Japanese–English dictionary

レース

(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. · rēsu

レーストラック

A course over which any type of races are run. · rēsutorakku

レーダー

(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces. · rēdā

レーテー

(Greek mythology) The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris. · rētē

レーテンシー

(electronics) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence. · rētenshī

レートー

(uncountable, Greek goddess) Leto, in Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis. · rētō

レーニスト

A person who follows or supports Lenin or the philosophy of Leninism. · rēnisuto

レーニン

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician. · rēnin

レーニン主義者

A person who follows or supports Lenin or the philosophy of Leninism.

レーモンド

A en given name. · rēmondo

レール

The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad. · rēru

レーン

A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles. · rēn

レア

(cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red. · rea

レイアウト

A structured arrangement of items within certain limits. · reiauto

レイヴ

An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs. · reivu

レイシスト

A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races. · reishisuto

レイシズム

Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination. · reishizumu

レイティング

An evaluation of status, especially of financial status. · reitingu

レイテンシ

(electronics) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence. · reitenshi

レイテンシー

(electronics) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence. · reitenshī

レイノルズ

A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from Reynold. · reinoruzu

レイピア

A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling · reipia

レイブ

An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs. · reibu

レイモンド

A en given name. · reimondo

レイヤー

One who takes part in cosplay. · reiyā

れいよう

Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed. · reiyō

レインコート

A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain. · reinkōto

レヴァント

A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire). · revanto

レヴィアタン

(Bible, mythological creature) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean. · reviatan

レヴュー

A form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied. · revuyū

レオ

A en given name, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes. · reo

レオタード

A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.) · reotādo

レオナルド

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath. · reonarudo

レオン

A city in northwestern Spain, the former capital of the Kingdom of Leon. · reon

レガール

(musical instruments) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times. · regāru

レギオン

(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops. · region

れきだいし

(book of the bible) A book of the Jewish Tanakh, divided into two Books of Chronicles in the Christian Bible. · rekidaishi

レゲエ

(Rastafari, music genre, originally, dance) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies. · regee

レゴ

Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc. · rego

レコーダー

An apparatus for recording; a device which records. · rekōdā

レコード

(dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record. · rekōdo

レザー

A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise. · rezā

レシート

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received. · reshīto

レジーナ

A en given name. · rejīna

レジーム

A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one. · rejīmu

レジストリ

(countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system. · rejisutori

レシピ

Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes. [from 18th c.] · reshipi

レシピエント

(medicine) A person receiving donor organs or tissues. · reshipiento

レジャー

Freedom provided by the cessation of activities. · rejā

レジ係

One who works at a till or receives payments. · rejigakari

レス

(typically, formal, distancing, or, dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex. · resu

レスター

A city, unitary authority, and borough in and the county town of Leicestershire, England. · resutā

レストラン

An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter. · resutoran

レズビアン

A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women. · rezubian

レスラー

(wrestling) A person who wrestles. · resurā

レスリング

sport · resuringu

レセプション

The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received. · resepushon

レチノール

(organic compound, biochemistry) A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development. · rechinōru

レッスン

A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. · ressun

レッセフェール

(economics, politics) A policy of governmental non-interference in economic affairs. · ressefēru

レッターボックス

(film) Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area. · rettābokkusu

レテ

(Greek mythology) The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris. · rete

レディ

A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority. · redi

レディース

(sports, Ireland, Japan, now, obsolete, _, in the) Clipping of ladies' team (used in club names, as in [Club Name] Ladies) · redīsu

レトリバー

A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter. · retoribā

レトルト

(chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation. · retoruto

レトロウイルス科

(virology) Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell.

レニウム

A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal. · reniumu

レニングラード

(historical) Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991. · reningurādo

レノン

A surname from Irish, notably of John Lennon (1940–1980), one of the Beatles. · renon

レバ

(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk. · reba

レバー

(countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food. · rebā

レバレッジ

(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk. · rebarejji

レバント

A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire). · rebanto

レビ

(biblical character) The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah. · rebi

レビュー

An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work. · rebyū

レビ記

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah. · rebiki

レフ

The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki. · refu

レフェリー

(sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game. · referī

レプラコーン

(Irish folklore) One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them. · repurakōn

レプリカ

An exact copy. · repurika

レベッカ

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

レベル

Degree or amount. · reberu

レポート

A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject). · repōto

レミング

A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini. · remingu

レムス

(Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Romulus. · remusu

レモネード

(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. · remonēdo

レモン

A yellowish citrus fruit. · remon

レモン味

A yellowish citrus fruit.

レモン水

(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. · remonsui

レユニオン

An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar. · reyunion

れる

Able to be done; fit to be done. · reru

レンズ

(optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. · renzu

レンズマメ

Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. · renzumame

レンズ豆

The seed of these plants, used as food. · renzumame

レンタル

Something that is rented. · rentaru

レンチ

(Commonwealth, UK, Irish) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts. · renchi

ロ

relating to Russia or Russian · ro

ロー

The seventeenth letter of the Modern Greek and Classical alphabets and the nineteenth letter of Old and Ancient. · rō

ローイング

The action of the verb to row. · rōingu

ローカライズする

(transitive) To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. · rōkaraizusuru

ローカライゼーション

(software engineering) The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region. · rōkaraizēshon

ローション

(archaic) A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification. · rōshon

ローズ

A en given name. · rōzu

ローズヴェルト

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

ロースト

Having been cooked by roasting. · rōsuto

ロースト用の肉

A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.

ローズマリー

A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes. · rōzumarī

ローゼル

Hibiscus sabdariffa, an edible flower in the hibiscus family used to make hibiscus tea. · rōzeru

ロータス

A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae. · rōtasu

ローチ

A common roach (Rutilus rutilus) · rōchi

ローデシア

(historical) A historical region of Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia. [used from 1895 to 1964] · rōdeshia

ロードス島

A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.

ロードス市

A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.

ローバー

A vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies. · rōbā

ロープ

(uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. · rōpu

ローファー

An idle person. · rōfā

ローボート

(US) A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing). · rōbōto

ローマ

A major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire. · rōma

ローマン

Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc. · rōman

ローマ字

The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs): · rōmaji

ローマ帝国

(historical) An ancient empire based out of Rome, which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa, stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf. [from 15th c.] · rōmateikoku

ローミング

(uncountable, telecommunications) The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone. · rōmingu

ローム

(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due. · rōmu

ローラ

A en given name. · rōra

ローラー

(heading) Anything that rolls. · rōrā

ローラーコースター

An amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns. · rōrākōsutā

ローラン

A en given name. · rōran

ロールパン

A miniature round loaf of bread, often accompanying a meal. · rōrupan

ローン

(uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton. · rōn

ローンボウルズ

A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do. · rōnbōruzu

ロア

In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings. · roa

ロインクロス

A garment worn about the loins and covering the crotch. · roinkurosu

ろう

Of or relating to the culture surrounding deaf users of sign languages. · rō

ろうそく

A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin. · rōsoku

ろうそくの芯

(countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.

ロキ

(Norse god) The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world. · roki

ログ

A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc. · rogu

ログアウト

(computing) To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized until signing in again. · roguauto

ログイン

(computing, transitive, intransitive) To gain access to a computer system, usually by providing a previously registered username and password. · roguin

ロケット

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: · roketto

ロケット弾

A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft. [from 20th c.] · rokettodan

ロケット花火

A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc. · rokettohanabi

ロゴ

A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization. · rogo

ロゴタイプ

A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization. · rogotaipu

ロゴマーク

A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization. · rogomāku

ロザリオ

Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster. [from 14thc.] · rozario

ロザリンド

(astronomy) A moon of Uranus. · rozarindo

ロシア

A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991. · roshia

ロシア語

Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians. · roshiago