Japanese–English dictionary

印刷

(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine. · insatsu

印刷工

(printing) The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymy) any printing business. · insatsukō

印刷機

(countable) A printing machine. · insatsuki

印刷者

One who makes prints. · insatsusha

印字機

A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper. · injiki

印度

(chiefly, historical, proscribed, _, in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent. · indo

印度人

A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).

印度支那

(dated) A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia. · indoshina

印章

A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax. · inshō

印象

Public image; outward appearance. · inshō

印象付ける

(obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly. · inshōzukeru

印象派

(arts) An art movement characterized by visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities. · inshōha

印象的

Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. · inshōteki

印鑑

An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping. · inkan

危うい

In a dangerous manner. · ayaui

危うきにさらす

(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.

危ない

Full of danger. · abunai

危機

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

危機に瀕する

in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)

危険

Exposure to likely harm; peril. · kiken

即ち

Specifically; that is to say. · sunawachi

即位

(transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture. · sokui

即位式

(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty. · sokuishiki

即席

A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee. · sokuseki

即席の

Occurring immediately; immediate; present.

即時

Happening right away, instantly, with no delay. · sokuji

即興で

To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.

却下する

(transitive, legal) To dismiss or throw out (a protest or objection) at a court.

卵

An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development. · tamago

卵割

(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis. [from 19th c.] · rankatsu

卵子

(cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell. · ranshi

卵巣

(anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone. · ransō

卵形

(countable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1). · rankei

卵白

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water. · ranpaku

卵胞

(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle. · ranpō

卵酒

A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas. · tamagozake

卵黄

The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young. · ran'ō

卸し金

a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump · oroshigane

卸売

(business) The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants. · oroshiuri

卿

(British) The titular prefix given to a knight or baronet. · kyō

厄介

Something that is not convenient, something that bothers. · yakkai

厄介事

A distressing or dangerous situation. · yakkaigoto

厄介払い

Used to indicate that a departure or loss is welcome. · yakkaibarai

厄介者

(idiomatic) A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy. · yakkaimono

厄払い

Used to indicate that a departure or loss is welcome. · yakubarai

厚い

Having a viscous consistency. · atsui

厚かましい

Impudent; open and without shame. · atsukamashii

厚く

In a thick manner.

厚さ

Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension. · atsusa

厚み

(uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension). · atsumi

厚情

The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests. · kōjō

厚紙

A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs. · atsugami

厚顔無恥

(uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity. · kōganmuchi

原

A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country. · hara

原付

A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit. · gentsuki

原住民

A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19th century.] · genjuumin

原作

An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived. · gensaku

原初

The beginning of something. · gensho

原初の

First, earliest or original.

原則

A fundamental assumption or guiding belief. · gensoku

原動機

A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.] · gendōki

原告

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault. · genkoku

原因

(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result. · gen'in

原因となる

(transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

原型

An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype. [from mid 16th c.] · genkei

原始

(now, _, rare) The earliest stage of something. · genshi

原子

(chemistry, physics) The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. [from 16th c.] · genshi

原子の

Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.

原子価

The combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc. [from 1884] · genshika

原子核

(physics) A nucleus of an atom; consisting of protons and neutrons, surrounded by an electron cloud. · genshikaku

原子炉

(physics) Any device in which a controlled chain reaction is maintained for the purpose of creating heat (for power generation) or for creating neutrons and other fission products for experimental, medical or other purposes. · genshiro

原子番号

(physics, chemistry) The number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z · genshibangō

原子量

(proscribed) atomic weight; the average mass of atoms of an element. · genshiryō

原文

An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived. · genbun

原料

A material in its unprocessed, natural state considered usable for manufacture. · genryō

原本

The original of a document or of a recording. · genpon

原材料

One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food. · genzairyō

原点

(mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect. · genten

原物

An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived. · genbutsu

原理

A fundamental assumption or guiding belief. · genri

原理主義

(religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts. · genrishugi

原理主義者

One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts. · genrishugisha

原生

Belonging to the first ages. · gensei

原稿

A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication. · genkō

原語

(linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived. · gengo

原郷

The country that one regards as home. · genkyō

原野

A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country. · gen'ya

厩舎

A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. · kyuusha

厭う

(transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.] · itō

厭世主義

The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds. · enseishugi

厭世家

Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things. · enseika

厭世観

The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds. · enseikan

厭悪

Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning. · en'o

厭悪感

(uncountable) Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.

厳しい

Strict or harsh. · kibishii

厳守

Not violable; not to be infringed. · genshu

厳密

(broadly) Both exact and accurate. · genmitsu

厳密な

(sciences, engineering, of data points, strictly) Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value).

厳粛

Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful. [from 16th c.] · genshuku

去ね

(archaic) Expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away.

去る

To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake. · saru

去勢

(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal. · kyosei

去勢雄牛

An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.

去年

(This entry is a translation hub.) · kyonen

去痰

(physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting. · kyotan

参る

(intransitive) To move nearer to the point of perspective. · mairu

参加

(transitive) To become a member of. · sanka

参加者

One who participates. · sankasha

参照

(computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself. · sanshō

参照（せよ）

Compare; compare to; compare with.

参照する

(sometimes, proscribed) To mention, to refer to.

参考

A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to. · sankō

参考文献

A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work. · sankōbunken

参議院

Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.) · sangiin

又

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.] · mata

又もや

(idiomatic) Again, once more, one more time. · matamoya

又貸しする

(transitive, property law) To grant a sublease out of property held under a lease.

叉

The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place. · mata

友

(usually, military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports. · tomo

友人

A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies · yuujin

友好

(formal, literary) Friendship; friendliness. · yuukō

友好的

Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character. · yuukōteki

友情

Close friendship in a group of friends or teammates. · yuujō

友理

A en given name.

友誼

(formal, literary) Friendship; friendliness. · yuugi

友達

(Maritime English) A person far removed from the conversation. · tomodachi

友里

A en given name.

双

Every two; a rate of once every two. · sō

双児宮

(astrology) The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology). · sōjikyuu

双子

Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling. · futago

双子座

(zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac traditionally taken to represent the pair of twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. It contains the stars Castor, Pollux, and Alhena. · futagoza

双成り

(WWI, _, military, historical) An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks. · futanari

双数

(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes. · sōsuu

双数形

(mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.

双方

Having two sides. · sōhō

双曲線

(geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola. · sōkyokusen

双書

A collection of books or other forms of stored information. · sōsho

双眼鏡

A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes. · sōgankyō

双翅目

(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges). · sōshimoku

反

Against, opposed to. · han

反-

(added to nouns) contrary to traditional norms; unconventional · han

反キリスト

(Christianity, Islam) A false messiah who, under direct control of the Devil, will usher in the abomination in the end times; a false prophet. · hankirisuto

反して

In physical opposition to; in collision with.

反する

Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse. · hansuru

反セム主義

(narrower sense) Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia. · hansemushugi

反ユダヤ主義

(narrower sense) Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia. · han'yudayashugi

反乱

An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers. · hanran

反体制

One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism. · hantaisei

反体制派

One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism. · hantaiseiha

反則

(countable) A violation of rules. · hansoku