Japanese–English dictionary

坂

A sloping road. · saka

坂東

A city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. · bandō

坂道

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. · sakamichi

均等

(mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value. · kintō

均衡

The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change. · kinkō

均質

(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) · kinshitsu

坊さんが屁をこいた

A children's game in which the players have to stand still without moving while being looked at.

坊っちゃん

A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents. · botchan

坊や

A male child. [from 15th c.] · bōya

坐剤

(medicine) A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature. · zazai

坐薬

(medicine) A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature. · zayaku

坐骨

(skeleton) The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis. [from 17th c.] · zakotsu

坐骨神経痛

(pathology, neurology) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh. · zakotsushinkeitsuu

坑

(mining) A shaft or excavation. · kō

坑夫

A person who works in a mine. · kōfu

坑道

An underground or underwater passage. · kōdō

坤

The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°. · hitsujisaru

坩堝

A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder. · rutsubo

垂れ飾り

A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.] · tarekazari

垂木

(architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads. · taruki

垂直

(geometry) At or forming a right angle (to something). · suichoku

型

Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. [from 14th c.] · kata

型板

A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.

垣

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier. · kaki

垣根

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier. · kakine

埃

Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass. · hokori

埃及

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo. · ejiputo

埋める

To enter (something), making it full. · umeru

埋め合わせる

(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of. · umeawaseru

埋め込む

(transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed. · umekomu

埋葬

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth. · maisō

埋蔵物

(archaeology) An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation. · maizōbutsu

城

A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles. · shiro

城主

(chiefly, _, historical) The governor or caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle or keep for its lord. · jōshu

城代

A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark. · jōdai

城塞

A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. · jōsai

城壁

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes. · jōheki

城郭

A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles. · jōkaku

埠頭

(US, nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading. · futō

執事

The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services. · shitsuji

執刀医

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals. · shittōi

執務室

A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly: · shitsumushitsu

執拗

Insistently repetitive. · shitsuyō

執筆

(uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters. · shippitsu

執行

The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated. · shikkō

執行者

(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator. · shikkōsha

執達吏

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period. · shittatsuri

培養

(microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium. · baiyō

基

Something from which other things extend; a foundation. · moto

基地

A military base. · kichi

基底

(linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space. · kitei

基数

Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position. · kisuu

基本

Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal. · kihon

基本原理

(often, _, in the plural) A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning. · kihongenri

基本的

Necessary, essential for life or some process. · kihonteki

基本的な

Related to a foundation, base, or basis; serving as a foundation.

基準

A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge. · kijun

基盤岩

(countable, uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface. · kibangan

基督

(Christianity) A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy. · kirisuto

基督教

An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ. · kirisutokyō

基礎

Something from which other things extend; a foundation. · kiso

基金

That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity. · kikin

埼玉

A prefecture of Japan. · saitama

埼玉市

The capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

埼玉県

A prefecture of Japan. · saitamaken

堀

A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation. · hori

堂塔

A house of worship, especially: · dōtō

堅い

Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible. · katai

堅パン

(nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships. · katapan

堅信

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches. · kenshin

堅信礼

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches. · kenshinrei

堅固

Complete, solid, or secure. · kengo

堅実な

(of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.

堅果

(food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants. · kenka

堆積

A mound or heap. · taiseki

堆積物

(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems. · taisekibutsu

堆肥

The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer. · taihi

堕ろす

(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.] · orosu

堕胎

An induced abortion. · datai

堕落

Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense. · daraku

堕落させる

(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.

堡塁

(architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification. · hōrui

堤防

a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway. · teibō

堪える

(transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to. · koraeru

堪え忍ぶ

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

堰

An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. · seki

堰堤

A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding. · entei

堰止める

(transitive) To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).

報い

The result of an action, whether good or bad. · mukui

報いる

(transitive) To give a reward to or for. · mukuiru

報告

A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject). · hōkoku

報告書

A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject). · hōkokusho

報告者

A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events. · hōkokusha

報復

(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. · hōfuku

報道

Information about current events disseminated by the media. · hōdō

報道局

The office of a news organisation, especially that part of it where the journalists work and news stories are processed. · hōdōkyoku

報道部

The office of a news organisation, especially that part of it where the journalists work and news stories are processed. · hōdōbu

報道陣

(Canada) A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way. · hōdōjin

報酬

A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder. · hōshuu

場

(physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity. · ba

場合

An actual event, situation, or fact. · baai

場所

A particular point or place in physical space. · basho

場違い

Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place. · bachigai

場面

(theatre, film, television, radio) A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act. · bamen

塀

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier. · hei

塁

(baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play. · rui

塁球

(sports) A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand. · ruikyuu

塊

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. · katamari

塑像

A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting. · sozō

塒

The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch). · negura

塔

A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple. [from 16th c.] · tō

塔門

A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.

塗り付ける

(transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing. · nuritsukeru

塗る

(transitive) To apply with a brush. · nuru

塗料

(dated) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it. · toryō

塗装

(countable) A covering of material, such as paint. · tosō

塚

A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation. · tsuka

塞栓

(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream. · sokusen

塩

A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative. · shio

塩っぱい

Of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping. · shoppai

塩化物

(chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid. · enkabutsu

塩基

(chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts. · enki

塩基性

(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7. · enkisei

塩気

Not of a salty taste. · shioke

塩水

Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling. · shiomizu

塩漬けにする

(mining) To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.

塩素

A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17. · enso

塩辛い

Tasting of salt. · shiokarai

塵取り

A flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom. · chiritori

塵紙

A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief. · chirigami

塹壕

A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground. · zangō

境

the dividing line or location between two areas · sakai

境界

The outer edge of something. · kyōkai

境界標

A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation. · kyōkaihyō

境界線

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. · kyōkaisen

境遇

A role or purpose; a station. · kyōguu

墓

(narrowly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial. · haka

墓園

A tract of land in which the dead are buried. · boen

墓地

A tract of land in which the dead are buried. · bochi

墓場

A tract of land in which the dead are buried. · hakaba

墓石

A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave. · boseki

墓碑

A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave. · bohi

墓碑銘

An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased. · bohimei

増える

(intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater. · fueru

増す

(intransitive, transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one. · masu

増やす

(transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger. · fuyasu

増加

An amount by which a quantity is increased. · zōka

増加する

(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.

増加量

An amount by which a quantity is increased. · zōkaryō

増大

(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. · zōdai