pairs of players · daburusu

タブロイド

(newspapers) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of a broadsheet, especially characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news. [from early 20th c.] · taburoido

タペストリー

A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls. · tapesutorī

たべる

(copulative, intransitive) To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good"). · taberu

ダボス

A mountain resort and municipality in Grisons, Switzerland, host of the World Economic Forum. · dabosu

タボル山

A mountain in Israel, Mount Tabor

タマキビガイ

A mollusk of family Littorinidae. · tamakibigai

だまされやすい

Excessively ready to believe things; gullible. · damasareyasui

ダマスカス

The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE. · damasukasu

たまたま

(manner) In an incidental manner; not of central or critical importance. · tamatama

たまに

On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes. [from 15th c.] · tamani

タマネギ

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. · tamanegi

ダミー

A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one. · damī

タミル人

A person who originates from Tamil Nadu, India or Sri Lanka or has tamil origins.

タミル語

A person who originates from Tamil Nadu, India or Sri Lanka or has tamil origins. · tamirugo

ダム

A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding. · damu

ため

On account of; due to, for the purpose of. · tame

ために

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. · tameni

ためらい

An act of hesitating · tamerai

ためらう

(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently. · tamerau

ため息

A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing. · tameiki

タラゴン

A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia. · taragon

だらしない

Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible. · darashinai

ダラス

A large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas. · darasu

タラップ

(aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport. · tarappu

タランチュラ

(dated) A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous bite of which was once thought to cause an extreme urge to dance (tarantism). [from mid 16th c.] · taranchura

タラント語

A dialect of Neapolitan spoken in and around Taranto in Apulia.

ダリア

Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico. · daria

タリウム

A metallic chemical element (symbol Tl) with atomic number 81: a gray post-transition metal that discolors when exposed to air. · tariumu

タリスマン

A magical object providing protection against ill will, or the supernatural, or conferring the wearer with a boon such as good luck, good health, or power(s). · tarisuman

タリバン

A Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021. · tariban

タリブ

A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib. · taribu

タリン

The capital city of Estonia. · tarin

ダルース

A city, the county seat of St. Louis County, Minnesota. · darūsu

ダルヴィーシュ

(Islam) An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals. · daruvīshu

タルタン

(historical) The commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria. · tarutan

タルト

A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings). · taruto

タルパ

A type of thought-form regarded as capable of independent action, with a persistent personality and identity; a kind of modern imaginary friend. · tarupa

ダルフール

A region in western Sudan where the Fur live. · darufūru

ダルマチア語

An extinct Romance language that was once spoken in Dalmatia.

タルムード

(Judaism) A collection of Jewish writings related to the practical application of Judaic law and tradition (may refer to either the Babylonian Talmud or the shorter Jerusalem Talmud). · tarumūdo

ダルメシアン

One of a breed of dog with a short, white coat with dark spots. · darumeshian

だれ

(fused relative, archaic, or, marginal) Whoever, he who, they who. · dare

ダレイオス

Any of several kings in Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, 6th to 4th century BCE. · dareiosu

だれでも

(indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general). · daredemo

だれも

Every person. · daremo

だろ

(informal, chiefly, Canada, Northern US, New Zealand, AU, UK) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said. · daro

だろう

(formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence. · darō

タロット

(singular or plural) A card game played in various different variations. · tarotto

タロットカード

Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination. · tarottokādo

たわ

(geography) A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks. · tawa

タワー

(figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide. · tawā

たわごと

Senseless talk or writing; nonsense. · tawagoto

タン

In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth). · tan

タンカード

A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.Tankard · tankādo

タンク

A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use. · tanku

タングステン

A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74. · tangusuten

ダンケルク

A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. · dankeruku

タンゴ

(dance) A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango. · tango

たんこぶ

Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. · tankobu

ダンサー

The second reindeer of Santa Claus. · dansā

タンザニア

A country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania. · tanzania

タンジール

A port city, the capital of the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar. · tanjīru

タンジェ

A port city, the capital of the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar. · tanje

タンジェリン

A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit. · tanjerin

タンジェント

(music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound. · tanjento

ダンス

A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. · dansu

ダンスパートナー専門の男

A hired escort or dancing partner for a woman.

ダンスホール

A large room used for dancing and banquets. · dansuhōru

ダンツィヒ

Gdańsk (especially in reference to the times when it was part of a German-speaking state such as Prussia or Germany). · dantsihi

ダンテ

A en given name, presumably in honor of the poet Dante Alighieri. · dante

ダンディー

A city in Scotland. · dandī

だんな

(chiefly, _, historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK, _, law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight. · danna

タンバリン

A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum. · tanbarin

ダンピング

(economics, trading) Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly. · danpingu

タンブラー

A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure. · tanburā

タンブルウィード

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc. · tanburuwīdo

ダンベル

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end. · danberu

たんぽぽ

(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale). · tanpopo

タンポン

A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation. · tanpon

チー

(Japanese, _, mahjong) A call for forming a run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit using a discarded tile. · chī

チーク

(countable) A tree of the species in the genus Tectona. · chīku

チーク色

(uncountable) A yellowish brown colour, like that of teakwood.

チーク色の

Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

チーズ

(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling. · chīzu

チーズケーキ

(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake). · chīzukēki

チーズバーガー

A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese). · chīzubāgā

チーター

(cat) A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal. · chītā

チート

(video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code. · chīto

チーフ

The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group. [from 13th c.] · chīfu

チーム

A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus. · chīmu

チームメイト

One who is on the same team. · chīmumeito

チームワーク

The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal. · chīmuwāku

チアリーダー

(chiefly, US) A person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for. · chiarīdā

チアリーディング

A physical activity in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team. · chiarīdingu

チェーカー

(historical) The first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations, created in 1917. · chēkā

チェーン

A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. · chēn

チェーンソー

(forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees. · chēnsō

チェコ

Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language. · cheko

チェコスロバキア

A former country in Central Europe, now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. · chekosurobakia

チェコ人

(countable) A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent. · chekojin

チェコ語

Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language. · chekogo

チェス

A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king. · chesu

チェスボード

(chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours. · chesubōdo

チェチェン

A republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus. Official name: Chechen Republic. Capital: Grozny. · chechen

チェチェン人

A member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.

チェチェン共和国

A republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus. Official name: Chechen Republic. Capital: Grozny.

チェチェン語

The language of the Chechens, a member of the Nakh family.

チェッカー

(board games, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces. · chekkā

チェック

(transitive) To inspect; to examine. · chekku

チェックポイント

A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection. · chekkupointo

チェックボックス

A space on a paper form that can be optionally filled with a check mark. · chekkubokkusu

チェックメート

(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate. · chekkumēto

チェックメイト

(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game. · chekkumeito

チェックリスト

A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar. · chekkurisuto

チェリー

The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans. · cherī

チェリスト

Someone who plays the cello. · cherisuto

チェルシー

An urban area in west London, on the north bank of the river Thames in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London. · cherushī

チェルノブイリ

A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster. · cherunobuiri

チェレスタ

(musical instruments) A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard. · cheresuta

チェロ

A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow. · chero

チェンバレン

A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark. · chenbaren

チェンバロ

(musical instruments) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When the performer presses a key, a corresponding plectrum plucks a tuned string. The harpsichord originated in late medieval Europe and is one of the most important instruments used to perform Baroque music. · chenbaro

チキン

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food. · chikin

チグリス川

A river in Southwest Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf.

チケット

A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation. · chiketto

チコリー

(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names. · chikorī

チタニア

(astronomy) : The largest satellite of the planet Uranus. · chitania

チタニウム

A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc. · chitaniumu

チタン

(Greek god) Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods. · chitan

チップ

(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip. · chippu

ちっぽけ

Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak. [from 16th c.] · chippoke

ちなみに

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened. · chinamini

ちび

(pejorative) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish. · chibi

チフス

(pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever. · chifusu

チベット

Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language. · chibetto

チベット人

(countable) A native of Tibet · chibettojin

チベット語

Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language. · chibettogo

チポトレ

A ripe jalapeño pepper, dried and smoked for use in cooking. · chipotore

チボリ

An ancient city in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy. · chibori

チャージ

The amount of money levied for a service. · chāji

チャージャー

A device that charges or recharges. · chājā

チャージング

(basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender. · chājingu

チャート

A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. · chāto

チャーム

(particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks. · chāmu

チャールズ

A en given name. · chāruzu