Japanese–English dictionary

保管

Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property. · hokan

保管する

(transitive) To store for future use.

保管人

A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper. · hokannin

保育器

(medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby. · hoikuki

保育園

(UK, chiefly British) An institution for small children who not yet have begun primary school during daytime (when their parents work); a daycare centre. · hoikuen

保育士

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

保育所

(countable) A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians. · hoikusho

保証

The act of certifying. · hoshō

保証人

A person or company that provides a guarantee. · hoshōnin

保証金

(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase. · hoshōkin

保護

Wise use of natural resources. · hogo

保護主義

(politics, economics) A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations. · hogoshugi

保護区

A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose · hogoku

保護国

The authority assumed by a state over another state deemed inferior or dependent, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty. · hogokoku

保護者

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman. · hogosha

保護者による政府

(UK, historical) Government by a protector; especially, The Protectorate: government of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 1653 and 1659 under the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell, later his son Richard Cromwell.

保護色

(biology) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection. · hogoshoku

保護貿易

(politics, economics) A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations. · hogobōeki

保釈

(legal, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money. · hoshaku

保釈金

(countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. · hoshakukin

保鏢

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

保険

A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event. · hoken

保険業

The business of providing insurance. · hokengyō

保養院

An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence. · hoyōin

信

Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality. · shin

信じない人

a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion.

信じられない

(literal) Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief. [from 15th c.] · shinjirarenai

信じる

Capable of being believed; credible. · shinjiru

信仰

(uncountable) Religious faith. · shinkō

信仰的

Committed to the practice or adherence of religion. · shinkōteki

信任

A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith. · shinnin

信任状

documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority · shinninjō

信号

A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action. · shingō

信号無視

(chiefly, US, legal, automotive, transitive, intransitive) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk. · shingōmushi

信天翁

Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings. · ahōdori

信奉者

An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc. · shinpōsha

信徒

A person who believes; especially regarding religion. · shinto

信心深い

The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teachings of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin. · shinjinbukai

信念

(countable) Something believed. · shinnen

信念させる

(chiefly, religion, ethics) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

信条

(countable) Something believed. · shinjō

信用

A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith. · shin'yō

信用を傷つける

(transitive) To harm the good reputation of (a person).

信用を落とす

(transitive) To harm the good reputation of (a person).

信用性

Reputation impacting one's ability to be believed. · shin'yōsei

信管

(manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator. · shinkan

信者

A person who believes; especially regarding religion. · shinja

信託統治

(international law) The administrative control of a territory granted to a country by the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations. · shintakutōchi

信頼

A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith. · shinrai

俣

The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus. · mata

修了証

A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study. · shuuryōshō

修士

A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree. · shuushi

修士号

A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree. · shuushigō

修士学位

A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.

修復

(archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired. · shuufuku

修正

(transitive) To make better; improve. · shuusei

修正主義

(historiography) The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events. · shuuseishugi

修正案

(especially, US) An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution. · shuuseian

修理

(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. · shuuri

修築

(transitive) To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again. · shuuchiku

修羅

Death and destruction. · shura

修羅の巷

(countable) A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation. · shuranochimata

修羅場

(figuratively) The scene of a massacre. · shuraba

修辞学

The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade. · shuujigaku

修道会

(countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles. · shuudōkai

修道士

A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc. · shuudōshi

修道女

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun. · shuudōjo

修道院

A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.] · shuudōin

修道院長

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

修飾する

(transitive, grammar) To qualify the meaning of.

修飾子

(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.) · shuushokushi

修飾語

(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun. · shuushokugo

修験者

One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence. · shugenja

俳優

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.] · haiyuu

俳句

A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme. · haiku

俵

A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation. · tawara

俺達

The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.) · oretachi

倉庫

A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation. · sōko

個

Abbreviation of piece. · ko

個々

Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one. · koko

個人

A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people. · kojin

個人の

Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals

個人識別番号

Acronym of personal identification number.

個体

A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people. · kotai

個体群

(biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area. · kotaigun

個別

Consisting of a number more than one (especially, more than two) but not very many. [from 17th c.] · kobetsu

個室

A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. [from 14th c.] · koshitsu

個性

A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person. · kosei

倍増

The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase. · baizō

倍数

(mathematics) A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number. · baisuu

倍率

The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image. · bairitsu

倍音

(physics, music) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series. [from 1867] · baion

倒す

To defeat in combat; to subjugate. · taosu

倒せない

Impossible to defeat, destroy, or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome.

倒れる

To collapse inward or downward. · taoreru

倒壊

The results of a destructive event. · tōkai

倒産

(finance, of a person, company, etc.) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent. [from 1565] · tōsan

倒置

(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence. · tōchi

倒置法

(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence. · tōchihō

倒錯者

(chiefly, derogatory, slang) A person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits. · tōsakusha

候

The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.] · kō

候補

(originally, jargon) A participant in an examination. [from 1690s] · kōho

候補者

(originally, jargon) A participant in an examination. [from 1690s] · kōhosha

借りがある

(intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.

借りる

To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. · kariru

借り主

(by extension) One who has possession of any place. · karinushi

借り手

One who borrows. · karite

借り賃

A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service. · karichin

借地人

(computing) Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.

借方

In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account. · karikata

借方に記入する

(transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.

借用語

(arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result. · shakuyōgo

借金

(finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction. · shakkin

倣う

To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of. · narau

値

(mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined. · atai

値する

(transitive) To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate). · ataisuru

値をつける

(intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.

値上がりする

(intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.

値引き

A reduction in price. · nebiki

値段

The cost required to gain possession of something. · nedan

倫敦

The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000. · rondon

倫理

standards of conduct · rinri

倫理学

standards of conduct · rinrigaku

倫理的

Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour. · rinriteki

倭

A country and archipelago of East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo. · yamato

倶楽部

(countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation. · kurabu

倹しい

Of something which is consumed (such as money, goods, etc.): Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste. · tsumashii

倹約

Of something which is consumed (such as money, goods, etc.): Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste. · ken'yaku

偉い

Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character. · erai

偉人

A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. · ijin

偉大

(applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; commanding; illustrious; eminent. · idai

偉業

A heroic or extraordinary deed. · igyō

偏り

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something. · katayori

偏る

Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute. · katayoru

偏執病

The obsolete name for a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others · henshuubyō

偏執病の

Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.

偏執病的な

Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.

偏差

(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean. · hensa

偏心

(physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter). · henshin

偏流量

The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.

偏狭

Narrow-minded; bigoted. · henkyō

偏見

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something. · henken

偏頭痛

(pathology) A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances. · henzutsuu

停まる

(transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place. · tomaru

停年退職

The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. [from 17th c.] · teinentaishoku

停戦

(countable, military) A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat. · teisen

停止

Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century] · teishi

停止する

(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.

停止及び再発阻止

(legal) To stop and not resume an action.

停滞

A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse. · teitai