Japanese–English dictionary

不幸

(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident. · fukō

不当廉売

(economics, trading) Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly. · futōrenbai

不必要

Not needed. · fuhitsuyō

不必要な

Not needed; unnecessary.

不快

Mental or bodily distress. · fukai

不快ストレス

(medicine, psychology) An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.

不快な

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting.

不思議

Of unknown origin. · fushigi

不思議な国

A place full of wonder or marvels.

不意打ち

(transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay. · fuiuchi

不愛想

Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing. · buaisō

不成功

Failed, not successful. · fuseikō

不手際

A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy. · futegiwa

不振

(economics) A period of major economic contraction. · fushin

不揃い

Without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity. · fuzoroi

不敗

The quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness. · fuhai

不敬

An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc. · fukei

不断草

(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste. · fudansō

不明

Not clearly or explicitly defined. · fumei

不明瞭

Dark, faint or indistinct. · fumeiryō

不服従

Refusal to obey. · fufukujuu

不本意

Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling. · fuhon'i

不朽

(religion, mythology, biology) The condition of being immortal. · fukyuu

不機嫌

Dissatisfied and irritable. · fukigen

不機嫌な

(originally, student slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain. [From 1895]

不正

(figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt. · fusei

不正ソフトウェア

(computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

不正直

Not honest; shoddy. · fushōjiki

不正行為

Any violation of rules. · fuseikōi

不死

(religion, mythology, biology) The condition of being immortal. · fushi

不死鳥

(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. · fushichō

不毛

(figuratively) Unproductive, useless. · fumō

不気味

Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird. · bukimi

不治

The quality or state of being incurable; not being able to be cured. · fuji

不況

(economics) A period of major economic contraction. · fukyō

不法

Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose. · fuhō

不法侵入

unauthorized entry to private property · fuhōshinnyuu

不法占拠

A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter. · fuhōsenkyo

不法占拠する

To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.

不法行為

Unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature. · fuhōkōi

不注意

Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16thc.] · fuchuui

不活発

Not active, temporarily or permanently. · fukappatsu

不満

(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based. · fuman

不満足

Unhappiness or discontent. · fumanzoku

不溶

Lasting; indestructible; not possible to dissolve, disintegrate or break up. · fuyō

不滅

Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying. · fumetsu

不潔

Not pure · fuketsu

不特定多数

Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness. · futokuteitasuu

不発弾

(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile. · fuhatsudan

不登校

The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school. · futōkō

不相応

Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place. · fusōō

不眠

(medicine) A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep. · fumin

不眠症

(medicine) A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep. · fuminshō

不祥

Not auspicious; ill-omened · fushō

不祥事

An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved. · fushōji

不等式

(mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or \leq or > or \geq or \ne, as appropriate. · futōshiki

不精者

(slang) A person who is lazy. · bushōmono

不純

The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification. · fujun

不純物

A component or additive that renders something else impure. · fujunbutsu

不純物を取り除く

(transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.

不経済

Inclined to waste or squander money or resources. · fukeizai

不老不死

(religion, mythology, biology) The condition of being immortal. · furōfushi

不能

Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit. · funō

不自然

Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. [First attested around the mid 19th century.] · fushizen

不自由

Rendered less effective. · fujiyuu

不良

(informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group. · furyō

不要

Able to be omitted. · fuyō

不規則

Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations. · fukisoku

不規則性

(countable) An instance of being irregular.

不親切

Not friendly; hostile; mean. · fushinsetsu

不評

Lacking popularity. · fuhyō

不誠実

Not honourable; unworthy of honour. · fuseijitsu

不調和

Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord. · fuchōwa

不謹慎

A faux pas, a social error. · fukinshin

不足

(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something. · fusoku

不透明

Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent. · futōmei

不運

(uncountable) Bad luck. · fuun

不道徳

Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.) · fudōtoku

不遜

Excessive pride, presumption, or arrogance (originally toward the gods). · fuson

不遜な

Lacking respect.

不適

Unfit; unsuitable. · futeki

不適任

The state or quality of being ineligible. · futekinin

不適切

Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place. · futekisetsu

不適切な

Improper; unfit; unsuitable.

不適度

The quality of being inept.

不適当

Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose. · futekitō

不適当な

Improper; unfit; unsuitable.

不適性

The quality of being inept.

不適格

The state or quality of being ineligible. · futekikaku

不釣り合い

Not proportionate. · futsuriai

与える

(obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss. · ataeru

与太者

A rough or violent youth. · yotamono

丑寅

The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°. · ushitora

世

(with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in. · yo

世代

(countable, uncommon, possibly, dated) A generation. · sedai

世俗

Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular. · sezoku

世俗主義

Neutrality towards all religions. · sezokushugi

世界

(with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in. · sekai

世界人

One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person. · sekaijin

世界化

The process of becoming a more interconnected world.

世界的

Concerning all parts of the world. · sekaiteki

世界的に

Throughout the world.

世界観

A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe. · sekaikan

世紀

A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100. · seiki

世継ぎ

A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit. · yotsugi

世襲

(idiomatic, often, derogatory) Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families. · seshuu

世話

(intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for. · sewa

世話をする人

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.

世間体

The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character. · sekentei

世間話

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present. · sekenbanashi

丘

An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain. · oka

丘疹

(dermatology) A small, inflammatory, irritated spot on the skin, similar in appearance to a pimple, but not containing pus. · kyuushin

両

Double, twice the quantity. · ryō

両-

Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items. · ryō

両性

(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic. [from 1832] · ryōsei

両性具有

Possessing qualities of both sexes. · ryōseiguyuu

両性愛

(of humans, or, other animals) Sexually attracted to both same-gendered and different-gendered partners. (Compare pansexual.) · ryōseiai

両性愛者

A person who is bisexual. · ryōseiaisha

両性的

(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female. · ryōseiteki

両意にとれる

Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.

両方

Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items. · ryōhō

両替

An act of exchanging or trading. · ryōgae

両親

The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents · ryōshin

並べる

(transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align. · naraberu

並べ替え

An act of sorting. · narabekae

並列

(military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress. · heiretsu

並外れる

Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity. · namihazureru

中

A combining form relating to China or the Chinese, in those terms' various senses. · naka

中つ国

(fiction) The main setting of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and other works. · nakatsukuni

中世

(history) The period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500 CE. · chuusei

中二階

An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol. · chuunikai

中仕

(US) A man employed to load and unload ships; any person thus employed. · nakashi

中位数

(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.] · chuuisuu

中傷

(transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about. · chuushō

中共

Initialism of w:Chinese Communist Party (Communist Party of China) · chuukyō

中古

(of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another. · chuuko

中和

Involving both China and Japan, for example the First Sino-Japanese War, or Sino-Japanese vocabulary · chuuwa

中国

A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949. · chuugoku

中国の剰余定理

(mathematics) Initialism of Chinese remainder theorem.

中国人

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent. · chuugokujin

中国語

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent. · chuugokugo

中坊

(Internet slang, chiefly, derogatory) A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things. · chuubō

中央

A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Taitō, Sumida, Kōtō, Minato and Chiyoda special wards as well as Tokyo Bay. · chuuō

中央値

(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.] · chuuōchi

中子

(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume). · nakago

中実

Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.

中尉

(military) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. · chuui

中庭

An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. · nakaniwa

中庸

The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side. · chuuyō

中心

(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume). · chuushin