Japanese Vocabulary 2 Flashcards
麦酒/ばくしゅ
Noun
1.beer Usually written using kana alone,See alsoビール,sometimes read ビール
Examples:
麦酒を醸造する
tobrewbear
厳禁/げんきん
Noun, Suru verb
1.strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
Examples:
喫煙厳禁.
Smoking(is)strictlyprohibited.
硫酸/りゅうさん
Noun
1.sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
Place
2.Ryuusan
Examples:
無水硫酸
anhydroussulfuric acid
降誕祭/こうたんさい
Noun
- Christmas; Nativity See alsoキリスト降誕祭 キリストこうたんさい
- celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man
Examples:
キリスト降誕祭
Christmas
遊女/ゆうじょ
Noun
1.prostitute; harlot
Examples:
遊女たち
prostitutes
深窓/しんそう
Noun
1.secluded inner room
Examples:
彼女は深窓に人と成った
She wasbrought upinstrictseclusion.
極秘/ごくひ
Na-adjective, Noun, No-adjective
1.absolute secrecy
Examples:
その事件は極秘になっている.
Strict secrecyisbeingpreservedover the affair.
潔白/けっぱく
Noun, Na-adjective
1.innocence; guiltless; purity; uprightness; integrity
Examples:
肌身は潔白だ
Herhonorisunsullied
鼻音/びおん
Noun
- nasal voice
- nasal stop; nasal occlusive; nasal linguistics terminology
Examples:
彼女はすべての母音を鼻音化する
Shenasalizesall hervowels
休息/きゅうそく
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.rest; relief; relaxation
Place
2.Kyuusoku
Examples:
今日は休息します。
Iresttoday.
人絹/じんけん
Noun
1.rayon; artificial silk
Examples:
人平という人絹織物
artificialclothcalled{rayon taffeta}
童顔/どうがん
Noun, No-adjective
1.childlike face; baby face
Examples:
私は童顔です。
I have a baby-face.
穴居人/けっきょじん
Noun
1.cave dweller; caveman
Examples:
穴居人はマンモスを狩って食料にした。
Cavemenhuntedmammothsfor food.
引力/いんりょく
Noun
- attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull
- attractiveness; magnetism
Examples:
毛細管引力
capillary attraction
胃腸/いちょう
Noun
1.stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs
Examples:
神経[胃腸]障害.
anervous[digestive]disturbance
快活/かいかつ
Na-adjective
1.cheerful; lively; lighthearted
Examples:
快活に、活発に
withvivacity
曲折/きょくせつ
Noun, Suru verb
1.windings; meanderings; complications; twists and turns
Examples:
曲折のある通り
acrookedstreet
拾遺 /しゅうい
Noun
1.gleaning; gleanings
Examples:
その後、拾遺として4巻発見され追加されている。
Later,fourvolumesofgleaningswerefound
東亜/とうあ
Noun
1.East Asia; the Orient
Other forms
東亞 【とうあ】
Examples:
東亜という地域
anareacalledEast Asia
青函トンネル/せいかんトンネル
Place
1.Seikan tunnel
Examples:
青函トンネルという海底トンネル
anJapaneseundersea tunnelcalled{Seikan tunnel}
後半/こうはん
Noun
1.second half; latter half See also前半
Examples:
後半の人生
the latterhalf ofone’slife
便宜主義/べんぎしゅぎ
Noun
1.opportunism; expediency Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples:
便宜主義という,物事の考え方
a wayofthinking,calledopportunism
享楽主義/きょうらくしゅぎ
Noun
1.epicureanism; hedonism
Examples:
享楽主義の宴会
anepicureanbanquet
唯物論/ゆいぶつろん
Noun
1.materialism (philosophy)
Examples:
唯物論の開山
thepioneer ofmaterialism
通夜/つや
Noun
1.all-night vigil over a body; wake See also御通夜
Examples:
通夜をする
to holda wake―keepvigils
耳目/じもく
Noun 1.eyes and ears; seeing and hearing 2.one's attention; one's interest Other forms 耳目 【じぼく】
Examples:
耳目に触れるもの
sensibleobjects
蛇の目/じゃのめ
Noun
- bull’s-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)
- umbrella with bull’s-eye pattern Abbreviation,See also蛇の目傘
Examples:
蛇の目の唐傘
a double-ringedumbrella
早々/そうそう
Noun - used as a suffix, Adverbial noun
1.as soon as…; just after…; immediately after…
Adverb
2.hurriedly; in haste; quickly; promptly; early usu. as 早々に
Examples:
ほかの日ならともかくも元旦早々借金取りはひどい
It is hard tobe dunned,of allthedaysin theyear,onNew Year’s Day.
下戸/げこ
Noun
1.someone who can’t drink; non-drinker; temperate man
Examples:
下戸は甘い物が好きだ
Teetotallarsgo in forsweets.
上戸/じょうご
Noun
1.heavy drinker; tippler; sot; boozer
2.drinker’s eccentricity (merriness, being maudlin, etc.); drinker’s habits
Suffix
3.person who likes something Ryuukyuu dialect,See also上戸 じょーぐ
Examples:
君は上戸、僕は下戸
I goin forsweets.
廃仏毀釈/はいぶつきしゃく
Noun
1.abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era) Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples:
インド・中国などの廃仏毀釈
Haibutsu-kishakuinIndiaandChina
雲水/うんすい
Noun 1.itinerant priest; wandering monk; mendicant 2.clouds and water Other forms 雲水 【くもみず】
自炊/じすい
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
- cooking for oneself; cooking one’s own food; doing one’s own cooking; making food oneself; self-catering
- scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
Examples:
私は自炊をする。
Icook formyself.
如才/じょさい
Noun, Na-adjective
1.sloppiness; carelessness; inattention; oversight Archaism,See also如才ない
Other forms
如在 【じょさい】
Examples:
如才なく言う.
havethe tactto say
義歯/ぎし
Noun
1.artificial tooth
Examples:
ブリッジという義歯
a set offalse teeth,calledbridge
自縄自縛/じじょうじばく
Noun
1.being caught in one’s own trap; being hoisted by one’s own petard Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples:
彼は自縄自縛に陥ったのだ
Hefellintohis owntrap
遵法/じゅんぽう
Noun, Na-adjective, No-adjective
1.law observance; obeying the law
Other forms
順法 【じゅんぽう】
順法闘争/じゅんぽうとうそう
Noun, No-adjective
1.labor slowdown; labor slowdown
罷業/ひぎょう
Noun 1.strike; walkout Examples: ゼネスト, 総罷業 ageneral strike
軌道に乗る/きどうにのる
expression, Godan verb with ru ending
- to be on track; to be going to plan See also軌道に乗せる
- to enter orbit
Examples:
ようやく事業が軌道に乗る
Businessisfinallyontrack.
存在理由/そんざいりゆう
Noun
1.reason for being; raison d’être Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples:
事物の存在や生起の理由
the reasonfor theexistenceand/ortheoccurrence ofsomething
皇后陛下/こうごうへいか
Noun
1.Her Majesty the Empress (of Japan) Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo),See also皇后
Examples:
皇后陛下には有難き令旨を賜った
The Empresswas pleasedtosendagraciousmessage
賀状/がじょ
Noun
1.New Year’s card
Examples:
私はジョンに年賀状を送った。
Isent aNew Year’s cardtoJohn.
喜寿/きじゅ
Noun
1.77th birthday a variant of 喜 looks like 七十七 (77)
Examples:
喜寿という長寿祝い
acelebrationofone’slongevitythat iscelebratedon one’sseventy seventhbirthday
弾丸列車/だんがんれっしゃ
Noun
1.very fast train; bullet train
Examples:
弾丸列車,超特急列車
abullet train
水田/すいでん
Noun
1.(water-filled) paddy field
Examples:
肥沃な水田
afertilepaddy field
点呼/てんこ
Noun, Suru verb
1.roll-call; muster
Examples:
氏名を点呼する
to calltheroll
威圧的/いあつてき
Na-adjective
1.coercive; overbearing
Examples:
威圧的の処置
coercive measures
綿花/めんか
Noun
1.raw cotton; cotton wool
Other forms
棉花 【めんか】
Examples:
綿花市場
thecotton market
太鼓判/たいこばん
Noun
- large seal; large stamp
- seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
Examples:
太鼓判を押す。
Hegavemehisstamp ofapproval.
弔電/ちょうでん
Noun
1.telegram of condolence
Examples:
弔電を発する
todispatchaconsolatory telegram
半鐘/はんしょう
Noun
1.fire alarm; fire bell
Examples:
そら半鐘が鳴っている.
Theregoesthefire bell!
名誉教授/めいよきょうじゅ
Noun
1.emeritus professor
Examples:
東京芸術大学名誉教授。
Emeritus professorofTokyo UniversityofArts.
灰白色/かいはくしょく
Noun
1.grayish white; greyish white
Examples:
重い灰白色の金属元素
aheavygrey-whitemetallic element
豪遊/ごうゆう
Noun, Suru verb
1.wild merrymaking
Examples:
彼は豪遊をやる
Heleadsariotouslife.
蝶々夫人/ちょうちょうふじん
1.Madama ButterflyMadama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The libretto of the opera is based in part on the short story “Madame Butterfly” (1898) by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco. Elements also appear to derive from the novel Madame Chrysanthème (1887) by Pierre Loti.
遅々/ちち
Taru-adjective, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.slow; lagging; tardy
Examples:
老艦は遅々として進まず
The oldshipisveryslow.
淡々/たんたん
Taru-adjective, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
- uninterested; unconcerned; indifferent; dispassionate; matter-of-fact; detached
- plain; light; simple; bland
- flowing gently
Examples:
死に対する淡々とした態度
a matter‐of‐factattitude todeath
粒々/つぶつぶ
Noun 1.grains; lumps Noun, No-adjective 2.granulated; lumpy; bumpiness Other forms 粒粒 【つぶつぶ】
Examples:
粒々辛苦の結果
thefruit ofassiduoustoil
濁音/だくおん
Noun
1.voiced consonant in Japanese linguistics terminology,See also清音,See also半濁音,See also濁点
Examples:
濁音子音
a flatconsonant
川柳/せんりゅう
Noun
1.senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
Examples:
川柳という日本古来の短詩
aJapaneseshort poemcalledsenryu
盗塁/とうるい
Noun, Suru verb 1.base stealing; steal; stolen base Baseball term Examples: 彼は盗塁が上手いです。 He isgood atbasestealing.
老朽/ろうきゅう
noun, Suru verb
1.decrepitude; senescence; superannuation
Examples:
老朽した人
asuperannuatedperson
吐露/とろ
Noun, Suru verb
1.expressing one’s mind; speaking out
Examples:
自分の気持ちを吐露する.
pour forthone’sfeelings
紫紺/しこん
Noun
1.bluish purple
Examples:
この場の光秀の衣装は紫紺の上下である。
Mitsuhide’scostumein thissceneisbluish purple, bothtopand bottom.
落雷/らくらい
Noun
1.lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning
Suru verb
2.to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
Examples:
落雷数カ所
Several placeswerestruckbylightning.
一網打尽/いちもうだじん
Noun
1.round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples:
一網打尽に逮捕する.
make wholesale arrests
筋肉労働/きんにくろうどう
Noun
1.physical or manual labor; physical or manual labour
Examples:
いつの日かロボットが筋肉労働に取って代わるだろう
Robotswillsomedaysupersedemanuallabor.
一触即発/いっしょくそくはつ
Noun, No-adjective
1.critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples:
カリブ海全域が一触即発の危険をはらんでいた.
The wholeCaribbeanregionwas a tinderbox.
比肩/ひけん
Noun, Suru verb
1.ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
Examples:
理論物理学(の分野)では彼に比肩する者はいない.
Hehasnoequal[match,rival]intheoreticalphysics.
血涙/けつるい
Noun
1.bitter tears; tears of blood See also血の涙 ちのなみだ
Examples:
血涙を流す
to shedbitter tears―crybitter tears
恐妻家/きょうさいか
Noun
1.hen-pecked husband
Examples:
彼は恐妻家で知られる.
He iswell‐knownas ahenpeckedhusband.
質屋/しちや
Noun
1.pawnshop
Examples:
質屋という職業
anoccupationcalledpawnbroker
換骨奪胎/かんこつだったい
Noun, Suru verb
1.adaptation (e.g. of a poem or novel); rewriting; recasting; modification; rehashing Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples:
その映画は 『リア王』 の換骨奪胎だ.
Thefilmis anadaptation fromKingLear.
水稲/すいとう
Noun
1.wet-land rice
Examples:
水稲は登熟期を迎えている。
Riceisnow inthegrain-fillingperiod.
抑揚/よくよう
Noun
1.intonation; accent; modulation; inflection See also抑揚のない
Examples:
抑揚のない単語
uninflectedwords
漏電/ろうでん
Noun, Suru verb
1.short circuit; leakage (of electricity); electrical fault
Examples:
漏電検出器
ELECTRIC LEAKDETECTOR
北斗七星/ほくとしちせい
Noun
1.the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow Astronomy, etc. term,See also北斗星
Examples:
北斗七星は簡単に見つかる。
You canfindthe Big Dippereasily.
卵巣/らんそう
Noun, No-adjective
1.ovary
Examples:
卵巣の、または、卵巣にかかわる
of orinvolvingtheovaries
魂胆/こんたん
noun, Suru verb
1.ulterior motive; plot; scheme
Noun
2.complicated circumstances; intricacies
Examples:
深い魂胆がある
He isplayingadeepgame.
鯨飲馬食/げいいんばしょく
Expression, Noun, Suru verb
1.drinking like a fish and eat like a horse; eating mountains of food and drink oceans of liquor Yojijukugo (four character compound)
陶酔/とうすい
Noun, Suru verb
- intoxication
- being carried away by; being enraptured by
Examples:
自己陶酔する人
aperson who isself-absorbed
敢闘賞/かんとうしょう
Noun
1.Fighting Spirit Prize Sumo term,See also三賞
疑心暗鬼/ぎしんあんき
Expression
1.suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows Abbreviation,Yojijukugo (four character compound),See also疑心暗鬼を生ず
Examples:
疑心暗鬼を生ず.
Doubtsbegetdoubts.
虎口/ここう
Noun
1.tiger’s den; jaws of death; dangerous place Idiomatic expression
Examples:
虎口にはいる
torun intothe lion’sjaws
竜頭/りゅうず
Noun
- crown (of a watch); stem
- cannon (of a bell)
Examples:
竜頭巻きであること
thecondition ofsomethingbeingastem-winder
媒酌/ばいしゃく
Noun, Suru verb
1.matchmaking
Examples:
良い媒酌人
a goodmatchmaker
東奔西走/とうほんせいそう
Noun, Suru verb
1.busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples:
彼は始終東奔西走している
He isconstantlyon themove.
亀鑑/きかん
Noun
1.pattern; example; model; paragon; mirror
Other forms
龜鑑 【きかん】
Examples:
女子の亀鑑
Sheis amodel ofwomanhood.
面目/めんぼく
Noun 1.face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity; credit 2.appearance; look Other forms 面目 【めんもく】、面目 【めいぼく】
Examples:
面目がたつ
tosaveone’sdignity
国璽/こくじ
Noun
1.the seal of state
Examples:
イギリスで国璽尚書という役職の人
inEngland, aperson who isthe LordKeeperof theGreat Seal
欄外/らんがい
Noun, No-adjective
1.margin
Examples:
原稿の欄外の注
marginaliain amanuscript
表裏/ひょうり
Noun, Suru verb
1.front and back; inside and outside; two sides; both sides
Noun
2.duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced Only applies to ひょうり
Examples:
表裏のある男だ.
He isadouble‐dealer.
猶予/ゆうよ
Noun, Suru verb
1.postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
Examples:
執行猶予
stay of execution―probation
献身/けんしん
Noun, Suru verb
1.dedication; devotion
Examples:
献身的の愛
self-sacrificinglove―unselfishdevotion
虚偽/きょぎ
Noun, No-adjective 1.falsehood; untruth; lie; misinformation Noun 2.fallacy (logic) Other forms 虚偽 【こぎ】
Examples:
明らかな虚偽
obviousmendacity
鎖国/さこく
Noun, Suru verb
1.national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners) See also開国
Noun
2.sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
Examples:
鎖国と国際関係
National Isolation PolicyandInternational Relations
断片/だんぺん
Noun
1.fragment; scrap; piece; shred
Examples:
会話の断片.
scraps of conversation
陵墓/りょうぼ
Noun
1.imperial tomb; imperial mausoleum
Examples:
多くの陵墓
manyImperialmausoleumsin thesamevicinity
至当/しとう
Na-adjective, Noun
1.just; fair; proper; reasonable
Examples:
そうするのが至当だ.
That iswhat yououghttodo.
巡回/じゅんかい
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.going around; patrol; round; tour
Examples:
巡回方法および巡回システム
PATROLMETHODANDPATROLSYSTEM
装飾/そうしょく
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.ornament; decoration
Examples:
過度な装飾
asuperfluousornament
油井/ゆせい
Noun
1.oil well
Examples:
排出された油井
exhaustedoil wells
羅列/られつ
Noun, Suru verb
1.enumeration; citation; listing
Examples:
これは単に意味のない数字の羅列にすぎない.
This ismerelyameaninglessrow ofnumbers.
特色/とくしょく
Noun
- characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; personal colour
- spot color (in printing)
Examples:
各都市の特色
Characteristicsofeachcity
悠然/ゆうぜん
Noun, Taru-adjective, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.with an air of composure; calmly
Examples:
みんながあわてても彼女は悠然と構えていた.
Sheremainedcalmwhilethe otherspanicked.
批准/ひじゅん
Noun, Suru verb
1.ratification
Examples:
条約の批准
theratificationof thetreaty
遮断/しゃだん
Noun, Suru verb
1.isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
Examples:
踏切遮断機.
acrossing gate
膨張/ぼうちょう
Noun, Suru verb
1.expansion; swelling; increase; growth
Other forms
膨脹 【ぼうちょう】、ぼう張 【ぼうちょう】
Examples:
気体の膨張.
theexpansion of a gas
旋回/せんかい
Noun, Suru verb 1.revolution; rotation; turning; circling; swiveling 2.turning (an aircraft or ship) Other forms 旋廻 【せんかい】
Examples:
旋回砲塔
arevolvingturret
温和/おんわ
Na-adjective, Noun
1.mild (climate); temperate; clement; pleasant; agreeable Only applies to 温和
2.gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; pleasant
3.moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
Other forms
穏和 【おんわ】
Examples:
日本は気候が温和だ
Japanhas amildclimate.
美醜/びしゅう
Noun
- beauty or ugliness
- personal appearance; looks
Examples:
容貌の美醜を問わず
irrespective ofpersonal appearance
出陣/しゅつじん
Noun, Suru verb
1.going into battle; departure for the front
Examples:
出陣を命ずる言葉
the orderto gointobattle
宣誓/せんせい
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.oath; abjuration; pledge
Examples:
人に宣誓させる.
administer an oath to a person
統帥/とうすい
Noun, Suru verb
1.supreme command; high command
Examples:
天皇は陸海軍を統帥する
The Emperorhas thesupreme commandof thearmyand navy.
抱擁/ほうよう
Noun, Suru verb
1.embrace; hug; holding in one’s arms
Examples:
あなたを抱擁したい。
I want tohugyou.
塊状/かいじょう
No-adjective
1.massive; bulk; block-like; aggregated; agglomerated
Examples:
塊状火山という地形
ageographical featurecalledamassive volcano
控訴/こうそ
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.koso appeal (initial appeal to a higher court)
Examples:
控訴裁判所.
acourt of appeal
純金/じゅんきん
Noun
1.pure gold; solid gold; fine gold
Examples:
純金のメダル
asolid goldmedal
叫喚/きょうかん
Noun, Suru verb
1.shout; scream
Other forms
叫換 【きょうかん】
Examples:
阿鼻叫喚の巷と化す
Ithasturned intotheveriesthell.
一致/いっち
Noun, Suru verb 1.coincidence; agreement; union; match 2.conformity; consistency 3.cooperation Place 4.Icchi
Examples:
一致団結する
To beunited.
祈願/きがん
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.prayer; supplication
Examples:
祈願がかなった
Myprayerisanswered.
圏内/けんない
Noun
1.(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)See also圏外
Examples:
全て自転車で10分圏内にある。
Allcarsare within10 minutesofhere.
踪跡/そうせき
Noun
- traces; footprints
- whereabouts
Examples:
犯人の踪跡を探る
totraceaculprit
潤色/じゅんしょく
Noun, Suru verb
1.rhetorical flourishes
Other forms
潤飾 【じゅんしょく】
Examples:
潤色ある文体
anembellishedstyle
脊髄/せきずい
Noun, No-adjective
1.spinal cord
Examples:
脊髄炎という脊髄の病気
adiseaseof thespinal cord,calledmyelitis
赦免/しゃめん
Noun, Suru verb
1.pardon; remission; amnesty
Examples:
赦免を提供するさま
providingabsolution
憧憬/どうけい
Noun, Suru verb
1.longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
Other forms
憧憬 【しょうけい】
Examples:
彼は憧憬の目をもって故郷の空を眺めている
Helookstowardshishomewithlongingeyes―withwistfuleyes.
羞恥/しゅうち
Noun
1.shyness; bashfulness; shame
Examples:
羞恥心を見せるさま
showinga sense ofshame
境内/けいだい
Noun
1.grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
Examples:
境内社
Shrineswithin thePrecinct
叱声/しっせい
Noun
1.abusive voice; scolding voice; angry words
Examples:
叱声を発して弁士を引込ませる
tohissdownthespeaker
傲岸/ごうがん
Na-adjective, Noun
1.haughty; arrogant; supercilious
Other forms
倣岸 【ごうがん】
Examples:
芸に対しては自分にも他人にも厳しく、傲岸なところもあった。
Hewasstrict withothersandto himselfaboutperformance, andhewassometimesarrogant.
払拭/ふっしょく
Noun, Suru verb
1.wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
Other forms
払しょく 【ふっしょく】、払拭 【ふっしき】
Examples:
自粛ムードの払拭
Movingbeyondthe moodofself-restraint
絶滅危惧種/ぜつめつきぐしゅ
Noun
1.endangered species
Examples:
この鳥は絶滅危惧種です。
Thisbirdis anendangeredspecies.
糾弾/きゅうだん
Noun, Suru verb
1.censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
Other forms
糺弾 【きゅうだん】
Examples:
社会の不正を糾弾(きゆうだん)する.
tilt atsocialinjustices
歳暮/せいぼ
Noun
- year-end gift See alsoお歳暮
- end of the year; year end
Examples:
企業社会における歳暮
Seiboin businesssociety
追悼/ついとう
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.mourning (dead persons); memorial
Examples:
追悼の礼拝
amemorial service
山麓/さんろく
Noun 1.foot of a mountain; base of a mountain Place 2.Sanroku Other forms 山ろく 【さんろく】
Examples:
山麓にある森林帯
theforest zoneat the foot of a mountain
新米/しんまい
Noun 1.new rice; first rice crop of the year Antonym:古米 Noun, No-adjective 2.novice; beginner; newcomer; new hand Place 3.Shinmai
Examples:
新米のお父さん
a newfather
剥奪/はくだつ
Noun, Suru verb
1.stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
Other forms
剝奪 【はくだつ】
Examples:
自由の剥奪(はくだつ).
deprivation of liberty
松竹梅/しょうちくばい
Noun
1.pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)See also歳寒三友
2.high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower; first, second and third (class) from 松 down to 梅
Place
3.Shouchikubai
Examples:
松竹梅の筆頭
the topgradeamongthreegrades,that is,pine,bambooandume
出納/すいとう
Noun, Suru verb
1.receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
Examples:
出納窓口.
acashier’swindow
小児/しょうに
Noun
1.young child; infant
Other forms
小児 【しょうじ】
Examples:
小児麻痺病
infantile paralysis
椎骨/ついこつ
Noun, No-adjective
1.vertebra; vertebrae
Examples:
ヒトの脊柱の12の椎骨の1つ
one of12vertebraein thehumanvertebral column
雑煮/ぞうに
Noun
1.soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year’s dish)
Examples:
お雑煮はけっこうです
TheNew Year’sdishisexcellent.
羽毛/うもう
Noun, No-adjective
1.feathers; plumage; down
Examples:
羽毛がないひな
theunfeatheredbrood
好餌/こうじ
Noun
- bait; decoy; lure
- easy prey; easy victim; sucker
Examples:
人を危険におとしいれる好餌
abaitorlure toensnaresomeonein adangerous situation
勃発/ぼっぱつ
Noun, Suru verb
1.outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
Other forms
ぼっ発 【ぼっぱつ】
Examples:
勃発する
break out
委嘱/いしょく
Noun, Suru verb
1.commissioning; entrusting (with); request; appointment (to a position)
Other forms
依嘱 【いしょく】
Examples:
推薦及び委嘱
Recommendationandcommission
困窮/こんきゅう
Noun, Suru verb
- poverty; need; destitution
- having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
Examples:
困窮に苦しんでいること
ofpoverty, thecondition ofbeingimpending
柳眉/りゅうび
Noun
1.beautiful eyebrows
Other forms
柳び 【りゅうび】
Examples:
柳眉を逆立てた
Shebristledup(herfair eyebrows)
眉間/みけん
Noun, No-adjective
1.brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
Examples:
眉間にしわを寄せる
furrowone’sbrow
戴冠式/たいかんしき
Noun
1.coronation ceremony; enthronement
Examples:
王の戴冠式用礼服
thecoronationrobes
拉致/らち
Noun, Suru verb
1.taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
Examples:
人を無理に拉致する
the actofkidnappingaperson
漸次/ぜんじ
Adverb, No-adjective
1.gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
Other forms
漸時 【ぜんじ】
Examples:
漸次快方に赴く
He isgraduallygettingbetter.
尋問/じんもん
Noun, Suru verb
1.cross-examination; interrogation; questioning
Other forms
訊問 【じんもん】
Examples:
厳しい尋問
Severequestioning
下賜/かし
Noun, Suru verb
1.grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
Examples:
お手許金のご下賜
agrantout ofthe Privy Purse
疫病/えきびょう
Noun
1.epidemic; plague; pestilence
Other forms
疫病 【やくびょう】
Examples:
疫病に罹る
to beattackedwith theepidemic
軟化/なんか
Noun, Suru verb
- softening Antonym:硬化
- softening (of attitude); mollification Antonym:硬化
- weakening (of the market) Antonym:硬化
- blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
Examples:
軟化点
Softening point
陥没/かんぼつ
Noun, Suru verb
1.cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
Examples:
地面が,陥没する
of anarea ofland,tosink
逐一/ちくいち
Adverb
1.one by one; in detail; minutely
Examples:
逐一説明する
toexplain in detail―explain at large
鋳鉄/ちゅうてつ
Noun
1.cast iron
Examples:
鋳鉄を溶融する炉
afurnaceusedtomeltiron
含蓄/がんちく
Noun, Suru verb
1.implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem
Examples:
含蓄的な声明
animplicativestatement
幽玄/ゆうげん
Noun, Na-adjective
1. mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen
Examples:
幽玄体という,和歌の歌体
astyle oftanka poetry,called’yuugen-tai’
合戦/かっせん
Noun, Suru verb
1.battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
Examples:
合戦の経過
Chronologyofbattles
愛称/あいしょう
Noun, No-adjective
1.pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
Examples:
彼はエドという愛称で呼ばれ(てい)た.
Hewasnicknamed“Ed”.
遊戯/ゆうぎ
Noun, Suru verb
1.game; play; sports
Examples:
活発な遊戯
activesports
自粛/じしゅく
Noun, Suru verb
1.self-restraint; self-control; self-discipline often a custom in times of grief, pain, etc.
Examples:
彼は自粛の波に乗らなかった。
Heflewin the face ofJishuku.
成就/じょうじゅ
Noun, Suru verb, Noun - used as a suffix
1.fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
Examples:
心願成就す、大願成就す
Myprayerisheard.
謀反/むほん
謀反/むほん Noun, Suru verb 1.rebellion; uprising; insurrection 2.treason Archaism,usu. 謀叛 Other forms 謀叛 【むほん】、謀叛 【ぼうはん】
Examples:
謀反という罪
a crimecalledrebellion
主宰/しゅさい
Noun, Suru verb 1.supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman Examples: 橋岡會を主宰。 Itpresidesover Hashioka kai.
我執/がしゅう
Noun
1.egotism; obstinacy
Examples:
「善根」は常に自ら以外の方向に振り向けられて「功徳」となり、我執が除去される。
“Charity”isalwaysturned inthedirectionsofothers, andturns into”merit,”thenself-centerednessis
愛想/あいそ
Noun
1.amiability; friendliness; affability; sociability
2.fondness (of someone); affection; liking See also愛想を尽かす
3.compliments; civilities; courtesies; flattery See alsoお愛想
4.hospitality; special treatment; entertainment See alsoお愛想
5.bill (at a restaurant); check See alsoお愛想
Other forms
愛想 【あいそう】
Examples:
不愛想な子供たち.
unfriendlychildren
年貢/ねんぐ
Noun
1.annual tribute; land tax
Place
2.Nengu
Examples:
年貢を納める
to paytheland-tax―pay the rent
香車/きょうしゃ
Noun
1.lance Shogi term
Examples:
香車という,将棋の駒
one of thechessmenin’shogi’calledLance
数寄/すき
Noun
1.refined taste; elegant pursuits See also好き すき
Other forms
数奇 【すき】
Examples:
数寄をこらした家
asumptuoushouse
口伝/くでん
Noun, Suru verb 1.oral instruction 2.passing information by word-of-mouth Noun 3.oral tradition Place 4.Kuden Other forms 口伝 【こうでん】
Examples:
口伝えに教えを授ける
toinstruct orally
聴聞/ちょうもん
Noun, Suru verb
1.listening; hearing
Examples:
議会聴聞会
congressionalhearing
大名/だいみょう
Noun
1.daimyo (Japanese feudal lord); daimio See also小名
Place
2.Daimyou
Examples:
国主大名という,大名の格式
thepositionofbeingafeudal lord
夏至/げし
Noun, No-adjective
1.summer solstice See also二十四節気
Examples:
夏至線という回帰線のひとつ
oneat thetropics,calledthe Tropic of Cancer
建立/こんりゅう
Noun, Suru verb
1.(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
Other forms
建立 【けんりつ】
Examples:
記念碑建立の議
aproposal toerectamonument―theproposederectionof amonument
兵糧/ひょうりょう
Noun
1.(army) provisions; food
Place
2.Hyourou
Examples:
一日分の兵糧
a ration
宮内庁/くないちょう
Noun
1.Imperial Household Agency
Place
2.Kunaichou
Examples:
宮内庁庁舎
Office buildingof theImperial Household Agency
遊山/ゆさん
Noun
1.excursion; outing; picnic
Examples:
花見遊山
apicnicunder thecherry-blossoms
大音声/だいおんじょう
Noun
1.very loud voice
Examples:
大音声に呼ばわった
Hecalled outin astentorianvoice.
宗匠/そうしょう
Noun
1.master; teacher
Examples:
宗匠について茶の湯を習う
to takelessonsintea-ceremony
支度/したく
Noun, Suru verb
1.preparation; arrangements
Other forms
仕度 【したく】
Examples:
意気な支度
stylishdress
赤銅/しゃくどう
Noun
1.shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
Examples:
日に焼けて赤銅色の顔
abronzedface
礼賛/らいさん
Noun, Suru verb
1.praise; worship; adoration; glorification
Other forms
礼讃 【らいさん】
Examples:
酒神礼賛の、または、酒神礼賛の様式の
of orin themanner ofadithyramb
払底/ふってい
Noun, Suru verb
1.shortage; scarcity; dearth; famine
Examples:
品が払底だ
Thearticleisscarce
埋没/まいぼつ
Noun, Suru verb
- being buried
- remaining unknown; being forgotten
- being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
Examples:
壁埋没型収納棚
WALLBURIED TYPESTORAGE SHELF
奉行/ぶぎょう
Noun, Suru verb
1.magistrate; shogunate administrator
Examples:
勘定奉行
Kanjo-bugyo (commissioner of finance)
疫病神/やくびょうがみ
Noun
1.god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases
2.jinx; hoodoo; pest; odious person; plague; angel of death Derogatory
Other forms
疫病神 【えきびょうがみ】
Examples:
疫病神を追い払う。
to driveawaythegod of plague
今夕/こんせき
Adverbial noun, Temporal noun
1.this evening; tonight
Other forms
今夕 【こんゆう】
Examples:
今夕マイクが食事にやってくる。
Mikeiscoming todinnerthis evening.
観桜会/かんおうかい
Noun
1.cherry blossom viewing party
一矢/いっし
Noun
- an arrow
- a retort See also一矢を報いる
Examples:
彼に一矢を報いてやった。
Itooka swingathim.
穂状/すいじょう
Noun, No-adjective
1.shaped like an ear of grain
Examples:
穂状花序をだす
bring forthaspikeorspikes
甲板/かんぱん
Noun
1.deck (of a ship)
Other forms
甲板 【こうはん】
Examples:
上の甲板
ahigherdeck
深奥/しんおう
Na-adjective, Noun
1.esoteric doctrines; mysteries
Examples:
深奥なる学理
aprofoundtheory
郷社/ごうしゃ
Noun
1.village shrine Obsolete term
Examples:
社格旧郷社
It isrankedas avillageshrine.
怨霊/おんりょう
Noun
1.revengeful ghost; apparition
Examples:
怨霊の神格化
Deificationofonryo
装束/しょうぞく
Noun, Suru verb 1.costume; dress; attire 2.interior decoration; landscaping; furnishing; ornamentArchaism Place 3.Shouzoku Other forms 装束 【そうぞく】、装束 【そうずく】 Notes そうぞく: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. そうずく: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
Examples:
鷹狩りに着る装束
asuitwornwhenhuntinghawks
女婿/じょせい
Noun
1.one’s son-in-law
Examples:
後に女婿となる。
LaterhebecameSeiho’s son-in-law.
親睦/しんぼく
Noun, Suru verb
1.friendship; amity
Place
2.Shinboku
Examples:
親睦を深める
Promotefriendship
煩雑/はんざつ
Na-adjective, Noun
1.complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious; cumbersome
Other forms
繁雑 【はんざつ】
Examples:
通関手続きの煩雑性
Cumbersomecustoms procedures
虚空/こくう
Noun
1.empty space; empty sky
Examples:
虚空なる空間
the inane
御殿/ごてん
Noun 1.palace; court Place 2.Goten Other forms ご殿 【ごてん】
Examples:
立派な御殿
amagnificent palace
閑却/かんきゃく
Noun, Suru verb
1.negligence; disregard
Examples:
小事に拘泥して大事を閑却する
to“stainat agnatandswallowa camel.
冥利/みょうり
Noun
1.providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage
Examples:
彼はあまりぜいたくをして冥利が尽きたのだ
Hehasruinedhimselfbyexcessiveextravagance.
冥王星/めいおうせい
Noun
1.Pluto (dwarf planet)
Examples:
冥王星という天体
aplanetnamedPluto
冶金/やきん
Noun, No-adjective
1.metallurgy
Examples:
冶金学の、または、冶金学に関する
of orrelating tometallurgy
警笛/けいてき
Noun
1.horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
Examples:
鋭い悲鳴[警笛].
ashrillcry[whistle]
仰天/ぎょうてん
Noun, Suru verb
1.being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
Examples:
びっくり仰天だ; すごい.
Youamazeme!
衰弱/すいじゃく
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
Examples:
全身[神経]衰弱.
general[nervous]prostration
琴線/きんせん
Noun
- heartstrings
- koto string See also琴 こと,orig. meaning
Examples:
音楽は、リスナーの琴線に触れた
The musicstruckachordwith thelisteners
廃藩/はいはん
Noun
1.abolition of the han system
Examples:
ここに大津藩は廃藩となったのである。
TheOtsuDomainwasabolisheddue to thisevent.
傘下/さんか
Noun
1.affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
Examples:
傘下または、関連子会社
asubordinateorsubsidiaryassociate
霊験/れいげん
Noun
1.miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
Other forms
霊験 【れいけん】
Examples:
たけだけしく霊験あらたかな神
amiraculousgod
最期/さいご
Noun
1.one’s last moment; one’s death; one’s end
Examples:
最期を遂げる
to meetone’s end―meetone’sdeath―meetone’sfate―die
格子/こうし
Noun
1.lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
Examples:
江市屋格子という格子
alatticecalledan{‘eichiyagohshi’}
仮病/けびょう
Noun, No-adjective
1.feigned illness
Examples:
彼はよく仮病をつかう。
Heoftenplayssick.
允許/いんきょ
Noun, Suru verb
1.permission; licence; license
天女/てんにょ
Noun
- heavenly nymph; celestial maiden
- beautiful and kind woman
Examples:
四姉妹の法門 四天女の章
HomonofFourSistersChapterofFourHeavenlyMaidens
由緒/ゆいしょ
Noun
1.history; pedigree; lineage
Examples:
あれは由緒ある人だ
He isa manofhighbirth.
唯唯諾諾/いいだくだく
Taru-adjective, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.quite willingly; readily; with acquiescence Yojijukugo (four character compound),See also唯々諾々として
Other forms
唯々諾々 【いいだくだく】
心神耗弱/しんしんこうじゃく
Noun
1.diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)
Examples:
心神耗弱という症状
asymptom ofaperson’scondition,calleddiminished responsibility
一献/いっこん
Noun
- one cup (of sake)
- (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
Examples:
一献さし上げたい
I wishto offeryoua glass of wine
納屋/なや
Noun
1.shed; barn; outhouse
Examples:
ネズミの多い納屋
a rat‐riddenbarn
納戸/なんど
Noun 1.storage room; storeroom; closet 2.grayish blue Abbreviation,See also納戸色 Place 3.Nando
Examples:
納戸金の管理を行う
To managethestoredmoney;
凸面鏡/とつめんきょう
Noun
1.convex mirror
Examples:
この鏡面23は凸面鏡である。
Thismirroris aconvexmirror.
凹面鏡/おうめんきょう
Noun
1.concave mirror
Examples:
太陽光線を一点に集める凹面鏡
aconcave mirrorthatconcentratestherays of the sun
絹糸/けんし
Noun
1.silk thread
Other forms
絹糸 【きぬいと】、繭糸 【けんし】、繭糸 【きぬいと】
Examples:
酢酸絹糸という人造絹糸
synthetic materialcalledacetate rayon
踏破/とうは
Noun, Suru verb
- travelling on foot; traveling on foot
- travelling all over
Examples:
彼は日本全国を踏破した
Hehastravelledover the length and breadth ofthe land.
隆起/りゅうき
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
- protuberance; bulge; protrusion; projection; swell
- rise; uplift; upheaval; elevation
Examples:
隆起した地形
anelevatedgeological formation
爽凉/そうりょう
Na-adjective, Noun 1.cool and refreshing Other forms 爽涼 【そうりょう】 Notes 爽凉: Out-dated kanji.
塞栓症/そくせんしょう
Noun
1.embolism
Examples:
塞栓症という病気
adisease,calledembolism
曇天/どんてん
Noun
1.dull (cloudy) weather
Examples:
曇天続きの天候
continuallycloudy weather
廃嫡/はいちゃく
Noun, Suru verb
1.disinheritance
Examples:
長男が廃嫡になった
The eldest sonhas beendisinherited.
潜伏/せんぷく
Noun, Suru verb
- concealment; hiding; ambush
- incubation; latency; dormancy
Examples:
静かに潜伏している
quietlyinconcealment
艶聞/えんぶん
Noun
1.rumour of a love affair; talk of a romance
Examples:
あの人は艶聞がある
He isconcerned inalove-affair
過褒/かほう
Noun
1.overpraise
堆積/たいせき
Noun, Suru verb
1.accumulation; pile; heap
Noun
2.sedimentation
Examples:
氷河の堆積
glacial deposit
舟艇/しゅうてい
Noun
1.boat; watercraft
Examples:
小型舟艇の排気装置
EXHAUST DEVICEFORSMALL BOAT
返戻/へんれい
Noun, Suru verb
1.returning; giving back
Examples:
賃貸管理システム10は、返戻金計算システム200を含む。
Aleasemanagement system10includestherefundcalculating system200
隠匿/いんとく
Noun, Suru verb
1.concealment
Examples:
隠匿する
tohidesomething
貼付/ちょうふ
Noun, Suru verb
1.pasting; sticking; attaching; affixing; appending
Other forms
貼付 【てんぷ】
Examples:
皮膚貼付材
SKINSTICKINGMATERIAL
富貴/ふうき
Na-adjective, Noun
1.riches and honours (honors); wealth and rank
Other forms
富貴 【ふっき】
Examples:
貧乏と富貴
poverty and wealth
功徳/くどく
Noun
- merit; virtuous deed; act of merit; act of charity Buddhist term
- divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); blessing Buddhist term
- merit (in Christian theology); meritum
Examples:
功徳を積む
topracticecharity
詩吟/しぎん
Noun
1.reciting Chinese poems
Examples:
私は5年前から詩吟を習っています。
Ihave beenlearningChinese poemrecitalsincefive yearsago.
一石/いっこく
Noun
1.one koku (measure)
Examples:
彼の提案は平穏な学会に一石を投じた.
Hisproposalupsetthetranquilityof[senttremorsthrough] the Society.
自刃/じじん
Noun, Suru verb
1.suicide by the sword
Examples:
隆保を自刃させた。
HeforcedTakayasutocommitsuicide.
深紅/しんく
Noun
1.deep crimson
Other forms
真紅 【しんく】、深紅 【しんこう】
Examples:
石竹色という深紅色
acolorcalledpink
積雪/せきせつ
Noun
1.fallen snow; snow cover
Examples:
積雪の多い年
asnowyyear
給仕/きゅうじ
Noun, Suru verb
1.waiting on a table; serving (at dinner)
Noun
2.waiter; waitress; waitperson; server; cabin boy; bellboy; page; pageboy
3.office boy; office girl
Examples:
個々の給仕
anindividualserving
好事家/こうずか
Noun
1.dilettante; person of fantastic taste
Examples:
一部の好事家によってよしとされる風変わりな物
astrange thinglikedbypeoplenot ofthe mainstream
言質/げんち
Noun
1.commitment; pledge; promise
Other forms
言質 【げんしつ】、言質 【げんしち】
Examples:
言質を取られる
to bindoneself
臣下/しんか
Noun, No-adjective
1.retainer; subject; vassal; servant
Examples:
賢明な臣下
awisevassal
従容/しょうよう
Taru-adjective, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.calm; composed; tranquil
Examples:
態度従容として迫らず
He iscomposed―self-possessed.
嗅覚/きゅうかく
Noun, No-adjective
1.sense of smell; olfaction
Examples:
嗅覚の、または、嗅覚に関する
of orrelating toolfaction
臼歯/きゅうし
Noun
1.molar
Other forms
臼歯 【うすば】
Examples:
動物の器官としての後臼歯
anorganof ananimalcalleda {gumtooth}
股関節/こかんせつ
Noun 1.hip joint; coxa Other forms 股間節 【こかんせつ】 Notes 股間節: Irregular kanji usage.
Examples:
彼は股関節を痛めた。
Heinjuredhis hip.
顎骨/がっこつ
Noun
1.jawbone; mandible
Other forms
顎骨 【がくこつ】、顎骨 【あごぼね】、あご骨 【あごぼね】
Examples:
顎骨という,動物の器官
a bonefoundinanimals,calledjawbone
瑠璃/るり
Noun 1.lapis lazuli 2.lapis lazuli (color) Abbreviation,See also瑠璃色 3.beryl Abbreviation,See also吠瑠璃 4.mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail) Abbreviation,See also小瑠璃,See also大瑠璃,See also瑠璃鶲 5.glassObscure term Other forms 琉璃 【るり】
Examples:
江戸浄瑠璃という浄瑠璃
aneasternJapaneseballadsongcalled’Azuma-joruri’
乃至/ないし
Conjunction
- from … to; between … and Usually written using kana alone
- or Usually written using kana alone
Examples:
aは0乃至2の整数。
a isanintegerof0-2
嘲弄/ちょうろう
Noun, Suru verb
1.scorn; mockery; ridicule
Examples:
世に向かって人を嘲弄する
to holdone uptoridicule
篭絡/ろうらく
Noun, Suru verb
1.inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
Other forms
籠絡 【ろうらく】、ろう絡 【ろうらく】
Examples:
うまく人を篭絡する
to persuadesomeonebygentlekindnessorpatience
淳朴/じゅんぼく
Na-adjective, Noun
1.rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
Other forms
純朴 【じゅんぼく】、醇朴 【じゅんぼく】
Examples:
島民はいまなお太古の淳朴なふうを存している
Theislandersstillretaintheirprimitivesimplicity.
拙劣/せつれつ
Na-adjective, Noun
1.clumsy; unskillful
Examples:
彼は拙劣なジョークを言ったことを謝罪した。
Heapologizedfor thebotchedjoke.
繁茂/はんも
Noun, Suru verb
1.luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
Examples:
繁茂している
adense growthof trees
楽隠居/らくいんきょ
Noun, Suru verb
1.comfortable retirement
Examples:
楽隠居する
to liveineasy retirement
衷心/ちゅうしん
Noun
1.innermost feelings
Examples:
衷心から.
fromthe bottomofone’sheart
丹精/たんせい
Noun, Suru verb
1.working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
Other forms
丹誠 【たんせい】
Examples:
子どもを丹精して教育する
Sheeducatesherchildrenwithpainstakingcare.
男爵/だんしゃく
Noun, No-adjective
- baronSee also五等爵
- Irish cobbler (variety of potato) See also男爵芋
Examples:
-男爵授与。
HewasgrantedBaron.
中庸/ちゅうよう
Noun, No-adjective, Na-adjective
1.middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path
Noun
2.the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books) See also四書
Examples:
中庸を得る
tohitthehappymean―hitthehappy medium
蛇足/だそく
Noun, No-adjective
1.redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
Examples:
それは蛇足だ.
That’sgildingthe lily.
肥沃/ひよく
Na-adjective, Noun
1.fertile; rich; productive
Other forms
肥よく 【ひよく】
Examples:
肥沃な土地[土].
fertile land[soil]
上人/しょうにん
Noun
1.holy priest; saint
Place
2.Shounin
Examples:
公卿と殿上人
both acourt nobleand ahigh rankingcourtier
庫裏/くり
Noun
1.temple kitchen; monastery kitchen Buddhist term
2.quarters of a head priest (and his family) Buddhist term
Other forms
庫裡 【くり】
Examples:
これを大庫裏という。
This iscalledOkuri (largeKuri).
御利益/ごりやく
Noun 1.grace (of God); divine favour; blessing; miracle; answer to a prayer See also利益 2.benefit 3.efficacy Other forms ご利益 【ごりやく】
Examples:
神仏の御利益
aresponsefromGodorBuddha
勤行/ごんぎょう
Noun
1.religious service Buddhist term
Examples:
朝の勤行
a religiousserviceheldin the morning
帰依/きえ
Noun, Suru verb
1.becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
Examples:
人を帰依させる
to makeaconvertof―proselytize―aperson
煩悩/ぼんのう
Noun
1.worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh
2.klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering) Buddhist term
Other forms
煩惱 【ぼんのう】
Notes
煩惱: Out-dated kanji.
Examples:
彼は子煩悩だ
Hedotesonhis children.
宿業/しゅくごう
Noun
1.karma Buddhist term
華厳経/けごんきょう
Noun
1.Avatamska sutra
Examples:
華厳経巻第四十
Daihokobutsu Kegonkyo (Avatamsaka Sutra),Volume40
解脱/げだつ
Noun, Suru verb
1.being liberated from earthly desires and the woes of man; (reaching) nirvana; moksha; mukti
Examples:
他力解脱
emancipation fromwithout
回心/えしん
Noun, Suru verb
1.conversion かいしん is Christian; えしん is Buddhist
Examples:
キリスト教で,回心する
to beconvertedtoChristianity
尼僧/にそう
Noun
1.nun; priestess
Examples:
年老いた尼僧
anagednun
和尚/おしょう
Noun
1.preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism) Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo),Only applies to おしょう
2.preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism) Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo),Only applies to かしょう
3.preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism) Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo),Only applies to わじょう,usu. 和上
4.second highest priestly rank in Buddhism See also法眼
5.monk (esp. the head monk of a temple)Only applies to おしょう,Only applies to かしょう
6.master (of one’s art, trade, etc.)
Place
7.Wajou
Other forms
和尚 【かしょう】、和尚 【わじょう】、和上 【かしょう】、和上 【わじょう】
Examples:
和尚という,僧位
arank ofBuddhist priestscalled{‘Kashou’}
如来/にょらい
Noun 1.Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities) Other forms 如來 【にょらい】 Notes 如來: Out-dated kanji.
Examples:
薬師如来という如来
inBuddhism,the Buddhacalledthe ‘Healing Buddha’
行脚/あんぎゃ
Noun, Suru verb
- pilgrimage
- walking tour; travelling (on foot)
Examples:
諸国を行脚している僧
apriestwhomakesa pilgrimagearoundseveral countries
衆生/しゅじょう
Noun 1.all living things; mankind; the people; the world Buddhist term Other forms 衆生 【しゅうせい】、衆生 【すじょう】 Notes すじょう: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
Examples:
衆生を済度する
tosave allmen―save the world
衣鉢/いはつ
Noun 1.mysteries of one's master's art 2.robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral); transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen) Buddhist term,original meaning Other forms 衣鉢 【えはつ】、衣鉢 【えはち】
Examples:
衣鉢を伝える
toinitiateone intothe mysteriesofBuddhism
法身/ほっしん
Noun
1.dharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism’s highest form of existence) Buddhist term,See also三身
Other forms
法身 【ほうしん】
旺盛/おうせい
Na-adjective, Noun
1.lively; vigorous; energetic; healthy; avid (e.g. desire); rich (e.g. imagination)
Noun - used as a suffix, Na-adjective
2.full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
Examples:
元気旺盛で
in the full flush of life
吠え立てる/ほえたてる
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.to bark; to bay; to howl
Other forms
吠えたてる 【ほえたてる】、ほえ立てる 【ほえたてる】、吼え立てる 【ほえたてる】、吼えたてる 【ほえたてる】
Examples:
犬が激しく吠え立てるとキツネが飛び出した
Afoxbrokecoverwhen thedogs barkedfuriously.
恋愛至上主義/れんあいしじょうしゅぎ
Noun
1.love for love’s sake
雑い/ざつい
I-adjective
1.coarse; crude Osaka dialect,See also粗雑
Examples:
雑草がない
free fromweeds
粗雑/そざつ
Na-adjective, Noun
1.coarse; rough; crude
Examples:
彼は粗雑な人間だ
He isa manofcoarsefiber.
やんわり
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle, Suru verb
1.softly; mildly; gently; politely also written 柔んわり
Examples:
申し出をやんわりと断わった.
Ideclinedhisofferpolitely.
成層圏/せいそうけん
Noun
1.stratosphere
Examples:
成層圏のオゾン層の破壊
stratospheric ozonedepletion
覚束ない/おぼつかない
-adjective
1.uncertain; doubtful; unpromisingUsually written using kana alone
2.unreliable; unsteady; insecure; shaky; falteringUsually written using kana alone
3.unclear; vague; hazy; indistinctUsually written using kana alone
Other forms
覚束ない 【かくそくない】、覚束無い 【おぼつかない】、覚束無い 【かくそくない】、覺束ない 【おぼつかない】、覺束ない 【かくそくない】
Examples:
彼は問いに答えないで、覚束ないまま、戸口に向って歩いた。
Instead ofanswering,heturneddazedlyto thedoor.
余燼/よじん
Noun
1.smouldering fire; smoldering fire; embers
Examples:
両国の関係は戦争の余燼なおさめやらぬ状態である.
The warisover,yetthehostilitybetween the twocountriesisstillsmoldering.
頓知/とんち
Noun
1.quick wit; ready wit Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
頓智 【とんち】
Examples:
幼少期は頓知小僧で、青年期に厳しい修行を積んで名僧となったという逸話が多い。
Manystoriesrecall thathewas aquick-wittedlittlemonkinhischildhood, andmadeaname forhimselfby doing difficulttraininginhis youth.
辛苦/しんく
Noun, Suru verb
1.hardship; toil; trouble
Examples:
多くの辛苦をなめる.
undergomany hardships
辛苦艱難/しんくかんなん
Noun
1.trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples:
艱難辛苦に堪える
toendure hardshipsandprivations
色刷り/いろずり
Noun
1.colour printing; color printing
Other forms
色刷 【いろずり】、色摺 【いろずり】、色摺り 【いろずり】
Examples:
絵を色刷りにした紙
paper withcoloreddrawings
前代未聞/ぜんだいみもん
Noun, No-adjective
1.unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples:
これは前代未聞の不信行為だ。
This isanunprecedentedperfidy.
推薦/すいせん
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.recommendation; referral; endorsement See also推奨
Examples:
推薦の書状
arecommendation
程々に/ほどほどに
Adverb
1.moderately; in moderation Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
程ほどに 【ほどほどに】、程程に 【ほどほどに】
Examples:
何事も程々にしなさい.
Do nothingtoexcess.
拘泥/こうでい
Noun, Suru verb
1.adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about
Examples:
章句に拘泥する
toadhere totheliteral meaning
古来/こらい
No-adjective, Adverb, Noun
1.from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
Examples:
古来のイタリアの方言
ancientItalicdialects
砲塔/ほうとう
Noun
1.gun turret
Examples:
砲塔旋盤という工作機械
amachine toolcalled{revolvingturret}
令旨/りょうじ
Noun
1.prince’s message; command of a prince
Other forms
令旨 【れいし】
Examples:
令旨を奉じて兵を挙げた
Theyraisedanarmyin obedience tothe prince’s command.
灼か/あらたかな
Na-adjective
1.clearly miraculous; remarkably miraculous; striking Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
灼たか 【あらたか】
投じる/とうじる
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
1.to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow)
2.to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause) See also身を投じる,in the form of 身を投じる
3.to invest; to put in
4.to administer (medicine); to give
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
5.to surrender
6.to take advantage of; to make full use of
7.to fit well with; to match with; to be in tune with
8.to stay (at a lodging)
Examples:
決定的な票を投じる
castthedecisive vote
弁士/べんし
Noun 1.lecturer; rhetorician; orator 2.narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter Other forms 辯士 【べんし】 Notes 辯士: Out-dated kanji.
Examples:
活動写真弁士
akinema-interpreter
生ずる/しょうずる
Ichidan verb - zuru verb (alternative form of -jiru verbs), intransitive verb
- to produce; to yield; to cause See also生じる,生ずる is more literary than 生じる
- to result from; to arise; to be generated See also生じる
Examples:
変化を生ずる
toworkachange
容積/ようせき
Noun
1.capacity; volume
Examples:
容積, 体積.
cubic content
叩く/たたく
Godan verb with ku ending, Transitive verb
1.to strike; to clap; to knock; to beat; to tap; to pat
2.to play drums
3.to abuse; to bash; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult
4.to consult; to sound out
5.to brag; to talk big
6.to call; to invoke (e.g. a function) Computer terminology
Other forms
敲く 【たたく】
Notes
敲く: Out-dated kanji.
合理的/ごうりてき
Na-adjective
1.rational; reasonable; logical
Examples
合理的行動
rational behavior
主従関係/しゅじゅうかんけい
Noun
1.the relation of master to servant Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples
上下関係あるいは主従関係において支配されている関係になる傘下
one’ssphere of influence
身なり/みなり
Noun
1.dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
Other forms
身形 【みなり】
Examples
身なりを直す
to improveone’sappearance
招集/しょうしゅう
Noun, Suru verb
1.call; summons; convening; convocation
Examples
総会の招集
CallingofGeneral Meeting
聴取/ちょうしゅ
Noun, Suru verb
- hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); enquiry
- listening (e.g. to the radio)
Examples
意見聴取
opinion hearing
拠点/きょてん
Noun
1.position; location; base; point; site
Examples
軍事施設を有する軍事的拠点
anequippedmilitary base
形跡/けいせき
Noun
1.traces; evidence
Examples
絞殺の形跡あり
There aresignsofhishavingbeen strangled.
即断即決/そくだんそっけつ
Noun
1.making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Examples
政治家は時に即断即決を要求される.
Politiciansaresometimesrequired tomakepromptdecisions.
不適/ふてき
Na-adjective, Noun
1.inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety
Examples
不適切である。
It isinadequate.
行動力/こうどうりょく
Noun
1.ability to take action; energy; fire; dynamism; leverage
Examples
彼は行動力がある。
He isa manofaction.
駆動/くどう
Noun, Suru verb
1.driving force
Examples
駆動系
DRIVING SYSTEM
音信不通/おんしんふつう
Noun
1.break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Other forms
音信不通 【いんしんふつう】
Examples
その後音信不通だ
Ihave heardnotfrom him since.
戒める/いましめる
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb 1.to warn against; to caution against 2.to admonish; to scold; to rebuke 3.to prohibit; to forbid; to ban 4.to be cautious Archaism 5.to detest; to loathe Archaism 6.to punish Archaism Other forms 誡める 【いましめる】、警める 【いましめる】
Examples
酒色を戒める
towarnoneagainstwine and woman
正念場/しょうねんば
Noun
1.critical moment; do-or-die situation
Examples
多くを左右する正念場
acrucial momentonwhichmuchdepends
気骨/きこつ
Noun
1.(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
Examples
気骨がない.
lack backbone
一世一代/いっせいいちだい
Noun, No-adjective 1.once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime Yojijukugo (four character compound) Other forms 一世一代 【いっせいいちだい】 Notes いっせいいちだい: Irregular kana usage.
Examples
一世一代のできであった
Itwasthe greatestsuccessofhis life.
主将/しゅしょう
Noun
- commander-in-chief; supreme commander
- captain (of a team) Sports term
Examples
彼は主将に選ばれた。
Hewaschosencaptain.
種目/しゅもく
Noun
1.item; event
Examples
営業種目
business-items
残党/ざんとう
Noun
1.remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
Examples
残党を糾合する
torallytheremnantsof aparty
引き継ぐ/ひきつぐ
Godan verb with gu ending, Transitive verb 1.to take over; to hand over Other forms 引継ぐ 【ひきつぐ】、引きつぐ 【ひきつぐ】 Notes 引継ぐ: Irregular okurigana usage.
Examples
職務を引き継ぐ
to take overone’sduties
重役/じゅうやく
Noun
1.(company) director; executive; top management Only applies to じゅうやく
2.important post; role with heavy responsibilities
Other forms
重役 【おもやく】
Notes
おもやく: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
Examples
重役付き秘書.
anexecutive secretary
上層部/じょうそうぶ
Noun
1.top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
Examples
行政府の上層部.
theupper echelonsof theadministration
一発屋/いっぱつや
Noun
1.all-or-nothing gambler; power hitter (baseball); slugger; one hit wonder (e.g. in music)
Examples
発祥は東京の蒲鉾屋の蒲一とも愛川屋とも言われている。
Theorigin issaid to beKAMAICHI, akamabokomanufacturer,orAikawayainTokyo.
得体/えたい
Noun
1.nature; character
Examples
得体の知れないもの
amysteriousthing
得難い/えがたい
I-adjective
1.hard to get; hard to come by
Other forms
得がたい 【えがたい】
Examples
好い物は得難い
Good thingsarehard to get
確約/かくやく
Noun, Suru verb
1.firm promise; definite promise
Examples
確約はできません.
Icannotmakeadefinitepromise
割に/わりに
Adverb 1.comparatively; relatively; pretty; rather See also割と わりと 2.unexpectedly; unusually Other forms 割りに 【わりに】
Examples
割に合わぬ
It isnot worthmywhile
割に合う/わりにあう
Expression, Godan verb with u ending 1.to be worth it; to pay Other forms 割にあう 【わりにあう】、割りに合う 【わりにあう】
Examples
正直は結局割に合うものだ。
Honestywillpay inthelongrun.
足並み/あしなみ
Noun
1.pace; step
Other forms
足並 【あしなみ】
Examples
馬の速い足並み
afastgaitof ahorse
火蓋/ひぶた
Noun
1.apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock See also火蓋を切る
Other forms
火ぶた 【ひぶた】
Examples
この戦いの火蓋は切って落とされた。
Thisbattlehasjustbegun.
分厚い/ぶあつい
I-adjective
1.bulky; massive; thick; heavy
Other forms
ぶ厚い 【ぶあつい】、部厚い 【ぶあつい】、ブ厚い 【ブあつい】
Examples
物が分厚い
ofthings,being thick
応接室/おうせつしつ
Noun
- drawing room; parlour; parlor
- reception office
Examples
執事はその客を応接室へ案内した.
The butlerusheredthevisitorinto thedrawingroom.
百足/むかで
Noun
1.centipede Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
蜈蚣 【むかで】、百足 【ひゃくそく】、ムカデ
Notes
むかで: Gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading). むかで: Gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading).
Examples
百足という動物
ananthropod,calledcentipede
見す見す/みすみす
Adverb
1.before one’s own eyes; from under one’s very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently; knowingly Usually written using kana alone
気味/きみ
Noun
1.sensation; feeling See alsoいい気味 いいきみ
2.tendency; propensity Only applies to きみ,See also気味 ぎみ
Other forms
気味 【きび】
Examples
彼は不気味だ。
He iseerie.
御主/おぬし
Pronoun
1.you (when referring to one’s equals or inferiors) Archaism,See also主 ぬし
Other forms
お主 【おぬし】
鬼畜/きちく
Noun
1.brute; savage; fiend
Examples
また鬼畜物とも言われる。
It isalso calledKichiku-mono (theperformanceaboutgoblinsandbeasts).
掛かりきり/かかりきり
Noun
1.being devoted; spending all one’s time and energy on Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
掛かり切り 【かかりきり】、掛り切り 【かかりきり】
Examples
この 1 週間その仕事に掛かり切りです.
Thejobhaseaten upeveryspare momentoverthe pastweek.
こっそり
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.stealthily; secretly Onomatopoeic or mimetic word,See alsoこそこそ
Other forms
コッソリ
Examples
こっそり食べる
to eatsomethingsecretly
落ち合う/おちあう
Godan verb with u ending, intransitive verb
1.to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to get together
2.to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
Other forms
落合う 【おちあう】
Examples
私たちはどこで落ち合うべきですか。
Where shouldwerendezvous?
一安心/ひとあんしん
Noun, Suru verb
1.feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
Other forms
ひと安心 【ひとあんしん】
Examples
それを聞いて一安心しました。
Ifeltrelieved to hear that.
研ぎ澄ます/とぎすます
Godan verb with su ending, Transitive verb
1.to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
Other forms
研ぎすます 【とぎすます】、研澄ます 【とぎすます】
Examples
刀を研ぎ澄ます
toburnishasword
特化型/とっかがた
No-adjective, Noun
1.specialized; specialised; boutique
装甲/そうこう
Noun, Suru verb
1.armoring; armouring; armor; armour
品柄/しながら
Noun
1.quality
出力/しゅつりょく
Noun, Suru verb
1.output (electrical, signal, etc.)
易々/やすやす
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
Other forms
易易 【やすやす】
正当性/せいとうせい
Noun, No-adjective
1.lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy; justifiability; validity
間借り/まがり
Noun, Suru verb
1.renting a room
特定/とくてい
No-adjective
1.specific; particular; designated; special
Noun, Suru verb
2.specifying; designating; identifying; pinpointing
棲む/すむ
Godan verb with mu ending, intransitive verb
1.to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest See also住む
Other forms
栖む 【すむ】
灯台下暗し/とうだいもとくらし
Expression
1.it is darkest under the lamp post; it’s hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London Proverb
Other forms
灯台もと暗し 【とうだいもとくらし】
段取り/だんどり
Noun, Suru verb
1.programme; program; plans; arrangements
Other forms
段どり 【だんどり】
手回し/てまわし
Noun, No-adjective
1.turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked
Noun
2.preparations; arrangements
総力戦/そうりょくせん
Noun
1.all-out war; total war
合流/ごうりゅう
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; junction; joining
2.union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging; coming together
Place
3.Gouryuu
最後尾/さいごうび
Noun
1.end of a line (queue)
配置/はいち
Noun, Suru verb
1.arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration; layout
間近/まぢか
Na-adjective, Adverbial noun, Noun 1.proximity; nearness; soon; nearby Other forms 間近 【まじか】、真近 【まぢか】、真近 【まじか】 Notes まじか: Irregular kana usage. 真近: Irregular kanji usage. まじか: Irregular kana usage. 真近: Irregular kanji usage.
息遣い/いきづかい
Noun
1.breathing; respiration
Other forms
息づかい 【いきづかい】
アジト
Noun
1.hideout; secret base of operations; safe house From English “agitating point”,From Russian “agitpunkt”
収縮/しゅうしゅく
Noun, Suru verb
1.deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
寄り集まる/よりあつまる
Godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb
1.to gather together
残留/ざんりゅう
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.staying behind; remaining; residual
思念/しねん
Noun, Suru verb
1.thought
咽び泣く/むせびなく
Godan verb with ku ending, intransitive verb
1.to sob; to be choked with tears
Other forms
むせび泣く 【むせびなく】
伏せる/ふせる
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
1.to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to lay upside down
2.to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes)
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb, intransitive verb
3.to lie (one’s body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
4.to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)
Godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb
5.to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness) See also臥せる ふせる,usu. 臥せる
掻き分ける/かきわける
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
1.to push aside; to push one’s way through
Other forms
かき分ける 【かきわける】
書き分ける/かきわける
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
- to distinguish in writing; to use different writing styles Only applies to 書き分ける
- to draw (identifiably) usu. 描き分ける
平然/へいぜん
Taru-adjective, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.calm; composed; cool; quiet
足手まとい/あしでまとい
Na-adjective, Noun
1.impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
Other forms
足手纏い 【あしでまとい】、足でまとい 【あしでまとい】、足手纒い 【あしでまとい】、足手まとい 【あしてまとい】、足手纏い 【あしてまとい】、足手纒い 【あしてまとい】
目玉/めだま
Noun
1.eyeball
2.special feature; centerpiece; showpiece; drawcard Abbreviation,See also目玉番組 めだまばんぐみ
3.special program; loss leader Abbreviation,See also目玉商品 めだましょうひん
4.sunny-side up fried egg Abbreviation,See also目玉焼き めだまやき
Place
5.Medama
くり抜く/くりぬく
Godan verb with ku ending, Transitive verb
1.to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
Other forms
くり貫く 【くりぬく】、刳り抜く 【くりぬく】、刳り貫く 【くりぬく】、刳抜く 【くりぬく】、刳貫く 【くりぬく】
Notes
刳抜く: Irregular okurigana usage. 刳貫く: Irregular okurigana usage.
合成/ごうせい
Noun, Suru verb 1.composition; synthesis No-adjective 2.composite; compound; synthetic; mixed; combined Noun 3.(function) composition Mathematics
大道芸/だいどうげい
Noun
1.street performing
のこのこ
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
不得手/ふえて
Na-adjective, Noun
1.weak point; unskillfulness
蔓/つる
Noun
- vine; bine; tendril; runner Usually written using kana alone
- bow; temple arm; sidepiece; lug arm; earpiece; part of a pair of glasses that goes over the ear
- connections; contacts; influence; financial supporter
虚弱/きょじゃく
Na-adjective, Noun, No-adjective
1.feebleness; weakness; imbecility
華麗/かれい
Na-adjective
1.splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
美技/びぎ
Noun
1.excellent performance; fine play
長ける/たける
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb 1.to excel at; to be proficient at 2.to grow old 3.to ripen 4.to rise high (e.g. the sun) Other forms 闌ける 【たける】
ちんけ
Na-adjective
1.worst; poor and boring; uncool
Other forms
チンケ
ひき肉/ひきにく
Noun
1.minced meat; ground meat
Other forms
挽肉 【ひきにく】、挽き肉 【ひきにく】
棒高跳び/ぼうたかとび
Noun
1.pole vault
Other forms
棒高跳 【ぼうたかとび】
温存/おんぞん
Noun, Suru verb
1.preservation; retainment; keeping
負荷/ふか
Noun, Suru verb
1.burden; load (e.g. cpu time, electricity, etc.)
解く/ほどく
Godan verb with ku ending, Transitive verb
1.to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen; to unpackUsually written using kana alone
蹲る/うずくまる
Godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb
1.to crouch; to squat; to cower Usually written using kana alone,See also蹲う つくばう
Other forms
踞る 【うずくまる】、蹲る 【つくばる】
実績/じっせき
Noun
1.achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
仕向ける/しむける
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb 1.to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt 2.to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to treat 3.to send; to forward to Other forms し向ける 【しむける】、仕向る 【しむける】 Notes 仕向る: Irregular okurigana usage.
下っ端/したっぱ
Noun
1.underling; lower position
Other forms
下っぱ 【したっぱ】
無さそう/なさそう
Suffix, Na-adjective
1.does not seem; unlikely; improbable Usually written using kana alone
おびき出す/おびきだす
Godan verb with su ending, Transitive verb
1.to lure out of; to decoy out of
2.to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.)
3.to abduct; to entice out of Archaism
Other forms
誘き出す 【おびきだす】
追放/ついほう
Noun, Suru verb
1.exile; banishment; eviction; deportation; purge; expulsion; ousting
2.elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
のし上がる/のしあがる
Godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb
1.to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
Other forms
伸し上がる 【のしあがる】
砲丸投げ/ほうがんなげ
Noun
1.shot put
Other forms
砲丸投 【ほうがんなげ】
眉間/みけん
Noun, No-adjective
1.brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
硬度/こうど
Noun
1.hardness; solidity
来る日も来る日も/くるひもくるひも
Expression
1.day after day; day in and day out; every single day
Other forms
くる日もくる日も 【くるひもくるひも】
畳み掛ける/たたみかける
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
1.to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
畳みかける 【たたみかける】
捻じ伏せる/ねじふせる
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
1.to hold down; to twist someone’s arm
2.to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
Other forms
ねじ伏せる 【ねじふせる】、捩じ伏せる 【ねじふせる】、捻伏せる 【ねじふせる】、捩伏せる 【ねじふせる】
振り回す/ふりまわす
Godan verb with su ending, Transitive verb
1.to wield; to brandish; to flourish; to wave (about); to swing
2.to display (one’s knowledge); to show off
3.to abuse (one’s power)
4.to manipulate someone
Other forms
振りまわす 【ふりまわす】、振回す 【ふりまわす】
一際/ひときわ
Adverb
1.conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
一きわ 【ひときわ】
駆使/くし
Noun 1.free use Suru verb 2.to use freely; to make free use of; to have good command (e.g. of a language) 3.to drive someone on
出動/しゅつどう
Noun, Suru verb
1.sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
私語/しご
Noun, Suru verb
1.whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
慎む/つつしむ
Godan verb with mu ending, Transitive verb
1.to be careful; to be discreet usu. 慎む
2.to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to abstain usu. 慎む
3.to be reverent Only applies to 謹む
4.to be purified; to be chaste
Other forms
謹む 【つつしむ】、虔む 【つつしむ】
解れる/ほぐれる
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
- to come untied; to come apart Usually written using kana alone
- to be softened; to be relaxed Usually written using kana alone
潜伏先/せんぷくさき
Noun
1.hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place
ずきん
Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.throbbing (pain); pounding Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
初日/しょにち
Adverbial noun, Temporal noun
1.first day; opening day
Other forms
初日 【しょじつ】
筒井/つつい
Noun
1.round well
補欠/ほけつ
Noun, No-adjective 1.filling a vacancy; supplementation Noun 2.substitute; deputy; alternate; spare Other forms 補闕 【ほけつ】
箪笥/たんす
Noun 1.chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser Usually written using kana alone Place 2.Tansu Other forms 簞笥 【たんす】、タンス Notes 簞笥: Out-dated kanji.
引き出し/ひきだし
Noun
1.drawer
2.withdrawal (of money from an account)not 抽斗,抽匣
3.variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptunot 抽斗,抽匣
Other forms
引出し 【ひきだし】、抽き出し 【ひきだし】、抽出し 【ひきだし】、抽斗 【ひきだし】、抽匣 【ひきだし】
Notes
抽斗: Out-dated kanji.
空き巣/あきす
Noun 1.empty house 2.empty nest 3.prowler; sneak thief; cat burglar Abbreviation,See also空き巣狙い Other forms 空巣 【あきす】、明き巣 【あきす】
金目のもの/かねめのもの
Noun
1.valuable article; valuables
Other forms
金目の物 【かねめのもの】
物体/ぶったい
Noun
1.body; object
落下/らっか
Noun, Suru verb
1.fall; drop; descent; coming down
隕石/いんせき
Noun
1.meteorite
バンバン
Adverb
1.with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire) Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
2.at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
Other forms
ばんばん
見解/けんかい
Noun
1.opinion; point of view
裂け目/さけめ
Noun 1.tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm; rift Other forms 裂目 【さけめ】 Notes 裂目: Irregular okurigana usage.
計器/けいき
Noun
1.meter; gauge
百歩譲って/ひゃっぽゆずって
Expression
1.for the sake of argument; even if that were true
隠滅/いんめつ
Noun, Suru verb 1.destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression Law, etc. term 2.hiding; concealment Other forms 堙滅 【いんめつ】、湮滅 【いんめつ】、湮滅 【えんめつ】
無残/むざん
Na-adjective, Noun
1.cruel; merciless; atrocious; ruthless; cold-blooded
2.pitiful; tragic; horrible; miserable
Noun, Na-adjective
3.breaking a religious precept without shame Buddhist term,Only applies to 無慚,Only applies to 無慙
Other forms
無惨 【むざん】、無慚 【むざん】、無慙 【むざん】
遺族/いぞく
Noun
1.bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
遺影/いえい
Noun
1.portrait of deceased person
ご丁寧/ごていねい
Na-adjective, Noun
1.polite; courteous; civil Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo),See also丁寧
2.careful; close; thorough; conscientious Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo),See also丁寧
3.overly courteous; overly careful; overly thorough used sarcastically
Other forms
御丁寧 【ごていねい】
入り浸り/いりびたり
Noun
1.frequenting; staying around
居座る/いすわる
Godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb
1.to remain; to stay (somewhere)
Other forms
居据わる 【いすわる】
断定/だんてい
Noun, Suru verb
1.conclusion; decision; judgement; declaration
Noun
2.affirmativelinguistics terminology
重み/おもみ
Noun 1.weight 2.weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; grandeur; dignity 3.importance; significance Other forms 重味 【おもみ】 Notes 重味: Irregular kanji usage.
押し入る/おしはいる
Godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb
1.to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
Other forms
押入る 【おしいる】、押しいる 【おしいる】
しおらしい
I-adjective
- meek; gentle; modest; sweet; charming; touching
- praiseworthy; admirable
材質/ざいしつ
Noun
- material
- material properties; quality of material
持ち去る/もちさる
Godan verb with ru ending
1.to take away; to carry away
証言/しょうげん
Noun, Suru verb
1.testimony; (verbal) evidence
靄/もや
Noun
1.mist; haze Usually written using kana alone,See also霧
惹かれる/ひかれる
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb 1.to be charmed by; to be attracted to; to be taken with; to be drawn to Other forms 引かれる 【ひかれる】、魅かれる 【ひかれる】 Notes 魅かれる: Irregular kanji usage.
巷/ちまた
Noun
- the public; the street (e.g. “word on the street”)
- street; district; quarters
- location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
- divide (e.g. between life and death)
- fork (in a road); crossroads orig. meaning
運動神経/うんどうしんけい
Noun, No-adjective
1.motor nerves; reflexes
轢く/ひく
Godan verb with ku ending, Transitive verb
1.to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down Usually written using kana alone
下敷き/したじき
Noun
- desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay
- being pinned under; being caught under; being trapped under; being buried under; being crushed beneath
- model; pattern often as 〜を下敷きにして
人目/ひとめ
Noun
1.public gaze; public notice; attention
Other forms
人眼 【ひとめ】、人目 【じんもく】
見据える/みすえる
chidan verb, Transitive verb
1.to stare fixedly at; to fix one’s gaze on
2.to make sure of; to set one’s eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
Other forms
見すえる 【みすえる】
後ろめたい/うしろめたい
I-adjective
1.feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience
一点張り/いってんばり
Noun, No-adjective
1.persistence; single-mindedness
湿る/しめる
Godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb
1.to become damp; to become moist; to become wet
2.to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits; to feel depressedOnly applies to しめる,often as 湿って or 湿った
Other forms
湿る 【しとる】
機密/きみつ
Noun
1.secrecy; highly classified information
置いてきぼり/おいてきぼり
Noun
1.leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someoneSee also 置いてけぼり おいてけぼり
一報/いっぽ
Noun, Suru verb
1.information
戸締まり/とじまり
Noun, Suru verb
1.locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
Other forms
戸締り 【とじまり】
名演技/めいえんぎ
Noun
1.fine performance; tour de force
銃創/じゅうそう
Noun
1.gunshot wound
流動/りゅうどう
Noun, Suru verb
1.flow
擬態/ぎたい
Noun, No-adjective
1.mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
身元/みもと
Noun
1.person’s identity; ID; past; background
Other forms
身許 【みもと】、身もと 【みもと】
潔/いさぎよい
undefiled,pure,clean,righteous,gallant
真っ赤な嘘/まっかなうそ
Expression, Noun
1.complete lie; outright lie
Other forms
真っ赤なうそ 【まっかなうそ】、まっ赤な嘘 【まっかなうそ】、真赤な嘘 【まっかなうそ】、真っ赤なウソ 【まっかなウソ】、まっ赤なウソ 【まっかなウソ】、真赤なウソ 【まっかなウソ】
Notes
真赤な嘘: Irregular okurigana usage. 真赤なウソ: Irregular okurigana usage.
失踪者/しっそうしゃ
Noun
1.missing person; runaway
搭乗員/とうじょういん
Noun
1.crew member
会員制/かいいんせい
Noun
1.membership system
垂れ込み/たれこみ
Noun
1.tip-off; squealing (to the authorities) Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
たれ込み 【たれこみ】、タレコミ
厚め/あつめ
No-adjective
1.thick (esp. paper, cloth)
Other forms
厚目 【あつめ】
血眼/ちまなこ
Noun 1.bloodshot eyes 2.(doing something in a) frenzy Only applies to ちまなこ Other forms 血まなこ 【ちまなこ】、血眼 【ちめ】、血目 【ちめ】
早とちり/はやとちり
Noun, Suru verb
1.jumping to a wrong conclusion
一向に/いっこうに
Adverb
- completely; absolutely; totally
- (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least in a negative sentence
- earnestly; intently; determinedly
怒鳴る/どなる
Godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb 1.to shout (in anger); to yell Other forms 呶鳴る 【どなる】 Notes 呶鳴る: Irregular kanji usage.
部屋割り/へやわり
Noun
1.assignment of rooms
行き交い/いきかい
Noun
1.coming and going; traffic
Other forms
行き交い 【いきかい】、行交い 【ゆきかい】、行交い 【いきかい】、往き交い 【ゆきかい】、往き交い 【いきかい】
友好的/ゆうこうてき
Na-adjective
1.friendly; amicable
種族/しゅぞく
Noun
- race; tribe; ethnic group
- species; genus; family
- stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III) Astronomy, etc. term
混在/こんざい
Noun, Suru verb
1.existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
津々/しんしん
Taru-adjective, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.gushing; overflowing; everlasting; unfailing; endless See also興味津々
Other forms
津津 【しんしん】
直ちに/ただちに
Adverb
1.at once; immediately; directly; in person; automatically
宣戦布告/せんせんふこく
Noun, Suru verb
1.declaration of war; proclamation of war
見なし/みなし
Noun - used as a prefix
1.deemed; presumptive; imputed Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
見做し 【みなし】、看做し 【みなし】
好戦/こうせん
Noun
1.belligerence
縄張り/なわばり
Noun
1.stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off; demarcation
2.one’s turf; domain; territory; jurisdiction; sphere of influence
Other forms
縄張 【なわばり】、繩張り 【なわばり】
Notes
繩張り: Irregular kanji usage.
不時着/ふじちゃく
Noun, Suru verb
1.emergency landing; forced landing
軍法会議/ぐんぽうかいぎ
Noun
1.court-martial
気がかり/きがかり
Noun, Na-adjective
1.worry; anxiety; concern
Other forms
気掛かり 【きがかり】、気掛り 【きがかり】、気懸かり 【きがかり】、気懸り 【きがかり】
長めに/ながめに
Adverb
1.at the long end (e.g. hold); on the long side (e.g. cut) See also長め
Other forms
長目に 【ながめに】
飛来/ひらい
Noun, Suru verb
- coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.)
- coming by airplane
多岐にわたる/たきにわたる
Expression, Godan verb with ru ending
1.to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
Other forms
多岐に渡る 【たきにわたる】
匿う/かくまう
Godan verb with u ending, Transitive verb
1.to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge toUsually written using kana alone
Other forms
匿まう 【かくまう】、囲まう 【かくまう】
素性/すじょう
Noun
- birth; lineage; parentage; origin
- identity; background; history; past
- provenance; origin
Other forms
素姓 【すじょう】、種姓 【すじょう】、素生 【すじょう】、素性 【そせい】、素生 【そせい】、種姓 【しゅせい】、種姓 【しゅしょう】、素姓 【すぞう】
Notes
しゅしょう: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. すぞう: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
生態/せいたい
Noun, No-adjective
- mode of life; ecology
- (animal) territory
風習/ふうしゅ
Noun
1.custom
おちょくる
Godan verb with ru ending, Transitive verb
1.to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
Other forms
ちょくる、おちょける、ちょける
体中/からだじゅう
Noun
1.all over the body; from head to foot; all over
Other forms
体じゅう 【からだじゅう】
電極/でんきょく
Noun
1.electrode
救助/きゅうじょ
Noun, Suru verb
1.relief; aid; rescue
電波系/でんぱけい
Noun
1.somebody who has wild fantasies; someone who hears voices; someone who is crazy
探知/たんち
Noun, Suru verb
1.detection
大なり/だいなり
Noun
1.greater-than mark (>); right angle bracket Computer terminology
Other forms
ダイナリ
小なり/しょうなり
Noun
1.less-than mark (
我利/がり
Noun
1.self interest
がりがり
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; scraping; scratchingOnomatopoeic or mimetic word
Na-adjective
2.hard and crunchy Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
3.very skinny; emaciated; all skin and bones Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
Other forms
ガリガリ
言い聞かせる/いいきかせる
chidan verb, Transitive verb
1.to tell; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason; to persuade; to instruct
Other forms
言いきかせる 【いいきかせる】、言聞かせる 【いいきかせる】
悶着/もんちゃく
Noun, Suru verb
1.trouble; quarrel; dispute
察する/さっする
Suru verb - special class, Transitive verb
- to guess; to sense; to presume; to judge
- to sympathize with; to sympathies with
辺鄙/へんぴ
Na-adjective, Noun
1.hard to reach place; remote place
Other forms
辺ぴ 【へんぴ】
役職/やくしょく
Noun
- post; official position
- managerial position; executive position
買いかぶる/かいかぶる
Godan verb with ru ending, Transitive verb
1.to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
Other forms
買い被る 【かいかぶる】
言いがかり/いいがかり
Noun
1.false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel
2.committing oneself
Other forms
言い掛かり 【いいがかり】、言い掛り 【いいがかり】、言掛かり 【いいがかり】、言掛り 【いいがかり】
有数/ゆうすう
Na-adjective, Noun, No-adjective, Noun - used as a suffix
1.prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished See also世界有数 せかいゆうすう
行儀/ぎょうぎ
Noun
1.manners; behavior; behaviour See alsoお行儀
いざこざ
Noun
1.trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
Other forms
イザコザ
掟/おきて
Noun
1.law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement; compact
素っ飛ぶ/すっとぶ
Godan verb with bu ending, intransitive verb
1.to rush off; to rush away; to vanish
Other forms
すっ飛ぶ 【すっとぶ】
ぞっと
Adverb, Suru verb
1.shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgustedOnomatopoeic or mimetic word,See alsoぞっとしない
Other forms
ゾッと
上出来/じょうでき
Noun, No-adjective, Na-adjective
1.good performance; good work; great success
毛髪/もうはつ
Noun, No-adjective
1.hair
歩き回る/あるきまわる
Godan verb with ru ending
1.to walk about; to walk to and fro; to pace around
Other forms
歩きまわる 【あるきまわる】、歩き廻る 【あるきまわる】
難題/なんだい
Noun
1.difficult problem; challenge
揉め/もめ
Noun
1.quarrel; trouble; dispute
正論/せいろん
Noun
1.sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
端的に言う/たんてきにいう
Expression, Godan verb with u ending
1.to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
何割/なんわり
Expression
1.what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
戦意/せんい
Noun
1.fighting spirit
息の根/いきのね
Expression, Noun
1.life Idiomatic expression
無言/むごん
Noun, No-adjective
1.silence (not speaking); muteness
窘める/たしなめる
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb 1.to chide; to rebuke; to reprove Usually written using kana alone Other forms 嗜める 【たしなめる】 Notes 嗜める: Irregular kanji usage.
激昂/げっこう
Noun, Suru verb
1.excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
Other forms
激昂 【げきこう】、激高 【げっこう】、激高 【げきこう】
物的証拠/ぶってきしょうこ
Noun
1.material or physical evidence
断言/だんげん
Noun, Suru verb
1.assertion; declaration; affirmation
つつ
Particle
- while See alsoつつある,after the -masu stem of a verb
- even though; despite See alsoつつも
重要参考人/じゅうようさんこうにん
Noun
1.material witness; suspect
つべこべ
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.complaining; nitpicking Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
成り行き/なりゆき
Noun
1.course (of events); development; progress; outcome; result
2.market order; order without limit Abbreviation,See also成り行き注文
Other forms
成行き 【なりゆき】、成行 【なりゆき】
Notes
成行: Irregular okurigana usage.
成り行きに任せる/なりゆきにまかせる
Expression, Ichidan verb
1.to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
とは言え/とはいえ
Conjunction
1.though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless Usually written using kana alone
途上/とじょう
Adverbial noun, Temporal noun
- en route; half-way
- on the road; in the street
茶飯事/さはんじ
Noun
1.commonly occurring thing; commonplace event; bread and butter item
人体/じんたい
Noun
1.human body
何しろ/なにしろ
Adverb
1.at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know; for you see See also何せ
法的/ほうてき
Na-adjective
1.legal
自覚/じかく
Noun, Suru verb
1.self-consciousness; self-awareness
条例/じょうれい
Noun 1.regulations; rules 2.(local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw; law Only applies to 条例 Other forms 条令 【じょうれい】
調印/ちょういん
Noun, Suru verb
1.signature; signing; sealing
過程/かてい
Noun
1.process; course; mechanism
列席/れっせき
Noun, Suru verb
1.attendance
供述/きょうじゅつ
Noun, Suru verb
1.affidavit; deposition; testimony
供養/くよう
Noun, Suru verb
1.memorial service for the dead; holding a service
忌み/いみ
Noun 1.mourning; abstinence 2.taboo 3.religious purification Noun - used as a prefix 4.pure; holy Other forms 斎み 【いみ】、忌 【いみ】、斎 【いみ】 Notes 忌: Irregular okurigana usage.
民/たみ
Noun
1.people; citizens; subjects; folk
古/いにしえ
Noun
1.antiquity; ancient times
Other forms
古え 【いにしえ】
天敵/てんてき
Noun
1.natural enemy
格下/かくした
Noun, No-adjective
1.lower rank
属する/ぞくする
Suru verb - special class, intransitive verb
1.to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
張本人/ちょうほんにん
Noun 1.originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible Other forms 帳本人 【ちょうほんにん】 Notes 帳本人: Irregular kanji usage.
引き渡し/ひきわたし
Noun 1.delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition Other forms 引渡し 【ひきわたし】、引渡 【ひきわたし】 Notes 引渡: Irregular okurigana usage.
過言/かごん
Noun
1.exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much
2.misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
Other forms
過言 【かげん】
正否/せいひ
Noun
1.right and wrong
逆手に取る/さかてにとる
1.to use somebody’s (argument, attack) against them
紛い/まがい
Noun, Noun - used as a suffix 1.imitation; sham; -like Usually written using kana alone Other forms 擬い 【まがい】、贋い 【まがい】 Notes 贋い: Irregular kanji usage.
諍い/いさかい
Noun, Suru verb
1.quarrel; dispute; argument
包囲/ほうい
Noun, No-adjective, Suru verb
1.siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
火種/ひだね
Noun
- live coals (for firelighting)
- cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
立会人/たちあいじん
Noun
1.witness; observer
残虐/ざんぎゃく
Na-adjective, Noun
1.cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
Other forms
惨虐 【ざんぎゃく】
とことん
Noun
1.the very end; finish Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
Adverbial noun
2.to the very end; to the last; thoroughly; completely; fullyOnomatopoeic or mimetic word
窮地/きゅうち
Noun
1.dilemma; predicament
生態/せいたい
Noun, No-adjective
- mode of life; ecology
- (animal) territory
手中におさめる/しゅちゅうにおさめる
Expression, Ichidan verb
1.to make one’s own; to take possession of
Other forms
手中に収める 【しゅちゅうにおさめる】、手中に納める 【しゅちゅうにおさめる】
手中にする/しゅちゅうにする
Expression, Suru verb - irregular
1.to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize
母方/ははかた
Noun
1.mother’s side of family See also父方 ちちかた
No-adjective
2.maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)See also父方 ちちかた
民間療法/みんかんりょうほう
Noun
1.folk remedies
機密/きみつ
Noun
1.secrecy; highly classified information
一目瞭然/いちもくりょうぜん
Na-adjective, Noun, No-adjective
1.apparent; obvious; very clear Yojijukugo (four character compound)
おちょくる
Godan verb with ru ending, Transitive verb
1.to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
Other forms
ちょくる、おちょける、ちょける
堅物/かたぶつ
Noun, No-adjective
1.straight-laced or stubborn person
割り方/わりかた
Adverb
1.comparatively; quite; rather
Noun
2.rate; ratio; percentage; proportion Archaism
丸める/まるめる
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
- to make round; to roll up; to curl up
- to seduce; to cajole; to explain away See also丸め込む
- to round off (a fraction)
- to lump together Archaism
押収/おうしゅう
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.seizure; confiscation
安否/あんひ
Noun
1.safety; welfare; well-being
持ち去る/もちさる
Godan verb with ru ending
1.to take away; to carry away
旺盛/おうせい
Na-adjective, Noun
1.lively; vigorous; energetic; healthy; avid (e.g. desire); rich (e.g. imagination)
Noun - used as a suffix, Na-adjective
2.full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
手薄/てうす
Na-adjective, Noun
1.short of hands; insufficient
物色/ぶっしょく
Noun, Suru verb
- looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; rummaging; scouring (a place) looking for (something)
- picking out; singling out
手当たり次第/てあたりしだい
Adverb, Expression
1.using anything one can lay one’s hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
Other forms
手当たりしだい 【てあたりしだい】、手当り次第 【てあたりしだい】、手あたりしだい 【てあたりしだい】、手あたり次第 【てあたりしだい】、手当りしだい 【てあたりしだい】
出方/でかた
Noun
- attitude; approach; move
- theater usher; theatre usher
機器/きき
Noun
1.device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
Other forms
器機 【きき】
至極/しごく
Adverb, Noun - used as a suffix
1.very; extremely; exceedingly; quite; most
No-adjective, Na-adjective, Noun
2.top; highest; best
気を悪くする/きをわるくする
Expression, Suru verb - irregular
1.to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
観察眼/かんさつがん
Noun
1.observing eye
呆気ない/あっけない
I-adjective
1.unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short; over too soon Usually written using kana alone
分類/ぶんるい
Noun, Suru verb
1.classification; categorization; sorting
分類体系/ぶんるいたいけい
Noun
1.classification system Computer terminology
荒立てる/あらだてる
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
1.to aggravate; to make serious
雑談/ざつだん
Noun, Suru verb
1.chatting; idle talk
打ち解ける/うちとける
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.to open one’s heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
Other forms
うち解ける 【うちとける】、打解ける 【うちとける】
打ち解けにくい/うちとけにくい
I-adjective
1.difficult to make friends with
Other forms
打ち解け難い 【うちとけにくい】、うち解けにくい 【うちとけにくい】
感づく/かんづく
Godan verb with ku ending, intransitive verb
1.to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
Other forms
感付く 【かんづく】、勘付く 【かんづく】、勘づく 【かんづく】
探りを入れる/さぐりをいれる
Expression, Ichidan verb
1.to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
拗ねる/すねる
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.to be peevish; to sulk; to pout Usually written using kana alone
咎める/とがめる
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
1.to blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove; to find fault; to take to task; to criticize; to criticise
2.to question (a suspect); to challenge
Ichidan verb
3.to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated; to get inflamed
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
4.to prick (one’s conscience) See also気が咎める
ぼろ糞/ぼろくそ
Na-adjective, Noun
1.worthless; shit Usually written using kana alone
2.disparaging; demeaning Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
襤褸糞 【ぼろくそ】、ボロクソ
通説/つうせつ
Noun
1.prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
自在/じざい
Na-adjective, Noun, No-adjective
1.freely; at will
面構え/つらかまえ
Noun 1.expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look Other forms 面構 【つらがまえ】 Notes 面構: Irregular okurigana usage.
根元/こんげん
Noun, No-adjective
1.root; source; origin; foundation; base; principle
Other forms
根源 【こんげん】、根原 【こんげん】、根本 【ねもと】、根元 【ねもと】、根本 【こんぽん】
インチキ
Noun, Na-adjective 1.cheating; fraud; trickery; deception Na-adjective, Noun 2.fake; bogus; quack; sham; counterfeit Other forms いんちき
第一声/だいいっせい
Noun
- first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one’s mouth
- first speech; inaugural address
兼々/かねがね
Adverb
1.since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time nowUsually written using kana alone
Other forms
予々 【かねがね】、兼兼 【かねがね】、予予 【かねがね】、兼ね兼ね 【かねがね】
補欠/ほけつ
Noun, No-adjective 1.filling a vacancy; supplementation Noun 2.substitute; deputy; alternate; spare Other forms 補闕 【ほけつ】
欠かさず/かかさず
Adverb
1.without fail; diligently; without missing a single …See also欠かす かかす
一足先/ひとあしさき
Noun
1.(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
Other forms
ひと足先 【ひとあしさき】
本拠地/ほんきょち
Noun
1.stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
中立主義/ちゅうりつしゅぎ
Noun
1.neutralism
散らかる/ちらかる
Godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb
1.to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
飛び魚/とびおう
Noun
1.flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)Usually written using kana alone
消印/けしいん
Noun
1.postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
心残り/こころのこり
Noun, Na-adjective
1.regret
Noun
2.flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart, usu. served as yakitori
熱弁/ねっべん
Noun, No-adjective
1.fervent speech
一掃/いっそう
Noun, Suru verb
1.clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
粉骨砕身/ふんこつさいしん
Noun, Suru verb 1.making one's best exertions Yojijukugo (four character compound) Other forms 紛骨砕身 【ふんこつさいしん】 Notes 紛骨砕身: Irregular kanji usage.
彼方/かなた
Pronoun
1.that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder Usually written using kana alone,See also何方 どちら,See also此方 こちら,See also其方
2.that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that
3.that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) あちら is pol
4.there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
Other forms
彼方 【あっち】、彼方 【あち】
Notes
あち: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
目板/めいた
Noun
1.panel strip; butt strap; batten; fishplate
ちん毛/ちんげ
Noun
1.pubic hair (on a male) Vulgar,Slang,Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
チンゲ
首吊り/くびつり
Noun, Suru verb
1.hanging (by the neck)
Other forms
首つり 【くびつり】
ジュルジュル
Noun, Suru verb
1.slurp; slurping sound
ぼりぼり
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.munching; crunching Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
2.scratching (an itch) Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
Other forms
ぽりぽり
厳守/げんしゅ
Noun, Suru verb
1.strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
真摯/しんし
Na-adjective, Noun
1.sincere; earnest; serious
指針/ししん
Noun
- needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; pointer; index
- guiding principle; guideline; guide
蘇る/よみがえうる
Godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb
1.to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived; to be refreshed; to be restored
2.to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
Other forms
甦る 【よみがえる】、蘇える 【よみがえる】、甦える 【よみがえる】
Notes
蘇える: Irregular okurigana usage. 甦える: Irregular okurigana usage.
後編/こうへん
Noun
1.latter part (of book, etc.); sequel; concluding part See also前編
Other forms
後篇 【こうへん】
前篇/ぜんぺん
Noun
1.first part; first volume; prequel See also後編
Other forms
前編 【ぜんぺん】
林檎/りんご
Noun
1.apple (fruit) Usually written using kana alone
2.apple tree (Malus pumila) Usually written using kana alone,Only applies to 林檎
Other forms
苹果 【りんご】、苹果 【へいか】、苹果 【ひょうか】、林檎 【りゅうごう】、林檎 【りんきん】、林檎 【りんき】、リンゴ
Notes
りゅうごう: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. りんきん: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. りんき: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
無記名/むきめ
Noun
1.unsigned; unregistered
未だに/いまだに
Adverb 1.still; even now; to this day indic. surprise or annoyance Other forms 今だに 【いまだに】 Notes 今だに: Irregular kanji usage.
丸ごと/まるごと
Adverb
1.in its entirety; whole; wholly Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
丸事 【まるごと】、丸毎 【まるごと】
Notes
丸事: Irregular kanji usage. 丸毎: Irregular kanji usage.
真っ平/まっぴら
Adverb
1.(not) by any means; (not) for anything; humbly; sincerelyUsually written using kana alone
Other forms
真平 【まっぴら】
背格好/せかっこう
Noun
1.stature; height; size; physique
Other forms
背格好 【せかっこう】、背恰好 【せいかっこう】、背恰好 【せかっこう】
消去/しょうきょ
Noun, Suru verb
- elimination; erasure; clearing; dissipating; melting away
- elimination (of variables) Mathematics
深入り/ふかいり
Noun, Suru verb
1.getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
拉致/らち
Noun, Suru verb
1.taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
方向性/ほうこうせい
Noun 1.trend; course of action; direction 2.directionality; directivity; orientation Computer terminology No-adjective 3.directional; vectorial Computer terminology Noun 4.goal; aim Business term Other forms 方向姓 【ほうこうせい】 Notes 方向姓: Irregular kanji usage.
顔見知り/かおみしり
Noun
1.acquaintance
対処法/たいしょほう
Noun
1.coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
し兼ねる/しかねる
Ichidan verb
1.to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to doUsually written using kana alone,See also 仕兼ねない
Other forms
仕兼ねる 【しかねる】
人気/ひとけ
Noun 1.sign of life; human presence oft. as 人気がない/人気のない 2.humanity; humaneness Other forms ひと気 【ひとけ】、人け 【ひとけ】、人気 【ひとげ】、ひと気 【ひとげ】
所在/しょざい
Noun, Suru verb
1.whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
彷徨く/うろつく
Godan verb with ku ending, intransitive verb
1.to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander aimlessly; to knock around; to hang around Usually written using kana alone
2.to be confused from not knowing what to do
Other forms
ウロつく
日数/にっす
Noun 1.a number of days Place 2.Hikazu Other forms 日数 【ひかず】
密着/みっちゃく
Noun, Suru verb
- close adhesion; sticking firmly to; being glued to
- relating closely to; having relevance to
- contact printing
目安/めやす
Noun 1.criterion; standard; yardstick; reference; aim 2.rough estimate; approximation Place 3.Meyasu
助手/じょしゅ
Noun 1.assistant; helper 2.assistant (to a professor) Only applies to じょしゅ Other forms 助手 【すけて】 Notes すけて: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
未知/みち
No-adjective, Noun
1.not yet known; unknown; strange Antonym:既知
曲者/くせもの
Noun
1.ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow
2.peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow
3.tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
4.expert; master; highly skilled person
5.goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter
Other forms
くせ者 【くせもの】、癖者 【くせもの】、曲物 【くせもの】
法外/ほうがい
Na-adjective, Noun
1.exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate; extravagant; immoderate
価値観/かちかん
Noun
1.sense of values; values; value system
好転/こうてん
Noun, Suru verb
1.changing for the better
貴金属/ききんぞく
Noun
1.precious metal
受付嬢/うけつけじょう
Noun
1.receptionist; reception woman
軟禁状態/なんきんじょうたい
Noun
1.(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
守秘義務/しゅひぎむ
Noun
1.duty of confidentiality (concerning private matters learned through one’s business) Yojijukugo (four character compound)
基本給/きほんきゅう
Noun
1.base pay
返還/へんかん
Noun, Suru verb
1.return; restoration
徳政令/とくせいれい
Noun
1.debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods) Archaism
一件落着/いっけんらくちゃく
Noun, Suru verb
1.an issue being settled; a case being closed Yojijukugo (four character compound)
水草/みずくさ
Noun
1.water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
学名/がくめい
Noun
1.scientific name; technical name; binomial name; Latin name
同行/どうこう
Noun, Suru verb
1.accompanying; travelling together; traveling together
Noun
2.same bank Abbreviation
海溝/かいこう
Noun, Na-adjective
1.ocean trench; deep
変死/へんし
Noun, Suru verb
1.unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
焼失/しょうしつ
Noun, Suru verb
1.destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
反吐/へど
Noun
1.vomit; vomiting
Other forms
嘔吐 【へど】、ヘド
歓楽街/かんらくがい
Noun
1.pleasure quarter
たらい回し/たらいまわし
Noun, Suru verb
- acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back)
- handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order)
3.handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
Other forms
盥回し 【たらいまわし】
精巧/せいこう
Na-adjective, Noun
1.elaborate; delicate; exquisite
見破る/みやぶる
Godan verb with ru ending, Transitive verb
1.to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
Other forms
看破る 【みやぶる】
分泌物/ぶんぴつぶつ
Noun
1.secretion
Other forms
分泌物 【ぶんぴぶつ】
付着/ふちゃく
Noun, Suru verb
1.sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
Other forms
附着 【ふちゃく】
成分/せいぶん
Noun
1.ingredient; component; composition
装う/よそう
Godan verb with u ending, Transitive verb
1.to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to decorate
2.to pretend; to feign; to affect; to disguise oneself as
Other forms
粧う 【よそおう】
方式/ほうしき
Noun
1.form; method; system; formula
土建業/どけんぎょう
Noun
1.the (civil engineering and) construction industry
何れか/いずれか
Noun, No-adjective
1.any of; either of; (to) any Usually written using kana alone,See also何れ いずれ,See also何れ いずれ
Other forms
孰れか 【いずれか】、孰か 【いずれか】
頗る/すこぶる
Adverb
1.extremely; very much Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
頗る 【そこぶる】
頸部/けいぶ
Noun, No-adjective
1.neck (region)
Other forms
頚部 【けいぶ】、けい部 【けいぶ】
個体差/こたいさ
Noun
1.individual difference
摂理/せつり
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.(divine) providence; dispensation
推察/すいさつ
Noun, Suru verb
1.guess; conjecture; surmise
排卵/はいらん
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.ovulation
捕食/ほしょく
Noun, Suru verb
1.predation; eating prey; preying upon
受精/じゅせい
Noun, Suru verb
1.fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination授精 often used for artificial insemination
太古/たいこ
Adverbial noun, Noun
1.ancient times
乾季/かんき
Noun, No-adjective
1.dry season Antonym:雨期
Other forms
乾期 【かんき】
苛む/さいなむ
Godan verb with mu ending, Transitive verb
1.to torment; to torture; to harass
Other forms
嘖む 【さいなむ】
囁く/ささやく
Godan verb with ku ending, intransitive verb
1.to whisper; to murmur Usually written using kana alone
2.to rumor; to rumour Usually written using kana alone,usu. in the passive voice
Other forms
私語く 【ささやく】
不図/ふと
Adverb
1.suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionallyUsually written using kana alone
Other forms
不斗 【ふと】、不圖 【ふと】
Notes
不図: Ateji (phonetic) reading. 不斗: Ateji (phonetic) reading. 不圖: Ateji (phonetic) reading, Out-dated kanji.
一概に/いちがいに
Adverb
1.unconditionally; as a rule
べた
Na-adjective, Noun
1.covering; filled in; gapless; all over usu. as べたに
Noun - used as a prefix
2.complete; total before a noun
Na-adjective
3.cliched; clichéd; hackneyed; corny; predictable Colloquialism
No-adjective
4.plaintext Computer terminology
Noun
5.solid printing; solid typesetting Abbreviation,See alsoべた組み
6.contact print Abbreviation,See alsoべた焼き
Other forms
ベタ
結成/けっせい
Noun, Suru verb
1.formation; combination
調査団/ちょうさだん
Noun
1.inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
あやふや
Na-adjective, Noun
1.uncertain; vague; ambiguous Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
気どり/きどり
Noun
1.affectation; pretension
Other forms
気取り 【きどり】
風土/ふうど
Noun
1.natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
揺さぶる/ゆさぶる
Godan verb with ru ending, Transitive verb
1.to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway
2.to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to shock; to upset
3.to put off a batter (by varying one’s type of pitch) Baseball term
Other forms
揺さ振る 【ゆさぶる】
魔の手/まのて
Expression, Noun
1.evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil See also魔手
使者/ししゃ
Noun, No-adjective
1.messenger; envoy; emissary
幾多/いくた
No-adjective, Adverb, Noun
1.many; numerous
重々/じゅうじゅう
Adverb, No-adjective 1.repeatedly; over and over again Adverb 2.fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well; exceedingly Other forms 重重 【じゅうじゅう】
高説/こうせつ
Noun
1.your opinion
承る/うけたまわる
Godan verb with ru ending, Transitive verb
1.to hear; to be told; to know Humble (kenjougo)
2.to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.)
Other forms
受け賜る 【うけたまわる】
Notes
受け賜る: Irregular kanji usage.
瑣末/さまつ
Na-adjective, Noun
1.trivial; trifling
Other forms
些末 【さまつ】
諸事情/しょじじょう
Noun
1.various reasons
原色/げんしょく
Noun
- primary colour; primary color
- pure color; unmixed color; striking color
- original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
眉墨/まゆずみ
Noun
- eyebrow pencil
- blackened eyebrows
- (metaphorically) distant mountain range
Other forms
黛 【まゆずみ】
異状/いじょう
Noun
1.something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
蟇蛙/ひきがえる
Noun
1.toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus) Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
蟇 【ひきがえる】、蟾蜍 【ひきがえる】、蟇 【ひき】、蟾 【ひき】、蟆 【ひき】、蟇 【がまがえる】、蝦蟇 【がまがえる】、蟇 【がま】、蟇 【かま】、蝦蟇 【がま】、蝦蟇 【かま】、蝦蟆 【がま】、蝦蟆 【かま】、ヒキガエル、ガマガエル
Notes
かま: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. かま: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. かま: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
くるくる
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle, Suru verb
1.whirling; revolving; spinning; going round and round Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
2.coiling around; winding around; rolling around Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
3.working tirelessly; working hard Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
4.constantly changing Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
Other forms
クルクル
粒子/りゅうし
Noun
1.particle; grain
比例/ひれい
Noun, Suru verb
1.proportion
虫類/ちゅうるい
Noun
1.worms and insects
十中八九/じっちゅはっく
Adverbial noun, Noun
1.in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Other forms
十中八九 【じゅうちゅうはっく】、十中八九 【じゅっちゅうはっく】
放課後/ほうかご
Adverbial noun, Temporal noun
1.after school
縋りつく/すがりつく
Godan verb with ku ending, intransitive verb
1.to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
縋り付く 【すがりつく】、すがり付く 【すがりつく】
ばっくれ
Noun
- feigning ignorance Slang
- evading one’s responsibilities
それっぽい
I-adjective
- (something) like that; that sort of; resembling
- seemingly authentic; genuine-looking; realistic; convincing
屈折率/くっせつりつ
Noun
1.refractive index
腕輪/うでわ
Noun
1.bracelet; bangle
通販/つうはん
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.mail order; online shopping; e-commerce Abbreviation,See also通信販売
願望/がんぼう
Noun, Suru verb
1.desire; wish; aspiration
Other forms
願望 【がんもう】
屈光性/くっこうせい
Noun
1.phototropism
市販/しはん
Noun, Suru verb
1.selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available
No-adjective
2.commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf; store-bought
追っ手/おって
Noun 1.pursuer; pursuing party; posse Other forms 追手 【おって】 Notes 追手: Irregular okurigana usage.
凌ぎ/しのぎ
Noun
1.tiding over See alsoその場しのぎ
屁/へ
Noun
1.wind; gas; fart Usually written using kana alone,usually 屁 is へ, and おなら is in kana
2.something worthless; something not worth considering Only applies to へ
Other forms
屁 【へ】
余興/よきょう
Noun
1.performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
突き合わせる/つきあわせる
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
1.to place persons opposite; to come face to face with
2.to compare (with); to check (against); to match; to tally
Other forms
つき合わせる 【つきあわせる】、突き合せる 【つきあわせる】、つき合せる 【つきあわせる】
親兄弟/おやきょうだい
Noun
1.parents and siblings; one’s relatives
すっこむ
Godan verb with mu ending
1.to draw back; to leave (the area)
魔神/まじん
Noun
1.devil; evil spirit; genie
Other forms
魔神 【ましん】
片や/かたや
Expression
1.on one hand; on the other hand
型破り/かたやぶり
Na-adjective, No-adjective, Noun
1.unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
心得/こころえ
Noun 1.knowledge; understanding 2.rules; regulations; guideline; directionsSee also執務心得 しつむこころえ Noun - used as a suffix 3.deputy; acting
長持ち/ながもち
Noun, Suru verb
1.long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well
Noun
2.nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)esp. 長持
Other forms
長もち 【ながもち】、長持 【ながもち】
目くらまし/めくらまし
Noun 1.smoke screen; dazzler; distraction 2.camouflage; deceptive means 3.magic; witchcraft; sleight of hand 4.shell game Other forms 目眩まし 【めくらまし】、目眩し 【めくらまし】
戦車/せんしゃ
Noun
- tank (military vehicle)
- chariotSee alsoチャリオット
非核三原則/ひかくさんげんそく
Noun
1.Japan’s three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)
不備/ふび
Noun, Na-adjective, No-adjective
1.defect; deficiency; imperfection; inadequacy; lack Antonym:完備
Expression
2.Yours in haste valediction of a letter
ぽかり
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
- with a whack; with a thump Onomatopoeic or mimetic word,See alsoぽかん
- openmouthed; with one’s mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergastedOnomatopoeic or mimetic word,See alsoぽかん
- vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly Onomatopoeic or mimetic word,See alsoぽかん
- gaping (of a hole, etc.); suddenly opening Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
稼ぐに追いつく貧乏なし/かせぐにおいつくびんぼうなし
Expression
1.poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortuneProverb
Other forms
稼ぐに追いつく貧乏無し 【かせぐにおいつくびんぼうなし】
年頃/としごろ
Noun
1.approximate age; apparent age See also年の頃
Noun, No-adjective
2.marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood
Noun
3.appropriate age (to …); old enough (to …) after modifying phrase
Noun, Adverbial noun
4.past few years; for some years Archaism,See also年来
Other forms
年ごろ 【としごろ】
ぶつぶつ
Noun, Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.grunt; grumble; complaint; mutter Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
2.pimples; spots; eruption; rash
3.cutting into small pieces
4.simmering
Other forms
ブツブツ
墓穴/ぼけつ
Noun
1.grave (pit)
Other forms
墓穴 【はかあな】
番地/ばんち
Noun
1.house number; address
やけに
Adverb
1.awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremelyColloquialism,See also自棄,from 自棄
小奇麗/こきれい
Na-adjective
1.neat; trim; tidy; pretty See also奇麗
Other forms
小綺麗 【こぎれい】、小ぎれい 【こぎれい】
物腰/ものごし
Noun
1.manner; demeanor; demeanor; bearing
ぶっちゃけ
Adverb
1.frankly; honestly speaking; to tell the truth; to put it bluntly Colloquialism
Noun
2.speaking one’s mind and holding nothing backColloquialism
Adverb
3.really; extremely; super Colloquialism
苦渋/くじゅう
Noun, Suru verb, No-adjective
1.bitterness; distress; pain; anguish; affliction
Noun
2.bitterness and astringency
足りとも/たりとも
Expression
1.(not) even; (not) any Usually written using kana alone
猪口才/ちょこざい
Na-adjective, Noun
1.impertinent; impudent; saucy; cheeky
暫し/しばし
Adverb, No-adjective
1.for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while Usually written using kana alone
胡散臭い/うさんくさい
I-adjective
1.suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
Other forms
うさん臭い 【うさんくさい】
嫌がらせ/いやがらせ
Noun
1.harassment; pestering
Other forms
厭がらせ 【いやがらせ】
贔屓/ひいき
Noun - used as a suffix
1.liking something; being partial to something; -phile See also贔屓 ひいき
多数決/たすうけつ
Noun
1.majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
頓と/とんと
Adverb
1.completely Onomatopoeic or mimetic word,Usually written using kana alone
2.not at all Onomatopoeic or mimetic word,Usually written using kana alone,in a negative sentence
Notes
頓と: Ateji (phonetic) reading.
火糞/ほくそ
Noun
- tinder
- melted candle wax
黒子/ほくろ
Noun
1.dark mole; facial mole; beauty spot Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
黒子 【こくし】、黒子 【ははくそ】、黒子 【ははくろ】、黒子 【ほくそ】、ホクロ
Notes
ははくそ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. ははくろ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. ほくそ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
首根っこ/くびねっこ
Noun
1.the scruff or nape of the neck
討伐/とうばつ
Noun, Suru verb
1.subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
捻る/ひねる
Godan verb with ru ending, Transitive verb
1.to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck)
2.to puzzle over Usually written using kana alone
3.to defeat easily Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
拈る 【ひねる】、撚る 【ひねる】
文科系/ぶんかけい
Noun, No-adjective
1.liberal arts; humanities
硬派/こうは
Noun
1.hard-liners; diehards; hawks
Noun, Na-adjective
2.(young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; man’s man
Noun
3.hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
Noun, Na-adjective
4.strait-laced type (with respect to relationships)
Noun
5.bullish traders
言うに言われぬ/いうにはいわれぬ
Expression, Noun or verb acting prenominally
1.beyond expression; unspeakable; inexpressible; indescribable
駅伝/えきでん
Noun
- long-distance relay race Abbreviation,See also 駅伝競走
- stagecoach; post horse
筒抜け/つつぬけ
Noun
- being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets)
- going in one ear and out the other
こっそり
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
1.stealthily; secretly Onomatopoeic or mimetic word,See alsoこそこそ
Other forms
コッソリ
縁起/えんぎ
Noun
- omen; sign of luck
- origin; history; causation
- dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing Buddhist term,Abbreviation,See also因縁生起,orig.
能天気/のうてんき
Na-adjective, Noun
1.laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
Other forms
能転気 【のうてんき】、脳天気 【のうてんき】、ノー天気 【ノーてんき】
跋扈/ばっこ
Noun, Suru verb
1.rampancy; prevalence; domination