Japanese–English dictionary

プトレマイオス

A en given name of Greek origin, borne by historical persons in ancient Egypt. · putoremaiosu

プネー

A major city and district of Maharashtra, India. · punē

ブヒブヒ

Representing the grunting sound made by a pig. · buhibuhi

ふふん

(onomatopoeia) A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating annoyance, indignation, disapproval, doubt, or sighing. · fufun

フベ

An underclassman or junior, in the context of Korea. · fube

ふみふみ

(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc. · fumifumi

ふむ

Indicates thinking or pondering. · fumu

フムス

A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze. · fumusu

ふむふむ

Indicates thinking or pondering. · fumufumu

ふゆ

Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region. · fuyu

フュージョン

(music) A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially different types of jazz and reggae. · fyūjon

フューチャリズム

(art) An early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions. · fyūcharizumu

フューレル

(historical, Nazism, definite) Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany. · fyūreru

ブヨ

Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera. · buyo

ブラ

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s] · bura

ブラートヴルスト

A small pork sausage, usually served fried. · burātovurusuto

フライ

(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc. · furai

ブライアン

A en given name. · buraian

プライウッド

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material. · puraiuddo

ブライス

A en given name. · buraisu

ブライズメイド

A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party. · buraizumeido

プライスレス

(by, extension) So precious as not to be obtainable or sold at any price. [from 1590s] · puraisuresu

プライド

A festival or other event, usually involving a march or parade and organized annually within a city, to celebrate the experiences and identities of LGBTQ people and to promote their interests and rights. [from late 20th c.] · puraido

プライベート

Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state. · puraibēto

プライマー

(biochemistry, genetics) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication. · puraimā

プライヤー

A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things. · puraiyā

ブライユ点字

A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three or four rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.

ブライン

Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling. · burain

フライングディスク

A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee. · furaingudisuku

ブラインド

A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass. · buraindo

フライ返し

(cookware) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food. · furaigaeshi

ブラウス

(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women. · burausu

プラカード

A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place. · purakādo

フラグ

(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place. · furagu

フラクタル

(mathematics) Having the form of a fractal; having to do with fractals. · furakutaru

プラグマティズム

The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals. · puragumatizumu

プラグを抜く

(transitive) To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket.

ブラザー

A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc. · burazā

ブラシ

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair. · burashi

ブラシがけ

The act of brushing something. · burashigake

フラシテン

A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet. · furashiten

ブラジャー

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s] · burajā

ブラジル

A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília. · burajiru

ブラジル人

A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent. · burajirujin

フラシ天

A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.

プラス

Positive, or involving advantage. · purasu

フラスコ

A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask. · furasuko

プラスチック

A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting. · purasuchikku

フラストレーション

The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated. · furasutorēshon

プラズマ

(physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons. · purazuma

プラセボ

(medicine) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment. [from 18th c.] · purasebo

プラタナス

(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. · puratanasu

ブラチスラヴァ

The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava. · burachisurava

ブラチスラバ

The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava. · burachisuraba

プラチナ

A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal. · purachina

ブラックアウト

A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers. · burakkuauto

ブラックジャック

(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over. · burakkujakku

ブラックベリー

A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Limited. · burakkuberī

ブラックリスト

(legal, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked. · burakkurisuto

ブラック企業

A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. [from 1892] · burakkukigyō

ブラック会社

A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. [from 1892] · burakkugaisha

フラッシュ

(DC Comics) Any of various DC Comics superheroes who have the power of superspeed, derived from an energy called the Speed Force. · furasshu

フラッシュバック

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative. · furasshubakku

フラット

(music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪). · furatto

プラットフォーム

(computing) A particular operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software; a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used for running other software. · purattofōmu

プラットホーム

A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon. · purattohōmu

ブラティスラヴァ

The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava. · buratisurava

プラトン

The Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC, follower of Socrates. · puraton

プラトン主義者

(usually, capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

プラトン学派

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato. [from late 16th century]

プラネタリウム

A display museum in which images of stars and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling. · puranetariumu

プラネット

(now, historical, or, astrology) Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. [from 14thc.] · puranetto

フラノ

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers. · furano

プラハ

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia. · puraha

ブラフマー

(Hindu god) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. · burafumā

ブラフマン

(Hinduism) The unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools. · burafuman

ブラフミン

A learned person of refined taste and mild manners. · burafumin

ふらふら

Not held firmly in position, physically unstable. · furafura

ブラブラさせる

(transitive) To cause to wobble. · buraburasaseru

ブラブラした

Unsteady and tending to wobble. · buraburashita

ブラブラする

(intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro. · buraburasuru

ブラボー

Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer. · burabō

フラマン語

Standard Dutch as it is spoken in Flanders. · furamango

フラミンゴ

(countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes. · furamingo

プラム

An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour. [from 8th c.] · puramu

フラメンコ

(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain. · furamenko

フラン

(chiefly, US, Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries. · furan

プランク

(physics) Used attributively in the names of various units, formulae etc. first devised or worked on by the German physicist Max Planck (1858–1947), chiefly in the realm of quantum theory. [from 20th c.] · puranku

プランクトン

(uncountable) Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water. · purankuton

フランク人

One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.

フランク族

One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.

プランサー

The third reindeer of Santa Claus. · puransā

フランシスコ

(astronomy) A moon in Uranus, Solar System. · furanshisuko

フランス

A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris. · furansu

フランスパン

A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape. · furansupan

フランス人

Of or relating to the people or culture of France. · furansujin

フランス語

Of or relating to the people or culture of France. · furansugo

ブランチ

A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals. · buranchi

フランチャイズ

The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise. · furanchaizu

ブランデー

(uncountable) An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice. · burandē

プランテーション

A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers. · purantēshon

フランネル

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers. · furanneru

ぶら下がる

To hold very tightly, as to not fall off. · burasagaru

ぶら下げる

To hold very tightly, as to not fall off. · burasageru

ブリー

An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk. · burī

フリーク

(slang, chiefly, derogatory) A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way. · furīku

フリース

(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen. · furīsu

フリースタイル

(swimming, by extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl. · furīsutairu

ブリーチーズ

An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk. · burīchīzu

ブリーチズ

(historical) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. · burīchizu

プリーティ

A en given name commonly used in India. · purīti

フリート

A group of vessels or vehicles. · furīto

プリーニウス

An ancient Roman praenomen. · purīniusu

ブリーフ

(chiefly, Australia, informal) Male underpant bikini briefs. · burīfu

ブリーフィング

A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close preparation for an operation or undertaking. · burīfingu

ブリーフケース

A case used for carrying documents, especially for business. · burīfukēsu

ブリーム

(British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama. · burīmu

フリーメイソン

A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization. · furīmeison

フリーランサー

Someone who freelances. · furīransā

ブリオッシュ

(countable, and, uncountable) A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin. · buriosshu

プリオン

(molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue. · purion

フリゲート

(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.] · furigēto

ブリストル

A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn. · burisutoru

フリスビー

A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee. · furisubī

ブリスベン

A large city, the capital city of Queensland, Australia. · burisuben

プリズム

(optics) A transparent block in the shape of a prism (sense 1), typically with triangular ends, used to reflect or refract light. · purizumu

ブリタニー

A en given name. · buritanī

フリッグ

(Germanic mythology, Norse goddess) The wife of Odin, and the Norse/Germanic goddess of married love, the heavens, home and hearth, after whom Friday is named (due to her being identified with Venus). · furiggu

ブリッジ

(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each. · burijji

ブリッツェン

The eighth and last reindeer of Santa Claus. · burittsen

フリップフロップ

(usually, in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour. · furippufuroppu

プリティ

Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children. [from 15th c.] · puriti

ブリテン

England, Scotland and Wales in combination. · buriten

ブリトー

A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc. · buritō

ブリヌイ

(countable, and, uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular: · burinui

プリマス

A city, unitary authority, and borough of Devon, England. · purimasu

ブリュージュ

A city and town in Gironde department, Aquitaine, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. · buryūju

ブリュッヘ

The capital city of West Flanders province, Belgium. · buryuhhe

ブリリアント

A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex. · buririanto

フリル

A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. · furiru

プリン

(sometimes, _, attributive) Something that resembles the Pokémon Jigglypuff, e.g. by being rotund, bright pink, or able to induce sleep. · purin

プリングルズ

An individual potato snack of the Pringles brand. · puringuruzu

プリンゼン

(countable, and, uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular: · purinzen

プリンター

(computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects. · purintā

プリント

A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information. · purinto

ぶり返す

Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly. · burikaesu

ふる

(transitive) To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love. · furu

ブルー

(informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad. · burū

ブルーカラー

Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor. · burūkarā

フルーツ

The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization. · furūtsu