Japanese–English dictionary

リスト

A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. [from 1600] · risuto

リストバンド

A strip of material worn around the wrist, e.g. to absorb perspiration, especially in sports. · risutobando

リストラ

(transitive) To reduce the workforce of. · risutora

リスナー

Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast. · risunā

リスニング

An act by which something or somebody is listened to. · risuningu

リスボン

A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal. · risubon

リズム

The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter. · rizumu

リゾート

A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment. · rizōto

リチウム

(uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and atomic weight of 6.94. It is a soft, silvery metal. · richiumu

リチャード

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic. · richādo

リッチ

(fantasy, RPG) A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster. · ritchi

リットル

The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ. · rittoru

リップスティック

(uncountable) Makeup for the lips. · rippusutikku

リディア

A en given name. · ridia

リトアニア

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania. · ritoania

リトアニア人

(countable) A person living in or coming from Lithuania.

リトアニア語

Of or relating to Lithuania. · ritoaniago

リドカイン

(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline compound C14H22N2O that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and as an antiarrhythmic agent. · ridokain

リニューアルする

(transitive) To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something). [from early 19th c.] · rinyūarusuru

リネン

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber. · rinen

リネン製品

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

リノリウム

An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride. · rinoriumu

リハ

The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done. · riha

リバーサイド

A bank or side of a river. · ribāsaido

リハーサル

The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done. · rihāsaru

リバウンド

(basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player. · ribaundo

リハビリテーション

The process of rehabilitating somebody or something. · rihabiritēshon

リピーター

A frequent customer, client or business partner. · ripītā

リピート

(transitive) To do or say again (and again). · ripīto

リビア

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity. · ribia

リビジョニスト

A proponent of revisionism. · ribijonisuto

リヒター

A surname from German. · rihitā

リヒテル

A surname from German. · rihiteru

リヒテンシュタイン

A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz. · rihitenshutain

リビドー

(psychology) Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves. · ribidō

リビングルーム

(British) The living room or sitting room of a house. · ribingurūmu

リプ

A written or spoken response; part of a conversation. · ripu

リブート

(computing) An instance of rebooting. · ribūto

リフィル

An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost. · rifiru

リフォーマー

One who reforms, or who works for reform. · rifōmā

リプライ

A written or spoken response; part of a conversation. · ripurai

リフレーン

A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain. · rifurēn

リプレイ

An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something). · ripurei

リフレッシュ

(computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data. · rifuresshu

リブレット

The text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera. · riburetto

リベカ

A en given name, in regular use since the Reformation. · ribeka

リベット

A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end. · ribetto

リベリア

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia. · riberia

リポーター

A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events. · ripōtā

リボルバー

(firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading. · riborubā

リマ

The capital city of Peru. · rima

リマインダー

Someone or something that reminds. · rimaindā

リマン

A city, the administrative centre of Lyman urban hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1667 or 1678. · riman

リミックス

(music) A rearrangement of an older piece of music, possibly including various cosmetic changes. · rimikkusu

リミット

A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. · rimitto

リムーザン

A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. · rimūzan

リムジン

A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s] · rimujin

リメイク

A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc. · rimeiku

リメリック

A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence. · rimerikku

リモ

A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s] · rimo

リャマ

A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat. · ryama

リユース

The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use. · riyūsu

リューディア

(historical) A historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. · ryūdia

リュート

A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard. · ryūto

リューマチ

(pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability. · ryūmachi

りゅうこつ座

(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis. · ryuukotsuza

リュック

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books. · ryukku

リュックサック

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books. · ryukkusakku

リュックサック旅行

low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.

リュディア

(historical) A historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. · ryudia

りょ

Endorsement; approval; acceptance; acquiescence. · ryo

リラ

A flower of the lilac shrub. · rira

リラックス

(transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down. · rirakkusu

リリー

A en given name. · rirī

リリース

(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product. · rirīsu

リリアン

A en given name. · ririan

リリス

(mythology) A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death. · ririsu

リリック

The words to a song (or other vocal music). · ririkku

リレー

(athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. The most common events are 4×100 meter and 4×400 meter competitions. [from 19th c.] · rirē

リロード

(computing) To refresh a copy of a program etc. in memory or of a web page etc. on screen · rirōdo

リン

(chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms. · rin

リンク

(rare) A en given name. · rinku

リンクス

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

リンゴ

(rare) A en given name. · ringo

リンチ

Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging. · rinchi

リンチを加える

(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.

リンツ

The capital of, and largest city in, the state of Upper Austria, Austria, and the third-largest city in the country. · rintsu

リント布

A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

リンネル

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber. · rinneru

リンパ液

(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets. · rinpaeki

リンパ腫

(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue. · rinpashu

リンボ

(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. [from mid 17th c.] · rinbo

リンボー

(Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately. [from 15th c.] · rinbō

リン化物

(chemistry) Any binary compound of phosphorus, especially one in oxidation state −3.

ルー

A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews. · rū

ルーヴル

A famous art museum and former royal palace in Paris, France. · rūvuru

ルーキー

An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his/her first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players. · rūkī

ルーク

A en given name. · rūku

ルーザー

A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life. · rūzā

ルーサン

(uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. · rūsan

ルーシ

Kievan Rus, the medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev. · rūshi

ルージュ

(uncountable) Makeup for the lips. · rūju

ルース

A en given name. · rūsu

ルーズヴェルト

Former name of Carteret, New Jersey, renamed in 1922. · rūzuveruto

ルーズベルト

Former name of Carteret, New Jersey, renamed in 1922. · rūzuberuto

ルータ

(Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway. · rūta

ルーター

(Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway. · rūtā

ルーツ

Ancestry. · rūtsu

ルーティン

A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. · rūtin

ルート

A course or way which is traveled or passed. · rūto

ループ

A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. · rūpu

ルーブル

The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка, Belarusian: капе́йка). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽. · rūburu

ルーマニア

A country in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Bucharest. · rūmania

ルーマニア人

(countable) A native of Romania. · rūmaniajin

ルーマニア語

Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language. · rūmaniago

ルームメイト

Someone living in the same house. · rūmumeito

ルーメン

(physics) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm. · rūmen

ルーラー

(cycle racing) A cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads. · rūrā

ルーラル

Relating to the countryside or to agriculture. · rūraru

ルール

A regulation, law, guideline. · rūru

ルーレット

(uncountable) A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game. · rūretto

ルアー

(fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect. · ruā

ルカによる福音書

(biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels. · rukaniyorufukuinsho

ルキアノス

A sophist who was of Syrian origin. · rukianosu

ルクス

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx · rukusu

ルクソール

A city in Egypt, located on the site of the ancient Thebes. · rukusōru

ルシファー

(biblical) The King of Babylon who was compared to the planet Venus in first the Wycliffe version then the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12; it is unclear whether this verse refers to a specific king or to a representation of the entire line of kings of Babylon. · rushifā

ルター派

(Christianity) Of or pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546) or his followers, or the Lutheran church. · rutāha

ルタバガ

(now, North America) The edible root of this plant · rutabaga

ルツ

A en given name. · rutsu

ルックス

One's appearance or attractiveness. · rukkusu

ルッコラ

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species: · rukkora

ルツ記

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

ルテチウム

A chemical element (symbol Lu) with an atomic number of 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air. · rutechiumu

ルテニア

Kievan Rus, the medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev. · rutenia

ルドラ

(Vedic religion) A Rigvedic deity, associated with wind or storm and the hunt. · rudora

ルナール

(literary, poetic) A name in European folklore for the red fox. · runāru

ルノー

A car of the Renault brand. · runō

ルバーブ

Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous). · rubābu

ルビ

(Japanese, _, typography) Kana printed next to or above a kanji or other character to indicate the pronunciation. · rubi

ルビー

(uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point. · rubī

ルビサファ

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. · rubisafa

ルミノール

(organic compound) The compound 5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione, which exhibits blue chemiluminescence when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent. · ruminōru

ルワンダ

A country in East Africa. · ruwanda

ルンバ

A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time. · runba

ルンペン

(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum. · runpen

レ

(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale. · re

レーガン

A surname from Irish; variant forms Regan, Riggen. · rēgan

レークサイド

By the side of a lake. · rēkusaido

レーザー

A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam. · rēzā