Japanese–English dictionary

帯気音

(linguistics) A sound produced by such a puff of air. · taikion

帯状疱疹

(disease, informal) Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus. · taijōhōshin

帰る

(nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere. · kaeru

帰化

The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship. · kika

帰化植物

A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist. · kikashokubutsu

帰国

Ellipsis of harvest homecoming, a traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms. · kikoku

帰宅

Ellipsis of harvest homecoming, a traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms. · kitaku

帰省

Ellipsis of harvest homecoming, a traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms. · kisei

帰還

The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship. · kikan

帳簿

(accounting) A book in which accounts are kept; ledger. · chōbo

帳面

(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc. · chōmen

常しえに

(duration) For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.

常に

Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally). · tsuneni

常住

In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently. · jōjuu

常套

Repeated too often. · jōtō

常態

According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern. · jōtai

常緑

Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally. · jōryoku

常習

Firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing. · jōshuu

常習的

Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming. · jōshuuteki

常識

Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made. · jōshiki

常識はずれ

Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits. · jōshikihazure

帽子

(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head. · bōshi

帽子屋

A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats. · bōshiya

幅

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

幅が…ある

Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.

幅広い

(figurative) Considerable in amount. · habahiroi

幇間

One who flatters. · taikomochi

幕

(countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance. · maku

幕屋

A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. · makuya

幕府

(often, military) A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite. · bakufu

幕臣

(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. · bakushin

幕間

An intervening episode, etc. · makuai

幟

(in the plural) A standard or banner. · nobori

幡屋

A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.

干し草

(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder. · hoshikusa

干し草の山

A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay. · hoshikusanoyama

干し魚

A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt. · hoshiuo

干戈を収める

(intransitive) To lay down arms; to stand down.

干渉

(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance. · kanshō

干物

A material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food. · himono

干草

(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder. · hoshikusa

干魚

A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt. · hoshiuo

平

Flat and level. · hira

平ら

Having no variations in height. · taira

平仮名

(uncountable) The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings. · hiragana

平伏す

To cause to lie down, to flatten. · hirefusu

平信徒

Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. · hirashinto

平凡

Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category. · heibon

平和

Calm, peaceful. · heiwa

平和主義

Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence. · heiwashugi

平和時代

The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.

平和維持

The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.] · heiwaiji

平地

An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse. · heichi

平均

(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average. · heikin

平均値

Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium. [from 14th c.] · heikinchi

平均的

Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average. · heikinteki

平坦

Having no variations in height. · heitan

平壌

The capital city of North Korea. · pyon'yan

平安

(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. · heian

平常

Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual. · heijō

平手打ち

(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat. · hirateuchi

平方

Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself. · heihō

平方形

(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers. · heihōkei

平日

Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is: · heijitsu

平易

Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished. [from 14th c.] · heii

平時

The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war. · heiji

平服

(uncountable, AU, British, New Zealand) A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform. · heifuku

平板

(music, voice) Without variations in pitch. · heiban

平民

A member of the common people who holds no title or rank. · heimin

平民の

(historical) Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.

平気

Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic. · heiki

平然とした

Still or motionless.

平穏

(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. · heion

平等

The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes. · byōdō

平行

Equally distant from one another at all points. · heikō

平行移動

(physics, mathematics) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation. · heikōidō

平衡

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

平衡錘投石機

A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

平野

An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse. · heiya

平静

(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance. · heisei

平面図

A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation. · heimenzu

年

(North America, Philippines, education) A level of primary and secondary education. · toshi

年を取る

(intransitive) To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age. · toshiotoru

年一回

Once a year.

年上

older, greater than another in age or seniority. · toshiue

年下

(not comparable, often, preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger. · toshishita

年下の

in an earlier period of life

年代記

A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time. · nendaiki

年刊

Something that is published once a year. · nenkan

年収

A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time. · nenshuu

年寄り

A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role. · toshiyori

年月日

The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made. · nengappi

年老いる

Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years. · toshioiru

年表

(uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred. · nenpyō

年譜

A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future). · nenpu

年配

old; having lived for relatively many years. · nenpai

年金

(insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries. · nenkin

年金受給者

(chiefly, UK, Canada) Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension. · nenkinjukyuusha

年鑑

(astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information. · nenkan

年長

older, greater than another in age or seniority. · nenchō

年齢

(countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others. · nenrei

年齢差別

The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age. · nenreisabetsu

幸いにも

In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately. · saiwainimo

幸せ

(uncountable) The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. · shiawase

幸災楽禍

Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune. · kōsairakuka

幸福

Perfect happiness. · kōfuku

幸運

It is (or was, etc) fortunate that. · kōun

幸運を

Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction.

幹

A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather. · miki

幹部

(chiefly, in, _, communism) The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group. · kanbu

幻

A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together. · maboroshi

幻想

That which comes from one's imagination. · gensō

幻想的

Existing only in the imagination. · gensōteki

幻滅

A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged. · genmetsu

幻視

(countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees. · genshi

幻覚

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens. · genkaku

幻覚を経験する

(ambitransitive) To seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.

幻覚症状

(colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations. · genkakushōjō

幼い

(especially of a woman) Fairly short and of slim build. · osanai

幼児

A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention. · osanago

幼年

(mostly, uncountable) The state of being a child. · yōnen

幼獣

The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger. · yōjuu

幼生

A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage. · yōsei

幼稚

Immature in thought or behaviour. · yōchi

幼稚園

(North America, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852] · yōchien

幼虫

(countable) An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle. · yōchuu

幽居

(now, rare) A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat. [from 17th c.] · yuukyo

幽玄

Difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound. · yuugen

幽霊

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death. · yuurei

幾何画法

(geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

広々

Spacious, expansive, comfortable. · hirobiro

広々とした

Spacious, expansive, comfortable. · hirobirotoshita

広い

Spacious, expansive, comfortable. · hiroi

広がる

(intransitive) To become broad or broader. · hirogaru

広く

Popularly or widely. · hiroku

広げる

(transitive) To make broad or broader. · hirogeru

広さ

The measure of the size of something, especially its width or breadth; largeness, magnitude. · hirosa

広まる

(intransitive) To become broad or broader. · hiromaru

広める

(transitive) To make broad or broader. · hiromeru

広口瓶

A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes. · hirokuchibin

広告

(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. [from 15th c.] · kōkoku

広報

Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something. · kōhō

広場

(in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access. · hiroba

広場恐怖症

The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions. · hirobakyōfushō

広大

Huge, gigantic, very large. · kōdai

広島

A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan. · hiroshima

広州

Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China. · kōshuu

広州市

Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.

広帯域受信機

A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.

広東

Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China. · kanton