Japanese–English dictionary

客観的

Not influenced by the strong emotions or prejudices. · kyakkanteki

客車

(rail, UK, Australia) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit. · kyakusha

客間

A room in a home or hotel set aside for the use of visiting guests. · kyakuma

宣伝

(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. [from 18th c.] · senden

宣伝文

A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes. · sendenbun

宣告

(countable, obsolete) A judgment or decision. · senkoku

宣教

(countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme. · senkyō

宣教師

(religion) A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity). · senkyōshi

宣言

An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation. · sengen

宣誓

A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise. · sensei

宣誓供述書

(legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement. · senseikyōjutsusho

室内

Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the interior of a building. · shitsunai

室外

Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. [from 18th c.] · shitsugai

宥和

The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace. · yuuwa

宥和政策

The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace. · yuuwaseisaku

宮刑

(surgery) The act of removing the testicles. · kyuukei

宮古島

A group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies a few hundred kilometres east of Taipei, Taiwan.

宮古方言

The Miyako language of the island, one of several Ryūkyūan languages.

宮古語

The Miyako language of the island, one of several Ryūkyūan languages.

宮城

A prefecture of Japan. Capital: Sendai. · miyagi

宮崎

The capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. · miyazaki

宮廷

The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace. · kyuutei

宮廷の女

(archaic) A woman of a royal or noble court.

宮殿

A large and lavishly ornate residence. · kyuuden

宮闕

A large and lavishly ornate residence. · kyuuketsu

宰相

The head of the government in some German-speaking countries. · saishō

害

Causing damage or harm. · gai

害する

To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object. · gaisuru

害獣

Any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance. [from c. 1300] · gaijuu

害虫

Any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance. [from c. 1300] · gaichuu

宴会

A large celebratory meal; a feast. · enkai

家

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at,‎ home. In one's place of residence. · ie

家なき

Lacking a permanent place of residence.

家へ向かって

Towards home.

家事

The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning. · kaji

家僕

(chiefly, historical) A young male domestic servant, especially in a British colony in former times. · kaboku

家具

(now usually, _, uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively. · kagu

家守

Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae of small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces. · yamori

家宝

A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations. · kahō

家庭

A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children. · katei

家庭教師

One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction. · kateikyōshi

家持ち

Someone who owns a house. · iemochi

家政

The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning. · kasei

家政婦

(chiefly, British) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages. · kaseifu

家族

Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family. · kazoku

家来

A dependent or follower of someone of rank. · kerai

家母長制

The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.

家父長制

(anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line. · kafuchōsei

家猫

A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.] · ieneko

家畜

Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses. · kachiku

家禽

The meat from a domestic fowl. · kakin

家禽類

The meat from a domestic fowl. · kakinrui

家臣

(historical, law) The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service. · kashin

家賃

A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property. · yachin

家長

The male head of a household or nuclear family. · kachō

家鴨

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet. · ahiru

容器

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported. · yōki

容易

Without difficulty. · yōi

容易い

Requiring little skill or effort. · tayasui

容疑

The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong. · yōgi

容認できない

Unsatisfactory; not acceptable.

容貌

One's appearance or attractiveness. · yōbō

容赦

The action of forgiving. · yōsha

容赦ない

Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.

容量

(physics, uncountable) The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F). · yōryō

宿

An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. [from 17th c.] · yado

宿命

Destiny, especially favorable. · shukumei

宿命的

(rare, archaic) Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny. · shukumeiteki

宿場

A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task. · shukuba

宿屋

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink. · yadoya

宿州

A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.

宿敵

A principal enemy. · shukuteki

宿木

(countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum). · yadorigi

宿泊

A place to live or lodge. · shukuhaku

宿泊料金

(uncountable) Regular meals in a place of lodging; the price paid for them. · shukuhakuryōkin

宿舎

A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities. · shukusha

宿題

(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework. · shukudai

宿願

(countable) Someone or something wished for. · shukugan

寂しい

Dismal or dreary. · sabishii

寂しがる

(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something. · sabishigaru

寄せ鍋

A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened. · yosenabe

寄せ集め

Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity. · yoseatsume

寄り合い所帯

(figurative) Anything composed of very disparate parts. · yoriaijotai

寄り添う

(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle. · yorisō

寄付

(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another. · kifu

寄宿舎

A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals. · kishukusha

寄生物

(biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.

寄生虫

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. · kiseichuu

寄生虫の卵

The egg of a louse.

寄託

(banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest. · kitaku

寄贈

(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another. · kizō

寄贈者

One who makes a donation. · kizōsha

密

Having relatively high density. · mitsu

密か

Being or kept hidden. [from late 14th c.] · hisoka

密使

(espionage) A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage). · misshi

密偵

(espionage) A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage). · mittei

密売品

(uncountable) Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods. · mitsubaihin

密売者

One who is illegally a producer and/or trader of goods, especially of alcohol.

密度

(physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume. · mitsudo

密林

A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest. · mitsurin

密漁

(ambitransitive) To take game or fish illegally. · mitsuryō

密漁者

A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild. · mitsuryōsha

密猟

(ambitransitive) To take game or fish illegally. · mitsuryō

密猟者

A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild. · mitsuryōsha

密航者

A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free passage. · mikkōsha

密議

(loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring. · mitsugi

密輸

(transitive, intransitive) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties · mitsuyu

密輸業者

One who smuggles things.

密輸者

One who is illegally a producer and/or trader of goods, especially of alcohol.

密輸船

A vessel employed in smuggling. · mitsuyusen

密通

(narrowly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry · mittsuu

密造者

One who is illegally a producer and/or trader of goods, especially of alcohol.

密造酒

(math, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions. · mitsuzōshu

密閉

Impermeable to air or other gases. · mippei

密集

Densely crowded or packed. · misshuu

富

A large amount of money. · tomi

富くじ

A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks. · tomikuji

富ます

(transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · tomasu

富む

To be stocked to overflowing. · tomu

富士壺

A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships. · fujitsubo

富有

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions. · fuyuu

富裕

A large amount of money. · fuyuu

寒い

Indicates that the speaker feels cold. · samui

寒冷

The relative lack of heat. · kanrei

寒冷紗

(uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton. · kanreisha

寒気

A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. · samuke

寓言

A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables. · guugen

寓話

(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols. · guuwa

寛ぎ

The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities. · kutsurogi

寛大

(uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time. · kandai

寛容

Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly. · kan'yō

寝ずの番

An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray. · nezunoban

寝る

In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. · neru

寝不足

The condition of not having slept enough at any given time without any specification of cause. (This entry is a translation hub.) · nebusoku

寝台

One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers. · shindai

寝坊助

(informal) A sleepy person. · nebosuke

寝室

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. · shinshitsu

寝物語

A fairy tale or other story read to somebody, usually a child, before they sleep. · nemonogatari

寝返る

(military) To join the enemy army. · negaeru

寝酒

A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic. [From 1818.] · nezake

寝間着

Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers. · nemaki

察

(informal) A police officer or prison guard. · satsu

察する

To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate. · sassuru

寡夫

A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · kafu

寡婦

A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower. · kafu

寡頭

A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country. · katō

寡頭制

A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates. · katōsei

寡頭政治

A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates. · katōseiji

寡黙

(uncountable, also, figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner. · kamoku

寧ろ

Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than) [from 9th c.] · mushiro