Japanese–English dictionary

亜米利加

A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole. · amerika

亜細亜

The largest continent, located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean. · ajia

亜鉛

(countable) A single atom of this element. · aen

亜麻

A flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps. · ama

亜麻布

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

亡い

(hyperbole) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life. · nai

亡き

(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.) · naki

亡くす

(transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend). · nakusu

亡くなる

(formal, transitive) To cause to die. · nakunaru

亡びる

(intransitive) To die; to cease to live. · horobiru

亡命

(law) To flee one's country and seek asylum. · bōmei

亡命者

(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country. · bōmeisha

亡霊

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death. · bōrei

交じった

Having two or more separate aspects.

交わす

(transitive) To trade or barter. · kawasu

交わり

(set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets. · majiwari

交代

A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time. · kōtai

交代勤務

A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation; usually, with a system of three 8-hour shifts (24 ÷ 3 = 8): first shift, second shift, and third shift. · kōtaikinmu

交代者

The person who takes over a shift for another.

交信

The exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network. · kōshin

交尾

(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation. · kōbi

交差点

An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross. · kōsaten

交感

A relationship of mutual trust and respect; a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well. · kōkan

交戦

(military) Combat. · kōsen

交戦団体

A state or other armed participant in warfare · kōsendantai

交戦国

A state or other armed participant in warfare · kōsenkoku

交接

(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation. · kōsetsu

交換

An act of exchanging or trading. · kōkan

交換する

(transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.

交換台

(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient. · kōkandai

交換器

(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient. · kōkanki

交易

(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic. · kōeki

交替

(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. · kōtai

交流

(electricity) Initialism of alternating current (often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current). · kōryuu

交渉

(intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement. · kōshō

交点

(geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect). · kōten

交通

Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof. · kōtsuu

交通機関

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc. · kōtsuukikan

交通渋滞

(road transport) A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way. · kōtsuujuutai

交配

(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation. · kōhai

交際

(intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company. · kōsai

交響曲

An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra. · kōkyōkyoku

享受

(transitive) To have the use or benefit of something. · kyōju

京都

A prefecture of Japan. · kyōto

京都市

A prefecture of Japan.

京都府

A prefecture of Japan. · kyōtofu

亭

A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place. · tei

人

(notcomp) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives. · hito

人々

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

人でなし

A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted. [from 17th c.] · hitodenashi

人力

A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person. · jinriki

人力車

A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person. · jinrikisha

人参

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus. · ninjin

人口

A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world. · jinkō

人口の多い

Having a large population.

人口調査

(cellular automata) A count of the number of individual patterns within a larger pattern, most often the ash of a soup or a methuselah. · jinkōchōsa

人口過剰

(biology, demography) An excessive number of occupants (people, animals, plants, etc.) in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them. · jinkōkajō

人型

Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.). · hitogata

人孔

A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations. · jinkō

人工

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice. · jinkō

人工呼吸器

A device to assist breathing. · jinkōkokyuuki

人工妊娠中絶

An induced abortion. · jinkōninshinchuuzetsu

人工流産

An induced abortion. · jinkōryuuzan

人工物

An object made or shaped by human hand or labor. · jinkōbutsu

人工衛星

A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.] · jinkōeisei

人差し指

(human, _, anatomy) The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb. · hitosashiyubi

人形

A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy. · ningyō

人心地

(uncountable) The state of being conscious or aware; awareness. · hitogokochi

人懐っこい

(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond. · hitonatsukkoi

人手

Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach. · hitode

人文主義

An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially used for a secular one which rejects theistic religion and superstition. [from 19th c.] · jinbunshugi

人文学

The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion. · jinbungaku

人文的

In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.

人文科学

The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion. · jinbunkagaku

人材

(sometimes, collective, preceded by a qualifying word) A person, or people collectively, who are qualified or suited for a certain position or activity. · jinzai

人格

(of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another. · jinkaku

人権

A basic right that all humans should be guaranteed by virtue of them being a human. · jinken

人殺し

(countable) A person who kills another. · hitogoroshi

人民

(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc. · jinmin

人民元

The official currency of the People's Republic of China. · jinmingen

人気

Sought-after; popular; coveted. · ninki

人為的

Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc. · jin'iteki

人物

A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. · jinbutsu

人狼

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon. · jinrō

人獅

(mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.

人生

(uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. · jinsei

人称

(grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and other people; implemented in most languages by a variety of pronouns, and in inflected languages by variation in word endings. · ninshō

人種

A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage. · jinshu

人種のるつぼ

(figurative) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized.

人種差別

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

人種差別主義者

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. · jinshusabetsushugisha

人笑わせ

(now, rare) Fitted to excite laughter; humorous. · hitowarawase

人脈

A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections. · jinmyaku

人見知りする

(idiomatic, especially of small children) To behave in a shy, uncommunicative, resistant manner when encountering an unfamiliar person or situation.

人質

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal. · hitojichi

人込み

(figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy. · hitogomi

人造人間

A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one). · jinzōningen

人道主義

Humanitarianism, philanthropy. · jindōshugi

人道主義的

Relating to people's welfare.

人道主義者

A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist. · jindōshugisha

人道的

Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate. · jindōteki

人達

a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons. · hitotachi

人間

The genus Homo. · ningen

人間不信

A negative view or hatred of the human race. · ningenfushin

人間好き

(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.

人間工学

The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury. [from c. 1950.] · ningenkōgaku

人間性

(uncountable) The human condition or nature. · ningensei

人間関係

Relations among people. · ningenkankei

人間離れ

Beyond what is possible for a human being. · ningenbanare

人頭獅身

(mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.

人類

(fantasy, scifi, mythology) A human as contrasted from superficially similar but typically more powerful humanoid creatures; a member of the human race. · jinrui

人類学

The scientific study of humans, systematically describing the ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and evolutionary dimensions of humanity using a holistic methodological framework. · jinruigaku

人類学者

An expert in anthropology. · jinruigakusha

人食い

The act of eating another of one's own species. · hitokui

人食い人種

An organism which eats others of its own or similar species or kind, especially a human or other human-like creature such as a zombie who consumes human flesh. · hitokuijinshu

人馬

(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse. · jinba

人馬宮

(astrology) The zodiac sign for the archer, ruled by Jupiter and covering November 23 - December 21 (tropical astrology) or December 16 - January 14 (sidereal astrology). · jinbakyuu

人魚

A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish. · ningyo

人鳥

Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage. [from 16th c.] · jinchō

仁

(uncountable) Disposition to do good. · jin

仁川

A city in South Korea. · inchon

仄めかし

An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned. · honomekashi

仄暗い

Not bright or colorful. · honogurai

仇敵

Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else. · kyuuteki

今

At the present time. · ima

今まで

(formal, also, law) Up to this or that time. · imamade

今夜

During the evening of today. · kon'ya

今宵

During the night following the current day; during the evening of today. · koyoi

今度

(not comparable) Approaching or about to take place. · kondo

今後

Starting from this moment and continuing indefinitely. · kongo

今日

The current day or date. · kyō

今日は

(rather formal in, _, US, Canada) A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon. · konnichiha

今日を楽しめ

Enjoy the present, make the most of today, (common mistranslation) seize the day.

今晩

During the evening of today. · konban

今晩は

(generally formal in, _, US, Canada) Used as a greeting in the evening. · konbanha

今月の

(dated) Of the current month.

今道心

(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner. · imadōshin

介入

The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events. · kainyuu

介抱

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

介添人

The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony. · kaizoenin

介護者

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

仏

Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism. · hotoke

仏人

(chiefly, _, collective, and, in the plural) The people of France; groups of French people. · futsujin

仏塔

A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple. [from 16th c.] · buttō

仏教

The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha. · bukkyō

仏教徒

A practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism. · bukkyōto

仏様

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”). · hotokesama

仏法僧

(Buddhism) The three main elements of Buddhism, i.e., Buddha, his teachings, and his clergy · buppōsō

仏蘭西

A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris. · furansu

仏語

(chiefly, _, uncountable) The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world. · futsugo