Japanese–English dictionary

出典

(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source. · shutten

出口

A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something. · deguchi

出品物

A public showing; an exhibition. · shuppinbutsu

出席

(transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.] · shusseki

出店

(countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc. · shutten

出廷

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye. · shuttei

出張る

(transitive) To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out. · debaru

出撃

(aviation) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft. · shutsugeki

出撃する

(intransitive) To carry out a sortie; to sally.

出来る限り早期

As soon as is possible; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time. · dekirukagirisōki

出来上がり

Prepared for immediate action or use. · dekiagari

出来事

An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events. · dekigoto

出来心

A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels. · dekigokoro

出来星

(pejorative) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy. · dekiboshi

出歯亀

A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other. · debagame

出没

(transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts). · shutsubotsu

出港停止

An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port. · shukkōteishi

出演

Originally (music) , a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer. · shutsuen

出版

The act of publishing printed or other matter. · shuppan

出版する

(transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.

出版物

An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution. · shuppanbutsu

出版社

A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books. · shuppansha

出現

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye. · shutsugen

出生

(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment. · shusshō

出生地

The location where a person was born. · shusshōchi

出産

The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy. · shussan

出産する

To give birth to.

出発

(transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit. · shuppatsu

出盛り

(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each. · desakari

出納係

One who works at a till or receives payments. · suitōgakari

出花

(uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves. · debana

出荷する

(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).

出血

(intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. · shukketsu

出費

(uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay. · shuppi

出資者

A person who invests money in order to make a profit. · shusshisha

出金

Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money. · shukkin

出雲

A city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. · izumo

出頭を命ずる

(transitive) To ask someone to come; to send for.

出願

A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar. · shutsugan

出馬

To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company. · shutsuba

函数

(mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain. · kansuu

刀

(weaponry) A type of Japanese longsword, having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja. · katana

刃

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts. · ha

刃傷

Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre. · ninjō

刃傷沙汰

Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre. · ninjōzata

分

A traditional unit of weight in East Asia, approximately 378 milligrams and equivalent to ten cash. A troy candareen is approximately 374 milligrams. · fun

分かった

Having been comprehended.

分かった[[か？]]

(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

分かり

(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning. · wakari

分かりました

Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.

分かる

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I,‎ don't,‎ know. · wakaru

分かる[[か？]]

(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

分かれる

separated or split into pieces · wakareru

分けられる

Capable of being divided or split.

分ける

(transitive) To divide into portions and dispense. · wakeru

分れた

Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).

分光

Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc. [from later 17th c.] · bunkō

分光計

(analytical chemistry) An optical instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances; typically it will plot a graph of absorption versus wavelength or frequency, and the patterns produced are used to identify the substances present, and their internal structure. · bunkōkei

分別

(uncountable) The quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how best to act; (countable, archaic) an instance of this. · funbetsu

分利

(medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die. · bunri

分割

The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft. [from 19th c.] · bunkatsu

分割的

Having a quality that divides or separates.

分化

The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else. · bunka

分化する

(transitive, intransitive, often in the, _, passive, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.

分娩

The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy. · bunben

分子

(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. · bunshi

分局

A location of an organization with several locations. · bunkyoku

分岐する

(intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

分岐器

(railroads, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch. [from 19th c.] · bunkiki

分岐点

(physical) An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two. · bunkiten

分布

(intransitive, mathematics) To be distributive. · bunpu

分担

A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone. · buntan

分散

(transitive) To supply to retail outlets. · bunsan

分数

A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part. · bunsuu

分析

(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality. · bunseki

分析判断

(countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.

分析学

Discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data. · bunsekigaku

分析論

Discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.

分極化

(sociology) The grouping of opinions into two extremes. · bunkyokuka

分母

(arithmetic) The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½). · bunbo

分水

(by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.

分泌

(uncountable) The act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland. · bunpitsu

分泌液を出す

(transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

分泌物

(countable) Any substance that is secreted by an organism. · bunpitsubutsu

分派

An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination. · bunpa

分点

One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other. · bunten

分裂

separated or split into pieces · bunretsu

分裂病質

Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.

分解

(ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of. · bunkai

分解度

(computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.

分詞

(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles. · bunshi

分身

(law) A corporation used by a person to conduct personal business in an attempt to shield himself or herself from personal liability, and which a court may penetrate by "piercing the corporate veil" to impose liability on the person when they commit fraud or injustice. · bunshin

分配

To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume. · bunpai

分野

A domain of study, knowledge or practice. · bun'ya

分量

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items. · bunryō

分銅

(measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.). · fundō

分隊

A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. · buntai

分離

(chiefly, uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people. · bunri

分離できない

Unable to be separated; bound together permanently.

分離主義

A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony). · bunrishugi

分離主義者

Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics. · bunrishugisha

分離器

A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk. · bunriki

分離度

(computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.

分離独立

Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.

分離者

One who separates; an agent performing the action of separating.

分類

(transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes. · bunrui

分類する

(transitive) To classify or separate into categories.

分類上

Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.

分類学

(life sciences, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms. · bunruigaku

分類法

A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system. · bunruihō

切っ掛け

Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. · kikkake

切なる

In a wholehearted manner; without reserve; enthusiastically, unreservedly. · setsunaru

切りが無い

Having no end. · kiriganai

切り放す

(transitive) To remove the limbs of. · kirihanasu

切り替える

(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc. · kirikaeru

切り株

The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb. · kirikabu

切り紙

An art similar to origami, with cutting permitted. · kirikami

切り裂く

To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon. · kirisaku

切り身

A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. · kirimi

切り離す

Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial. · kirihanasu

切り離せない

Unable to be separated; bound together permanently.

切る

A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection. · kiru

切れ

A thin, broad piece cut off. · kire

切断

To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · setsudan

切断者

A person who has had one or more limbs removed.

切望

(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously. · setsubō

切望する

(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.

切片

A length of some object. · seppen

切符

A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation. · kippu

切符を切る

To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law. · kippuokiru

切紙

An art similar to origami, with cutting permitted. · kirikami

切腹

Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death. · seppuku

切迫した

(dated) Impending; imminent.

切開

The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft. [from 19th c.] · sekkai

刈り取る

(transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine · karitoru

刈り株

(countable, and, uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested. · karikabu

刈り込み

The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician. · karikomi

刈る

(transitive) To cut down grass or crops. · karu

刊行

The act of publishing printed or other matter. · kankō

刊行物

An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution. · kankōbutsu

刎ねる

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head. · haneru

刑

A legal sentence. · kei

刑事

(law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator. · keiji

刑事上

Of or relating to punishment. · keijijō

刑務所

(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will. · keimusho

刑務所長

A chief administrative officer of a prison. · keimushochō

刑期

Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length. · keiki

刑罰

(countable, obsolete) A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour. · keibatsu

列

A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text. · retsu

列島

(collective, geography) A group of islands. · rettō