Japanese–English dictionary

ユークリッド

Euclid of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician, fl. 300 BC. · yūkuriddo

ユーゴスラヴィア

(historical) A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. · yūgosuravia

ユーゴスラビア

(historical) A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. · yūgosurabia

ユーコン

A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Whitehorse. · yūkon

ユーザ

(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account. · yūza

ユーサー

(Arthurian legend) The father of King Arthur. · yūsā

ユーザー名

(computing) Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc. · yūzāmei

ユーサネイジア

The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering. · yūsaneijia

ユージン

A en given name. · yūjin

ユースタス

A en given name. · yūsutasu

ユータナジー

The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering. · yūtanajī

ユーチューブ

A video-sharing website. · yūchūbu

ユーティリティ

(computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software. · yūtiriti

ユートピア

A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony. · yūtopia

ユーノー

(Roman god) The queen of the gods, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Hera. · yūnō

ユーフォリア

An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness. · yūforia

ユーフラテス川

A river in the Middle East, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia.

ユーモア

Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny. · yūmoa

ユーモラス

Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny. · yūmorasu

ユーレカ

An exclamation indicating a sudden discovery. · yūreka

ユーロ

(currencies) The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: € · yūro

ユーロジー

An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral. · yūrojī

ユーロパ

(astronomy) A moon in Jupiter. · yūropa

ユアン

(currencies) The basic unit of money in China. · yuan

ゆうり

A en given name. · yuuri

ユグドラシル

(Norse mythology) An immense ash tree that is central in Norse cosmology, believed to connect the nine worlds. · yugudorashiru

ユサール

A member of the light cavalry of any of several European armies. · yusāru

ゆすり

The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats. · yusuri

ユスリカ

Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera. · yusurika

ユダ

(biblical character) The fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez. · yuda

ユダの手紙

(biblical) The second last book of the New Testament of the Bible. · yudanotegami

ユダヤ

Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures. · yudaya

ユダヤ人

A member or descendant of the Jewish people. · yudayajin

ユダヤ教

An Abrahamic religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East, as documented in their religious writings, the Tanakh. · yudayakyō

ユダヤ民族

(historical) The quarter of a town or city inhabited either partially or exclusively by Jews; historically, its main buildings were the synagogue, the ritual bath or mikve, the kosher-oriented butchery and bakery, etc. [from 17th c.]

ゆだる

(ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water. · yudaru

ゆっくり

(idiomatic) To make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home. · yukkuri

ゆったり

(of, clothing) Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable. · yuttari

ゆでる

(ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water. · yuderu

ユトランド

A cultural region and peninsula in northwestern Europe, consisting of the mainland part of Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, which is part of Germany. · yutorando

ゆとり

To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare. · yutori

ユニ

one, single · yuni

ユニオン継ぎ手

(historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.

ユニサイクル

(cycling) A pedal cycle that has only one wheel. · yunisaikuru

ユニセックス

Not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender. [from 1960s] · yunisekkusu

ユニセフ

An agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. · yunisefu

ユニゾン

(music, acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves). [from 15th c.] · yunizon

ユニタリ

(mathematics, of an algebra) That contains an identity element. · yunitari

ユニタリー

Having the quality of oneness. · yunitarī

ゆび

(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb. · yubi

ゆり

A en given name. · yuri

ユリウス

A en given name. · yuriusu

ユルト

A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger). · yuruto

ゆるめる

(transitive) To make loose. · yurumeru

よ

The vocative particle, used for direct address. · yo

ヨーガ

Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind. · yōga

ヨーク

A city, unitary authority, and borough of North Yorkshire, England. · yōku

ヨークシャー

England's largest county. Situated in the north-east of England; divided into three ridings, (North, West and East, and The City Of York). Since 1974 for administration purposes local government has used different divisions. · yōkushā

ヨークシャー人

(UK, informal) a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman; a Yorkshire person

ヨーグルト

A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring. · yōguruto

ヨーク家

The House of York, a dynasty of English kings and one of the opposing factions involved in the 15th century Wars of the Roses. The name comes from the fact that its members were descended from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York; their symbol was a white rose.

ヨーダ

A wise old Jedi Master in the Star Wars films. · yōda

ヨーテボリ

A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden. · yōtebori

ヨーデル

A song incorporating yodelling. · yōderu

ヨーデルする

(transitive, and, intransitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto. · yōderusuru

ヨード

An antiseptic incorporating the element. · yōdo

ヨードチンキ

An antiseptic incorporating the element. · yōdochinki

ヨール

A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post. · yōru

ヨーロッパ

Related to the European Union. · yōroppa

ヨーロッパウズラ

Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae. · yōroppauzura

ヨーロッパコマドリ

A European robin, Erithacus rubecula. · yōroppakomadori

よい旅を

Used to wish someone a good journey. · yoitabio

よう

As to suggest the idea that; as if, as would be true if. · yō

ようか

Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action. · yōka

ようこそ

Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company. · yōkoso

ようす

The status or condition of something · yōsu

ようつべ

A video-sharing website. · yōtsube

ように見える

(intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

ヨウ化物

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical. · yōkabutsu

ヨウ素

An antiseptic incorporating the element. · yōso

ヨエル

A en given name. · yoeru

ヨエル書

A en given name. · yoerusho

ヨガ

Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind. · yoga

よかろう

(idiomatic, formal) Indicating acceptance, often with resignation or acquiescence, of a statement or situation. · yokarō

ヨギ

(yoga) A devotee or adherent of yoga. [from 17th c.] · yogi

よく

(informal) Often; frequently. · yoku

よくあるご質問

(internet) A list of questions said to be frequently asked, and their answers. · yokuarugoshitsumon

よくかめない

Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed. · yokukamenai

よくできました

(idiomatic) Well done; congratulations! · yokudekimashita

よくない

Immoral, not good, bad. · yokunai

よく考える

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

よける

(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way. · yokeru

よし

All right, acceptable, permitted. · yoshi

ヨシュア

A en given name. · yoshua

ヨシュア記

The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh. · yoshuaki

ヨセフ

(biblical character) Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel. · yosefu

よたよた

(intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side. · yotayota

よちよち

(intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side. · yochiyochi

ヨット

(watercraft) A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock. · yotto

ヨット遊び

(often, attributive) A physical activity involving yachts, such as racing sailing boats, cruising to distant shores, or day-sailing along a coast.

ヨナ書

(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh. · yonasho

ヨハネ

(biblical) Persons of the Christian Bible: John the Baptist; and names possibly referring to one, two or three persons, frequently called "Saint": John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos (also called John the Divine or John the Theologian). · yohane

ヨハネスブルグ

The largest city in South Africa, in Gauteng province. · yohanesuburugu

ヨハネによる福音書

(biblical) The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels. · yohaneniyorufukuinsho

ヨハネの手紙

(biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).

ヨブ

(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh. · yobu

ヨブ記

(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh. · yobuki

よむ

(transitive, or, intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. · yomu

ヨメナ

Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers. · yomena

より

With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point. · yori

よりおおく

Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. [from 13thc.] · yoriooku

よりたくさん

Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. [from 13thc.] · yoritakusan

より悪い

(for non-slang definitions)

より良い

Healed or recovered from an injury or illness. · yoriyoi

ヨルダン

A small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana. · yorudan

よろしく

A greeting to pass on to another person. · yoroshiku

よろしくお願いします

A greeting at the end of a letter or e-mail communication. · yoroshikuonegaishimasu

よろしく伝える

To convey greetings from.

よろめく

(intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter. · yoromeku

ら

And others; to complete a list, especially of persons, as authors of a published work. · ra

ラ・マルセイエーズ

The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, with at least seven verses plus the chorus. · ra・maruseiēzu

ラー

(Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the Sun. · rā

ラーオ語

(uncountable) The official language of Laos that is closely related to Thai. · rāogo

ラーク

One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000. · rāku

ラージャー

A Hindu prince or ruler in India. · rājā

ラージャスターン

A state in northwestern India, created in 1949 and replacing the former province of Rajputana. Capital: Jaipur. [from 20th c.] · rājasutān

ラーダ

A make of car, produced by the Soviet/Russian automotive manufacturer AvtoVAZ; the car's name for the internal Soviet/Russian market is Zhiguli (Жигули́). · rāda

ラード

Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy. · rādo

ラーメン

Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style). · rāmen

ライアー

(string instrument) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke. · raiā

ライセンス

A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. · raisensu

ライター

A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes. · raitā

ライチョウ

(countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s] · raichō

ライティング

(uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters. · raitingu

ライトアップ

Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights. · raitoappu

ライトウェイトプロセス

(computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently. · raitoweitopurosesu

ライトセーバー

(science fiction) A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy. [from 1977.] · raitosēbā

ライナー

A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner. · rainā

ライバル

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor. · raibaru

ライヒ

A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government. · raihi

ライヒスターク

(historical) The lower chamber of the federal parliament of Germany until 1945; the building that housed it. · raihisutāku

ライブ

(broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens. · raibu

ライフスタイル

A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group. · raifusutairu

ライフセーバー

Someone or something that saves lives. · raifusēbā

ライプツィヒ

An independent city in Saxony, Germany. · raiputsihi

ライブラリー

A collection of books or other forms of stored information. · raiburarī

ライム

Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon. · raimu

ライムギ

The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. [from 14th c.] · raimugi

ライムライト

A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime. · raimuraito

ライラック

A flower of the lilac shrub. · rairakku