# Terms

expression: 国際電気通信連合電気通信標準化セクタ
reading: こくさいでんきつうしんれんごうでんきつうしんひょうじゅんかセクタ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (comp) International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector (formerly CCITT); ITU-TS


expression: 国際分業
reading: こくさいぶんぎょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (econ) international division of labor; international division of labour; international specialization


expression: 国士無双
reading: こくしむそう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) distinguished person; thirteen orphans (mahjong); winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile plus one extra copy of any of them


expression: 国字
reading: こくじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) country's official writing system; native script; kana; kanji that originated in Japan (as opposed to China)


expression: 国恥記念日
reading: こくちきねんび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) day of national humiliation (used in China for certain anniversaries of incidents where Japan humiliated China)


expression: 国府
reading: こくふ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital


expression: 国幣社
reading: こくへいしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obs) shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji)


expression: 国民党
reading: こくみんとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party); Kuomintang


expression: 国衙
reading: こくが
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) provincial governor's office; (abbr) provincial governorate (beginning in the late Heian period)


expression: 酷
reading: こく
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair; (uk) body (esp. of food, wine, etc.); weight; substance; (P)


expression: 酷い
reading: ひどい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) (uk) cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; (uk) violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; (uk) very bad; terrible; awful; (uk) excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust; (P)


expression: 酷い
reading: むごい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) cruel; merciless; pitiless; brutal; atrocious; inhuman; tragic; horrible; terrible; dreadful; miserable


expression: 黒い雨
reading: くろいあめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)


expression: 黒衣
reading: くろこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller


expression: 黒人
reading: くろうと
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(oK) (n,adj-no) expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes


expression: 黒人
reading: こくじん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) black person; (n) (arch) woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes; (P)


expression: 黒酢
reading: くろず
tags: n
glossary:
(n) black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice; charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables


expression: 黒船
reading: くろふね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) black ships (i.e. Western ships, often painted with tar, that came to Japan in the 16th century); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market, etc.


expression: 黒服
reading: くろふく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)


expression: 腰
reading: こし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring; (P)


expression: 腰がぬける
reading: こしがぬける
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear); to be dumbfounded


expression: 腰だめ
reading: こしだめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) shooting from the hip; (id) starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)


expression: 腰をすえる
reading: こしをすえる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in; to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)


expression: 腰パン
reading: こしパン
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) (sl) wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist); pants worn in such a manner


expression: 腰砕け
reading: こしくだけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway


expression: 腰折
reading: こしおれ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (pol) bad poem; my humble poem; stooped over (e.g. old people); bowed; stalling; having a relapse


expression: 惚け
reading: ぼけ
tags: P n suf
glossary:
(n,suf) (uk) idiot; fool; touched in the head (from); out of it (from); space case; (uk) funny man (of a comedy duo); (in comedy) silly or stupid line; Alzheimer's (impol); (P)


expression: 惚ける
reading: とぼける
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage; (P)


expression: 惚ける
reading: ほうける
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed (in something)


expression: 惚れ直す
reading: ほれなおす
tags: v5s
glossary:
(v5s) to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)


expression: 骨
reading: ほね
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(n) bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit; fortitude; (adj-na,n) laborious; troublesome; difficult; (P)


expression: 骨を埋める
reading: ほねをうずめる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to die in (a foreign land); to engage in something until death comes; to do something for the rest of one's life


expression: 骨抜き
reading: ほねぬき
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) boned (e.g. fish, etc.); watered down (e.g. plan, bill, etc.); mutilated; lacking integrity or moral backbone; (P)


expression: 狛
reading: こま
tags: n n-pref
glossary:
(n,n-pref) Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty); (n) (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine


expression: 込む
reading: こむ
tags: P aux-v v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; (aux-v) to go into; to put into; to remain (seated); to be plunged into (silence); to do thoroughly; to do intently; to continue in the same state; (P)


expression: 込める
reading: こめる
tags: P v1 vi vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); (v1,vi) to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen; (P)


expression: 込上げる
reading: こみあげる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(io) (v1,vi) to fill (one's heart); to experience a welling up of feelings or sensations; to feel nauseated


expression: 此
reading: こん
tags: adj-pn pn
glossary:
(pn,adj-pn) (uk) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)


expression: 此の
reading: この
tags: P adj-pn
glossary:
(adj-pn) (uk) this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker); (P)


expression: 此れ
reading: これ
tags: P pn
glossary:
(pn) (uk) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; (arch) here; (arch) I (me); (arch) certainly; (P)


expression: 此れは
reading: これは
tags: exp int
glossary:
(exp) (uk) as for this; (int) hey there (expression of surprise when one encounters something unexpected); see here; I say


expression: 此処
reading: ここ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (uk) here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...; (P)


expression: 此所
reading: ここ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...


expression: 此方
reading: こち
tags: adj-no n pn
glossary:
(ok) (n) (uk) this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction; here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is); this one (something physically close to the speaker); (pn,adj-no) I; me; we; us; this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)


expression: 此方
reading: こちら
tags: P adj-no n pn
glossary:
(n) (uk) this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction; here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is); this one (something physically close to the speaker); (pn,adj-no) I; me; we; us; this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status); (P)


expression: 此方
reading: こなた
tags: adj-no n pn
glossary:
(n) (uk) this way; here; the person in question; he; she; him; her; since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future); (pn,adj-no) me; you


expression: 頃
reading: ころ
tags: P n n-adv n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-adv,n-suf) (uk) (approximate) time; around; about; toward; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season; (P)


expression: 今に始めぬ
reading: いまにはじめぬ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) there is nothing new under the sun; it's nothing new; same old story; nothing new about it


expression: 今是昨非
reading: こんぜさくひ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways


expression: 今昔物語
reading: こんじゃくものがたり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Konjaku Monogatarishuu (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period)


expression: 今日た
reading: こんにった
tags: n-t
glossary:
(n-t) today; this day; used in theater (kyogen, noh song, kabuki) when emphasizing; these days; recently; nowadays


expression: 婚
reading: よばい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit


expression: 婚カツ
reading: こんカツ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage, e.g. dating, courtship, etc.


expression: 婚姻要件具備証明書
reading: こんいんようけんぐびしょうめいしょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage; certification of one's legal capacity to be married


expression: 懇
reading: ねもころ
tags: adj-na n vs
glossary:
(io) (ok) (adj-na) kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful; intimate; (n,vs) (arch) becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)


expression: 懇
reading: ねんごろ
tags: adj-na n vs
glossary:
(io) (adj-na) kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful; intimate; (n,vs) (arch) becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)


expression: 懇ろ
reading: ねもころ
tags: adj-na n vs
glossary:
(ok) (adj-na) kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful; intimate; (n,vs) (arch) becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)


expression: 懇ろ
reading: ねんごろ
tags: adj-na n vs
glossary:
(adj-na) kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful; intimate; (n,vs) (arch) becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)


expression: 懇意になる
reading: こんいになる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to get (become) acquainted; to get to know; to get (become) intimate with; to become friendly with; to become friends


expression: 根
reading: こん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); (math) root; (Buddh) indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)


expression: 根
reading: ね
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis; one's true nature; (fishing) reef; (P)


expression: 根から
reading: ねから
tags: adj-no adv
glossary:
(adv,adj-no) since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); (followed by a verb in negative form) absolutely (not); (not) at all


expression: 根っから
reading: ねっから
tags: adj-no adv
glossary:
(adj-no,adv) by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart; (followed by a verb in negative form) absolutely (not); (not) at all


expression: 根っ木
reading: ねっき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it


expression: 根を生やす
reading: ねをはやす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to plant oneself; to settle in; to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root


expression: 根締め
reading: ねじめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) pounding down earth around the roots of a tree; adding short branches of flowers to the base of an arrangement in ikebana


expression: 混ぜっ返す
reading: まぜっかえす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to stir; to mix; to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks)


expression: 混交
reading: こんこう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) mixture; intermixture; mixing up; jumbling together; (ling) contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning


expression: 混合語
reading: こんごうご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (ling) pidgin; creole; new language created by blending two or more existing languages (e.g. Afrikaans); (ling) contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning


expression: 混濁
reading: こんだく
tags: n n-pref vs
glossary:
(n,vs,n-pref) turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; muddiness (e.g. water, mind, consciousness); (n,vs) disorder; chaos


expression: 紺屋の白袴
reading: こうやのしろばかま
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) the shoemaker's children go barefoot; the dyer wears white; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves


expression: 紺珠
reading: かんじゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dark blue gem allowing one to recall memories when stroked with one's hand (allegedly possessed by Zhang Yue)


expression: 左右
reading: とかく
tags: adj-no adv n vs
glossary:
(adv,adj-no,n,vs) (doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; tending to become; somehow or other; anyhow; anyway


expression: 左四つ
reading: ひだりよつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right


expression: 左前
reading: ひだりまえ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; (P)


expression: 左側通行
reading: ひだりがわつうこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) driving on the left side of the road; driving on the left-hand side of the road; left-hand side driving


expression: 左弁官
reading: さべんかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration & Popular Affairs)


expression: 差し引く
reading: さしひく
tags: v5k vi vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to deduct; to take away; to dock; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; (v5k,vi) to ebb and flow


expression: 差し延べる
reading: さしのべる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to stretch; to reach out for; to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)


expression: 差し込み
reading: さしこみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) insertion; plug; (electrical) outlet; power point; spasm of pain; griping pain; (fit of) convulsions; stitch


expression: 差し込む
reading: さしこむ
tags: v5m
glossary:
(v5m) to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in; to shine in; to flow in; to jam a batter (with an inside pitch) (baseball)


expression: 差し手
reading: さして
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) slipping one's hand beneath the opponent's arm and latching on to the underside of his belt


expression: 差し出る
reading: さしでる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to be forward; to stick one's nose into; to meddle; to be intrusive; to jut out; to protude; to overhang


expression: 差し伸べる
reading: さしのべる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to stretch; to reach out for; to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.); (P)


expression: 差し入れ
reading: さしいれ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task


expression: 差し物
reading: さしもの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cabinetwork; joinery; hair ornament; hairpin; (arch) colours; banner; small banner worn by soldiers during battle (for identification) from the Sengoku period to the end of the Edo period


expression: 差す
reading: さす
tags: P suf v5s vi vt
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one; (v5s,vt) to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise; to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance); to insert; to put in; to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to wear at one's side; to carry under one's arm; (sumo) to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm; to pole (a boat); to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks); to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye; to light (a fire); to burn; to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten; (suf,v5s) to stop in the midst of; to leave undone; (P)


expression: 差をつける
reading: さをつける
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate


expression: 差込
reading: さしこみ
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) insertion; plug; (electrical) outlet; power point; spasm of pain; griping pain; (fit of) convulsions; stitch


expression: 差出る
reading: さしでる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(io) (v1,vi) to be forward; to stick one's nose into; to meddle; to be intrusive; to jut out; to protude; to overhang


expression: 差別表現
reading: さべつひょうげん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) word, phrase, or image that is perceived as showing or suggesting discrimination or prejudice against a person or group of people


expression: 沙汰
reading: さた
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) affair; state; incident; issue; matter; verdict; sentence; directions; orders; command; instructions; notice; information; communication; news; message; tidings; update


expression: 砂ずり
reading: すなずり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fat underbelly of a fish; sand polishing; sand finish (e.g. finishing a wall with sand mortar); (food) (col) chicken gizzard


expression: 座
reading: ざ
tags: P ctr n n-suf suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) seat; place; position; status; gathering; group; stand; pedestal; platform; (historical) trade guild; (suf) attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations; (suf,ctr) counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs; (P)


expression: 挫く
reading: くじく
tags: v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) (uk) to sprain; to twist; (uk) to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten; to dispirit; to depress; to unnerve; to crush


expression: 挫ける
reading: くじける
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be dispirited; to be crushed (emotionally); to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken


expression: 催し物
reading: もようしもの
tags: n
glossary:
(ik) (n) points of interest; tourist attraction; exhibit; events; amusements; (program of) entertainments (programme)


expression: 催し物
reading: もよおしもの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) points of interest; tourist attraction; exhibit; events; amusements; (program of) entertainments (programme)


expression: 催す
reading: もよおす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to hold (a meeting); to give (a dinner); to show signs of; to feel (sensation, emotion, etc.); (P)


expression: 催馬楽
reading: さいばら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)


expression: 再セットアップ
reading: さいセットアップ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (comp) restoring a computer to factory settings (esp. through reinstallation of the operating system, or use of a recovery CD)


expression: 再生
reading: さいせい
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.); reclamation; recovery; rebirth; reincarnation; (P)


expression: 再読文字
reading: さいどくもじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) single kanji that is read twice (with different pronunciations) in the Japanese reading of Chinese texts


expression: 最後
reading: さいご
tags: P adj-no exp n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; (exp) (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga") no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); (arch) one's final moments; (P)


expression: 最後っ屁
reading: さいごっぺ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel; final desperate tactic


expression: 最後の審判
reading: さいごのしんぱん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)


expression: 最高峰
reading: さいこうほう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art); peak; (P)


expression: 最終決定
reading: さいしゅうけってい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word


expression: 最上位
reading: さいじょうい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n) highest rank; highest position; (n,adj-no) (comp) high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)


expression: 塞がり
reading: ふさがり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; hindrance; impedance; unlucky direction (in Onmyoudou; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)


expression: 塞がり
reading: ふたがり
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; hindrance; impedance; unlucky direction (in Onmyoudou; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)


expression: 塞がる
reading: ふさがる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation); (P)


expression: 塞がる
reading: ふたがる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(ok) (v5r,vi) to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)


expression: 塞ぐ
reading: ふさぐ
tags: P v5g vt
glossary:
(v5g,vt) to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth); to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up; to take up; to perform one's role; to do one's duty; (v5g) to feel depressed; to mope; (P)


expression: 妻
reading: つま
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) wife; (arch) my dear; dear; honey; (uk) garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); (uk) embellishment; (P)


expression: 妻入
reading: つまいり
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides


expression: 妻入り
reading: つまいり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides


expression: 妻問婚
reading: つまどいこん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) type of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her; duolocal marriage


expression: 彩やか
reading: あざやか
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(iK) (adj-na) vivid; bright; brilliant; clear; fresh; vibrant; skillful; skilful; adept; adroit; deft; brilliant; beautiful; fine; excellent


expression: 彩り
reading: いろどり
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) coloring; colouring; coloration; colouration; assortment; color scheme; colour scheme; makeup; (P)


expression: 才気溌剌
reading: さいきはつらつ
tags: adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(adj-t,adv-to) resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect


expression: 才子多病
reading: さいしたびょう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) Talented people tend to be of delicate constitution; Men of genius tend to be of delicate health; Whom the gods love die young


expression: 才取り
reading: さいとり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) brokering; broker; handing materials up a ladder (to a plasterer); assistant who hands things up a ladder (to a plasterer); pole used to hand things up a ladder


expression: 才取り会員
reading: さいとりかいいん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (ktb:) stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist)


expression: 才知縦横
reading: さいちじゅうおう
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect


expression: 採り上げる
reading: とりあげる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to pick up; to take up; to adopt; to accept; to listen to; to take away; to confiscate; to deprive; to disqualify; to deliver (a child)


expression: 採り入れる
reading: とりいれる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt; to incorporate; to accept; to introduce


expression: 採る
reading: とる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to adopt (measure, proposal); to pick (e.g. fruit); to catch (e.g. insects); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (attitude); to take on (i.e. hire); to engage; (P)


expression: 採れる
reading: とれる
tags: v1
glossary:
(v1) to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be mined; to be able to collect; to be able to mine


expression: 歳神
reading: としがみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest); goddess of (lucky) directions


expression: 済ます
reading: すます
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to finish; to get it over with; to conclude; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without); (P)


expression: 済まない
reading: すまない
tags: P adj-i exp
glossary:
(adj-i) (uk) inexcusable; unjustifiable; unpardonable; sorry; remorseful; apologetic; conscience-stricken; contrite; (exp) excuse me; (I'm) sorry; thank you; (P)


expression: 済む
reading: すむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to finish; to end; to be completed; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry; (P)


expression: 災害対策本部
reading: さいがいたいさくほんぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) disaster countermeasures office (temporary structure in case of emergency); headquarters for disaster control; disaster response headquarters


expression: 砕けた
reading: くだけた
tags: adj-f
glossary:
(adj-f) easy (e.g. explanation, description); plain; familiar; informal (e.g. greeting, expression); friendly; affable (e.g. person)


expression: 砕ける
reading: くだける
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed; to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight); to become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affable; to become easy to understand (e.g. a story); to be worried; (P)


expression: 祭文
reading: さいぶん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era


expression: 細巻
reading: ほそまき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (i.e. a cigarette, a thin roll of makizushi, etc.)


expression: 細魚
reading: さより
tags: n
glossary:
(gikun) (n) (uk) Japanese halfbeak (species of fish with elongated lower jaw) (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback


expression: 細金
reading: さいきん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs; cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)


expression: 細工所
reading: さいくじょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) workshop; Heian and Kamakura-period furniture workshop (established in temples and various government bodies); Edo period office which administered tenders for arms, armor, etc.


expression: 細工所
reading: さいくどころ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Heian and Kamakura-period furniture workshop (established in temples and various government bodies); Edo period office which administered tenders for arms, armor, etc.


expression: 細辛
reading: さいしん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine)


expression: 載せる
reading: のせる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up; to help on board; to load (luggage); to carry; to take on board; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive; to take for a ride; to (sing) along with (musical accompaniment); to let (someone) take part; to excite (someone); to publish (an article); to run (an ad)


expression: 載る
reading: のる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to be loaded on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded; to be reported; to be given; (P)


expression: 際どい
reading: きわどい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) very close; close; narrow (e.g. narrow victory); dangerous; risky; hazardous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; risque; delicate (e.g. question); immoral; questionable; shady; (arch) extreme; harsh; cruel


expression: 在らぬ
reading: あらぬ
tags: adj-pn
glossary:
(adj-pn) (uk) wrong; groundless; false; improper; (uk) different; separate; unrelated; (uk) unexpected; surprising


expression: 在り
reading: あり
tags: adj-no n vi
glossary:
(adj-no,n) (uk) existing (at the present moment); (n) (col) (uk) alright; acceptable; passable; (vr,vi) (uk) to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have


expression: 在る
reading: ある
tags: P v5r-i vi
glossary:
(v5r-i,vi) (uk) to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about; (P)


expression: 在特
reading: ざいとく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers


expression: 在日
reading: ざいにち
tags: P adj-f n n-pref vs
glossary:
(adj-f,vs) in Japan; (n) (abbr) (sens) Korean living in Japan; (n,n-pref) (foreign) person living or staying in Japan; (P)


expression: 在野
reading: ざいや
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-no,n) out of office; out of power; in opposition; unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice; (P)


expression: 在留特別許可
reading: ざいりゅうとくべつきょか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers


expression: 罪状明白
reading: ざいじょうめいはく
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) being proven guilty of a crime; having one's guilt for a crime made clear; (the) nature of offense being (becoming) clear


expression: 財産区
reading: ざいさんく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) property ward; special local public body which has its own property, etc. and bears the expenses for it


expression: 財政の崖
reading: ざいせいのがけ
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) fiscal cliff; sharp decline in the United States budget deficit that could have occurred beginning in 2013


expression: 財政調整基金
reading: ざいせいちょうせいききん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) financial adjustment monies; public finance adjustment reserve funds stipulated in the Local Finance Act


expression: 冴えない
reading: さえない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) dark; dull; sullen; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing; boring; uninteresting


expression: 冴える
reading: さえる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake; to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful; to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute; to be satisfying; to become frigid; to become intensely cold; (P)


expression: 肴
reading: さかな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party


expression: 咲い
reading: わらい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)


expression: 作
reading: さく
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) work (e.g. of art); production; (n) harvest; cultivation; farming; crop; yield; technique; (P)


expression: 作り
reading: つくり
tags: P n n-pref
glossary:
(n) making; producing; manufacturing; building; construction; make; structure; appearance (i.e. attire, make-up); build (i.e. physique); sashimi; (n-pref) forced (smile, etc.); (P)


expression: 作り換える
reading: つくりかえる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(iK) (v1,vt) to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt; to parody; to alter


expression: 作り物
reading: つくりもの
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) artificial product; man-made product; imitation; fake; sham; fiction; (n) decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, etc.); crop


expression: 作る
reading: つくる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.); (P)


expression: 作画崩壊
reading: さくがほうかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sl) inconsistently, horribly drawn animated film or cartoon; animated cartoon episode of lower picture quality than other episodes in the same series


expression: 作成
reading: さくせい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing; creating; creation; (P)


expression: 作法
reading: さほう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making; (P)


expression: 削り代
reading: けずりしろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances); machining allowance


expression: 削る
reading: けずる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down; to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete; (P)


expression: 搾り
reading: しぼり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) tye-dye; tye-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; stop; contraction; squeezing; choke


expression: 朔
reading: さく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (astron) new moon; first day of the lunar month; (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)


expression: 桜桃忌
reading: おうとうき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide


expression: 笹
reading: ささ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.); (P)


expression: 笹がき
reading: ささがき
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) cut into long thin shavings (primarily vegetables), in the manner a pencil is sharpened with a knife


expression: 冊子
reading: そうし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft


expression: 刷込む
reading: すりこむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(io) (v5m,vt) to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to print on; to instill (thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)


expression: 撮み
reading: つまみ
tags: n n-suf suf
glossary:
(n) (uk) knob; handle; button; (comp) (file) handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; (suf) a pinch (e.g. of salt); (n,n-suf) picking; harvesting


expression: 撮り下ろし
reading: とりおろし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) taking photographs for a volume at the request of a publisher; photographs taken for a volume at the request of a publisher


expression: 擦りつける
reading: なすりつける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to nuzzle against (e.g. dog nosing a person); to lay the blame on


expression: 擦り半
reading: すりばん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near; sound as produced by this alarm


expression: 擦る
reading: さする
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to pat; to stroke; to rub off; to polish; to grind; to graze; to scrape; to be equal to; to be about to reach


expression: 擦る
reading: する
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.); (P)


expression: 擦れ擦れ
reading: すれすれ
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) (uk) grazing; skimming; almost touching; passing within inches; being within a whisker; shaving close; (uk) barely; just; narrowly; by a slim margin; (P)


expression: 薩摩
reading: さつま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Satsuma (ancient province located in present-day Kagoshima prefecture); (abbr) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)


expression: 薩摩汁
reading: さつまじる
tags: n
glossary:
(n) miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes; meat chowder


expression: 雑える
reading: まじえる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together


expression: 雑観
reading: ざっかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) newspaper article where the journalist gives their own opinions, etc. on a particular topic; op-ed article


expression: 雑居
reading: ざっきょ
tags: P adj-f n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) living together; mixed residence; sharing living quarters; (adj-f) multi-tenant; community; (P)


expression: 雑居ビル
reading: ざっきょビル
tags: n
glossary:
(n) multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments


expression: 雑芸
reading: ざつげい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) various form of arts (e.g. acrobatics, magic, puppetery, sarugaku acrobatics performance); miscellaneous songs popular from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period


expression: 雑婚
reading: ざっこん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) promiscuity; promiscuous sexual relations; communal marriage; group marriage; mixed marriage; interracial marriage; miscegenation


expression: 雑酒
reading: ざっしゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) miscellaneous liquors; alcohol other than sake, shochu, mirin, beer, etc. (alcohol tax category)


expression: 捌き
reading: さばき
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) handling (e.g. knife, reins, etc.); ... work (e.g. footwork); disposal (esp. sale of goods)


expression: 捌く
reading: さばく
tags: v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to handle well; to process; to sell; to dispose of; to prepare; to arrange; to sort; to prepare something for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)


expression: 皿
reading: さら
tags: P ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n) plate; dish; platter; disc; (n,n-suf,ctr) serving; helping; course; (n) kanji radical 108 (at the bottom); (P)


expression: 三悪
reading: さんあく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) (abbr) the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell; three evils (e.g. prostitution, drugs and venereal diseases)


expression: 三位
reading: さんい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) third rank (in the Japanese court system); (n) trinity (Christianity); the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit


expression: 三易
reading: さんえき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)


expression: 三猿主義
reading: さんえんしゅぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the principle (philosophy) of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of "see-not, hear-not, and speak-not"


expression: 三家
reading: さんけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)


expression: 三界
reading: さんがい
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) the three realms of existence; (Buddh) (abbr) the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; (Buddh) past, present and future existences; (suf) far-off ...; distant ...


expression: 三界流転
reading: さんがいるてん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences (Buddhist)


expression: 三革
reading: さんかく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) armor, helmet & shield (armour); kakurei, kakuun & kakumei (first, fifth and fifty-eighth years of the sexagenary cycle; times of civil unrest according to onmyou-dou)


expression: 三貴子
reading: みはしらのうずのみこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the three main Shinto gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children


expression: 三業
reading: さんぎょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.


expression: 三顧の礼
reading: さんこのれい
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)


expression: 三鼓
reading: さんこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) the three types of gagaku drums; (arch) third division of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am)


expression: 三公社五現業
reading: さんこうしゃごげんぎょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests-fields, and monopolization of alcohol)


expression: 三国
reading: さんごく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) three countries; Japan, China & India; Japan, Korea & China; all the world; Three Kingdoms (of ancient China: Wei, Shu, Wu); (P)


expression: 三国干渉
reading: さんごくかんしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki)


expression: 三国時代
reading: さんごくじだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Three Kingdoms period (of Chinese history, 220-280 CE); Three Kingdoms period (of Korean history, 4th-7th centuries CE)


expression: 三次元
reading: さんじげん
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n) three dimensions; three dimensional; 3D; 3-D; (n,adj-no) (sl) (joc) real world; IRL (in real life)


expression: 三者三様
reading: さんしゃさんよう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way


expression: 三種の神器
reading: さんしゅのじんぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels); the three essential status symbols (e.g. cellphone, PC, digital camera)


expression: 三十三所
reading: さんじゅうさんしょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) any of a number of sets of thirty-three holy places enshrining Avalokitesvara (esp. those comprising a popular pilgrimage in the Kinki region)


expression: 三十六計
reading: さんじゅうろっけい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)


expression: 三省
reading: さんしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) three ministries (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health & War); three departments (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory & Dept. of State Affairs)


expression: 三色
reading: さんしょく
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) three colours; three colors; (n) (abbr) triple run (mahjong); winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; (abbr) triple pung (mahjong); winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits


expression: 三人三様
reading: さんにんさんよう
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-na,adj-no) each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way


expression: 三寸
reading: さんずん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) three sun (ca. 9.1 cm); something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun); stall-keeper; huckster; hawker; (arch) prostitute of the lowest rank


expression: 三聖
reading: さんせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including (but not limited to): Buddha, Confucius and Christ; Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha; Fu Xi, King Wen and Confucius; Yao, Shun and Yu; Yu, the Duke of Zhou, Confucius


expression: 三遷
reading: さんせん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) thrice moving from house to house; (abbr) the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning


expression: 三族
reading: さんぞく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) three types of relatives (e.g, father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)


expression: 三族の罪
reading: さんぞくのつみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) crime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished; crime implicating one's relatives of all three types


expression: 三尊
reading: さんぞん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) image of the three honorable ones (honourable); (Buddh) Buddha, sutras and priesthood; head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern); the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher


expression: 三大節
reading: さんだいせつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927)


expression: 三題噺
reading: さんだいばなし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience; impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects


expression: 三段オチ
reading: さんだんオチ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing)


expression: 三柱の神
reading: みはしらのかみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Shinto) the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children


expression: 三諦
reading: さんたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) (in Tendai) threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two)


expression: 三度のめしよりすき
reading: さんどのめしよりすき
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day


expression: 三日の餠
reading: みかのもちい
tags: n
glossary:
(oK) (n) Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony


expression: 三拝
reading: さんぱい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly


expression: 三平汁
reading: さんぺいじる
tags: n
glossary:
(n) soup with rice bran pickled or salted vegetables (e.g. carrots, daikon or potatoes) and fish (e.g. salmon, gadid or Arabesque greenling) boiled in a salty broth (sake lees is sometimes added) (Hokkaido local specialty dish)


expression: 三摩耶
reading: さまや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) time (san: samaya); (Buddh) meeting; coming together; (Buddh) equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas)


expression: 三摩耶戒
reading: さんまやかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)


expression: 三昧
reading: さんまい
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n) samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (n-suf) concentrating on something; absorbing oneself in something


expression: 三無主義
reading: さんむしゅぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the "three noes principle" of no drive (indolence), no interest (indifference), and no sense of responsibility (irresponsibility), the term describing the temperament of the Japanese youth of the 1970s


expression: 三陸沖地震
reading: さんりくおきじしん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011); Sanriku earthquake


expression: 三尸
reading: さんし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings)


expression: 参る
reading: まいる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) (hum) to go; to come; to call; to be defeated; to collapse; to die; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed; to be madly in love; to visit (shrine, grave); (P)


expression: 参照
reading: さんしょう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out; (P)


expression: 参入
reading: さんにゅう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual; (P)


expression: 山
reading: やま
tags: P ctr n n-pref
glossary:
(n,ctr) mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; (n) crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); climax; peak; critical point; guess; speculation; criminal case; crime; festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); wall (mahjong); wall tile; (n-pref) wild; (P)


expression: 山々
reading: やまやま
tags: P adv n
glossary:
(n) (many) mountains; (adv) (uk) very much (esp. wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; really; (P)


expression: 山が当たる
reading: やまがあたる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to accurately guess what subjects will turn up on a test; to have one's predictions turn out correct


expression: 山ごもり
reading: やまごもり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting


expression: 山の手
reading: やまのて
tags: n
glossary:
(n) hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, inc. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains


expression: 山の神
reading: やまのかみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) mountain god; (col) one's wife (sometimes esp. a nagging wife); (uk) roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)


expression: 山ガール
reading: やまガール
tags: n
glossary:
(n) outdoor clothing fashion style for young women; young woman who dresses in outdoor clothing; young woman who enjoys mountain climbing


expression: 山陰地方
reading: さんいんちほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) San-in region of western Honshu (inc. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)


expression: 山烏
reading: やまがらす
tags: n
glossary:
(n) crow in the mountains; jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos); rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus); (arch) (derog) dark-skinned person


expression: 山越し
reading: やまごし
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) wind blowing down, coming over a mountain; (n) immediately after one's draw (in mahjong); winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left (mahjong)


expression: 山王一実神道
reading: さんのういちじつしんとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)


expression: 山高きが故に貴からず
reading: やまたかきがゆえにたっとからず
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (arch) never judge a book by its cover; a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high


expression: 山山
reading: やまやま
tags: adv n
glossary:
(n) (many) mountains; (adv) (uk) very much (esp. wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; really


expression: 山手
reading: やまのて
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, inc. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains


expression: 山笑う
reading: やまわらう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) mountain in springtime when all of the tree buds open at the same time (usu. in haiku); laughing mountain


expression: 山水
reading: さんすい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); (abbr) landscape picture; mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain; garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond


expression: 山水
reading: やまみず
tags: n
glossary:
(n) mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain


expression: 山草
reading: やまくさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)


expression: 山杜鵑
reading: やまほととぎす
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains); Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)


expression: 山陽地方
reading: さんようちほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) San-you region of western Honshu (inc. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)


expression: 山藍
reading: やまい
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) (uk) Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)


expression: 山彙
reading: さんい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) mountain mass; small mountain range; group of mountains that are not part of a large mountain range


expression: 撒く
reading: まく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off; to shake off; to lose; (P)


expression: 散々
reading: さんざん
tags: P adj-na adv
glossary:
(adj-na,adv) thoroughly; completely; utterly; severely; harshly; terribly; miserably; wretchedly; badly; scattered; disconnected; dispersed; smashed into tiny pieces; (P)


expression: 散じる
reading: さんじる
tags: v1
glossary:
(v1) to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)


expression: 散ずる
reading: さんずる
tags: vz
glossary:
(vz) to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)


expression: 散らす
reading: ちらす
tags: P suf v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to spread; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure; to distract; to divert; (suf,v5s) to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently); to do ... all over the place; (P)


expression: 散りばめる
reading: ちりばめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) (uk) to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (a thing) with; to mount (gem)


expression: 散る
reading: ちる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to break up; to spread; to run; to blur; to die a noble death; (P)


expression: 散楽
reading: さんがく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period)


expression: 散形花序
reading: さんけいかじょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) umbellate inflorescence; umbel (i.e. flower with a large number of flowers growing radially from a common center)


expression: 散散
reading: さんざん
tags: adj-na adv
glossary:
(adj-na,adv) thoroughly; completely; utterly; severely; harshly; terribly; miserably; wretchedly; badly; scattered; disconnected; dispersed; smashed into tiny pieces


expression: 桟
reading: えつり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) sheathing (under thatched roofing); lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall); decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)


expression: 桟
reading: さん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)


expression: 桟戸
reading: さんど
tags: n
glossary:
(n) batten door; battened door; ledged door; strong door with crosspieces placed on the reverse side


expression: 産
reading: うぶ
tags: adj-na adj-no n n-pref
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears; (n-pref) birth-


expression: 産
reading: さん
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n) (giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement; (n,n-suf) native of; product of; assets; property; fortune


expression: 産み出す
reading: うみだす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to create; to bring forth; to produce; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear


expression: 産む機械
reading: うむきかい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) baby-making machine (famously used by Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Yanagisawa Hakuo to refer to women)


expression: 産婦人科
reading: さんふじんか
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology); (P)


expression: 算額
reading: さんがく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) votive tablet depicting a math puzzle given in devotion to a shrine or temple by a wasan mathematician


expression: 讃する
reading: さんする
tags: vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s) to approve; to agree; to assent; to endorse; to support; to back; to inscribe; to praise; to laud


expression: 讃歎
reading: さんだん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (Buddh) praising Buddha; sermon; (Buddh) praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness); (Buddh) style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc.; (arch) rumor; rumour; hearsay


expression: 酸化窒素
reading: さんかちっそ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) nitrogen oxide (esp. nitric oxide, but also nitrous oxide, nitrogen dioxide, dinitrogen pentoxide, etc.)


expression: 酸漿
reading: かがち
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) (uk) ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant


expression: 斬り捨てる
reading: きりすてる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to round off; to omit; to discard; to cast away


expression: 斬り返す
reading: きりかえす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to cut the wheel; (sumo) to perform a twisting backward knee trip


expression: 斬る
reading: きる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)


expression: 斬奸状
reading: ざんかんじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing


expression: 暫く
reading: しばらく
tags: P adj-no adv int
glossary:
(adv,adj-no) (uk) little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; (int) it's been a long time; (P)


expression: 暫らく
reading: しばらく
tags: adj-no adv int
glossary:
(io) (adv,adj-no) (uk) little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; (int) it's been a long time


expression: 残り物には福がある
reading: のこりものにはふくがある
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (proverb) there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; there is fortune in leftovers


expression: 残心
reading: ざんしん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke; follow-through (e.g. in archery); lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance


expression: 仕かける
reading: しかける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to start; to begin; to commence; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war); to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines)


expression: 仕掛
reading: しかけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) device; contrivance; trick; mechanism; gadget; (small) scale; half finished; commencement; set up; challenge; attack


expression: 仕掛け
reading: しかけ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) device; contrivance; trick; mechanism; gadget; (small) scale; half finished; commencement; set up; challenge; attack; (P)


expression: 仕掛ける
reading: しかける
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to start; to begin; to commence; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war); to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines); (P)


expression: 仕込
reading: しこみ
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(io) (n,n-suf) training; education; upbringing; (n) stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha


expression: 仕込み
reading: しこみ
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) training; education; upbringing; (n) stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha; (P)


expression: 仕込む
reading: しこむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to train; to teach; to educate; to acquire (information); to learn; to cram; to stock; to stock up on; to prepare (esp. ingredients for brewing); to insert; to build into; to fit


expression: 仕手
reading: して
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) doer; performer; (uk) protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character; speculator (in trading); (P)


expression: 仕切
reading: しきり
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) partition; division; boundary; compartment; settlement of accounts; (sumo) preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark


expression: 仕切り
reading: しきり
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) partition; division; boundary; compartment; settlement of accounts; (sumo) preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; (P)


expression: 仕切り直し
reading: しきりなおし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one


expression: 仕切り板
reading: しきりいた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around


expression: 仕切る
reading: しきる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to partition; to divide; to mark off; to itemize; to direct; to take control; to manage; to take responsibility; to settle accounts; to toe the mark


expression: 仕入れる
reading: しいれる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn something that might be useful later; (P)


expression: 仕付け
reading: しつけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tacking (in needlework); basting; planting (esp. rice seedlings); discipline; training; teaching manners


expression: 仕舞
reading: じまい
tags: suf
glossary:
(suf) (uk) ending; quitting; closing; (uk) indicates disappointment for not having done what one wanted or intended to do


expression: 仕舞う
reading: しまう
tags: P aux-v v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) (uk) to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close; (uk) to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up; (uk) to put away; to put back; to keep; to store; (aux-v,v5u) (uk) to finish ...; to do ... completely; (P)


expression: 仕舞屋
reading: しもうたや
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business


expression: 仕方がない
reading: しかたがない
tags: P adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed; (P)


expression: 仕方が無い
reading: しかたがない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed


expression: 仕方のない
reading: しかたのない
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed


expression: 仕末
reading: しまつ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(iK) (n,vs) management; dealing; settlement; cleaning up; getting rid of; economizing; economising; being thrifty; (n) end result (usu. bad)


expression: 仕様がない
reading: しようがない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) (uk) it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done; there's no point (in doing something); there's no reason (to do something)


expression: 仕立て上げる
reading: したてあげる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame


expression: 仔細
reading: しさい
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) reasons; circumstances; significance; particulars; (n) hindrance; obstruction; interference


expression: 仔細ありげ
reading: しさいありげ
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) seeming to be for a certain reason; seeming to indicate there are special circumstances; seeming to indicate there is more than meets the eye


expression: 伺いを立てる
reading: うかがいをたてる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle


expression: 伺う
reading: うかがう
tags: P v5u vi vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) (hum) to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); (v5u,vi) (hum) to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.); (P)


expression: 使
reading: し
tags: n
glossary:
(n) messenger; (abbr) police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); (Buddh) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)


expression: 使い
reading: つかい
tags: P n n-pref n-suf
glossary:
(n) errand; mission; going as envoy; messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl; familiar spirit; (n-suf,n-pref) use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer; (P)


expression: 使い込む
reading: つかいこむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time


expression: 使い魔
reading: つかいま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit


expression: 使う
reading: つかう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak; (P)


expression: 刺
reading: とげ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) thorn; spine; prickle; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words


expression: 刺さる
reading: ささる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to stick into (something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in); (P)


expression: 刺し
reading: さし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; (abbr) sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing; pricking; (P)


expression: 刺す
reading: さす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to embroider; to pole (a boat); to catch (with a limed pole); (baseb) to put (a runner) out; to pick off; (P)


expression: 刺激
reading: しげき
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation; excitement; thrill; (P)


expression: 司
reading: つかさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) office; official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies


expression: 司会者
reading: しかいしゃ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.); (P)


expression: 司法書士
reading: しほうしょし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.


expression: 四つ身
reading: よつみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other); kimono made for young children


expression: 四気
reading: しき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)


expression: 四畿内
reading: しきない
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi


expression: 四月病
reading: しがつびょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work


expression: 四公六民
reading: しこうろくみん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%


expression: 四手
reading: しで
tags: n
glossary:
(n) zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)


expression: 四衆
reading: ししゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); (in Tendai) the four assemblies


expression: 四獣
reading: しじゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear); four gods said to rule over the four directions


expression: 四色定理
reading: ししょくていり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) four-color theorem (colour) (theorem stating that any map can be colored such that no two adjacent segments have the same color, if only four colors are used)


expression: 四神
reading: しじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) four gods said to rule over the four directions; (in China) four gods said to rule over the four seasons


expression: 四神相応
reading: しじんそうおう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north


expression: 四姓
reading: しせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan); varna (each of the four Hindu castes)


expression: 四大
reading: しだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king


expression: 四大公害病
reading: よんだいこうがいびょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the four major pollution-caused illnesses (Minamata disease, Niigata Minamata disease, Yokkaichi asthma, Itai-itai disease); four big pollution diseases of Japan


expression: 四大節
reading: しだいせつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)


expression: 四大文明
reading: よんだいぶんめい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)


expression: 四柱推命
reading: しちゅうすいめい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth


expression: 四天王
reading: してんのう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)


expression: 四部衆
reading: しぶしゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)


expression: 四分法
reading: しぶんほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) fractional sampling; method of quartering; quartation; method of lunar calendar formulation


expression: 士人
reading: しじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) samurai; person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing


expression: 士族の商法
reading: しぞくのしょうほう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing)


expression: 始まる
reading: はじまる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in); (P)


expression: 始め
reading: はじめ
tags: P n n-adv n-t
glossary:
(n-t,n-adv) beginning; start; outset; opening; (n) first (in line, etc.); origin; (uk) such as ...; not to mention ...; (P)


expression: 始める
reading: はじめる
tags: P suf v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); (suf,v1) to start ...; to begin to ...; (P)


expression: 始発
reading: しはつ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.); (P)


expression: 始末
reading: しまつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) management; dealing; settlement; cleaning up; getting rid of; economizing; economising; being thrifty; (n) end result (usu. bad); (P)


expression: 始末が悪い
reading: しまつがわるい
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible; refractory


expression: 姉
reading: ねえ
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n-suf) (fam) used after the name of someone who is an older sister figure; (n) used with various honorifics to mean (older) sister


expression: 姉さん
reading: ねえさん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (hon) elder sister; (vocative) young lady; miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors); (P)


expression: 姿
reading: すがた
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n) figure; form; shape; appearance; dress; guise; state; condition; picture; image; form (of a waka); (n-suf) dressed in ...; wearing ...; (P)


expression: 子
reading: こ
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) child; young (animal); young woman; young geisha; offshoot; interest; (abbr) new shares; (n) player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); (n,n-suf) (arch) bird egg; (n-suf) -er (often of young women); (P)


expression: 子
reading: し
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n) child (esp. a boy); viscount; (hon) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius); philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings; (arch) you (of one's equals); (n-suf) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)


expression: 子で子にならぬほととぎす
reading: こでこにならぬほととぎす
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) (obsc) no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child


expression: 子なき爺
reading: こなきじじい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)


expression: 子の日
reading: ねのひ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) day of the rat (esp. the first day of the rat in the New Year); collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots; pine shoot pulled out in such a manner


expression: 子の日の遊び
reading: ねのひのあそび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the rat of the New Year)


expression: 子安
reading: こやす
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) safe, easy childbirth; guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara)


expression: 子忌
reading: ねいみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the rat of the New Year)


expression: 子供騙し
reading: こどもだまし
tags: exp n
glossary:
(n,exp) trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick


expression: 子持
reading: こもち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)


expression: 屍蝋
reading: しろう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) adipocere; grave wax (greying of the body fats of a corpse which rests in a moist but airless place) (graying)


expression: 市に虎あり
reading: いちにとらあり
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market


expression: 市販
reading: しはん
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; (adj-no) commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf; store-bought; (P)


expression: 師
reading: し
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n) teacher; master; one's mentor; (n,suf) religious leader; (suf) specialist; (n) (arch) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)


expression: 志っぽく
reading: しっぽく
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) Chinese-style low dining table; (abbr) Japanese-Chinese cuisine, served family-style (large dishes, diners help themselves), specialty of Nagasaki Chinese style low dining table; (ksb:) soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.


expression: 志操堅固
reading: しそうけんご
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) being faithful to one's principles; being of firm purpose and deep commitment; constancy; true blue


expression: 思い
reading: おもい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) thought; imagination; mind; heart; desire; wish; hope; expectation; love; affection; feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience; (P)


expression: 思いあたる
reading: おもいあたる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of; to strike on; to hit on an answer; to seize the crux of a problem


expression: 思いいれ
reading: おもいいれ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect


expression: 思いきる
reading: おもいきる
tags: v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; (v5r,vi) to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision


expression: 思いしらせる
reading: おもいしらせる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to teach somebody a lesson; to have a revenge on; to get even with; to make someone realize; to make someone realise


expression: 思いちがい
reading: おもいちがい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; (vs) to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea


expression: 思いつめる
reading: おもいつめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)


expression: 思いやり
reading: おもいやり
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness; understanding; regard; kindheartedness; (P)


expression: 思いやり予算
reading: おもいやりよさん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) omoiyari yosan; appreciation payment; financial support towards welfare benefits and allowances of U.S. forces stationed in Japan


expression: 思いをはせる
reading: おもいをはせる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)


expression: 思い遣り
reading: おもいやり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness; understanding; regard; kindheartedness


expression: 思い込む
reading: おもいこむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to be under impression that; to be convinced that; to imagine that; to set one's heart on; to be bent on; (P)


expression: 思い切る
reading: おもいきる
tags: P v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; (v5r,vi) to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision; (P)


expression: 思い知らす
reading: おもいしらす
tags: v5s
glossary:
(v5s) to teach somebody a lesson; to have a revenge on; to get even with; to make someone realize; to make someone realise


expression: 思い当たる
reading: おもいあたる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of; to strike on; to hit on an answer; to seize the crux of a problem; (P)


expression: 思い悩む
reading: おもいなやむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)


expression: 思い立ったが吉日
reading: おもいたったがきちじつ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it


expression: 思う
reading: おもう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember; (P)


expression: 思しめす
reading: おぼしめす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) (hon) to think (only used to speak of others); to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others); to honour the target of one's emotions


expression: 思し召し
reading: おぼしめし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (hon) thoughts; opinion; (one's) discretion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love; fancy; liking


expression: 思し食す
reading: おぼしめす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(oK) (v5s,vt) (hon) to think (only used to speak of others); to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others); to honour the target of one's emotions


expression: 思わく
reading: おもわく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; calculations; purpose; intention; motive; ulterior motive; others' opinions of one; (finc) speculation; (P)


expression: 思惟
reading: しい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) thought; thinking; speculation; (Buddh) using wisdom to get to the bottom of things; focusing one's mind; deep contemplation; concentrating; deliberating; pondering; reflecting


expression: 思考停止
reading: しこうていし
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (col) stopping to think; acting without thinking; following rules without thinking for oneself; inability to think; going blank


expression: 思入れ
reading: おもいいれ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(io) (n,vs) emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect


expression: 思惑
reading: おもわく
tags: P n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; calculations; purpose; intention; motive; ulterior motive; others' opinions of one; (finc) speculation; (P)


expression: 指す
reading: さす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to point; to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person; to identify; to indicate; to point out; to play (shogi); to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance); (P)


expression: 指詰め
reading: ゆびつめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) getting one's finger caught (e.g. in a door); getting one's finger pinched; jamming one's finger in a door; yakuza finger-cutting ritual


expression: 指金
reading: ゆびがね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (finger) ring; metal thimble; (arch) ring used to constrict a finger to make it small and beautiful


expression: 指向
reading: しこう
tags: adj-no n n-suf vs
glossary:
(n,vs) being orientated (towards); pointing (towards); directing (towards); (adj-no) directional (e.g. microphone); (n-suf) -oriented


expression: 指針
reading: ししん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) needle (of a compass, etc.); indicator; pointer; index; guiding principle; guideline; guide; (P)


expression: 指定暴力団
reading: していぼうりょくだん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) designated gangster group; designated criminal organisation; group officially listed as criminal by the National Police Agency


expression: 指笛
reading: ゆびぶえ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking ones fingers in ones mouth and blowing


expression: 指点字
reading: ゆびてんじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) finger Braille; system of communicating with the deaf-blind in which the receiver's fingers are tapped like a Braille typewriter


expression: 指導
reading: しどう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) leadership; guidance; coaching; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo); (P)


expression: 支える
reading: ささえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to hold at bay; to stem; to check; (P)


expression: 支える
reading: つかえる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) (uk) to stick; to get stuck; to get caught; to get jammed; to clog; (uk) to be unavailable; to be busy; to be occupied; to be full; (uk) to be piled up (e.g. of work); (uk) to halt (in one's speech); to stumble (over one's words); to stutter; to stammer; (uk) to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.); to feel pressure; to feel pain


expression: 支那竹
reading: しなちく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sens) bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt


expression: 斯う
reading: こう
tags: adv int
glossary:
(adv) (uk) in this way (used for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speaker); thus; such; (int) uh... (interjection used as a verbal pause)


expression: 斯の
reading: この
tags: adj-pn
glossary:
(adj-pn) (uk) this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)


expression: 施す
reading: ほどこす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to conduct; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation); to sow; to seed; to scatter (e.g. fertilizer); to sprinkle; (arch) to spread far and wide; (P)


expression: 旨み
reading: うまみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) good flavor (flavour); good taste; deliciousness; umami (fifth category of taste, corresponding to the flavour of glutamates); skill; profit


expression: 止す
reading: よす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) (uk) to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign; to give up; (P)


expression: 止まる
reading: とまる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on; (P)


expression: 止め
reading: とめ
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n,suf) (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)


expression: 止めておく
reading: やめておく
tags: v5k
glossary:
(v5k) (uk) to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; (uk) to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop


expression: 止める
reading: とどめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to; to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit; to record (e.g. a fact); to retain


expression: 止める
reading: とめる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit; to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind; to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple; to detain; to keep in custody; (P)


expression: 止める
reading: やめる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit; to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain; (P)


expression: 止め椀
reading: とめわん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) soup served at the end of a traditional Japanese dinner; last soup served in a Kaiseki course (often miso soup)


expression: 止る
reading: とまる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on


expression: 死に体
reading: しにたい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; hopeless situation; (P)


expression: 死ぬ
reading: しぬ
tags: P v5n vi vn
glossary:
(v5n,vn,vi) (sens) to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop; (P)


expression: 死の組
reading: しのくみ
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) group of death; highly competitive group containing too many strong competitors to advance to the next round of a tournament


expression: 死苦
reading: しく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering); death pains; agony of death


expression: 死地
reading: しち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament; inescapable situation


expression: 私する
reading: わたくしする
tags: vs-s vt
glossary:
(vs-s,vt) to use (public property) as if it belonged to oneself; to misappropriate; to appropriate; to embezzle; (arch) to act selfishly


expression: 私語
reading: ささめ
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) (uk) whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur; (uk) sweet talk; sweet nothings; lovers' talk; pillow talk


expression: 私語
reading: ささめき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur; (uk) sweet talk; sweet nothings; lovers' talk; pillow talk


expression: 糸くず
reading: いとくず
tags: n
glossary:
(n) lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff


expression: 糸を引く
reading: いとをひく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on


expression: 糸瓜
reading: へちま
tags: n
glossary:
(gikun) (n) sponge gourd; dishcloth gourd; loofah; sponge cucumber; (metaphorically, generally in negative sentences) something useless


expression: 糸爪
reading: へちま
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (gikun) (n) sponge gourd; dishcloth gourd; loofah; sponge cucumber; (metaphorically, generally in negative sentences) something useless


expression: 糸道
reading: いとみち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) groove in a Shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument; someone's ability to play the shamisen


expression: 紙花
reading: かみばな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) paper flowers; (arch) paper flowers for a funeral; paper handed out as a means of congratulations in a red light district (as a promise of a future money donation)


expression: 紙纏頭
reading: かみばな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) paper handed out as a means of congratulations in a red light district (as a promise of a future money donation)


expression: 紫微
reading: しび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)


expression: 紫微垣
reading: しびえん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)


expression: 肢
reading: あし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch) money; coin


expression: 脂が乗る
reading: あぶらがのる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride; fish and birds putting on some fat for winter and becoming more tasty as a result


expression: 至る
reading: いたる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to attain; to lead to (a place); to get to; (arch) to come; to arrive; to result in; (P)


expression: 詩心
reading: ししん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) poetic sentiment or inspiration; poetic inclination or taste; poem-composing mood; ability to appreciate poetry


expression: 詩人墨客
reading: しじんぼっかく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) poets and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy


expression: 資する
reading: しする
tags: P vi vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s,vi) to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to be conducive to; to be instrumental in; to finance; (P)


expression: 資格を有する
reading: しかくをゆうする
tags: exp vs-s
glossary:
(exp,vs-s) to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)


expression: 雌伏雄飛
reading: しふくゆうひ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish


expression: 雌木
reading: めぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) female plant (esp. a woody plant); gynoecious plant; indented part of a wooden joint (in construction)


expression: 歯がたたない
reading: はがたたない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew


expression: 歯をくいしばる
reading: はをくいしばる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth


expression: 歯噛み
reading: はがみ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth


expression: 歯茎音
reading: しけいおん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) alveolar consonant; sound (e.g. n,t,d) where the tongue touches (or nearly touches) the ridge behind your front top teeth


expression: 歯固
reading: はがため
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) tooth hardening toy (for infants); teether; teething ring; tooth hardening meal; New Year's feast


expression: 歯固め
reading: はがため
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tooth hardening toy (for infants); teether; teething ring; tooth hardening meal; New Year's feast


expression: 歯槽膿漏
reading: しそうのうろう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) periodontitis; pyorrhea; pyorrhoea; pyorrhea alveolaris; inflammation of the gingiva (gums) resulting in bone loss


expression: 事
reading: こと
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n) thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (n-suf) nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (n,n-suf) (uk) alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as; (P)


expression: 事
reading: こん
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n) thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (n-suf) nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (n,n-suf) (uk) alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as


expression: 事がある
reading: ことがある
tags: P exp v5r-i
glossary:
(exp,v5r-i) (uk) (something) has occurred; to have done (something); such a thing happened; (uk) (something) happens on occasions; there are times when; (P)


expression: 事が無い
reading: ことがない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) (uk) (something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; (uk) never happens; there is never a time when


expression: 事にする
reading: ことにする
tags: exp vs-i
glossary:
(exp,vs-i) (uk) to decide to; (uk) to pretend that; (uk) to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to


expression: 事になる
reading: ことになる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) (uk) it has been decided (so) that; it has been arranged (so) that; (uk) it is the result (of); it is the outcome; (uk) it is the reason (for)


expression: 事始め
reading: ことはじめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation


expression: 事情聴取
reading: じじょうちょうしゅ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing


expression: 事情通
reading: じじょうつう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source


expression: 事情変更の原則
reading: じじょうへんこうのげんそく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) clausula rebus sic stantibus (legal principle that agreements become non-binding if there is a major, unforeseeable change of circumstances)


expression: 事務職員
reading: じむしょくいん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) administrative staff; business clerk; clerical force; clerical officer; clerical personnel; clerical staff; office employee; office personnel; office worker


expression: 事無し
reading: ことなし
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-ku) (arch) uneventful; peaceful; safe; (arch) easy; simple; (n,adj-na) (arch) having nothing to do


expression: 似る
reading: にる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to resemble; to look like; to take after; to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like; (P)


expression: 侍
reading: さぶらい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer


expression: 侍り
reading: はべり
tags: suf vi
glossary:
(vr,vi) (arch) to wait upon; to serve; (arch) (pol) (hum) to be; (suf,vr) (arch) (pol) (hum) to humbly do ...


expression: 侍り
reading: はんべり
tags: suf vi
glossary:
(ok) (vr,vi) (arch) to wait upon; to serve; (arch) (pol) (hum) to be; (suf,vr) (arch) (pol) (hum) to humbly do ...


expression: 侍所
reading: さぶらいどころ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Board of Retainers; Kamakura- and Muromachi-period government office; samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)


expression: 児
reading: こ
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) child; young (animal); young woman; young geisha; offshoot; interest; (abbr) new shares; (n) player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); (n,n-suf) (arch) bird egg; (n-suf) -er (often of young women)


expression: 字
reading: あざな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations); nickname; section of a village


expression: 字
reading: じ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) character (i.e. kanji); hand-writing; penmanship; the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love"); (P)


expression: 字引学問
reading: じびきがくもん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) superficial learning; book learning; merely knowing the meanings of a large number of individual words


expression: 寺請制度
reading: てらうけせいど
tags: n
glossary:
(n) system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith


expression: 寺入り
reading: てらいり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school; incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods); to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)


expression: 寺預け
reading: てらあずけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)


expression: 慈悲
reading: じひ
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) compassion (e.g. of Buddha); benevolence; charity; mercy; (n) (abbr) Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo; (P)


expression: 持ち越し
reading: もちこし
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) (col) work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; (n,vs) hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)


expression: 持ち駒
reading: もちごま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) a captured piece than can be reused (shogi); a person or object held in reserve; available means


expression: 持ち合う
reading: もちあう
tags: v5u
glossary:
(v5u) to balance; to counterpoise; to remain unchanged; to share (e.g. the expense); to bear (part of)


expression: 持ち合せ
reading: もちあわせ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n) things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; (adj-no) on hand; in stock


expression: 持ち込む
reading: もちこむ
tags: P v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to take something into ...; to bring in; to carry in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring (a proposal); to commence negotiations; to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.); (P)


expression: 持ち出し
reading: もちだし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; (archit) corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing); (P)


expression: 持ち出す
reading: もちだす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject); to raise (an issue); to mention; (P)


expression: 持ち上がる
reading: もちあがる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be lifted; to be raised; to rise; to go up; to happen suddenly; to occur; to come up; to turn up; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class


expression: 持ち物検査
reading: もちものけんさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) checking the personal belongings with someone for items against regulation (e.g. at school, airports, etc.)


expression: 持つ
reading: もつ
tags: P v5t
glossary:
(v5t) to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of; (P)


expression: 持てあます
reading: もてあます
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with


expression: 持てる
reading: もてる
tags: P adj-pn v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.); to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed; to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.); to last; (adj-pn) possessed; possessing riches; having wealth; (P)


expression: 持込む
reading: もちこむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to take something into ...; to bring in; to carry in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring (a proposal); to commence negotiations; to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)


expression: 持出
reading: もちだし
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; (archit) corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)


expression: 持出し
reading: もちだし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; (archit) corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)


expression: 持出す
reading: もちだす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject); to raise (an issue); to mention


expression: 時
reading: とき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; (ling) tense; (P)


expression: 時々刻々
reading: じじこっこく
tags: adv
glossary:
(adv) hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment


expression: 時の流れ
reading: ときのながれ
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; passage of time; stream of time; current of the times; trend of the times


expression: 時雨忌
reading: しぐれき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)


expression: 時化
reading: しけ
tags: n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession


expression: 時化る
reading: しける
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(ateji) (v1,vi) (uk) to be stormy or choppy (sea); (uk) to go through hard times; to be broke; (uk) to be gloomy; to be glum


expression: 時価会計
reading: じかかいけい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) current-value accounting; market-value accounting; mark-to-market accounting; fair-value accounting


expression: 時効
reading: じこう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription); ageing; aging; (P)


expression: 時衆
reading: じしゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.); (Buddh) (monks and laity of) the Jishu sect


expression: 時代
reading: じだい
tags: P n n-t
glossary:
(n-t,n) period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; (abbr) antique; period piece; (P)


expression: 次
reading: じ
tags: ctr pref
glossary:
(pref) next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); (ctr) order; sequence; time; times


expression: 次官
reading: すけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) assistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period)


expression: 次第
reading: しだい
tags: P n n-adv
glossary:
(n-adv,n) dependent upon; as soon as; immediately (upon); (n) circumstances; order; precedence; program; programme; agenda; (P)


expression: 治す
reading: なおす
tags: P aux-v v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to repair; (aux-v) to do over again (after -masu base of verb); (ksb:) to replace; to put back as it was; to convert (into a different state); to transform; (P)


expression: 示す
reading: しめす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display; (P)


expression: 示準化石
reading: じじゅんかせき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) index fossil (fossil which suggests a date of the formation of a rock stratum); key fossil; leading fossil


expression: 耳がいたい
reading: みみがいたい
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear


expression: 耳にたこができる
reading: みみにたこができる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears


expression: 耳珠
reading: じじゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tragus (small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear); tragi; antilobium


expression: 耳障り
reading: みみざわり
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating; jarring; cacophonous; (P)


expression: 自家薬籠
reading: じかやくろう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery


expression: 自業自得
reading: じごうじとく
tags: adj-na adj-no exp n
glossary:
(exp,adj-na,n,adj-no) paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow


expression: 自己演出
reading: じこえんしゅつ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) an author directing (producing) his; her own play (film); staging oneself for effect; presenting oneself in a favorable light


expression: 自己臭恐怖症
reading: じこしゅうきょうふしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (med) olfactory reference syndrome; ORS; autodysomophobia; fear of having an unpleasant body odour


expression: 自己抑制
reading: じこよくせい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) self-restraint; self-control; self-repression; abstinence; self-inhibition; autogenic inhibition; autogenous suppression


expression: 自作自演
reading: じさくじえん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)


expression: 自臭症
reading: じしゅうしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (med) (abbr) olfactory reference syndrome; ORS; autodysomophobia; fear of having an unpleasant body odour


expression: 自重
reading: じちょう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; restraining oneself; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health


expression: 自粛
reading: じしゅく
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) self-control; self-discipline; self-restraint; Japanese custom of apology followed by reclusion when caught doing something; (P)


expression: 自信満々
reading: じしんまんまん
tags: adj-na adj-no adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(uK) (adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself


expression: 自切
reading: じせつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator


expression: 自前
reading: じまえ
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) taking care of one's responsibilities by oneself; one's own efforts; one's own expense; going into business for oneself (selling one's own products); entrepreneur of such a business; (P)


expression: 自損事故
reading: じそんじこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) self-inflicted accident; traffic accident where injury is caused by one's own negligence; one-car accident


expression: 自体
reading: じたい
tags: P adv n n-suf
glossary:
(n-suf,n) itself; (n) one's own body; oneself; (adv) originally; naturally; by nature; from the start; (P)


expression: 自宅待機
reading: じたくたいき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) standing by at home (e.g. to prevent the spread of illness); being on furlough; being temporarily laid off


expression: 自転車操業
reading: じてんしゃそうぎょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)


expression: 自得
reading: じとく
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) self-satisfaction; self-complacency; complacency; understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability); being paid back for one's deeds


expression: 自爆
reading: じばく
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up


expression: 自分かって
reading: じぶんかって
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases; one's own free will


expression: 自摸
reading: ツーモー
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) drawing a tile from the wall (mahjong) (chi:); (abbr) (uk) winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (mahjong yaku); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles


expression: 自由行動
reading: じゆうこうどう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action


expression: 自力更正
reading: じりきこうせい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(iK) (n,vs) working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help


expression: 自力更生
reading: じりきこうせい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help


expression: 辞
reading: じ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; words; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word


expression: 辞す
reading: じす
tags: P v5s
glossary:
(v5s) to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to retire; to leave post; to decline; to turn down; unhesitatingly; (P)


expression: 辞する
reading: じする
tags: vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s) to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to retire; to decline; to turn down; unhesitatingly


expression: 辞退
reading: じたい
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself; (P)


expression: 辞令
reading: じれい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology; (P)


expression: 鹿
reading: しし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer); (abbr) hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)


expression: 鹿の子
reading: かのこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) cloth dyed in a dappled pattern; (abbr) pattern of white spots; dapples; (abbr) mochi containing red bean paste; (arch) fawn


expression: 鹿威し
reading: ししおどし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens


expression: 式
reading: しき
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) equation; formula; expression; ceremony; style; (arch) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo); (P)


expression: 式叉摩那
reading: しきしゃまな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) probationary nun (undergoing a two-year probationary period before receiving ordainment) (san: siksamana)


expression: 式年
reading: しきねん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th & 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter)


expression: 式年祭
reading: しきねんさい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years)


expression: 式年遷宮
reading: しきねんせんぐう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time


expression: 式年遷宮祭
reading: しきねんせんぐうさい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)


expression: 識る
reading: しる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern


expression: 七つの星
reading: ななつのほし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (astron) the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow; (astron) Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn


expression: 七つ星
reading: ななつぼし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (astron) the Big Dipper; the Plough; the Plow; family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles); Japanese pilchard; Japanese sardine (Sardinops melanostictus)


expression: 七化け
reading: ななばけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times; the seven common disguises of ninja


expression: 七五三
reading: しめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Shinto) (abbr) rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch) cordoning off; cordoning-off sign


expression: 七公三民
reading: しちこうさんみん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent


expression: 七種
reading: ななくさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) the seven spring flowers; (abbr) the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; (abbr) the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs


expression: 七衆
reading: しちしゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)


expression: 七情
reading: しちじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) seven emotions (in The Book of Rites: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, desire); seven emotions (in Buddhism: joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate, desire); seven effects (of a traditional Chinese medicine)


expression: 七大寺
reading: しちだいじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)


expression: 七転び八起き
reading: ななころびやおき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life; always rising after a fall or repeated failures


expression: 七分
reading: しちぶん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg


expression: 七宝
reading: しっぽう
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) the 7 treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); (n,adj-no) cloisonne


expression: 七味
reading: しちみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) seven delicious flavors (flavours); (abbr) blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.); shichimi


expression: 七曜
reading: しちよう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (astron) the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn); the seven days of the week


expression: 七曜星
reading: しちようせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (astron) the Big Dipper; the Plough; the Plow; (astron) the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)


expression: 叱
reading: しっ
tags: int
glossary:
(int) (uk) shh! (used to silence someone); sh!; shoo! (used to drive off an approaching animal, etc.)


expression: 執行
reading: しっこう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) execution; carrying out; performance; enforcement; exercise; service; (n) (Buddh) lead monk performing various tasks in a temple; (P)


expression: 執行
reading: しゅぎょう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) execution; carrying out; performance; enforcement; exercise; service; (n) (Buddh) lead monk performing various tasks in a temple


expression: 執拗
reading: しつよう
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate; persevering; stubborn


expression: 失意泰然
reading: しついたいぜん
tags: adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(adj-t,adv-to) (arch) keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity


expression: 失敬
reading: しっけい
tags: P adj-na int n vs
glossary:
(adj-na,int,n,vs) rudeness; saying good-bye; acting impolitely; stealing; impoliteness; disrespect; impertinence; (P)


expression: 失笑
reading: しっしょう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; (col) scornful laughter; snicker; snigger


expression: 失速
reading: しっそく
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) stall (in flying); stalling; suddenly losing momentum; downturn; slump; weakening; decline; (P)


expression: 失地回復
reading: しっちかいふく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one' former position); fence-mending


expression: 室
reading: しつ
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) room; (obsc) wife (of someone of high rank); (obsc) scabbard; (astron) Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (P)


expression: 湿る
reading: しめる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be wet; to become wet; to be damp; to be moist; to be in low spirits; to feel depressed; (P)


expression: 疾い
reading: はやい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(oK) (adj-i) fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick


expression: 実
reading: まこと
tags: adv n
glossary:
(adv,n) truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity; (arch) that's right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.)


expression: 実しやか
reading: まことしやか
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) (uk) plausible (e.g. of a rumour); believable (e.g. of a story); specious (e.g. of an argument); credible (e.g. of a lie); looking very like the truth


expression: 実感
reading: じっかん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) real feeling; actual feeling; (vs) to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally; (P)


expression: 実況
reading: じっきょう
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,adj-no) real condition; actual scene; real state; live; (n,vs) (sl) reporting live; live coverage; live broadcasting; (P)


expression: 実現
reading: じつげん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; (P)


expression: 実行
reading: じっこう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) practice; practising; performance; execution (e.g. program) (programme); realization; realisation; implementation; (P)


expression: 実際
reading: じっさい
tags: P adj-no adv n
glossary:
(adj-no,adv,n) practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; (Buddh) bhutakoti (limit of reality); (P)


expression: 実施
reading: じっし
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters); enactment; (P)


expression: 実質
reading: じっしつ
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n) substance; essence; (adj-no) real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial; essential; tangible; (P)


expression: 実写
reading: じっしゃ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) on-the-spot filming or photography; (n) live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); photographic image (as opposed to a drawing, computer-generated image, etc.); real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.); documentary (film)


expression: 実手
reading: じって
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) (arch) short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policeman and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)


expression: 実相
reading: じっそう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) reality; real state of affairs; true state of affairs; (Buddh) true form of all things as they are; ultimate reality; (P)


expression: 実像
reading: じつぞう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (physics) real image; real form; real-life image; true picture; actual conditions; actual circumstances; (P)


expression: 実体化
reading: じったいか
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (comp) (specific to object language classes) instantiation


expression: 実店舗
reading: じってんぽ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) brick and mortar business; bricks and mortar business; physical retail store (rather than online)


expression: 実入
reading: みいり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) crop; harvest; ripeness; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)


expression: 実用語
reading: じつようご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) practical language; language used for day-to-day activity (in contrast to official languages); facility language


expression: 実力本位
reading: じつりょくほんい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) the precedence of merit; performance orientation; ability- (merit-) based (promotion, pay scale, etc.)


expression: 篠
reading: ささ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)


expression: 篠
reading: しの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); (abbr) Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)


expression: 芝居を打つ
reading: しばいをうつ
tags: exp v5t
glossary:
(exp,v5t) to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone; to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play


expression: 舎人
reading: しゃじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) servant; valet; footman; (arch) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Rituryo system); (arch) ox-tender for oxcarts; horse boy; honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies


expression: 舎人
reading: とねり
tags: n
glossary:
(gikun) (n) servant; valet; footman; (arch) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Rituryo system); (arch) ox-tender for oxcarts; horse boy; honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies


expression: 舎利
reading: しゃり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva); grain of rice; cooked rice


expression: 写す
reading: うつす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to transcribe; to duplicate; to reproduce; to imitate; to trace; to describe; to film; to picture; to photograph; (P)


expression: 写メ
reading: しゃメ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (abbr) (col) photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone; (abbr) email from mobile phones with attached photos


expression: 写メール
reading: しゃメール
tags: n
glossary:
(n) email from mobile phones, containing pictures, etc.; brandname for photo-email service from SoftBank Mobile


expression: 写真屋
reading: しゃしんや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) photo studio; photographer; camera shop; photography supplies shop; photo processing shop; photo finishing shop


expression: 射翳
reading: まぶし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) makeshift hunting blind; waiting in a makeshift hunting blind; (arch) ambush; troops in ambush


expression: 捨てる
reading: すてる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard; to abandon; to desert; to leave; to give up; to resign; (P)


expression: 捨て印
reading: すていん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) marginal seal (special seal affixed into the margins of an official document to indicate that any later revisions to the document are valid)


expression: 赦す
reading: ゆるす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to permit; to allow; to approve; to tolerate; to exempt (from fine); to excuse (from); to pardon; to forgive; to release; to let off; to confide in; to give up; to yield


expression: 斜
reading: ななめ
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(io) (adj-no,adj-na,n) slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique; unusual; slanted (view of the world); bad (mood)


expression: 斜
reading: なのめ
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(io) (ok) (adj-no,adj-na,n) slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique; unusual; slanted (view of the world); bad (mood)


expression: 斜に構える
reading: しゃにかまえる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch) to stand ready (to do); to adopt a formal attitude


expression: 斜に構える
reading: ななめにかまえる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(ik) (exp,v1) to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch) to stand ready (to do); to adopt a formal attitude


expression: 斜め
reading: ななめ
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-no,adj-na,n) slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique; unusual; slanted (view of the world); bad (mood); (P)


expression: 斜め
reading: なのめ
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(ok) (adj-no,adj-na,n) slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique; unusual; slanted (view of the world); bad (mood)


expression: 煮しめ
reading: にしめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) vegetables such as taros, carrots, konnyaku, etc. cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water


expression: 煮つめる
reading: につめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion


expression: 煮びたし
reading: にびたし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) type of stew, usu. fish or vegetables in a mild broth; fish grilled unseasoned and then simmered slowly in soy and mirin broth


expression: 煮詰まる
reading: につまる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be boiled down; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.); (col) to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse


expression: 煮詰める
reading: につめる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion; (P)


expression: 社
reading: しゃ
tags: ctr n n-suf suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) (abbr) company; association; society; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); (ctr,suf) counter for companies, shrines, etc.


expression: 社会大衆党
reading: しゃかいたいしゅうとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Socialist Masses Party (pre-war political party; established in 1932, eliminated by the government in 1940)


expression: 社日
reading: しゃじつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)


expression: 謝す
reading: しゃす
tags: v5s
glossary:
(v5s) to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to retire; to refuse; to pay back; to settle old scores


expression: 謝する
reading: しゃする
tags: vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s) to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to retire; to refuse; to pay back; to settle old scores


expression: 車宿り
reading: くるまやどり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) building where one keeps oxcarts and other conveyances inside a private estate; resting area for one's oxcart, wagon, etc.


expression: 車裂き
reading: くるまざき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tearing someone in two by tying their legs to two carts moving in opposite directions (form of medieval punishment)


expression: 遮る
reading: さえぎる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to interrupt; to obstruct (e.g. a view, someone's way); to block (e.g. light, wind); to intercept; (P)


expression: 蛇にかまれて朽縄におじる
reading: へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)


expression: 蛇の生殺し
reading: へびのなまごろし
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake


expression: 蛇腹
reading: じゃばら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bellows (camera, accordion, etc.); cornice; ceiling molding; ceiling moulding; rickrack; ricrac; wave-shaped braid


expression: 邪魔
reading: じゃま
tags: P adj-na n vs
glossary:
(adj-na,n,vs) hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; (vs) to visit (somebody's home); (n) (Buddh) demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour; (P)


expression: 借りてきた猫
reading: かりてきたねこ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) being quiet and meek (in contrast to normal behaviour); being as meek as a lamb; a borrowed cat


expression: 借音
reading: しゃくおん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)


expression: 借訓
reading: しゃっくん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) using the Japanese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)


expression: 借景
reading: しゃっけい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) making use of the surrounding landscape as a part of the design of a garden; natural scenery used as the background in the landscaping of a garden


expression: 尺八
reading: しゃくはち
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; (X) (vulg) blow job; oral sex (penis in mouth); fellatio; (P)


expression: 杓子定規
reading: しゃくしじょうぎ
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) hard-and-fast rule; stick fast to rules; a stickler (for rules); hidebound system; inflexible


expression: 灼く
reading: やく
tags: v5k vi vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to bake; to grill; to develop (photos); (v5k,vi) to suntan; to burn (in flames, down, CD, DVD, etc.); to scorch


expression: 灼然
reading: いやちこ
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(gikun) (adj-na) (arch) clear (miracle, sign from the Gods) manifest; (arch) plain as day; obvious; clear


expression: 爵
reading: さく
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)


expression: 爵
reading: しゃく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)


expression: 釈迦に説法
reading: しゃかにせっぽう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; lecturing to the Buddha


expression: 釈然
reading: しゃくぜん
tags: adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(adj-t,adv-to) fully satisfied; well satisfied (e.g. with an explanation or apology); to have one's heart completely cleared of doubt or grudge


expression: 若
reading: わか
tags: n n-pref n-suf
glossary:
(n) youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); (n-pref,n-suf) young; new


expression: 若干
reading: そこば
tags: adj-no n n-adv
glossary:
(ok) (n,adj-no) some; few; a number of; a little (bit); (n-adv) somewhat; to a certain extent; (adj-no,n-adv,n) (arch) many; a lot


expression: 若宮
reading: わかみや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) young imperial prince; child of the imperial family; shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)


expression: 若作り
reading: わかづくり
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no,adj-na) dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age


expression: 若衆
reading: わかしゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship


expression: 若年寄
reading: わかどしより
tags: n
glossary:
(n) young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period


expression: 寂
reading: じゃく
tags: adj-t adv-to n n-suf
glossary:
(n) (entering into) nirvana; (n-suf) used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time; (adj-t,adv-to) silent; tranquil


expression: 寂莫
reading: じゃくまく
tags: adj-no adj-t adv-to n vs
glossary:
(iK) (n) loneliness; desolation; (adj-t,adv-to,adj-no) lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; harsh (words); cutting (criticism); (vs) to separate in thought; to consider as independent


expression: 寂寞
reading: じゃくまく
tags: adj-no adj-t adv-to n vs
glossary:
(n) loneliness; desolation; (adj-t,adv-to,adj-no) lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; harsh (words); cutting (criticism); (vs) to separate in thought; to consider as independent


expression: 弱る
reading: よわる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to weaken; to be troubled; to be downcast; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed; to impair; (P)


expression: 主
reading: あるじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant); (arch) entertaining someone as one's guest


expression: 主
reading: おも
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) chief; main; principal; important; (abbr) main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen); (P)


expression: 主
reading: しゅ
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) (one's) master; Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God); the main thing; the majority; the primary concern; (P)


expression: 主
reading: しゅじん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host; hostess; (P)


expression: 主
reading: ぬし
tags: P n pn
glossary:
(n) head (of a household, etc.); leader; master; owner; proprietor; proprietress; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.); husband; (pn) (fam) you; (P)


expression: 主義者
reading: しゅぎしゃ
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n) advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; ideologue; (n-suf) -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (n) (arch) socialist; communist; anarchist; (P)


expression: 主客転倒
reading: しゅかくてんとう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end


expression: 主客転倒
reading: しゅきゃくてんとう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential


expression: 主催
reading: しゅさい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging; (P)


expression: 主神
reading: かみづかさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) person who administered religious rituals within the dazaifu jurisdiction (ritsuryo system)


expression: 主典
reading: しゅてん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo period); (obs) shrine official (ranking below a negi)


expression: 取
reading: とり
tags: n n-suf pref
glossary:
(n,n-suf) taking; taker; collecting; collector; (n) last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); (pref) emphatic or formal prefix


expression: 取
reading: どり
tags: n-suf
glossary:
(n-suf) samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; (obs) person receiving this amount of money as a salary


expression: 取っつく
reading: とっつく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to; to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake; to take hold of; to possess; to haunt; to approach (a person); to deal with (someone)


expression: 取っ組む
reading: とっくむ
tags: v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to tackle; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to come to grips with; to make effort; to strive for; to deal with


expression: 取っ付き
reading: とっつき
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n) (uk) beginning; commencement; outset; (adj-no) (uk) first (one comes to); approaching; (n) (uk) affability; approachability


expression: 取りこむ
reading: とりこむ
tags: v5m vi vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to take in; to bring in; to adopt (e.g. behaviour); to introduce; (comp) to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please; to curry favour with; to flatter; to defraud of; to swindle; to embezzle; (v5m,vi) to be busy; to be in confusion; to have trouble


expression: 取りたてる
reading: とりたてる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to collect (debts); to dun; to exact; to extort; to appoint; to promote; to give patronage; to emphasize; to focus on; to call attention to


expression: 取りつく
reading: とりつく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake; to take hold of; to possess; to haunt; to obtain a clue; to get a lead


expression: 取りつける
reading: とりつける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store


expression: 取り違える
reading: とりちがえる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to take by mistake; to misunderstand; to misapprehend


expression: 取り継ぐ
reading: とりつぐ
tags: v5g vt
glossary:
(iK) (v5g,vt) to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to receive (a guest at reception); to usher in (a guest); to convey (a message)


expression: 取り合う
reading: とりあう
tags: v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to take each other's hands; to clasp (hands); to compete; to scramble for; to pay attention (to someone); to respond


expression: 取り込む
reading: とりこむ
tags: P v5m vi vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to take in; to bring in; to adopt (e.g. behaviour); to introduce; (comp) to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please; to curry favour with; to flatter; to defraud of; to swindle; to embezzle; (v5m,vi) to be busy; to be in confusion; to have trouble; (P)


expression: 取り皿
reading: とりざら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed


expression: 取り持ち
reading: とりもち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) mediation; intermediation; procuration; go-between; facilitating a rendezvous between lovers; entertainment; treatment; reception


expression: 取り次ぎ
reading: とりつぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) agency; commission; distributor; intermediation; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)


expression: 取り次ぐ
reading: とりつぐ
tags: P v5g vt
glossary:
(v5g,vt) to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to receive (a guest at reception); to usher in (a guest); to convey (a message); (P)


expression: 取り手
reading: とりて
tags: n
glossary:
(n) recipient; receiver; acceptor; taker; (MA) (sumo) skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.); person who picks up the cards (in karuta games)


expression: 取り上げる
reading: とりあげる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to pick up; to take up; to adopt; to accept; to listen to; to take away; to confiscate; to deprive; to disqualify; to deliver (a child); (P)


expression: 取り繕う
reading: とりつくろう
tags: v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to varnish over; to palliate; to temporize; to temporise; to mend; to repair; to patch up


expression: 取り組み
reading: とりくみ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with; grappling with; wrestling with; (P)


expression: 取り組む
reading: とりくむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to tackle; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to come to grips with; to make effort; to strive for; to deal with; (P)


expression: 取り入れる
reading: とりいれる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt; to incorporate; to accept; to introduce; (P)


expression: 取り乱す
reading: とりみだす
tags: v5s vi vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb; to scatter about; (v5s,vi) to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to go to pieces; to be shaken up; to break down; to be flustered; to blow one's cool


expression: 取る
reading: とる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play; (P)


expression: 取れる
reading: とれる
tags: P v1 vi vt
glossary:
(v1,vi,vt) to come off; to be removed; (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear; to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken as; (of balance, etc.) to be attained; to be obtainable; (P)


expression: 取材
reading: しゅざい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview; (P)


expression: 取次
reading: とりつぎ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) agency; commission; distributor; intermediation; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages); (P)


expression: 取次ぐ
reading: とりつぐ
tags: v5g vt
glossary:
(v5g,vt) to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to receive (a guest at reception); to usher in (a guest); to convey (a message)


expression: 取捨分別
reading: しゅしゃふんべつ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) make a choice among many; select the good (desirable, necessary, relevant) and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject


expression: 取付く
reading: とっつく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(io) (v5k,vi) to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to; to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake; to take hold of; to possess; to haunt; to approach (a person); to deal with (someone)


expression: 守る
reading: まもる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow; (P)


expression: 守護
reading: すご
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(ok) (n,vs,adj-no) protection; safeguard; (n) shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)


expression: 守護大名
reading: しゅごだいみょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)


expression: 守破離
reading: しゅはり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (MA) Shuhari; three stages of learning mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, parting with traditional wisdom


expression: 手
reading: て
tags: P ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n) hand; arm; (col) forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; (n,n-suf,ctr) move (in go, shogi, etc.); (P)


expression: 手がない
reading: てがない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options


expression: 手が切れる
reading: てがきれる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to break off with (e.g. one's lover); to be sharp enough to cut one's skin (of a new banknote, etc.)


expression: 手が早い
reading: てがはやい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) to be a quick worker; to be fast in forming relationships with women; to be quick to resort to violence


expression: 手が届く
reading: てがとどく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to have the means to buy; to be near (a certain age)


expression: 手なし
reading: てなし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) handless; armless; (bot) vineless plant; (arch) sleeveless undergarment; sleeveless haori; (fem) (arch) menstruation; period


expression: 手に余る
reading: てにあまる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable


expression: 手に落ちる
reading: てにおちる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)


expression: 手の内
reading: てのうち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) palm (of one's hand); skill; scope of one's power; one's intentions; one's plan; one's hand (mahjong, card games, etc.)


expression: 手もと
reading: てもと
tags: adv n
glossary:
(adv) at hand; on hand; nearby; close at hand; (n) way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money; grip; handle


expression: 手も足も出ない
reading: てもあしもでない
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end


expression: 手をあげる
reading: てをあげる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to raise one's hand or hands; to surrender; to raise a hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to improve


expression: 手をつける
reading: てをつける
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair


expression: 手を出す
reading: てをだす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to start a fight; to make a move in violence


expression: 手を焼かせる
reading: てをやかせる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to bother; to embarrass; to harass; to give someone a hard time; to give someone a lot of trouble


expression: 手を打つ
reading: てをうつ
tags: exp v5t
glossary:
(exp,v5t) to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together


expression: 手加減
reading: てかげん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) going easy on someone; take situational peculiarities into consideration; rough estimate; making an allowance for


expression: 手巻
reading: てまき
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) rolling by hand (e.g. sushi roll, cigarette); winding by hand (e.g. watch); (n) (food) (abbr) hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped); (abbr) windup watch; mechanical watch


expression: 手元
reading: てもと
tags: P adv n
glossary:
(adv) at hand; on hand; nearby; close at hand; (n) way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money; grip; handle; (P)


expression: 手向ける
reading: たむける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart


expression: 手札
reading: てふだ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; business card; (abbr) wallet-sized (photo)


expression: 手事
reading: てごと
tags: n
glossary:
(n) long interlude (in folk songs or koto music); wiles (e.g. used by a prostitute to lure customers); finesse; trick


expression: 手水鉢
reading: ちょうずばち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)


expression: 手折る
reading: たおる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing


expression: 手洗
reading: てあらい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; toilet; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)


expression: 手洗い
reading: てあらい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; toilet; hand-washing (laundry, etc.); (P)


expression: 手打ち
reading: てうち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; reconciliation; killing with bare hands


expression: 手張り
reading: てばり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) gluing by hand; gambling without money (on the understanding that losses shall be covered later)


expression: 手直し
reading: てなおし
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration; correction; (P)


expression: 手当
reading: てあて
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) salary; pay; compensation; allowance (e.g. housing allowance); benefit; bonus; medical care; treatment; advance preparation; (P)


expression: 手当たり次第
reading: てあたりしだい
tags: P adv
glossary:
(adv) using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately; (P)


expression: 手拍子
reading: てびょうし
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; (n) making a careless move (in Go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought


expression: 手癖
reading: てくせ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often


expression: 手放し
reading: てばなし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) without holding on; without using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve; lack of restraint; openly; (P)


expression: 手放す
reading: てばなす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to let go of; to release; to drop; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to spare; to sell; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go; to part with; to temporarily stop working


expression: 手繦
reading: たすき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.


expression: 朱
reading: しゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cinnabar; vermillion; red; slightly-orange red; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)


expression: 朱雀
reading: しゅじゃく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); (astron) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens


expression: 朱塗
reading: しゅぬり
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,adj-no,vs) painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object


expression: 殊勲賞
reading: しゅくんしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) outstanding performance award; outstanding performance prize; most valuable player award; (sumo) Outstanding Performance Award; Distinguished Service Medal (e.g. military: US, UK, etc.)


expression: 狩る
reading: かる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to hunt (e.g. animals); to go looking for (e.g. flowers, etc.); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to pick (e.g. fruit)


expression: 狩衣
reading: かりぎぬ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu


expression: 種
reading: たね
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story; (P)


expression: 種差
reading: しゅさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) specific difference; difference between species (i.e. logical species, biological species, etc.)


expression: 趣
reading: おもむき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) meaning; tenor; gist; effect; influence; appearance; aspect; taste; grace; charm; refinement; (P)


expression: 趣き
reading: おもむき
tags: P n
glossary:
(io) (n) meaning; tenor; gist; effect; influence; appearance; aspect; taste; grace; charm; refinement; (P)


expression: 趣く
reading: おもぶく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to; to repair to; to betake oneself to; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch) to abide by; to agree to; to consent to; to obey


expression: 酒に弱い
reading: さけによわい
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) weak-headed; can't drink much; can't hold one's liquor; can't take one's drink; easily gets drunk


expression: 酒気帯び運転
reading: しゅきおびうんてん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (law) drunk driving; driving under the influence (of alcohol); DUI; legal category based on blood alcohol content


expression: 酒虫
reading: さかむし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol)


expression: 酒盗
reading: しゅとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture)


expression: 首ったけ
reading: くびったけ
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about


expression: 首をかしげる
reading: くびをかしげる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled


expression: 首をひねる
reading: くびをひねる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard


expression: 首を突っ込む
reading: くびをつっこむ
tags: exp v5m
glossary:
(exp,v5m) to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to meddle in; to poke one's head (into a room)


expression: 首斬り
reading: くびきり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sens) decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing; small samurai sword used for decapitation


expression: 首席
reading: しゅせき
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) head; chief; (n) top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra); (P)


expression: 首途
reading: かどで
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew


expression: 受け
reading: うけ
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) popularity; favour; favor; reception; (n) defense; defence; reputation; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts); (uk) (col) submissive partner of a homosexual relationship; (P)


expression: 受けとめる
reading: うけとめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept; to come to grips with


expression: 受ける
reading: うける
tags: P v1 vi vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge); to be given (e.g. life, talent); to follow; to succeed; to be descended from; to face (south, etc.); (ling) to be modified by; to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee; (v1,vi) to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well; (P)


expression: 受け止める
reading: うけとめる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept; to come to grips with; (P)


expression: 受け賜る
reading: うけたまわる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(iK) (v5r,vt) (hum) to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.)


expression: 受け出す
reading: うけだす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to redeem; to take out of pawn; to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer)


expression: 受け身
reading: うけみ
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no,adj-na) the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; passiveness; (ling) the passive; passive voice; (MA) ukemi (the art of falling safely); (P)


expression: 受け箱
reading: うけばこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) box set at a gate of a home or near the front door, used for receiving deliveries of newspapers, mail, milk, etc.


expression: 呪う
reading: まじなう
tags: v5u
glossary:
(v5u) (arch) to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray; to pray for the death or misfortune of another; to curse; to treat illness with prayer


expression: 寿喜焼
reading: すきやき
tags: n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) (food) sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan


expression: 寿司
reading: すし
tags: P n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) (food) sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies); (P)


expression: 授かる
reading: さずかる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to receive (e.g. a title); to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret); (P)


expression: 囚われる
reading: とらわれる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be arrested; to be apprehended; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to; to adhere to; to be swayed by


expression: 収まる
reading: おさまる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be in one's place; to be installed; to settle into; to be delivered; to be obtained; to be paid; to be settled; to be sorted out; to lessen (e.g. of storms, pain); to calm down; to be fit tightly into (e.g. a frame); to be sheathed (in a scabbard); (P)


expression: 収む
reading: おさむ
tags: vt
glossary:
(v2m-s,vt) (arch) to dedicate; to make an offering; to pay (fees); (arch) to supply; (arch) to store; (arch) to finish; to bring to a close; (arch) to restore (something to its place); (arch) to achieve (e.g. a result)


expression: 収める
reading: おさめる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to dedicate; to make an offering; to pay (fees); to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place); to achieve (e.g. a result); (P)


expression: 収束
reading: しゅうそく
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) conclusion; resolution; firming up (plans, etc.); coming together; returning to normal; gathering and bundling; (math) convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence


expression: 収容
reading: しゅうよう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) accommodation; reception; housing; seating; custody; admission; entering (in a dictionary); (P)


expression: 周産期
reading: しゅうさんき
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) (similar to) perinatal; period from around the 28th week of pregnancy to a week after the baby is born


expression: 周章てる
reading: あわてる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to be in a hurry; to rush


expression: 周天
reading: しゅうてん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of the earth; twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar


expression: 周辺
reading: しゅうへん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of; (comp) (computer) peripheral; (P)


expression: 宗主国
reading: そうしゅこく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) suzerain state; state that controls another in international affairs, but allows it domestic sovereignty


expression: 就いては
reading: ついては
tags: conj
glossary:
(conj) in line with this; therefore; consequently; so; such being the case; in that regard; in this connection


expression: 就く
reading: つく
tags: P v5k
glossary:
(v5k) to ascend (the throne); to accede; to take (seat, position, course, etc.); to assume; to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart; to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice; (P)


expression: 就学生
reading: しゅうがくせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)


expression: 州
reading: しゅう
tags: P n suf
glossary:
(n) state; province; county; department (of ancient China); continent; (suf) (arch) (after someone's name) dear; (P)


expression: 州浜
reading: すあま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form; designs and objects with a wavy pattern; sweet mochi cake


expression: 修する
reading: しゅうする
tags: vs-s vt
glossary:
(vs-s,vt) to study; to complete (a course); to cultivate; to master; to fix; to correct; to repair; to conduct (a Buddhist service)


expression: 修む
reading: おさむ
tags: vt
glossary:
(v2m-s,vt) (arch) to study; to complete (a course); to cultivate; to master; (arch) to order (one's life); (arch) to repair (a fault one has committed)


expression: 修める
reading: おさめる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to study; to complete (a course); to cultivate; to master; to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed); (P)


expression: 修飾
reading: しゅうしょく
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; adornment; polish up (writing); (ling) modification; qualification


expression: 修繕積立金
reading: しゅうぜんつみたてきん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) maintenance fee (in an apartment building); maintenance charge; reserve fund for building repairs


expression: 修羅場
reading: しゅらじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between Asura and Sakra devanam Indra


expression: 修羅場
reading: しゅらば
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); (col) difficulties (in a love relationship); (col) crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)


expression: 洲
reading: しゅう
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n) state; province; county; department (of ancient China); continent; (suf) (arch) (after someone's name) dear


expression: 秋の鹿は笛に寄る
reading: あきのしかはふえによる
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (obsc) people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of


expression: 秋の七草
reading: あきのななくさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)


expression: 秋茄子は嫁に食わすな
reading: あきなすはよめにくわすな
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)


expression: 秋扇
reading: あきおうぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); outdated item that has fallen into disuse; woman who has lost a man's affection or interest


expression: 秋田蘭画
reading: あきたらんが
tags: n
glossary:
(n) short-lived school of Dutch-style painting that originated in the Akita feudal domain during the middle of the Edo period


expression: 秋入学
reading: あきにゅうがく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) starting the new school year from autumn (instead of spring); autumnal admission; fall matriculation


expression: 終う
reading: しまう
tags: aux-v v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) (uk) to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close; (uk) to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up; (uk) to put away; to put back; to keep; to store; (aux-v,v5u) (uk) to finish ...; to do ... completely


expression: 終わりよければすべてよし
reading: おわりよければすべてよし
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp) all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end; (n) All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)


expression: 終始
reading: しゅうし
tags: P adv n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) beginning and end; from beginning to end; doing a thing from beginning to end; (adv) consistently; the whole time; (P)


expression: 習う
reading: ならう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in; (P)


expression: 習うより慣れよ
reading: ならうよりなれよ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught


expression: 臭う
reading: におう
tags: P v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright; to smack of; to show hints of; (P)


expression: 舟
reading: ふね
tags: ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n) ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; (n-suf,ctr) counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)


expression: 襲
reading: かさね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; (abbr) combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)


expression: 襲う
reading: おそう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit; (P)


expression: 蹴放す
reading: けはなす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) (arch) to kick free; to kick loose; to kick away; (arch) to kick open (e.g. a sliding door)


expression: 集印帖
reading: しゅういんじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) stamp book; pilgrim's passport; souvenir seal albumn; book for collecting commemorative seals or stamps (at tourist sights, temples, shrines, etc.)


expression: 集合財
reading: しゅうごうざい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) collective goods (i.e, goods or services such as parks, highways, etc. which could be supplied privately, but are usually provided by the government)


expression: 集合犯
reading: しゅうごうはん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (i.e. habitual gambling); crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (i.e. insurrection)


expression: 集中日
reading: しゅうちゅうび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) day on which many companies hold shareholders meetings (to limit disruption by would-be blackmailers)


expression: 集約
reading: しゅうやく
tags: P adj-f n vs
glossary:
(n,adj-f) intensiveness; (n,vs) collecting; summarizing; putting together; aggregating; integrating; (P)


expression: 住基ネット
reading: じゅうきネット
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) basic resident register network system; national online citizen ID number system; Juki Net


expression: 充たす
reading: みたす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to satisfy; to fulfill; to appease; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to reach (a certain number)


expression: 充実
reading: じゅうじつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) fullness; completion; perfection; substantiality; enhancement; improvement; enrichment; upgrading; replenishment; repletion; (P)


expression: 充填
reading: じゅうてん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) fill (up); plug; replenish; filling (in tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film)


expression: 充分
reading: じゅうぶん
tags: adj-na adv
glossary:
(adj-na) plenty; enough; sufficient; satisfactory; adequate; (adv) perfectly; thoroughly; fully; in full


expression: 十悪
reading: じゅうあく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); (Buddh) the ten evil deeds


expression: 十王
reading: じゅうおう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)


expression: 十牛
reading: じゅうぎゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)


expression: 十月十日
reading: とつきとおか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)


expression: 十五年戦争
reading: じゅうごねんせんそう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Fifteen Years' War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)


expression: 十手
reading: じって
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policeman and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)


expression: 十人十色
reading: じゅうにんといろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (col) Several men, several minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes; everyone has his own interests and ideas; different strokes for different folks


expression: 十二縁起説
reading: じゅうにえんぎせつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratitya-samutpada); twelve causal links


expression: 十日の菊
reading: とおかのきく
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth


expression: 十日夜
reading: とおかや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)


expression: 十年一日
reading: じゅうねんいちじつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end


expression: 十把ひとからげ
reading: じっぱひとからげ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) lumping together all sorts of things; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with various things under one head


expression: 十八界
reading: じゅうはっかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) eighteen components of perception (six sense objects, six sense faculties, six sense consciousnesses)


expression: 十八番
reading: じゅうはちばん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte; No. 18; eighteenth; (abbr) repertoire of 18 kabuki plays; (P)


expression: 十分
reading: じゅうぶん
tags: P adj-na adv n vs
glossary:
(adj-na) plenty; enough; sufficient; satisfactory; adequate; (n,vs) division into ten; (adv) perfectly; thoroughly; fully; in full; (P)


expression: 十方
reading: じっぽう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the ten directions (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, up & down); all directions; everywhere


expression: 従容自若
reading: しょうようじじゃく
tags: adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(uK) (adj-t,adv-to) (arch) having presence of mind; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed; with serenity


expression: 柔術
reading: じゅうじゅつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) jujitsu (classical Japanese martial art, usually referring to fighting without a weapon); jiujitsu; jujutsu


expression: 渋い
reading: しぶい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) astringent; bitter; puckery; rough; harsh; tart; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); refined; quiet (and simple); sober; sombre; subdued; tasteful (in a quiet way); understated; sour (look); glum; grim; sullen; sulky; stingy; tight-fisted; (P)


expression: 渋る
reading: しぶる
tags: P v5r
glossary:
(v5r) to hesitate; to hold back; to balk; to falter; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to begrudge; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus; (P)


expression: 渋皮がむける
reading: しぶかわがむける
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) (a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs


expression: 縦
reading: たて
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n) the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; (n,adj-no) vertical (relationship); hierarchy; (n) (weaving) warp; (P)


expression: 縦横
reading: じゅうおう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; longitude and latitude; vertical and horizontal; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases; at will; (P)


expression: 縦横
reading: たてよこ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; longitude and latitude; vertical and horizontal; warp and weft; warp and woof; (P)


expression: 縦横自在
reading: じゅうおうじざい
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all directions


expression: 縦割り
reading: たてわり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dividing vertically; vertical split; top-to-bottom sectioning; division into sections; splitting lengthwise


expression: 縦割り行政
reading: たてわりぎょうせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms


expression: 重
reading: じゅう
tags: ctr n n-pref suf
glossary:
(n) (abbr) multi-tiered food box; stacked boxes; (n-pref) heavy; serious; extreme; (suf,ctr) -fold; -ply


expression: 重い
reading: おもい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) heavy; weighty; massive; heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy; slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy; important; serious; grave; serious; severe; critical; solid; established; dignified; sensible; (P)


expression: 重きをなす
reading: おもきをなす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to carry weight; to be important; to have influence; to be a leading figure; to be esteemed


expression: 重なる
reading: かさなる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time; to happen simultaneously; (P)


expression: 重ね
reading: かさね
tags: ctr n
glossary:
(n) pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones); (ctr) counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.) (after a word from the "hito-futa-mi" counting system)


expression: 重慶政府
reading: じゅうけいせいふ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Chongqing government; Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War


expression: 重厚長大
reading: じゅうこうちょうだい
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) heavy, thick, long, and big (products); massive and heavy (products); heavy (manufacturing)


expression: 重視
reading: じゅうし
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) importance; stress; serious consideration; (vs) to take something seriously; to attach importance; to stress; (P)


expression: 重詞
reading: かさねことば
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm


expression: 重複立候補
reading: じゅうふくりっこうほ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally representated constituency


expression: 重文
reading: じゅうぶん
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) (ling) compound sentence; sentenced formed of two independent clauses; (abbr) important cultural property; important cultural asset


expression: 重宝
reading: ちょうほう
tags: P adj-na n vs
glossary:
(adj-na,n) convenient; useful; handy; helpful; (n) priceless treasure; (n,vs) valuing highly; prizing; (P)


expression: 宿
reading: やど
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) lodging; inn; hotel; house; home; dwelling; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.); (P)


expression: 宿る
reading: やどる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to dwell; to live; to remain; to stay at; to take shelter at; to stop at; to lodge at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation; to be a parasite (bugs, plants, etc.); (P)


expression: 宿禰
reading: すくね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) (hon) Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.); Sukune (third highest of the eight hereditary titles)


expression: 淑やか
reading: しとやか
tags: P adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) (uk) graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet; well-mannered; refined (behavior); (P)


expression: 祝
reading: はふり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Shinto) junior Shinto priest; (Shinto) (pol) (obsc) Shinto priest; generic title for a member of the Shinto priesthood


expression: 祝別
reading: しゅくべつ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) consecration (of a person or thing, in Catholicism); sanctification; prayer of sanctification; ritual of consecration


expression: 縮みあがる
reading: ちぢみあがる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up


expression: 熟す
reading: こなす
tags: P suf v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) (uk) to digest; (uk) to break down; to break to pieces; to crush; (uk) to be able to use; to be good at; to have a good command of; (uk) to finish; to complete; to manage; to perform; (uk) to sell; (suf,v5s) (uk) to do ... well; to do ... completely; (P)


expression: 熟す
reading: じゅくす
tags: v5s vi
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural; to become skilled


expression: 熟する
reading: じゅくする
tags: vi vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s,vi) to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural; to become skilled


expression: 熟れる
reading: こなれる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to be smooth; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff); to be properly aged


expression: 熟れる
reading: なれる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to mature (esp. by fermentation); to ripen (e.g. wine, cheese); to be properly aged; to become seasoned; (arch) to rot


expression: 熟年離婚
reading: じゅくねんりこん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (col) divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband)


expression: 出
reading: しゅつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) coming out; emerging; being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)


expression: 出
reading: で
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon); attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on; start; beginning; origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage); architectural member that projects outward; highest point of the stern of a ship; (uk) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something; (P)


expression: 出かける
reading: でかける
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out


expression: 出し
reading: だし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (uk) dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp); pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man; (P)


expression: 出し見世
reading: だしみせ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (ksb:) booth or stall set up on the sidewalk in front of a shop or home (esp. food booths at festivals)


expression: 出し子
reading: だしこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock; (sl) person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash


expression: 出し抜く
reading: だしぬく
tags: v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to forestall; to anticipate; to jump the gun on; to outwit; to circumvent; to steal a march on


expression: 出す
reading: だす
tags: P suf v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to show; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish; to make public; to send (e.g. letter); to produce (a sound); to start (fire); to serve (food); (suf,v5s) to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ...; (P)


expression: 出ず
reading: いず
tags: vi
glossary:
(v2d-s,vi) (arch) to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out; (arch) to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out; (arch) to move forward; (arch) to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach; (arch) to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display; (arch) to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out; (arch) to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform; (arch) to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised; (arch) to sell; (arch) to exceed; to go over; (arch) to stick out; to protrude; (arch) to break out; to occur; to start; to originate; (arch) to be produced; (arch) to come from; to be derived from; (arch) to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid; (arch) to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get; (arch) to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave; (arch) to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain; (arch) to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed; (arch) to graduate


expression: 出どころ
reading: でどころ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) birthplace; origin; source; authority; release (discharge) from prison; exit; point of departure; time to take action


expression: 出る
reading: でる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out; to move forward; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised; to sell; to exceed; to go over; to stick out; to protrude; to break out; to occur; to start; to originate; to be produced; to come from; to be derived from; to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid; to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get; to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave; to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain; to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed; to graduate; (P)


expression: 出会い頭
reading: であいがしら
tags: n-adv n-t
glossary:
(n-adv,n-t) in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet


expression: 出会う
reading: であう
tags: P v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy); (P)


expression: 出会頭
reading: であいがしら
tags: n-adv n-t
glossary:
(io) (n-adv,n-t) in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet


expression: 出掛
reading: でかけ
tags: adv n
glossary:
(io) (n,adv) (being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way


expression: 出掛ける
reading: でかける
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out; (P)


expression: 出居
reading: いでい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies


expression: 出勤
reading: しゅっきん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); going to work; reporting for work; (P)


expression: 出勤時間
reading: しゅっきんじかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) time for reporting to work; time one leaves home to go to work; working hours; number of hours worked


expression: 出産休暇
reading: しゅっさんきゅうか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) maternity leave; eight weeks of compulsory leave following childbirth, plus an optional further six weeks; paternity leave


expression: 出産祝い
reading: しゅっさんいわい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth); gift at the birth of a child; baby gift


expression: 出処進退
reading: しゅっしょしんたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude


expression: 出身者
reading: しゅっしんしゃ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) alumnus (alumnae); graduate; old boy (girl); former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.); (P)


expression: 出世
reading: しゅっせ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence; (P)


expression: 出征
reading: しゅっせい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft); (P)


expression: 出鱈目
reading: でたらめ
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(ateji) (adj-na,n) (uk) irresponsible utterance; nonsense; bullshit; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic; (P)


expression: 出端
reading: では
tags: n
glossary:
(n) chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed); musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage


expression: 出端をくじく
reading: でばなをくじく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails


expression: 出張る
reading: でばる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for; to go on an official tour; to go on a business trip


expression: 出店
reading: しゅってん
tags: adj-f n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); (n,adj-f,vs) opening a branch office; opening a store


expression: 出頭
reading: しゅっとう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in (e.g. to the police); (P)


expression: 出入り
reading: でいり
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) in and out; coming and going; free association; income and expenditure; debits and credit; (P)


expression: 出馬
reading: しゅつば
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback; going in person; (arch) letting out a horse; taking out a horse; (P)


expression: 出鼻
reading: でっぱな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) projecting part (of a headland, etc.); outset; moment of departure; beginning of work; starting out


expression: 出物
reading: だしもの
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance; feature


expression: 出戻り
reading: でもどり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sens) (of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port


expression: 出来
reading: でき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) workmanship; craftsmanship; execution; finish; grades; results; score; record; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings; transactions; (P)


expression: 出来ばえ
reading: できばえ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) result; effect; performance; success; workmanship; execution; shape and quality of (an article); finishing touches


expression: 出来る
reading: できる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) (uk) to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant; (P)


expression: 出来レース
reading: できレース
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength)


expression: 出來る
reading: できる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(oK) (v1,vi) (uk) to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant


expression: 出囃子
reading: でばやし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage


expression: 春
reading: はる
tags: P n-adv n-t
glossary:
(n-adv,n-t) spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of one's life, etc.); adolescence; puberty; sexuality; (P)


expression: 春の七草
reading: はるのななくさ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)


expression: 春慶塗
reading: しゅんけいぬり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow- or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen


expression: 春社
reading: しゅんしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)


expression: 春秋
reading: しゅんじゅう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) spring and autumn; spring and fall; months and years; the Chronicles of Lu or the Spring and Autumn Annals - one of the Five Classics; (P)


expression: 春秋の筆法
reading: しゅんじゅうのひっぽう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect


expression: 駿河問い
reading: するがどい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japanese bondage torture (hands and feet are behind the victim's back, and they are hanged from the ceiling with a rock on their back)


expression: 楯籠り
reading: たてこもり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged


expression: 楯籠る
reading: たてこもる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in


expression: 準急
reading: じゅんきゅう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) semi-express train; local express train; sub-express train; slower than an express (more stops); (P)


expression: 準強姦
reading: じゅんごうかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (law) incapacitated rape; sexual assault against somebody who is intoxicated, asleep or otherwise unable to consent or resist


expression: 準強姦罪
reading: じゅんごうかんざい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (law) (crime of) incapacitated rape; crime of sexual assault against somebody who is intoxicated, asleep or otherwise unable to consent or resist


expression: 準体言
reading: じゅんたいげん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (ling) secondary substantive (inflectable word or phrase that acts as an uninflectable within a sentence)


expression: 準否定
reading: じゅんひてい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (ling) (obsc) quasi-negation (e.g. use of words like 'hardly', 'seldom', 'barely'); weak negation


expression: 準用
reading: じゅんよう
tags: vs
glossary:
(vs) to apply (the law) with necessary modifications; to apply mutatis mutandis; to apply correspondingly


expression: 潤う
reading: うるおう
tags: P v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to be moist; to be damp; to get wet; to be watered; to profit by; to receive benefits; to receive favors (favours); to become rich; to become at ease financially; (P)


expression: 潤む
reading: うるむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to get cloudy; to get muddy; to be bleared; to become tear-choked; (P)


expression: 純正品
reading: じゅんせいひん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (comp) genuine product; official product; accessory product from the manufacturer of the main product


expression: 巡り逢う
reading: めぐりあう
tags: v5u
glossary:
(oK) (v5u) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across


expression: 巡り会う
reading: めぐりあう
tags: P v5u
glossary:
(v5u) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across; (P)


expression: 醇化
reading: じゅんか
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) persuading by heavy-handed methods; (in aesthetics) refinement; purification; elimination of non-essential elements


expression: 順縁
reading: じゅんえん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) favorable condition (for entering the priesthood); dying in order (from oldest to youngest)


expression: 順行
reading: じゅんぎょう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(ok) (n,vs) going in order; proceeding in order; moving forward in order; (astron) direct motion; prograde motion; (arch) carrying out something without disobeying one's orders


expression: 順行
reading: じゅんこう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) going in order; proceeding in order; moving forward in order; (astron) direct motion; prograde motion; (arch) carrying out something without disobeying one's orders


expression: 処
reading: ところ
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n,suf) place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; (uk) whereupon; as a result; (after present form of a verb) about to; on the verge of; (after past form of a verb) was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing


expression: 処か
reading: どころか
tags: suf
glossary:
(suf) (uk) far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to speak of; much less


expression: 処ではない
reading: どころではない
tags: suf
glossary:
(suf) (uk) (strongly emphatic) too preoccupied or busy to even think of ...; .. is out of the question; this is not an occasion for


expression: 処分
reading: しょぶん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) disposal; dealing (with a problem); disposition; measure; procedure; punishment; putting down (e.g. diseased animal); (P)


expression: 初花
reading: はつはな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood


expression: 初冠
reading: ういかんむり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (arch) crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony; (n) noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)


expression: 初期設定
reading: しょきせってい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) default settings; initial settings; initial configuration; (n,vs) initialization; initialisation


expression: 初宮参り
reading: はつみやまいり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)


expression: 初午
reading: はつうま
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines


expression: 初参
reading: ういざん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) meeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant); ceremony at which a new servant has his first audience with his new master


expression: 初参
reading: しょさん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) being in someone's service for the first time; participating for the first time; visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time


expression: 初子
reading: はつね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) first day of the rat of the New Year; first day of the rat of the month (esp. of the 11th month)


expression: 初事
reading: ういごと
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) for the first time; first thing; doing something for the first time; (arch) first menstruation


expression: 初値
reading: はつね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year; initial share price during a public offering


expression: 初動
reading: しょどう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (e.g. of earthquake); preliminary tremor


expression: 初鳩
reading: はつばと
tags: n
glossary:
(n) pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)


expression: 所
reading: ところ
tags: P n suf
glossary:
(n,suf) place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; (uk) whereupon; as a result; (after present form of a verb) about to; on the verge of; (after past form of a verb) was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing; (P)


expression: 所が
reading: ところが
tags: P conj
glossary:
(conj) (uk) even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite; (P)


expression: 所作
reading: しょさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; one's carriage; performance (on stage, etc.); dance; acting; (abbr) dance (in kabuki); dance play


expression: 所作
reading: そさ
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; one's carriage; performance (on stage, etc.); dance; acting; (abbr) dance (in kabuki); dance play


expression: 所信表明演説
reading: しょしんひょうめいえんぜつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session


expression: 書きかた
reading: かきかた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character


expression: 書きこむ
reading: かきこむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store


expression: 書き込む
reading: かきこむ
tags: P v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; (P)


expression: 書き取り
reading: かきとり
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); (P)


expression: 書き方
reading: かきかた
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character; (P)


expression: 書き立てる
reading: かきたてる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list


expression: 書き留め
reading: かきとめ
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(io) (n,vs,adj-no) (abbr) registered mail; registration (e.g. of mail); writing down; putting on record; recording; making a note of


expression: 書誌学
reading: しょしがく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) bibliography (i.e. the study of books); bibliology (i.e. the study of books, booklore and bibliography); (P)


expression: 書留
reading: かきとめ
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) (abbr) registered mail; registration (e.g. of mail); writing down; putting on record; recording; making a note of; (P)


expression: 書類選考
reading: しょるいせんこう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.


expression: 諸行
reading: しょぎょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) all worldly phenomena; meritorious acts leading to enlightenment; (Jodo school) all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer


expression: 諸子百家
reading: しょしひゃっか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period


expression: 諸飾り
reading: もろかざり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively); style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls


expression: 諸味
reading: もろみ
tags: adj-f n
glossary:
(n) (uk) main fermenting mash (in production of sake or soy sauce); unrefined sake or soy sauce; (adj-f) (uk) unrefined (sake, soy sauce, etc.); rough


expression: 助かる
reading: たすかる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be saved; to be rescued; to survive; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble; (P)


expression: 助ける
reading: たすける
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to help; to save; to rescue; to give relief to; to spare (life); to reinforce; to promote; to abet; (P)


expression: 女系天皇
reading: じょけいてんのう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not


expression: 女殺し
reading: おんなごろし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) lady-killer (i.e. a man who is popular with women); knocking a woman dead (with sex appeal); murderer of women; murder of women


expression: 女子挺身隊
reading: じょしていしんたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) women's volunteer corps (groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII, sometimes mistakenly associated with comfort women)


expression: 女性活用
reading: じょせいかつよう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) empowering women; promoting women's contribution; removing obstacles to women's full participation in society and the workplace


expression: 女房
reading: にゅうぼう
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace; (arch) woman (esp. as a love interest)


expression: 女房
reading: にょうぼう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace; (arch) woman (esp. as a love interest); (P)


expression: 序
reading: じょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface; introduction; (in gagaku or noh) opening of a song


expression: 除ける
reading: のける
tags: aux-v v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to take away; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun; (v1,aux-v) (after the -te form of a verb) to do well despite difficulties; to accomplish despite adversity; (after the -te form of a verb) to do resolutely; to do boldly


expression: 傷
reading: きず
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar; chip; crack; scratch; nick; flaw; defect; weakness; weak point; stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour; (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings; (P)


expression: 傷つける
reading: きずつける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip; to scratch


expression: 傷弓の鳥
reading: しょうきゅうのとり
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) (id) (person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience


expression: 傷付ける
reading: きずつける
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip; to scratch; (P)


expression: 償う
reading: つぐなう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to make up for; to recompense; to redeem (one's faults); to compensate for; to indemnify; to atone for; (P)


expression: 勝ち残り
reading: かちのこり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) winning wrestler who remains ringside in case his involvement is needed in pre-bout rituals


expression: 勝る
reading: まさる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival; to outweigh; to preponderate; (P)


expression: 勝手
reading: かって
tags: P adj-na n n-pref
glossary:
(adj-na,n) one's own convenience; one's way; convenience or ease of use; knowledge of how to use; circumstances; situation (e.g. financial); environment; kitchen; arbitrary; (n-pref) unauthorised (e.g. phone app, WWW site); unofficial; (P)


expression: 勝手ながら
reading: かってながら
tags: exp pref
glossary:
(exp,pref) to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; (exp) it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision


expression: 勝手気まま
reading: かってきまま
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others; (P)


expression: 勝手気儘
reading: かってきまま
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others


expression: 勝手知ったる
reading: かってしったる
tags: adj-f exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-f) well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)


expression: 勝絶
reading: しょうせつ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) (arch) (in Japan) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F); (n,vs) excellence (of scenery, etc.)


expression: 勝負服
reading: しょうぶふく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) jockey's racing uniform; (sl) one's best clothes (esp. for women), normally put aside for important meetings, dates, etc.


expression: 升
reading: ます
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; (P)


expression: 升形
reading: ますがた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) square (shape); (in a castle) rectangular space between the inner and outer gates (where troops can gather)


expression: 升酒
reading: ますざけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box; alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a small wooden box


expression: 召される
reading: めされる
tags: suf v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) (hon) to do; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy; to ride; to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku); (suf,v1) (arch) (hon) honorific suffix used after the -masu stem of a verb


expression: 召す
reading: めす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) (hon) to call; to invite; to send for; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride; to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku); to do; (arch) honorific suffix used after the -masu stem of a verb; (P)


expression: 商
reading: しょう
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) (math) quotient; dealing; dealer; store; second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang (dynasty of China); (P)


expression: 商いは牛のよだれ
reading: あきないはうしのよだれ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (obsc) one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin


expression: 商売女
reading: しょうばいおんな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute


expression: 商売人
reading: しょうばいにん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) merchant; trader; expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine


expression: 唱える
reading: となえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to shout; to advocate; to advance; to preach; to insist; (P)


expression: 嘗て
reading: かつて
tags: P adj-no adv
glossary:
(adv,adj-no) (uk) once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; (uk) never yet (with negative verb); never before; first time; still not happened; (P)


expression: 嘗める
reading: なめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) (uk) to lick; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to make fun of; to make light of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate


expression: 宵越しの銭は持たない
reading: よいごしのぜにはもたない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) spending a day's revenue within the day; not being attached to money (like a true Tokyoite)


expression: 宵月
reading: よいづき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month)


expression: 将に
reading: まさに
tags: adv
glossary:
(adv) (uk) exactly; surely; certainly; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening); duly; naturally


expression: 小
reading: こ
tags: pref
glossary:
(pref) small; little; slight; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow; minor (sometimes derogatory); petty


expression: 小
reading: しょう
tags: n n-pref
glossary:
(n,n-pref) smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); (abbr) elementary school; younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); (arch) unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)


expression: 小ぜり合い
reading: こぜりあい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument; exchange of words


expression: 小の虫を殺して大の虫を助ける
reading: しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをたすける
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one


expression: 小の虫を殺して大の虫を生かす
reading: しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをいかす
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and save a large one


expression: 小ぶり
reading: こぶり
tags: adj-na adj-no n vs
glossary:
(adj-na,adj-no) smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; undersized; small size; (n,vs) short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.


expression: 小屋掛
reading: こやがけ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) pitching a tent; putting up a shack or tent (e.g. a circus tent); (n) (theater, circus, etc.) tent or shack


expression: 小屋根
reading: こやね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang


expression: 小歌
reading: こうた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad; noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs


expression: 小学部
reading: しょうがくぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school


expression: 小笠原流
reading: おがさわらりゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (col) Ogasawara-ryu (school of etiquette); punctilious etiquette; Ogasawara-ryu (school of archery, inc. horseback archery); Ogasawara-ryu (school of military strategy)


expression: 小菊
reading: こぎく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) small chrysanthemum; (obsc) small low grade piece of japanese paper used as a kettle rest or as a tissue; (obsc) paper handed as a means of congratulations in a red light district


expression: 小見世
reading: こみせ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) little shop; small shop; small store; low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel; passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tohoku region)


expression: 小口
reading: こぐち
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small sum; beginning; clue; tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place; (P)


expression: 小刻み
reading: こきざみ
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) mincing; doing something repeatedly over a short interval (trembling, stepping quickly, etc.); bit by bit; little by little; (P)


expression: 小座敷
reading: こざしき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)


expression: 小三元
reading: しょうさんげん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) little three dragons (mahjong); winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon


expression: 小四喜
reading: しょうスーシー
tags: n
glossary:
(n) little four winds (mahjong) (chi:); winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind


expression: 小手返し
reading: こてがえし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (MA) Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body


expression: 小春
reading: こはる
tags: n
glossary:
(n) 10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall


expression: 小職
reading: こじょく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel); (arch) (derog) brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes; (arch) disciple; apprentice


expression: 小節
reading: こぶし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) undulating melodic ornamentation or embellishment, esp. in folk and popular songs; unit of timber measurement


expression: 小泉チルドレン
reading: こいずみチルドレン
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (col) the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election; children of (Junichiro) Koizumi


expression: 小選挙区比例代表並立制
reading: しょうせんきょくひれいだいひょうへいりつせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) electoral system comprised of single-seat constituencies and proportionally represented multiple-seat constituencies


expression: 小袋と小娘
reading: こぶくろとこむすめ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) small bag and young woman; like a small bag seems to be able to contain few items yet can be stuffed with many, a young woman seems inexpensive to bring up yet can end up costing a lot; a young woman and a small bag are both fragile and great care must be taken with both of them


expression: 小拍子
reading: こびょうし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes); small clapper


expression: 小判鮫
reading: こばんざめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) remora; suckerfish; sharksucker (any fish of family Echeneidae); live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)


expression: 小父
reading: おじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (used with suffix -san or -sama) endearing term for unrelated older man; (with suffix -san) term used by a child to address unrelated adult male


expression: 小幣
reading: こぬさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) small purification wand; thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)


expression: 小便一町糞一里
reading: しょうべんいっちょうくそいちり
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (arch) getting behind one's fellow travelers because of a toilet visit; one chou for a piss, one ri for a shit


expression: 小母
reading: おば
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) (used with suffix -san or -sama) endearing term for unrelated older woman; (with suffix -san) term used by a child to address unrelated adult female


expression: 小明槓
reading: ショウミンカン
tags: n
glossary:
(n) forming a four-of-a-kind by adding a self-drawn tile to an open three-of-a-kind (mahjong) (chi:)


expression: 少子高齢化
reading: しょうしこうれいか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity


expression: 床
reading: とこ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) bed; bedding; sickbed; (abbr) alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat; floor; (P)


expression: 床
reading: ゆか
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river; (P)


expression: 床山
reading: とこやま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) hairdresser (for sumo wrestlers and actors); wigmaker (for actors); hairdressing room (Edo period Kabuki)


expression: 彰義隊
reading: しょうぎたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno)


expression: 承け
reading: うけ
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) popularity; favour; favor; reception; (n) defense; defence; reputation; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts); (uk) (col) submissive partner of a homosexual relationship


expression: 承る
reading: うけたまわる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) (hum) to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.); (P)


expression: 承知
reading: しょうち
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; assent; admitting; compliance; agreement; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; forgiving; pardoning; excusing; (P)


expression: 抄物
reading: しょうもつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Muromachi-period texts or annotations of texts used in Zen lectures; extracting from or excerpting (a classic)


expression: 招く
reading: まねく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to; to call in; to send for; to summon; to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in; (P)


expression: 招へい
reading: しょうへい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) (courteous) invitation; call; (vs) to invite (with the utmost courtesy, e.g. an expert or professor to give a lecture)


expression: 掌骨
reading: しょうこつ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) (obsc) bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals)


expression: 昇る
reading: のぼる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda); (P)


expression: 昭和元禄
reading: しょうわげんろく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the flourishing mid-Showa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease


expression: 松竹梅
reading: しょうちくばい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) pine, bamboo and plum (together an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower; first, second and third (class)


expression: 松籟
reading: しょうらい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees; (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle


expression: 消し込み
reading: けしこみ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reconciliation (accounting); verifying transactions against vouchers, etc.; (n) float being pulled underwater when a fish takes the bait


expression: 消す
reading: けす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to erase; to delete; to cross out; to turn off power; to extinguish; to put out; (sl) to bump off; (P)


expression: 消する
reading: しょうする
tags: vi vs-s vt
glossary:
(vs-s,vi) to disappear; (vs-s,vt) to cause to disappear; to get rid of; (of time) to pass; to while away


expression: 消ずる
reading: しょうずる
tags: vi vt vz
glossary:
(vz,vi) (obsc) to disappear; (vz,vt) to cause to disappear; to get rid of; (vz,vi) (of time) to pass; to while away


expression: 消化
reading: しょうか
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) digestion; thorough understanding; selling accumulated (excess) products; dealing with a large amount of work; losing one's form and turning into something else; (P)


expression: 消長
reading: しょうちょう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning


expression: 消滅
reading: しょうめつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse; (physics) annihilation; (P)


expression: 焼きが回る
reading: やきがまわる
tags: v5r
glossary:
(v5r) to become decrepit; to be in one's dotage; to become dull; to lose one's astuteness; to lose one's touch; to become senile; to lose one's edge; to go downhill


expression: 焼きつく
reading: やきつく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)


expression: 焼く
reading: やく
tags: P v5k vi vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to bake; to grill; to develop (photos); (v5k,vi) to suntan; to burn (in flames, down, CD, DVD, etc.); to scorch; to be jealous; to be envious; (P)


expression: 焼ける
reading: やける
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset); to be jealous; to be envious; (P)


expression: 焼け石に水
reading: やけいしにみず
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) something bound to fail due to inadequate effort, assistance, etc.; pouring water on a hot stone


expression: 焼け野の雉夜の鶴
reading: やけののきぎすよるのつる
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (obsc) parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)


expression: 焼そば
reading: やきそば
tags: P n
glossary:
(io) (n) (food) yakisoba (similar to chow mein); fried noodles, usu. with with vegetables and meat; (P)


expression: 焦げつく
reading: こげつく
tags: n v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; (n) to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)


expression: 焦る
reading: あせる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind; to be surprised; (P)


expression: 照葉狂言
reading: てりはきょうげん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)


expression: 省あって国なし
reading: しょうあってくになし
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country


expression: 省く
reading: はぶく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate; to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise; (P)


expression: 省筆
reading: しょうひつ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages


expression: 硝煙反応
reading: しょうえんはんおう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) chemical reaction used to detect residue from gunshots; (col) gunpowder residue; gun shot residue; GSR


expression: 笑い
reading: わらい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.); (P)


expression: 粧す
reading: めかす
tags: aux-v v5s
glossary:
(v5s) (uk) to adorn oneself; to dress oneself up; (aux-v) to give an air of; to make oneself seem like


expression: 衝く
reading: つく
tags: v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)


expression: 証
reading: あかし
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) proof (e.g. of love, of innocence); evidence; testimony; vindication (of innocence); (vs) to testify (usu. Christian religious context); (P)


expression: 証
reading: しょう
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n) proof (e.g. of love, of innocence); evidence; testimony; vindication (of innocence); (n-suf) license; membership card; permit


expression: 証
reading: しるし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest; flag; evidence; proof; (uk) token (of gratitude, affection, etc.)


expression: 証し
reading: あかし
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) proof (e.g. of love, of innocence); evidence; testimony; vindication (of innocence); (vs) to testify (usu. Christian religious context)


expression: 証し
reading: しるし
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest; flag; evidence; proof; (uk) token (of gratitude, affection, etc.)


expression: 証拠金
reading: しょうこきん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) deposit (e.g. on the purchase of a house); earnest money; guarantee money; margin (payment); warrant money; cover


expression: 象の檻
reading: ぞうのおり
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) elephant cage; Wullenweber antenna; large circular antenna array used for radio direction finding


expression: 醤
reading: ひしお
tags: n
glossary:
(n) paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water; watery mash left over from making soy sauce


expression: 鍾き
reading: しょうき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Shoki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons; Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)


expression: 鍾馗散
reading: しょうきさん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) traditional Chinese cold remedy (a medical powder with antipyretic and diaphoretic effects)


expression: 障がい
reading: しょうがい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) obstacle; impediment; hindrance; difficulty; barrier; handicap; impairment; disability; disorder; malfunction


expression: 障む
reading: つつむ
tags: v5m
glossary:
(v5m) (arch) to become sick; to be struck by a disaster; to hinder; to be hindered; to run into problems; to have an accident


expression: 障害
reading: しょうがい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) obstacle; impediment; hindrance; difficulty; barrier; handicap; impairment; disability; disorder; malfunction; (P)


expression: 鞘
reading: さや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) scabbard; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); (bus) margin (between two prices); spread; markup; commission; enclosure; outer fence


expression: 上
reading: うえ
tags: P adj-no n n-adv n-suf
glossary:
(n,adj-no,n-adv,n-suf) above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); (n-suf) (hon) suffix indicating higher social standing; (arch) place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); (arch) emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; (arch) noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman); (P)


expression: 上
reading: かみ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; upper half (of the body); long ago; beginning; first; (hon) person of high rank (e.g. the emperor); government; imperial court; imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace; head (of a table); (hon) wife; mistress (of a restaurant); (P)


expression: 上
reading: じょう
tags: P n n-suf pref
glossary:
(n-suf) from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of; aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above; (n) first volume (e.g. book); (n,pref) superior quality; best; top; high class; going up; governmental; imperial; presenting; showing; (pref) ana- (medical, biol.); (P)


expression: 上がけ
reading: うわがけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) quilt; bedspread; bedcover; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock; second dyeing; topping; overlay


expression: 上がり
reading: あがり
tags: P n suf
glossary:
(n,suf) ascent; rise; slope; freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops); advance income; crop yield; death; spinning; completion; stop; finish; after (rain); ex (official, etc.); (end) results (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.); how something comes out; (P)


expression: 上がる
reading: あがる
tags: P suf v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to increase; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; (of rain) to stop; to lift; to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (hum) to go; to visit; (hon) to eat; to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); (in Kyoto) to go north; (suf,v5r) (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion; (P)


expression: 上げる
reading: あげる
tags: P aux-v suf v1 vi vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room); to send someone (away); to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll; to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve; to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); to earn (something desirable); to praise; to give (an example, etc.); to cite; to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); (pol) to give; to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); to bear (a child); to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (v1,vi) (of the tide) to come in; (v1,vi,vt) to vomit; (aux-v,v1) (uk) (pol) to do for (the sake of someone else); (suf,v1) to complete ...; (hum) to humbly do ...; (P)


expression: 上げ底
reading: あげそこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) false bottom; fake bottom; raised bottom; platform (shoes); kick (of a bottle); exaggeration; overstatement


expression: 上ずる
reading: うわずる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be excited; to get excited; to sound shallow; to sound hollow (a voice); to ring false (a voice); to sound shrill and nervous (a voice); to be high-pitched and unstrung (a voice)


expression: 上せる
reading: のぼせる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) (kyb:) to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send some on out; (P)


expression: 上っ皮
reading: うわっかわ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) outer layer (e.g. of skin); cuticle; epidermis; bark; rind; crust; film (on the surface of a liquid); scum


expression: 上の人
reading: うえのひと
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) superior; boss; higher-up; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)


expression: 上り
reading: のぼり
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n) ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb; up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo); (n,adj-no) northward (towards Tokyo); (P)


expression: 上る
reading: あがる
tags: suf v5r vi
glossary:
(io) (v5r,vi) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to increase; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; (of rain) to stop; to lift; to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (hum) to go; to visit; (hon) to eat; to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); (in Kyoto) to go north; (suf,v5r) (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion


expression: 上位
reading: じょうい
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) superior (in rank); top; ranking; (n) (comp) higher order (e.g. byte); (comp) host computer (of connected device); (P)


expression: 上下
reading: うえした
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n) top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; (adj-no,n) upside-down; (P)


expression: 上下
reading: かみしも
tags: n
glossary:
(n) samurai costume; old ceremonial costume; top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends


expression: 上下
reading: しょうか
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; (n) upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people


expression: 上下
reading: じょうげ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down; (n,vs) going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating; going and coming back; (n) upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people; first and second volumes; (P)


expression: 上回る
reading: うわまわる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than; (P)


expression: 上廻る
reading: うわまわる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than


expression: 上気
reading: うわき
tags: adj-na n vs
glossary:
(oK) (n,adj-na,vs) (sens) extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice


expression: 上綱
reading: じょうこう
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) (biol) superclass; (n) (Buddh) (arch) top-ranking priest in the Office of Monastic Affairs


expression: 上手
reading: うわて
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) upper part; (adj-na,n) skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons); (n) (sumo) over-arm grip on opponent's belt


expression: 上手
reading: かみて
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) upper part; (n) upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV)


expression: 上生菓子
reading: じょうなまがし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)


expression: 上前
reading: うわまえ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); percentage; commission


expression: 上前をはねる
reading: うわまえをはねる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) (col) to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback


expression: 上前を撥ねる
reading: うわまえをはねる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(oK) (exp,v1) (col) to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback


expression: 上代語
reading: じょうだいご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ancient language; ancient word; (ling) ancient Japanese language; Japanese as spoken from the end of the 6th century to the end of the Nara period


expression: 上達
reading: じょうたつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank; (P)


expression: 上段
reading: じょうだん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) upper tier; upper section; upper deck; upper row; upper step; upper grade; upper berth; top shelf; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor; overhead position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)


expression: 上塗
reading: うわぬり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (final) coat (of paint, plaster, glazing, etc.); finish; adding more of the same (e.g. shame)


expression: 上等兵
reading: じょうとうへい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) private first-class (army); airman first class (air force); lance corporal (US Marines; Commonwealth military); seaman (navy)


expression: 上二段活用
reading: かみにだんかつよう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)


expression: 上皮
reading: うわかわ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) outer layer (e.g. of skin); cuticle; epidermis; bark; rind; crust; film (on the surface of a liquid); scum; (anat) epithelium


expression: 上巳
reading: じょうし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) March 3rd of the lunar calendar (one of the five annual festivals); dolls festival; peach festival


expression: 上鶲
reading: じょうびたき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Daurian redstart (said by Japanese to be stupid because it is unafraid of people and so easy to catch)


expression: 丈
reading: たき
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)


expression: 丈
reading: たけ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.); (P)


expression: 乗せる
reading: のせる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up; to help on board; to load (luggage); to carry; to take on board; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive; to take for a ride; to (sing) along with (musical accompaniment); to let (someone) take part; to excite (someone); (P)


expression: 乗り
reading: のり
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) riding; ride; spread (of paints); (two)-seater; (uk) mood (as in to pick up on and join in with someone's mood); (P)


expression: 乗りかえ
reading: のりかえ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) transfer (trains, buses, etc.); connection; connexion; (econ) switching (stock); (biol) chromosomal crossover; crossing over


expression: 乗りかえる
reading: のりかえる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change one's mind; to move on to (e.g. a new love interest); to change methods; to change one's way of thinking


expression: 乗りかかる
reading: のりかかる
tags: v5r
glossary:
(v5r) to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with


expression: 乗りかける
reading: のりかける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with


expression: 乗りこえる
reading: のりこえる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to climb over; to get over; to ride across; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake


expression: 乗り越える
reading: のりこえる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to climb over; to get over; to ride across; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake; (P)


expression: 乗り換え
reading: のりかえ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) transfer (trains, buses, etc.); connection; connexion; (econ) switching (stock); (biol) chromosomal crossover; crossing over; (P)


expression: 乗り換える
reading: のりかえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change one's mind; to move on to (e.g. a new love interest); to change methods; to change one's way of thinking; (P)


expression: 乗り継ぐ
reading: のりつぐ
tags: v5g vt
glossary:
(v5g,vt) to connect (with a different flight); to make a (flight) connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)


expression: 乗り込む
reading: のりこむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to man (a ship); to help (someone) into; to march into; to enter; (P)


expression: 乗り出す
reading: のりいだす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward


expression: 乗り出す
reading: のりだす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward; (P)


expression: 乗り切る
reading: のりきる
tags: v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to sail across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to get over; to tide over; to overcome; (v5r,vi) to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)


expression: 乗る
reading: のる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; to reach; to go over; to pass; to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.); to take part; to participate; to join; to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.); to be deceived; to be taken in; to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered; to stick; to attach; to take; to go on; (P)


expression: 場
reading: ば
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) place; spot; space; field; discipline; sphere; realm; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.); session (of the stock market); area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); round (mahjong, i.e. east, south, etc.); (physics) field; field (gestalt psychology); (P)


expression: 場つなぎ
reading: ばつなぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote


expression: 場外
reading: じょうがい
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track; (P)


expression: 場当たり
reading: ばあたり
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(n) playing to the gallery; grandstanding; gag; claptrap; (adj-na,adj-no) ad hoc; haphazard; (n) (abbr) dress rehearsal


expression: 嬢さん
reading: じょうさん
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) (hon) daughter (may be used a honorific after name); young lady (esp. of respectable upbringing) (may be used a honorific after name)


expression: 常御所
reading: つねのごしょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian period palatial-style architecture); room where the emperor usually lives in the imperial palace


expression: 常在戦場
reading: じょうざいせんじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)


expression: 常時
reading: じょうじ
tags: P n-adv n-t
glossary:
(n-adv,n-t) usually; ordinarily; continuous; 24-hour (e.g. observation, operation (of a machine), care (of patient)); always on; (P)


expression: 常識
reading: じょうしき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette; (P)


expression: 常用漢字
reading: じょうようかんじ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) kanji for common use (list of 2,136 kanji established in 2010, formerly a list of 1,945 established in 1981); (P)


expression: 情
reading: じょう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) feelings; emotion; sentiment; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection; love; the way things really are; the actual situation; (P)


expression: 情けは人のためならず
reading: なさけはひとのためならず
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) the good you do for others is good you do yourself; compassion is not for other people's benefit


expression: 情意投合
reading: じょういとうごう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (coincidence of) mutual sentiment; sharing the same sentiment with somebody; finding oneself on the same wavelength as somebody; seeing eye to eye


expression: 情緒てんめん
reading: じょうしょてんめん
tags: adj-na adj-no adj-t adv-to n
glossary:
(n,adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (arch) tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person)


expression: 情報
reading: じょうほう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) news; gossip; (military) intelligence; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); (P)


expression: 条
reading: すじ
tags: adj-no ctr n n-suf suf
glossary:
(n) muscle; tendon; sinew; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; string; line; stripe; streak; reason; logic; plot; storyline; lineage; descent; school (e.g. of scholarship or arts); aptitude; talent; source (of information, etc.); circle; channel; well-informed person (in a transaction); logical move (in go, shogi, etc.); ninth vertical line (shogi); seam on a helmet; (abbr) gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.); (arch) social position; status; (n-suf,n,adj-no) on (a river, road, etc.); along; (suf,ctr) counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions; (arch) (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)


expression: 条件付きエントロピー
reading: じょうけんつきエントロピー
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (comp) conditional entropy; mean conditional information content; average conditional information content


expression: 条鰭綱
reading: じょうきこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Actinopterygii (class of the ray-finned fishes comprising nearly 95% of the 25,000 species of fish)


expression: 浄土
reading: じょうど
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Pure Land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (abbr) Pure Land Buddhism; (P)


expression: 浄瑠璃
reading: じょうるり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with the Japanese puppet theater)


expression: 浄玻璃
reading: じょうはり
tags: adj-no exp n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) fine crystal; clear glass; (exp) (abbr) mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds


expression: 浄玻璃の鏡
reading: じょうはりのかがみ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (Buddh) mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds


expression: 状
reading: さま
tags: n suf
glossary:
(suf) (hon) Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; (pol) makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); (n) state; situation; appearance


expression: 状態変化
reading: じょうたいへんか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (physics) phase change; (comp) state change; (col) transformation of characters - includes flattening, petrification, chocolization, etc.


expression: 蒸し飯
reading: むしめし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it); mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions)


expression: 蒸し返す
reading: むしかえす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up; to rehash; (P)


expression: 蒸発
reading: じょうはつ
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance; (P)


expression: 蒸返す
reading: むしかえす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up; to rehash


expression: 蒸篭
reading: せいろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) basket used for steaming food; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot


expression: 譲る
reading: ゆずる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to turn over; to assign; to hand over; to transmit; to convey; to sell; to dispose of; to yield; to surrender; to concede; (P)


expression: 飾り車
reading: かざりぐるま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) carriage beautifully decorated with gold, silver, gems, etc., for use by Heian era nobles at festivals and like activities


expression: 拭う
reading: ぬぐう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to wipe; to get rid of; to eliminate (e.g. one's shame); to remove (e.g. an impression); to erase; (P)


expression: 職住一体
reading: しょくじゅういったい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) having one's workplace at home; living and working at the same location (independent farmers, home workers, storekeepers, etc.)


expression: 色
reading: いろ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) colour; color; complexion; appearance; look; love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover; kind; type; variety; (P)


expression: 色づく
reading: いろづく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe


expression: 色どり
reading: いろどり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) coloring; colouring; coloration; colouration; assortment; color scheme; colour scheme; makeup


expression: 色めく
reading: いろめく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to colour; to color; to be tinged; to brighten; to grow lively; to become excited; to be stirred


expression: 色気
reading: いろけ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) colouring; coloring; shade of colour; shade of color; sex appeal (esp. women); interest in the opposite sex; sensuality; seductiveness; glamor; glamour; sexual passion; romance; poetry; charm; desire; interest; inclination; ambition; (P)


expression: 色分け
reading: いろわけ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) classification; color coding; colour coding; color keying; colour keying; differentiation using different colors (colours)


expression: 色変り
reading: いろがわり
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) change of colour; changing colours; discoloration; (adj-no,n) differently coloured (but otherwise similar); different; unusual


expression: 触れる
reading: ふれる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to touch; to feel; to experience; to come in contact with; to be emotionally moved (by); to perceive; to touch on a subject; to allude to; to be in conflict (with); to violate (law, copyright, etc.); to proclaim; (P)


expression: 触れ太鼓
reading: ふれだいこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) drumming in the streets to announce a tournament; announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets


expression: 触発
reading: しょくはつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off something; triggering; provocation; inspiration; (P)


expression: 食いつく
reading: くいつく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into; to hold on to; to cling to; to stick to; to complain; to bicker


expression: 食い下がる
reading: くいさがる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to; to hound; to doggedly oppose; to tenaciously face (someone); (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips; (P)


expression: 食い下る
reading: くいさがる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to; to hound; to doggedly oppose; to tenaciously face (someone); (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips


expression: 食い込み
reading: くいこみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (vulg) wedgie (to a girl) i.e. pulling up the underwear from the back, driving it into the vulva


expression: 食い込む
reading: くいこむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails); to eat into; to encroach; to make inroads; to penetrate (e.g. a market); to break into (e.g. first place); to erode; to cut into (e.g. time, savings); (vulg) to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks); (P)


expression: 食い散らす
reading: くいちらす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to eat untidily; to eat a bit of everything; to dabble; to do a bit of this and a bit of that


expression: 食い上げ
reading: くいあげ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) losing the means of livelihood; (arch) a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended; (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook


expression: 食い積み
reading: くいつみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) New Year food for entertaining a guest served in multilayered lacquered boxes; (arch) Kansai New Year decoration (made from food) (Edo name)


expression: 食う
reading: くう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) (male) (vulg) to eat; to live; to make a living; to survive; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of; to encroach on; to eat into; to consume; to defeat a superior; to threaten a position; to consume time and-or resources; (col) to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); (male) (vulg) to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time; (P)


expression: 食えない
reading: くえない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) shrewd; smart (and wide-awake); cunning; crafty; inedible; uneatable; unable to support oneself; unable to keep body and soul together


expression: 食っ付く
reading: くっつく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) (uk) to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to; (uk) to keep close to; to go along with; (uk) to get involved with; to be thick with; to become intimate


expression: 食べかす
reading: たべかす
tags: n
glossary:
(n) leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food


expression: 食べなれる
reading: たべなれる
tags: v1
glossary:
(v1) to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for


expression: 食み出す
reading: はみだす
tags: P v5s vi
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to protrude; to stick out; to hang out; to jut out; to bulge out; to overflow; to be forced out; to be crowded out; to be pushed out; to exceed; to go over; to go beyond; (P)


expression: 食む
reading: はむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) (uk) to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); (uk) to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord


expression: 食わずぎらい
reading: くわずぎらい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; prejudiced against; aversion without even trying


expression: 食込む
reading: くいこむ
tags: v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails); to eat into; to encroach; to make inroads; to penetrate (e.g. a market); to break into (e.g. first place); to erode; to cut into (e.g. time, savings); (vulg) to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)


expression: 食指が動く
reading: しょくしがうごく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to


expression: 食事をとる
reading: しょくじをとる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to take a meal; to have a meal; to catch a meal; to get grub; to grub; to break bread; to chow down; to eat dinner; to have a bite; to strap on a feed-bag


expression: 食養
reading: しょくよう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) macrobiotics; prevention and cure of disease through diet (as expounded by Sagen Ishizuka (1850-1909)); (abbr) taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet; dietetics


expression: 蝕む
reading: むしばむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; (P)


expression: 尻たたき
reading: しりたたき
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) spanking; (n) traditional ceremony where the newly-wed wife, upon entering her new home, was hit on the rump with a straw bundle etc., to ensure her fertility


expression: 尻ぬぐい
reading: しりぬぐい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) cleaning up or covering for another; bearing the consequences of someone else's error; paying a debt for someone; wiping another's buttocks


expression: 尻をたたく
reading: しりをたたく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom; to beat someone's backside


expression: 尻馬に乗る
reading: しりうまにのる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage, e.g. of another's popularity


expression: 尻尾を巻く
reading: しっぽをまく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) (a person) to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run); (a dog) to tuck one's tail between one's legs


expression: 尻目にかける
reading: しりめにかける
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to look askance (at); to look contemptuously; to look down on; (arch) to cast an amorous glance at


expression: 伸す
reading: のす
tags: v5s vi vt
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread; (v5s) to gain influence; to become stronger; to increase (e.g. in scope); (v5s,vi) to go further; (v5s,vt) to smooth out; to roll out; to spread out (something folded); to iron; to knock out; to knock down


expression: 伸び
reading: のび
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) growth; development; stretching (e.g. body when waking up); spread; elongation; extension; carry (e.g. of sound); sustain; (P)


expression: 伸びる
reading: のびる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread; to make progress; to grow (beard, body height); to grow stale (soba); to be straightened; to be flattened; to be smoothed; to be exhausted; (P)


expression: 信
reading: しん
tags: P adv ctr n
glossary:
(adv,n) honesty; fidelity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; (ctr) counter for received messages; (P)


expression: 侵す
reading: おかす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to invade; to raid; to violate (airspace, etc.); to intrude; to trespass; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict; to affect; (P)


expression: 寝つく
reading: ねつく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed


expression: 寝る
reading: ねる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to lie down; to go to bed; to lie in bed; to sleep (lying down); to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie idle; (P)


expression: 寝屋
reading: ねや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sleeping quarters; bedroom (mainly refers to one used by a married couple); inner room; inner sanctum


expression: 寝首をかく
reading: ねくびをかく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while he sleeps; to catch someone off his guard by setting traps


expression: 寝付く
reading: ねつく
tags: P v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed; (P)


expression: 寝返りを打つ
reading: ねがえりをうつ
tags: exp v5t
glossary:
(exp,v5t) to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray


expression: 審神者
reading: さにわ
tags: n
glossary:
(gikun) (n) (Shinto) (arch) (obsc) person who judges which god or spirit has taken possession of a miko


expression: 心
reading: しん
tags: P n suf
glossary:
(n) heart; mind; (n,suf) spirit; vitality; inner strength; (astron) Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch) friend; (P)


expression: 心もとない
reading: こころもとない
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) uneasy; unsure; anxious; unreliable; untrustworthy; erratic; undependable; (arch) nervous; impatient; irritated from anxiety; (arch) unclear; indistinct; vague


expression: 心を決める
reading: こころをきめる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on


expression: 心を痛める
reading: こころをいためる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)


expression: 心遺い
reading: こころづかい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(iK) (n,vs) solicitude; sympathy; anxiety; regard for; consideration (for others); watchfulness; care


expression: 心外千万
reading: しんがいせんばん
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) being totally upset (by); being completely nonplused (by); being mortified (at); feeling aggrieved (at); finding (it) highly regrettable


expression: 心気くさい
reading: しんきくさい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) (ksb:) irritating (e.g. tone of voice); fretful; boring (e.g. work); tedious (chore, person); depressing; dark (e.g. story)


expression: 心遣い
reading: こころづかい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) solicitude; sympathy; anxiety; regard for; consideration (for others); watchfulness; care; (P)


expression: 心神耗弱
reading: しんしんこうじゃく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) unsound mind; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.); diminished capacity; diminished responsibility


expression: 心神耗弱
reading: しんしんもうじゃく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) unsound mind; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.); diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; (P)


expression: 心得る
reading: こころえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for; to consent; to agree; (P)


expression: 心配ご無用
reading: しんぱいごむよう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control


expression: 慎む
reading: つつしむ
tags: P v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to abstain; to be purified; to be chaste; (P)


expression: 振う
reading: ふるう
tags: v5u vt
glossary:
(io) (v5u,vt) to swing; to wield (physically); to exert; to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to display; to wield (metaphorically); to flourish; to prosper; to thrive


expression: 振り
reading: ふり
tags: P ctr n suf
glossary:
(n,ctr) swing; shake; wave; swinging; (n) (uk) appearance; behaviour; (uk) pretence (pretense); show; (uk) lacking a reservation or introduction (at a restaurant, etc.); postures (of a dance); unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment; (suf,ctr) counter for swords, blades, etc.; (P)


expression: 振り
reading: ぶり
tags: P suf
glossary:
(suf) style; manner; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time); (P)


expression: 振りかえる
reading: ふりかえる
tags: v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back; (v5r,vt) to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)


expression: 振りかざす
reading: ふりかざす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles


expression: 振りまわす
reading: ふりまわす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to wield; to brandish; to flourish; to wave (about); to swing; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone


expression: 振り回す
reading: ふりまわす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to wield; to brandish; to flourish; to wave (about); to swing; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone; (P)


expression: 振り込み
reading: ふりこみ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile (mahjong); (P)


expression: 振り込む
reading: ふりこむ
tags: P v5m
glossary:
(v5m) to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile (mahjong); (P)


expression: 振り出
reading: ふりだし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) starting point; beginning; outset; drawing; issuing; draft; draught; shaking out; throw (of dice); toss; (abbr) infusion


expression: 振り出し
reading: ふりだし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) starting point; beginning; outset; drawing; issuing; draft; draught; shaking out; throw (of dice); toss; (abbr) infusion; (P)


expression: 振り出す
reading: ふりだす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to shake out; to draw a check (bill, draft, etc.); to issue (e.g. money order); to infuse (e.g. in hot water)


expression: 振り替え休日
reading: ふりかえきゅうじつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) compensatory holiday; observed holiday (weekday holiday when the actual day is on a weekend); substitute holiday


expression: 振り分ける
reading: ふりわける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out; to allot; to assign


expression: 振り返る
reading: ふりかえる
tags: P v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back; (v5r,vt) to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on); (P)


expression: 振り立てる
reading: ふりたてる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to toss (i.e. one's head); to wave (i.e. a flag); to stand up energetically; to raise one's voice


expression: 振る
reading: ふる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to wave; to shake; to swing; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump; to abandon; to give up; to ruin; to add kana indicating a reading of a word; to slightly change headings; to change directions; to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct; to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine); to bring up the main topic; to replace; to substitute; to set up a joke for somebody else; (P)


expression: 振る
reading: ぶる
tags: suf v5r
glossary:
(suf,v5r) assuming the air of ...; behaving like ...; (v5r) (col) to put on airs; to be self-important


expression: 振る舞う
reading: ふるまう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony); (P)


expression: 振込
reading: ふりこみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile (mahjong)


expression: 振込み
reading: ふりこみ
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile (mahjong)


expression: 振込む
reading: ふりこむ
tags: v5m
glossary:
(v5m) to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile (mahjong)


expression: 振舞う
reading: ふるまう
tags: v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)


expression: 新ためて
reading: あらためて
tags: adv
glossary:
(iK) (adv) another time; again; over again; once again; anew; formally; especially; intentionally; deliberately


expression: 新鋭
reading: しんえい
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer; (P)


expression: 新歓
reading: しんかん
tags: n n-pref
glossary:
(n-pref) new members (e.g. club); new students; freshman; (n) (abbr) event to welcome new students, club members, etc. (e.g. welcome party)


expression: 新規
reading: しんき
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,adj-no) new; fresh; (n) new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object (orig. meaning); new customer; (P)


expression: 新人類
reading: しんじんるい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)


expression: 新成人
reading: しんせいじん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) new adults (i.e. in Japan, 20-year-olds having their coming-of-age ceremony within that year); (P)


expression: 新撰組
reading: しんせんぐみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Shinsengumi; shogunate police and military force located in Kyoto and dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities (Edo period)


expression: 新造
reading: しんぞ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) new; newly made; (n) unmarried woman of about 20; newly-married woman; new prostitute that has not started working; attendant of an older prostitute


expression: 新着情報
reading: しんちゃくじょうほう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) What's New (esp. on webpages, programs, or newsletters); announcements of new arrivals or events


expression: 新田
reading: あらた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)


expression: 新田
reading: しんでん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period); (P)


expression: 新仏
reading: あらぼとけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death; the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)


expression: 新聞辞令
reading: しんぶんじれい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) appointment or dismissal conjecturally reported in the media (esp. when the conjecture turned out to be wrong); announcement of an appointment that turns out to be mere press speculation


expression: 新平民
reading: しんへいみん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) (vulg) "new commoners" (name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition)


expression: 新藁
reading: しんわら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) new straw; straw from the current year; rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away


expression: 浸かる
reading: つかる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be submerged; to be soaked; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)


expression: 浸みる
reading: しみる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to pierce; to penetrate; to soak in; to permeate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)


expression: 浸る
reading: ひたる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in; (P)


expression: 深爪
reading: ふかづめ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close; (n) deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail


expression: 申しあげる
reading: もうしあげる
tags: aux-v v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) (hum) to say; to tell; to state; to express; to offer; to extend (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (aux-v) (hum) to do


expression: 申しわけない
reading: もうしわけない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; I feel guilty; thank you very much (for help, etc.)


expression: 申し込む
reading: もうしこむ
tags: P v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge; to lodge (objections); to request (an interview); to subscribe for; to book; to reserve; (P)


expression: 申し出る
reading: もうしでる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to report to; to tell; to suggest; to submit; to request; to make an offer; to come forward with information; (P)


expression: 申し上げる
reading: もうしあげる
tags: P aux-v v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) (hum) to say; to tell; to state; to express; to offer; to extend (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (aux-v) (hum) to do; (P)


expression: 申し伝える
reading: もうしつたえる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) (hum) to convey a message (e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass; to pass along; to put across


expression: 申し訳ない
reading: もうしわけない
tags: P adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; I feel guilty; thank you very much (for help, etc.); (P)


expression: 申込む
reading: もうしこむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge; to lodge (objections); to request (an interview); to subscribe for; to book; to reserve


expression: 真
reading: しん
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) truth; reality; genuineness; seriousness; (n) logical TRUE; printed style writing; (abbr) star performer; (P)


expression: 真っ赤
reading: まっか
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); (adj-na) downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter; (P)


expression: 真逆
reading: まさか
tags: P adj-no adv int n
glossary:
(int) (uk) by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not); (n,adj-no) (uk) something unexpected; emergency; (n) (uk) (arch) currently; for the time being; presently; for now; (adv,adj-no) (uk) (obsc) indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly; (P)


expression: 真魚箸
reading: まなばし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony


expression: 真経津の鏡
reading: まふつのかがみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) (obsc) mirror; Mafutsu no Kagami (alternate name for Yata no Kagami, the mirror of the Imperial regalia)


expression: 真剣
reading: しんけん
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) seriousness; earnestness; real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon); (P)


expression: 真険
reading: しんけん
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(iK) (n,adj-na) seriousness; earnestness; real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon)


expression: 真言
reading: しんごん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) (obsc) true word; mantra; (abbr) Shingon (Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism, originating in the eighth century)


expression: 真秀呂場
reading: まほろば
tags: n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) (uk) great and splendid land (of Yamato); spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home; excellent location; splendid place


expression: 真人
reading: まうと
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you (referring to someone of lower status)


expression: 真赤
reading: まっか
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(io) (adj-na,n) bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); (adj-na) downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter


expression: 真相究明
reading: しんそうきゅうめい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter


expression: 真綿で首を絞める
reading: まわたでくびをしめる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope)


expression: 真鍮鑞
reading: しんちゅうろう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) type of alloy of copper and zinc (brass) with zinc at about 33-67% used to solder metals like copper and iron


expression: 神
reading: かみ
tags: P n n-pref
glossary:
(n) god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami; (n,n-pref) (sl) incredible; fantastic; (n) (hon) (arch) emperor of Japan; (arch) thunder; (P)


expression: 神
reading: かむ
tags: n n-pref
glossary:
(ok) (n) god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami; (n,n-pref) (sl) incredible; fantastic; (n) (hon) (arch) emperor of Japan; (arch) thunder


expression: 神の言
reading: かみのことば
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)


expression: 神も仏もない
reading: かみもほとけもない
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) There is no God! (used to express despair at the heartlessness of the world); there is no god or Buddha


expression: 神鬼
reading: しんき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead; one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans; fierce god


expression: 神祇官
reading: じんぎかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obs) Department of Divinities (1868-1871); (arch) Department of Worship (under the ritsuryo system)


expression: 神宮奉斎会
reading: じんぐうほうさいかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obs) Ise Shrine Offering Association (secular organization formed from Jingu-kyo in 1899; dissolved in 1946)


expression: 神興
reading: みこし
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) portable shrine (carried in festivals); (hon) palanquin; (uk) buttocks; lower back; waist; hips


expression: 神業
reading: かみわざ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; art, technique or skill worthy of the gods (esp. sports); Shinto ritual; (P)


expression: 神業
reading: かんわざ
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; art, technique or skill worthy of the gods (esp. sports); Shinto ritual


expression: 神経をすり減らす
reading: しんけいをすりへらす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck


expression: 神経衰弱
reading: しんけいすいじゃく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)


expression: 神降ろし
reading: かみおろし
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)


expression: 神事
reading: かみわざ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; art, technique or skill worthy of the gods (esp. sports); Shinto ritual


expression: 神主
reading: かむぬし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Shinto) (sens) Shinto priest; (Shinto) (sens) chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon


expression: 神主
reading: かんぬし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (Shinto) (sens) Shinto priest; (Shinto) (sens) chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon; (P)


expression: 神人
reading: しんじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) gods and men; godlike person; person as powerful as a god; person as refined as a god; (arch) low-ranking Shinto priest


expression: 神仙
reading: しんせん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)


expression: 神相撲
reading: かみずもう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Shinto) part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout


expression: 神送り
reading: かみおくり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month); exorcism


expression: 神田
reading: かみた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)


expression: 神道十三派
reading: しんとうじゅうさんぱ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo)


expression: 神武以来
reading: じんむいらい
tags: adj-no n-adv n-t
glossary:
(adj-no,n-adv,n-t) since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented


expression: 神風
reading: かみかぜ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze; (P)


expression: 神風
reading: かむかぜ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)


expression: 神仏分離
reading: しんぶつぶんり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)


expression: 神籬
reading: ひぼろき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) primitive shrine (originally a swath of sacred land surrounded by evergreens; later a decorated sakaki branch on an eight-legged table)


expression: 臣
reading: おみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) retainer; attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)


expression: 芯
reading: しん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith; core; heart; centre; center; (P)


expression: 薪を抱いて火を救う
reading: たきぎをいだいてひをすくう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling


expression: 親
reading: しん
tags: n n-pref
glossary:
(n) intimacy; closeness; friendliness; close relative; (n-pref) pro- (e.g. pro-American, pro-Japanese, etc.)


expression: 親の顔が見たい
reading: おやのかおがみたい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) expresses shock at misbehaviour of a youngster; what must his parents be like?; I'd like to see his parents' faces


expression: 親もとを離れる
reading: おやもとをはなれる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to leave one's home (behind one); to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to be out on one's own


expression: 親トモ
reading: おやトモ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) (sl) keitai-mail friend (someone one keeps in touch with only by typing messages with one's thumb)


expression: 親骨
reading: おやぼね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end); outer frame of a lattice door


expression: 親指族
reading: おやゆびぞく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) young people who are constantly typing on their phones with their thumbs; people obsessed with pachinko


expression: 親切ごかし
reading: しんせつごかし
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) pretending to be kind; self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)


expression: 親方
reading: おやかた
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (hon) master; boss; chief; foreman; supervisor; (sumo) (hon) stable master; (hon) craftsman; artisan; (arch) foster parent; (P)


expression: 親方日の丸
reading: おやかたひのまる
tags: n
glossary:
(n) attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees


expression: 身
reading: み
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container(as opposed to its lid); (P)


expression: 身から出た錆
reading: みからでたさび
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow


expression: 身がる
reading: みがる
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) agile; nimble; light (of foot); casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility


expression: 身が持たない
reading: みがもたない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) not to be able to keep one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; not to be able to maintain one's fortune


expression: 身にしみる
reading: みにしみる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)


expression: 身につく
reading: みにつく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain


expression: 身になる
reading: みになる
tags: v5r
glossary:
(v5r) to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch) to care deeply for someone


expression: 身に覚えのない
reading: みにおぼえのない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) having no knowledge (of); knowing nothing about; coming from out of the blue; having no connection with oneself


expression: 身の置き所がない
reading: みのおきどころがない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place


expression: 身の置き場がない
reading: みのおきばがない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation


expression: 身を委ねる
reading: みをゆだねる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to yield oneself to (something); to devote oneself to something; to surrender oneself to something


expression: 身を引く
reading: みをひく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away; to lean back; to back away; to pull back


expression: 身を寄せる
reading: みをよせる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to


expression: 身を固める
reading: みをかためる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself


expression: 身を乗り出す
reading: みをのりだす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)


expression: 身屋
reading: むや
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) purlin (structural beam in a roof); purline; main building (of a manor); central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)


expression: 身屋
reading: もや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) purlin (structural beam in a roof); purline; main building (of a manor); central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)


expression: 身軽
reading: みがる
tags: P adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) agile; nimble; light (of foot); casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility; (P)


expression: 身上がり
reading: みあがり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)


expression: 身上り
reading: みあがり
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)


expression: 身体
reading: からだ
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) body; (n) torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; (n,adj-no) health; (n) corpse; dead body; (P)


expression: 身体
reading: しんだい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(ok) (n,adj-no) body; (n) torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; (n,adj-no) health; (n) corpse; dead body


expression: 身土不二
reading: しんどふじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land)


expression: 身内
reading: みうち
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen; one's whole body; (P)


expression: 身八つ
reading: みやつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)


expression: 身八つ口
reading: みやつぐち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)


expression: 身分相応
reading: みぶんそうおう
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status


expression: 辛い
reading: からい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); strict; painful; bitter; difficult; tough; (P)


expression: 辛酸甘苦
reading: しんさんかんく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; (having seen much of life) being well-versed in the ways of the world


expression: 進む
reading: すすむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen; to heighten; to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead; to do of one's own free will; (P)


expression: 進学校
reading: しんがくこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered


expression: 進士
reading: しじ
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination


expression: 進士
reading: しんし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination


expression: 進出
reading: しんしゅつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging; (P)


expression: 進退去就
reading: しんたいきょしゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it


expression: 進退両難
reading: しんたいりょうなん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place


expression: 進物所
reading: しんもつどころ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) palace kitchen in which final preparations to the imperial family's meals (e.g. reheating) were made (Heian period); kitchen (in a noble's manor)


expression: 針
reading: はり
tags: P ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n) needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer; staple (for a stapler); needlework; sewing; malice; (ctr,n-suf) counter for stitches; (P)


expression: 針魚
reading: はりお
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) (uk) Japanese halfbeak (species of fish with elongated lower jaw) (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback


expression: 人
reading: じん
tags: P suf
glossary:
(suf) -ian (e.g. Italian, etc.) (attaches to name of country to denote nationality); -er (e.g. performer, etc.) (attaches to name of occupation); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people; (P)


expression: 人
reading: ひと
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) man; person; human being; mankind; people; (uk) human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult; (P)


expression: 人には添うて見よ馬には乗って見よ
reading: ひとにはそうてみようまにはのってみよ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (obsc) you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them, just like you can't judge a horse until you've ridden it


expression: 人の金玉を握る
reading: ひとのきんたまをにぎる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to grab a person by his vulnerable spot; to curry favour with one's superior; to curry favor with one's superior


expression: 人より
reading: ひとより
tags: adv exp
glossary:
(exp,adv) (col) more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others


expression: 人間至る処青山あり
reading: じんかんいたるところせいざんあり
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world


expression: 人間宣言
reading: にんげんせんげん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)


expression: 人寄せ席
reading: ひとよせせき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall


expression: 人形浄瑠璃
reading: にんぎょうじょうるり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)


expression: 人見
reading: ひとみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) hole in the curtains to allow someone backstage to see the audience (in kabuki theatre); (obsc) public observation; feel of being watched; casual observers


expression: 人国記
reading: じんこくき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) biographical notes and character sketches of prominent individuals, arranged according to place of birth or origin


expression: 人材派遣会社
reading: じんざいはけんかいしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency


expression: 人擦れ
reading: ひとずれ
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,adj-no) sophistication; wordly wisdom; (vs) to lose one's innocence; to get sophisticated; to get to know the world by being in contact with people; to lose one's naivete


expression: 人事を尽くして天命を待つ
reading: じんじをつくしててんめいをまつ
tags: exp v5t
glossary:
(exp,v5t) (proverb) Man proposes, God disposes; Man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven or fate


expression: 人手
reading: ひとで
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) starfish (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea); asteroid (taxonomic class); sea star; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis); someone else's hands; other hands; hand (worker); aide


expression: 人心一新
reading: じんしんいっしん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) complete change in public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel


expression: 人心刷新
reading: じんしんさっしん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) radically change public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel


expression: 人中
reading: じんちゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) in company; among people; (anat) philtrum; groove in the upper lip that runs from the bottom of the nose to the lip


expression: 人品骨柄
reading: じんぴんこつがら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character


expression: 人別帳
reading: にんべつちょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) family registry (of the district) (Edo period); population registry; records of an Edo period census


expression: 仁
reading: じん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; compassion; humanity; charity; human; kernel; nucleolus; (P)


expression: 仁義
reading: じんぎ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between gamblers); (gang's) moral code; (P)


expression: 仁侠
reading: じんきょう
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong


expression: 仁丹
reading: じんたん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties); refreshing candies resembling BBs or metallic dragees


expression: 塵
reading: じん
tags: n num
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) defilement; impurity; affliction; object (perceived with the mind or the senses); (num) one billionth


expression: 尋ぬ
reading: たずぬ
tags: vt
glossary:
(v2n-s,vt) (arch) to ask; to enquire; to inquire; (arch) to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate


expression: 尽
reading: ずく
tags: suf
glossary:
(io) (suf) (uk) (after a noun) relying entirely on ...; using solely ...; with the sole purpose of ...; based on (mutual consent, etc.)


expression: 尽かす
reading: つかす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)


expression: 尽く
reading: ずく
tags: suf
glossary:
(suf) (uk) (after a noun) relying entirely on ...; using solely ...; with the sole purpose of ...; based on (mutual consent, etc.)


expression: 尽くす
reading: つくす
tags: P aux-v v5s
glossary:
(v5s) to exhaust; to run out; to devote; to serve (a person); to befriend; (aux-v) to do to exhaustion; (P)


expression: 尽す
reading: つくす
tags: aux-v v5s
glossary:
(v5s) to exhaust; to run out; to devote; to serve (a person); to befriend; (aux-v) to do to exhaustion


expression: 尽れる
reading: すがれる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) (uk) to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; (uk) to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline


expression: 訊く
reading: きく
tags: v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with


expression: 陣
reading: じん
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n) battle formation; camp; encampment; position; (n,n-suf) group (with a common goal or purpose); (n) war; battle; campaign


expression: 陣営
reading: じんえい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) camp (group of same ideological beliefs); faction (of political party); military camp; encampment; cantonment; (P)


expression: 陣中見舞
reading: じんちゅうみまい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support


expression: 陣皮
reading: ちんぴ
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) dried citrus peel (esp. of a satsuma mandarin) used as seasoning and in traditional Chinese medicine; chenpi


expression: 須弥山
reading: しゅみせん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)


expression: 須臾
reading: しばらく
tags: adj-no adv int
glossary:
(adv,adj-no) (uk) little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; (int) it's been a long time


expression: 図る
reading: はかる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to plot; to attempt; to plan; to devise; to design; to take in; to deceive; to aim for; to have something in mind; to refer A to B; (P)


expression: 厨子
reading: ずし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors


expression: 厨二病
reading: ちゅうにびょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sl) (joc) behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness


expression: 吹き
reading: ふき
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n) blowing (e.g. of the wind); (n,n-suf) playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (n) (pair of) bellows; casting; founding; melting


expression: 吹きかける
reading: ふきかける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to blow upon; to breathe on; to spray; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge


expression: 吹きこむ
reading: ふきこむ
tags: v5m vi vt
glossary:
(v5m,vi,vt) to blow into; to breathe into; (v5m,vt) to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)


expression: 吹き込む
reading: ふきこむ
tags: P v5m vi vt
glossary:
(v5m,vi,vt) to blow into; to breathe into; (v5m,vt) to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.); (P)


expression: 吹き出し
reading: ふきだし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) blowoff; blowing; venting; speech balloons (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)


expression: 吹き出す
reading: ふきだす
tags: P v5s vi
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to spout out; to spurt out; to gush out; to jet out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.); to send out shoots (of a tree); (P)


expression: 吹き上げ
reading: ふきあげ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) place exposed to winds which blow up from below (usu. a beach); beach exposed to sea winds; fountain


expression: 吹き通し
reading: ふきとおし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) blowing through; ventilation; draft; blowing relentlessly; blowing hot air; exaggerating; boasting


expression: 吹き抜け
reading: ふきぬけ
tags: adj-f adj-no n
glossary:
(n) atrium; well (in building); vault; (n,adj-f) blow-by; blow-bye; blowout; (adj-no) drafty; draughty


expression: 吹く
reading: ふく
tags: P v5k vi vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt,vi) to blow (wind, etc.); to play a wind instrument; to emit; to spout; to whistle; (sl) to laugh; to burst into laughter; (v5k,vt) to smelt; to mint; to brag; to talk big; (P)


expression: 吹っきれる
reading: ふっきれる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)


expression: 吹出す
reading: ふきだす
tags: v5s vi
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to spout out; to spurt out; to gush out; to jet out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.); to send out shoots (of a tree)


expression: 垂げ
reading: さげ
tags: n
glossary:
(oK) (n) lowering; sinking; bringing down; letting down; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (abbr) (arch) sword strap


expression: 垂れ
reading: たれ
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n) hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.); (uk) sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi; (in kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; (n-suf) (derog) -ass (used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone's nature); -head; (P)


expression: 垂れる
reading: たれる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down; to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer; to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop; (P)


expression: 垂迹
reading: すいしゃく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people); manifested form (often a Shinto deity)


expression: 推す
reading: おす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to nominate; to infer; to conclude; to conjecture; to surmise; to think something through; to ponder deeply; (P)


expression: 推薦枠
reading: すいせんわく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) quota for recommendations (e.g. student admissions, new team members, etc.); recommendation limit


expression: 水
reading: み
tags: n
glossary:
(n) water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters


expression: 水
reading: みず
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; (sumo) water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; (sumo) break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout; (P)


expression: 水あげ
reading: みずあげ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); (n) catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); (n,vs) defloration (e.g. of a geisha); preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)


expression: 水たき
reading: みずたき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (food) food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)


expression: 水なす
reading: みずなす
tags: n
glossary:
(n) var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw; pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant


expression: 水に流す
reading: みずにながす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean


expression: 水をかける
reading: みずをかける
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to squirt water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle; to throw cold water on


expression: 水をさす
reading: みずをさす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water (on); to put a damper on; to estrange (people)


expression: 水を引く
reading: みずをひく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate


expression: 水を向ける
reading: みずをむける
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) taking a stab at arousing someone's interest; (of a shrine maiden) presenting water to spirits while invoking them; offering water before a grave


expression: 水煙
reading: すいえん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) mist over a body of water; spray; suien (four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial)


expression: 水屋
reading: みずや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) purificatory font at shrines and temples; kitchen; cupboard; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; building for taking refuge during a flood


expression: 水干
reading: すいかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan; silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out


expression: 水機関
reading: みずからくり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) puppet powered by (falling) water; water-powered contrivance; show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)


expression: 水牛
reading: すいぎゅう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (uk) water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; (uk) wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo; (P)


expression: 水金
reading: すいきん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) liquid gold (used for applying gold to ceramics, etc.); Wednesday and Friday; bribe; sweetener; douceur


expression: 水差
reading: みずさし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)


expression: 水子地蔵
reading: みずこじぞう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses)


expression: 水商売
reading: みずしょうばい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) chancy trade (business) with a high turnover rate and uncertain profitability; the entertainment, eating, and drinking business; the night entertainment (nightlife) business


expression: 水晶の夜
reading: すいしょうのよる
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Kristallnacht (night of concerted violence against Jews in Germany and Austria from November 9-10, 1938)


expression: 水心あれば魚心
reading: みずごころあればうおごころ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too; mutual back-scratching


expression: 水炊
reading: みずたき
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) (food) food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)


expression: 水切り
reading: みずきり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) drainer; strainer; colander; cutwater; forefoot; flashing; throating; (playing) ducks and drakes; stone skipping; skipping rocks; snipping the stem of a cut flower without raising it out of water


expression: 水船
reading: みずぶね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) water trough; track pan; cistern; water tank; boat transporting water (esp. drinking water); water boat; waterlogged boat; coffin


expression: 水争い
reading: みずあらそい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas)


expression: 水茶屋
reading: みずちゃや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall


expression: 水注
reading: すいちゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) vessel for replenishing inkstone water; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)


expression: 水虫
reading: みずむし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) athlete's foot; (uk) water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti); (uk) Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)


expression: 水天
reading: すいてん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) water and sky; Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)


expression: 水毒
reading: すいどく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) water poisoning (in traditional Chinese medicine, illnesses caused by excessive water accumulation within the body)


expression: 水平展開
reading: すいへいてんかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) involvement of peer groups (Quality Assurance term); application to similar products; grassroots (organization, development, movement)


expression: 水母の骨
reading: くらげのほね
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (obsc) something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; jellyfish bones


expression: 水無月
reading: みなつき
tags: n n-adv
glossary:
(n-adv,n) (obs) sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July); June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar; (n) (food) triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month)


expression: 水揚げ
reading: みずあげ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); (n) catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); (n,vs) defloration (e.g. of a geisha); preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana); (P)


expression: 水絡繰
reading: みずからくり
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) puppet powered by (falling) water; water-powered contrivance; show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)


expression: 睡眠預金
reading: すいみんよきん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) inactive bank account (no withdrawals or deposits made, and to which the owner's rights have been terminated)


expression: 粋
reading: いき
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly; considerate; understanding; sympathetic; (P)


expression: 粋
reading: すい
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly; considerate; understanding; sympathetic; (n,adj-na) essence; the best; the cream


expression: 粋がる
reading: いきがる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool


expression: 粋作り
reading: いきづくり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style


expression: 酔う
reading: よう
tags: P v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted; to be spellbound; to be in raptures; (P)


expression: 随に
reading: ままに
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (uk) as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")


expression: 数え
reading: かぞえ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) old manner of reckoning one's age, newborns being considered a year old, with everyone adding one year to their age at New Year's


expression: 数え年
reading: かぞえどし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) old manner of reckoning one's age, newborns being considered a year old, with everyone adding one year to their age at New Year's


expression: 数合わせ
reading: かずあわせ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority); taking tally; number-crunching


expression: 数分間
reading: すうふんかん
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes


expression: 枢
reading: くる
tags: n
glossary:
(n) pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame); sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)


expression: 枢
reading: とまら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge)


expression: 趨る
reading: はしる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward


expression: 据える
reading: すえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation); to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze); to apply (moxa); (P)


expression: 据え物
reading: すえもの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ornament; dead body used to test a blade; unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse


expression: 杉玉
reading: すぎたま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ball-like object made of Japanese cedar which is hung by sake brewers outside their brewery in the eaves to inform people that a new brew of sake has been produced


expression: 澄ます
reading: すます
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim; to put on airs; (P)


expression: 摺り込み染
reading: すりこみぞめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner


expression: 摺り染
reading: すりぞめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) method of patterning fabric by pounding on leaves (or flowers, etc.) placed on it, or by rubbing in dye made from these materials; coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner


expression: 寸善尺魔
reading: すんぜんしゃくま
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen


expression: 寸胴
reading: ずんど
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) cylindrical container (pot, vase, etc.); having no waist (straight body figure, not curvy); being stumpy; sleeveless (coat etc.)


expression: 世に説く
reading: よにとく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to set forth; to put forward; to present for consideration; to explain the facts of life; to preach


expression: 世も末
reading: よもすえ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age


expression: 世界
reading: せかい
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n) the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; (adj-no) renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; (n) (Buddh) realm governed by one Buddha; space; (P)


expression: 世界観
reading: せかいかん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction); (P)


expression: 世間ずれ
reading: せけんずれ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness


expression: 世襲議員
reading: せしゅうぎいん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Diet member who succeeded a parent; Diet member who comes from a family of politicians; hereditary Diet member


expression: 世話がない
reading: せわがない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) simple (e.g. matter); problem free; hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding


expression: 畝ねる
reading: うねる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(io) (v5r,vi) (uk) to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; (uk) to undulate; to surge; to swell; to roll; to billow


expression: 畝る
reading: うねる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) (uk) to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; (uk) to undulate; to surge; to swell; to roll; to billow; (P)


expression: 是々非々
reading: ぜぜひひ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade


expression: 凄い
reading: すごい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) (uk) terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific; to a great extent; vast (in numbers); (P)


expression: 凄じい
reading: すさまじい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(io) (adj-i) terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful; amazing; absurd; cutthroat; intense


expression: 凄まじい
reading: すさまじい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful; amazing; absurd; cutthroat; intense; (P)


expression: 制
reading: せい
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment; (P)


expression: 制する
reading: せいする
tags: P vs-s vt
glossary:
(vs-s,vt) to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to bridle; to get the better of; to control; to command; (P)


expression: 制圧
reading: せいあつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy; supremacy; (P)


expression: 勢
reading: いきおい
tags: adv n n-adv
glossary:
(io) (adv,n) force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life; influence; authority; power; might; impetus; momentum; course (of events); (n-adv) naturally; necessarily


expression: 勢
reading: はずみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bounce; spring; rebound; momentum; impetus; impulse; stimulus; inertia; spur of the moment; impulse


expression: 勢い
reading: いきおい
tags: P adv n n-adv
glossary:
(adv,n) force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life; influence; authority; power; might; impetus; momentum; course (of events); (n-adv) naturally; necessarily; (P)


expression: 勢み
reading: はずみ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) bounce; spring; rebound; momentum; impetus; impulse; stimulus; inertia; spur of the moment; impulse; (P)


expression: 勢む
reading: はずむ
tags: v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to spring; to bound; to bounce; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to get lively; to treat oneself to; to splurge on


expression: 勢力分野
reading: せいりょくぶんや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the respective (relative) strength of political parties; distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties


expression: 姓
reading: せい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing); (P)


expression: 性
reading: しょう
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) nature (of a person or thing); (Buddh) that which does not change according to external influences


expression: 性癖
reading: せいへき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) disposition; inclination; characteristic; idiosyncrasy; propensity; (col) sexual disposition; fetish; (P)


expression: 成り金
reading: なりきん
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) (derog) upstart; nouveau riche; new rich; coming into wealth suddenly; piece promoted to gold general (shogi)


expression: 成り行き
reading: なりゆき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) outcome; development; course of events; progress; result; (abbr) market order; order without limit; (P)


expression: 成り木責め
reading: なりきぜめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) traditional koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down in case it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree


expression: 成り立ち
reading: なりたち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed


expression: 成り立つ
reading: なりたつ
tags: P v5t vi vt
glossary:
(v5t,vi,vt) to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of; to be practical (logical, feasible, viable); to be concluded; to hold true; (P)


expression: 成る
reading: なる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) (uk) to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted (shogi); (v5r) (hon) to do ...; (P)


expression: 成吉思汗
reading: ジンギスかん
tags: n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) (uk) Japanese mutton and vegetable dish; slotted dome cast iron grill for preparing this dish


expression: 成吉思汗鍋
reading: ジンギスカンなべ
tags: n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) slotted dome cast iron grill for preparing the Genghis Khan dish; Japanese mutton and vegetable dish


expression: 成金
reading: なりきん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) (derog) upstart; nouveau riche; new rich; coming into wealth suddenly; piece promoted to gold general (shogi); (P)


expression: 成型
reading: せいけい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) cast; mold; mould; casting; molding; moulding; compacting (e.g. in metallurgy); forming; shaping; fashioning


expression: 成行
reading: なりゆき
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) outcome; development; course of events; progress; result; (abbr) market order; order without limit


expression: 成長小説
reading: せいちょうしょうせつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman


expression: 成田離婚
reading: なりたりこん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Narita divorce; divorce case of a newlywed couple breaking up upon their return to Narita Airport from their honeymoon abroad


expression: 成木責
reading: なりきぜめ
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) traditional koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down in case it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree


expression: 成立
reading: せいりつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) coming into existence; arrangements; establishment; conclusion; completion; (vs) to come into existence; to be true; to hold (i.e. hold true); (P)


expression: 成立つ
reading: なりたつ
tags: v5t vi vt
glossary:
(v5t,vi,vt) to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of; to be practical (logical, feasible, viable); to be concluded; to hold true


expression: 政権亡者
reading: せいけんもうじゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power; one who is obsessed with the idea of taking over government


expression: 政治主導
reading: せいじしゅどう
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats)


expression: 政所
reading: まつりごとどころ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); (hon) (abbr) titled lady (legal wife of an important official); government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); clerk working for large temples and shrines


expression: 政変
reading: せいへん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) political disturbance; political change; coup d'etat; coup; revolution; overthrowing of a government (e.g. Jasmine Revolution); (P)


expression: 整形
reading: せいけい
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing


expression: 整合説
reading: せいごうせつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) coherence theory (theory that a proposition is true if it corresponds with a specified set of other propositions)


expression: 整体
reading: せいたい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) seitai; manipulative therapy based on Chinese and Japanese traditions, and encompassing osteopathy, massage and chiropractic


expression: 整備
reading: せいび
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development; preparation; provision; outfitting; (P)


expression: 整理
reading: せいり
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulation; liquidation; settlement; consolidation; clearance (e.g. debt); paying off; retrenchment; curtailment; cutting down; disposal; (P)


expression: 整理券
reading: せいりけん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.); zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded


expression: 整理淘汰
reading: せいりとうた
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reorganize an enterprise and weed out redundant workers; reorganize an industry and weed out redudant enterprises


expression: 星
reading: ほし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon); (sl) suspect (police slang); (P)


expression: 星勘定
reading: ほしかんじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) counting "stars" to tally the score to date; how well something has gone (e.g. in terms of wins over losses)


expression: 星官
reading: せいかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) constellation (in ancient China; important constellations were then used to divide the ecliptic into 28 "mansions")


expression: 星目
reading: せいもく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) game board for Go arranged such that the weaker player (usu. Black) has a handicap stone placed on each of the nine star points.; nine-stone handicap game (Go)


expression: 晴らす
reading: はらす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to dispel; to clear away; to refresh (oneself); to accomplish a goal; (arch) to make it sunny; to make clouds disappear; (P)


expression: 晴れ
reading: はれ
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) clear weather; fine weather; (adj-no,n) formal; ceremonial; public; cleared of suspicion; (P)


expression: 晴れる
reading: はれる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished; (P)


expression: 晴耕雨読
reading: せいこううどく
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits


expression: 晴天
reading: せいてん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies; (P)


expression: 晴天
reading: せいでん
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies


expression: 正
reading: しょう
tags: n n-pref pref
glossary:
(n,n-pref) greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior; director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief; (pref) (before a number) exactly; precisely


expression: 正
reading: せい
tags: P adj-no n num
glossary:
(n,adj-no) (logical) true; regular; (num) 10^40; ten thousand undecillion (short scale); ten thousand sextillion (long scale); (n,adj-no) (abbr) original; (math) positive; greater than zero; (P)


expression: 正す
reading: ただす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to correct; to reform; to amend; to redress; to adjust; to straighten; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of; to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; (P)


expression: 正に
reading: まさに
tags: P adv
glossary:
(adv) (uk) exactly; surely; certainly; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening); duly; naturally; (P)


expression: 正位置
reading: せいいち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) regular position (e.g. in sports team); normal position; revealing a card in the upright position (tarot, etc.)


expression: 正気を失う
reading: しょうきをうしなう
tags: exp v5u
glossary:
(exp,v5u) to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose one's marbles; to lose consciousness


expression: 正規化
reading: せいきか
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) normalization (e.g. in floating-point representation system); normalisation; standardization; standardisation


expression: 正式の歴史
reading: せいしきのれきし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) offical history (e.g. a state sanctioned account of history subject to revision when the government changes)


expression: 正室
reading: せいしつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; (obsc) heir; successor


expression: 正宗
reading: まさむね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; (col) sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tempo era (1830-1844)


expression: 正体
reading: しょうたい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) natural shape; one's true colors; one's true colours; true character; identity; true identity; consciousness; one's senses; (P)


expression: 正丁
reading: しょうてい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) under the ritsuryo system, a man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes


expression: 正直一遍
reading: しょうじきいっぺん
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) honest to a fault; one's only strength being his (her) honesty; having no redeeming feature except for being honest


expression: 正殿
reading: せいでん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) main temple; main building of a shrine; alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; central building of a palace; State Chamber


expression: 正当
reading: せいとう
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable; reasonable; legitimate; legal; lawful; (P)


expression: 正当性
reading: せいとうせい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy; justifiability; validity


expression: 正文
reading: せいぶん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) main text (as opposed to any included commentary or annotations); (law) authentic text (e.g. of a treaty, as opposed to any translation not specified as authentic); Chinese classical literature


expression: 清々しい
reading: すがすがしい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) (uk) refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed; (P)


expression: 清ます
reading: すます
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim; to put on airs


expression: 清一
reading: チンイチ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) having only tiles of one suit and having called one or more tiles (mahjong yaku) (chi:); having only tiles of one suit and an open hand


expression: 清算
reading: せいさん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) settlement (financial); squaring accounts; clearing debts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with); burying (the past); redeeming (one's faults); (P)


expression: 清濁併せ呑む
reading: せいだくあわせのむ
tags: v5m
glossary:
(v5m) to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind


expression: 清濁併呑
reading: せいだくへいどん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil; being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades


expression: 清白
reading: すずしろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) (primarily used in context of the seven spring herbs)


expression: 清涼剤
reading: せいりょうざい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) refreshment; something refreshing; welcome relief; breath of fresh air; tonic; refreshing medicine


expression: 清老頭
reading: チンラオトウ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) all terminals (mahjong) (chi:); winning hand consisting of only ones and nines as pungs or kongs plus a pair


expression: 清和
reading: せいわ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring); first ten days of the fourth lunar month


expression: 生
reading: なま
tags: P adj-na adj-no n n-pref pref
glossary:
(adj-no,adj-na,n,n-pref) raw; uncooked; fresh; natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed; (col) unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude; (abbr) impudence; sauciness; (abbr) unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer; (pref) just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi-; irresponsibly; half-baked; (n) (arch) cash; (abbr) tipsiness; (P)


expression: 生々流転
reading: しょうじょうるてん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration


expression: 生かす
reading: いかす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to make (the best) use of; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc); to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate; (P)


expression: 生き
reading: いき
tags: P n pref
glossary:
(n) living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; vitality; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go); (uk) stet; leave as-is (proofreading); (pref) damned; (P)


expression: 生きる
reading: いきる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.); (P)


expression: 生す
reading: なす
tags: aux-v v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed in; to change into; to do; to perform; (aux-v) (arch) to intend to; to attempt; to try; (arch) to have a child


expression: 生そば
reading: きそば
tags: n
glossary:
(n) 100% buckwheat noodles; buckwheat noodles made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour


expression: 生まれ
reading: うまれ
tags: P adj-no n n-suf
glossary:
(n) birth; birthplace; (n-suf,adj-no) born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.); (P)


expression: 生み出す
reading: うみだす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to create; to bring forth; to produce; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear; (P)


expression: 生菓子
reading: なまがし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste); fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)


expression: 生活者
reading: せいかつしゃ
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n) consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder; (suf) person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)


expression: 生臭い
reading: なまぐさい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) smelling of fish; fishy; smelling of blood; bloody; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; corrupt; fallen; worldly; mundane; secular; common; ordinary; fishy; suspicious; questionable; (P)


expression: 生熟り
reading: なまなり
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) unfinished; unripe; incomplete; (n) unfermented narezushi; unfermented brine-pickled sushi; noh mask with slightly protruding horns and frizzy hair (representing a woman on her way to becoming a hannya)


expression: 盛
reading: もり
tags: ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf,ctr) serving (of food); helping; (n) (abbr) chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce


expression: 盛っ相
reading: もっそ
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) cylindrical box used to measure rice; shape for forming rice; (abbr) single serving of rice (esp. as prison food)


expression: 盛っ相
reading: もっそう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cylindrical box used to measure rice; shape for forming rice; (abbr) single serving of rice (esp. as prison food)


expression: 盛り
reading: さかり
tags: P n suf
glossary:
(n,suf) peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); height (e.g. of summer); prime (of one's life); one's best days; rutting; being in heat; (P)


expression: 盛り花
reading: もりばな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) flower arrangement in a built-up style; placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt


expression: 盛蕎麦
reading: もりそば
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) (uk) chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce


expression: 盛者必衰
reading: しょうしゃひっすい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (Buddh) Even the prosperous inevitably decay (from the Humane King Sutra); sic transit gloria mundi


expression: 精いっぱい
reading: せいいっぱい
tags: n n-adv
glossary:
(n) the best one can do; one's best effort; (n-adv) with all one's might; to the best of one's ability


expression: 精も魂も尽き果てる
reading: せいもこんもつきはてる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(iK) (exp,v1) to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)


expression: 精一杯
reading: せいいっぱい
tags: P n n-adv
glossary:
(n) the best one can do; one's best effort; (n-adv) with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; (P)


expression: 精神文化
reading: せいしんぶんか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) moral culture; spiritual culture; culture born through the workings of the human mind (science, religion, philosophy, religion, art, etc.)


expression: 精進
reading: しょうじ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(ok) (n,vs) concentration; diligence; devotion; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet


expression: 精進
reading: しょうじん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) concentration; diligence; devotion; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet; (P)


expression: 精通
reading: せいつう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) acquaintance; having knowledge; being expert; being versed in; conversant; first ejaculation; (P)


expression: 精米歩合
reading: せいまいぶあい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent)


expression: 精力絶倫
reading: せいりょくぜつりん
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) being of unbounded energy; being with matchless vigor; having endless sexual stamina


expression: 精霊会
reading: しょうりょうえ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Bon Festival; Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar)


expression: 聖
reading: ひじり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) highly virtuous monk; (hon) monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch) (hon) emperor; master; expert


expression: 聖域
reading: せいいき
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; holy ground; (n) issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion; (P)


expression: 聖柄
reading: ひじりづか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra; plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)


expression: 声を大にする
reading: こえをだいにする
tags: exp vs-i
glossary:
(exp,vs-i) to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice


expression: 声明
reading: しょうみょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies); (Buddh) chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese)


expression: 西の丸
reading: にしのまる
tags: n
glossary:
(n) western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)


expression: 西域都護府
reading: せいいきとごふ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE


expression: 西京焼
reading: さいきょうやき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (food) Kyoto-style grilled fish; fish slices pickled overnight in Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste, then grilled


expression: 西国
reading: さいこく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara; a pilgrimage of these temples


expression: 西日本
reading: にしにっぽん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) western Japan; Japan west of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, i.e. the Chubu region and westward


expression: 西日本
reading: にしにほん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) western Japan; Japan west of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, i.e. the Chubu region and westward; (P)


expression: 誠
reading: まこと
tags: P adv n
glossary:
(adv,n) truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity; (arch) that's right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.); (P)


expression: 逝く
reading: いく
tags: aux-v v5k-s vi
glossary:
(oK) (v5k-s,vi) to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; (aux-v) to continue; (v5k-s,vi) (uk) to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; (uk) (sl) to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination


expression: 醒める
reading: さめる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia); to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned


expression: 青
reading: あお
tags: P adj-na adj-no n pref
glossary:
(n,adj-no,adj-na) blue; green; (n) (abbr) green light; black (horse coat color); (pref) immature; unripe; young; (P)


expression: 青ぬた
reading: あおぬた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (food) salad of fish and vegetables, dressed with crushed mustard leaves and greens seasoned with sake lees, miso and vinegar


expression: 青は藍より出でて藍より青し
reading: あおはあいよりいでてあいよりあおし
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) Although blue dye comes from the indigo plant, it is bluer than indigo; The student has overcome the master (from whom he has learned)


expression: 青春時代
reading: せいしゅんじだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life


expression: 青田刈り
reading: あおたがり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) harvesting rice while it is still green; (sens) recruiting students before a company is allowed to


expression: 青田買い
reading: あおたがい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of students before a company is allowed to; (P)


expression: 青物
reading: あおもの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)


expression: 青竜
reading: しょうりょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)


expression: 斉
reading: せい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i


expression: 税制調査会
reading: ぜいせいちょうさかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission


expression: 税調
reading: ぜいちょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission


expression: 隻
reading: せき
tags: ctr
glossary:
(ctr) counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.


expression: 席を外す
reading: せきをはずす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)


expression: 惜しい
reading: おしい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; valuable; too good for; deserving better; almost but not quite; (P)


expression: 惜しむ
reading: おしむ
tags: P v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for); to be unwilling; to be reluctant; (P)


expression: 惜敗率
reading: せきはいりつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)


expression: 斥く
reading: しりぞく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to step back; to move back; to leave (the presence of a superior); to withdraw; to retreat; to concede; to resign; to retire; to quit


expression: 昔とった杵柄
reading: むかしとったきねづか
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past; you never forget your own trade


expression: 石
reading: こく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) measure of volume (approx. 180.39 liters, 6.37 cub. ft.); measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters); (P)


expression: 石だたみ
reading: いしだたみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (flat) stone paving; sett; flagstone; (food) (chocolate) pave; various rectangular pastries, esp. layered chocolate


expression: 石の帯
reading: いしのおび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels


expression: 石弓
reading: いしゆみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) crossbow (inc. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult


expression: 石剣
reading: せっけん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period


expression: 石打
reading: いしうち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) rock fight; stone-throwing fight; custom by which neighbours or friends threw rocks inside a couple's house on their wedding night


expression: 石抱き
reading: いしだき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap


expression: 積み残し
reading: つみのこし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) left-off cargo; passengers left behind; (math) rounding error; truncation error; remainder after truncation to an integer value


expression: 脊負う
reading: しょう
tags: v5u vt
glossary:
(iK) (v5u,vt) to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to carry on back or shoulder; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something)


expression: 責める
reading: せめる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse; to urge; to press; to pester; to torture; to torment; to persecute; to break in (a horse); (P)


expression: 責任者
reading: せきにんしゃ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager; (P)


expression: 責任能力
reading: せきにんのうりょく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) legal competency; criminal responsibility; ability to fulfil one's responsibilities; full accountability


expression: 責任問題
reading: せきにんもんだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)


expression: 赤
reading: あか
tags: adj-no n n-pref
glossary:
(n) red; crimson; scarlet; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); (col) Red (i.e. communist); (abbr) red light; (abbr) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; (adj-no,n-pref) complete; total; perfect; obvious; (n) copper


expression: 赤い糸
reading: あかいいと
tags: n
glossary:
(n) red string (traditionally fated lovers are joined by this unseen string, tied around one little finger of each)


expression: 赤とんぼ
reading: あかとんぼ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) (small) red dragonfly; darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)


expression: 赤べこ
reading: あかべこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox


expression: 赤烏帽子
reading: あかえぼし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) red eboshi (headgear worn by Japanese men prior to and during the Edo period, which was ordinarily black in color); metaphor for an odd item or having a taste for such an item


expression: 赤茄子
reading: あかなす
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant; tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)


expression: 赤眼
reading: あかめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; (uk) red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue


expression: 赤子の腕をねじる
reading: あかごのうでをねじる
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (obsc) (id) exceptionally easy (like taking candy from a baby); as easy as twisting a baby's arm


expression: 赤字
reading: あかじ
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) deficit; (being in or going into) the red; red text; red letters; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red; (P)


expression: 赤手空拳
reading: せきしゅくうけん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something)


expression: 赤信号皆で渡れば怖くない
reading: あかしんごうみんなでわたればこわくない
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it


expression: 赤水晶
reading: せきすいしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross)


expression: 赤鯛
reading: あかだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (col) red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major); (sumo) (food) fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations


expression: 赤髭
reading: あかひげ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) red beard; person with a red beard; (derog) Westerner; (uk) Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)


expression: 赤富士
reading: あかふじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)


expression: 赤米
reading: あかごめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) rice that has browned (due to age); variety of low-quality foreign rice; red rice (ancient variety of rice); red-kerneled rice


expression: 赤裸
reading: あかはだか
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) stark naked; nakedness; nudity; stripped of all belongings; without a penny; (n) (obsc) rye


expression: 切っても切れない
reading: きってもきれない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated); indissoluble


expression: 切り
reading: きり
tags: P ctr n prt suf
glossary:
(n) end; finish; stop; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in joruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville); (suf,ctr) counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat); (prt) (uk) only; just; (uk) since; (uk) remaining (in a particular state); (P)


expression: 切り下げる
reading: きりさげる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to cut and hang down; to cut shorter; to round down (e.g. fraction)


expression: 切り火
reading: きりび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; (Shinto) Shinto fire-purification ceremony


expression: 切り回す
reading: きりまわす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to manage; to control; to run; to handle; to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about; (arch) to cut around


expression: 切り捨てる
reading: きりすてる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to round off; to omit; to discard; to cast away; (P)


expression: 切り取る
reading: きりとる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out; to cut down; to amputate


expression: 切り出す
reading: きりだす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.)


expression: 切り張り
reading: きりばり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); (comp) cut and paste


expression: 切り抜き
reading: きりぬき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); (abbr) cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.); (P)


expression: 切り崩す
reading: きりくずす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike); (P)


expression: 切り放つ
reading: きりはなつ
tags: v5t vt
glossary:
(v5t,vt) to cut loose; to let loose; to cut off; to detach; to dismember; to cut in two; to separate in thought; to consider as independent


expression: 切り立て
reading: きりたて
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-no) freshly cut; freshly tailored; (n) tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court


expression: 切る
reading: きる
tags: P suf v5r vt
glossary:
(suf,v5r,vt) to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery); to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (i.e. the light); to terminate (i.e. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect; to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub); to open (something sealed); to start; to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.); to reduce; to decrease; to discount; to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain; to cross; to traverse; to criticize sharply; to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki); to turn (a vehicle); to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut; to shuffle (cards); to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate; to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph); to trump; (in Go) to isolate (an opponent's stone); to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone); to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.); (suf,v5r) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to finish; to complete; (P)


expression: 切れる
reading: きれる
tags: P suf v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst; to collapse; to wear off; to stop working; to go dead; to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due; to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of; to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected; to cut well; to be sharp; to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able; to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time); to dry off; to curve; to veer; to shuffle (cards); (col) to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip; (suf,v1) to be able to do completely; (P)


expression: 切れ味
reading: きれあじ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; technical proficiency; skill; peppiness (of a ball); (P)


expression: 切韻
reading: せついん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie)


expression: 切歯扼腕
reading: せっしやくわん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) being enraged (indignant, impatient); gnashing the teeth and clenching the arms on the breast (in anger or regret)


expression: 切実
reading: せつじつ
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) compelling; serious; severe; acute; earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; keen; fervent; poignant; (P)


expression: 切貼
reading: きりばり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(io) (n,vs) patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); (comp) cut and paste


expression: 切点
reading: せってん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (math) tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground; interaction


expression: 切抜き
reading: きりぬき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); (abbr) cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)


expression: 切片
reading: せっぺん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) segment; slice; section; fragment; (math) intercept (point where a graph crosses one of the Cartesian coordinate axes)


expression: 切味
reading: きれあじ
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; technical proficiency; skill; peppiness (of a ball)


expression: 切立
reading: きりたて
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(io) (adj-no) freshly cut; freshly tailored; (n) tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court


expression: 拙い
reading: つたない
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) (uk) poor-quality; shoddy; crude; unskillful; inexpert; maladroit; inept; foolish; clumsy; unlucky


expression: 接しる
reading: せっしる
tags: v1 vi vt
glossary:
(v1,vi) (arch) to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close; (arch) to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to serve; to take care of; to look after; to deal with; to see; (arch) to receive (news); to get; to hear; (arch) to encounter; to come across; (v1,vt) (arch) to make touch; to bring into contact with; to bring adjacent to; to bring close; to connect


expression: 接する
reading: せっする
tags: P vi vs-s vt
glossary:
(vs-s,vi) to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to serve; to take care of; to look after; to deal with; to see; to receive (news); to get; to hear; to encounter; to come across; (math) to be tangent to; (vs-s,vt) to make touch; to bring into contact with; to bring adjacent to; to bring close; to connect; (P)


expression: 接近
reading: せっきん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate; (P)


expression: 接合温度
reading: せつごうおんど
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bonding temperature (for diffusion bonding); welding temperature (for diffusion welding); junction temperature (of a semiconductor)


expression: 接待
reading: せったい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reception; welcome; serving (food); wining and dining; business entertainment; corporate entertainment; entertaining politicians; (P)


expression: 接点
reading: せってん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (math) tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground; interaction; (P)


expression: 摂待
reading: せったい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reception; welcome; serving (food); wining and dining; business entertainment; corporate entertainment; entertaining politicians


expression: 折
reading: おり
tags: P ctr n
glossary:
(n) opportunity; chance; occasion; time; (n,ctr) fold; pleat; crease; small food box (wooden or cardboard); (P)


expression: 折り
reading: おり
tags: ctr n
glossary:
(n) opportunity; chance; occasion; time; (n,ctr) fold; pleat; crease; small food box (wooden or cardboard)


expression: 折り合い
reading: おりあい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) agreement (e.g. business, dispute); compromise; mutual relations (e.g. between parents and child, coworkers, etc.); (P)


expression: 折り返し
reading: おりかえし
tags: P adj-no adv n
glossary:
(adv) by return; (call or write back) without delay; (n,adj-no) lapel; cuffs; flap; chorus; refrain; repetition; aliasing (in imaging); shuttle service; (comp) back-to-back; BTB; wrapping (text on computer screen); wrap; (P)


expression: 折る
reading: おる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers); to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt; to end; (P)


expression: 折れる
reading: おれる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit; to turn (a corner); (P)


expression: 折角
reading: せっかく
tags: P adj-no adv n
glossary:
(adv,n) (uk) with trouble; at great pains; (adj-no) rare; valuable; precious; long-awaited; kind; (adv) specially; especially; expressly; (P)


expression: 折衷尺
reading: せっちゅうじゃく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyouhou shaku and the Matajirou shaku; approx. 30.3 cm)


expression: 折返し
reading: おりかえし
tags: adj-no adv n
glossary:
(adv) by return; (call or write back) without delay; (n,adj-no) lapel; cuffs; flap; chorus; refrain; repetition; aliasing (in imaging); shuttle service; (comp) back-to-back; BTB; wrapping (text on computer screen); wrap


expression: 設定
reading: せってい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) establishment; creation; posing (a problem); setting (movie, novel, etc.); scene; (comp) options setting; preference settings; configuration; setup; (P)


expression: 節
reading: せつ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; verse; stanza; passage; principle; integrity; node (of a plant stem); (ling) clause; (taxonomical) section; (P)


expression: 節
reading: ふし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem; part; notable characteristic; (P)


expression: 節分
reading: せちぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usually February 3 or 4); holiday for end of winter (accompanied by a bean scattering ceremony); last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)


expression: 節分
reading: せつぶん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usually February 3 or 4); holiday for end of winter (accompanied by a bean scattering ceremony); last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)


expression: 説教泥棒
reading: せっきょうどろぼう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes


expression: 説教坊主
reading: せっきょうぼうず
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tub-thumping preacher; preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer (usually with contemptuous implication)


expression: 雪つり
reading: ゆきつり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs


expression: 雪の花
reading: ゆきのはな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) snowdrop (Galanthus spp.); snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower; red snow


expression: 雪持
reading: ゆきもち
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) having leaves and branches loaded with snow; (n) snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof); snow stop


expression: 雪吊
reading: ゆきつり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow


expression: 雪釣
reading: ゆきつり
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow


expression: 絶える
reading: たえる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off; (P)


expression: 絶句
reading: ぜく
tags: n vs
glossary:
(ok) (n,vs) being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)


expression: 絶句
reading: ぜっく
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables); (P)


expression: 絶対
reading: ぜったい
tags: P adj-no adv n
glossary:
(adv) absolutely; unconditionally; (adj-no) absolute; unconditional; unmistakable; (n) absoluteness; (P)


expression: 絶対安定多数
reading: ぜったいあんていたすう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) overwhelming majority (number of parliamentary seats required in order for the ruling coalition to chair all standing committees and pass bills without the support of other parties)


expression: 舌が回る
reading: したがまわる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue


expression: 舌平目
reading: したびらめ
tags: n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) (uk) sole (esp. the tonguefishes of family Cynoglossidae, but also the true soles of family Soleidae); red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)


expression: 仙骨
reading: せんこつ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) sacrum; sacral bone; hermitry; appearance of an hermit; unworldliness; unusual physique; outstanding appearance


expression: 仙人
reading: せんにん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men; (P)


expression: 先
reading: さき
tags: P adj-no n n-suf pref
glossary:
(n,adj-no,n-suf,pref) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding; point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); front; ahead; the other side; the future; hereafter; destination; the other party; (P)


expression: 先が見える
reading: さきがみえる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future


expression: 先き
reading: さき
tags: adj-no n n-suf pref
glossary:
(io) (n,adj-no,n-suf,pref) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding; point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); front; ahead; the other side; the future; hereafter; destination; the other party


expression: 先ず
reading: まず
tags: P adv
glossary:
(adv) (uk) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb); (P)


expression: 先どり
reading: さきどり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) receiving in advance; taking before others; (comp) prefetch; (ling) anticipatory completion; finishing another person's sentence in anticipation of what likely to be said next


expression: 先に立つ
reading: さきにたつ
tags: exp v5t vi
glossary:
(exp,v5t,vi) to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential


expression: 先鋭化
reading: せんえいか
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) radicalization; radicalisation; becoming a radical; intensification; becoming acute; narrowing; sharpening


expression: 先取
reading: さきどり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(io) (n,vs) receiving in advance; taking before others; (comp) prefetch; (ling) anticipatory completion; finishing another person's sentence in anticipation of what likely to be said next


expression: 先取り
reading: さきどり
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) receiving in advance; taking before others; (comp) prefetch; (ling) anticipatory completion; finishing another person's sentence in anticipation of what likely to be said next; (P)


expression: 先手必勝
reading: せんてひっしょう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm


expression: 先勝
reading: せんしょう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) scoring the first point; winning the first game; (n) lucky day in the morning, but not in the afternoon


expression: 先生
reading: せんじょう
tags: n suf
glossary:
(ok) (n) (hon) teacher; master; doctor; (suf) (hon) with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; (n) (arch) previous existence


expression: 先端
reading: せんたん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve); (P)


expression: 先発
reading: せんぱつ
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead; being in a (team sports) match or game from the start; starting; (n) (ksb:) first train to depart (from now); (P)


expression: 先払い
reading: さきばらい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); (n) forerunner


expression: 先鋒
reading: せんぽう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)


expression: 先憂後楽
reading: せんゆうこうらく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) hardship now, pleasure later; seeking pleasure only after dealing with difficulties; seeking pleasure only after the happiness of the people is assured (a precept to be observed by a ruler)


expression: 千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ず
reading: せんきんのきゅうはいっこのえきにあらず
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox alone; to rule a country requires many great men


expression: 千載一遇
reading: せんざいいちぐう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years


expression: 千秋楽
reading: せんしゅうらく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) concluding festivities; concluding program; concluding programme; (sumo) final day of a tournament; (P)


expression: 千人千色
reading: せんにんせんしょく
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) So many people, so many minds; Everyone has his own ideas and tastes; It takes all sorts to make a world; To each his (her) own


expression: 千切る
reading: ちぎる
tags: P suf v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) (uk) to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up; (uk) to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off; (suf,v5r) (uk) to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously; (P)


expression: 千年一日
reading: せんねんいちじつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end


expression: 千番に一番の兼ね合い
reading: せんばんにいちばんのかねあい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (obsc) something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success


expression: 千里も一里
reading: せんりもいちり
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)


expression: 千慮一失
reading: せんりょいっしつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) mere slip by someone who is usually very careful; simple mistake by a wise person; point overlooked by a cautious person


expression: 千両
reading: せんりょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) 1000 ryou (an old Japanese coin); Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae)


expression: 宣命を含める
reading: せんみょうをふくめる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) (arch) to make someone understand their fate; to reason with; to persuade; to deliver an imperial edict (which cannot be refused)


expression: 専
reading: せん
tags: n n-pref
glossary:
(n,n-pref) (abbr) (sl) having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; majoring in ...; (n) (arch) first; foremost; number one priority; (arch) doing as one pleases; acting selfishly; (arch) fired brick


expression: 専ら
reading: もっぱら
tags: P adj-no adv
glossary:
(adv,adj-no) (uk) wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly; (uk) principally; mostly; chiefly; mainly; (P)


expression: 専ら
reading: もはら
tags: adj-no adv
glossary:
(adv,adj-no) (uk) wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly; (uk) principally; mostly; chiefly; mainly


expression: 専科
reading: せんか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) specialized course; specialised course; something that is specialized for a certain field or application (e.g. a sauce specially made for zaru soba)


expression: 尖がる
reading: とがる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(io) (v5r,vi) to taper to a point; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge; to be touchy


expression: 尖らす
reading: とがらす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips); to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge; to raise (e.g. one's voice)


expression: 尖らせる
reading: とがらせる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips); to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge; to raise (e.g. one's voice)


expression: 尖る
reading: とがる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to taper to a point; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge; to be touchy; (P)


expression: 尖る
reading: とんがる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to taper to a point; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge; to be touchy


expression: 尖端
reading: せんたん
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve)


expression: 川施餓鬼
reading: かわせがき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river


expression: 川柳
reading: かわやなぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla); (uk) Salix gilgiana (species of willow); high-quality coarse tea


expression: 川流れ
reading: かわながれ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) being carried away by a current; drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river; cancellation; standing up; breaking a promise


expression: 戦う
reading: たたかう
tags: P v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to fight; to battle; to combat; to struggle against; to wage war; to engage in contest; (P)


expression: 戦わす
reading: たたかわす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to compete; to vie; to contend; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to set against; to debate; to argue


expression: 戦国時代
reading: せんごくじだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition


expression: 泉門
reading: せんもん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) soft spot (in the skull of an infant); fontanelle; fontanel; gates of Hades; entrance to the underworld


expression: 浅い
reading: あさい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); pale (colour); inadequate (knowledge); short (time); early; young; (P)


expression: 浅沓
reading: あさぐつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) shallow clogs (worn by nobles; originally made of leather, later made of black lacquered paulownia)


expression: 洗い替え
reading: あらいがえ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) exchanging clothing at the time of laundering; (money) laundering; moving average method of valuation; reassessing


expression: 染み
reading: しみ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) stain; spot; smudge; blot; smear; blotch; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration; freckle; (P)


expression: 染みる
reading: しみる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to pierce; to penetrate; to soak in; to permeate; to (enter a wound or sensitive area and) sting; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); (P)


expression: 潜く
reading: かずく
tags: v5k
glossary:
(v5k) (uk) (arch) to be underwater from the neck down; to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water; to force something under the surface of the water


expression: 潜める
reading: ひそめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous


expression: 潜る
reading: くぐる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to slip past; to survive; to surmount; (P)


expression: 潜る
reading: むぐる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(ok) (v5r,vi) to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground


expression: 潜る
reading: もぐる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground


expression: 潜行
reading: せんこう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) underwater navigation; going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito; traveling incognito; travelling in disguise; traveling in disguise


expression: 潜脱
reading: せんだつ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) circumvention of the law; evasion of the law (by using legal means to obtain a result normally only obtainable by illegal ones)


expression: 煎茶道
reading: せんちゃどう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea; Chinese-influenced Japanese tea ceremony using leaf tea rather than powdered tea, assoc. with the Obaku school of zen


expression: 煽る
reading: あおる
tags: P v5r
glossary:
(v5r) to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap; to be shaken (by wind); to instigate; to stir up; to agitate; to induce; to buy a large amount in order to cause prices to rise; to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate; (P)


expression: 穿く
reading: はく
tags: v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear; to affix a sword to one's hip; to affix a bowstring to a bow


expression: 穿つ
reading: うがつ
tags: v5t vt
glossary:
(v5t,vt) to drill; to bore; to pierce; to put on; to wear; to be true to (nature); to hit (the mark)


expression: 穿る
reading: ほじくる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) (uk) to dig up; to peck at; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine; to dredge up


expression: 線
reading: せん
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) line; stripe; stria; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane; outline; contours; form; level; division; line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle; impression one leaves; air one gives off; (P)


expression: 線形虫
reading: せんけいちゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) nematomorph; horsehair worm; gordian worm; hair worm (any of the parasitic nematode-like worms of phylum Nematomorpha)


expression: 繊細
reading: せんさい
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; slim; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle; (P)


expression: 船
reading: ふね
tags: P ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n) ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; (n-suf,ctr) counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi); (P)


expression: 践む
reading: ふむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to step on; to tread on; to experience; to undergo; to estimate; to value; to appraise; to rhyme; (arch) to inherit (the throne, etc.); to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.)


expression: 選日
reading: せんじつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar; date selected in such a manner


expression: 遷す
reading: うつす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)


expression: 遷る
reading: うつる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; (uk) to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire)


expression: 銭
reading: せん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) hundredth of a yen; coin made of non-precious materials; (obs) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass); (P)


expression: 閃く
reading: ひらめく
tags: P v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to flash (lightning, etc.); to flicker (lights); to glitter; to wave; to undulate; to hit on a good idea; to occur to someone; (P)


expression: 鮮か
reading: あざやか
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(io) (adj-na) vivid; bright; brilliant; clear; fresh; vibrant; skillful; skilful; adept; adroit; deft; brilliant; beautiful; fine; excellent


expression: 鮮やか
reading: あざやか
tags: P adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) vivid; bright; brilliant; clear; fresh; vibrant; skillful; skilful; adept; adroit; deft; brilliant; beautiful; fine; excellent; (P)


expression: 前
reading: さき
tags: adj-no n n-suf pref
glossary:
(n,adj-no,n-suf,pref) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding; point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); front; ahead; the other side; the future; hereafter; destination; the other party


expression: 前
reading: ぜん
tags: P adj-no n n-pref
glossary:
(n-pref) the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former; (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern"); (adj-no,n) before; earlier; (P)


expression: 前
reading: まえ
tags: P n-adv n-t suf
glossary:
(n-adv,n-t,suf) ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts; (P)


expression: 前バリ
reading: まえバリ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) covering private parts (esp. actors during filming); (n) minimal bikini bottom (held only by tiny straps or adhesive tape)


expression: 前回
reading: ぜんかい
tags: P n-adv n-t
glossary:
(n-adv,n-t) previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session; (P)


expression: 前駆
reading: せんぐ
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(ok) (n,vs,adj-no) outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; harbinger; herald; precursor; forerunner; foretoken; anticipation


expression: 前駆
reading: ぜんく
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; harbinger; herald; precursor; forerunner; foretoken; anticipation


expression: 前言撤回
reading: ぜんげんてっかい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.


expression: 前虎後狼
reading: ぜんここうろう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back


expression: 前後
reading: ぜんご
tags: P n n-suf vs
glossary:
(n) front and rear; front and back; before and behind; before and after; order; context; consequences; (n,vs) inversion; reversion; getting out of order; co-occurring; (n-suf,n) around; about; approximately; nearly; (P)


expression: 前捌き
reading: まえさばき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) battling to knock away the hands of one's opponent, in order to achieve an advantageous position


expression: 前車の轍を踏む
reading: ぜんしゃのてつをふむ
tags: exp v5m
glossary:
(exp,v5m) to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut of the preceding cart


expression: 前振り
reading: まえふり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) preface; introduction; lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer)


expression: 前身
reading: ぜんしん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation; (P)


expression: 前張
reading: まえばり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) covering private parts (esp. actors during filming); (n) minimal bikini bottom (held only by tiny straps or adhesive tape); lined hakama that bulge in the front


expression: 前夜
reading: ぜんや
tags: P n-adv n-t
glossary:
(n-adv,n-t) last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.); (P)


expression: 前略
reading: ぜんりゃく
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...; (n,vs) omitting the beginning; (P)


expression: 善意銀行
reading: ぜんいぎんこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need


expression: 漸
reading: やや
tags: adj-f adv
glossary:
(adv,adj-f) (uk) a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while


expression: 漸く
reading: ようやく
tags: P adv
glossary:
(adv) (uk) finally; at last; barely; narrowly; hardly; only just; gradually; little by little; by degrees; (P)


expression: 然う
reading: そう
tags: P adv int
glossary:
(adv) (uk) in that way (concerning the actions of the listener or concerning the ideas expressed or understood by the listener; with a neg. sentence, implies that something isn't as much as one might think); thus; such; (int) so (used to express agreement with something said); so? (used to express some doubt with something said); (P)


expression: 然らば
reading: さらば
tags: conj exp
glossary:
(conj,exp) (arch) be that so; in that case; however (with neg); though that may be the case (with neg); farewell


expression: 然れば
reading: されば
tags: conj int
glossary:
(conj) (uk) (arch) that being the case; therefore; so; well then, moving on to another topic...; (expressing surprise) ...on earth?; (int) that's right


expression: 全う
reading: まっとう
tags: P adj-na adv
glossary:
(adj-na) proper; respectable; decent; honest; (adv) (arch) entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; (P)


expression: 全く
reading: まったく
tags: P adv int
glossary:
(adv) really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; (int) (abbr) good grief (expression of exasperation); (P)


expression: 全学共闘会議
reading: ぜんがくきょうとうかいぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969


expression: 全共闘
reading: ぜんきょうとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969


expression: 全寮制
reading: ぜんりょうせい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)


expression: 全力投球
reading: ぜんりょくとうきゅう
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; (baseb) throwing a ball as hard as one can


expression: 禅室
reading: ぜんしつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) room for zazen meditation; room for Buddhist practices; Zen monk's quarters; head priest (of a Zen temple)


expression: 禅譲
reading: ぜんじょう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (historical, in China) abdication by an emperor in favor (favour) of a more virtuous successor


expression: 禅定
reading: ぜんじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) dhyana-samadhi (meditative concentration); ascetic practice atop a sacred mountain (in Shugendou); mountain top


expression: 禅法
reading: ぜんぼう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism


expression: 膳
reading: ぜん
tags: P ctr n
glossary:
(n) small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; serving; (ctr) counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks; (P)


expression: 膳部
reading: ぜんぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food


expression: 曾て
reading: かって
tags: adj-no adv
glossary:
(adv,adj-no) (uk) once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; (uk) never yet (with negative verb); never before; first time; still not happened


expression: 疎か
reading: おろか
tags: P adj-na exp n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) neglect; negligence; carelessness; (exp) (uk) not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; not only ...; (P)


expression: 祖父さん
reading: じいさん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)


expression: 祖父ちゃん
reading: じいちゃん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (fam) grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)


expression: 祖霊
reading: それい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami


expression: 粗酒粗肴
reading: そしゅそこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest)


expression: 粗相
reading: そそう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting one's pants; (adj-nari,n) (arch) crude; coarse


expression: 粗末にする
reading: そまつにする
tags: exp vs-i
glossary:
(exp,vs-i) to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect


expression: 素
reading: す
tags: P adj-no n pref
glossary:
(adj-no,n) plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel; (pref) (derog) (before a noun) mere; poor; (before an adjective) exceedingly; (P)


expression: 素屋根
reading: すやね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) scaffolding and temporary roof placed around a shrine, temple, etc. undergoing repair; protective scaffolding


expression: 素札
reading: すふだ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) useless card; worthless card; normal card; card having only a floral pattern that gives a player only one point


expression: 素人
reading: しらびと
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice; (n) respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.); (arch) (kyb:) unlicensed prostitute


expression: 素人
reading: しろうと
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice; (n) respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.); (arch) (kyb:) unlicensed prostitute; (P)


expression: 素声
reading: しらこえ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) shrill voice; unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting; part of an unaccompanied poem (in noh)


expression: 素敵滅法
reading: すてきめっぽう
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) very lovely; totally dreamy; very beautiful; really great; fantastic; superb; cool; capital


expression: 素読
reading: すよみ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(io) (n,vs) reading without comprehending; reading a second draft without checking it against the original (draught)


expression: 素読
reading: そどく
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reading something (usu. aloud) without trying to understand it; reading something only for the purposes of proofreading


expression: 素読み
reading: すよみ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reading without comprehending; reading a second draft without checking it against the original (draught)


expression: 素面
reading: すめん
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) not wearing a mask (in kendo, noh, etc.); sober face; sobriety; (n,adj-na,adj-no) (arch) face with no make-up; unpainted face


expression: 素粒子の相互作用
reading: そりゅうしのそうごさよう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fundamental interaction (i.e. gravitation, electromagnetism, weak interaction, strong interaction)


expression: 組
reading: くみ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) set (of items); group (of people); class (of students); company (esp. construction); family (i.e. mafia); team; typesetting; composition; (P)


expression: 組み込み
reading: くみこみ
tags: adj-f n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) cut-in (printing); insertion; inclusion; (adj-f) built-in; predefined; embedded (e.g. software)


expression: 組み入れ
reading: くみいれ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) incorporating; inserting; nesting (e.g. of matryoshka dolls); nest; square offering tray made of unvarnished wood (three per nested set); (archit) (abbr) latticed ceiling


expression: 組む
reading: くむ
tags: P v5m
glossary:
(v5m) to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program); to braid; to plait; to grapple; to wrestle; to unite; to link up; to form an alliance; to set (e.g. type); to issue (e.g. money order); (P)


expression: 組子
reading: くみこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) member (of a group led by a kumigashira); member (of a fire brigade); muntin; mullion; member; fret


expression: 蘇える
reading: よみがえる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(io) (v5r,vi) to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived; to be refreshed; to be restored; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back


expression: 蘇る
reading: よみがえる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived; to be refreshed; to be restored; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back


expression: 蘇生
reading: そせい
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) rebirth; resuscitation; rehabilitation; reorganization; reorganisation; regeneration; resurrection; reviving


expression: 蘇方
reading: すおう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); sappanwood dye (red in colour) (color); layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)


expression: 訴える
reading: うったえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to; to call for; to complain; to sue (a person); to take someone to court; to resort to (e.g. arms, violence); (P)


expression: 阻む
reading: はばむ
tags: P v5m
glossary:
(v5m) to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart; (P)


expression: 阻止
reading: そし
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction; preemption; blocking; (P)


expression: 遡る
reading: さかのぼる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive; (P)


expression: 創める
reading: はじめる
tags: suf v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); (suf,v1) to start ...; to begin to ...


expression: 双べる
reading: ならべる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)


expression: 双ポン
reading: シャンポン
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand (mahjong) (chi:)


expression: 双調
reading: そうじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G); (in gagaku) scale similar to Mixolydian mode on G


expression: 叢雲剣
reading: むらくものつるぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) Murakumo no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia)


expression: 倉づくり
reading: くらづくり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud; (n,vs) building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses


expression: 惣領
reading: そうりょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) eldest child; oldest child; first-born child; child who carries on the family name; (arch) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)


expression: 惣領制
reading: そうりょうせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) soryo system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)


expression: 想い
reading: おもい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) thought; imagination; mind; heart; desire; wish; hope; expectation; love; affection; feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience


expression: 想起
reading: そうき
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) remembering; recollection; recall; retrieval; (vs) to remember; to recall; to recollect; to call to mind; to envision


expression: 捜し回る
reading: さがしまわる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for; (P)


expression: 捜す
reading: さがす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime); to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; (P)


expression: 挿す
reading: さす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten


expression: 挿む
reading: はさむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to interpose; to hold between; to insert; to be on either side (e.g. road); to be across (e.g. street, river); to be beyond


expression: 操る
reading: あやつる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to manipulate; to operate; to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to steer (a ship); to have a good command of (a language); to be fluent in; to operate a puppet; to pull the strings of a puppet; to mastermind; to pull the strings; to control from the shadows; (arch) to play (a musical instrument); (P)


expression: 操作
reading: そうさ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) operation; management; processing; manipulating to one's benefit; (vs) to operate; to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books); (P)


expression: 早々
reading: そうそう
tags: P adv n-adv n-suf
glossary:
(n-suf,n-adv) as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; (adv) hurriedly; in haste; quickly; promptly; early; (P)


expression: 早い
reading: はやい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick; (P)


expression: 早まる
reading: はやまる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to move ahead (three hours, etc.); to move up; to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed; to be hasty; to be rash; (P)


expression: 早稲
reading: わせ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age


expression: 早早
reading: そうそう
tags: adv n-adv n-suf
glossary:
(n-suf,n-adv) as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; (adv) hurriedly; in haste; quickly; promptly; early


expression: 早贄
reading: はやにえ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption; first offering of the season


expression: 曹司
reading: ぞうし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) palace room for government officials or ladies in waiting; room inside a palace or private estate allocated to employees; person living in such a room; boarding house for trainee administrators (ritsuryo period)


expression: 巣ごもり消費
reading: すごもりしょうひ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) consumption of goods and services by young working adults who live at home, with their basic living expenses covered by their parents; nest-dweller consumption


expression: 槍玉にあげる
reading: やりだまにあげる
tags: exp v1 vt
glossary:
(exp,v1,vt) to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to single out someone for criticism


expression: 槍玉に上げる
reading: やりだまにあげる
tags: exp v1 vt
glossary:
(iK) (exp,v1,vt) to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to single out someone for criticism


expression: 漕ぐ
reading: こぐ
tags: P v5g vt
glossary:
(v5g,vt) to row; to scull; to paddle; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.); (P)


expression: 争う
reading: あらそう
tags: P v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to compete; to contest; to contend; to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose; (usu. in negative form) to deny (e.g. evidence); (P)


expression: 痩せる
reading: やせる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) (uk) to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to slim; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile; (P)


expression: 痩る
reading: やせる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(io) (v1,vi) (uk) to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to slim; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile


expression: 相
reading: そう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) appearance; look; countenance; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; (ling) aspect; (physics) phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)


expression: 相々
reading: あいあい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) doing something together; co-owning something and using it together; (arch) being on par with one another


expression: 相づちを打つ
reading: あいづちをうつ
tags: exp v5t
glossary:
(exp,v5t) to throw in appropriate words in a conversation; to make agreeable responses; to be a yes-man


expression: 相わかる
reading: あいわかる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out


expression: 相異なる
reading: あいことなる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) (math) to be different and distinct; to be (relatively) distinct (when referring to items in a set)


expression: 相引
reading: あいびき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) for enemies and allies to pull back their troops at the same time; responding to enemy arrow fire with arrow fire


expression: 相悔み
reading: あいくやみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) mutual mourning; when one is in mourning, one doesn not make condolence calls or offers of help to others in mourning


expression: 相挟み
reading: あいばさみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) multiple people holding the same item with their chopsticks; passing something from chopstick to chopstick


expression: 相互情報量
reading: そうごじょうほうりょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (comp) transinformation (content); transferred information; transmitted information; mutual information


expression: 相語らふ
reading: あいかたらう
tags: v4h vt
glossary:
(v4h,vt) (arch) to talk together; (arch) to be close; to be intimate; to form an intimate relationship (between a man and a woman); (arch) to win someone over


expression: 相済む
reading: あいすむ
tags: v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to finish; to end; to be completed; to fulfill one's obligations (often used in negative form as an apology)


expression: 相似比
reading: そうじひ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (math) homothetic ratio; similitude ratio; ratio of magnification; dilation factor; scale factor


expression: 相借家
reading: あいじゃくや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else; person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself


expression: 相手にしない
reading: あいてにしない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) to ignore; to take no notice of; to give the cold shoulder to; to not associate with; to snub; to refuse to deal with


expression: 相手にする
reading: あいてにする
tags: exp vs-i
glossary:
(exp,vs-i) to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to take notice of; to deal with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)


expression: 相手取る
reading: あいてどる
tags: P exp v5r vt
glossary:
(exp,v5r,vt) to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.); (P)


expression: 相手先
reading: あいてさき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)


expression: 相場
reading: そうば
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem; (P)


expression: 相即
reading: そうそく
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (Buddh) coming together and dissolvinge into oneness; being closely related; being inseparable


expression: 相通ずる
reading: あいつうずる
tags: vz
glossary:
(vz) to be in common; to have in common; to be in mutually understood; to be mutually connected; to have a link


expression: 相殿
reading: あいでん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities


expression: 相当
reading: そうとう
tags: P adj-na adv n-adv vs
glossary:
(adj-na,n-adv,vs) befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable; considerable; substantial; (vs) to be worthy of; to be proportionate to; to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent; (adv) extremely; considerably; (P)


expression: 相入れない
reading: あいいれない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(iK) (exp,adj-i) in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with


expression: 相半ばする
reading: あいなかばする
tags: vi vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s,vi) to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out


expression: 相容れない
reading: あいいれない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with


expression: 相和する
reading: あいわする
tags: vi vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s,vi) to get along well together; to be in tune with one another; to harmonize with each other; to go well together


expression: 窓ごし
reading: まどごし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window


expression: 総角
reading: あげまき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; Meiji period women's hairstyle; (abbr) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam


expression: 総合
reading: そうごう
tags: P adj-f adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) synthesis; coordination; putting together; integration; composite; (adj-f) comprehensive; (P)


expression: 総合経済対策
reading: そうごうけいざいたいさく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) package of economic stimulus measures; comprehensive economic measures; comprehensive economic stimulus package


expression: 総合芸術
reading: そうごうげいじゅつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) total work of art; complete work of art; Gesamtkunstwerk; artwork that integrates music, poetry, and acting; composite art


expression: 総書記
reading: そうしょき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) secretary-general; general secretary (esp. of Communist parties of the Democratic Republic of North Korea and the People's Republic of China)


expression: 総秘書
reading: そうひしょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) general secretary (esp. of Communist parties of Vietnam and the Democratic Republic of North Korea); secretary-general


expression: 総本山
reading: そうほんざん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters; (P)


expression: 総務省
reading: そうむしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (formerly Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications)


expression: 総理
reading: そうり
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) (abbr) prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; (n,vs) leading; overseeing; leader; overseer; president; (P)


expression: 総領
reading: すべおさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces


expression: 綜合
reading: そうごう
tags: adj-f adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) synthesis; coordination; putting together; integration; composite; (adj-f) comprehensive


expression: 綜理
reading: そうり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(oK) (n) (abbr) prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; (n,vs) leading; overseeing; leader; overseer; president


expression: 綜絖
reading: そうこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) heddle; heald; part of a loom, a wire or cord with an eye, through which the warp threads are threaded


expression: 草仮名
reading: そうがな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cursive form of man'yougana; man'yougana written in sousho style, an intermediate stage between hiragana and man'yougana


expression: 草食系
reading: そうしょくけい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; herbivore


expression: 草食系男子
reading: そうしょくけいだんし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) young men who are not competitive as in tradition male stereotypes, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented


expression: 草食男子
reading: そうしょくだんし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) young men who are not competitive as in tradition male stereotypes, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented; (abbr) (sl) men who pretend they aren't interested in women; spineless males; men with no balls


expression: 草薙の剣
reading: くさなぎのつるぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword


expression: 草莽
reading: そうぼう
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) commoner; patriot; humble subject; (n) late Edo period commoner opposition movement (mid- 18th century to mid-19th century)


expression: 蒼
reading: あお
tags: adj-na adj-no n pref
glossary:
(n,adj-no,adj-na) blue; green; (n) (abbr) green light; black (horse coat color); (pref) immature; unripe; young


expression: 蒼梧
reading: そうご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree


expression: 蒼竜
reading: そうりゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) blue dragon; Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (astron) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; shape of an old pine tree


expression: 装飾男子
reading: そうしょくだんし
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) (abbr) young men who are not competitive as in tradition male stereotypes, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented; (abbr) (sl) men who pretend they aren't interested in women; spineless males; men with no balls


expression: 走らせる
reading: はしらせる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to dispatch; to make run; to drive; to gallop; to sail; to run (a program); to rout; to put to flight


expression: 走る
reading: はしる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward; (P)


expression: 走行
reading: そうこう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car); running to program, job, etc.; traveling; travelling; (P)


expression: 送りがな
reading: おくりがな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word (may inflect); declensional kana ending


expression: 送り仮名
reading: おくりがな
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word (may inflect); declensional kana ending; (P)


expression: 送り足
reading: おくりあし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) stepping out of the ring while carrying the opponent over the edge, not considered as a loss


