Japanese–English dictionary

もたらす

To produce as return from an investment. · motarasu

もたれる

To press against. · motareru

モダン

Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). · modan

モチーフ

A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern. · mochīfu

モチベーション

Willingness of action especially in behavior. · mochibēshon

もちろん

An emphatic affirmative answer; of course. · mochiron

もつ

The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food. · motsu

モツァレラ

Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc. · motsarera

モッツァレッラ

Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc. · mottsarerra

モッツァレラ

Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc. · mottsarera

もっと

Emphasizing a comparative. · motto

モットー

(heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement. · mottō

もっといい

Healed or recovered from an injury or illness. · mottoii

もっと悪い

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モップ

An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle. · moppu

もつれ

Something which is intricate or complex. · motsure

もてなしのよい

cordial and generous towards guests · motenashinoyoi

モデム

(computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line. · modemu

モテる

(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others. · moteru

もとい

(chiefly, British, idiomatic) I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not. · motoi

もどき

(informal, derogatory, often, attributive) Someone who wishes to be someone or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant. · modoki

モトクロス

(sports, motorcycling) A form of off-road motorbike racing. · motokurosu

モナコ

A city-state in Western Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco. · monako

モナコ市

A city-state in Western Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco.

モニカ

A en given name. · monika

モニター

(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer. · monitā

モニタリング

The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality. · monitaringu

モニュメント

A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration. · monyumento

モノ

(informal) Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel. · mono

モノグラフ

A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person. · monogurafu

モノグラム

A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names. · monoguramu

ものとする

Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural. · monotosuru

モノポリー

(board games) A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy. · monoporī

ものもらい

(disease) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid. · monomorai

モノリス

(also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times. · monorisu

モノレール

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail · monorēru

モノローグ

(drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters. · monorōgu

もの憂さ

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

モハメッド

(Islam, uncountable) The figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. · mohameddo

もはや

Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. · mohaya

モヒ

(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids. · mohi

モヒート

A Cuban cocktail, generally made from rum, lime, sugar, mint, etc. · mohīto

モビール

(sculpture) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other. · mobīru

モヒカン刈り

A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up. · mohikangari

モペッド

A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit. · mopeddo

モミ

(chiefly, countable) A conifer of the genus Abies. · momi

もみがら

The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. · momigara

もみ消す

(transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate. · momikesu

モモ

A type of dumpling from Nepal, Ladakh or Tibet made with a simple flour and water dough and filled with meat, vegetables or cheese. · momo

もやし

(chiefly, in the plural) A sprout of any of several other species of bean · moyashi

モラ

(phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese). · mora

モラトリアム

(legal) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. [from 19th c.] · moratoriamu

モル

(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897] · moru

モルグ

A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts. · morugu

モルジブ

An archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. Official name: Republic of Maldives. Capital: Malé. · morujibu

モルダビア人

An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

モルダビア語

The dialect of Romanian spoken in the Republic of Moldova, which may be written in either the Cyrillic or the Roman alphabet.

モルタル

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks. · morutaru

モルディブ

An archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. Official name: Republic of Maldives. Capital: Malé. · morudibu

モルドヴァ人

An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

モルドバ人

An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

モルドレッド

(Arthurian mythology) The illegitimate son of King Arthur, who ultimately killed him in battle. · morudoreddo

モルヒネ

(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids. · moruhine

モルフィン

(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids. · morufin

モルペウス

(Greek god) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep. · morupeusu

モルモン

(originally, derogatory, sometimes, proscribed) A believer in the Mormon religion, which views Joseph Smith as a prophet of God and holds the Bible and the Book of Mormon as its primary scriptures. · morumon

もろさ

(uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived. · morosa

モロッコ

Of, from, or pertaining to Morocco or the Moroccan people. · morokko

モロッコ人

A person from Morocco or of Moroccan descent.

モンゴル

A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Ulaanbaatar. · mongoru

モンゴル人

(countable) A native or inhabitant of Mongolia. · mongorujin

モンゴル語

(uncountable) A group of languages from Mongolia, specifically Khalkha, the official language of Mongolia. · mongorugo

モンゴロイド

A person of the mongoloid physical type. · mongoroido

モンスター

A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind. · monsutā

モンセラト

An island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean. Official name: Montserrat. · monserato

モンタージュ

(countable) A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc. [from early 20th c.] · montāju

モンタナ州

A en given name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.

モンテヴィデオ

The capital city of Uruguay. · montevideo

モンテネグロ

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006. · monteneguro

モンテビデオ

The capital city of Uruguay. · montebideo

モンテレイ

A city, the capital of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. · monterei

モントセラト

An island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean. Official name: Montserrat. · montoserato

モンロー

A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill" · monrō

モン族

A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.

モン語

The language of this people, in the Austroasiatic language family. · mongo

や

Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.] · ya

ヤード

(obsolete) The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16+1⁄2 feet. · yādo

やあ

A friendly, informal, casual greeting said upon someone's arrival. · yaa

ヤギ

(uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal. · yagi

やきもちをやく

Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. [from 13th c.] · yakimochioyaku

やぎ座

(constellation) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a goat. · yagiza

ヤク

An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane. · yaku

やくざ

A crime syndicate. · yakuza

やけど

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. · yakedo

ヤコブ

A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan. · yakobu

ヤコブの手紙

(biblical) The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James. · yakobunotegami

やさぐれる

(intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk. · yasagureru

ヤスデ

Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments. [from 1601] · yasude

やすり掛け

(transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file. · yasurigake

やせこける

(informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense). · yasekokeru

やせる

(informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense). · yaseru

やだね!

(Internet) An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet. · yadane!

やつ

(dated, outside, UK, and, Australia) A man, a fellow. · yatsu

やった

Used to express approval, joy or victory. · yatta

やっつける

To defeat in combat; to subjugate. · yattsukeru

やってみる

To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms. · yattemiru

やっと

(idiomatic) After a long time; eventually. · yatto

やっとこ

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws. · yattoko

やっぱり

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point. · yappari

ヤッピー

(informal, sometimes derogatory, dated) A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle. · yappī

ヤッファ

A port in western Israel. · yaffa

ヤップ州

An island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.

ヤッホー

Used to get attention. · yahhō

やつら

(especially, in the plural, often, controversial) A person (see usage notes). · yatsura

やつれた

Weakened or worn out from age or wear. · yatsureta

ヤバい

(slang, US, dated) Dangerous; difficult. · yabai

ヤハウェ

Known as the "Tetragrammaton", the four Hebrew letters יהוה which are transliterated into the Latin alphabet as YHWH (also IHVH, JHVH, or YHVH). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah, Yehovah or Yahweh (Jahaveh, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe). · yahawe

やはり

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point. · yahari

ヤフー

(internet, trademark) A web portal and search engine located at yahoo.com. · yafū

ヤフー！

(internet, trademark) A web portal and search engine located at yahoo.com. · yafū！

やま

(countable) Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap. [from 15th c.] · yama

ヤマアラシ

Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised. · yamaarashi

ヤマウズラ

(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris. · yamauzura

ヤマシギ

A medium-small wading bird, (Scolopax rusticola) · yamashigi

ヤマネコ

Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx. · yamaneko

ヤマノイモ

Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated. · yamanoimo

やまびこ

A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer. · yamabiko

ヤムルカ

(Judaism) A skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer). [from 1903] · yamuruka

やむを得ない

Impossible to avoid; bound to happen. · yamuoenai

やめさせる

(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder. · yamesaseru

やめる

(transitive) To abandon (someone or something) · yameru

ヤモリ

Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae of small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces. · yamori

やや

To a limited extent or degree; not completely. · yaya

やや年とった

old; having lived for relatively many years.

やらせる

(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make. · yaraseru

やり

A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon. · yari

やりたい放題

Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. · yaritaihōdai

やりちん

A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities. · yarichin

やり方

Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything. · yarikata

やり直す

To do again. · yarinaosu

やり過ぎる

(transitive) To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something). · yarisugiru

やる

(slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse. · yaru

ヤルタ

A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine. · yaruta

やれやれ

An expression of dismay and disgust. · yareyare

やれやれだぜ

(colloquial) Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed has done something the speaker considers to be foolish, or missed something that should have been obvious. · yareyaredaze

ゃん

(anime and manga fandom) Appended to a person's name (usually a female, child, a close friend, or an intimate) to add politeness. It is sometimes used to denote cuteness or familiarity. · yan

ヤンキー

(UK, MLE, Ireland, derogatory, offensive ) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle. · yankī

やんちゃ

Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do. · yancha

ユー・エス・エー

Initialism of the United States: a country in North America. · yū・esu・ē

ユーカリ

Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia. · yūkari