Japanese–English dictionary

同化する

(transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.

同名異人

A person with the same name as another. · dōmeiijin

同国人

Somebody from one's own country. · dōkokujin

同好会

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

同姓同名

A person with the same name as another. · dōseidōmei

同居人

Someone living in the same house. · dōkyonin

同志

A mate, companion, or associate. [from 1590s] · dōshi

同性愛

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc. · dōseiai

同性愛嫌悪

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971] · dōseiaiken'o

同性愛者

(now, _, chiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual. · dōseiaisha

同情

(by extension, psychology) Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion. · dōjō

同意

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

同時

Overlapping or coinciding in duration. · dōji

同時に

Occurring at the same time. · dōjini

同時に起こる

To occur at the same time.

同時代

From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. · dōjidai

同期

The state or property of being synchronized. · dōki

同根語

(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word. · dōkongo

同格

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence. · dōkaku

同業者

A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate. · dōgyōsha

同様

(manner) In a similar manner. · dōyō

同源

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language. · dōgen

同盟

(uncountable) The state of being allied. · dōmei

同盟国

A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate. · dōmeikoku

同盟罷業

A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest. · dōmeihigyō

同等

Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc. · dōtō

同級生

A student who is in the same class at school. · dōkyuusei

同胞

(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order. · dōhō

同調

(transitive) To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way. · dōchō

同調圧力

Inducement or influence by one's peers. · dōchōatsuryoku

同質

(ring theory, of an element of a graded ring) Belonging to one of the summands of the grading (if the ring is graded over the natural numbers and the element is in the kth summand, it is said to be homogeneous of degree k; if the ring is graded over a commutative monoid I, and the element is an element of the ith summand, it is said to be of grade i) · dōshitsu

同輩

Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else). · dōhai

同音

(music, acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves). [from 15th c.] · dōon

同音異義語

A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology. · dōon'igigo

同音語

A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology. · dōongo

名

(of a person) Distinguished, important, noteworthy. · na

名人

Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. [from 18th c.] · meijin

名付け親

(Christianity) A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child. · nazukeoya

名作

A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career. · meisaku

名前

(Christianity) A first name formally given to a child at a Christian baptism. · namae

名士

(countable) A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.] · meishi

名声

(uncountable, uncommon outside high registers) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about. [from 17th c.] · meisei

名字

The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s). · myōji

名無し

Not having a name. · nanashi

名無しの権兵衛

(informal) Used generically for a man whose actual name may not be known. · nanashinogonbee

名称

Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing. · meishō

名簿

A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. [from 1600] · meibo

名詞

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. · meishi

名誉

(often, postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title. · meiyo

名誉を与える

(transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.

名誉毀損

The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another. · meiyokison

名辞

(logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice. · meiji

名鑑

A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification. · meikan

名高い

famous or widely praised · nadakai

后

(cards) A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit. · kisaki

吐き気

A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit. · hakike

吐く

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. · tsuku

吐息

A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing. · toiki

吐露する

(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

向かい

Coming from in front. · mukai

向かい側

Facing, or across from. · mukaigawa

向かう

Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of). · mukau

向き

The condition of being suitable. · muki

向ける

(transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course. · mukeru

向こう

On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest). · mukō

向日葵

A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals. · himawari

君

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one. · kimi

君主

The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy. · kunshu

君主制

A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler). · kunshusei

吝嗇

Like a miser, very or objectionably cautious with money. · rinshoku

吟ずる

(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience. · ginzuru

吟遊詩人

A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men. · gin'yuushijin

吠える

To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. · hoeru

吠え声

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals. · hoegoe

否む

(transitive) To assert that something is not true. · inamu

否めない

Irrefutable, or impossible to deny. · inamenai

否定

(mathematics, logic) A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true. · hitei

否定的

Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable. · hiteiteki

否定論理和

A binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation of OR function. · hiteironriwa

否応無し

In a compulsory manner. · iyaōnashi

否決

(countable) A denial or contradiction. · hiketsu

否認

An assertion of untruth. · hinin

含む

(transitive) To hold inside. · fukumu

含意

(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in. · gan'i

含有量

(algebra, ring theory, of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible. · gan'yuuryō

吳

A common surname from Chinese:

吸い込み

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

吸い込む

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. · suikomu

吸う

(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.] · suu

吸入

The act of inhaling; inbreathing. · kyuunyuu

吸入器

(medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases. · kyuunyuuki

吸収

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.] · kyuushuu

吸引

The action of aspirating. · kyuuin

吸引力

(uncountable) The state of being attractive or engaging. · kyuuinryoku

吸気

The act of inhaling; inbreathing. · kyuuki

吸盤

An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs. · kyuuban

吸血動物

An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore. · kyuuketsudōbutsu

吸血鬼

A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living. [from 1732] · kyuuketsuki

吹き替え

(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing. · fukikae

吹き替える

To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation · fukikaeru

吹き込む

In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality. · fukikomu

吹く

(intransitive) To produce an air current. · fuku

吹雪

A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow. · fubuki

吻

(anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal. · fun

吼える

(ambitransitive) Of an elephant, to make its cry. · hoeru

吾亦紅

Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas. · waremokō

吾木香

Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas. · waremokō

呆気ない

Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing. · akkenai

呆然

Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. · bōzen

呉

A port city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. · go

告げる

(transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.). · tsugeru

告げ口

(intransitive, Canada, US, pejorative) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody. [from late 15th c.] · tsugeguchi

告別

A departure; the act of leaving. · kokubetsu

告別式

(Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased. · kokubetsushiki

告発

(legal) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law. · kokuhatsu

告発者

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

告白

(idiomatic) To confess; admit the truth. · kokuhaku

告白者

One who confesses to having done something wrong.

告知者

A messenger, especially one bringing important news.

告解

(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. · kokkai

告解場

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest. · kokkaijō

告訴人

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

呑気

Without cares or worries; free of concern or worries; without difficulty. · nonki

呟く

(intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter. [from 14th c.] · tsubuyaku

周

The era of Chinese history during which this dynasty ruled · shuu

周回

(astronomy, transitive) To circle or revolve around another object or position. · shuukai

周囲

(mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object. · shuui

周囲長

(mathematics) The length of such a boundary. · shuuichō

周年

A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years. · shuunen

周期

The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. [from 17th c.] · shuuki

周期的

Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals; cyclical · shuukiteki

周波

A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation. · shuuha

周波数

(uncountable, or, countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period. · shuuhasuu

周辺

In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around. [from before 1150] · shuuhen

周遊する

(intransitive) To travel in circles.

周長

(geometry) The length of such a line. · shuuchō

呪い

(literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. · noroi

呪う

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment. · norō

呪われた

Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.

呪文

A formula of words used as above. · jumon

呪縛

A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane. · jubaku

呪術

The art of a wizard; sorcery. · jujutsu

味

Used to form possessional adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun. · aji

味がする

(intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished. · ajigasuru

味わう

(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally. · ajiwau

味付け

(transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt. · ajitsuke

味噌

A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces. · miso

味方

A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically (LGBTQ) , a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it. · mikata

味覚

The ability to taste flavors; the sense of taste. · mikaku

味醂

A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking. · mirin