Japanese–English dictionary

休止中

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

休眠

The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness. · kyuumin

休眠中

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

休符

(music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music. · kyuufu

会

An encounter between people, even accidental. · kai

会う

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer. · au

会友

A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

会合

(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth. · kaigō

会員

One who belongs to a group. · kaiin

会商

(usually, in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter. · kaishō

会得

(transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend. · etoku

会期

A period of time devoted to a particular activity. · kaiki

会津若松

A region in western Fukushima Prefecture. Primary city is Aizu Wakamatsu (会津若松).

会社

(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion. · kaisha

会衆

A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form). · kaishuu

会見者

One who interviews. · kaikensha

会計

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business. · kaikei

会計係

(accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts. · kaikeigakari

会計学

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business. · kaikeigaku

会計年度

(accounting) An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year. · kaikeinendo

会話

(countable, uncountable) Informal conversation. · kaiwa

会談

(uncountable, archaic) Verbal exchange, conversation. · kaidan

会議

An official meeting or term of a council, court, or other body to conduct its business; e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislature (that together comprise the legislative term), whose individual meetings are also called sessions. · kaigi

会議録

(chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting. · kaigiroku

会費

Membership fees. · kaihi

伝う

(intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards. · tsutau

伝えおおせる

(transitive, figurative) To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).

伝える

(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.] · tsutaeru

伝令

One who brings messages. · denrei

伝令官

A messenger, especially one bringing important news.

伝奇

A story, novel, film, etc., centred around an idealized love relationship. · denki

伝奇小説

A story, novel, film, etc., centred around an idealized love relationship. · denkishōsetsu

伝播

The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc. · denpa

伝播する

To communicate; to make known; to portray.

伝染

(pathology) The act or process of infecting. · densen

伝染性

(of a disease) Easily transmitted to others. · densensei

伝染性の

(epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals.

伝染病

A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population. · densenbyō

伝統

A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays. · dentō

伝統主義者

A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices. · dentōshugisha

伝統的

Of, relating to, or derived from tradition. · dentōteki

伝統的な

Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.

伝線

A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking. · densen

伝聞

Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated. · denbun

伝聞証拠

(law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.

伝言

(countable) A text message sent using the short message service. · dengon

伝言板

(Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion. · dengonban

伝記

A person's life story, especially one published. · denki

伝説

(cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc. · densetsu

伝説上の

Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.

伝送

The act of conveying something. · densō

伝道

The process of evangelizing. · dendō

伝道者

(Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised. · dendōsha

伝達

(mathematics) A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure. · dentatsu

伝達する

To communicate; to make known; to portray.

伝音器

A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction. · den'onki

伯人

A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent. · hakujin

伯剌西爾

A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília. · burajiru

伯母

The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. · oba

伯爵

The male ruler of a county. · hakushaku

伯爵婦人

A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

伯父

A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.) · eoji

伯父貴

A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.) · ojiki

伴侶

A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond. · hanryo

伴奏

(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass. · bansō

伸ばす

(UK, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland, intransitive) To stretch after sleep. · nobasu

伸びる

(intransitive) To lengthen when pulled. · nobiru

伸子

(weaving) A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely. · shinshi

伸展

That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension"). · shinten

伸縮性の

Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.

伺う

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question). · ukagau

伻

One who brings messages.

似て非なる

Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious. · nitehinaru

似る

(transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar. · niru

似合う

pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful · niau

伽藍鳥

Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch. · garanchō

但書

A conditional provision to an agreement. · tadashigaki

但書き

An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something · tadashigaki

位

Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time) · kurai

位数

(graph theory, of a graph) The number of vertices in the graph (i.e. the set-theoretic order of the set of vertices of the graph). · isuu

位相幾何学

(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous deformations (such as stretching, bending, etc., without tearing or gluing). · isōkikagaku

位相数学

(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous deformations (such as stretching, bending, etc., without tearing or gluing).

位置

A particular point or place in physical space. · ichi

位置エネルギー

(physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field. · ichienerugī

位置付ける

To put into place. · ichizukeru

低い

(of a person) Of comparatively small height. · hikui

低める

(transitive, often, reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive. · hikumeru

低体温症

(pathology) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans. · teitaionshō

低俗

Having the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar. · teizoku

低地

An area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas. · teichi

低木

(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category. · teiboku

低気圧

(broadly) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system. · teikiatsu

低級

The quality or state of being inferior. · teikyuu

低能者

(psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70. · teinōsha

低血圧

(medicine, cardiology) The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure. · teiketsuatsu

低音域用スピーカー

A loudspeaker that produces low-frequency sound.

住む

(intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside. · sumu

住宅

(formal) A home or residence. · juutaku

住宅ローン

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered. · juutakurōn

住居

(formal) A home or residence. · juukyo

住所

A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter. [from 17th c.] · juusho

住持

The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.] · juuji

住民

(Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.] · juumin

住民投票

(politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. · juumintōhyō

佐渡

A city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. · sado

佐藤

A surname from Japanese.

佐賀

Saga Prefecture (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan) · saga

佐賀市

Saga Prefecture (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan)

佐賀県

Saga Prefecture (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan) · sagaken

体

(countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. [from 9th c.] · karada

体ごと

Pertaining to the whole body or mass; wholly. · karadagoto

体制

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

体型

A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body. · taikei

体操

(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness. · taisō

体操選手

One who performs (the sport of) gymnastics. · taisōsenshu

体温計

An apparatus used to measure temperature. · taionkei

体積

A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia. · taiseki

体系

An orderly combination of related parts. · taikei

体系化

To arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as a system · taikeika

体育

(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness. · taiiku

体育館

(especially, weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1). · taiikukan

体裁

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance · teisai

体質

(dated) The general health of a person. · taishitsu

体重

The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity. · taijuu

体面

Public image; outward appearance. · taimen

体験

The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. · taiken

体高

The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse). · taikō

何

Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind; something or other. · nani

何?

Often used when someone does not understand what another person says.

何々

A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing. · naninani

何しろ

(Singapore, Singlish, predicative) Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration. · nanishiro

何て

(exclamative) Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation. · nante

何でも

Someone or something of importance. · nandemo

何でもない

Not any thing; no thing. · nandemonai

何でも屋

A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields. · nandemoya

何と

(exclamative) Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation. · nanto

何とか

In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means · nantoka

何も

(uncountable, informal) Nothing, zero. · nanimo

何も...ない

Not any thing; no thing. · nanimonai

何処

In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that). · doko

何故

(archaic) Because of which. · naniyue

何時

(interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time. · itsu

何時でも

At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance. · itsudemo

何時も

At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning. · itsumo

何気

Unintentionally; because of an oversight.

何気無く

Unintentionally; because of an oversight. · nanigenaku

余り

(uncountable) That which remains. · amari

余分

(informal) To an extraordinary degree. · yobun

余分な

(not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

余剰

A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account. · yojō