Japanese–English dictionary

余地

Room (space) in which to move or maneuver. · yochi

余弦

(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos · yogen

余所者

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration. · yosomono

余暇

Time when one is not working. · yoka

余波

Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested. · yoha

余燼

A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal. · yojin

余白

A space to be filled in on a form or template. · yohaku

余裕

To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare. · yoyuu

余計

Not needed or necessary. · yokei

余計な

Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.

余震

(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock"). · yoshin

余韻

The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash. · yoin

作

Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of. · saku

作り主

(religion, sometimes, capitalized) The deity that created the world.

作り手

Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something. · tsukurite

作り方

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

作る

(ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients. · tsukuru

作動

(transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate. · sadō

作品

A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.] · sakuhin

作品集

(business) A collection of assets; (figurative) any collection of things considered as investments or assets, (rarely) also liabilities. · sakuhinshuu

作家

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work. · sakka

作成者

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work. · sakuseisha

作戦

(military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm). · sakusen

作曲家

Especially, one who composes music. · sakkyokuka

作曲者

Especially, one who composes music. · sakkyokusha

作業

(uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function. · sagyō

作業台

A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc. · sagyōdai

作業場

A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work. · sagyōba

作業部会

An academic conference. · sagyōbukai

作法

The manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional life; conventional decorum; the ceremonial code of polite society. · sahō

作為

The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error). · sakui

作為的

Done on purpose; intentional. · sakuiteki

作物

(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose. · sakumotsu

作用

(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument. · sayō

作用素

(ellipsis, mining) The company that operates a mine; often the same one that owns the mine. · sayōso

作者

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work. · sakusha

作表する

To tabulate; to put into a table or grid. [from 15th c.]

作詞家

A person who writes the lyrics of a song. · sakushika

作詞者

A person who writes the lyrics of a song. · sakushisha

佝僂病

(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones. · kurubyō

併せる

Not mergeable; incapable of being merged. · awaseru

併合

The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, · heigō

使い

A journey undertaken to accomplish some task. · tsukai

使いこなす

To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool. · tsukaikonasu

使いっ走り

A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn. · tsukaippashiri

使い切る

(transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents. · tsukaikiru

使い古す

(transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use. · tsukaifurusu

使い尽くす

(transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents. · tsukaitsukusu

使い手

Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully. · tsukaite

使い方

The established custom of using language; the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. [from 14th c.] · tsukaikata

使い果たす

(transitive) To use up. · tsukaihatasu

使い道

A function; a purpose for which something may be employed. · tsukaimichi

使い魔

(witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form. · tsukaima

使う

To make busy; to preoccupy. · tsukau

使うこと

A purpose, a use.

使える

Having a practical or beneficial use. · tsukaeru

使われている状態

The state of being employed.

使命

A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something). · shimei

使徒

A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle). · shito

使用

A purpose, a use. · shiyō

使用する

To make busy; to preoccupy.

使用中

Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on. · shiyōchuu

使用人

A person who provides labor to a company or another person. · shiyōnin

使用者

(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account. · shiyōsha

使用説明

(in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.

使者

An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. · shisha

例

An actual event, situation, or fact. · rei

例え

Something that is representative of all such things in a group. · tatoe

例えば

An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example. · tatoeba

例外

A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier. · reigai

例外無き

Absolute; having no exception.

例外的

Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. · reigaiteki

例題

Something that is representative of all such things in a group. · reidai

侍

In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo. · samurai

侍従

A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark. · jijuu

侍従官

A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark. · jijuukan

侍衛

A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone. · jiei

侏儒

(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves. · shuju

侏羅紀

(geology, paleontology) The period from 201.3±0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.

侘び

An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry). · wabi

供給

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

供給する

(transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).

供給源

Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel. · kyōkyuugen

供給者

One who supplies; a provider. · kyōkyuusha

供託

(banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest. · kyōtaku

供述書

(legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement. · kyōjutsusho

依存

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition · izon

依存性

(obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function. · izonsei

依存症

An addiction. · izonshō

依怙贔屓

A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination. · ekohiiki

依然として

(idiomatic) Up to the present. · izentoshite

依頼

Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence). · irai

価値

(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward. · kachi

価値がある

Worth doing; worth the time, effort, etc.

価値観

The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else. · kachikan

価格

The cost required to gain possession of something. · kakaku

価格が手頃

Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.

侮る

(transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782] · anadoru

侮蔑

(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain. · bubetsu

侮蔑的

Disparaging, belittling or derogatory. [from 1882] · bubetsuteki

侮辱

Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies. [from mid-16th c.] · bujoku

侮辱的

Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting. · bujokuteki

侯国

The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness. · kōkoku

侯爵

A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl. · kōshaku

侯爵夫人

The wife of a marquess. · kōshakufujin

侵す

Incapable of being injured or invaded; indestructible. · okasu

侵入

(intransitive) To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory. · shinnyuu

侵入者

Someone who intrudes. · shinnyuusha

侵害

(transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer. · shingai

侵攻

(transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer. · shinkō

侵犯

(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention). · shinpan

侵略

Able to be invaded · shinryaku

侵略的

In an aggressive manner. · shinryakuteki

侵略者

The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant. · shinryakusha

便

(now, _, specifically) Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces. · bin

便乗

(Marxism) The political line of Communist Party members who zealously support the Party, but whose trait is that they yield to the mood of the moment, they are unable to resist what is fashionable, leading to the sacrifice of the permanent and essential interests of the Party to the momentary and minor interests. · binjō

便利

Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient. · benri

便利屋

(informal) A person who does small tasks and odd jobs, especially building repairs and the like. · benriya

便器

A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience. · benki

便室

(UK, AU, HK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]

便座

(euphemism) A toilet. · benza

便所

(UK, AU, HK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.] · benjo

便秘する

(ambitransitive) To cause constipation in, render costive.

便衣隊

(uncountable, AU, British, New Zealand) A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform. · ben'itai

便覧

A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand. · binran

促進

(transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of. · sokushin

促進する

(transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.

促進剤

(chemistry) Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process. · sokushinzai

俄雨

(weather) A short, mild period of rainfall. · niwakaame

俗っぽい.

(derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.

俗人

Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. · zokujin

俗語

A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression. · zokugo

俘虜

One who has been captured or is otherwise confined. · furyo

俚言

Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register. · rigen

保つ

(transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate. · tamotsu

保健室

An institution that dispenses medical supplies and advice. · hokenshitsu

保存

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. · hozon

保存する

(transitive) To protect an environment, heritage, etc.

保守

Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service. · hoshu

保守主義

A political philosophy that advocates traditional values. · hoshushugi

保守的

Tending to resist change or innovation. · hoshuteki

保安

(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially. · hoan

保安官

(US) A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected. · hoankan

保持

(ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state. · hoji

保持する

(transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

保有

Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own. · hoyuu

保有期間

A period of time during which something is possessed.

保有物

Something that is owned.

保母

A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children. · hobo

保留

The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick. · horyuu