Japanese–English dictionary

反則金

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law. · hansokukin

反動

An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event. · handō

反動家

(politics) One who opposes revolution, wanting to reverse it, favoring a return to a past golden age. Often used as a derogatory by revolutionaires. · handōka

反動的

(politics) Extremely conservative; opposing revolution (such as the French Revolution); favoring a return to a golden age of the past. · handōteki

反吐

The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus. · hedo

反対

Against, opposed to. · hantai

反対する

(intransitive) To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.

反対者

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

反射

(transitive) To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface. · hansha

反射する

(transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something.

反射的

(mathematics) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself). · hanshateki

反射鏡

A small, often red, reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle or bicycle that reflects the headlights of other vehicles. · hanshakyō

反復

The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated. · hanpuku

反応

(countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally. · hannō

反感

(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. · hankan

反抗

The feeling, or spirit of being defiant. · hankō

反抗的

Defying. · hankōteki

反映

Something, such as an image, that is reflected. · han'ei

反時計回り

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, of movement) In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the hands of an analog clock. · hantokeimawari

反物

A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth. · tanmono

反物質

(physics) Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter. · hanbusshitsu

反生産的

More of a hindrance than a help.

反発

(countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling. · hanpatsu

反社会性パーソナリティ障害

A person with an antisocial personality disorder. · hanshakaiseipāsonaritishōgai

反社会的

Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society. · hanshakaiteki

反粒子

(particle) A subatomic particle corresponding to another particle with the same mass, spin and mean lifetime but with charge, parity, strangeness and other quantum numbers flipped in sign; a particle that has a reversed world line to another. · hanryuushi

反自由主義的

Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.

反英雄

(literature, RPG) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals. · han'eiyuu

反証

To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it. · hanshō

反語

(rhetoric) The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context. · hango

反論

The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence. · hanron

反論する

to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of

反転

(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction. · hanten

反逆

(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly. · hangyaku

反逆罪

The crime of betraying one’s own country. · hangyakuzai

反逆者

One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency. · hangyakusha

反響

A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer. · hankyō

反駁

(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. · hanbaku

収入

Wages, money earned, income. · shuunyuu

収容

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile. · shuuyō

収束

(mathematics) The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series. · shuusoku

収益

Revenue; gross revenue. · shuueki

収穫

The act of cropping. · shuukaku

収穫量

The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.

収納

(agriculture) The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest. · shuunō

収縮

A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking. · shuushuku

収縮する

(ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

収賄

(legal) The activity of offering, giving, or accepting such bribes. · shuuwai

収集

(transitive) To gather together; amass. · shuushuu

収集家

A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection. · shuushuuka

叔母

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

叔父

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

叔父貴

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

取っ手

The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved. · totte

取っ組み合い

A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters. · tokkumiai

取り上げる

(transitive) To expel; to remove. · toriageru

取り付く

(passive, constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion. · toritsuku

取り付け

An act of installing. · toritsuke

取り付ける

(transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer. · toritsukeru

取り出す

(transitive) To cause (something) to come out of a machine. · toridasu

取り去る

(transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away. · torisaru

取り壊す

To devour; to eat up · torikowasu

取り巻く

(transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. · torimaku

取り引き

A deal or business agreement. · torihiki

取り憑く

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

取り戻す

(transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace. · torimodosu

取り扱い

A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. · toriatsukai

取り掛かる

(transitive) To begin; to start. · torikakaru

取り損なう

(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook. · torisokonau

取り替え

An act of exchanging or trading. · torikae

取り替える

(transitive, formerly, _, proscribed, in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y. · torikaeru

取り替え子

(European folklore, also, figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.

取り止める

(transitive) To invalidate or annul something. · toriyameru

取り消し

(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. · torikeshi

取り消す

(transitive) To formally revoke the validity of. · torikesu

取り置く

To set aside for a purpose. · torioku

取り調べ

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry. · torishirabe

取り返しのつかない

Unable to be retracted or reversed; final. · torikaeshinotsukanai

取り除く

(transitive, idiom) To rid oneself of; to cause oneself to be free of or released from. · torinozoku

取る

(transitive) To separate; to disengage. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] · toru

取るに足らない

Lacking meaning. · torunitaranai

取るに足らぬ

Of little monetary worth.

取引

(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade. · torihiki

取引所

A place for conducting trading. · torihikijo

取引高

The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period. · torihikidaka

取得

The or an act of taking. · shutoku

受け

(countable, broadly, by extension) A submissive partner in a sexual relationship. · uke

受けのよい

Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired. [from 17th c.] · ukenoii

受ける

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to. · ukeru

受け付ける

(transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider. · uketsukeru

受け入れる

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to. · ukeireru

受け取り

The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received. · uketori

受け取る

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to. · uketoru

受け板

A blade of a waterwheel.

受け皿

A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips. · ukezara

受け身

Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction. · ukemi

受付

The act of receiving. · uketsuke

受付係

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office. · uketsukegakari

受信

(uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals. · jushin

受信人

The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended. · jushinnin

受信機

Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such. [from 19th c.] · jushinki

受信箱

(computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email. · jushinbako

受像機

(countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form. · juzōki

受刑者

(legal) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body. · jukeisha

受動態

(grammar) Being in the passive voice. · judōtai

受動的

Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction. · judōteki

受取人

The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended. · uketorinin

受容性

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. · juyōsei

受理

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to. · juri

受精

The act of making pregnant; fertilization. · jusei

受精卵

(cytology, also, attributive) A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes during a fertilization process. [from late 19th c.] · juseiran

受精可能な

Capable of being impregnated; impregnatable.

受継ぐ

(transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.

受胎

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions. · jutai

受胎可能な

Capable of being impregnated; impregnatable.

受託物

Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.

受託者

The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered. · jutakusha

受話器

The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand. · juwaki

受賞者

(dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate. · jushōsha

受難

(Christianity, usually capitalized) The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion. · junan

受難者

(with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily. · junansha

受領書

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received. · juryōsho

受験生

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

叙事詩

An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. · jojishi

叙文

An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material. · jobun

叢書

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

口

The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river. · kuchi

口あんぐり

Shocked and speechless. · kuchianguri

口が堅い

reticent, secretive or uncommunicative · kuchigakatai

口では言えない

Incapable of being spoken or uttered

口の利けない

Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.] · kuchinokikenai

口ひげ

A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip. · kuchihige

口を尖らす

(intransitive) To push out one's lips. · kuchiotogarasu

口付け

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting. · kuchizuke

口先だけの言葉

(uncountable, pejorative) Empty, hypocritical talk.

口八丁な

Fluently persuasive and articulate.

口喧嘩

(countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal). · kuchigenka

口回し

The style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech. · kuchimawashi

口堅い

reticent, secretive or uncommunicative · kuchigatai

口実

(countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault. · kōjitsu

口座

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300] · kōza

口径

Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long. · kōkei

口数の多い

(informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting. · kuchikazunoooi

口渇

A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane. · kōkatsu

口笛

A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound. · kuchibue

口笛を吹く

(ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips. · kuchibueofuku

口答え

A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback. · kuchigotae

口答えする

To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.

口紅

(uncountable) Makeup for the lips. · kuchibeni

口臭

(medicine, dentistry, informal) Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled. · kōshuu