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トルコ人
A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · torukojin
トルコ石
Having a pale greenish-blue colour. · torukoishi
トルコ石の
Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
トルコ語
Of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language. · torukogo
トルテ
A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau). · torute
トルティーヤ
A type of Mexican flatbread made out of cornmeal or flour. · torutīya
トルテリーニ
(cooking, food) A kind of small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese, etc; and eaten with a sauce or in a soup. · toruterīni
トルネード
(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground. · torunēdo
トルバドゥール
An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel. · torubadūru
ドルフィン
(nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids. · dorufin
どれ
(interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied). · dore
トレーダー
One who earns a living by trading goods or securities. · torēdā
トレーナー
(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor. · torēnā
トレーニング
The activity of imparting and acquiring skills. · torēningu
トレーニングする
(intransitive) To improve one's fitness. · torēningusuru
トレーニングパンツ
(US) Informal cotton trousers, with an elasticated or drawstring waist, used for exercise etc. · torēningupantsu
ドレープ
Heavy cloth hung over a window. · dorēpu
トレーラー
An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle. · torērā
トレーン
The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground. [from 14th c.] · torēn
トレイ
A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. · torei
トレイル
A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc. · toreiru
ドレス
(clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist. · doresu
ドレスデン
The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe. [1735] · doresuden
ドレスメーカー
A person who makes tailor-made women's clothes. · doresumēkā
トレする
(intransitive) To improve one's fitness. · toresuru
ドレッシング
(cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads. · doresshingu
ドレッドノート
(informal) Any type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship. · doreddonōto
ドレッドヘア
A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings. · doreddohea
トレッドミル
A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place. · toreddomiru
ドレッドロックス
A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings. · doreddorokkusu
どれでも
Any thing(s) or person(s). · doredemo
どれでも...ない
Not any of a given number or group. · doredemo...nai
トレビュシェット
A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole. · torebyushetto
どれも
Any thing(s) or person(s). · doremo
トレンチ
A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground. · torenchi
トレンド
An inclination in a particular direction. · torendo
ドローイング
Such acts practiced as a graphic art form. · dorōingu
トローチ
A small, medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to relieve coughing symptoms temporarily. · torōchi
トロープ
(art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif. · torōpu
トローリング
The act of one who trolls (in various senses of provoking others). · torōringu
トロール
(originally, Scandinavian, _, mythology, now, also, European folklore) a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. [from early 17th c.] · torōru
トロール漁船
A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish. · torōrugyosen
トロール船
A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish. · torōrusen
ドローン
An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). · dorōn
トロイ
(historical) An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey. · toroi
トロイカ
A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast. · toroika
トロイの木馬
(computer security) A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software. · toroinomokuba
トロエル
A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. · toroeru
ドロシー
A en given name. · doroshī
トロット
(dance) A moderately rapid dance. · torotto
ドロテア
A en given name. · dorotea
トロフィー
An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement. · torofī
とろみ
(uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency). · toromi
ドロレス
A en given name. · dororesu
トロント
The capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada. · toronto
トロンボーン
A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭). · toronbōn
とろ火で煮る
(transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
とわ
(uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time. · towa
ドワーフ
(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves. · dowāfu
とわに
(duration) For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time. · towani
ドン
A sudden percussive noise. · don
トンガ
A country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga. Capital and largest city: Nuku'alofa. · tonga
トング
An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips. · tongu
トング(tongu)
(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. · tongu(tongu)
どんぐり
(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. · donguri
ドングル
(computer hardware) A hardware device used by a specific application for purposes of copy protection. · donguru
とんでもない
Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant. · tondemonai
どんでん返し
(by extension) A contrived solution to a problem, relying on an agent external to the situation. · dondengaeshi
どんどん
Rapidly; with speed; fast. · dondon
どんなに
(interrogative) To what degree or extent. · donnani
トンネル
An underground or underwater passage. · tonneru
トンボ
An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched. · tonbo
どんより
Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds. · don'yori
ドン川
A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov.
どん底
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation. · donzoko
と同じくらい
(formal, somewhat, dated) For example; for instance. (Compare such as.)
と言うことは
(conjunctive, idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification. · toiukotoha
do not (negative auxiliary) · na
ナーイ
(music) A type of endblown flute. · nāi
ナーガ
(Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water. · nāga
ナース
A person involved in providing direct care for the sick: · nāsu
ナード
(slang, sometimes, _, derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted. · nādo
ナーフ
(transitive, slang) To arbitrarily limit or reduce the capability of. · nāfu
ない
Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully. · nai
ナイジェリア
A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦). · naijeria
ナイジェリア人
A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent. · naijeriajin
ナイト
(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages. · naito
ナイトガウン
A long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in. · naitogaun
ナイトクラブ
An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub. · naitokurabu
ナイトスタンド
(US) A small table or cabinet, often with one or more drawers or shelves, placed beside the head of a bed. · naitosutando
ナイトテーブル
(US) A small table or cabinet, often with one or more drawers or shelves, placed beside the head of a bed. · naitotēburu
ナイトライフ
Nocturnal activities, especially visiting nightclubs. · naitoraifu
ナイフ
A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing. · naifu
ナイル川
A large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world.
ナイロビ
The capital city of Kenya. · nairobi
ナイン
A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten. · nain
なお
(conjunctive) Used to emphasize an additional point, especially an important or stronger reason; moreover; furthermore. · nao
ナオミ
(biblical character) The mother-in-law of the Biblical figure Ruth. · naomi
ながら
During the same time that. · nagara
ながれる
(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another. · nagareru
なかんずく
(focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal. · nakanzuku
なきゃ
Must; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation. · nakya
なく
(transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn. · naku
なくす
(transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability. · nakusu
なくちゃ
Must; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation. · nakucha
なぐる
To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting. · naguru
ナゲット
(countable) A small, compact chunk or clump. · nagetto
なごり
(by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present. · nagori
ナサ
Acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration. · nasa
なさる
(transitive) To perform; to execute. · nasaru
ナザレ
A city in northern Israel. · nazare
なし
Not doing or not having done something. · nashi
ナス
(North America, AU, NZ, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine. · nasu
なすび
(North America, AU, NZ, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine. · nasubi
なぜか
In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means · nazeka
なぜなのか
In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means · nazenanoka
なぜなら
By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. · nazenara
なぞなぞ
A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature. · nazonazo
ナターシャ
A en given name borrowed from Russian in the twentieth century, diminutive of Natalia and Natalya. · natāsha
ナタナエル
An Apostle in the Gospel of John; usually identified with Bartholomew. · natanaeru
なだめる
(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate. · nadameru
ナタリー
A en given name. · natarī
ナチ
(historical) Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism, or neo-Nazis more generally. · nachi
ナチス
(historical) A member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP). [1930] · nachisu
ナチズム
The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism. · nachizumu
ナックル
(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air. · nakkuru
ナッシュヴィル
The Nashville warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla. · nasshuviru
ナッシュビル
The Nashville warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla. · nasshubiru
ナッソー
The capital city of the Bahamas. · nassō
ナッツ
(food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants. · nattsu
ナツメグ
The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice. · natsumegu
ナツメヤシの実
The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. [from 14th c.]
ナディア
A en given name used since the twentieth century. · nadia
ナデジダ
A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Russian female given name Наде́жда (Nadéžda). · nadejida
なでる
To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress. · naderu
など
(idiomatic) Indicates that a list continues in a similar manner. · nado
ナトリウム
The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature. · natoriumu
ナナカマド
Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries. · nanakamado
ナナカマド属
Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries. · nanakamadozoku
ナニー
A child's nurse. · nanī
なので
(conjunctive) As a result. · nanode
ナノテクノロジー
The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm). · nanotekunorojī
ナノ秒
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−9 seconds. Symbol: ns · nanobyō
ナパーム
A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. [from 1942] · napāmu
ナパーム弾
A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. [from 1942] · napāmudan
ナバホ
A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America. · nabaho
ナバホ族
A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.
ナバラ
An autonomous community and province in northern Spain. · nabara
ナプキン
A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating. · napukin
ナベシャツ
(LGBTQ) Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts. · nabeshatsu

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