Japanese–English dictionary

山鷸

Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage. · yamashigi

岩

A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water. · iwa

岩漿

(geology) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc. · ganshō

岩石

A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water. · ganseki

岩魚

Any of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus. · iwana

岬

(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. · misaki

岸

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse. · kishi

峡湾

A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. · kyōwan

峡谷

A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. · kyōkoku

峡部

(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses. · kyōbu

島

Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands. · shima

島国根性

Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner. · shimagunikonjō

島流し

(historical) Deportation to a penal colony. · shimanagashi

島田

A place name in Japan including the city of Shimada in Shizuoka, Japan. · shimada

崇める

(transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship. · agameru

崇拝

To worship. · suuhai

崇敬

(uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard · suukei

崇敬する

To have respect for.

崇高

High, tall, having great height or stature. · suukō

崎

(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. · saki

崖

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. · gake

崩す

(transitive) To break into crumbs. · kuzusu

崩れる

(intransitive, often, figurative) To fall apart; to disintegrate. · kuzureru

崩壊

The act of collapsing. · hōkai

嵌める

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

嵌る

(dated, transitive) To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle. · hamaru

嵐

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation. · arashi

川

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea. · kawa

川上

(This entry is a translation hub.) The highest or most northerly extremes of something. · kawakami

川底

(countable) The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river. [from later 16thc.] · kawazoko

川瀬

A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water. · kawase

川獺

An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae. · kawauso

州

The territory governed by a governor; a province. · shuu

州知事

(historical) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire. · shuuchiji

巡回

Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s] · junkai

巡洋艦

(military, nautical) A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship. · jun'yōkan

巡礼

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey. · junrei

巡礼者

One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance. · junreisha

巡航

A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure. · junkō

巣

A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. · su

巣穴

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature. · suana

巣窟

A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den. · sōkutsu

巣箱

A small house for birds. · subako

巣籠る

(intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest. · sugomoru

工具

Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's. · kōgu

工具箱

A storage case for tools. · kōgubako

工務

(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology. · kōmu

工匠

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. · kōshō

工場

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.] · kōjō

工場実習

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade. · kōjōjisshuu

工場長

(management) The leader of a work crew. · kōjōchō

工学

(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology. · kōgaku

工房

An artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works. · kōbō

工数

The time required to complete a project. · kōsuu

工業

(countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade. · kōgyō

工程

A series of events leading to a result or product. · kōtei

工芸品

An object made or shaped by human hand or labor. · kōgeihin

左

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ← · hidari

左へ

Towards the left side.

左利き

(occult, of magic) Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path · hidarikiki

左前

Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister). · hidarimae

左回り

(Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion. · hidarimawari

左官鏝

A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.

左巻き

(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. · hidarimaki

左派

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ← · saha

左翼

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ← · sayoku

左舷

(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow. · sagen

左遷

(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. · sasen

左遷する

(transitive) To lower the rank or status of.

巧い

Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept. · umai

巧妙

(obsolete) Skillful, artful. · kōmyō

巧言令色

Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued. · kōgenreishoku

巨人

Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness. · kyojin

巨匠

(chiefly, music) A master in some art, especially a composer or conductor. · kyoshō

巨大

Extremely large or on a great scale. · kyodai

巨大な

Huge; immense; tremendous.

巨大都市

A very large city; a megalopolis. · kyodaitoshi

巨岩

(Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock. · kyogan

巨石

A large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument. · kyoseki

巨石記念物

A prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones. · kyosekikinenbutsu

巨蟹宮

(astrology) The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22–July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16–August 15 (sidereal astrology). · kyokaikyuu

巨頭

A wealthy and powerful business person. · kyotō

巫山戯る

(intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously. · fuzakeru

巫術

Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world. · fujutsu

差

(countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result. · sa

差しこみ口

A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]

差し上げる

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone). · sashiageru

差し引く

To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount. · sashihiku

差し押さえる

(transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. · sashiosaeru

差し掛かった

About to happen; imminent or impending.

差し控える

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] · sashihikaeru

差し止め

An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something. · sashitome

差し込む

(transitive) To put in between or into. · sashikomu

差し迫った

(dated) Impending; imminent.

差出人

Someone who sends. · sashidashinin

差別

(intransitive, construed with against) To make decisions harmful to (a person or group) based on prejudice. · sabetsu

差異

(uncountable) The quality of being different. · sai

差金

(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production. · sakin

差集合

(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement). [from 20th c.] · sashuugō

巴

A circular design of swirling water, commonly used in Japanese family crests and corporation logos. · tomoe

巴旦杏

Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: · hatankyō

巻

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book. · maki

巻き

A single loop of a coil. · maki

巻き毛

A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet. · makige

巻き直す

(transitive, intransitive) To wind (something) again.

巻き込む

To cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention. · makikomu

巻く

(transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up. · maku

巻層雲

(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena. Abbreviated Cs · kensōun

巻物

A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. · makimono

巽

The intercardinal compass point halfway between east and south; specifically at a bearing of 135°. · tatsumi

巾

The measurement of the extent of something from side to side. · haba

市

An event for public entertainment and trade, a market. · ichi

市場

A fair or temporary market, often for charity. · ichiba

市民

(Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.] · shimin

市民の

Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

市民権

The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen. · shiminken

市立

Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government). · shiritsu

市長

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council. · shichō

布

A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth. · nuno

布告者

A messenger, especially one bringing important news.

布哇

(specifically) An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands. · hawai

布団

A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric. · futon

布教

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

布施

The virtue of generosity or giving, a form of alms, in Indian philosophy. · fuse

帆

(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes. · ho

帆布

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings. · hanpu

帆柱

(nautical, communications, aviation) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter). [from 9th c.] · hobashira

帆桁

(nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely. · hogeta

帆立

A Japanese scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis). · hotate

帆立貝

A Japanese scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis). · hotategai

帆船

(watercraft) A boat propelled by a sail. · hansen

帆走

To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat. · hansō

希有

Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary. · keu

希望

The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of). · kibō

希望する

To want; to wish for earnestly.

希望的観測

(idiomatic, psychology) The formation of beliefs based on an outcome that aligns with one's desires or hopes, while disregarding evidence, rationality, or reality. · kibōtekikansoku

希求する

(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.

希臘

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens. · girisha

希釈

(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. · kishaku

帝

Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor. · mikado

帝国

A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government. · teikoku

帝国主義

The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations. · teikokushugi

帝国主義者

An advocate of imperialism. · teikokushugisha

帝王

Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor. · teiō

師団

(military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades. · shidan

師走

The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice. · shiwasu

師部

(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot. · shibu

席

The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit. · seki

帯

A sash worn with a kimono. · obi

帯域幅

(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit. · taiikihaba