# Terms

expression: 送る
reading: おくる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time); to live one's life; to pass (down the line); to affix okurigana; (P)


expression: 霜降
reading: しもふり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) speckled with white; salt and pepper (colour, color); (of fabric) created by intertwining white and coloured fibres; (of beef) marbling; (abbr) (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water


expression: 霜降り
reading: しもふり
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) speckled with white; salt and pepper (colour, color); (of fabric) created by intertwining white and coloured fibres; (of beef) marbling; (abbr) (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; (P)


expression: 騒ぐ
reading: さわぐ
tags: P v5g vi
glossary:
(v5g,vi) to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour; to make a fuss; to kick up a fuss; to lose one's cool; to panic; to act flustered; to feel tense; to be uneasy; to be excited; (P)


expression: 騒動
reading: そうどう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) strife; riot; rebellion; turmoil; (media) uproar; brouhaha; (public) outcry; feud; tussle; quarrel; dispute; (P)


expression: 像
reading: ぞう
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) image; figure; statue; picture; portrait; figure; form; shape; appearance; (physics) (math) image; (P)


expression: 像主
reading: ぞうしゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust; (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art


expression: 増し
reading: まし
tags: P adj-na n n-suf
glossary:
(adj-na) better; less objectionable; preferable; (n-suf) more; increase; extra; (n) (arch) increase; growth; (P)


expression: 増長
reading: ぞうちょう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing


expression: 憎い
reading: にくい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable; amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful; (P)


expression: 蔵
reading: ぞう
tags: n n-suf pref
glossary:
(n,n-suf) possession; ownership; (n) (abbr) (former) Ministry of Finance; (n,pref) (abbr) Tibet; Tibetan people


expression: 造血
reading: ぞうけつ
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) blood formation; blood making; hemopoiesis (haemopoiesis); hematosis (haematosis); hematopoiesis (haematopoiesis)


expression: 造血機能
reading: ぞうけつきのう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) hemopoietic function; haemopoietic function; hematopoietic function; haematopoietic function; blood-forming functions


expression: 促す
reading: うながす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to urge; to press; to prompt; to suggest; to demand; to stimulate; to quicken; to incite; to invite (attention to); (P)


expression: 促音便
reading: そくおんびん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (ling) nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i')


expression: 側生動物
reading: そくせいどうぶつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) parazoan (member of an ancestral subkingdom of animals whose only surviving members are the sponges)


expression: 即戦力
reading: そくせんりょく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (bus) (sports) ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker


expression: 息が切れる
reading: いきがきれる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to lose one's breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to collapse; to die


expression: 息巻く
reading: いきまく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak passionately; to get worked up; to galvanize


expression: 息切れ
reading: いきぎれ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum; (P)


expression: 捉まる
reading: つかまる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be caught; to be arrested; (uk) to hold on to; to grasp; (uk) to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi); (uk) to be detained by


expression: 捉む
reading: つかむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch; to understand; to grasp; to comprehend


expression: 束
reading: そく
tags: ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) (math) lattice; (n,n-suf,ctr) counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)


expression: 束
reading: つか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) strut; short vertical post; thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (arch) handbreadth; bundle


expression: 束ねる
reading: たばねる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe; to govern; to manage; to control; to administer; (P)


expression: 束ねる
reading: つかねる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe; to fold (one's arms)


expression: 束修
reading: そくしゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; present to a teacher; (arch) gift of dried meat from a new vassal or pupil


expression: 束髪
reading: そくはつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head


expression: 束脩
reading: そくしゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; present to a teacher; (arch) gift of dried meat from a new vassal or pupil


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


expression: 足かけ
reading: あしかけ
tags: n n-adv
glossary:
(n) (sumo) (MA) leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; (n-adv) nearly (used to estimate a period of time by rounding up incomplete units)


expression: 足して二で割る
reading: たしてにでわる
tags: exp v5r vt
glossary:
(exp,v5r,vt) to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out


expression: 足す
reading: たす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business); (P)


expression: 足どり
reading: あしどり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) gait; walk; stride; pace; step; manner of walking; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail; movements


expression: 足はこび
reading: あしはこび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); (sumo) characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)


expression: 足もと
reading: あしもと
tags: adj-no n pn
glossary:
(n,adj-no) at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step"); (n) gait; pace; step; (pn) you; thou


expression: 足りる
reading: たりる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy; to be sufficient; to answer; to do; (P)


expression: 足を洗う
reading: あしをあらう
tags: exp v5u
glossary:
(exp,v5u) to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to turn over a new leaf; to go straight; to wash one's feet


expression: 足を棒にして
reading: あしをぼうにして
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (e.g. to walk, stand, etc., until) one's legs turn to lead; (doing something) until one's legs tire and stiffen


expression: 足下
reading: あしもと
tags: P adj-no n pn
glossary:
(n,adj-no) at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step"); (n) gait; pace; step; (pn) you; thou; (P)


expression: 足下を見る
reading: あしもとをみる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price); from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly


expression: 足根
reading: そくこん
tags: adj-f
glossary:
(adj-f) tarsal (relating to the tarsus - a group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)


expression: 足取り
reading: あしどり
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) gait; walk; stride; pace; step; manner of walking; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail; movements; (P)


expression: 足場
reading: あしば
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation; base; convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail); (P)


expression: 足長おじさん
reading: あしながおじさん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)


expression: 速まる
reading: はやまる
tags: 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


expression: 速攻
reading: そっこう
tags: P adj-no adv n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) swift attack; quick attack; fast break; (adv) (col) right away; without delay; immediately; (P)


expression: 俗
reading: しょく
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(ok) (n) layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world; local manners; modern customs; (adj-na,adj-no) common; popular; vulgar; low


expression: 俗
reading: ぞく
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(n) layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world; local manners; modern customs; (adj-na,adj-no) common; popular; vulgar; low; (P)


expression: 属人主義
reading: ぞくじんしゅぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country)


expression: 属人法
reading: ぞくじんほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) law of the country where a person habitually resides or is a national; law applicable to a person or to a person's legal problems


expression: 族議員
reading: ぞくぎいん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) influential members of parliament acting for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected


expression: 続き
reading: つづき
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) sequel; continuation; (also suffix) continuation (in time and space); second series; succession; spell; (P)


expression: 続く
reading: つづく
tags: P v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to continue; to last; to go on; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin; to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to; to hold out; to keep; to last; (P)


expression: 卒
reading: そつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) low-ranking soldier; (abbr) graduation; (abbr) low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); (abbr) death (of a noble, etc.)


expression: 袖下
reading: そでした
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) bottom of the sleeve; height of the sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing); secret; secret bribe


expression: 袖手傍観
reading: しゅうしゅぼうかん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker


expression: 其
reading: それ
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) (uk) that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; (arch) there (indicating a place near the listener); (arch) you


expression: 其の
reading: その
tags: P adj-pn int
glossary:
(adj-pn) (uk) that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; (int) um...; er...; uh...; (P)


expression: 其れ
reading: それ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (uk) that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; (arch) there (indicating a place near the listener); (arch) you; (P)


expression: 其れだけ
reading: それだけ
tags: n-t
glossary:
(n-t) (uk) that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)


expression: 其れなり
reading: それなり
tags: adv
glossary:
(adv) (uk) in itself; as it is; in its own way; as suits the occasion; (uk) within its capacity; within limitations


expression: 其許
reading: そこもと
tags: adj-no n pn
glossary:
(n) (arch) that place; there; (pn,adj-no) you (usu. used by samurai when speaking to their equals or inferiors)


expression: 其式
reading: それしき
tags: adj-no exp
glossary:
(io) (exp,adj-no) (uk) trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent


expression: 其処
reading: そこ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (uk) there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch) you; (P)


expression: 其方
reading: そち
tags: adj-no pn
glossary:
(pn,adj-no) (uk) that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener); there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener); that one (something close to the listener); you; your family; your company; that person (someone close to the listener)


expression: 其方
reading: そちら
tags: P adj-no pn
glossary:
(pn,adj-no) (uk) that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener); there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener); that one (something close to the listener); you; your family; your company; that person (someone close to the listener); (P)


expression: 其迄
reading: それまで
tags: exp
glossary:
(io) (exp) (uk) until then; till then; up to that time; (uk) to that extent; (uk) the end of it; all there is to it


expression: 揃う
reading: そろう
tags: P v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to become complete; to be all present; to be a full set; to have everything at one's disposal; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble; (P)


expression: 揃える
reading: そろえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to collect; to gather; to get together; to complete (a collection); to arrange; to put in order; to prepare; to get ready; to make uniform; to make even; to match; (P)


expression: 孫子
reading: そんし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (hon) Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)


expression: 尊
reading: そん
tags: ctr n pref suf
glossary:
(n) zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (pref) (arch) (hon) honorific prefix referring to the listener; (suf,ctr) counter for buddhas


expression: 尊王攘夷
reading: そんのうじょうい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) 19th century slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of (barbarian) foreigners


expression: 尊厳死
reading: そんげんし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) death with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)


expression: 尊大語
reading: そんだいご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (hon) speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener


expression: 損する
reading: そんする
tags: P vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s) to lose (money, etc.); to have wasted one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught; (P)


expression: 損ねる
reading: そこねる
tags: P aux-v v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to harm; to hurt; to injure; to wreck; (aux-v) to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done); (P)


expression: 遜色がない
reading: そんしょくがない
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) bears comparison with (something); compares favorably with (something); compares favourably with (something); isn't inferior to (something)


expression: 他意
reading: たい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ill will; malice; another intention; secret purpose; ulterior motive; fickleness; double-mindedness


expression: 他屋
reading: たや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) home in which a woman stays during her period (or while giving birth); (arch) period; menstruation; menses


expression: 他山の石
reading: たざんのいし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)


expression: 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし
reading: たざんのいしもってたまをおさむべし
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (arch) one should learn from other's mistakes; stones from other mountains can be used to polish one's own gems


expression: 他人
reading: たにん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) another person; other people; others; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger; (P)


expression: 他人行儀
reading: たにんぎょうぎ
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal


expression: 他人丼
reading: たにんどん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (food) oyakodon-like dish made with something other than chicken; bowl of rice with cooked meat (esp. beef or pork) and eggs on top


expression: 他方
reading: たほう
tags: P adj-no conj n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party; (conj) on the other hand; (P)


expression: 多らか
reading: おおらか
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) (uk) placid; composed; serene; calm; (uk) big hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous; great quantity (of something)


expression: 多寡
reading: たか
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size; (P)


expression: 多岐亡羊
reading: たきぼうよう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) too many options making selection difficult; truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate


expression: 多芸は無芸
reading: たげいはむげい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) being multi-talented means never really being especially good at any one thing; jack of all trades, master of none


expression: 多層建て列車
reading: たそうだてれっしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) "multilayer" train; single train formed by joining one or more trains having a different origin or destination


expression: 多羅
reading: たら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) palmyra; (abbr) lusterleaf holly; patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue)


expression: 多羅葉
reading: たらよう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) lusterleaf holly (Ilex latifolia); pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)


expression: 太巻
reading: ふとまき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) rolling something thickly; something rolled thickly (i.e. a cigar, a thick roll of makizushi, etc.)


expression: 太虚
reading: たいきょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the sky; the universe; taixu (the great vacuity, in Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi)


expression: 太極
reading: たいきょく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, inc. time and space)


expression: 太玉串
reading: ふとたまぐし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering)


expression: 太鼓持ち
reading: たいこもち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; buffoon; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser


expression: 太閤
reading: たいこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (hon) taiko; title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son


expression: 太師
reading: たいし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm


expression: 太占
reading: ふとまに
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) scapulimancy (divination using the cracks in the heated shoulder blade of a deer); scapulomancy; spatulamancy; armomancy


expression: 太刀持
reading: たちもち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword); (sumo) rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony


expression: 太刀打ちできる
reading: たちうちできる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own


expression: 太白
reading: たいはく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Venus (planet); thick silk thread; refined sugar; (abbr) white rice jelly; variety of sweet potato


expression: 太夫
reading: たゆう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) high-ranking Noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); joruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)


expression: 太保
reading: たいほ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)


expression: 太傅
reading: たいふ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)


expression: 唾を付ける
reading: つばをつける
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to 'call dibs'; to establish a claim; to spit on something, thus preventing others from taking it


expression: 堕ちる
reading: おちる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; to become indecent (of a conversation); to be ruined; to go under; to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; to come to (in the end); to end in; to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); to swoon (judo); to consent; to understand; (comp) to crash; to freeze; to die; to move to the depths


expression: 堕つ
reading: おつ
tags: vi
glossary:
(v2t-k,vi) (arch) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (arch) to be omitted; to be missing; (arch) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (arch) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (arch) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (arch) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender


expression: 堕弱
reading: だじゃく
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(oK) (adj-na,n) apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; gutless; weak-willed; unenterprising; enervated; effete; physically weak; feeble; effeminate


expression: 惰弱
reading: だじゃく
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; gutless; weak-willed; unenterprising; enervated; effete; physically weak; feeble; effeminate


expression: 打たれ強い
reading: うたれづよい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) (MA) able to take a lot of punishment (of a boxer, etc.); able to take a hit; able to keep one's cool when the batter gets a hit (of a baseball pitcher); resilient; strong in the face of criticism or adversity


expression: 打ちつける
reading: うちつける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to strike (hard); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling


expression: 打ちのめす
reading: うちのめす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)


expression: 打ち掛け
reading: うちかけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono; ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)


expression: 打ち合せ
reading: うちあわせ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) business meeting; previous arrangement; appointment; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch) making something match exactly; (P)


expression: 打ち込み
reading: うちこみ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) driving; pounding in; shooting into; implantation; invasion; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into; (comp) step recording (in electronic or computer music); (P)


expression: 打ち込む
reading: うちこむ
tags: P v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to smash; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades); to input (data); to enter; to devote oneself to; to go heart and soul into; to throw oneself into; to go head over heels for; (sports) to practice hitting (baseball, tennis, etc.); (MA) to hit (an opponent in kendo, boxing, etc.); to get a blow in; to invade one's opponent's territory (in the game of go); to place a stone in an opponent's formation; to pour (concrete, etc.) into a form; (P)


expression: 打ち取る
reading: うちとる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; (baseb) to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner


expression: 打ち出し
reading: うちだし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) embossing a pattern; repousse; hammering; drum signaling the end of a performance; serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf)


expression: 打ち上げ
reading: うちあげ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party; party to celebrate successful completion of a project; (P)


expression: 打ち上げる
reading: うちあげる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close; to report (to boss, etc.); (P)


expression: 打ち上げパーティー
reading: うちあげパーティー
tags: n
glossary:
(n) party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (job, concert, play, etc.); celebration party


expression: 打ち上げ会
reading: うちあげかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party; party to celebrate successful completion of a project


expression: 打ち眺める
reading: うちながめる
tags: v1
glossary:
(v1) to look afar; to look at something while absorbed in reverie; to look at something while absorbed in one's thoughts


expression: 打ち物
reading: うちもの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) forged weaponry (e.g. swords, spears, etc.); forged weapon; molded dry confectionery; moulded dry confectionery; percussion instrument


expression: 打ち返す
reading: うちかえす
tags: v5s
glossary:
(v5s) to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat


expression: 打ち揚げ
reading: うちあげ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party; party to celebrate successful completion of a project


expression: 打ち揚げる
reading: うちあげる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close; to report (to boss, etc.)


expression: 打っちゃり
reading: うっちゃり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) trick of leaning back and carrying one's opponent round and out of the ring; last-minute reversal


expression: 打っ掛け
reading: ぶっかけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) (sl) splashing on; splashing at; dish made by pouring broth over something (esp. bukkakesoba); (vulg) ejaculation onto someone's face


expression: 打っ込む
reading: ぶっこむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to hit; to strike; to smash; to hammer in; to drive in; to throw; to toss; to cast; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.); to carry


expression: 打っ付かる
reading: ぶっつかる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) (uk) to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict; to encounter; to meet; to clash


expression: 打っ付ける
reading: ぶっつける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) (uk) to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to crash into; (uk) to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); (uk) to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)


expression: 打つ
reading: うつ
tags: P v5t vt
glossary:
(v5t,vt) to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress; to touch; to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to type; to send; to transmit; to insert; to write in; to mark; to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare; to till (soil); to sprinkle; to throw; to cast; to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.); to pay (a deposit, etc.); to visit (on a pilgrimage); to line (a coat); to bind (a criminal); (P)


expression: 打つかり
reading: ぶつかり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) collision; bumping into; (sumo) (uk) (abbr) head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice


expression: 打込む
reading: うちこむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to smash; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades); to input (data); to enter; to devote oneself to; to go heart and soul into; to throw oneself into; to go head over heels for; (sports) to practice hitting (baseball, tennis, etc.); (MA) to hit (an opponent in kendo, boxing, etc.); to get a blow in; to invade one's opponent's territory (in the game of go); to place a stone in an opponent's formation; to pour (concrete, etc.) into a form


expression: 打付ける
reading: うちつける
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to strike (hard); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling; (P)


expression: 打付ける
reading: ぶちつける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(ok) (v1,vt) (uk) to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to crash into; (uk) to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); (uk) to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)


expression: 駄
reading: だ
tags: ctr n n-suf pref
glossary:
(pref) poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless; (n-suf,ctr) load; pack; horse load; (n) packhorse


expression: 駄袋
reading: だんぶくろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) large cloth sack; baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)


expression: 駄目
reading: だめ
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) (uk) no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; (uk) hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; (uk) cannot; must not; not allowed; (P)


expression: 体
reading: たい
tags: ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) body; physique; posture; shape; form; style; substance; identity; reality; (math) field; (ctr) counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.)


expression: 体する
reading: たいする
tags: vs-s vt
glossary:
(vs-s,vt) to keep in mind and do as one has been told; to learn and obey; to act in accordance; to comply


expression: 体よく断る
reading: ていよくことわる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them; to refuse gracefully; to decline politely


expression: 体裁
reading: たいさい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style; appearances; decency; show; display; lip-service; insincere words; glib talk


expression: 体裁
reading: ていさい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style; appearances; decency; show; display; lip-service; insincere words; glib talk; (P)


expression: 体積弾性率
reading: たいせきだんせいりつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bulk modulus; volume elasticity; volume modulus; measure of a substance's resistance to uniform compression


expression: 体力
reading: たいりょく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) stamina; endurance; physical strength; resilience; resistance to disease; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential); (P)


expression: 対
reading: たい
tags: P conj n
glossary:
(n,conj) opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; v.; to (i.e. "we won the game five to three"); equal footing; equal terms; against ...; anti-; toward ...; to ...; (P)


expression: 対
reading: つい
tags: P ctr n
glossary:
(n) pair; couple; set; antithesis; (ctr) counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.); (P)


expression: 対す
reading: たいす
tags: v5s vi
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to; to confront; to oppose; to compete with


expression: 対する
reading: たいする
tags: P vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s) to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to; to confront; to oppose; to compete with; (P)


expression: 対の屋
reading: たいのや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) side house (to the east, west, or north of a main residence; home to women, children and servants)


expression: 対応
reading: たいおう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) interaction; correspondence; coping with; dealing with; support; (comp) software support; ability of a computer system to run specific software; (P)


expression: 対応説
reading: たいおうせつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) correspondence theory (theory that a proposition is true if and only if it corresponds to the facts)


expression: 対策路線
reading: たいさくろせん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (railway, bus, highway) route designed or designated to meet a specific problem; countermeasure program (policy)


expression: 対治
reading: たいじ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; suppression; (Buddh) making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness


expression: 対症的
reading: たいしょうてき
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) (med) temporary (of medical care); pallative; dealing only with the symptoms; symptomatic; superficial


expression: 対人感覚
reading: たいじんかんかく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) feelings toward other people; sensitivity to other people's feelings; feelings one gives to other people through interpersonal relationships


expression: 対峙
reading: たいじ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) confrontation; standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against; holding one's own with; (P)


expression: 帯びる
reading: おびる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with; (P)


expression: 待ったをかける
reading: まったをかける
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve


expression: 待つ
reading: まつ
tags: P v5t vi vt
glossary:
(v5t,vt,vi) to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; (usu. in negative form) to depend on; to need; (P)


expression: 待遇表現
reading: たいぐうひょうげん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) attitudinal expression (indicating the speaker's respect, contempt, etc. for the listener or the person being discussed)


expression: 待宵
reading: まつよい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come; (arch) night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar


expression: 怠い
reading: たるい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(ok) (adj-i) (uk) sluggish; languid; listless; heavy (heart, legs, etc.); dull; (uk) (sl) bothersome; tiresome


expression: 怠い
reading: だるい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) (uk) sluggish; languid; listless; heavy (heart, legs, etc.); dull; (uk) (sl) bothersome; tiresome; (P)


expression: 態
reading: ざま
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n) (derog) (uk) mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight; (suf) -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...; manner of ...; way of ...


expression: 戴く
reading: いただく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) (hum) to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy; (hum) (pol) to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top); to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president); (P)


expression: 替え玉
reading: かえだま
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) substitute; double; second serving (ball) of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen); (P)


expression: 替え名
reading: かえな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) alternative name; alternate name; assumed name of a customer in a brothel (for anonymity); stage name


expression: 替り
reading: かわり
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing; stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor; compensation; exchange; return; second helping; another cup; seconds; (abbr) upcoming program; upcoming programme


expression: 替わり
reading: かわり
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing; stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor; compensation; exchange; return; second helping; another cup; seconds; (abbr) upcoming program; upcoming programme; (P)


expression: 替わる
reading: かわる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch; (P)


expression: 苔
reading: こけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) moss; short plants resembling moss (inc. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)


expression: 苔むす
reading: こけむす
tags: v5s vi
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to become covered in moss; to be moss-covered; to have moss growing on itself; to become aged (e.g. building, stone)


expression: 袋
reading: ふくろ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) bag; sack; pouch; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water; (P)


expression: 袋とじ
reading: ふくろとじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) double-leaved printing (traditional East Asian books); sealed-page printing; magazine (esp. pornographic) with long side or all three sides sealed to prevent browsing; (comp) dual page


expression: 袋棚
reading: ふくろだな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou); small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma


expression: 袋地
reading: ふくろじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sacking; bagging; land that is surrounded by others' private property and is not directly accessible via public roads


expression: 貸し
reading: かし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) loan; lending; favor; favour; debt; obligation; (abbr) creditor; method of lending; credit side; (P)


expression: 退く
reading: しりぞく
tags: P 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; (P)


expression: 退く
reading: のく
tags: P v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede; (P)


expression: 退く
reading: ひく
tags: P v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to move back; to draw back; to recede; to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to resign; to retire; to quit; (P)


expression: 退ける
reading: のける
tags: P aux-v v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; 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; (P)


expression: 退治
reading: たいじ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; suppression; (Buddh) making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness; (P)


expression: 退出
reading: たいしゅつ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)


expression: 退勢挽回
reading: たいせいばんかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend


expression: 代
reading: しろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.)


expression: 代
reading: だい
tags: ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) charge; cost; price; generation; age; reign; (geol) era; (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number; (ctr) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); (abbr) proxy application company; (n) (abbr) pronoun


expression: 代替
reading: だいがわり
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)


expression: 代替り
reading: だいがわり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)


expression: 代表取締社長
reading: だいひょうとりしまりしゃちょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world


expression: 代表取締役
reading: だいひょうとりしまりやく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) representative director (i.e. someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world)


expression: 代理
reading: だいり
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.); (P)


expression: 台
reading: だい
tags: P ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) stand; rack; table; support; belt; (ctr) counter for machines, incl. vehicles; (n) setting (e.g. in jewellery); (n,n-suf,ctr) level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life); (P)


expression: 台直しかんな
reading: だいなおしかんな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes


expression: 台頭
reading: たいとう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) rise of; appearance of; raising one's head; coming to power; becoming famous; (being in the) forefront; prominence; (P)


expression: 大
reading: おおき
tags: adj-na n pref
glossary:
(io) (pref) (arch) great; grand; large; greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior; (n,adj-na) a great deal; very much


expression: 大
reading: だい
tags: n pref suf
glossary:
(pref) the large part of; big; large; great; (suf) approximate size; no larger than; (abbr) -university; (n) large (e.g. serving size); loud (e.g. volume setting)


expression: 大き
reading: おおき
tags: adj-na n pref
glossary:
(pref) (arch) great; grand; large; greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior; (n,adj-na) a great deal; very much


expression: 大の字
reading: だいのじ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled


expression: 大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺す
reading: だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころす
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one


expression: 大安吉日
reading: たいあんきちじつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar)


expression: 大尉
reading: たいい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.); (P)


expression: 大尉
reading: だいい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)


expression: 大横綱
reading: だいよこづな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins


expression: 大岡裁き
reading: おおおかさばき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Oooka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)


expression: 大学
reading: だいがく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; (abbr) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books; (P)


expression: 大学入学資格検定
reading: だいがくにゅうがくしかくけんてい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)


expression: 大学別曹
reading: だいがくべっそう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Heian-period boarding school (for children of a specific noble clan) established near the former central university of Kyoto


expression: 大学寮
reading: だいがくりょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)


expression: 大寒
reading: だいかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. Jan 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)


expression: 大寒小寒
reading: おおさむこさむ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")


expression: 大看板
reading: おおかんばん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) billboard; large signboard; first-rate influential performer (theatre, film, etc.); leading star; draw; attraction


expression: 大喜利
reading: おおぎり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.


expression: 大寄
reading: おおよせ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) calling many harlots and entertainers and have a big party; starting an important maneuver at the end of a game of go


expression: 大宮
reading: おおみや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (hon) imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage


expression: 大漁貧乏
reading: たいりょうびんぼう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen' s income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch


expression: 大金星
reading: だいきんぼし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) most spectacular victory; win of rank-and-file wrestler over the truly great grand champion


expression: 大空位時代
reading: だいくういじだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Great Interregnum (gap between Hohenstaufen and Habsburg rule of the Holy Roman Empire, approx. 1254-1273 CE)


expression: 大穴
reading: おおあな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) large hole; great deficit; heavy losses; big and unexpected winnings; a killing (e.g. on a race); dark horse (horse racing)


expression: 大穴牟遅神
reading: おおあなむちのかみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine


expression: 大検
reading: だいけん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)


expression: 大股
reading: おおまた
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) straddle; long (great, swinging) stride; long (big) steps; (sumo) thigh-scooping body drop


expression: 大黒柱
reading: だいこくばしら
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider; main man; (P)


expression: 大根
reading: だいこ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); (abbr) ham actor


expression: 大根
reading: だいこん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); (abbr) ham actor; (P)


expression: 大宰府
reading: だざいふ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)


expression: 大阪の食い倒れ
reading: おおさかのくいだおれ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka)


expression: 大阪会議
reading: おおさかかいぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875)


expression: 大三元
reading: だいさんげん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) big three dragons (mahjong); winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles


expression: 大惨事
reading: だいさんじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity; terrible disaster; apocalypse


expression: 大取りより小取り
reading: おおとりよりことり
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) it is wiser to make money steadily over time; light gains make heavy purse; better small takings than a large win


expression: 大手
reading: おおて
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle; (P)


expression: 大将
reading: たいしょう
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) general; admiral; (n) boss; leader; local kingpin; (fam) old chap; mate; boss; chief; man; athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.); (P)


expression: 大将
reading: だいしょう
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) general; admiral; (n) boss; leader; local kingpin; (fam) old chap; mate; boss; chief; man; athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)


expression: 大小
reading: だいしょう
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) sizes (various); large and small; daisho (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; (P)


expression: 大食い
reading: おおぐい
tags: adj-na n vs
glossary:
(n,adj-na,vs) eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; gluttony; (n) big eater; trencherman; gormandizer


expression: 大新聞
reading: おおしんぶん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) type of newspaper from the Meiji era (characterized by its use of political commentary written in literary language); major newspaper


expression: 大人かわいい
reading: おとなかわいい
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) fashion style of adult women characterized by makeup and clothing that subtly emphasizes cuteness.


expression: 大人の事情
reading: おとなのじじょう
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)


expression: 大人は赤子の心を失わず
reading: たいじんはせきしのこころをうしなわず
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people


expression: 大切
reading: おおぎり
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) large cut (e.g. of meat); last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.


expression: 大切にする
reading: たいせつにする
tags: exp vs-i
glossary:
(exp,vs-i) to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to set a high value on; to take good care of; to look after


expression: 大切り
reading: おおぎり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) large cut (e.g. of meat); last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.


expression: 大選挙区制
reading: だいせんきょくせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) electoral system allowing for the election of multiple candidates from one district; multi-member constituent electoral system


expression: 大騒動
reading: おおそうどう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose; hell let loose; mighty whirl; tempest; whoopla


expression: 大地主
reading: おおじぬし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate


expression: 大抵
reading: たいてい
tags: P adj-na adj-no adv n
glossary:
(adj-na,adv,n) (uk) mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally; probably; (adj-no,n) most; almost all; (before a neg. form) ordinary; (adj-na) proper; appropriate; moderate; (P)


expression: 大当たり
reading: おおあたり
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza; bull's eye; bullseye; (P)


expression: 大当り
reading: おおあたり
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza; bull's eye; bullseye


expression: 大頭
reading: おおがしら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) leader of a (large) group; large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp; leader of a (large) group; (uk) puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae); (sumo) first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke


expression: 大内裏
reading: たいだいり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies (in Heian period Kyoto)


expression: 大日如来
reading: だいにちにょらい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Vairocana; Mahavairocana (Bliss Body of the historical Gautama Buddha); Dainichi Buddha; Nyorai Buddha


expression: 大脳縦裂
reading: だいのうじゅうれつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) great longitudinal fissure; longitudinal cerebral fissure; longitudinal fissure; interhemispheric fissure; fissura longitudinalis cerebri; groove that separates the two hemispheres of the brain


expression: 大不敬
reading: だいふけい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) great impropriety (esp. towards the imperial family); crime against the imperial family (or a shrine dedicated to them, etc.)


expression: 大夫
reading: たゆう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) high-ranking Noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); joruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine


expression: 大部
reading: たいぶ
tags: adj-no n-adv
glossary:
(adj-no) lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; (n-adv) most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly; a good deal; much


expression: 大幅
reading: おおはば
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) big; large; drastic; substantial; (n) full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing); (P)


expression: 大服
reading: おおぶく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) swallowing a great amount of tea or medicine; (abbr) tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year


expression: 大物
reading: おおもの
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) important person; big-shot; bigwig; big game (animal, fish); big thing; valuable thing; (P)


expression: 大文字
reading: だいもんじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) upper case letters; large characters; capital letter; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year


expression: 大幣
reading: おおぬさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies); being in great demand


expression: 大変
reading: たいへん
tags: P adj-na adv n
glossary:
(adv) very; greatly; (adj-na,n) immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; (arch) major incident; disaster; (P)


expression: 大宝
reading: たいほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) great treasure; Taihou era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihou era; (Buddh) (obsc) great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.); (Buddh) (obsc) homa-mandala (fire altar)


expression: 大味
reading: おおあじ
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) lack of taste; flat taste; blandness; dullness (e.g. of performance); flatness; lack of imagination


expression: 大役
reading: たいやく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) important task; important role; great duty; important mission; major part (e.g. in a movie); (P)


expression: 大躍進
reading: だいやくしん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); (n,vs) significant breakthrough; great strides


expression: 大量
reading: たいりょう
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction); (P)


expression: 大路
reading: たいろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)


expression: 大和
reading: やまと
tags: P adj-f n
glossary:
(n) Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture; (ancient) Japan; (adj-f) Japanese; (P)


expression: 大學
reading: だいがく
tags: n
glossary:
(oK) (n) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; (abbr) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books


expression: 大祓
reading: おおはらい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Shinto) great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijosai and after major disasters


expression: 大纛
reading: たいとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp; emperor's encampment


expression: 第三セクター
reading: だいさんセクター
tags: n
glossary:
(n) joint venture of government and business; business venture financed jointly by the public and private sectors; semi-public sector; third sector


expression: 題
reading: だい
tags: P ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n) title; subject; theme; topic; problem (on a test); question; (n-suf,ctr) counter for questions (on a test); (P)


expression: 卓
reading: しょく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) table; desk; (n) (Buddh) offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); (abbr) tabletop incense burner


expression: 卓袱
reading: しっぽく
tags: n
glossary:
(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: 卓袱料理
reading: しっぽくりょうり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japanese-Chinese cuisine, served family-style (large dishes, diners help themselves), specialty of Nagasaki; Chinese table cuisine


expression: 宅急便
reading: たっきゅうびん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) express home delivery (by the Kuroneko Yamato company); door-to-door parcel delivery; courier service


expression: 托鉢
reading: たくはつ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) monk's "begging"; religious mendicancy; asking for alms; (Buddh) going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)


expression: 托卵
reading: たくらん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)


expression: 託ける
reading: かこつける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to use as an excuse; to pretend that; to use something as an excuse; to make something the pretext (for)


expression: 託卵
reading: たくらん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(iK) (n,vs) brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)


expression: 濁す
reading: にごす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to make muddy (a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to roil; to prevaricate; to speak ambiguously; (P)


expression: 濁り
reading: にごり
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) muddiness; murkiness; lack of clarity; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; (abbr) unrefined sake


expression: 濁る
reading: にごる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to become muddy; to become cloudy; to get impure (of a liquid, gas, etc.); to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted; to be polluted; to become voiced; to add voiced consonant marks; (P)


expression: 諾否
reading: だくひ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) consent or refusal; yes or no; decision to accept or decline; up or down (vote); assent or dissent; accept or reject; (P)


expression: 只
reading: ただ
tags: P adj-no adv n
glossary:
(adj-no,n) (uk) ordinary; common; usual; (uk) free of charge; unaffected; as is; safe; (adv) only; merely; just; simply; but; however; nevertheless; (P)


expression: 只管打坐
reading: しかんたざ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) shikantaza (zazen meditation in which one focuses on sitting without actively seeking enlightenment)


expression: 叩き
reading: たたき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) seared skipjack tuna; (sl) robbery; extortion; hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor; (P)


expression: 叩き会う
reading: たたきあう
tags: v5u
glossary:
(iK) (v5u) to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)


expression: 叩き箸
reading: たたきばし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)


expression: 叩く
reading: たたく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to strike; to clap; to knock; to dust; to beat; to play drums; to abuse; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult; (comp) to call; to invoke (e.g. a function); (P)


expression: 達磨
reading: だるま
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (uk) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (uk) Bodhidharma; prostitute; (P)


expression: 達磨歌
reading: だるまうた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika)


expression: 脱ける
reading: ぬける
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky); to be stupid; to be absentminded; to be careless; to be inattentive; (comp) to exit (a program loop)


expression: 脱オタク
reading: だつオタク
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ex-nerd; one who has given up geeky or nerdy hobbies; one who has given up stereotypically geeky dress, mannerisms, etc.


expression: 脱サラ
reading: だつサラ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business


expression: 脱酸素剤
reading: だつさんそざい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) oxygen absorber; oxygen scavenger; small packet placed in packaged food to absorb oxygen and prevent oxidation


expression: 脱皮
reading: だっぴ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; molting; moulting; casting off; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.); (P)


expression: 脱落
reading: だつらく
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) loss; dropping out; falling by the wayside; omission; lacuna; gap; hiatus; desertion; defection; apostasy; (P)


expression: 辿りつく
reading: たどりつく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to struggle on to; to arrive somewhere after a struggle; to grope along to; to barely manage to reach; to finally arrive at; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)


expression: 単位取得退学
reading: たんいしゅとくたいがく
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) coursework completed without degree; withdrawal from a course having completed the coursework.


expression: 単騎
reading: たんき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand (mahjong); wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed


expression: 単騎待ち
reading: たんきまち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand (mahjong); waiting for half of one's pair with four melds completed


expression: 単発
reading: たんぱつ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) firing one shot at a time; single shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; single-engined airplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial


expression: 単板
reading: たんばん
tags: adj-f n
glossary:
(n,adj-f) veneer (e.g. wood products); single panel (e.g. electronics, optics, automotive); single plate


expression: 単品
reading: たんぴん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set


expression: 単複
reading: たんぷく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) simplicity and complexity; singular and plural; single and double; singles and doubles (in tennis)


expression: 単立
reading: たんりつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) establishing something (e.g. a company or a religious order) by oneself; company or religious order founded in such a way


expression: 単于都護府
reading: ぜんうとごふ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands; Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE


expression: 坦々麺
reading: タンタンめん
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil (chi: dan dan mian)


expression: 担ぎ上げる
reading: かつぎあげる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)


expression: 担ぐ
reading: かつぐ
tags: P v5g vt
glossary:
(v5g,vt) to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive; to take in; (P)


expression: 担当
reading: たんとう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.); (P)


expression: 担当者
reading: たんとうしゃ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) person in charge (of an area of work, but not necessarily supervising other staff); person responsible; one in charge; responsible party; contact (person); (P)


expression: 探り箸
reading: さぐりばし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)


expression: 探る
reading: さぐる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for; to investigate; to probe into; to spy on; to sound out; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty); (P)


expression: 旦過
reading: たんが
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging; (Buddh) providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time


expression: 旦那
reading: だんな
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband (informal); sir; boss; master; governor; word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy; (Buddh) alms (san:); almsgiving; almsgiver; (P)


expression: 淡々
reading: たんたん
tags: P adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(adj-t,adv-to) uninterested; unconcerned; indifferent; dispassionate; matter-of-fact; detached; plain; light; simple; bland; flowing gently; (P)


expression: 淡淡
reading: たんたん
tags: adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(adj-t,adv-to) uninterested; unconcerned; indifferent; dispassionate; matter-of-fact; detached; plain; light; simple; bland; flowing gently


expression: 炭酸
reading: たんさん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) carbonic acid; (n) (abbr) carbonated water; (uk) (abbr) baking soda; sodium carbonate; (P)


expression: 短観
reading: たんかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey


expression: 短冊
reading: たんざく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) long, narrow card on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); strip of paper; (abbr) thin rectangle


expression: 短冊
reading: たんじゃく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) long, narrow card on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); strip of paper; (abbr) thin rectangle; (P)


expression: 短刀直入
reading: たんとうちょくにゅう
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(iK) (adj-na,n,adj-no) going right to the point; point-blank; without beating about the bush; frankness


expression: 短絡
reading: たんらく
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) electric short-circuit; drawing a hasty inference between two events; jumping to a quick conclusion; dealing with matters quickly and carelessly; (P)


expression: 端
reading: たん
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n) origin; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length; (suf) tip; extremity


expression: 端
reading: はし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin; beginning; start; first; odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least; (P)


expression: 端
reading: はじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin; beginning; start; first; odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least


expression: 端的に言う
reading: たんてきにいう
tags: exp v5u
glossary:
(exp,v5u) to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight


expression: 端末
reading: たんまつ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (comp) (abbr) terminal; computer terminal; (abbr) information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film); (P)


expression: 綻びる
reading: ほころびる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile; (P)


expression: 耽ける
reading: ふける
tags: aux-v v5r vi
glossary:
(io) (v5r,vi) to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; (aux-v) to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in


expression: 耽る
reading: ふける
tags: P aux-v v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; (aux-v) to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in; (P)


expression: 誕生仏
reading: たんじょうぶつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth)


expression: 団塊
reading: だんかい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) mass; lump; (abbr) baby boom generation (of 1947-1949); babyboomer (born between 1947-1949); (P)


expression: 団子
reading: だんご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); doughboy; ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group; bunch; knot; tight crowd


expression: 弾く
reading: はじく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) (uk) to flip; to snap; to flick; (uk) to repel; (uk) to use (an abacus); to calculate; (uk) to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.); (P)


expression: 弾む
reading: はずむ
tags: P 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; (P)


expression: 弾正
reading: だんじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) judge (of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office); judicial officer; minister of justice; (abbr) Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office


expression: 弾正台
reading: だんじょうだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871 CE); Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryo system)


expression: 断える
reading: たえる
tags: 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


expression: 断ち切る
reading: たちきる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (a relationship); to cut off (an enemy's retreat); to block (a road, etc.); to disconnect


expression: 断り
reading: ことわり
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) notice; notification; warning; permission; consent; rejection; refusal; nonacceptance; declination; declining; excuse; plea; (P)


expression: 断る
reading: ことわる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline; to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from); (P)


expression: 断わり
reading: ことわり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) notice; notification; warning; permission; consent; rejection; refusal; nonacceptance; declination; declining; excuse; plea


expression: 断わる
reading: ことわる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline; to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)


expression: 断絶
reading: だんぜつ
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,adj-no) extinction; discontinuation; interruption; (n) severance; rupture; (vs) to become extinct; to cease to exist; to sever; to break off; to divide (between two things); (P)


expression: 暖簾代
reading: のれんだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)


expression: 檀那
reading: だんな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband (informal); sir; boss; master; governor; word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy; (Buddh) alms (san:); almsgiving; almsgiver


expression: 檀林
reading: だんりん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; (abbr) Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry)


expression: 段
reading: たん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)


expression: 段
reading: だん
tags: P ctr n
glossary:
(n) step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print); grade; rank; level; (ctr) counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); (P)


expression: 段差
reading: だんさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps; bump (in road)


expression: 男
reading: おっこ
tags: n n-pref
glossary:
(ok) (n,n-pref) man; male; (n) fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation


expression: 男
reading: おとこ
tags: P n n-pref
glossary:
(n,n-pref) man; male; (n) fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation; (P)


expression: 男やもめにうじがわく
reading: おとこやもめにうじがわく
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) Widowers are untidy; A man alone soon goes to seed; A man goes to pieces without a woman to look after him


expression: 男伊達
reading: おとこだて
tags: n
glossary:
(n) chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous


expression: 男舞
reading: おとこまい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period); noh dance performed by a man without a mask


expression: 男木
reading: おぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) male plant (esp. a woody plant); androecious plant; tenoned part of a wooden joint (in construction)


expression: 値
reading: あたい
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) price; cost; value; worth; merit; (math) value; count; number; (comp) variable (computer programming, programing); (P)


expression: 知らず
reading: しらず
tags: conj n-suf
glossary:
(n-suf) not having; unaffected by; (conj) aside; I don't know about ...; (arch) I know not whether; I know not if


expression: 知らん顔
reading: しらんかお
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) unconcerned air; indifference; feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); (P)


expression: 知る
reading: しる
tags: P 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; (P)


expression: 知れる
reading: しれる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe; (P)


expression: 知恵
reading: ちえ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence; (Buddh) prajna (insight leading to enlightenment); (P)


expression: 知恵の輪
reading: ちえのわ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) puzzle ring; wire puzzle; exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go


expression: 知恵袋
reading: ちえぶくろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bag full of wisdom; bag containing all the world's wisdom; person who is a fountain of wisdom; brains (of a company)


expression: 知恵熱
reading: ちえねつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt


expression: 知者
reading: ちさ
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) sage; wise man; wise person; man of wisdom; (Buddh) buddha; bodhisattva; enlightened priest


expression: 地
reading: じ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric; material; weave; base; background; one's true nature; narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); real life; actuality; (in the game of go) captured territory; noh chorus; (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); base part (of multiple shamisens)


expression: 地
reading: ち
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) earth; ground; land; soil; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements); (P)


expression: 地
reading: つし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in On'youdou)


expression: 地下
reading: ちか
tags: P adj-no n pref
glossary:
(n,adj-no) basement; cellar; underground place; (pref) underground; below ground; secret; under cover; (n) (col) (abbr) underground (railway); subway; metro; (P)


expression: 地価ＬＯＯＫレポート
reading: ちかルックレポート
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Land Price LOOK Report; quarterly trend report of the prices of intensively used land in major cities


expression: 地鶏
reading: じとり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same


expression: 地獄の沙汰も金次第
reading: じごくのさたもかねしだい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) Money talks; Money is the key that opens all doors; Money is the best lawyer in hell; Even in hell, the extent of one's suffering is determined by money


expression: 地取り
reading: じどり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout; taking space (Go); obtaining land; gaining territory; (sumo) training done in one's own stable; (abbr) (police) legwork


expression: 地蔵
reading: じぞう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Ksitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Jizo; (P)


expression: 地蔵盆
reading: じぞうぼん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Jizo Festival (child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; 23-24 August)


expression: 地体
reading: じたい
tags: adv n
glossary:
(n) (arch) essence; true nature; substance; reality; (adv) (arch) originally; naturally; by nature; from the start


expression: 地鳥
reading: じとり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken


expression: 地肌
reading: じはだ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; bare skin; surface of the earth; bare ground; (P)


expression: 地盤
reading: じばん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) ground; crust (earth); bed (gravel, river, etc.); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base; support (electoral); footing; foothold; (P)


expression: 地盤
reading: ちばん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ground; crust (earth); bed (gravel, river, etc.); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base; support (electoral); footing; foothold


expression: 地膚
reading: じはだ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; bare skin; surface of the earth; bare ground


expression: 地方
reading: じかた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; (arch) the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area


expression: 地方
reading: ちほう
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) district; region; area; locality; the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area; (P)


expression: 弛む
reading: たゆむ
tags: v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin); to sag (ceiling); to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in


expression: 弛む
reading: たるむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin); to sag (ceiling); to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in; (P)


expression: 弛む
reading: ゆるむ
tags: v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt; to decrease (e.g. speed); (of a market price) to go down slightly


expression: 智水
reading: ちすい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) purifying wisdom of a buddha; (Buddh) purifying water of wisdom used in a Buddhist baptism


expression: 置きなさい
reading: おきなさい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (uk) put (imperative form); place; leave (imperative form); do (in preparation) (imperative form, after -te form of verb)


expression: 置く
reading: おく
tags: P v5k
glossary:
(v5k) to put; to place; to leave (behind); (uk) to do something in advance (usu. following te-form verb); (P)


expression: 馳せる
reading: はせる
tags: v1 vi vt
glossary:
(v1,vi) to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); (v1,vt) to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)


expression: 畜生
reading: ちきしょう
tags: int n
glossary:
(n) beast (i.e. any animal other than man); (Buddh) person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); (int) son of a bitch; for Christ's sake; damn it


expression: 畜生
reading: ちくしょう
tags: P int n
glossary:
(n) beast (i.e. any animal other than man); (Buddh) person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); (int) son of a bitch; for Christ's sake; damn it; (P)


expression: 竹に雀
reading: たけにすずめ
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp) (id) going well together; good combination; (n) family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle; design featuring bamboo and sparrows (motif in Japanese painting)


expression: 竹槍戦術
reading: たけやりせんじゅつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe


expression: 竹林七賢
reading: ちくりんのしちけん
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians


expression: 逐う
reading: おう
tags: v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend); to drive out; to oust; to expel; to drive (i.e. a herd); (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.)


expression: 茶
reading: ちゃ
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(n) tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; (abbr) brown; (n,adj-na) (arch) mockery; (P)


expression: 茶せん
reading: ちゃせん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)


expression: 茶を濁す
reading: ちゃをにごす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen.


expression: 茶事
reading: さじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors


expression: 茶船
reading: ちゃぶね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) small boat used for transport on rivers (Edo period); barge; boat used for unloading goods from a large anchored boat; boat with a roof used for boating on a river; (arch) small boat selling food and drinks on a river


expression: 茶湯
reading: ちゃとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) an offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased; a tea infusion; tea and hot water; tea ceremony


expression: 茶利
reading: ちゃり
tags: n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) funny word or gesture; funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.); (arch) a woman's temple hair


expression: 茶筅髪
reading: ちゃせんがみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)


expression: 着ける
reading: つける
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to attach; to join; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; to apply (ointment); to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry; to appraise; to set (a price); to bring alongside; to place (under guard or doctor); to follow; to shadow; to load; to give (courage to); to keep (an eye on); to establish (relations or understanding); to turn on (light); (P)


expression: 着せる
reading: きせる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to put clothes on (someone); to plate; to gild; to veneer; to accuse (of some crime); to give (a bad name); (P)


expression: 着る
reading: きる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.); (P)


expression: 着回
reading: きまわし
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) mixing and matching (clothes, accessories, etc.); wearing of an item of clothing in many different combinations


expression: 中
reading: うち
tags: adj-no n pn
glossary:
(n,adj-no) inside; within; while; among; amongst; between; (pn,adj-no) we (referring to one's in-group, i.e. company, etc.); our; my spouse; (n) (arch) imperial palace grounds; (arch) emperor; (pn,adj-no) (ksb:) I (primarily used by women and children); me


expression: 中
reading: ちゅう
tags: P n-suf suf
glossary:
(suf) medium; average; middle; moderation; (abbr) middle school; (abbr) China; (n-suf) in; out of (e.g. three out of ten people); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something); under (construction, etc.); while; (P)


expression: 中々
reading: なかなか
tags: adj-na adj-no adv n
glossary:
(adv,adj-na) (uk) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (adv) by no means (with negative verb); not readily; (n) middle; half-way point; (adj-no) (uk) excellent; wonderful; very good


expression: 中たり
reading: あたり
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n) hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation; touch; bruise (on fruit); situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go); bite (of a fish on a hook); strike; (suf) per; each


expression: 中たる
reading: あたる
tags: v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.); to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win; to be successful; to go well; to be a hit; to face; to confront; to lie (in the direction of); to undertake; to be assigned; to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted; to be called upon (by the teacher); to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at; to be unnecessary; (baseb) to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak; (in fishing) to feel a bite; (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil; (v5r,vt) to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison); to shave; to be a relative of a person; to stand in a relationship


expression: 中陰
reading: ちゅういん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (in Buddhism) state (or period) of intermediate existence (bardo) between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)


expression: 中華まんじゅう
reading: ちゅうかまんじゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sweet crescent-shaped confection of pancake-like sponge cake filled with adzuki paste; Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun


expression: 中核派
reading: ちゅうかくは
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japan Revolutionary Communist League-National Committee; JRCL; Middle Core Faction; Japanese far-left revolutionary group


expression: 中間法人
reading: ちゅうかんほうじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (bus) (law) intermediate corporation (abolished in 2008); semicommercial corporation; seminonprofit corporation


expression: 中宮
reading: ちゅうぐう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace


expression: 中継
reading: なかつぎ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) joining; joint; intermediation; relaying; intermediary; relay; agency; brokerage; relief (pitcher, etc.)


expression: 中継ぎ
reading: なかつぎ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) joining; joint; intermediation; relaying; intermediary; relay; agency; brokerage; relief (pitcher, etc.); (P)


expression: 中堅
reading: ちゅうけん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) main body (of troops); nucleus; backbone; mainstay; key figure; center field; centre field; center fielder; centre fielder; (n) athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.); (P)


expression: 中国地方
reading: ちゅうごくちほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Chugoku region of western Honshu (inc. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures)


expression: 中座
reading: ちゅうざ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) leaving one's seat; temporarily excusing oneself (from a meeting, meal, etc.); stepping outside; leaving before an affair is over


expression: 中宿
reading: なかやど
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) inn where one rests on the way; (arch) inn that serves as a meeting place for lovers; (arch) inn that introduces clients to prostitutes


expression: 中春
reading: ちゅうしゅん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obs) second month of the lunar calendar; (obsc) 15th day of the second month of the lunar calendar (around mid-spring)


expression: 中心
reading: ちゅうしん
tags: P adj-no n suf
glossary:
(n,adj-no) center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance; (suf) -centered; -centred; -focussed; -oriented; centered on; focussed on; (P)


expression: 中神
reading: なかがみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyoudou who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky


expression: 中人
reading: ちゅうじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) child in elementary or middle school; go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor; (arch) person of middling talent, strength, etc.; (arch) middle-class person; bourgeois person


expression: 中人
reading: ちゅうにん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) child in elementary or middle school; go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor


expression: 中世
reading: ちゅうせい
tags: P n-adv n-t
glossary:
(n-adv,n-t) Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods ); medieval times; mediaeval times; (P)


expression: 中性
reading: ちゅうせい
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; androgyne; neuter; (ling) neuter gender; (P)


expression: 中折れ
reading: なかおれ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (abbr) felt hat; stopping in the middle; being interrupted in the middle; being broken in the middle; (sl) prematurely going soft during intercourse


expression: 中絶
reading: ちゅうぜつ
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,adj-no) abortion; (vs) to have an abortion; interruption; discontinuance; suspension; abeyance; (P)


expression: 中選挙区制
reading: ちゅうせんきょくせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Japanese) electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district


expression: 中層
reading: ちゅうそう
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n) middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer; middle lamella; (adj-no) medium-size; mid-level; medium-rise (building)


expression: 中台
reading: ちゅうだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala; platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern


expression: 中段
reading: ちゅうだん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)


expression: 中中
reading: なかなか
tags: P adj-na adj-no adv n
glossary:
(adv,adj-na) (uk) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (adv) by no means (with negative verb); not readily; (n) middle; half-way point; (adj-no) (uk) excellent; wonderful; very good; (P)


expression: 中諦
reading: ちゅうたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) truth of the middle (all things are in a middle state, being void yet having temporary existence)


expression: 中点
reading: ちゅうてん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) middle point; median point; middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)


expression: 中途半端
reading: ちゅうとはんぱ
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked; half-cocked; (P)


expression: 中等部
reading: ちゅうとうぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school


expression: 中道
reading: ちゅうどう
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) middle of the road; moderation; golden mean; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; (Buddh) middle way; middle path; (P)


expression: 中入
reading: なかいり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(io) (n,vs) intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.); temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)


expression: 中入り
reading: なかいり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.); temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)


expression: 中部
reading: ちゅうぶ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) center; centre; middle; heart; (abbr) Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures); (P)


expression: 中部地方
reading: ちゅうぶちほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)


expression: 中幅
reading: ちゅうはば
tags: n
glossary:
(n) medium-width cloth (approx. 45 cm wide); (abbr) medium-width kimono sash (approx. 26 cm); medium-width obi


expression: 中篇
reading: ちゅうへん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) second part (of three); second volume; middle part; (abbr) novelette; novella; short novel; long short story; medium-length story


expression: 中門
reading: ちゅうもん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)


expression: 中門廊
reading: ちゅうもんろう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)


expression: 中庸
reading: ちゅうよう
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path; the Doctrine of the Mean - one of the Four Books


expression: 中臈
reading: ちゅうろう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)


expression: 仲よく
reading: なかよく
tags: adv vs
glossary:
(adv) on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; happily; peacefully; (vs) to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with


expression: 仲間
reading: なかま
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner; member of the same category; (P)


expression: 仲立会員
reading: なかだちかいいん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (osb:) stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist)


expression: 仲良く
reading: なかよく
tags: P adv vs
glossary:
(adv) on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; happily; peacefully; (vs) to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with; (P)


expression: 忠
reading: ちゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo period)


expression: 忠臣蔵
reading: ちゅうしんぐら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748)


expression: 抽き出し
reading: ひきだし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) drawer; withdrawal; drawing out; variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu


expression: 抽んでる
reading: ぬきんでる
tags: v1
glossary:
(v1) to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be preeminent; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)


expression: 抽斗
reading: ひきだし
tags: n
glossary:
(oK) (n) drawer; withdrawal; drawing out; variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu


expression: 昼間障害標識
reading: ちゅうかんしょうがいひょうしき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)


expression: 注ぎ込む
reading: つぎこむ
tags: P v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate; to infuse; to instill; to implant; to imbue; to focus (attention, efforts); (P)


expression: 注ぐ
reading: そそぐ
tags: P v5g vi
glossary:
(v5g) to pour (into); to fill; to sprinkle on from above; to shed (e.g. tears); to concentrate one's spirit (strength, attention) on; (v5g,vi) to fall onto (of rain, snow); (P)


expression: 注ぐ
reading: つぐ
tags: P v5g vt
glossary:
(v5g,vt) (uk) (usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink; (P)


expression: 注す
reading: さす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) 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; (P)


expression: 注文相撲
reading: ちゅうもんずもう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) bout that goes according to a wrestler's strategy; match that goes according to one's plan


expression: 注目を集める
reading: ちゅうもくをあつめる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular


expression: 虫がつく
reading: むしがつく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable, unfavourable) lover


expression: 虫食む
reading: むしばむ
tags: 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


expression: 虫封じ
reading: むしふうじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) incantation to rid a child of insects traditionally believed to cause disease; charm to cure colic, tantrums, etc.


expression: 虫籠窓
reading: むしこまど
tags: n
glossary:
(n) window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses)


expression: 鋳掛
reading: いかけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tinkering; mending pots, pans, kettles; (arch) man and woman walking together; couple walking together


expression: 駐在
reading: ちゅうざい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) residence; stay; (job) posting; being stationed (overseas, etc.); (abbr) residential police box; residential police box officer; (P)


expression: 駐在員
reading: ちゅうざいいん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office


expression: 駐留軍用地特別措置法
reading: ちゅうりゅうぐんようちとくべつそちほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Special Measures Law for USFJ Land Release ; Special Measures Law for US Military Bases (in Okinawa)


expression: 樗
reading: おうち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May


expression: 瀦溜
reading: ちょりゅう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) accumulation; retention; collection; sequestration (as in carbon dioxide sequestration); storage (usually a liquid, e.g. rainwater, or behind a dam.)


expression: 貯金
reading: ちょきん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); (baseb) accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank; (P)


expression: 丁
reading: ちょう
tags: ctr n
glossary:
(ctr) counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.; counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; (n) even number; 109.09 m


expression: 丁種
reading: ていしゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) being unfit for duty in the former Japanese military (due to failing the conscription physical); person who is unfit for military duty


expression: 丁重語
reading: ていちょうご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party)


expression: 丁寧懇切
reading: ていねいこんせつ
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) (an explanation, advice, etc. being) kind, careful, and thorough; thoughtful and scrupulous


expression: 兆
reading: ちょう
tags: P n num
glossary:
(n) sign; omen; indication; portent; (num) 10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion (short scale); billion (long scale); (P)


expression: 凋れる
reading: しおれる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to wither; to wilt; to droop; to fade; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed; to be crestfallen


expression: 喋々喃々
reading: ちょうちょうなんなん
tags: adj-t adv-to n vs
glossary:
(uK) (n,vs,adj-t,adv-to) (arch) billing and cooing; holding an intimate, long-winded conversation in whispers


expression: 喋くり
reading: しゃべくり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) chatting without a break; talking without pause; (uk) amusing two-person dialogue (form of stand-up comedy)


expression: 寵愛こうじて尼にする
reading: ちょうあいこうじてあまにする
tags: exp vs-i
glossary:
(exp,vs-i) (obsc) to love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun


expression: 寵愛一身
reading: ちょうあいいっしん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) standing highest in one's master's favor; monopolizing the affection (favor) of the lord; being the lord's favorite lady


expression: 寵愛昂じて尼になす
reading: ちょうあいこうじてあまになす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) (obsc) to love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun


expression: 帖
reading: じょう
tags: ctr n suf
glossary:
(n) folding book; (suf,ctr) counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs of curtains; counter for tatami mats


expression: 弔い上げ
reading: といあげ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)


expression: 弔い上げ
reading: とぶらいあげ
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) (Buddh) last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)


expression: 張
reading: ちょう
tags: ctr n suf
glossary:
(n) (astron) (arch) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf,ctr) counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.


expression: 張り
reading: ばり
tags: P suf
glossary:
(suf) in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on; (P)


expression: 張りめぐらす
reading: はりめぐらす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)


expression: 張り出す
reading: はりだす
tags: P v5s vi vt
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to project; to overhang; to stick out; to jut out; to overlie; (v5s,vt) to put up (a notice); to post; (P)


expression: 張り切る
reading: はりきる
tags: P v5r
glossary:
(v5r) to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point; (P)


expression: 張る
reading: はる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r) to stick; to paste; to affix; to link (e.g. in WWW forums); to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent); to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell; to stick out; to put; to slap; to be expensive; (v5r,vi) to become one tile away from completion (mahjong); (P)


expression: 張出す
reading: はりだす
tags: v5s vi vt
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to project; to overhang; to stick out; to jut out; to overlie; (v5s,vt) to put up (a notice); to post


expression: 懲り懲り
reading: こりごり
tags: adj-na n vs
glossary:
(adj-na,n,vs) bitter experience; learning from a bad experience; having had enough (of something unpleasant); having had a bellyful; being sick and tired (of something); being fed up


expression: 挑む
reading: いどむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to challenge; to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for; to tackle; to pressure someone for sex; to woo; to make love to; (P)


expression: 暢気
reading: のんき
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(ateji) (adj-na,n) (uk) carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky; easygoing; thoughtless; (P)


expression: 朝マラの立たぬ男に金貸すな
reading: あさマラのたたぬおとこにかねかすな
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (obsc) (kyu:) never lend money to a man who doesn't have an erection in the morning (because he's not healthy and is likely to die before repaying)


expression: 朝顔
reading: あさがお
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil, Pharbitis nil); funnel shaped; bell (i.e. of a trumpet); (P)


expression: 朝三暮四
reading: ちょうさんぼし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance


expression: 朝焼けは雨、夕焼けは晴れ
reading: あさやけはあめ、ゆうやけははれ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) Red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky in morning, sailors take warning; Red sky at night, shepherds delight; red sky in morning, shepherds take warning


expression: 朝腹
reading: あさはら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) early morning; (arch) empty stomach in the morning before eating breakfast; (arch) triviality; simple matter


expression: 朝立ち
reading: あさだち
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) erection when waking in the morning; nocturnal penile tumescence; morning glory; morning wood; early morning departure


expression: 潮の目
reading: しおのめ
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) point where two ocean currents meet (e.g. a warm current and a cold current); (arch) attractive glance


expression: 潮吹き
reading: しおふき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) spouting (e.g. of a whale, geyser, etc.); Mactra veneriformis (species of trough shell); (col) (vulg) female ejaculation


expression: 町医者
reading: まちいしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) physician in private practice; (arch) town doctor; doctor who served the the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)


expression: 町屋
reading: まちや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family


expression: 町石卒塔婆
reading: ちょうせきそとば
tags: n
glossary:
(n) stupa-shaped stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one cho (approx. 109 meters) on a temple approach


expression: 町奴
reading: まちやっこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" (Edo period)


expression: 聴く
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; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance


expression: 脹れる
reading: ふくれる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout


expression: 蝶貝
reading: ちょうがい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima); golden-lipped pearl oyster; white-lipped pearl oyster


expression: 調査隊
reading: ちょうさたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party


expression: 調子
reading: ちょうし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm; vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack; condition; state of health; impetus; spur of the moment; strain; trend; (P)


expression: 調子がいい
reading: ちょうしがいい
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) (derog) glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk; in good form; in great shape; having things progress well


expression: 調子こく
reading: ちょうしこく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) (sl) to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky


expression: 調子に乗る
reading: ちょうしにのる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky; to get up to speed; to move into gear


expression: 調書
reading: ちょうしょ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet; (P)


expression: 調整手当
reading: ちょうせいてあて
tags: n
glossary:
(n) adjustment payment; compensatory payment; indemnity payment; severance (termination) pay; settlement payment; gratuity


expression: 調理パン
reading: ちょうりパン
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dressed bread; bread to which something has been added (sandwich, pirogi, etc.); stuffed bread (rolls, buns, etc.)


expression: 超
reading: ちょう
tags: P n n-suf pref
glossary:
(n,n-suf,pref) super-; ultra-; hyper-; very; really; (n,n-suf) over (after a number or counter); more than; (P)


expression: 超展開
reading: ちょうてんかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (col) abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field


expression: 跳ね
reading: はね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup


expression: 跳ねる
reading: はねる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop; to break up; to close; to come to an end; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone); (P)


expression: 跳び
reading: とび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) flying; leaping; flight; leap; (when reading a number aloud) naught; zero; oh; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)


expression: 跳び出す
reading: とびだす
tags: v5s vi
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to jump out; to rush out; to fly out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in


expression: 跳る
reading: おどる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to jump; to leap; to pound (of one's heart, i.e. with excitement); to throb; to be messily written


expression: 長
reading: たき
tags: n
glossary:
(oK) (ok) (n) height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)


expression: 長
reading: たけ
tags: n
glossary:
(oK) (n) height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)


expression: 長押
reading: なげし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms


expression: 長岡京
reading: ながおかきょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japanese capital founded by emperor Kammu in 784, but abandoned 10 years later in favour of Heian


expression: 長音符
reading: ちょうおんぷ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark; macron (indicating a long vowel); circumflex (indicating a long vowel); modifier letter triangular colon (IPA diacritical)


expression: 長歌
reading: ちょうか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven


expression: 長歌
reading: ながうた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)


expression: 長官
reading: かみ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) (arch) director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief


expression: 長居無用
reading: ながいむよう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) There's no point in staying (here) any longer; There's no point in prolonging a (the) visit; There's no point in extending one's stay


expression: 長呼
reading: ちょうこ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (ling) lengthening a vowel (e.g. as in Kansai dialect); (n) (ling) long sound (esp. long vowel)


expression: 長持
reading: ながもち
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; (n) nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)


expression: 長持ち
reading: ながもち
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; (n) nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.); (P)


expression: 長者
reading: ちょうじゃ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; one's senior; (arch) virtuous and gentle person; (arch) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch) chief of a post town; (P)


expression: 長手
reading: ながて
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-no,n) longish; moderately long; (n) (archit) stretcher; long side of timber (etc.), or a timber placed lengthwise; (arch) long road


expression: 長続き
reading: ながつづき
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) permanence; continuation; long-lasting; (vs) to last a long time; to continue; to keep at something for a long time; (P)


expression: 長短
reading: ちょうたん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) length; long and short; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits; (P)


expression: 頂戴
reading: ちょうだい
tags: P exp n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (hum) receiving; reception; getting; being given; (hum) eating; drinking; having; (exp) (fam) (fem) please; please do for me; (P)


expression: 頂辺
reading: てっぺん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) top; summit; apex; peak; (uk) (sl) twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); (uk) (obsc) top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown


expression: 頂辺
reading: てへん
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) (uk) top; summit; apex; peak; (uk) (obsc) top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown


expression: 鳥の子
reading: とりのこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bird's egg (esp. a chicken egg); chick; baby bird (esp. a baby chicken); (abbr) eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy); (abbr) eggshell (colour); (abbr) red and white oval rice cakes


expression: 鳥の子紙
reading: とりのこがみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy)


expression: 鳥わさ
reading: とりわさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) briefly-boiled chicken breast (served cold and mostly raw as sashimi with wasabi-seasoned shoyu)


expression: 鳥追
reading: とりおい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) driving off birds; procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan


expression: 鳥追い歌
reading: とりおいうた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians)


expression: 鳥渡
reading: ちょっと
tags: adv int
glossary:
(ateji) (adv) (uk) just a minute; short time; just a little; somewhat; easily; readily; rather; (will not) easily; (int) hey!


expression: 鳥頭
reading: とりかぶと
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) (uk) aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum); wolfsbane; monkshood; traditional bugaku hat


expression: 鳥曇
reading: とりぐもり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north


expression: 鳥無き里の蝙蝠
reading: とりなきさとのこうもり
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) (id) a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds


expression: 直
reading: じき
tags: P adj-na adj-no adv n
glossary:
(adj-na,adv,n) soon; in a moment; before long; shortly; nearby; close; (adj-no,n) direct; spot transaction; cash transaction; (P)


expression: 直
reading: ちょく
tags: P adj-na adv n
glossary:
(adj-na,adv,n) direct; in person; frankness; honesty; simplicity; cheerfulness; correctness; being straight; night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory); (P)


expression: 直ぐ
reading: すぐ
tags: P adj-na adv n
glossary:
(adj-na,adv,n) (uk) immediately; at once; directly; soon; before long; shortly; easily; without difficulty; right (near); nearby; just (handy); (P)


expression: 直衣
reading: ちょくい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)


expression: 直音化
reading: ちょうおんか
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (ling) (obsc) depalatalization (e.g.. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation


expression: 直下型地震
reading: ちょっかがたじしん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) near-field earthquake; local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area


expression: 沈魚落雁
reading: ちんぎょらくがん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame


expression: 沈魚落雁閉月羞花
reading: ちんぎょらくがんへいげつしゅうか
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame


expression: 沈菜
reading: キムチ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) kimchi (kor: kimch'i); kimchee; spicy Korean pickled cabbage; (derog) (sl) (uk) Korea; Korean


expression: 沈着
reading: ちんちゃく
tags: P adj-na n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation; (n,adj-na) composure; calmness; (P)


expression: 沈没
reading: ちんぼつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) sinking; foundering; going down; submersion; (col) getting dead drunk; (col) having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; (sl) staying in one place for a long time; (P)


expression: 珍走団
reading: ちんそうだん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (used as a replacement for "bosozoku", which has a 'cool' image) biker gang; group of hot-rodders


expression: 珍紛漢紛
reading: ちんぷんかんぷん
tags: P adj-na exp n
glossary:
(exp,adj-na,n) (uk) unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible; babble; gibberish; jargon; gobbledygook; (P)


expression: 陳皮
reading: ちんぴ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dried citrus peel (esp. of a satsuma mandarin) used as seasoning and in traditional Chinese medicine; chenpi


expression: 追いたてる
reading: おいたてる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to shoo away; to press a tenant to leave; to evict


expression: 追いやる
reading: おいやる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)


expression: 追い越す
reading: おいこす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of; to outdistance; (P)


expression: 追い出し
reading: おいだし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) expulsion; dismissal; ejection; eviction; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)


expression: 追い落し
reading: おいおとし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) chasing down; pushing down; deposing; ousting; sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)


expression: 追う
reading: おう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend); to drive out; to oust; to expel; to drive (i.e. a herd); (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.); (P)


expression: 追加削除
reading: ついかさくじょ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) additions and deletions; adding and deleting; revisions; revising; (vs) to add and to delete; to revise


expression: 追及
reading: ついきゅう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down; catching up; overtaking; (P)


expression: 追従
reading: ついじゅう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking; servility


expression: 痛快淋漓
reading: つうかいりんり
tags: adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(uK) (adj-t,adv-to) (arch) very thrilling; extremely delightful; awfully pleasant; intensely satisfying


expression: 痛車
reading: いたしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (col) (joc) car painted with anime characters; painful car (because some people consider it painful to look at)


expression: 痛痒を感じない
reading: つうようをかんじない
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) to neither itch nor feel pain; to not be affected by something; to not feel the effects of something


expression: 通し
reading: とおし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) direct; right through; straight; appetizer; appetiser; (abbr) performance of an entire play; (P)


expression: 通し券
reading: とおしけん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. a whole day, including matinee and evening performances); season ticket; through ticket


expression: 通し切符
reading: とおしきっぷ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) through ticket (e.g. rail, air); ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. both matinee and evening shows); all-day ticket; season ticket


expression: 通じる
reading: つうじる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with); to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored; to be good; to be well versed in; to be well-informed; to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy); to form a liaison; to be intimate; to spread widely; to disseminate; (P)


expression: 通す
reading: とおす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass; to allow through; to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; to go through (a middleman); to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.); to pass (a law, applicant, etc.); to force to accept; to force agreement; to continue (in a state); to persist in; to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...; to do from beginning to end without a break; to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party; (after the -te form of a verb) to do to the end; to carry through; to complete; (P)


expression: 通ずる
reading: つうずる
tags: vi vz
glossary:
(vz,vi) to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with); to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored; to be good; to be well versed in; to be well-informed; to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy); to form a liaison; to be intimate


expression: 通り
reading: とおり
tags: P ctr n n-adv
glossary:
(n-adv,n) avenue; street; way; road; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice); fame; reputation; popularity; the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said); understanding; comprehension; (ctr) counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types; (P)


expression: 通り魔
reading: とおりま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) random attacker, e.g. person who randomly attacks people on the street; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by


expression: 通る
reading: とおる
tags: P suf v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of; to run (between); to operate (between); to connect; to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in; to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through; to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout; to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far; to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed; to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted; to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for; to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense; to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood; to be straight (e.g. wood grain); (arch) to be well-informed; to be wise; (suf,v5r) to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly; (P)


expression: 通過
reading: つうか
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) passage through (e.g. train skipping a station); transit; passing (e.g. exam, bill through parliament); (P)


expression: 通産省
reading: つうさんしょう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI; (P)


expression: 通商産業省
reading: つうしょうさんぎょうしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI


expression: 通信販売
reading: つうしんはんばい
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) mail order; mail-order sales; shop-by-mail service; on-line shopping service (with delivery by mail); (P)


expression: 通奏
reading: つうそう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)


expression: 掴まる
reading: つかまる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be caught; to be arrested; (uk) to hold on to; to grasp; (uk) to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi); (uk) to be detained by; (P)


expression: 掴む
reading: つかむ
tags: P v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch; to understand; to grasp; to comprehend; (P)


expression: 漬る
reading: ひたる
tags: 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


expression: 辻講釈
reading: つじごうしゃく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money


expression: 辻相撲
reading: つじずもう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) amateur wrestling on a street corner or in an empty field (esp. in autumn); (sumo) wrestling show in a roadside tent


expression: 辻噺
reading: つじばなし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money


expression: 綴る
reading: つづる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to spell; to compose; to frame; to write; to bind together (e.g. the pages of a book); to sew up; to stitch together; to patch


expression: 潰える
reading: ついえる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to use up (one's savings); to be wasted (time, effort, etc); to fall apart; to become useless; (arch) to be wiped out (in battle); (arch) to fall apart (one's body or health)


expression: 潰す
reading: つぶす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to smash; to crush; to shut down; to thwart; to block; to kill (time); to waste (e.g. talents); (P)


expression: 壷
reading: つふ
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) jar; pot; vase; dice cup; depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall); (arch) target (when aiming an arrow); (figurative) bull's-eye; key point (of a conversation, etc.); acupuncture point; moxibustion point; nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.)


expression: 壷
reading: つぼ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) jar; pot; vase; dice cup; depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall); (arch) target (when aiming an arrow); (figurative) bull's-eye; key point (of a conversation, etc.); acupuncture point; moxibustion point; nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.)


expression: 壷洗い
reading: つぼあらい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sl) individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland)


expression: 爪牙
reading: そうが
tags: n
glossary:
(n) claws and fangs; claws and tusks; clutches; devious design; means of causing harm; weapon; pawn; stooge; cat's-paw; right-hand man


expression: 吊る
reading: つる
tags: P v5r
glossary:
(v5r) to hang; to suspend (something from something); to be hanged (by the neck); (sumo) to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; (P)


expression: 釣
reading: つり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) fishing; angling; (uk) (abbr) change (e.g. for a purchase); (n,vs) (sl) trolling; writing false posts online


expression: 釣り
reading: つり
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) fishing; angling; (uk) (abbr) change (e.g. for a purchase); (n,vs) (sl) trolling; writing false posts online; (P)


expression: 釣り合う
reading: つりあう
tags: P v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to balance; to be in harmony; to suit; to go well together; to counterbalance; to reach equilibrium; (P)


expression: 釣り上がる
reading: つりあがる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be lifted up; to be hung up; to be pulled in (fish); to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward


expression: 釣り上げる
reading: つりあげる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to raise; to lift; to hang up; to suspend; to (artificially, deliberately) raise prices; to pull in (fish)


expression: 釣り台
reading: つりだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fishing stand; small portable stand that can be assembled quickly; stand used to transport people or things (Edo period)


expression: 釣り殿
reading: つりどの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture)


expression: 釣合う
reading: つりあう
tags: v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to balance; to be in harmony; to suit; to go well together; to counterbalance; to reach equilibrium


expression: 鶴亀算
reading: つるかめざん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes


expression: 亭
reading: てい
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n) arbor; arbour; bower; pavilion; (suf) suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers


expression: 亭主
reading: ていしゅ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of an hotel); husband; (P)


expression: 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子
reading: ていしゅのすきなあかえぼし
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (arch) Family members should fall into line with the head of the family even if his taste is a little odd, like wearing a red eboshi, which is ordinarily black


expression: 低い
reading: ひくい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume); (P)


expression: 低気圧
reading: ていきあつ
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; cyclone; bad temper; foul mood; tense situation; (P)


expression: 低迷
reading: ていめい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession; (P)


expression: 停める
reading: とめる
tags: 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


expression: 停止
reading: ちょうじ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance; suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person


expression: 停止
reading: ていし
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance; (P)


expression: 貞節を守る
reading: ていせつをまもる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to keep one's chastity; to remain faithful to one's spouse; to remain faithful to one's lover


expression: 堤出
reading: ていしゅつ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(iK) (vs) to present; to submit (e.g. a report or a thesis); to hand in; to file; to turn in; (n) presentation; submission; filing


expression: 定め
reading: さだめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) law; rule; regulation; provision; decision; appointment; arrangement; agreement; destiny; fate; karma


expression: 定員割れ
reading: ていいんわれ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)


expression: 定期
reading: ていき
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n) fixed period; fixed term; (adj-no) regular; periodic; periodical; (n) (abbr) fixed-term commutation pass; (abbr) fixed-term deposit; (abbr) futures contracts; (P)


expression: 定詰
reading: じょうづめ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (obsc) permanent staff; permanent employee; service for a fixed period of time; (n) (arch) (Edo era) a daimyo or feudal retainer who lived and-or served in Edo for a fixed period of time


expression: 定年
reading: ていねん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) retirement age; (arch) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion; (P)


expression: 定年退職
reading: ていねんたいしょく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 60); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age


expression: 定年離婚
reading: ていねんりこん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (col) divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband)


expression: 定番
reading: ていばん
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) standard (goods, procedure, etc.); (one's) routine; product with consistent sales; staple (of a situation, of a fiction genre, etc.)


expression: 定本
reading: ていほん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; edition incorporating many changes and corrections; final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author


expression: 底
reading: てい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); (arch) type; kind; extent; degree


expression: 底辺
reading: ていへん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) (math) base (geometry); low class; low in social standing; low level; of poor reputation; (P)


expression: 庭見草
reading: にわみぐさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)


expression: 弟子
reading: でし
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper; (P)


expression: 抵抗
reading: ていこう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) resistance; opposition; standing up to; reluctance; repulsion; repugnance; (physics) resistance; drag; friction; (abbr) electrical resistance; (n) (abbr) resistor; (P)


expression: 抵抗勢力
reading: ていこうせいりょく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) forces of reaction; forces of resistance; opposition forces; opposition elements; resistance force


expression: 抵触
reading: ていしょく
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) collision; conflict; being contrary; being incompatible; being inconsistent; being contradictory; being in violation (of the law, etc.); (P)


expression: 抵牾
reading: もどき
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(oK) (n-suf) (uk) -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...; (n) comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch) criticism; censure


expression: 挺
reading: ちょう
tags: ctr
glossary:
(ctr) counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.


expression: 提げ重
reading: さげじゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand; (arch) female prostitute who carried multi-tiered food boxes about and peddled foodstuffs (Meiwa and Anei eras)


expression: 提供
reading: ていきょう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) offer; tender; program sponsoring; programme sponsoring; furnishing; provisioning; supply; (P)


expression: 提出
reading: ていしゅつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(vs) to present; to submit (e.g. a report or a thesis); to hand in; to file; to turn in; (n) presentation; submission; filing; (P)


expression: 提灯に釣り鐘
reading: ちょうちんにつりがね
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (obsc) paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover


expression: 梯子を外される
reading: はしごをはずされる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one


expression: 程
reading: ほど
tags: P n n-adv prt
glossary:
(n-adv,n) degree; extent; bounds; limit; (prt) (uk) indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit; (P)


expression: 程に
reading: ほどに
tags: adv conj
glossary:
(conj) (uk) (arch) because; the reason being; while; during; (adv) to the extent that; more and more


expression: 締まる
reading: しまる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be shut; to close; to be closed; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober; to become tense; (P)


expression: 締め
reading: しめ
tags: P ctr n
glossary:
(n) tie up; bind; fastening; tightening; sum; total amount; total; (MA) judo choking (strangling) techniques; (food) last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion; conclusion; rounding off; (ctr) counter for bundles; counter for faggots; counter for bundles of 2000 sheets of paper; (n) end mark; closure mark; (P)


expression: 締める
reading: しめる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to tie; to fasten; to total; to sum; to be strict with; to economize; to economise; to cut down on; to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt; to wear (necktie); to put on (necktie); (P)


expression: 締め切る
reading: しめきる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); (P)


expression: 締結
reading: ていけつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint); (P)


expression: 締結日
reading: ていけつひ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) date of execution (e.g. of a contract); agreement date (e.g. of a contract); entering date (e.g. into treaty)


expression: 訂正印
reading: ていせいいん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) revision seal; correction seal (special seal used to indicate a correction in an official document)


expression: 諦念
reading: ていねん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation


expression: 釘づけ
reading: くぎづけ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) nailing on; nailing down; nailing shut; being glued (to); being unable to take one's eyes (from); being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging


expression: 泥沼
reading: どろぬま
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) bog; marsh; swamp; quagmire; morass; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio; (P)


expression: 泥田を棒で打つ
reading: どろたをぼうでうつ
tags: exp v5t
glossary:
(exp,v5t) (obsc) to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick


expression: 摘み
reading: つまみ
tags: P 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; (P)


expression: 敵う
reading: かなう
tags: v5u
glossary:
(v5u) to come true (wish); (uk) to be suited; to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat)


expression: 敵に塩を送る
reading: てきにしおをおくる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty


expression: 適える
reading: かなえる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)


expression: 適当
reading: てきとう
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit; noncommittal; vague; equivocal; unserious; irresponsible; (P)


expression: 鏑
reading: かぶら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) turnip-shaped whistle made of hollowed-out wood or deer horn (attached to an arrow to sound when fired); arrow with such a whistle attached


expression: 鏑矢
reading: かぶらや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) arrow to which is attached a turnip-shaped whistle made of hollowed-out wood or deer horn; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle


expression: 溺れる
reading: おぼれる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) (uk) to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water); to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in; (P)


expression: 徹える
reading: こたえる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to take its toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain


expression: 徹する
reading: てっする
tags: P vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s) to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night); (P)


expression: 徹る
reading: とおる
tags: suf v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of; to run (between); to operate (between); to connect; to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in; to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through; to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout; to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far; to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed; to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted; to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for; to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense; to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood; to be straight (e.g. wood grain); (arch) to be well-informed; to be wise; (suf,v5r) to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly


expression: 徹底
reading: てってい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception; (P)


expression: 撤収
reading: てっしゅう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating; (P)


expression: 轍を踏む
reading: てつをふむ
tags: exp v5m
glossary:
(exp,v5m) to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut (left by someone else)


expression: 鉄
reading: てつ
tags: P adj-no n n-pref n-suf
glossary:
(n) iron (Fe); (adj-no,n) strong and hard (as iron); (n,n-suf,n-pref) (abbr) railway; (n,n-pref) (col) railway enthusiast; (P)


expression: 鉄ついを下す
reading: てっついをくだす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on


expression: 鉄平石
reading: てっぺいせき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) teppeiseki stone; platy andesite; flagstone; dark blue or purple stone, esp. used in paving or gardens


expression: 填まる
reading: はまる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) (uk) to fit; to get into; to go into; (uk) to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to satisfy (conditions); (uk) to fall into; to plunge into; to get stuck; to get caught; (uk) to be deceived; to be taken in; to fall into a trap; (uk) to be addicted to; to be deep into; to be crazy about; to be stuck on


expression: 填める
reading: うずめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack; to cram; to fill up


expression: 填める
reading: はめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(oK) (v1,vt) (uk) to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring); (col) to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs); to entrap; to set someone up (i.e. frame them for a crime, etc.)


expression: 填る
reading: はまる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(io) (v5r,vi) (uk) to fit; to get into; to go into; (uk) to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to satisfy (conditions); (uk) to fall into; to plunge into; to get stuck; to get caught; (uk) to be deceived; to be taken in; to fall into a trap; (uk) to be addicted to; to be deep into; to be crazy about; to be stuck on


expression: 天
reading: てん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) sky; heaven; (Buddh) svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (Buddh) deva (divine being of Buddhism); (P)


expression: 天に向かって唾を吐く
reading: てんにむかってつばきをはく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to spit into the wind; in trying to cause harm to another, one invites disaster upon onelself


expression: 天に唾する
reading: てんにつばする
tags: exp vs-s
glossary:
(exp,vs-s) to piss in the wind; to harm oneself in an attempt to harm someone else; to spit into the sky


expression: 天の御柱
reading: あまのみはしら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) Ama no Mihashira; the heavenly pillar on Onokoro Island, around which Izanagi and Izanami are said to have wed


expression: 天の邪鬼
reading: あまのじゃく
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) perverse or cussed person; contrarian; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues


expression: 天の声
reading: てんのこえ
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict


expression: 天の浮き橋
reading: あまのうきはし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) Ama no Ukihashi (the heavenly floating bridge; by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth)


expression: 天は二物を与えず
reading: てんはにぶつをあたえず
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; Heaven does not grant people more than one talent


expression: 天を仰ぎて唾す
reading: てんをあおぎてつばきす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) harming oneself in an attempt to harm someone else; spitting at the heavens and having one's spit land back on one's face


expression: 天安沈没事件
reading: てんあんちんぼつじけん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; Mar. 26, 2010)


expression: 天一
reading: てんいち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyoudou who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky


expression: 天一太郎
reading: てんいちたろう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year)


expression: 天恩
reading: てんおん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) blessings of heaven; favour of emperor; favor of emperor; divination's luckiest day; blessings of nature


expression: 天下
reading: てんか
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n) the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power; having one's own way; doing as one pleases; (adj-no) peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous; (n) (arch) shogun (Edo period); (P)


expression: 天下
reading: てんが
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n) the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power; having one's own way; doing as one pleases; (adj-no) peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous; (n) (arch) shogun (Edo period)


expression: 天下り
reading: あまくだり
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; imposition; descent from heaven; (P)


expression: 天下多事
reading: てんかたじ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) eventful times for the nation (world); the nation (world) being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land


expression: 天下第一
reading: てんかだいいち
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country


expression: 天涯比隣
reading: てんがいひりん
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood


expression: 天機
reading: てんき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) secret of nature; profound secret; disposition; character; nature; emperor's health; emperor's well-being


expression: 天気輪
reading: てんきりん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination; sun pillar


expression: 天皇人間宣言
reading: てんのうにんげんせんげん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Imperial Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)


expression: 天降り
reading: あまくだり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; imposition; descent from heaven


expression: 天師道
reading: てんしどう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Way of the Celestial Masters (ancient Chinese Daoist movement orig. known as The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice)


expression: 天職
reading: てんしょく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) vocation; lifework; calling; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)


expression: 天神
reading: てんじん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); (col) pit of a dried plum; dried plum; (abbr) tenjin hairstyle; prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period); (P)


expression: 天叢雲剣
reading: あまのむらくものつるぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi (heavenly gathering of clouds sword; one of the three Imperial regalia)


expression: 天地
reading: あめつち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world; gods of heaven and earth


expression: 天地
reading: てんち
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world; top and bottom; (P)


expression: 天帝星
reading: てんていせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (astron) (obsc) Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star


expression: 天道
reading: てんとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; (astron) celestial path; celestial motion; (Buddh) deva realm (svarga)


expression: 天秤にかける
reading: てんびんにかける
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools


expression: 天秤押し
reading: てんびんおし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)


expression: 天文博士
reading: てんもんはかせ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) (ritsuryo system) teacher responsible for training in astronomy, astrology, calendar-making, etc.


expression: 天文方
reading: てんもんかた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) Edo period office in charge of compiling the koyomi, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.


expression: 天辺
reading: てっぺん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (uk) top; summit; apex; peak; (uk) (sl) twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); (uk) (obsc) top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown; (P)


expression: 天魔
reading: てんま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good


expression: 天明調
reading: てんめいちょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho); style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo)


expression: 天網恢々
reading: てんもうかいかい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through


expression: 天竜八部衆
reading: てんりゅうはちぶしゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)


expression: 天狼
reading: てんろう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (astron) (obsc) Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star


expression: 展開
reading: てんかい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) development; evolution; progressing; unfolding; expansion; spreading out; extending; deployment; building up; (P)


expression: 添う
reading: そう
tags: P v5u
glossary:
(v5u) to meet (one's expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with; to accompany; to stay by one's side; to marry; to wed; to be added; (P)


expression: 添える
reading: そえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch) to mimic; to imitate; (arch) to draw something near to oneself; to approach nearby; (P)


expression: 添付
reading: てんぷ
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) attachment (e.g. email); appendix (e.g. of a report, document, etc); annex; appendage; annexure; (P)


expression: 添附
reading: てんぷ
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) attachment (e.g. email); appendix (e.g. of a report, document, etc); annex; appendage; annexure


expression: 纏まった
reading: まとまった
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (uk) large; heavy; massed; quite a lot; large amount; sizable (e.g. sum); definite; coherent; congruous; unitary


expression: 纏める
reading: まとめる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) (uk) to collect; to put (it all) together; to integrate; to consolidate; to unify; (uk) to summarize; to aggregate; (uk) to bring to a conclusion; to finalize; to settle; to put in order; (uk) to establish; to decide; (P)


expression: 纏る
reading: まつる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)


expression: 纏縛
reading: てんばく
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (obsc) binding firmly; restraining; restricting; confining; entangling; (Buddh) (obsc) being bound by evil desires; klesha; (n) (obsc) family; dependents; household


expression: 貼る
reading: はる
tags: P v5r
glossary:
(v5r) to stick; to paste; to affix; to link (e.g. in WWW forums); to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent); to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell; to stick out; to put; to slap; to be expensive; (P)


expression: 転
reading: くるり
tags: adv adv-to n
glossary:
(adv,adv-to) (uk) (on-mim) turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes); (n) (abbr) flail (for threshing grain)


expression: 転
reading: てん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) altering pronunciation or meaning; word with altered pronunciation or meaning; (abbr) turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)


expression: 転がし
reading: ころがし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) rolling (something); knocking down; fishing with multiple hooks on a weighted line; repeatedly buying and selling


expression: 転がす
reading: ころがす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to roll; to turn over; to tip over; to throw down; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit); (P)


expression: 転がり込む
reading: ころがりこむ
tags: v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to come to live with; to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap


expression: 転がる
reading: ころがる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be common; (of a situation or outcome) to change; to turn out; (P)


expression: 転ける
reading: こける
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) (uk) to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to collapse; (uk) to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop


expression: 転ばぬ先の杖
reading: ころばぬさきのつえ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; have a walking stick ready before stumbling


expression: 転んでもただでは起きない
reading: ころんでもただではおきない
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) All's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit


expression: 転移
reading: てんい
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) moving (with the times); changing (with the times); metastasis; transition (i.e. phase transition); transfer (of learning); transference (in psychoanalysis); (P)


expression: 転倒
reading: てんとう
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) falling down; tumbling; overturning; turning over; reversing; inverting; inversion; getting upset; (P)


expression: 顛倒
reading: てんとう
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) falling down; tumbling; overturning; turning over; reversing; inverting; inversion; getting upset


expression: 点
reading: てん
tags: P ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) spot; mark; point; dot; mark (e.g. in exam); score; points; (n) comma; aspect; matter; respect; (ctr) counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.; (P)


expression: 点す
reading: さす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) 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


expression: 点検商法
reading: てんけんしょうほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) an unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacing items


expression: 点滴穿石
reading: てんてきせんせき
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) constant dripping wears away the stone; little strokes fell great oaks; limited strength, when persistently applied, can accomplish great feats


expression: 伝
reading: でん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way; horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan


expression: 伝い歩き
reading: つたいあるき
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) walking while holding on to something (such as a wall or table); cruising (i.e. children learning to walk)


expression: 伝える
reading: つたえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath; (P)


expression: 伝わる
reading: つたわる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along; (P)


expression: 伝送
reading: でんそう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) transmission; communication; circulation; dissemination; diffusion; propagation; delivery; (P)


expression: 伝達
reading: でんたつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay; propagation; conduction; (P)


expression: 伝録
reading: でんろく
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (obsc) reciting something and then recording it; recording of something that has been recited


expression: 殿
reading: どの
tags: P suf
glossary:
(suf) (pol) form of address used for official letters and business letters, and in letters to inferiors; Mr; (P)


expression: 澱む
reading: よどむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to stagnate; to be stagnant; to settle; to deposit; to be sedimented; to be precipitated; to hesitate; to be sluggish; to stammer; to stumble; to falter; (P)


expression: 田芥
reading: たがらし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus); cursed buttercup; woodland bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa); wavy bittercress


expression: 田楽
reading: でんがく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; (food) (abbr) tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; (abbr) turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides


expression: 田楽返し
reading: でんがくがえし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides


expression: 田作り
reading: たづくり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field


expression: 田植え踊り
reading: たうえおどり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tohoku about half way through the first lunar month


expression: 田遊
reading: たあそび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Shinto) ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year


expression: 田麩
reading: でんぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) mashed and seasoned fish; flesh of whitefish and shrimp that has been boiled, shredded, parched, seasoned, and colored red (coloured)


expression: 電源車
reading: でんげんしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) vehicle-mounted electricity generator (e.g. for filming, emergencies, etc.); power-generating railway car (e.g. for air-conditioning on a non-electric train)


expression: 電子郵便
reading: でんしゆうびん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) electronic mail service; e-mail service; electronic mail system; e-mail system; letter facsimile service operated by Japan Post


expression: 電郵
reading: でんゆう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) (an item of) electronic mail (e-mail); e-mail message; electronic mail (e-mail) service; electronic mail (e-mail) system


expression: 兎に角
reading: とにかく
tags: P adv
glossary:
(ateji) (adv) (uk) anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; at least; (P)


expression: 兎も角
reading: ともかく
tags: P adv
glossary:
(adv) (uk) anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may; (P)


expression: 兎や角
reading: とやかく
tags: adv
glossary:
(adv) (uk) anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this; this and that


expression: 兎角
reading: とかく
tags: P 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; (Buddh) rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist); (P)


expression: 兎角亀毛
reading: とかくきもう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (Buddh) (obsc) horns on rabbits and fur on turtles (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)


expression: 吐く
reading: つく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up; to spit up; (P)


expression: 吐く
reading: はく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to vomit; to throw up; to spit up; to emit; to send forth; to breathe out; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment); to express; to tell; to confess; (P)


expression: 塗り固める
reading: ぬりかためる
tags: v1
glossary:
(v1) to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer)


expression: 徒士衆
reading: かちしゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot; bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing(Edo period)


expression: 斗
reading: と
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (obs) to (measure of volume, approx. 18 litres); square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); (astron) Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (P)


expression: 斗
reading: ます
tags: n
glossary:
(n) measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)


expression: 斗形
reading: ますがた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) square (shape); square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); (in a castle) rectangular space between the inner and outer gates (where troops can gather)


expression: 杜撰
reading: ずさん
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) (uk) careless; sloppy; faulty; author who makes many mistakes; author who uses unsupported references; (P)


expression: 杜撰
reading: ずざん
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) (uk) careless; sloppy; faulty; author who makes many mistakes; author who uses unsupported references


expression: 杜仲茶
reading: とちゅうちゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Tochuu tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure)


expression: 渡し込み
reading: わたしこみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) technique of throwing one's opponent by pushing his chest while holding his thigh; thigh-grabbing push down


expression: 渡す
reading: わたす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to ferry across (a river, etc.); to carry across; to traverse; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer; (P)


expression: 渡来神
reading: とらいしん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particulalry the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko)


expression: 渡来人
reading: とらいじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese


expression: 登園
reading: とうえん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) attending kindergarten; attending nursery school; going to kindergarten; going to nursery school


expression: 賭弓
reading: のりゆみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) prize archery; imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)


expression: 途轍もない
reading: とてつもない
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) (uk) extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; preposterous; unreasonable; (uk) enormous; tremendous; extraordinary; monumental


expression: 都々一
reading: どどいつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) (obs) (arch) unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern


expression: 都護
reading: とご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Protector General; Tang-period Chinese official in charge of the local Protectorate General; travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara- and Heian-period position)


expression: 都護府
reading: とごふ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Protectorate General; Han- and Tang-period Chinese office established to pacify and control peoples on the frontier (during the Tang period, six major Protectorate Generals were established)


expression: 都合
reading: つごう
tags: P adv n vs
glossary:
(adv,n) circumstances; condition; convenience; (vs) to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money; (adv) in all; in total; all told; (P)


expression: 都道府県
reading: とどうふけん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures; (P)


expression: 都立高等学校
reading: とりつこうとうがっこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) prefectural senior high school (in Tokyo Metropolitan Area); public senior high school (in Tokyo Metropolitan Area)


expression: 努める
reading: つとめる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent; (P)


expression: 度
reading: ど
tags: P ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); (ctr) counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol); (P)


expression: 度数
reading: どすう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.); (P)


expression: 度忘
reading: どわすれ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(io) (n,vs) lapse of memory; forgetting for a moment something one knows well; (something) slipping one's mind


expression: 土
reading: つち
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in On'youdou); (P)


expression: 土御門神道
reading: つちみかどしんとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyoudou formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)


expression: 土砂災害
reading: どしゃさいがい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) landslide disaster; landslide disasters; damage caused by sand and gravel avalanches; sediment disaster; sediment disasters; sediment-related disaster; sediment-related hazard


expression: 土壇
reading: どだん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dirt mound; dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period


expression: 土壇場
reading: どたんば
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period; (P)


expression: 土地勘
reading: とちかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)


expression: 土蜘蛛
reading: つちぐも
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider); tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)


expression: 土茯苓
reading: どぶくりょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine)


expression: 奴
reading: め
tags: suf
glossary:
(suf) (uk) (derog) derogatory suffix (referring to others); (hum) humble suffix (referring to oneself)


expression: 奴
reading: やっこ
tags: n pn
glossary:
(n) servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (c. Edo period); (abbr) cubed tofu (often served cold); (abbr) kite shaped like a footman; (abbr) Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (pn) (arch) (derog) he; she; him; her


expression: 奴
reading: やつ
tags: P adj-no pn
glossary:
(pn,adj-no) (uk) (derog) fellow; guy; chap; (col) thing; object; (derogatory or familiar) he; she; him; her; (P)


expression: 奴さん
reading: やっこさん
tags: n pn
glossary:
(pn) (derogatory or familiar) he; she; him; her; (n) samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period


expression: 怒らせる
reading: いからせる
tags: v1
glossary:
(v1) to anger someone; to provoke; to offend someone; to make somebody's hackles rise; to square one's shoulders


expression: 倒ける
reading: こける
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(oK) (v1,vi) (uk) to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to collapse; (uk) to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop


expression: 倒す
reading: たおす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side; to turn (something) on its side; to kill; to defeat; to beat; to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin; to leave unpaid; to cheat; (P)


expression: 倒れる
reading: たおれる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to fall; to collapse; to drop; to fall senseless; to be forced to bed (by illness, etc.); to die; to go bankrupt; to be ruined; to have a bad debt; to be defeated (in a game); to fall (of governments, dictators, etc.); (P)


expression: 倒れ掛かる
reading: たおれかかる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall


expression: 冬トピア
reading: ふゆトピア
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)


expression: 冬至カボチャ
reading: とうじカボチャ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice


expression: 冬至粥
reading: とうじがゆ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) azuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases)


expression: 刀禰
reading: とね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Shinto) priest (used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo); (arch) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system; (arch) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (arch) prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (arch) (medieval) harbor manager; (arch) bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands


expression: 刀布
reading: とうふ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bronze currency of ancient China (some pieces shaped like spades and others like opened straight razors)


expression: 唐楽
reading: とうがく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Tang-era Chinese music; style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance


expression: 唐紙
reading: からかみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) thick printed paper (for covering sliding doors); (abbr) paper sliding-door; sliding door covered with thick paper


expression: 唐辛子
reading: とうがらし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; red pepper; (P)


expression: 島田
reading: しまだ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure


expression: 投げ合う
reading: なげあう
tags: v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around; (baseb) to take part in a pitching duel


expression: 投げ出す
reading: なげだす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs); to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously; to sacrifice (e.g. one's life); to start to throw; (P)


expression: 投身
reading: とうしん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) throwing oneself to one's death; precipitating oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death


expression: 投入
reading: とうにゅう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) throwing into; inserting; depositing; investment; putting in (personnel, etc.); release of a product; making (an electrical circuit); (P)


expression: 東
reading: あずま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces; (arch) east; (abbr) six-stringed Japanese zither


expression: 東
reading: あづま
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) (arch) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces; (arch) east; (abbr) six-stringed Japanese zither


expression: 東亜米利加扇歯鯨
reading: ひがしアメリカおうぎはくじら
tags: n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) (uk) Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus); Antillian beaked whale; Gulf Stream beaked whale; European beaked whale


expression: 東夷
reading: とうい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (derog) (in Japanese history) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)


expression: 東海
reading: とうかい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (controversial name for the Sea of Japan proposed by Korea); (P)


expression: 東西
reading: とうざい
tags: P adj-no exp n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; (exp) (abbr) Ladies and Gentlemen!; Your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up; (P)


expression: 東風
reading: あゆ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan


expression: 東奔西走
reading: とうほんせいそう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest


expression: 東坡肉
reading: トンポーロー
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (food) Dongpo pork (chn:); Chinese pan-fried red-cooked pork squares, named for poet Su Shi (Dong Po)


expression: 桃栗三年柿八年
reading: ももくりさんねんかきはちねん
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years to bear fruit, persimmons take eight


expression: 棟札
reading: むなふだ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.


expression: 棟梁
reading: とうりょう
tags: adj-t n
glossary:
(n,adj-t) chief support; pillar (e.g. of nation); leader; boss; master (craftsman); (n) beams and ridge supports of a roof (orig. meaning)


expression: 盗人上戸
reading: ぬすっとじょうご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy


expression: 淘汰
reading: とうた
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection; selection (e.g. natural selection)


expression: 湯あがり
reading: ゆあがり
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) after a bath; after taking a bath; (n) large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath


expression: 湯くみ
reading: ゆくみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) drawing hot water; person who draws hot water; employee who pours clean hot water used for rinsing in a bathhouse; ladle (esp. used in bath houses)


expression: 湯の盤銘
reading: とうのばんめい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) inscription on the bathtub of King Tang ("If you can renovate yourself one day, then you can do so every day, and keep doing so day after day.")


expression: 湯桶
reading: ゆとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) pail-like wooden container typically lacquered in Japanese style, used for holding and serving hot liquids


expression: 湯取
reading: ゆとり
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) clothing to absorb dampness after bathing; yukata; (abbr) twice-boiled rice (for sick persons); (arch) scoop for removing bilge water


expression: 湯取り
reading: ゆとり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) clothing to absorb dampness after bathing; yukata; (abbr) twice-boiled rice (for sick persons); (arch) scoop for removing bilge water


expression: 湯水のように使う
reading: ゆみずのようにつかう
tags: exp v5u
glossary:
(exp,v5u) to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with


expression: 湯通し
reading: ゆどおし
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) soaking fabric in lukewarm water (to soften and remove starch); desizing; moistening with steam; blanching (food); parboiling food


expression: 湯文字
reading: いもじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt); single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)


expression: 湯立
reading: ゆだち
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health)


expression: 湯立ち
reading: ゆだち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health)


expression: 灯台
reading: とうだい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it; (P)


expression: 灯台もと暗し
reading: とうだいもとくらし
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London


expression: 燈台
reading: とうだい
tags: n
glossary:
(oK) (n) lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it


expression: 当たり
reading: あたり
tags: P n suf
glossary:
(n) hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation; touch; bruise (on fruit); situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go); bite (of a fish on a hook); strike; (suf) per; each; (P)


expression: 当たり屋
reading: あたりや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market); skilled batter; batter on a hot streak (baseball); accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money; barbershop


expression: 当たる
reading: あたる
tags: P v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.); to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win; to be successful; to go well; to be a hit; to face; to confront; to lie (in the direction of); to undertake; to be assigned; to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted; to be called upon (by the teacher); to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at; to be unnecessary; (baseb) to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak; (in fishing) to feel a bite; (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil; (v5r,vt) to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison); to shave; to be a relative of a person; to stand in a relationship; (P)


expression: 当て
reading: あて
tags: P n n-pref n-suf suf
glossary:
(n) aim; object; purpose; end; expectations; prospects; hopes; something that can be relied upon; (ksb:) snack served with alcoholic drink; (n-suf) pad; guard; (n-suf,n-pref) blow; strike; (suf) (uk) per; (P)


expression: 当てる
reading: あてる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer); to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery); (P)


expression: 当該
reading: とうがい
tags: adj-no
glossary:
(adj-no) appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent; applicable


expression: 当期純利益
reading: とうきじゅんりえき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) current net income; net income for the year; current net earnings; current net profit; current term net income; current term net profit; net profit for the year


expression: 当座
reading: とうざ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) for the time being; for the present; temporarily; for a time; immediate; present; current; for some time (after); current account


expression: 当字
reading: あてじ
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading


expression: 当社比
reading: とうしゃひ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison; (col) as I see it; by my estimate


expression: 当選
reading: とうせん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.); (P)


expression: 当然のことながら
reading: とうぜんのことながら
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious; as will be understood


expression: 当面
reading: とうめん
tags: P adj-no adv n-t vs
glossary:
(adj-no,n-t) current; urgent; pressing; impending; (vs) to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); (adv) for the meantime; at present; (P)


expression: 等
reading: など
tags: P n n-suf prt
glossary:
(n,n-suf,prt) (uk) et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; (indicating an approximate quote or vague suggestion) or something; (lessening the significance or value of the previous word) the likes of; (P)


expression: 等
reading: ら
tags: suf
glossary:
(suf) pluralizing suffix (often humble, derogatory or familiar); and others; et alios; and the like; and followers; or so (rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.); (after the stem of an adjective) nominalizing suffix


expression: 等活地獄
reading: とうかつじごく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Sanjiva (one of the Eight Greater Hells); hell of being torn to pieces and revived over and over


expression: 等寒線
reading: とうかんせん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature


expression: 統括運営会社
reading: とうかつうんえいがいしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) multiple-system operator; multi-system operator; MSO; operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems


expression: 到る
reading: いたる
tags: 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


expression: 豆
reading: まめ
tags: P n n-pref
glossary:
(n) legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas; soya bean (soybean); soy (Glycine max); (col) female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); (food) (col) kidney; (n-pref) miniature; tiny; child; (P)


expression: 豆腐の角に頭をぶつけて死ね
reading: とうふのかどにあたまをぶつけてしね
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die


expression: 踏みだす
reading: ふみだす
tags: v5s vi
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on; to take steps toward


expression: 踏み絵
reading: ふみえ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; (P)


expression: 踏み込む
reading: ふみこむ
tags: v5m
glossary:
(v5m) to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of


expression: 踏み切
reading: ふみきり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; (sumo) stepping over the edge of the ring


expression: 踏み破る
reading: ふみやぶる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to break by stepping on; to trample; to stomp on; to stamp through; (v5r) to walk across; to travel on foot


expression: 踏み板
reading: ふみいた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) board (across a ditch, etc.); step; tread; footboard; running board; pedal (of an organ, etc.); treadle


expression: 踏む
reading: ふむ
tags: P 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.); (P)


expression: 踏んばる
reading: ふんばる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to brace one's legs; to straddle; to stand firm; to plant oneself (somewhere); to hold out; to persist


expression: 踏ん張る
reading: ふんばる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to brace one's legs; to straddle; to stand firm; to plant oneself (somewhere); to hold out; to persist; (P)


expression: 踏絵
reading: ふみえ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample


expression: 踏切
reading: ふみきり
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; (sumo) stepping over the edge of the ring; (P)


expression: 逃げのびる
reading: にげのびる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape


expression: 逃げ出す
reading: にげだす
tags: P v5s
glossary:
(v5s) to run away; to flee; to make off; to take to one's heels; to escape; to start to run away; (P)


expression: 逃す
reading: のがす
tags: P suf v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to miss; to lose; to give away; to let go; to set free; to let get away; (suf,v5s) to fail to ...; (P)


expression: 逃散
reading: ちょうさん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes


expression: 透かす
reading: すかす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to space (lines); to prune (trees); to fart without making a sound


expression: 透す
reading: とおす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass; to allow through; to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; to go through (a middleman); to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.); to pass (a law, applicant, etc.); to force to accept; to force agreement; to continue (in a state); to persist in; to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...; to do from beginning to end without a break; to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party; (after the -te form of a verb) to do to the end; to carry through; to complete


expression: 透渡殿
reading: すいわたどの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) roofed path (lacking walls) connecting the main residence and the side houses (in traditional palatial architecture)


expression: 陶器
reading: とうき
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics; crockery; (P)


expression: 頭
reading: あたま
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; intellect; leader; chief; boss; captain; top; tip; beginning; start; head; person; (P)


expression: 頭
reading: かしら
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) head; hair (on one's head); leader; chief; boss; captain; top; tip; beginning; start; top structural component of a kanji; (P)


expression: 頭があがらない
reading: あたまがあがらない
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with


expression: 頭ごなし
reading: あたまごなし
tags: adv
glossary:
(adv) unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain


expression: 頭だし
reading: あたまだし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head); feed; document loading


expression: 頭をもたげる
reading: あたまをもたげる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head


expression: 頭隠して尻隠さず
reading: あたまかくしてしりかくさず
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) don't cover your head and leave your bottom exposed; you have to be careful not to expose your weak point while attempting to protect yourself


expression: 闘志満々
reading: とうしまんまん
tags: adj-no adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(uK) (adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) brimming with fighting spirit; being strong in the will to fight; burning with combativeness


expression: 働かせる
reading: はたらかせる
tags: P v1
glossary:
(v1) to put someone to work; to make someone work; to use; to apply; to exert; to exercise (restraint, one's imagination, one's brain, etc.); (P)


expression: 働き
reading: はたらき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) work; labor; labour; achievement; performance; ability; talent; salary; income; earnings; action; activity; workings; function; operation; movement; motion; (ling) conjugation; inflection; (P)


expression: 働く
reading: はたらく
tags: P v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; (ling) to be conjugated; (P)


expression: 動かす
reading: うごかす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to move; to shift; to operate; to set in motion; to mobilize; to mobilise; to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence; to deny; to change; (P)


expression: 動く
reading: うごく
tags: P v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing; to operate; to run; to go; to work; to be touched; to be influenced; to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver; certain; factual; to be transferred; (P)


expression: 動向把握
reading: どうこうはあく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing


expression: 動作
reading: どうさ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior; execution; actuation; operation; manners; (P)


expression: 動揺
reading: どうよう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) shaking; trembling; pitching; rolling; oscillation; disturbance; unrest; agitation; excitement; commotion; turmoil; discomposure; feeling shaken; (P)


expression: 同じ
reading: おなじ
tags: P adj-f adv n
glossary:
(adj-f,n) same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (adv) (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case; (P)


expression: 同じ
reading: おんなじ
tags: adj-f adv n
glossary:
(adj-f,n) same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (adv) (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case


expression: 同音
reading: どうおん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) (ling) homophony; same pronunciation; same sound; (music) unison; same pitch; (in) one voice; (speaking in) unison; (P)


expression: 同音異字
reading: どうおんいじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form


expression: 同期
reading: どうき
tags: P adj-no n n-adv vs
glossary:
(n-adv,vs,adj-no) contemporary; corresponding period; same period; same class; (n) employee who joined the company in the same year as oneself; classmate; one's contemporary; (n-adv,vs,adj-no) synchronous; synchronization; (P)


expression: 同期生
reading: どうきせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) classmate; graduates in the same class; (sumo) wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament


expression: 同人
reading: どうじん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) literary group (coterie); same person; said person; clique; fraternity; kindred spirits; comrade; colleague; (P)


expression: 同人
reading: どうにん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) literary group (coterie); same person; said person; clique; fraternity; kindred spirits; comrade; colleague


expression: 同人誌
reading: どうじんし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) magazine published by fans; fanzine; publication aimed at a particular hobby group; publication sold directly, and not via commercial publishers


expression: 同田貫
reading: どうたぬき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword


expression: 堂々
reading: どうどう
tags: P adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(adj-t,adv-to) magnificent; grand; impressive; dignified; majestic; imposing; stately; fair; square; open; unashamed; brazen; (adv-to) grandly; boldly; confidently; fairly; squarely; unreservedly; brazenly; (P)


expression: 堂堂
reading: どうどう
tags: adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(adj-t,adv-to) magnificent; grand; impressive; dignified; majestic; imposing; stately; fair; square; open; unashamed; brazen; (adv-to) grandly; boldly; confidently; fairly; squarely; unreservedly; brazenly


expression: 導出
reading: どうしゅつ
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) derivation (e.g. in math, logic); drawing (conclusion, summary etc.); leading (e.g. to a conclusion, opinion, etc.)


expression: 童貞説
reading: どうていせつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) immaculate conception; virgin birth; tradition that Jesus was born to Mary although she was a virgin


expression: 童部
reading: わらわべ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) child; children; child servant; temple page; (hum) my (young or child-like) wife; young slacker (who has not yet attained adulthood)


expression: 胴
reading: どう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship); (P)


expression: 胴上げ
reading: どうあげ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) lifting a person high (in celebration); tossing someone into the air; carrying someone on shoulders; (P)


expression: 胴揚げ
reading: どうあげ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) lifting a person high (in celebration); tossing someone into the air; carrying someone on shoulders


expression: 道
reading: どう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) road; way; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); province (Tang-era administrative region of China); province (modern administrative region of Korea)


expression: 道
reading: みち
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means; (P)


expression: 道しるべ
reading: みちしるべ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; handbook; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)


expression: 道なりに
reading: みちなりに
tags: adv
glossary:
(adv) along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street


expression: 道をあける
reading: みちをあける
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity


expression: 道学
reading: どうがく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ethics; moral philosophy; (the study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism); (the study of) Taoism; Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)


expression: 道楽
reading: どうらく
tags: adj-na n vs
glossary:
(n,adj-na) pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; (n,vs,adj-na) (derog) dissipation; debauchery; loose living; prodigality; indulging in alcohol, women, gambling, etc.; profligacy


expression: 道行
reading: みちゆき
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) going down the road; travelling; traveling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping


expression: 道行き
reading: みちゆき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) going down the road; travelling; traveling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping


expression: 道産子
reading: どさんこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) horse native to Hokkaido; person born and raised in Hokkaido; (sumo) wrestler of Hokkaidan ancestry


expression: 道芝
reading: みちしば
tags: n
glossary:
(n) roadside grass; roadside weeds; guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; guide; Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)


expression: 道場
reading: どうじょう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) dojo (hall used for martial arts training); (Buddh) (abbr) manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment); (P)


expression: 道府県
reading: どうふけん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures (all administrative divisions of Japan except Tokyo-to)


expression: 道連れ
reading: みちづれ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fellow traveler; fellow traveller; someone unwillingly made to take part; being made to take part in something


expression: 峠を越す
reading: とうげをこす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to cross over a pass; to finish the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness)


expression: 得
reading: う
tags: v2a-s vt
glossary:
(v2a-s,vt) to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain; to be possible


expression: 得る
reading: うる
tags: P exp suf
glossary:
(suf) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to ...; can ...; (exp) to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain; (P)


expression: 得る
reading: える
tags: P aux-v v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill); (aux-v,v1,vt) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to ..., can ...; (P)


expression: 得意
reading: とくい
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no,adj-na) triumph; prosperity; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty; frequent customer (client, etc.); (P)


expression: 得意淡然
reading: とくいたんぜん
tags: adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(uK) (adj-t,adv-to) (arch) not letting oneself puffed up by one's success; maintaining a serene state of mind when one has achieved a great success


expression: 得体が知れない
reading: えたいがしれない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) strange (when used to modify the following noun); unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (exp) to not know the true nature


expression: 徳政令
reading: とくせいれい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods)


expression: 徳利
reading: とくり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); someone who cannot swim


expression: 特ア
reading: とくア
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) (col) Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea)


expression: 特亜
reading: とくア
tags: n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) (abbr) (col) Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea)


expression: 特許
reading: とっきょ
tags: P adj-f adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) patent; special permission; licence (license); concession; franchise; charter; (adj-f) proprietary; (P)


expression: 特区
reading: とっく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) special ward; (abbr) special economic zone (China); (abbr) special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)


expression: 特高
reading: とっこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression


expression: 特少
reading: とくしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sl) (abbr) advanced juvenile training school; special reformatory; juvenile hall for grave offenders


expression: 特定アジア
reading: とくていアジア
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (col) Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea)


expression: 特定疾患
reading: とくていしっかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) diseases specified by the Japanese government as being worrisome, having no known treatment and of unknown causes


expression: 特典映像
reading: とくてんえいぞう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bonus footage (e.g. behind-the-scenes interviews), such as that included on DVDs of movies, television programs, etc.


expression: 特発性頭蓋内圧亢進症
reading: とくはつせいずがいないあつこうしんしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (med) idiopathic intracranial hypertension; benign intracranial hypertension; pseudotumor cerebri


expression: 特別扱い
reading: とくべつあつかい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery


expression: 特別区
reading: とくべつく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) special ward (esp. of Tokyo); (abbr) special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong); (P)


expression: 特命担当大臣
reading: とくめいたんとうだいじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy


expression: 禿
reading: かぶろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) baldness; bald head; children's hairstyle of short untied hair; children with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (derog) (uk) idiot; moron


expression: 禿げる
reading: はげる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) (uk) to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees); (P)


expression: 毒々しい
reading: どくどくしい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) poisonous; venomous; poisonous-looking; hateful; detestable; loathsome; odious; sickening; gaudy; garish; heavy; gross


expression: 独ソ不可侵条約
reading: どくソふかしんじょうやく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union ; German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact


expression: 独古
reading: とっこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals; cloth of a tokko pattern


expression: 独自
reading: どくじ
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,adj-no,n) original; peculiar; unique; characteristic; proprietary; individual; independent; one's own; (P)


expression: 独走
reading: どくそう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes; arbitrary action; (P)


expression: 独歩
reading: どくほ
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(ok) (n,vs) walking alone; walking without assistance; (adj-no) unique; matchless; unparalleled; unequaled; unrivaled; unchallenged; peerless


expression: 独歩
reading: どっぽ
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) walking alone; walking without assistance; (adj-no) unique; matchless; unparalleled; unequaled; unrivaled; unchallenged; peerless


expression: 独立行政法人等個人情報保護法
reading: どくりつぎょうせいほうじんとうこじんじょうほうほごほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Law for the Protection of Personal Information Retained by Independent Administrative Institutions 


expression: 読みあさる
reading: よみあさる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)


expression: 読みとる
reading: よみとる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to read (someone's) mind; to read between the lines; to read (a calibration, a tape, etc.); to read (out)


expression: 読み解く
reading: よみとく
tags: v5k
glossary:
(v5k) to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to read carefully (esp. a difficult text); to decipher; to decode


expression: 読み込む
reading: よみこむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)


expression: 読み切り
reading: よみきり
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) finishing reading; non-serialised stories (e.g. in magazines); complete novel; punctuation


expression: 読み替える
reading: よみかえる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to read a kanji with a different pronunciation; to load (e.g. data on a computer); to read; to change the language or wording (of a provision, etc.) (law)


expression: 読書百遍
reading: どくしょひゃっぺん
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) Repeated reading (makes the meaning clear); Reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning)


expression: 読切
reading: よみきり
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(io) (n,adj-no) finishing reading; non-serialised stories (e.g. in magazines); complete novel; punctuation


expression: 読本
reading: とくほん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) reading-book; reader; guidebook; manual; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook); (P)


expression: 読本
reading: どくほん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) reading-book; reader; guidebook; manual; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)


expression: 栃麺棒
reading: とちめんぼう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) rolling pin for making horse chestnut noodles; hurry; haste; comparison to someone making horse chestnut noodles which requires great haste


expression: 突き
reading: つき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) thrust; stab; lunge; pass (in fencing); (MA) tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); (sumo) tsuki; thrust to the chest; (P)


expression: 突き詰める
reading: つきつめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to investigate thoroughly; to probe into; to think something through; to follow an argument to its logical conclusion


expression: 突き止める
reading: つきとめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to make sure; to locate; to identify; to find out; to ascertain


expression: 突き上げる
reading: つきあげる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to push up; to force up; to toss; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart; (P)


expression: 突く
reading: つく
tags: P 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.); (P)


expression: 突く
reading: つつく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) (uk) to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on; to put up to; (P)


expression: 突っかかる
reading: つっかかる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to charge; to lunge; to rush; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into


expression: 突っつく
reading: つっつく
tags: v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on; to put up to


expression: 突っ込む
reading: つっこむ
tags: P v5m
glossary:
(v5m) to thrust something into something; to plunge into; to go into deeply; to meddle; to interfere; to retort; to riposte; (P)


expression: 突っ張り
reading: つっぱり
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) prop; strut; support; bar; becoming taut; bracing; (sumo) thrust; slapping attacks; (juvenile) delinquent; punk; (P)


expression: 突っ張る
reading: つっぱる
tags: P v5r
glossary:
(v5r) to support; to become stiff; to become taut; to thrust (one's opponent); to stick to (one's opinion); to insist on; (P)


expression: 突っ立つ
reading: つったつ
tags: v5t
glossary:
(v5t) to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up abruptly; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around; to stand flat-footed


expression: 突張り
reading: つっぱり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) prop; strut; support; bar; becoming taut; bracing; (sumo) thrust; slapping attacks; (juvenile) delinquent; punk


expression: 突入
reading: とつにゅう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture); (P)


expression: 突付く
reading: つつく
tags: v5k vt
glossary:
(iK) (v5k,vt) (uk) to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on; to put up to


expression: 突兀
reading: とっこつ
tags: adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(adj-t,adv-to) lofty; soaring; towering; precipitous; high and steep; sharply sticking out; jutting upward


expression: 届く
reading: とどく
tags: P v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to reach; to arrive; to get through; to get at; to be attentive; to pay attention; to be delivered; to carry (e.g. sound); (P)


expression: 届ける
reading: とどける
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities); to give notice; to register; (P)


expression: 届け出伝染病
reading: とどけいででんせんびょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) infectious disease which by law a physician must report to the authorities within 24 hours of diagnosis


expression: 鳶が鷹を生む
reading: とびがたかをうむ
tags: exp v5m
glossary:
(exp,v5m) Even plain parents can produce a genius child; A great person may be born of perfectly ordinary parents


expression: 鳶足
reading: とんびあし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground)


expression: 屯す
reading: とんす
tags: v5s vi
glossary:
(v5s,vi) (uk) to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)


expression: 屯する
reading: たむろする
tags: vi vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s,vi) (uk) to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)


expression: 豚骨
reading: とんこつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)


expression: 遁す
reading: のがす
tags: suf v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to miss; to lose; to give away; to let go; to set free; to let get away; (suf,v5s) to fail to ...


expression: 呑む
reading: のむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal


expression: 呑気
reading: のんき
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(ateji) (adj-na,n) (uk) carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky; easygoing; thoughtless


expression: 曇る
reading: くもる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast; to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression); to be downcast; to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.); (P)


expression: 鈍い
reading: にぶい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; stupid; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light); slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic; (P)


expression: 鈍い
reading: のろい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) thickheaded; obtuse; stupid; slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting; (P)


expression: 奈落
reading: ならく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) hell; hades; very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances; theatre basement; theater basement


expression: 那由他
reading: なゆた
tags: n num
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million) (san: nayuta); (num) 10^60 (or 10^72)


expression: 内
reading: うち
tags: P adj-no n pn
glossary:
(n,adj-no) inside; within; while; among; amongst; between; (pn,adj-no) we (referring to one's in-group, i.e. company, etc.); our; my spouse; (n) (arch) imperial palace grounds; (arch) emperor; (pn,adj-no) (ksb:) I (primarily used by women and children); me; (P)


expression: 内縁関係
reading: ないえんかんけい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage


expression: 内科
reading: ないか
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures; department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.); (P)


expression: 内閣告示
reading: ないかくこくじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cabinet announcement; cabinet notification; official government promulgation of a decision, etc.


expression: 内股
reading: うちまた
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) inner thigh; (n,vs) (walking) pigeon-toed; one's toes turned inward; uchimata (judo); throwing an opponent by putting one's leg between their legs


expression: 内股膏薬
reading: うちまたこうやく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) double-dealer; fence-sitter; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict; duplicity; turncoat


expression: 内攻
reading: ないこう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (disease) settling in internal organs; quarreling among companions; quarrelling among companions


expression: 内証
reading: ないしょう
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); (Buddh) inner realization; personal enlightenment


expression: 内障
reading: ないしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) internal hindrance; any visual disorder caused by a problem within the eye (i.e. glaucoma, amaurosis, etc.)


expression: 内心
reading: ないしん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) innermost thoughts; real intention; inmost heart; one's mind; in the heart; (n) (math) inner center (centre); (P)


expression: 内帯
reading: ないたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) area on the concave side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago; area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line


expression: 内地
reading: ないち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sens) within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland area; (during the WWII era) Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland; (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu)


expression: 内地人
reading: ないちじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) people living in the country; people living inland; Japanese in Japan proper; people living on Honshu


expression: 内部工作
reading: ないぶこうさく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) internal maneuvering; secret maneuvering (within an organization); reconciling the various views within an organization before airing something in public


expression: 内紛
reading: ないふん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting; storm in a teacup


expression: 内弁慶
reading: うちべんけい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) braggart; someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; a man who is a lion at home and a mouse abroad


expression: 内幕
reading: うちまく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings; undisclosed circumstances; (P)


expression: 内裏様
reading: だいりさま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (hon) imperial palace; person living in the imperial palace (esp. the emperor); (pol) festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress


expression: 内輪
reading: うちわ
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) moderate; private matter; family circle; the inside; conservative; pigeon-toed; (P)


expression: 乍ら
reading: ながら
tags: P prt
glossary:
(prt) (uk) while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (i.e. "as always", "as long ago"); in (i.e. "in tears"); (P)


expression: 馴れる
reading: なれる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated


expression: 馴れ合う
reading: なれあう
tags: v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to collude (with); to conspire (with); to establish a secret liaison (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex)


expression: 馴染む
reading: なじむ
tags: v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to


expression: 縄張
reading: なわばり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) roping off; stretching rope; demarcation; (n) one's turf; domain; territory; sphere of influence


expression: 縄張り
reading: なわばり
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) roping off; stretching rope; demarcation; (n) one's turf; domain; territory; sphere of influence; (P)


expression: 南京
reading: ナンキン
tags: n n-pref
glossary:
(n) Nanking; Nanjing; (ksb:) pumpkin; squash; (n-pref) Chinese; Southeast Asian; foreign; rare; precious; cute


expression: 南京玉すだれ
reading: ナンキンたますだれ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) street performance in which the performer transforms a specially-made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem


expression: 南京事件
reading: ナンキンじけん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Nanking Incident (targeting of Nanking's foreign properties and residents by Kuomintang troops in March, 1927); Rape of Nanking ; Nanking Massacre


expression: 南西諸島
reading: なんせいしょとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan


expression: 南庭
reading: なんてい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) grounds south of a building; southern garden; garden south of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in the Kyoto Imperial Palace)


expression: 南都七大寺
reading: なんとしちだいじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)


expression: 南都六宗
reading: なんとろくしゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)


expression: 南蛮
reading: なんばん
tags: P n pref
glossary:
(n) (arch) (derog) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch) South-East Asia; (arch) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); (pref) exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (n) (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); (abbr) food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions; (P)


expression: 南蛮煮
reading: なんばんに
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew; poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in


expression: 南蛮人
reading: なんばんじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) southern barbarian (used to describe Western Europeans who visited Japan prior to the Edo period, esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese)


expression: 南蛮船
reading: なんばんせん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period)


expression: 南呂
reading: なんりょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (in China) 10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B); eighth month of the lunar calendar


expression: 軟券
reading: なんけん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll)


expression: 難しい
reading: むずかしい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); (arch) dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; (arch) unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky; (P)


expression: 難しい
reading: むつかしい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); (arch) dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; (arch) unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky


expression: 難航
reading: なんこう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble; stormy passage; (P)


expression: 難行道
reading: なんぎょうどう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha)


expression: 二の字点
reading: にのじてん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun-yomi)


expression: 二河白道
reading: にがびゃくどう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (Buddh) metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)


expression: 二階から目薬
reading: にかいからめぐすり
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries (and is slightly frustrating because of this)


expression: 二次コン
reading: にじコン
tags: n
glossary:
(n) two-dimensional complex; people more interested in two-dimensional (i.e. anime or manga) girls than real people


expression: 二十一代集
reading: にじゅういちだいしゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Collections of the Twenty-One Eras; twenty-one collections of waka compiled by imperial command (early Heian to early Muromachi)


expression: 二十五史
reading: にじゅうごし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Twenty-Five Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-five Chinese historical books (the Twenty-Four Histories and the New History of Yuan)


expression: 二十三夜
reading: にじゅうさんや
tags: n
glossary:
(n) 23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month); moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month


expression: 二十二社
reading: にじゅうにしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Shinto) the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period


expression: 二十日正月
reading: はつかしょうがつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)


expression: 二十八宿
reading: にじゅうはっしゅく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)


expression: 二重敬語
reading: にじゅうけいご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) redundant keigo (i.e. improper use of the -rareru honorific form together with an honorific verb such as ossharu)


expression: 二進も三進も行かない
reading: にっちもさっちもいかない
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (uk) being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place


expression: 二人羽織
reading: ににんばおり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) "Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front


expression: 二世
reading: にせい
tags: P n n-pref n-suf
glossary:
(n) nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); foreigner of Japanese parentage; (n,n-suf,n-pref) the Second (king, etc. of the same name); second generation; junior; (n) (col) son; (P)


expression: 二転三転
reading: にてんさんてん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly


expression: 二刀流
reading: にとうりゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) style of fencing with a sword in each hand; liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets


expression: 二枚看板
reading: にまいかんばん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions)


expression: 二律背反
reading: にりつはいはん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) antinomy; self-contradiction; (col) either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives


expression: 肉筆画
reading: にくひつが
tags: n
glossary:
(n) picture painted by hand; painting (as opposed to a woodblock print); original painting; original drawing


expression: 日
reading: にち
tags: ctr n n-pref n-suf suf
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Sunday; (suf) day (of the month); (suf,ctr) counter for days; (n,n-suf,n-pref) (abbr) Japan


expression: 日系
reading: にっけい
tags: P n n-pref
glossary:
(n-pref) (of) Japanese descent; (n) (abbr) non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent; (P)


expression: 日西
reading: にっせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japanese-Spanish (gen. for translations and dictionaries); Japan-Spain (e.g. intercountry trade and relations)


expression: 日本現報善悪霊異記
reading: にほんげんほうぜんあくりょういき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki


expression: 日本住血吸虫症
reading: にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)


expression: 日本住血吸虫病
reading: にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうびょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)


expression: 日本的経営
reading: にほんてきけいえい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japanese-style business management; adoption of Japanese business practices (such as lifelong employment, seniority-based promotions, etc.)


expression: 日和
reading: ひより
tags: P n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs; sea conditions; good day for sailing; (P)


expression: 乳母日傘
reading: おんばひからかさ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him, her) with material comforts of a rich family; (being brought up) in a hothouse atmosphere


expression: 入り込む
reading: はいりこむ
tags: P v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to get in; to step in (a house); to become complicated; (P)


expression: 入り婿
reading: いりむこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family


expression: 入る
reading: はいる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold; to accommodate; to have (an income of); to get; to receive; to score; (P)


expression: 入れる
reading: いれる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo); to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire; to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to; to include; to pay (one's rent, etc.); to cast (a vote); to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to turn on (a switch, etc.); to send (a fax); to call; (P)


expression: 入れ換え戦
reading: いれかえせん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) match-up between wrestlers from different divisions who will probably 'switch' divisions in new ranking


expression: 入れ込む
reading: いれこむ
tags: v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m) to put in; to place inside; to push into; to stuff into; (v5m,vi) to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited


expression: 入れ子
reading: いれこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner; cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock)


expression: 入れ籠
reading: いれこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock)


expression: 入園
reading: にゅうえん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in kindergarten; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.; (P)


expression: 入苑
reading: にゅうえん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(iK) (n,vs) enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in kindergarten; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.


expression: 入国カード
reading: にゅうこくカード
tags: n
glossary:
(n) disembarkation card; entry card; arrival card; immigration card; landing card; incoming passenger card


expression: 入所
reading: にゅうしょ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) admission (e.g. to a training institution, research establishment, social welfare facility, etc.); entrance; imprisonment; internment; confinement; (P)


expression: 入線
reading: にゅうせん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) entering a track (of a train); arrival of a train (at a platform); passing the post (horseracing); crossing the finish line


expression: 入唐八家
reading: にっとうはっけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian (Enchin, Engyou, Ennin, Eun, Jougyou, Kuukai, Saichou, and Shuuei)


expression: 如何しても
reading: どうしても
tags: P adv
glossary:
(adv) (uk) by all means; at any cost; no matter what; after all; in the long run; cravingly; at any rate; surely; (P)


expression: 如何に
reading: いかに
tags: P adv int
glossary:
(adv) (uk) how; in what way; (uk) however much; however (e.g. easy, rich, sad); whatever; how much; (int) (uk) (arch) hey; oi; (P)


expression: 如実
reading: にょじつ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) reality; actuality; actual conditions; true situation; faithful representation; vivid depiction; (Buddh) ultimate reality; absolute truth; (P)


expression: 如来蔵
reading: にょらいぞう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha)


expression: 如露如電
reading: にょろにょでん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) (obsc) existence (as we percieve it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning


expression: 任せる
reading: まかせる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done; (P)


expression: 任意
reading: にんい
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-no,adj-na,n) optional; voluntary; arbitrary; random; discretionary; facultative; spontaneous; any; (math) arbitrary; (P)


expression: 妊む
reading: はらむ
tags: v5m vi vt
glossary:
(v5m) to conceive; to become pregnant; (v5m,vt) to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (e.g. contradiction or danger); (v5m,vi) to be swollen and ripe (of a plant ear, head, or sprout)


expression: 忍
reading: しのぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) Davallia mariesii (species of fern); Lepisorus thunbergiana (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); (abbr) ancient women's hairstyle; (abbr) clothing patterned using the fern Davallia mariesii


expression: 忍び
reading: しのび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) stealth; (abbr) travelling incognito (traveling); (abbr) ninjutsu; (abbr) ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance


expression: 忍者
reading: にんじゃ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.); (P)


expression: 忍術
reading: にんじゅつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (MA) ninjutsu (fighting art of the ninja); ninja skills in secrecy, stealth and combat techniques


expression: 認める
reading: みとめる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice; to deem; to judge; to assess; to approve; to deem acceptable; to allow; to admit; to accept; to confess (to a charge); to watch steadily; to observe carefully; to renown; to give renown to; to appreciate; to acknowledge; (P)


expression: 認識
reading: にんしき
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) recognition; cognizance; cognisance; knowledge; realization; realisation; awareness; perception; (P)


expression: 認定
reading: にんてい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition; (P)


expression: 禰宜
reading: ねぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Shinto) senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); (obsc) grasshopper; locust


expression: 猫
reading: ねこ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) cat; shamisen; geisha; (abbr) wheelbarrow; (abbr) clay bed-warmer; (uk) (col) bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship; (P)


expression: 熱い
reading: あつい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. gaze); hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; fired up; intense; severe; extreme; hot (topic); of interest; (P)


expression: 熱盛
reading: あつもり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (food) (abbr) warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed)


expression: 熱盛りそば
reading: あつもりそば
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (food) warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed)


expression: 年がいもない
reading: としがいもない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(exp,adj-i) unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age


expression: 年ごろ
reading: としごろ
tags: adv n n-adv
glossary:
(adv,n) approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of independence; age of adulthood; (after modifying phrase) appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...); (n,n-adv) (arch) for some years


expression: 年より
reading: としより
tags: n
glossary:
(n) old people; the aged; (sumo) trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)


expression: 年寄り
reading: としより
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) old people; the aged; (sumo) trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate); (P)


expression: 年寄株
reading: としよりかぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo


expression: 年寄名跡
reading: としよりみょうせき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sumo) official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)


expression: 年期
reading: ねんき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); (abbr) apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture; one-year period


expression: 年季
reading: ねんき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); (abbr) apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture


expression: 年頃
reading: としごろ
tags: P adv n n-adv
glossary:
(adv,n) approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of independence; age of adulthood; (after modifying phrase) appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...); (n,n-adv) (arch) for some years; (P)


expression: 年女
reading: としおんな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Woman of the Year, referring to a woman born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year


expression: 年男
reading: としおとこ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) Man of the Year, referring to a man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year; (P)


expression: 年度
reading: ねんど
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year; (P)


expression: 年末年始
reading: ねんまつねんし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the New Year's holiday; the period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the new year


expression: 念人
reading: ねんじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period); older male in an homosexual relationship


expression: 捻り
reading: ひねり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); (sumo) twisting throw


expression: 捻る
reading: ひねる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck); to puzzle over; to defeat easily; (P)


expression: 撚る
reading: ひねる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck); to puzzle over; to defeat easily


expression: 粘る
reading: ねばる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to; to hold out; to linger; (P)


expression: 嚢
reading: ふくろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bag; sack; pouch; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water


expression: 悩ましげ
reading: なやましげ
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) seductive; carnal; enchanting; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy; languishing; yearning; desiring


expression: 濃い
reading: こい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.); thick (i.e. "as thick as thieves"); close; deep (love, etc.); (P)


expression: 濃淡
reading: のうたん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor); (P)


expression: 濃餅
reading: のっぺ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch


expression: 納所
reading: なっしょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) temple office (for receiving offerings or donations); (historical) office for storing land taxes


expression: 能ある鷹は爪を隠す
reading: のうあるたかはつめをかくす
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; a skilled hawk hides its talons


expression: 能なし犬の高吠え
reading: のうなしいぬのたかぼえ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) (obsc) a barking dog seldom bites (meaning those who make the most noise have the least talent)


expression: 能書き
reading: のうがき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug


expression: 脳ある鷹は爪を隠す
reading: のうあるたかはつめをかくす
tags: exp
glossary:
(iK) (exp) (id) a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; a skilled hawk hides its talons


expression: 農薬
reading: のうやく
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.); agrochemical; agrichemical; (P)


expression: 覗き
reading: のぞき
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) peep; peeping; (n) (abbr) peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures


expression: 覗き眼鏡
reading: のぞきめがね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; water glass; hydroscope; box, etc. with glass bottom for viewing underwater


expression: 覗く
reading: のぞく
tags: P v5k vi vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); (v5k,vi) to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.); (arch) to face; (P)


expression: 覗眼鏡
reading: のぞきめがね
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; water glass; hydroscope; box, etc. with glass bottom for viewing underwater


expression: 波戸
reading: はと
tags: n
glossary:
(n) narrow structure made of stone extending from the shore to the open sea and used to break incoming waves as well as to load and unload good unto ships


expression: 波乱万丈
reading: はらんばんじょう
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,adj-no,n) stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes


expression: 派遣
reading: はけん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) dispatch; despatch; deployment; (n) (abbr) temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp; (P)


expression: 破れる
reading: やぶれる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear out; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse; to fall into ruin; (P)


expression: 破れる
reading: われる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn; to be divided; to cleave; to come to light; to be identified; to be established; to become clear


expression: 破れ目
reading: われめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) chasm; interstice; crevice; crack; cleft; split; rift; fissure; (X) (sl) vulva; slit; cunt; vagina; twat


expression: 破家
reading: ばか
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) fool; idiot; trivial matter; folly; absurdity; (adj-na) foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous; (n) (abbr) Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)


expression: 破格
reading: はかく
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) extraordinary; special; exceptional; abnormal; unprecedented; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism; (P)


expression: 破棄
reading: はき
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); revocation; annulment; breaking (e.g. treaty); reversing (e.g. an original judgment) (judgement); discard; cancellation; repeal; (P)


expression: 破局
reading: はきょく
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.); (P)


expression: 破体
reading: はたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style


expression: 破題
reading: はだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached); broaching the topic of a poem or essay in its opening lines


expression: 破毀
reading: はき
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); revocation; annulment; breaking (e.g. treaty); reversing (e.g. an original judgment) (judgement); discard; cancellation; repeal


expression: 婆娑羅
reading: ばさら
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; eccentricity; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery; dandyism; coxcombry; gaudiness


expression: 罵詈讒謗
reading: ばりざんぼう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reviling; vilification; abusive language; lashing somebody using abusive language; speaking abusively of somebody


expression: 馬子にも衣裳
reading: まごにもいしょう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver


expression: 馬鹿
reading: ばか
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) fool; idiot; trivial matter; folly; absurdity; (adj-na) foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous; (n) (abbr) Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell); (P)


expression: 馬鹿穴
reading: ばかあな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) clearance hole (hole for a bolt, screw, etc., which is large enough to allow the thread, etc. to pass through)


expression: 馬場の殿
reading: うまばのおとど
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds)


expression: 馬追い
reading: うまおい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) loading a horse with passengers or baggage; driving a horse into a pen; (abbr) Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid); Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)


expression: 馬頭観音
reading: ばとうかんのん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Hayagriva (manifestation of Avalokitesvara with an ornament in the shape of a horse's head)


expression: 馬肥
reading: うまごやし
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha); hairy medick; bur clover; (col) white clover (Trifolium repens)


expression: 俳諧
reading: はいかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryu, etc.; (abbr) humorous or vulgar renga poetry


expression: 廃家
reading: はいか
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n) deserted house; ruined house; (n,vs) abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family


expression: 廃棄
reading: はいき
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding; abolition; annulment; cancellation; abrogation; repeal; (P)


expression: 廃炉
reading: はいろ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) decommissioning a nuclear reactor; (n) decommissioned nuclear reactor; (n,vs) decommissioning a furnace (e.g. boiler)


expression: 拝む
reading: おがむ
tags: P v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects; to beg; to make a supplication; (hum) to see (something or someone of high status); (P)


expression: 拝呈
reading: はいてい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) presenting; presentation; (n) (hon) Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern


expression: 排す
reading: はいす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) (arch) to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to reject; to align; to put in order; to push open


expression: 排する
reading: はいする
tags: vs-s vt
glossary:
(vs-s,vt) to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to reject; to align; to put in order; (arch) to push open


expression: 杯
reading: はい
tags: ctr n suf
glossary:
(n) sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; (suf,ctr) counter for cupfuls; counter for ships, octopuses and squid


expression: 杯盤狼藉
reading: はいばんろうぜき
tags: adj-t adv-to
glossary:
(uK) (adj-t,adv-to) (arch) glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble


expression: 牌
reading: はい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) medal; shield; badge; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)


expression: 背のび
reading: せのび
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit


expression: 背割
reading: せわり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) slicing a fish down its back; slit in the back of a garment; split in a piece of lumber (to prevent splitting when drying)


expression: 背筋を伸ばす
reading: せすじをのばす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high


expression: 背景
reading: はいけい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context; backing; support (from behind the scenes); (P)


expression: 背水の陣
reading: はいすいのじん
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing


expression: 背負う
reading: しょう
tags: v5u vt
glossary:
(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: 背負う
reading: せおう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(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); (P)


expression: 肺尖カタル
reading: はいせんカタル
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (med) catarrh of the pulmonary apex; pulmonary apicitis; inflammation of the mucous of the upper lung


expression: 配す
reading: はいす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.); to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); to marry off; to exile; to banish


expression: 配する
reading: はいする
tags: vs-s vt
glossary:
(vs-s,vt) to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.); to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch) to marry off; (arch) to exile; to banish


expression: 配光
reading: はいこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) light distribution (e.g. in candle-power or candela); luminous intensity distribution; spatial distribution of luminous intensity


expression: 配属
reading: はいぞく
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.); (P)


expression: 配置
reading: はいち
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration; layout; (P)


expression: 倍返し
reading: ばいがえし
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold


expression: 倍率
reading: ばいりつ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) magnification; leverage; amplification; scaling factor; scale factor; acceptance rate; pass rate (of an exam, etc.); (P)


expression: 梅酒
reading: うめしゅ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shochu) with added sugar; (P)


expression: 買い取り
reading: かいとり
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) purchase; sale (transaction); purchase on a no-return policy; (n) lump-sum payment; flat fee; (P)


expression: 買い物難民
reading: かいものなんみん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) someone desperately searching for shopping facilities (esp. in areas of depopulation); shopping refugee


expression: 買弁
reading: ばいべん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) comprador; compradore; person working for a foreign company to the detriment of their own country


expression: 買弁的
reading: ばいべんてき
tags: adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country


expression: 売り出す
reading: うりだす
tags: P v5s vi vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to begin selling; to market; (v5s,vi) to become popular; (P)


expression: 売り切り
reading: うりきり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) clearance (e.g. clearance sale); selling off; selling out; sellout; selling (accepting only a single payment); bond transaction not subject to repurchase


expression: 売り物にする
reading: うりものにする
tags: exp vs-i
glossary:
(exp,vs-i) to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize


expression: 売出す
reading: うりだす
tags: v5s vi vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to begin selling; to market; (v5s,vi) to become popular


expression: 陪乗
reading: ばいじょう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) riding in the same carriage (car) (with a superior); attending on (one's superior) in the same carriage


expression: 陪堂
reading: ほいとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple); (arch) serving food; food served; (arch) begging; beggar


expression: 這入る
reading: はいる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold; to accommodate; to have (an income of); to get; to receive; to score


expression: 萩
reading: はぎ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (uk) bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); (P)


expression: 伯
reading: はく
tags: P n n-pref n-suf
glossary:
(n) count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch) eldest brother; (n,n-pref,n-suf) (abbr) Brazil; Brazilian; (P)


expression: 剥がす
reading: はがす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect; (P)


expression: 剥がす
reading: へがす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect


expression: 剥ぐ
reading: はぐ
tags: P v5g vt
glossary:
(v5g,vt) to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to bark; to disrobe; to strip of (e.g. clothes, rank); to deprive of; to divest; (P)


expression: 剥す
reading: はがす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(io) (v5s,vt) to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect


expression: 剥れる
reading: むくれる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) (uk) to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off; to be taken off


expression: 博愛
reading: はくあい
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood; brotherly love; love of fellow man; (P)


expression: 博多祇園山笠
reading: はかたぎおんやまかさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) festival held in July in Fukuoka City; Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival (often just called Yamakasa Festival)


expression: 白
reading: しら
tags: adj-na n pref
glossary:
(pref) white; unseasoned; undyed; unaltered; very much; precisely; playing dumb; (n,adj-na) unfeigned; honest; diligent


expression: 白
reading: しろ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile (mahjong); (food) skewered grilled pig intestine; (P)


expression: 白
reading: はく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; (abbr) (arch) white person; Caucasian


expression: 白ける
reading: しらける
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to be spoiled (spoilt); to be dampened; to become subdued (e.g. lively atmosphere); to be unamused or bored; to become apathetic; to fade; to turn white; to grow light (at dawn)


expression: 白金
reading: しろかね
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(iK) (ok) (n,adj-no) silver (Au); (n) silver coin; money; silver medal; (n,adj-no) silver colour (color)


expression: 白虎
reading: はっこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); (astron) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens


expression: 白麹菌
reading: しろこうじきん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Aspergillus kawachii; Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi; white koji mold, used in shochu production


expression: 白黒
reading: しろくろ
tags: P adj-no exp n vs
glossary:
(n,adj-no) black and white; monochrome; (exp,vs) good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence; (P)


expression: 白黒をつける
reading: しろくろをつける
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (col) to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter


expression: 白沙
reading: しらす
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bar of white sand; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch) court of law(in the Edo period)


expression: 白洲梯子
reading: しらすばしご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage


expression: 白身
reading: しろみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) white of egg; white meat; sapwood; white-fleshed fish for sushi and sashimi (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)


expression: 白酢
reading: しろず
tags: n
glossary:
(n) white vinegar; plum vinegar made without perilla; (food) dressing consisting of a dashi-diluted mixture of vinegar, ground sesame, tofu, sugar and salt


expression: 白川夜舟
reading: しらかわよふね
tags: exp
glossary:
(iK) (exp) being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner


expression: 白沢
reading: はくたく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bai ze (mythical chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)


expression: 白地
reading: あからさま
tags: adj-na adj-no
glossary:
(ateji) (adj-na,adj-no) (uk) plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward; unabashed; blatant; flagrant


expression: 白点病
reading: はくてんびょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ich (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) infection; white spot (protozoan infection of freshwater fish)


expression: 白板
reading: パイパン
tags: n
glossary:
(n) white dragon tile (mahjong) (chi:); (col) (uk) shaved pubic area; person with little or no pubic hair


expression: 白亳
reading: びゃくごう
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna


expression: 白毫
reading: びゃくごう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna


expression: 薄い
reading: うすい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) thin; pale; light; watery; dilute; sparse; weak (taste, etc.); slim (probability, etc.); small; (P)


expression: 薄荷
reading: はか
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) (uk) mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); (uk) Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)


expression: 薄型テレビ
reading: うすがたテレビ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) flat-panel television (TV); thin-screen television (TV); thin-model flat-screen television (TV); flat-screen TV


expression: 薄団
reading: ふとん
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor); round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)


expression: 迫る
reading: せまる
tags: P v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; (v5r,vt) to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel; (P)


expression: 迫る
reading: せる
tags: v5r vi vt
glossary:
(ok) (v5r,vi) to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; (v5r,vt) to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel


expression: 爆弾
reading: ばくだん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) bomb; (uk) alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shochu highball, also beer with whiskey); (P)


expression: 莫臥児
reading: もうる
tags: n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) (uk) lace (por: mogol); lacing braid; (uk) chenille yarn; (uk) tinsel; (uk) pipe cleaner; fibre, paper, etc. twisted between a pair of wires


expression: 函れる
reading: いれる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo); to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire; to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to; to include; to pay (one's rent, etc.); to cast (a vote); to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to turn on (a switch, etc.); to send (a fax); to call


expression: 箱
reading: はこ
tags: P ctr n suf
glossary:
(n) box; case; chest; package; pack; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; (col) public building; community building; (arch) man who carries a geisha's shamisen; (arch) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); (suf,ctr) counter for boxes (or boxed objects); (P)


expression: 箱物
reading: はこもの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (col) public building; community building; box-shaped item of furniture (e.g. chest of drawers, bookcase); boxed gift


expression: 箸洗い
reading: はしあらい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (food) simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony


expression: 筈
reading: はず
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (uk) expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); (sumo) nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out; (P)


expression: 肌
reading: はだ
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n) skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); (n,n-suf) surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture; disposition; temperament; character; type; (P)


expression: 肌
reading: はだえ
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n) skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); (n,n-suf) surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture; disposition; temperament; character; type


expression: 肌を合せる
reading: はだをあわせる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to sleep together (for a man and a woman); to bring one's bodies together (e.g. for warmth)


expression: 畑
reading: はた
tags: n
glossary:
(n) field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation


expression: 畑
reading: はたけ
tags: P n suf
glossary:
(n) field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation; (n,suf) field (of specialization); sphere; area; (col) womb; birth; birthplace; (P)


expression: 畠
reading: はたけ
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n) field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation; (n,suf) field (of specialization); sphere; area; (col) womb; birth; birthplace


expression: 八つ橋
reading: やつはし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) type of sweet made with bean paste (local delicacy in Kyoto); cinnamon-seasoned cracknel (cookie); zigzag bridge


expression: 八つ口
reading: やつくち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)


expression: 八つ目
reading: やつめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) eighth (place, position, etc.); having eight eyes; having many eyes; (of a fabric) having a loose knit; lamprey; eight-holed arrow whistle


expression: 八ッ橋
reading: やつはし
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) type of sweet made with bean paste (local delicacy in Kyoto); cinnamon-seasoned cracknel (cookie); zigzag bridge


expression: 八家
reading: はっけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects; eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian


expression: 八戒
reading: はちかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) the eight precepts (in addition to the five precepts, prohibitions against: lying in a luxurious bed; self-decoration, song & dance; and eating after noon)


expression: 八苦
reading: はっく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)


expression: 八坂瓊曲玉
reading: やさかにのまがたま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) large jewel; string of jewels; Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)


expression: 八識
reading: はちしき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)


expression: 八宗
reading: はっしゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period


expression: 八州
reading: はっしゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) Japan; eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)


expression: 八丈絹
reading: はちじょうぎぬ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island)


expression: 八色の姓
reading: はっしきのかばね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)


expression: 八寸
reading: はっすん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; var. of thick, traditional Japanese paper


expression: 八姓
reading: はっせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) (obsc) eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)


expression: 八専
reading: はっせん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) 49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain)


expression: 八大明王
reading: はちだいみょうおう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)


expression: 八部
reading: はちぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) (abbr) the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)


expression: 八分
reading: はちぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg


expression: 八分
reading: はっぷん
tags: n n-t
glossary:
(n-t) eight minutes; (n) triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticeable triangular tail)


expression: 八方美人
reading: はっぽうびじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) one who is affable to everybody; a flunky; person beautiful from all angles; everybody's friend; person who shows people what they want to see


expression: 八面六臂
reading: はちめんろっぴ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; 8 faces and 6 arms


expression: 八咫の烏
reading: やたのからす
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition); three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology


expression: 八咫烏
reading: やたがらす
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition); three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology


expression: 発
reading: はつ
tags: P ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) departure; departing (from ...); departing (at time ...); sending; sent (by ...); sent (at ...); (abbr) engine; (n) (abbr) green dragon tile (mahjong); (ctr) counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches); (P)


expression: 発現
reading: はつげん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology - protein expression or gene expression)


expression: 発散
reading: はっさん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) emission; emanation; radiation; diffusion; dispersion; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); (math) divergence; (P)


expression: 発症
reading: はっしょう
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) outbreak of an illness; time where the first symptoms of an illness appear; crisis; (P)


expression: 発信力
reading: はっしんりょく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) communicativity; ability to convey one's opinion, message, etc.; power to make oneself understood


expression: 発生
reading: はっせい
tags: P adj-no n s vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; origin; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state; (P)


expression: 発声
reading: はっせい
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) utterance; speaking; vocalization; vocalisation; enunciation; pronouncing; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.); (P)


expression: 発展
reading: はってん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) development; growth; advancement; unfurling; expansion; extension; enlargement; playing around; having an active sex life; (P)


expression: 発破をかける
reading: はっぱをかける
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words


expression: 発菩提心
reading: はつぼだいしん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) deciding to embrace Buddhism; deciding to seek enlightenment; seeking to have religious awakening


expression: 発明
reading: はつめい
tags: P adj-na n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) invention; (adj-na) intelligent; clever; (n,vs) (arch) being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear; (P)


expression: 髪を直す
reading: かみをなおす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair


expression: 罰が当たる
reading: ばちがあたる
tags: exp int v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) (uk) to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; (int) You'll pay for that!; What goes around, comes around


expression: 抜き差し
reading: ぬきさし
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by; managing


expression: 抜き出る
reading: ぬきでる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be preeminent; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)


expression: 抜く
reading: ぬく
tags: P suf v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to extract; to omit; to surpass; to overtake; to draw out; to unplug; (suf) to do something to the end; (v5k) (sl) (vulg) to ejaculate (gen. with ref. to masturbation); (sl) to take (a photo); to record (video); (P)


expression: 抜ける
reading: ぬける
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky); to be stupid; to be absentminded; to be careless; to be inattentive; (comp) to exit (a program loop); (P)


expression: 抜け落ちる
reading: ぬけおちる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted


expression: 抜群
reading: ばつぐん
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(n) preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness; (adj-no,adj-na) outstanding; excellent; exceptional; surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished; (P)


expression: 鳩首密議
reading: きゅうしゅみつぎ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) going into a huddle (over); holding secret (closed-door) conference (about); laying heads together in secret consultation


expression: 伴う
reading: ともなう
tags: P v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to accompany; to bring with; to be accompanied by; to be involved in; to be consequent upon; (P)


expression: 伴なう
reading: ともなう
tags: v5u vi
glossary:
(io) (v5u,vi) to accompany; to bring with; to be accompanied by; to be involved in; to be consequent upon


expression: 判じる
reading: はんじる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to puzzle out; to interpret; to divine; to guess; to make out


expression: 判ずる
reading: はんずる
tags: vt vz
glossary:
(vz,vt) to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to puzzle out; to interpret; to divine; to guess; to make out


expression: 半
reading: はん
tags: P n n-pref n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-pref) half; semi-; (n,n-suf) half-past; (n) odd number; (arch) unit of land area (595.8 m^2); (P)


expression: 半身
reading: はんみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)


expression: 半挿
reading: はそう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) wide-mouthed ceramic vessel having a small hole in its spherical base (into which bamboo was probably inserted to pour liquids); teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids


expression: 半挿
reading: はにそう
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids; basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands


expression: 半挿
reading: はんぞう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids; basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands


expression: 半天
reading: はんてん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat; half the sky; mid-air; middle of the sky


expression: 半臂の緒
reading: はんぴのお
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi


expression: 半跏思惟像
reading: はんかしいぞう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half-lotus position (often of Maitreya)


expression: 反
reading: はん
tags: P n pref
glossary:
(pref) anti-; (n) antithesis; (abbr) fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone; (P)


expression: 反し
reading: かえし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin


expression: 反す
reading: かえす
tags: P suf v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to return (something); to restore; to put back; to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn; to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate; (suf,v5s) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to repeat ...; to do ... back; (P)


expression: 反する
reading: はんする
tags: P vi vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s,vi) to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to contradict; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to transgress; to oppose; to rebel; to revolt; (P)


expression: 反り
reading: かえり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks indicating the Japanese meaning of the texts of Chinese classics; lapel


expression: 反る
reading: かえる
tags: P suf v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to return; to come back; to go back; to turn over; (suf,v5r) (after the -masu stem of a verb) (to become) extremely; (to become) completely; (P)


expression: 反る
reading: そる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to warp; to be warped; to curve; to be curved; to be arched; to bend; to be bent; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers); (P)


expression: 反影
reading: はんえい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)


expression: 反映
reading: はんえい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update); (P)


expression: 反古にする
reading: ほごにする
tags: exp vs-i
glossary:
(exp,vs-i) to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul; to revoke


expression: 反切
reading: はんせつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone


expression: 反対
reading: はんたい
tags: P adj-na adj-no n vs
glossary:
(adj-na,n,vs,adj-no) opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; contrast; objection; dissension; reverse; opposite; vice versa; (P)


expression: 反転
reading: はんてん
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) rolling over; turning around; turning from side to side; inversion; reversal; tonal inversion; (making a) negative image; (P)


expression: 反陪
reading: へんばい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; dance steps inspired by this ceremony


expression: 反発
reading: はんぱつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) opposition; rebellion; revolt; resistance; backlash; refusal; rebounding; recoiling; repulsion; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery; (P)


expression: 反面教師
reading: はんめんきょうし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example


expression: 反撥
reading: はんぱつ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) opposition; rebellion; revolt; resistance; backlash; refusal; rebounding; recoiling; repulsion; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery


expression: 反芻
reading: はんすう
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; (n,vs) turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering; musing; rumination (about a subject)


expression: 斑
reading: むら
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) (uk) uneven; irregular; speckled; mottled; (uk) erratic; inconsistent; (uk) fickle; capricious; fitful; (P)


expression: 板
reading: いた
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab; cutting board; chopping board; (abbr) chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; stage (i.e. at a theatre); (P)


expression: 板につく
reading: いたにつく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to get used to one's work; to become accustomed to one's position; to be at home (on the stage)


expression: 板に着く
reading: いたにつく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(iK) (exp,v5k) to get used to one's work; to become accustomed to one's position; to be at home (on the stage)


expression: 板ばさみ
reading: いたばさみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands


expression: 板前
reading: いたまえ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sens) (ktb:) chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board


expression: 汎称
reading: はんしょう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) lumping similar things together and giving the group a collective name; collective name; generic term


expression: 犯す
reading: おかす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to transgress; to contravene; to violate; to ravish; to rape; to deflower; (P)


expression: 班田収授法
reading: はんでんしゅうじゅのほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) allotment of rice paddies for cultivation during the cultivator's lifetime (ancient Japanese law)


expression: 畔
reading: ほとり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond); (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby


expression: 繁華街
reading: はんかがい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown; (P)


expression: 般若
reading: はんにゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) prajna; wisdom required to attain enlightenment; noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; (abbr) dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression


expression: 般若面
reading: はんにゃめん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression


expression: 藩
reading: はん
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province; clan; (P)


expression: 煩い
reading: うるさい
tags: P adj-i int
glossary:
(adj-i) (uk) noisy; loud; (uk) annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent; importunate; (uk) fussy; finicky; picky; particular; nagging; fastidious; bossy; (int) shut up!; be quiet!; (P)


expression: 煩さい
reading: うるさい
tags: adj-i int
glossary:
(io) (adj-i) (uk) noisy; loud; (uk) annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent; importunate; (uk) fussy; finicky; picky; particular; nagging; fastidious; bossy; (int) shut up!; be quiet!


expression: 煩悩
reading: ぼんのう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; (Buddh) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering); (P)


expression: 飯炊き女
reading: めしたきおんな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) female cook; kitchenmaid; (arch) woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses


expression: 番外
reading: ばんがい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n) exception; supernumerary; extra (theatrical); (adj-no) extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize


expression: 番記者
reading: ばんきしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter


expression: 番茶も出花
reading: ばんちゃもでばな
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (abbr) even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed


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


expression: 蕃椒
reading: ばんしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; red pepper; Guinea pepper


expression: 卑しい
reading: いやしい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) lowborn; humble; lowly; vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile; shabby; greedy; gluttonous; avaricious; (P)


expression: 卑下も自慢のうち
reading: ひげもじまんのうち
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp,n) taking pride in one's humility; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride


expression: 卑人
reading: ひじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) countryfolk; villager; provincial; (derog) (arch) greedy person; underclass; low-standing person


expression: 庇
reading: ひさし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (archit) (uk) eaves (of roof); (archit) narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of cap); brim; peak; (abbr) classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle


expression: 庇う
reading: かばう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to protect someone; to take under one's wing; to plead for; to stick up for; to cover up for someone; (P)


expression: 彼
reading: あ
tags: int n
glossary:
(ok) (n) (uk) that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly); that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors); (arch) over there; (int) (uk) hey (expression of surprise, suspicion, etc.); huh?; eh?; (n) (uk) that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)


expression: 彼
reading: あれ
tags: P int n
glossary:
(n) (uk) that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly); that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors); (arch) over there; (col) down there (i.e. one's genitals); (col) period; menses; (int) (uk) hey (expression of surprise, suspicion, etc.); huh?; eh?; (n) (uk) that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time); (P)


expression: 彼の
reading: あの
tags: P adj-pn
glossary:
(adj-pn) (uk) that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener); (P)


expression: 彼の
reading: かの
tags: adj-pn
glossary:
(adj-pn) (uk) that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)


expression: 彼のさん
reading: あのさん
tags: adj-no pn
glossary:
(pn,adj-no) (hon) (uk) (arch) that person (mainly used in red light districts); (hon) (uk) (arch) you


expression: 彼ら
reading: あれら
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) (uk) those (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener, or something understood without naming it directly); (arch) they (of people) (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)


expression: 彼岸
reading: ひがん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); (abbr) Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; (Buddh) nirvana; (P)


expression: 彼此
reading: かれこれ
tags: adv pn
glossary:
(adv,pn) (uk) one thing or another; this and that; this or that; just on; nearly; roughly; almost; round about


expression: 彼処
reading: あこ
tags: adj-no n pn
glossary:
(ok) (pn,adj-no) (uk) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; (n) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point


expression: 彼処
reading: あすこ
tags: adj-no n pn
glossary:
(pn,adj-no) (uk) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; (n) (col) genitals; that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point


expression: 彼処
reading: あそこ
tags: P adj-no n pn
glossary:
(pn,adj-no) (uk) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; (n) (col) genitals; that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point; (P)


expression: 彼処
reading: かしこ
tags: adj-no n pn
glossary:
(pn,adj-no) (uk) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; (n) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point


expression: 彼方
reading: あち
tags: adj-no pn
glossary:
(ok) (pn,adj-no) (uk) that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder; that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that; (pn) that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener); there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)


expression: 彼方
reading: あちら
tags: P adj-no pn
glossary:
(pn,adj-no) (uk) that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder; that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that; (pn) that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener); there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation); (P)


expression: 彼方此方
reading: あちこち
tags: P adv pn vs
glossary:
(adv,pn) (uk) here and there; (vs) to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up; (P)


expression: 悲喜こもごも
reading: ひきこもごも
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart


expression: 批難囂々
reading: ひなんごうごう
tags: adj-t adv-to n
glossary:
(n,adj-t,adv-to) enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being loudly denounced by others


expression: 披露
reading: ひろう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing; exhibiting; unveiling; revealing; showcasing; performing; giving a rendition; (P)


expression: 比
reading: ひ
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) ratio; proportion; (n) match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); (abbr) Philippines; (n-suf) in comparison with ...; (P)


expression: 比良おろし
reading: ひらおろし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)


expression: 比良八荒
reading: ひらはっこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar


expression: 比良八講
reading: ひらはっこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar


expression: 皮
reading: かわ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) skin; hide; pelt; fur; rind; peel; husk; bark; shell; sheath; wrapping; mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming; (P)


expression: 皮蛋
reading: ピータン
tags: n
glossary:
(n) century egg (chi: pi dan); thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy)


expression: 秘決
reading: ひけつ
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) secret (method, trick, etc.); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); key (e.g. to success); recipe


expression: 秘訣
reading: ひけつ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) secret (method, trick, etc.); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); key (e.g. to success); recipe; (P)


expression: 秘密
reading: ひみつ
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-na,adj-no) secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret; mystery; (Buddh) esoteric teachings; (P)


expression: 緋
reading: あか
tags: adj-no n n-pref
glossary:
(oK) (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


expression: 肥える
reading: こえる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to grow fat; to gain weight; to put on weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich; to become successful; (P)


expression: 肥え溜
reading: こえだめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser); night soil vat or reservoir; cesspool


expression: 肥し
reading: こやし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer; something that will help one develop in the future


expression: 肥やし
reading: こやし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer; something that will help one develop in the future; (P)


expression: 被く
reading: かずく
tags: v5k
glossary:
(v5k) (uk) (arch) to wear on the head; to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master; to wear such cloth on the left shoulder; to be injured


expression: 被ける
reading: かずける
tags: v1
glossary:
(v1) (uk) (arch) to place a hat, etc. on someone's head; to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir; to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else; to use something as an excuse or a pretext


expression: 被せ
reading: きせ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch


expression: 被せる
reading: かぶせる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) (uk) to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt); (P)


expression: 被る
reading: かぶる
tags: P v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself); to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden); to overlap (e.g. sound or color); to be similar; to be redundant; (v5r,vi) to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.); to close; to come to an end; to get a full house; to sell out; (arch) to blunder; to bungle; to fail; (arch) to be deceived; (P)


expression: 被官
reading: ひかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) lower government office (ritsuryo period); servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer; servant of an urban family; serf


expression: 被験者
reading: ひけんしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; testee; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)


expression: 被爆
reading: ひばく
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) being bombed; being A-bombed; being nuked; being exposed to radiation (from an atomic blast); (P)


expression: 避る
reading: さる
tags: suf v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; (v5r,vt) to send away; to drive off; to divorce; (suf,v5r) (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb) ... completely


expression: 非
reading: ひ
tags: P n pref
glossary:
(n) fault; error; mistake; going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable; (pref) un-; non-; an-; (P)


expression: 非０復帰１記録
reading: ひゼロふっきいちきろく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (comp) non-return-to-zero change-on-ones recording; NRZ-1; non-return-to-zero (mark) recording; NRZ(M)


expression: 非核三原則
reading: ひかくさんげんそく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)


expression: 非拘束名簿式比例代表制
reading: ひこうそくめいぼしきひれいだいひょうせい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained


expression: 非常識
reading: ひじょうしき
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(n) lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity; (adj-na) thoughtless; senseless; unreasonable; absurd; preposterous; aberrant; (P)


expression: 非人
reading: ひにん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); (Buddh) non-human


expression: 非道い
reading: ひどい
tags: 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


expression: 飛ばす
reading: とばす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to fly; to fire; to hurl; to launch; to make fly; to skip over; to omit; to drop (e.g. stitch); to run or drive fast; to gallop; to spread a rumour (rumor); to tell a story; to tell a joke; to remove; to get rid of; to transfer; to attack; to jeer at; (P)


expression: 飛び
reading: とび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) flying; leaping; flight; leap; (when reading a number aloud) naught; zero; oh; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer (mahjong)); game ending due to a player running out of points


expression: 飛び火
reading: とびひ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) leaping flames; shower of flying sparks; spreading fire; repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; effects of an incident spreading to those seemingly uninvolved; (med) impetigo contagiosa; (P)


expression: 飛び込み
reading: とびこみ
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n) jump; plunge; dive; (n,adj-no) appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced; cropping up suddenly; (P)


expression: 飛び出す
reading: とびだす
tags: P v5s vi
glossary:
(v5s,vi) to jump out; to rush out; to fly out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in; (P)


expression: 飛ぶ鳥跡を濁さず
reading: とぶとりあとをにごさず
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order


expression: 飛んでもない
reading: とんでもない
tags: adj-i exp
glossary:
(iK) (adj-i) (uk) unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive; terrible; (exp) (col) (uk) absolutely not!; not at all!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way!; bullshit; (uk) don't mention it; you're welcome


expression: 飛火
reading: とびひ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) leaping flames; shower of flying sparks; spreading fire; repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; effects of an incident spreading to those seemingly uninvolved; (med) impetigo contagiosa


expression: 飛行の三鈷
reading: ひぎょうのさんこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddism


expression: 飛込み
reading: とびこみ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n) jump; plunge; dive; (n,adj-no) appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced; cropping up suddenly


expression: 飛散
reading: ひさん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart


expression: 飛耳長目
reading: ひじちょうもく
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge


expression: 飛騨の匠
reading: ひだのたくみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) historical system whereby the Hida region provided 10 carpenters per village the central government in place of taxes


expression: 飛躍
reading: ひやく
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress; emerging; becoming active; playing an active part; (P)


expression: 飛竜子
reading: ひりゅうず
tags: n
glossary:
(n) filhos (traditional Portuguese dessert) (por:); (ksb:) deep-fried tofu mixed with thinly sliced vegetables


expression: 備える
reading: そなえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to furnish; to provide for; to equip; to install; to have ready; to prepare for; to possess; to have; to be endowed with; to be armed with; (P)


expression: 尾
reading: び
tags: ctr n suf
glossary:
(n) (astron) Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf,ctr) counter for fish, shrimp, etc.


expression: 微か
reading: かすか
tags: P adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) (uk) faint; dim; weak; slight; vague; indistinct; hazy; (uk) poor; wretched; meagre; meager; scanty; (P)


expression: 微弱陣痛
reading: びじゃくじんつう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (med) hypotonic contractions (during labor (labour)); uterine inertia; weak labor; weak labour; slow labor; slow labour


expression: 微妙
reading: びみょう
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) delicate; subtle; sensitive; difficult; delicate (situation); complicated; doubtful; questionable; dicey; tricky; (P)


expression: 眉をしかめる
reading: まゆをしかめる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl


expression: 美い
reading: うまい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) skillful; clever; expert; wise; successful; delicious; appetizing; appetising; fortunate; splendid; promising


expression: 美化語
reading: びかご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) more refined language through prefixing of "o-" or "-go" to words, and use of appropriate vocabulary


expression: 美事
reading: みごと
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(ateji) (adj-na) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable; (n) praiseworthy act; feat; commendable deed; (adj-na) utter (esp. defeat); total; complete


expression: 美人局
reading: つつもたせ
tags: n
glossary:
(gikun) (n) scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail; badger game


expression: 美男葛
reading: びなんかずら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica); white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man


expression: 鼻につく
reading: はなにつく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to get up someone's nose; to stink


expression: 稗官
reading: はいかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China)


expression: 匹
reading: ひき
tags: P ctr n
glossary:
(ctr) counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (n) roll of cloth; (P)


expression: 膝下
reading: しっか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) near one's knee; below one's knee; under the protection of (e.g. one's parents); under the care of; address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter


expression: 菱
reading: ひし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) Trapa japonica (species of plant closely related to water chestnut or water caltrop); caltrop (weapon); caltrap


expression: 筆おろし
reading: ふでおろし
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) using a new brush for the first time; doing something for the first time; man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)


expression: 筆降ろし
reading: ふでおろし
tags: n vs
glossary:
(ik) (n,vs) using a new brush for the first time; doing something for the first time; man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)


expression: 筆不精
reading: ふでぶしょう
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing


expression: 逼る
reading: せまる
tags: v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; (v5r,vt) to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel


expression: 桧扇
reading: ひおうぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress; blackberry lily (Belamcanda Chinensis); leopard lily; leopard flower


expression: 姫
reading: ひめ
tags: P n n-suf pref
glossary:
(n) princess; young lady of noble birth; (n-suf,n) girl; (n) (arch) (kyb:) prostitute; (pref) small; cute; (P)


expression: 姫初め
reading: ひめはじめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); (col) (X) loss of maidenhead


expression: 姫小松
reading: ひめこまつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora); small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi")


expression: 姫皮
reading: ひめかわ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot


expression: 媛
reading: ひめ
tags: n n-suf pref
glossary:
(oK) (n) princess; young lady of noble birth; (n-suf,n) girl; (n) (arch) (kyb:) prostitute; (pref) small; cute


expression: 紐
reading: ひも
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman (such as a gigolo or, in the case of a prostitute, a pimp); pimp; (P)


expression: 紐帯
reading: ちゅうたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) important connection; important social foundation; close relation; tight relationship; intimate relation; close link


expression: 百ます計算
reading: ひゃくますけいさん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) method of learning through repetition conceived by Kageyama Hideo, which involves multiplying and other calculations carried out on a 10-by-10 grid of numbers


expression: 百花撩乱
reading: ひゃっかりょうらん
tags: adj-no adj-t adv-to n vs
glossary:
(iK) (n,vs,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) many flowers blooming in profusion; a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements


expression: 百花繚乱
reading: ひゃっかりょうらん
tags: adj-no adj-t adv-to n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) many flowers blooming in profusion; a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements


expression: 百害あって一利なし
reading: ひゃくがいあっていちりなし
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; a hundred harms and not a single gain


expression: 百眼
reading: ひゃくまなこ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period); simple paper mask


expression: 百鬼夜行
reading: ひゃっきやぎょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) many monsters, spirits, etc. forming a line and walking through the night; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight


expression: 百舌勘定
reading: もずかんじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill


expression: 百千鳥
reading: ももちどり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) all sorts of birds; hundreds (and thousands) of birds; plover; Japanese bush warbler (Cettia diphone); Japanese nightingale


expression: 百戦練磨
reading: ひゃくせんれんま
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) veteran; (someone) schooled by adversity in many battles; (someone) rich in life's experience gained through much adversity


expression: 百点満点
reading: ひゃくてんまんてん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired


expression: 百度参り
reading: ひゃくどまいり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) hundred times worship (e.g. visiting a shrine or temple a hundred times for prayer, walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)


expression: 百日の説法屁一つ
reading: ひゃくにちのせっぽうへひとつ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) a single mistake can ruin all one's hard work; one blunder can render useless a long period of effort; one fart in a hundred days' sermons


expression: 百年河清
reading: ひゃくねんかせい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks


expression: 百年目
reading: ひゃくねんめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune


expression: 百八
reading: ひゃくはち
tags: n num
glossary:
(num) 108; one hundred and eight; (n) (Buddh) the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year


expression: 百物語
reading: ひゃくものがたり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)


expression: 百聞は一見にしかず
reading: ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words


expression: 俵責め
reading: たわらぜめ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)


expression: 標示
reading: ひょうじ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(iK) (n,vs) indication; expression; showing; manifestation; demonstration; (comp) display; displaying; (physics) representation


expression: 漂う
reading: ただよう
tags: P v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly; (arch) to be unsteady; to be unstable; (arch) to falter; to flinch; to wince; (arch) to live in unreliable circumstances; (P)


expression: 瓢
reading: ひょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit


expression: 瓢
reading: ふくべ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit; Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd)


expression: 瓢箪から駒
reading: ひょうたんからこま
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) something very unexpected; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes from a gourd


expression: 表
reading: おもて
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance; public; first half (of an innings); top (of an inning); cover (for tatami mats, etc.); (comp) foreground; (P)


expression: 表外音訓
reading: ひょうがいおんくん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) kanji reading that has not been approved by the government (and is not to be taught in public schools)


expression: 表記
reading: ひょうき
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face; expression in writing; notation; surface form; transcription; (P)


expression: 表記ゆれ
reading: ひょうきゆれ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) orthographical variants; words with the same pronunciation and meaning, but different written forms


expression: 表示
reading: ひょうじ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) indication; expression; showing; manifestation; demonstration; (comp) display; displaying; (physics) representation; (P)


expression: 表彰
reading: ひょうしょう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding; (P)


expression: 表明
reading: ひょうめい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression; announcement; assertion; (P)


expression: 表裏一体
reading: ひょうりいったい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin


expression: 評価
reading: ひょうか
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) valuation; estimation; assessment; evaluation; rating; (vs) to value; to assess; to rate; to estimate value; to appreciate; to value highly; to acknowledge the value (of something); (P)


expression: 廟号
reading: びょうごう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) temple name (a two-character posthumous name given to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese royalty); name given to a mausoleum (or shrine, etc.)


expression: 蒜
reading: ひる
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) strong-smelling edible plant (esp. perennials of the family Liliaceae, e.g. Welsh onion, garlic, wild rocambole, etc.)


expression: 品
reading: ひん
tags: P ctr n suf
glossary:
(n) elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity; (suf) article; item; (suf,ctr) counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant); (P)


expression: 品玉
reading: しなだま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tossing several items into the air and attempting to catch them all (form of street performance); sleight of hand; magic


expression: 品部
reading: しなべ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) group of persons working at the imperial court (Yamato period); various craftsmen and artisans under the ritsuryo system


expression: 浜
reading: はま
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) beach; seashore; (abbr) (uk) captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; (abbr) Yokohama; (arch) (osb:) riverbank; riverside; (P)


expression: 貧道
reading: ひんどう
tags: n pn
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; poor training; (pn) (hum) I; me


expression: 貧乏性
reading: びんぼうしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) destined to poverty; parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; poor person's mentality (e.g. inability to relax)


expression: 賓頭盧
reading: びんずる
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Pindola; Pindola Bharadvaja (one of four Arhats asked by the Buddha to remain in the world to propagate Buddhist law)


expression: 頻る
reading: しきる
tags: suf v5r vi
glossary:
(suf,v5r) to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (v5r,vi) (arch) to happen repeatedly; to happen over and over again


expression: 不コ本
reading: ポコペン
tags: int n
glossary:
(int) (uk) impossible (chi: bugouben); futile; (n) (vulg) (X) Chinese person; Chink; type of children's game


expression: 不易流行
reading: ふえきりゅうこう
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho)


expression: 不衛生
reading: ふえいせい
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) unsanitary condition; lack of hygienic care; inattention to hygiene; unhygienic conditions


expression: 不可
reading: ふか
tags: P adj-na n n-suf
glossary:
(adj-na,n,n-suf) wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable; (adj-na,n) not allowed; not possible; (n) failing grade; (P)


expression: 不可思議
reading: ふかしぎ
tags: adj-na n num
glossary:
(adj-na,n) mystery; something inexplicable; wonder; miracle; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); (num) 10^64 (or 10^80)


expression: 不器用
reading: ぶきよう
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) clumsy; awkward; unskillfulness; lack of ability; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); gauche; (arch) mean; cowardly; base; (P)


expression: 不義
reading: ふぎ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) immorality; injustice; misconduct; impropriety; perfidy; adultery; infidelity; cuckoldry; (arch) murdering one's teacher or a government official


expression: 不況対策
reading: ふきょうたいさく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) antidepression policy; antirecession policy; counterrecession policy; economic recovery policy; remedy for depression


expression: 不倶戴天
reading: ふぐたいてん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven; cannot allow (the sworn enemy) to live in this world; irreconcilable (enemy)


expression: 不見識
reading: ふけんしき
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) thoughtless; indiscreet; lacking in common sense; rashness; betraying one's lack of judgment (judgement); absurd; undignified; compromising; disgraceful


expression: 不孝
reading: ふきょう
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (arch) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (arch) disowning one's child


expression: 不孝者
reading: ふこうもの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter


expression: 不幸中の幸い
reading: ふこうちゅうのさいわい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise


expression: 不甲斐ない
reading: ふがいない
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) disappointing; weak-minded; spiritless; cowardly; worthless; pusillanimous; feckless; faint-hearted; shiftless; tame; timid


expression: 不沙汰
reading: ぶさた
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence


expression: 不仕末
reading: ふしまつ
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(iK) (n,adj-na) omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct; malpractice; carelessness; wastefulness; extravagance


expression: 不始末
reading: ふしまつ
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct; malpractice; carelessness; wastefulness; extravagance; (P)


expression: 不思議なくらい
reading: ふしぎなくらい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange


expression: 不自由
reading: ふじゆう
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; destitution; disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.); (P)


expression: 不肖
reading: ふしょう
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no,adj-na) unworthiness of one's father (or master); incompetence; foolishness; misfortune; unluckiness; (n) (hum) I; me; (P)


expression: 不肖私
reading: ふしょうわたくし
tags: exp n
glossary:
(exp) unworthiness of one's father (or master); incompetence; foolishness; misfortune; unluckiness; (n) (hum) me


expression: 不浄
reading: ふじょう
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) uncleanliness; dirtiness; impurity; filthiness; defilement; (arch) menses; (arch) feces (faeces); bathroom; (P)


expression: 不審
reading: ふしん
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness; infidelity; (P)


expression: 不成
reading: ふなり
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-no,n) unpromoted (piece in shogi); (n) limit orders that become market orders at the closing auction if not already executed


expression: 不正
reading: ふせい
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) injustice; unfairness; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality; fraud; (P)


expression: 不戦
reading: ふせん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) war renunciation; anti-war; (sumo) bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers; (P)


expression: 不逮捕特権
reading: ふたいほとっけん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) immunity from arrest (i.e. of Diet members or foreign diplomats); diplomatic immunity; parliamentary immunity; legislative immunity


expression: 不調
reading: ふちょう
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form; (P)


expression: 不調法者
reading: ぶちょうほうもの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker


expression: 不透明
reading: ふとうめい
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na) opaque; obscure; murky; turbid; (n) opacity; obscurity; (adj-na) unclear; unpredictable; uncertain; (P)


expression: 不動心
reading: ふどうしん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) imperturbability; steadfastness; (MA) cool head in an emergency; keeping one's calm (e.g. during a fight)


expression: 不道
reading: ふどう
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) (arch) inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked; (n) (the crime of) barbarity (such as killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)


expression: 不徳の致すところ
reading: ふとくのいたすところ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (with an apologetic tone) undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa


expression: 不二
reading: ふじ
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n) being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different); Very sincerely yours; (adj-no,n) (arch) peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled


expression: 不服
reading: ふふく
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest; disagreement; (P)


expression: 不変
reading: ふへん
tags: P adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; immutable; immovable; constant; permanent; indestructible; (P)


expression: 不法滞在者
reading: ふほうたいざいしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) illegal resident (in a country); illegal alien; illegal overstayer (person who has overstayed their visa)


expression: 不本意ながら
reading: ふほんいながら
tags: adv
glossary:
(adv) involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself


expression: 不味い
reading: まずい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) (uk) unappetising; unappetizing; unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation); unskillful; unskilful; bungling; clumsy; ugly; homely; plain; unattractive; awkward; untimely; inopportune; unfavorable; unwise; (P)


expression: 不明
reading: ふめい
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; anonymous; unidentified; ignorant; lack of wisdom; (P)


expression: 不問
reading: ふもん
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) something not questioned; something not asked about; something not relevant; something of no object; (P)


expression: 不立文字
reading: ふりつもんじ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)


expression: 不良老年
reading: ふりょうろうねん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos


expression: 不圖
reading: ふと
tags: adv
glossary:
(ateji) (oK) (adv) (uk) suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally


expression: 付き
reading: つき
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; (n) (uk) luck; sociality; (n,n-suf) under; assistant (e.g. to a manager); soup base; (P)


expression: 付き合う
reading: つきあう
tags: P v5u vi
glossary:
(v5u,vi) to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise; (P)


expression: 付く
reading: つく
tags: suf v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling; to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.); to take root; to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with; to side with; to belong to; to possess; to haunt; to be lit; to be lighted; to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided; to be given (of a name, price, etc.); to be sensed; to be perceived; to be lucky; (suf,v5k) (after -masu stems, onomatopoeic and mimetic words) to become (a state, condition, etc.)


expression: 付け
reading: つけ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) bill; bill of sale; payment invoice; tab (for later payment); credit; (uk) contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; (uk) sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki; (arch) letter; (arch) reason; motive; pretext; (arch) one's fortune; one's luck; (P)


expression: 付けが回る
reading: つけがまわる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) the bill will come due (expression used to imply that someone will eventually have to pay the price for their misdeeds)


expression: 付け下げ
reading: つけさげ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) method of patterning traditional Japanese clothing (the tops of all of patterns being pointed at the highest part of the shoulder)


expression: 付け出し
reading: つけだし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bill; account; (sumo) very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division


expression: 付け焼き刃
reading: つけやきば
tags: n
glossary:
(n) thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)


expression: 付け上がる
reading: つけあがる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be elated; to be spoiled; to be spoilt; to take advantage of; to be conceited; to be stuck-up


expression: 付す
reading: ふす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to affix; to append; to attach; to entrust; to refer; to handle (as such); to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)


expression: 付する
reading: ふする
tags: vs-s vt
glossary:
(vs-s,vt) to affix; to append; to attach; to entrust; to refer; to handle (as such); to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)


expression: 付議
reading: ふぎ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) bringing up a matter; discussion; debate; submission (e.g. a measure); referral (e.g. bill to a committee); placing (e.g. item on an agenda)


expression: 付喪神
reading: つくもがみ
tags: n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit


expression: 付属
reading: ふぞく
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed; associated; subordinate; incidental; dependent; auxiliary; (P)


expression: 夫人
reading: ふじん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (hon) wife; Mrs; madam; (arch) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch) consort of the emperor; (P)


expression: 夫婦
reading: めおと
tags: n n-pref
glossary:
(n) married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair; (n-pref) his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)


expression: 富貴浮雲
reading: ふうきふうん
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) Riches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds; Fortune and fame are here today, gone tomorrow


expression: 富国強兵
reading: ふこくきょうへい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) wealth and military strength of a country; "rich country, strong army": a slogan from the Meiji era referring to the government's goals for the country


expression: 布石
reading: ふせき
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork; (P)


expression: 布団
reading: ふとん
tags: P n
glossary:
(ateji) (n) futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor); round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves); (P)


expression: 府
reading: ふ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office


expression: 府中
reading: ふちゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule


expression: 府立高等学校
reading: ふりつこうとうがっこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) prefectural senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures); public senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures)


expression: 怖じ気づく
reading: おじけづく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out; to have the wind up


expression: 怖じ気付く
reading: おじけつく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(ik) (v5k,vi) to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out; to have the wind up


expression: 怖ろしい
reading: おそろしい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(iK) (adj-i) terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened; surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing


expression: 敷
reading: しき
tags: n n-pref n-suf
glossary:
(n-suf,n-pref,n) spreading; laying out; covering; (n) (abbr) security deposit; (abbr) Japanese mattress


expression: 敷き物
reading: しきもの
tags: n
glossary:
(n) carpet; rug; matting; carpeting; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover; coaster


expression: 普及啓発
reading: ふきゅうけいはつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) public awareness (e.g. publicity and education campaigns aimed at improving the health, environment, etc.)


expression: 普賢延命菩薩
reading: ふげんえんめいぼさつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant)


expression: 普請
reading: ふしん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)


expression: 普通
reading: ふつう
tags: P adj-no adv
glossary:
(adj-no) general; ordinary; usual; (adv) normally; generally; usually; (abbr) train that stops at every station; (P)


expression: 普通文
reading: ふつうぶん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) normal style of writing; modern Japanese text; text written in literary style with mixed kanji and kana (until the Taisho era)


expression: 普通養子縁組
reading: ふつうようしえんぐみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)


expression: 浮かびあがる
reading: うかびあがる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)


expression: 浮かび上がる
reading: うかびあがる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background); (P)


expression: 浮き寝
reading: うきね
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sleeping in a ship; sleeping on the surface of the water (of a bird); restless sleep; casually sleeping together (e.g. unmarried couple)


expression: 浮き足
reading: うきあし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) standing on the balls of the feet; unsteady step; unstable stance; having one's feet off the ground; reeling (from); swept away (by); in an ecstasy (of)


expression: 浮き名
reading: うきな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) rumour (of two people having a love affair); rumor; gossip (about two people being involved); scandal; (arch) bad reputation


expression: 浮く
reading: うく
tags: P v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; (col) to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place; to be frivolous; to be uncertain; to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money); to have no basis; to be unreliable; (P)


expression: 浮わつく
reading: うわつく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(io) (v5k,vi) to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless


expression: 浮気
reading: うわき
tags: P adj-na n vs
glossary:
(n,adj-na,vs) (sens) extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice; (P)


expression: 浮腫む
reading: むくむ
tags: v5m vi
glossary:
(v5m,vi) (uk) to swell; to become swollen; to be puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to be bloated (esp. from fluid retention)


expression: 浮寝
reading: うきね
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) sleeping in a ship; sleeping on the surface of the water (of a bird); restless sleep; casually sleeping together (e.g. unmarried couple)


expression: 浮人形
reading: うきにんぎょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) plastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath


expression: 浮世草子
reading: うきよぞうし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period


expression: 浮造
reading: うづくり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) tool for scrubbing wood to give it texture, traditionally made of dried grass bound together by hemp cord; scrubbing wood to give it texture


expression: 浮付く
reading: うわつく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(iK) (v5k,vi) to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless


expression: 腐っても鯛
reading: くさってもたい
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) something that is not what it once was but it is still high class; quality is quality; even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream


expression: 腐る
reading: くさる
tags: P suf v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk); to corrode; to weather; to crumble; to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice); to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt; to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down; (suf,v5r) (uk) (ksb:) indicates scorn or disdain for another's action; (v5r,vi) (arch) to lose a bet; (arch) to be drenched; to become sopping wet; (P)


expression: 腐るほど
reading: くさるほど
tags: exp n-adv
glossary:
(exp,n-adv) more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)


expression: 腐敗
reading: ふはい
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; spoilage; (n,vs,adj-no) corruption; degeneracy; decay; depravity; (P)


expression: 譜
reading: ふ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (sheet) music; (musical) note; (musical) score; genealogy; family tree; (abbr) record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.


expression: 譜代
reading: ふだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) successive generations; (abbr) hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)


expression: 負う
reading: おう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to be injured; to owe; (P)


expression: 負ける
reading: まける
tags: P v1 vi vt
glossary:
(v1,vi) to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.); (v1,vt) to reduce the price; to lower the price; to give a discount on; (P)


expression: 負けるが勝ち
reading: まけるがかち
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win


expression: 負け犬
reading: まけいぬ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) dejected loser; dog that has lost a fight (with its tail between its legs); (sl) (derog) unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30; (P)


expression: 負わせる
reading: おわせる
tags: v1
glossary:
(v1) to put something on someone's back; to make someone carry something; to lay responsibility on someone; to charge someone with a duty; to inflict injury on someone


expression: 附ける
reading: つける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to attach; to join; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; to apply (ointment); to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry; to appraise; to set (a price); to bring alongside; to place (under guard or doctor); to follow; to shadow; to load; to give (courage to); to keep (an eye on); to establish (relations or understanding); to turn on (light)


expression: 武
reading: ぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) the art of war; martial arts; military arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery; military officer; military man


expression: 武家伝奏
reading: ぶけでんそう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)


expression: 武徳殿
reading: ぶとくでん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc.; martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)


expression: 舞い上がる
reading: まいあがる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits


expression: 蕪蒸
reading: かぶらむし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) steamed fish with grated turnip on top; hollowed-out turnip stuffed with chicken, shrimp, gingko nuts, etc.


expression: 部
reading: ぶ
tags: P ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) department (in an organization); division; bureau; club; part; component; element; category; (ctr) counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine; (P)


expression: 部屋子
reading: へやご
tags: n
glossary:
(n) young adult still living at home; dependent; female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period); freeloader living in a samurai's house; young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)


expression: 部屋住み
reading: へやずみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent


expression: 部長
reading: ぶちょう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team; (P)


expression: 部分的肺静脈還流異常
reading: ぶぶんてきはいじょうみゃくかんりゅういじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; PAPVC; partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; PAPVD; partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; PAPVR


expression: 部門
reading: ぶもん
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category; department; (P)


expression: 風
reading: ふう
tags: P adj-na n n-suf
glossary:
(adj-na,n,n-suf) method; manner; way; style; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing); wind (one of the five elements); (P)


expression: 風
reading: ふり
tags: 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.


expression: 風が吹けば桶屋が儲かる
reading: かぜがふけばおけやがもうかる
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) any event can bring about an effect in an unexpected way; if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper


expression: 風雲急を告げる
reading: ふううんきゅうをつげる
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)


expression: 風花
reading: かざはな
tags: n
glossary:
(n) flurry of snow in a clear sky; winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops; skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever


expression: 風戸
reading: かざと
tags: n
glossary:
(n) air-damper (e.g. in chimney); (arch) wind door; door through which wind blows, e.g. to cool a room


expression: 風情
reading: ふぜい
tags: P n suf
glossary:
(n) taste; elegance; charm; appearance; air; (suf) (hum) (derog) the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...; (P)


expression: 風声鶴唳
reading: ふうせいかくれい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow


expression: 風俗画風
reading: ふうぞくがふう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (of the) genre painting style; (of the) style of painting that depicts people's customs and manners; (of the) type of painting that denotes the life of ordinary people


expression: 風鐸
reading: ふうたく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) bronze wind bells hanging from eaves of temple towers or halls (esp. four corners); (arch) wind bell; wind chimes


expression: 風適法
reading: ふうてきほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Law Controlling Business Affecting Public Morals; Adult Entertainment Law; Amusement Businesses Law; Entertainment Businesses Law


expression: 風物
reading: ふうぶつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) natural features; scenery; things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners


expression: 風物詩
reading: ふうぶつし
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season; (P)


expression: 風物誌
reading: ふうぶつし
tags: n
glossary:
(iK) (n) thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season


expression: 風流韻事
reading: ふうりゅういんじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy


expression: 風流三昧
reading: ふうりゅうざんまい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy


expression: 風呂
reading: ふろ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) bath; bathtub; bathroom; bathhouse; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle); (P)


expression: 伏する
reading: ふくする
tags: vi vs-s vt
glossary:
(vs-s,vi,vt) to crouch; to stoop; to bend down; to prostrate oneself; to lie down; to yield; to submit; to surrender; to hide; to conceal oneself


expression: 伏せる
reading: ふせる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to lay something upside down; to turn something over; to lay something face down; to cover; to lay (pipes); to lay (an ambush); to hide; to conceal; (P)


expression: 伏せ字
reading: ふせじ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character


expression: 伏字
reading: ふせじ
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character


expression: 副
reading: ふく
tags: P n pref
glossary:
(n,pref) assistant; associate; vice-; sub-; deputy; substitute; auxiliary; supplementary; additional; collateral; (n) duplicate; copy; (abbr) adverb; (P)


expression: 副う
reading: そう
tags: v5u
glossary:
(v5u) to meet (one's expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with; to accompany; to stay by one's side; to marry; to wed; to be added


expression: 副える
reading: そえる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch) to mimic; to imitate; (arch) to draw something near to oneself; to approach nearby


expression: 副部長
reading: ふくぶちょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager


expression: 副文
reading: ふくぶん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) addendum (to a treaty or contract); annex; annexure; appendix; subsidiary clause; (ling) subordinate clause


expression: 副露
reading: フーロ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) calling another player's discarded tile to complete a meld (but not to complete one's hand) (mahjong); declaring a kong or calling a discarded tile to complete a meld (mahjong)


expression: 復活当選
reading: ふっかつとうせん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) failing to win an electoral seat in a single-member constituency, but winning a seat in a proportionally represented constituency


expression: 復古神道
reading: ふっこしんとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)


expression: 幅
reading: はば
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price); range (e.g. of voice); (P)


expression: 服
reading: ふく
tags: P ctr n n-suf suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) clothes (esp. Western clothes); (suf,ctr) counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.; (P)


expression: 服す
reading: ふくす
tags: v5s
glossary:
(v5s) to obey; to submit; to defer; to yield; to abide; to serve (e.g. in the army, or a sentence in jail (gaol)); to observe (e.g. mourning); to drink (tea, medicine, etc.)


expression: 服する
reading: ふくする
tags: vs-s
glossary:
(vs-s) to obey; to submit; to defer; to yield; to abide; to serve (e.g. in the army, or a sentence in jail (gaol)); to observe (e.g. mourning); to drink (tea, medicine, etc.)


expression: 服む
reading: のむ
tags: v5m vt
glossary:
(iK) (v5m,vt) to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal


expression: 福笹
reading: ふくざさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) lucky bamboo branch given out at an Ebisu shrine during the Toka Ebisu Business Success Festival between Jan 9-11


expression: 福祉商法
reading: ふくししょうほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (unscrupulous) business practices based on an appeal to one's social conscience; (unscrupulous) sales methods used by someone falsely claiming to represent a charitable (social welfare) organization


expression: 福袋
reading: ふくぶくろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) lucky-dip bag; grab bag; mystery package (with a variety of articles possibly worth more than the purchase price)


expression: 福茶
reading: ふくちゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) lucky tea (var. of tea made from sea tangle, black soybeans, pepper, pickled plums, etc. and drunk on festive occasions); New Year tea


expression: 腹
reading: はら
tags: P ctr n suf
glossary:
(n) abdomen; belly; stomach; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive; courage; nerve; willpower; generosity; magnanimity; feelings; emotions; wide middle part; bulging part; inside; interior; inner part; (physics) anti-node; (suf,ctr) counter for hard roe; counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.); (P)


expression: 腹の虫
reading: はらのむし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger


expression: 腹をくくる
reading: はらをくくる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself


expression: 腹を割って話す
reading: はらをわってはなす
tags: exp v5s
glossary:
(exp,v5s) to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut; to have a heart-to-heart talk


expression: 腹這う
reading: はらばう
tags: v5u
glossary:
(v5u) to lie on one's stomach; to sleep while lying on one's stomach; to crawl on the ground; to sprawl


expression: 複
reading: ふく
tags: n pref
glossary:
(n,pref) diplo-; double; (n) (abbr) doubles (tennis, etc.); (abbr) place betting (in horse racing, etc.)


expression: 覆る
reading: くつがえる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited; (P)


expression: 覆水盆に帰らず
reading: ふくすいぼんにかえらず
tags: exp
glossary:
(iK) (exp) what's done is done; that's water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray


expression: 覆水盆に返らず
reading: ふくすいぼんにかえらず
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) what's done is done; that's water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray


expression: 淵酔
reading: えんすい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) type of imperial banquet held during the Heian period and later; (arch) being dead drunk; being very drunk


expression: 淵底
reading: えんてい
tags: adv n
glossary:
(n) bottom depths (of water); abyss; depths (of something); bottom; (adv) (arch) completely; thoroughly; fully


expression: 払う
reading: はらう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to pay (e.g. money, a bill, one's taxes, etc.); to brush; to wipe; to clear away; to dust off; to prune away branches; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sweep out; (P)


expression: 沸く
reading: わく
tags: P v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to grow hot (of water, etc.); to boil; to be in a state of excitement; to get excited; to take place energetically; to erupt (e.g. in applause, cheers); (P)


expression: 仏種
reading: ぶっしゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) seed of Buddhahood; something that makes it possible to attain Buddhahood; teaching of Buddha which make it possible to be enlightened


expression: 仏所
reading: ぶっしょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) place containing a Buddhist image; place containing a buddha (e.g. the pure land); independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward)


expression: 仏足石歌体
reading: ぶっそくせきかたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)


expression: 仏土
reading: ぶつど
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise; (Buddh) Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings


expression: 仏法僧
reading: ぶっぽうそう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Buddha, Dharma, Sangha (the Buddha, the teachings, and the spiritual community); (uk) dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis); (uk) roller (any bird of family Coraciidae); Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)


expression: 仏涅槃
reading: ぶつねはん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) the death of Shakyamuni Buddha; (Buddh) (abbr) Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)


expression: 仏涅槃忌
reading: ぶつねはんき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)


expression: 物
reading: もの
tags: P n n-suf pref
glossary:
(n) thing; object; article; stuff; substance; one's things; possessions; property; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; (n-suf) item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...; (pref) somehow; somewhat; for some reason; really; truly; (P)


expression: 物
reading: もん
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n) thing; object; article; stuff; substance; one's things; possessions; property; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; (n-suf) item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...


expression: 物々しい
reading: ものものしい
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; ostentatious; overdone; exaggerated; impressive; imposing; pompous; stately; solemn


expression: 物づくり
reading: ものづくり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand; making New-Year's decorations; preparing fields; farming; farmer


expression: 物にする
reading: ものにする
tags: exp vs-i
glossary:
(exp,vs-i) to get; to secure; to take possession of; to make one's own; to win (someone's heart); to learn; to master; to complete


expression: 物も言いようで角が立つ
reading: ものもいいようでかどがたつ
tags: exp v5t
glossary:
(exp,v5t) (id) Harsh words make the going rough; People may be offended (or not) by the way you speak


expression: 物言い
reading: ものいい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour; (P)


expression: 物持
reading: ものもち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them


expression: 物色
reading: ぶっしょく
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; rummaging; scouring (a place) looking for (something); picking out; singling out


expression: 物心
reading: ものごころ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion; (P)


expression: 物心がつく
reading: ものごころがつく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion


expression: 物凄い
reading: ものすごい
tags: P adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) (uk) earth-shattering; staggering; to a very great extent; (uk) terrible; frightful; horrible; ghastly; (P)


expression: 物前
reading: ものまえ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) just before a war; (arch) day before a holiday; (arch) day before the one on which prostitutes were forced to accept customers


expression: 物体ない
reading: もったいない
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) (uk) impious; profane; sacrilegious; too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of; wasteful


expression: 物日
reading: ものび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) holiday; (arch) day on which prostitutes had to receive clients (or pay their own fee to avoid doing so)


expression: 物憑き
reading: ものつき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person; child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko


expression: 分
reading: ぶ
tags: n num
glossary:
(num) one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale); (n) one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver


expression: 分
reading: ぶん
tags: P n n-suf pref
glossary:
(n,n-suf,pref) part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as; (P)


expression: 分かれる
reading: わかれる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to branch; to fork; to diverge; to separate; to split; to divide; to disperse; to scatter; (P)


expression: 分ける
reading: わける
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out; to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out; to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between); to break up (a fight); to mediate; to call a draw; to tie; to push one's way through (a crowd); to sell; (P)


expression: 分る
reading: わかる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out


expression: 分解
reading: ぶんかい
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; analysis; disintegrating; decomposing; degrading; (math) factorization; (chem) decomposition; resolution; (comp) deblocking; (P)


expression: 分業
reading: ぶんぎょう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production; (P)


expression: 分国法
reading: ぶんこくほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) laws established by daimyo applicable only in their own domain (during the Warring States period)


expression: 分散
reading: ぶんさん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) dispersion; breakup; scattering; decentralization; decentralisation; distribution; (math) variance; (chem) (physics) dispersion; (P)


expression: 分枝
reading: ぶんし
tags: adj-no n pref vs
glossary:
(n,vs) bifurcation; branch; branching; branched chain; ramification; (adj-no) branched; (pref) rami-


expression: 分断後部
reading: ぶんだんこうぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (comp) (obsc) widow (one or more lines separated from the rest of the preceding passage by page or column break)


expression: 分断前部
reading: ぶんだんぜんぶ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (comp) (obsc) orphan (one or more lines separated from the rest of the following passage by page or paragraph break)


expression: 分別
reading: ぶんべつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction; (P)


expression: 分霊
reading: ぶんれい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner


expression: 噴く
reading: ふく
tags: 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


expression: 噴水効果
reading: ふんすいこうか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) fountain effect (theory that high sales in the basement of a department store lead to increased sales in the upper levels as well)


expression: 焚く
reading: たく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to burn; to kindle; to build a fire; to heat (a bath, stove, etc.); to use (a camera flash); (P)


expression: 奮う
reading: ふるう
tags: P v5u
glossary:
(v5u) to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated; (P)


expression: 奮起一番
reading: ふんきいちばん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto


expression: 糞
reading: くそ
tags: adj-f int n
glossary:
(int) (col) bullshit; shit; damn; (n) (col) feces; excrement; dung; (adj-f) damn (adds emphasis and or annoyance to next word, e.g. damn hot, damn kids, etc.); damned


expression: 糞も味噌も一緒
reading: くそもみそもいっしょ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (id) not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together; shit and miso are the same


expression: 文
reading: もん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) one-thousandth of a kan (obsolete unit of currency); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes)


expression: 文語
reading: ぶんご
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) written language; literary language; formal (or archaic) written style based on Heian-period Japanese; (P)


expression: 文字化け
reading: もじばけ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (comp) corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text


expression: 文字言葉
reading: もじことば
tags: n
glossary:
(n) word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji"


expression: 文字読み
reading: もじよみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) reading something (usu. aloud) without trying to understand it; reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters


expression: 文字盤
reading: もじばん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board


expression: 文書
reading: もんじょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) document; writing; letter; paperwork; note; records; archives; document addressed to someone in particular (jargon used in paleography)


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


expression: 文展
reading: ぶんてん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (abbr) Bunten exhibition; art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)


expression: 文武兼備
reading: ぶんぶけんび
tags: n
glossary:
(n) well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen


expression: 文部科学省検定済み教科書
reading: もんぶかがくしょうけんていずみきょうかしょ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) textbook approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; government-approved textbook


expression: 文部省美術展覧会
reading: もんぶしょうびじゅつてんらんかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Bunten exhibition; annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)


expression: 聞えよがし
reading: きこえよがし
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them


expression: 聞きつける
reading: ききつける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to learn of (something); to get used to hearing


expression: 聞き込み捜査
reading: ききこみそうさ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.


expression: 聞き逃す
reading: ききのがす
tags: v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide


expression: 聞く
reading: きく
tags: P 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; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance; (P)


expression: 聞香
reading: ききこう
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) smelling incense; savoring incense; distinguishing incense by smell; incense-smelling party


expression: 丙午
reading: ひのえうま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) 43rd year of the sexagenary cycle (year of the Fire Horse, renowned for disasters and the birth of women destined to kill their husbands)


expression: 併設
reading: へいせつ
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side; (P)


expression: 兵農分離
reading: へいのうぶんり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)


expression: 兵馬俑
reading: へいばよう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses


expression: 平仮名
reading: ひらがな
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (uk) hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.); (P)


expression: 平気で
reading: へいきで
tags: adv
glossary:
(adv) without compunction; coolly; without batting an eyelid; unscrupulously; nonchalantly; remorselessly; without hesitation


expression: 平行
reading: へいこう
tags: P adj-na adj-no n vs
glossary:
(adj-no,n,vs) concurrent; occurring together; at the same time; (adj-na,adj-no,n,vs) (math) parallel; (P)


expression: 平場
reading: ひらば
tags: n
glossary:
(n) flat ground; seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); multi-brand display area (in a shop)


expression: 平静を保つ
reading: へいせいをたもつ
tags: exp v5t
glossary:
(exp,v5t) to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium


expression: 平打ち
reading: ひらうち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) blow striking with the flat of the sword; to slap; metal flattened by striking; tape; flat braid; type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers


expression: 平調
reading: ひょうじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E); (in gagaku) scale similar to the Dorian mode on E


expression: 平等観
reading: びょうどうかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) viewing all things as undifferentiated and equal; non-discriminative thought; (Buddh) contemplation of the equality of all things from the standpoint of emptiness


expression: 平入
reading: ひらいり
tags: n
glossary:
(io) (n) Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge


expression: 平入り
reading: ひらいり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge


expression: 平年
reading: へいねん
tags: P n n-adv
glossary:
(n-adv,n) non-leap year; normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.); (P)


expression: 平和
reading: ピンフ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait (mahjong) (chi:)


expression: 平和ぼけ
reading: へいわぼけ
tags: adj-no exp n
glossary:
(exp,n,adj-no) peace at any price (attitude); (exp,n) (derog) peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace


expression: 平和憲法
reading: へいわけんぽう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) pacifist constitution (often applied to the Japanese constitution); constitution which outlaws use of arms


expression: 弊害
reading: へいがい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) adverse effect; harmful effect; harmful result; malady; negative effect; harmful influence; evil practice; (P)


expression: 柄
reading: がら
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) pattern; design; (n) body build; figure; physique; (n,n-suf) essential qualities; character; nature; (n-suf) appropriate to; fitting of; suitable for; (P)


expression: 並
reading: なみ
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) average; medium; common; ordinary; line; row of (e.g. houses); mid-grade; same level; equal; each (e.g. month); set of (e.g. teeth); (P)


expression: 並び大名
reading: ならびだいみょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person; actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki)


expression: 並べる
reading: ならべる
tags: P 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); (P)


expression: 閉月羞花
reading: へいげつしゅうか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt


expression: 閉口頓首
reading: へいこうとんしゅ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) being at a complete loss as to what to do; being at one's wit's end; being at a loss for an answer


expression: 閉講
reading: へいこう
tags: n vi vs vt
glossary:
(n,vs,vt) closing down a course or a program (school, etc.); (n,vs,vi) end of a course or program (school, etc.)


expression: 閉塞感
reading: へいそくかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind


expression: 閉山
reading: へいざん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) end the climbing season; closure of a mountain to climbers; closing a mine; discontinuation of mining


expression: 米搗き飛蝗
reading: こめつきばった
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea); click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae); obsequious person


expression: 壁
reading: へき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; (astron) Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)


expression: 壁ドン
reading: かべドン
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) (col) banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour); (sl) slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving or to intimidate them)


expression: 壁役
reading: かべやく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen (baseball); tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)


expression: 壁立千仞
reading: へきりつせんじん
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) (Buddh) (id) precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth


expression: 癖
reading: くせ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism; crease; wrinkle; curl; kink; (P)


expression: 癖
reading: へき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism; crease; wrinkle; curl; kink


expression: 別
reading: べち
tags: adj-na adj-no n n-pref n-suf
glossary:
(ok) (adj-no,adj-na,n,n-suf,n-pref) distinction; difference; different; another; particular; separate; extra; exception


expression: 別
reading: べつ
tags: P adj-na adj-no n n-pref n-suf
glossary:
(adj-no,adj-na,n,n-suf,n-pref) distinction; difference; different; another; particular; separate; extra; exception; (P)


expression: 別ける
reading: わける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out; to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out; to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between); to break up (a fight); to mediate; to call a draw; to tie; to push one's way through (a crowd); to sell


expression: 別火
reading: べっか
tags: n
glossary:
(n) cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites; cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc.


expression: 別格官幣社
reading: べっかくかんぺいしゃ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obs) Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department)


expression: 別時念仏
reading: べつじねんぶつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists)


expression: 別条
reading: べつじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation


expression: 別席
reading: べっせき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) different seat; special seat; separate room; (sumo) temporary rank after merging of two separate rankings in 1930s


expression: 別当
reading: べっとう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) groom; footman; stableman; equerry; steward; intendant; (arch) head of an institution, edp. religious; head of one institution serving also as the head of another


expression: 偏る
reading: かたよる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to be one-sided; to incline; to be partial; to be prejudiced; to lean; to be biased; to be biassed; (P)


expression: 偏差値
reading: へんさち
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score; (P)


expression: 偏差値教育
reading: へんさちきょういく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) deviation-value-oriented education; education focussed on test results; education that stresses studying and passing exams to raise one's ranking; academic cramming


expression: 偏重
reading: へんじゅう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(ok) (n,vs) preponderance; making too much of; overestimation; overemphasis; attaching too much importance to


expression: 偏重
reading: へんちょう
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) preponderance; making too much of; overestimation; overemphasis; attaching too much importance to; (P)


expression: 偏諱を賜う
reading: へんきをたまう
tags: exp v5u
glossary:
(exp,v5u) (arch) (of a nobleperson) to bestow one of the kanji in one's name upon someone (e.g. a meritorious retainer, a boy coming of age, etc.)


expression: 変
reading: へん
tags: P adj-na n n-pref
glossary:
(adj-na,n) strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; (n-pref) flat (music); (P)


expression: 変える
reading: かえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend; (P)


expression: 変る
reading: かわる
tags: v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual


expression: 変わっている
reading: かわっている
tags: exp v1
glossary:
(exp,v1) to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different


expression: 変わり身
reading: かわりみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) change of attitude (stance, position); (sumo) lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack


expression: 変わる
reading: かわる
tags: P v5r vi
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual; (P)


expression: 変化
reading: へんか
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis; variety; diversity; inflection; declension; conjugation; (sumo) sidestepping; (P)


expression: 変革
reading: へんかく
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) change; transformation; innovation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; upheaval; Reformation; (P)


expression: 変形
reading: へんけい
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety; deformity; monster; (P)


expression: 変質
reading: へんしつ
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation; (P)


expression: 片
reading: かた
tags: pref
glossary:
(pref) one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary; few; little; off-centre; remote; side; problem; question; matters


expression: 片がつく
reading: かたがつく
tags: exp v5k
glossary:
(exp,v5k) to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end


expression: 片っ端から
reading: かたっぱしから
tags: adv
glossary:
(adv) absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another


expression: 片づく
reading: かたづく
tags: v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)


expression: 片づける
reading: かたづける
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end; to marry off (e.g. a daughter); to do away with someone; to bump someone off


expression: 片月見
reading: かたつきみ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights


expression: 片付く
reading: かたづく
tags: P v5k vi
glossary:
(v5k,vi) to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off); (P)


expression: 片付ける
reading: かたづける
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end; to marry off (e.g. a daughter); to do away with someone; to bump someone off; (P)


expression: 片方
reading: かたほう
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) one side; one party; counterpart; the other side; the other party; one of a pair; fellow; mate; (P)


expression: 片目
reading: めっかち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) (sens) blindness in one eye; having one eye much bigger than the other; someone blind in one eye; someone with one eye much bigger than the other


expression: 篇
reading: へん
tags: ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) compilation (of a text); editing; (n,n-suf,ctr) volume (of a text); completed literary work


expression: 編
reading: へん
tags: P ctr n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) compilation (of a text); editing; (n,n-suf,ctr) volume (of a text); completed literary work; (P)


expression: 編鐘
reading: へんしょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) bianzhong (ancient Chinese musical instrument; bronze bells set in a wooden frame, played with a mallet)


expression: 編製
reading: へんせい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) establishing (a new family register); compiling (an electoral register, a list of school-age children, etc.)


expression: 辺
reading: へ
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n) (arch) surrounding area; shore (of the sea); (suf) suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.


expression: 辺り
reading: あたり
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) (uk) on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond); (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; (P)


expression: 辺張
reading: ペンチャン
tags: n
glossary:
(n) one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) (mahjong) (chi:)


expression: 辺張待ち
reading: ペンチャンまち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) (mahjong)


expression: 返り言
reading: かえりこと
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) message that a messenger brings back home; (arch) reply; ode in reply; (arch) return gift


expression: 返り咲き
reading: かえりざき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement; second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence; (P)


expression: 返り討ち
reading: かえりうち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game


expression: 返咲き
reading: かえりざき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement; second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence


expression: 返礼
reading: へんれい
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) returning a present; returning a favor; returning a favour; returning a call; compensation


expression: 便
reading: びん
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); service; mail; post; letter; opportunity; chance; (P)


expression: 便
reading: べん
tags: adj-na n
glossary:
(n,adj-na) convenience; service; facility; accommodation; (n) excreta (esp. faeces); excrement; stool


expression: 便乗商法
reading: びんじょうしょうほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.)


expression: 勉める
reading: つとめる
tags: v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent


expression: 勉強になる
reading: べんきょうになる
tags: adj-pn exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; (exp,adj-pn) enlightening; informative; illuminating; educational


expression: 弁
reading: べん
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) (abbr) bento; Japanese box lunch; (n) Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)


expression: 弁える
reading: わきまえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to know (right from wrong); to discern; to discriminate; to understand; to bear in mind; (P)


expression: 弁じる
reading: べんじる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate


expression: 弁解
reading: べんかい
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) justification; rationalization; pretext; explanation; exculpation; defence; defense; excuse; apology; (P)


expression: 弁官
reading: おおともいのつかさ
tags: n
glossary:
(ok) (n) Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)


expression: 弁官
reading: べんかん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)


expression: 弁慶
reading: べんけい
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); (abbr) checks; plaid; checked pattern; (P)


expression: 保つ
reading: たもつ
tags: P v5t vt
glossary:
(v5t,vt) to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to support; to sustain; to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable; (P)


expression: 保革伯仲
reading: ほかくはくちゅう
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) conservatives and reformists being neck and neck; balanced conservative and progressive strengths


expression: 保護スーツ
reading: ほごスーツ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) diver's exposure suit; body suits, wet suits, and dry suits; suit which protects divers from exposure and abrasion


expression: 捕らわれる
reading: とらわれる
tags: P 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; (P)


expression: 捕り手
reading: とりて
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) policeman; official in charge of imprisoning offenders; (MA) art of defeating (and capturing) an opponent with one's bare hands


expression: 捕り物
reading: とりものちょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers); detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs


expression: 補作
reading: ほさく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner


expression: 補充
reading: ほじゅう
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,adj-no) supplementation; supplement; replenishment; replenishing; replacement; refilling; (vs) to replace; to refill; to replenish; (P)


expression: 補助
reading: ほじょ
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) assistance; support; aid; help; subsidy; supplement; subvention; grant-in-aid; auxiliary; subsidiary; spot (in bodybuilding); (P)


expression: 補助単位
reading: ほじょたんい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obs) prefixed unit of measurement (i.e. millimeter, kilogram, etc.); supplementary SI unit (radian and steradian)


expression: 補瀉温涼
reading: ほしゃおんりょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) supplementation, causing bowel movements, heating, and cooling (four main treatments of traditional Chinese medicine)


expression: 募る
reading: つのる
tags: P v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vi) to grow violent; to become stronger; to become worse; (v5r,vt) to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers); (P)


expression: 慕う
reading: したう
tags: P v5u vt
glossary:
(v5u,vt) to yearn for; to long for; to pine for; to miss; to love dearly; to adore; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.); (P)


expression: 戊種
reading: ぼしゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)


expression: 暮れる
reading: くれる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to get dark; to end; to come to an end; to close; to run out; to be sunk (e.g. in despair); to be lost; (P)


expression: 母衣
reading: ほろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood; helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle


expression: 母体
reading: ぼたい
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) mother's body, esp. when pregnant or after giving birth; parent body; parent organization; heartland; (P)


expression: 菩薩
reading: ぼさち
tags: n n-suf
glossary:
(ok) (n,n-suf) (Buddh) bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory


expression: 菩薩
reading: ぼさつ
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) (Buddh) bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory; (P)


expression: 菩提を弔う
reading: ぼだいをとむらう
tags: exp v5u
glossary:
(exp,v5u) (Buddh) to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras


expression: 菩提道場
reading: ぼだいどうじょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)


expression: 包む
reading: つつむ
tags: P v5m vt
glossary:
(v5m,vt) to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in; (v5m) to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by; (P)


expression: 包含
reading: ほうがん
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n) inclusion; comprehension; implication; (vs) to include; to comprise; to contain; to implicate; (P)


expression: 包袋
reading: ほうたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office


expression: 報える
reading: こたえる
tags: v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to respond; to live up to; to reward; to take its toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain


expression: 報身
reading: ほうしん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) sambhogakaya (reward body, form taken by a buddha after completing its role as a bodhisattva)


expression: 奉戴
reading: ほうたい
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) having a prince for a president; being the recipient of (an imperial favor, favour); reverential acceptance


expression: 宝さがし
reading: たからさがし
tags: n
glossary:
(n) treasure hunting; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.


expression: 宝の山に入りながら手を空しくして帰る
reading: たからのやまにいりながらてをむなしくしてかえる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) though sitting on a pile of riches, one comes back empty handed; to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp


expression: 崩す
reading: くずす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to destroy; to demolish; to pull down; to tear down; to level; to disturb; to put into disorder; to throw off balance; to make shaky; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill); to change; to make change; to write in cursive style; to write in running style; to break into a smile; to let off a smile; to lower (a price); (P)


expression: 抱える
reading: かかえる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to hold or carry under or in the arms; to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.); to employ; to engage; to hire; (P)


expression: 抱く
reading: いだく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug; to harbour (e.g. grudge) (harbor); to bear (e.g. a grudge); to entertain (e.g. suspicion); (P)


expression: 抱く
reading: だく
tags: P v5k vt
glossary:
(v5k,vt) to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug; (v5k) to have sex with; to make love to; to sleep with; to sit on eggs; (P)


expression: 放す
reading: はなす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.; (P)


expression: 放つ
reading: はなつ
tags: P v5t vt
glossary:
(v5t,vt) to fire (e.g. an arrow); to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind; to free; to release; to give off (e.g. a scent); to emit (e.g. light); (P)


expression: 放る
reading: ほうる
tags: P v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to throw; to toss; to fling; (ksb:) to throw away; to discard; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished; (P)


expression: 放る
reading: ほる
tags: v5r vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) to throw; to toss; to fling; (ksb:) to throw away; to discard; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished


expression: 放水口
reading: ほうすいこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) waste-water port (of a dam, sewer, etc.); freeing port (on a ship); water hose outlet (for firefighting)


expression: 放任
reading: ほうにん
tags: P adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something; (P)


expression: 放念
reading: ほうねん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) setting one's mind at ease; not feeling that one need be concerned (about something); feeling free to disregard (something)


expression: 放免
reading: ほうべん
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off; acquittal


expression: 方
reading: かた
tags: P n n-suf
glossary:
(n) direction; way; (hon) person; lady; gentleman; (n,n-suf) method of; manner of; way of; (n-suf) care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side"); (P)


expression: 方
reading: ほう
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction); side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.); indicates one side of a comparison; way; method; manner; means; length (of each side of a square); (P)


expression: 方違い
reading: かたたがい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)


expression: 方向姓
reading: ほうこうせい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(iK) (n) trend; course of action; direction; (comp) directionality; directivity; orientation; (adj-no) (comp) directional; vectorial


expression: 方向性
reading: ほうこうせい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(n) trend; course of action; direction; (comp) directionality; directivity; orientation; (adj-no) (comp) directional; vectorial


expression: 法華宗
reading: ほっけしゅう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren); Tendai sect of Buddhism


expression: 法華八講
reading: ほっけはっこう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)


expression: 法界
reading: ほうかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) universe; (Buddh) realm of thought; (Buddh) underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; (abbr) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other


expression: 法界
reading: ほっかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) universe; (Buddh) realm of thought; (Buddh) underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness


expression: 法界悋気
reading: ほうかいりんき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other


expression: 法外
reading: ほうがい
tags: P adj-na n
glossary:
(adj-na,n) exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate; extravagant; immoderate; (P)


expression: 法眼
reading: ほうげん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) the dharma eye; (abbr) second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (arch) title bestowed upon doctors, etc.


expression: 法相
reading: ほっそう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena); (abbr) Hosso sect of Buddhism


expression: 法蔵
reading: ほうぞう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures; (Buddh) Dharmakara; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation


expression: 法体
reading: ほうたい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) clerical appearance; appearance of a priest; teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha; investiture of a Buddhist priest


expression: 法名
reading: ほうみょう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); (Buddh) posthumous Buddhist name


expression: 法輪
reading: ほうりん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine


expression: 縫い代を割る
reading: ぬいしろをわる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to stop an inside seam rolling about; to press open a seam (and open the left and right sides out)


expression: 縫腋
reading: ほうえき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such a stitched side; robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials


expression: 縫腋の袍
reading: ほうえきのほう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials


expression: 芳紀
reading: ほうき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen


expression: 蓬
reading: よもぎ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii); general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood


expression: 蓬莱
reading: ほうらい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; enchanted land of perpetual youth from Chinese mythology; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); (abbr) Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan


expression: 蜂の巣
reading: はちのす
tags: n
glossary:
(n) beehive; hive; honeycomb; (id) something full of holes; swiss cheese; (food) honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach; (obs) cast iron anvil stand


expression: 訪う
reading: とう
tags: v5u-s vt
glossary:
(v5u-s,vt) to ask; to question; to inquire; to charge (i.e. with a crime); to accuse; to care (about); without regard to (with negative verb)


expression: 豊か
reading: ゆたか
tags: P adj-na suf
glossary:
(adj-na) abundant; wealthy; plentiful; rich; affluent; (suf,adj-na) very; extremely; full of; great; (P)


expression: 豊作飢饉
reading: ほうさくききん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests


expression: 邦
reading: くに
tags: n
glossary:
(n) country; (the) state; region; (obs) province (of Japan); home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch) land; earth


expression: 飽くまで
reading: あくまで
tags: adv
glossary:
(adv) (uk) to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost; (uk) after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply


expression: 飽食時代
reading: ほうしょくじだい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) current era of excessive eating; era in which there is more than enough food; age of plenty; age of plentiful food


expression: 亡八
reading: ぼうはち
tags: n
glossary:
(n) customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues; brothel; owner of a brothel


expression: 亡命
reading: ぼうめい
tags: P n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee; (P)


expression: 傍若無人
reading: ぼうじゃくぶじん
tags: adj-na adj-no n
glossary:
(adj-na,n,adj-no) arrogance; audacity; (behaving) outrageously as though there were no one around; insolence; defiance; overbearing


expression: 坊
reading: ぼう
tags: n suf
glossary:
(n) bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; (vocative) boy; sonny; I (used by male children); me; (suf) (after name) familiar form of address; person who is ..


expression: 坊主
reading: ぼうず
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head; (fam) (derog) boy; sonny; lad; not catching anything (in fishing); (P)


expression: 坊主丸儲け
reading: ぼうずまるもうけ
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) monks make pure profit; monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit


expression: 忘れる
reading: わすれる
tags: P v1 vt
glossary:
(v1,vt) to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article); (P)


expression: 忘れ緒
reading: わすれお
tags: n
glossary:
(n) decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi


expression: 房
reading: ぼう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; (astron) Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)


expression: 房室
reading: ぼうしつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) room; chamber; monk in charge of business in the monks' quarters; bedroom (of a married couple); locule (in a plant ovary); atria and ventricles


expression: 房主
reading: ぼうず
tags: n
glossary:
(oK) (n) Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head; (fam) (derog) boy; sonny; lad; not catching anything (in fishing)


expression: 暴力団
reading: ぼうりょくだん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza (Japanese mafia); band of thugs; group of hoodlums; (P)


expression: 望粥
reading: もちがゆ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (food) rice gruel with mochi; (food) azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month


expression: 棒手振
reading: ぼてふり
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street


expression: 棒鱈
reading: ぼうだら
tags: n
glossary:
(n) dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)


expression: 冒す
reading: おかす
tags: P v5s vt
glossary:
(v5s,vt) to brave; to risk; to face; to venture; to harm; to afflict; to affect; to desecrate; to profane; to assume (someone else's surname); to take; (P)


expression: 膨れる
reading: ふくれる
tags: P v1 vi
glossary:
(v1,vi) to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout; (P)


expression: 謀る
reading: たばかる
tags: v5r vi vt
glossary:
(v5r,vt) (uk) to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; to take in; to dupe; to deceive; (v5r,vi) to think up a plan; to think over a plan; to discuss; to consult


expression: 防疫
reading: ぼうえき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics; (P)


expression: 防災頭巾
reading: ぼうさいずきん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) disaster hood; protective hood worn during earthquakes and other disasters (e.g. to protect from falling objects)


expression: 防人
reading: ぼうじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the T'ang dynasty


expression: 防風
reading: ぼうふう
tags: n
glossary:
(n) anti-wind (device, facility or measure); (uk) Saposhnikovia divaricata (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine); (uk) Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)


expression: 頬かぶり
reading: ほおかぶり
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head; feigning ignorance; shutting one's eyes (to)


expression: 頬白
reading: ほおじろ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (uk) meadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides); (obsc) great white shark; white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias)


expression: 北の政所
reading: きたのまんどころ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (hon) legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State


expression: 北方限界線
reading: ほっぽうげんかいせん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea


expression: 北狄
reading: ほくてき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (arch) (derog) northern barbarians (used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north)


expression: 墨
reading: すみ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string; (P)


expression: 墨付き
reading: すみつき
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) handwriting; autograph; authorization; authorisation; certificate; certified document; paper with signature of the shogun or lord; (P)


expression: 没
reading: ぼつ
tags: P n n-pref n-suf
glossary:
(n,n-suf) discard; (n) death; (abbr) rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); (n-pref) lacking; without; (P)


expression: 没す
reading: もっす
tags: v5s
glossary:
(v5s) (arch) to sink; to go down; to set; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish; to confiscate


expression: 殆ど
reading: ほとんど
tags: P n-adv n-t
glossary:
(n-adv,n-t) (uk) mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost; (P)


expression: 殆どない
reading: ほとんどない
tags: exp
glossary:
(exp) almost never; few and far between; little or nothing; hardly any; hardly anything at all; very little


expression: 殆んど
reading: ほとんど
tags: n-adv n-t
glossary:
(n-adv,n-t) (uk) mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost


expression: 本
reading: ほん
tags: P ctr n pref suf
glossary:
(n) book; volume; script; (pref) this; present; main; head; real; regular; (suf,ctr) counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls; (P)


expression: 本
reading: もと
tags: P ctr n
glossary:
(n) origin; source; base; basis; foundation; root; cause; ingredient; material; original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (plant) root; (tree) trunk; first section of a waka; (ctr) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); (n) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip; (P)


expression: 本意ない
reading: ほいない
tags: adj-i
glossary:
(adj-i) reluctant; unwilling; unfortunate; sad (when something doesn't go as planned or as you had hoped)


expression: 本会
reading: ほんかい
tags: n
glossary:
(n) formal meeting (committee, etc.); session; this (the aforementioned, our) association (society, organisation)


expression: 本懐成就
reading: ほんかいじょうじゅ
tags: n vs
glossary:
(n,vs) realization of a great ambition; attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered


expression: 本開き
reading: ほんびらき
tags: n
glossary:
(n) functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e. those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned); surgeon's cuffs


expression: 本格的
reading: ほんかくてき
tags: P adj-na
glossary:
(adj-na) genuine; real; regular; normal; typical; standard; orthodox; full-scale; full-blown; all-out; full-fledged; professional; (P)


expression: 本格派
reading: ほんかくは
tags: n
glossary:
(n) classical school or style (e.g. of music, baseball pitching, etc.); orthodox school; authentic style; purist; follower of the orthodox school


expression: 本間
reading: ほんま
tags: n
glossary:
(n) official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); (music) basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank


expression: 本契約
reading: ほんけいやく
tags: n
glossary:
(n) contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand


expression: 本社
reading: ほんしゃ
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) head office; main office; headquarters; parent company; main shrine; this company; this shrine; (P)


expression: 本省人
reading: ほんしょうじん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (China) someone from one's own province; (Taiwan) someone whose ancestors had lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang related immigration wave


expression: 本醸造酒
reading: ほんじょうぞうしゅ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) sake brewed without addition of saccharides and no more than 120 litres of seed alcohol per tonne


expression: 本職
reading: ほんしょく
tags: P adj-no n pn
glossary:
(n) principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; specialist; (pn,adj-no) I (of a government offical, etc.); me; (P)


expression: 本人負担
reading: ほんにんふたん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc.


expression: 本尊
reading: ほんぞん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; (joc) the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter; (P)


expression: 本体
reading: ほんたい
tags: P adj-no n
glossary:
(n,adj-no) substance; real form; main part; main unit; body (of a machine); (n) this machine; this appliance; (n,adj-no) object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon; (P)


expression: 本体
reading: ほんだい
tags: adj-no n
glossary:
(ok) (n,adj-no) substance; real form; main part; main unit; body (of a machine); (n) this machine; this appliance; (n,adj-no) object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon


expression: 本題に入る
reading: ほんだいにはいる
tags: exp v5r
glossary:
(exp,v5r) to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject


expression: 本当
reading: ほんと
tags: adj-na adv n
glossary:
(ik) (adj-na,adv,n) truth; reality; actuality; fact; (adj-na,adv) proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable


expression: 本当
reading: ほんとう
tags: P adj-na adv n
glossary:
(adj-na,adv,n) truth; reality; actuality; fact; (adj-na,adv) proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable; (P)


expression: 本能寺の変
reading: ほんのうじのへん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) Honnoji Incident; forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide (June 21, 1582)


expression: 本番
reading: ほんばん
tags: P n
glossary:
(n) performance; take; going before an audience or on-air; game; season; crucial moment; actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated); (P)


expression: 本末転倒
reading: ほんまつてんとう
tags: adj-no n vs
glossary:
(n,vs,adj-no) failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards


expression: 本門
reading: ほんもん
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (obsc) main gate; front gate; (Buddh) latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha


expression: 本来
reading: ほんらい
tags: P adj-no n-adv n-t
glossary:
(n-adv,n-t,adj-no) originally; primarily; essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself; proper; legal; (P)


expression: 本来無一物
reading: ほんらいむいちもつ
tags: n
glossary:
(n) (Buddh) all things are essentially nothingness; all things come from nothingness; originally, there was nothing; Zen reminder to free oneself from attachments


expression: 本領を発揮
reading: ほんりょうをはっき
tags: exp vs
glossary:
(exp,vs) to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own; to find one's feet (legs); to hit (strike) one's stride


expression: 本領安堵
reading: ほんりょうあんど
tags: n
glossary:
(n) recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)


