| Ma {prop} (Chinese surname) | :: 馬 /ば, Ba/, マー /Mā/ |
| mañana {adv} (tomorrow) SEE: tomorrow | :: |
| Maastricht {prop} (capital of the province of Limburg in The Netherlands) | :: マーストリヒト /Māsutorihito/ |
| mac {n} (mackintosh) SEE: mackintosh | :: |
| macadamia {n} (tree) | :: マカダミアナッツ |
| macana {n} (sword) | :: マカナ /makana/ |
| macaque {n} (any monkey of the genus Macaca) | :: マカク /makaku/ |
| macaron {n} (pastry) | :: マカロン /makaron/ |
| macaroni {n} (type of pasta) | :: マカロニ /makaroni/ |
| macaroni penguin {n} (Eudyptes chrysolophus) | :: マカロニペンギン /makaronipengin/ |
| Mac Arthur {prop} (surname) | :: マッカーサー |
| Macau {prop} (a city just west of Hong Kong) | :: 澳門 /マカオ, Makao/, マカオ /Makao/, アオメン /Aomen/ |
| macaw {n} (various parrots) | :: 金剛鸚哥 /コンゴウインコ, kongōinko/ |
| Macbeth {prop} (a Shakespeare play) | :: マクベス /Makubesu/ |
| macchiato {n} (type of coffee) | :: マキアート /makiāto/ |
| mace {n} (weapon) | :: メイス /meisu/ |
| mace {n} (ceremonial form of this weapon) | :: メイス /meisu/ |
| mace {n} (a spice) | :: メイス /meisu/ |
| mace {n} (tear gas and pepper spray) | :: メイス /meisu/ |
| Macedonia {prop} (ancient kingdom) | :: マケドニア /Makedonia/, マケドニア王国 /Makedonia ōkoku/ |
| Macedonia {prop} (Republic of North Macedonia, see also: Republic of North Macedonia) | :: マケドニア /Makedonia/, マケドニア共和国 /Makedonia kyōwakoku/ |
| Macedonia {prop} (region of northern Greece) | :: マケドニア /Makedonia/ |
| Macedonian {adj} (of Macedonia or its people or language) | :: マケドニアの /Makedonia no/ |
| Macedonian {n} (person from Macedonia) | :: マケドニア人 /マケドニアじん, makedoniajin/ |
| Macedonian {n} (Slavic language of Macedonia) | :: マケドニア語 /マケドニアご, makedoniago/ |
| Mach {n} (ratio, see also: Mach number) | :: マッハ /mahha/ |
| machete {n} (a sword-like tool) | :: マチェテ /machete/, 鉈 /なた, nata/ |
| machicolation {n} (opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building) | :: 出し狭間 |
| machination {n} (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes) | :: 策謀 /さくぼう, sakubō/, 策動 /さくどう, sakudō/ |
| machine {n} (mechanical or electrical device) | :: 機械 /きかい, kikai/, マシン /mashin/, 器械 /きかい, kikai/ |
| machine {n} (group that controls an organization) | :: 機構 /きこう, kikō/ |
| machine {n} | :: 機械 (きかい, kikai), 機構 (きこう, kikō), 組織 (そしき, soshiki) |
| machine {v} (shape or finish by machinery) | :: 機械加工する /kikai kakō suru/ |
| machine code {n} (machine language) SEE: machine language | :: |
| machine gun {n} (type of firearm) | :: 機関銃 /きかんじゅう, kikanjū/, マシンガン /mashingan/, 機銃 /きじゅう, kijū/ |
| machine language {n} (set of instructions for a computer) | :: 機械語 /きかいご, kikai-go/, マシン語 /mashin-go/ |
| machine learning {n} (field of study) | :: 機械学習 /きかいがくしゅう, kikaigakushū/ |
| machine-readable {adj} | :: 機械可読 /kikai-kadoku/, マシンリーダブル /mashin-rīdaburu/ |
| machine room {n} (a room dedicated to HVAC equipment and other machinery) | :: 機械室 /きかいしつ, kikaishitsu/ |
| machinery {n} | :: 機械類 /きかいるい, kikairui/ |
| machine tool {n} (tool used for machining) | :: 工作機械 /こうさくきかい,/, マシンツール /mashintsūru/ |
| machine-translate {v} | :: 機械翻訳する /kikai hon'yaku suru/ |
| machine translation {n} (act of translating something by means of a machine) | :: 機械翻訳 /きかいほんやく, kikai hon'yaku/ |
| machinist {n} (operator) SEE: operator | :: |
| machismo {n} (exaggerated masculinity) | :: マッチョ |
| macho {adj} (manly, tough) | :: マッチョ /matcho/ |
| macho {n} (macho person) | :: マッチョ /matcho/, たくましい男 /takumashii otoko/ |
| Machu Picchu {prop} (an ancient Inca site in Peru) | :: マチュピチュ /Machupichu/ |
| macintosh {n} (raincoat) SEE: mackintosh | :: |
| Macintosh {n} (Apple Macintosh) | :: アップル・マッキントッシュ /Appuru-Makkintosshu/, マッキントッシュ /Makkintosshu/, マック /Makku/ |
| mackerel {n} (edible fish) | :: 鯖 /さば, saba/, サバ /saba/ |
| mackintosh {n} (waterproof coat made of rubberized cloth) | :: マッキントッシュ /makkintosshu/ |
| mackintosh {n} (raincoat in general) SEE: raincoat | :: |
| macro {n} (an abbreviation of complicated input) | :: マクロ /makuro/ |
| macrocosm {n} (the universe) SEE: universe | :: |
| macrocosm {n} (a complex structure containing numerous smaller-scale structures) | :: 大宇宙 /だいうちゅう, daiuchū/ |
| macroeconomics {n} (study of the entire economy) | :: マクロ経済学 /makuro-keizaigaku/ |
| macromolecule {n} (large molecule) | :: 高分子 /こうぶんし, kōbunshi/ |
| macron {n} (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) | :: マクロン /makuron/ |
| Macron {prop} (surname) | :: マクロン /Makuron/ |
| macrophage {n} (type of white blood cell) | :: マクロファージ /makurofāji/ |
| macuahuitl {n} (Aztec obsidian sword or club) | :: マカウィトル /makawitoru/ |
| macula {n} (anatomy: yellow spot near the center of retina) | :: 黄斑 /おうはん, ōhan/ |
| macular degeneration {n} (disease of the retina of the eye resulting loss of central vision) | :: 黄斑変性 /ouhanhensei/ |
| mad {adj} (insane (adj.)) | :: 気が狂った /きがくるった, ki-ga kurutta/, 狂しい /くるおしい, kuruoshii/, 頭がおかしい /あたまがおかしい, atama-ga okashii/ |
| Madagascar {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: マダガスカル /Madagasukaru/ |
| Madagascar periwinkle {n} (Catharanthus roseus) | :: 日々草 /ニチニチソウ, nichinichisō/ |
| madam {n} (polite term of address to a woman) | :: 奥様 /おくさま, okusama/, 奥さん /おくさん, okusan/ |
| mad cow disease {n} (informal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy) | :: 狂牛病 /きょうぎゅうびょう, kyōgyūbyō/ |
| maddah {n} (Arabic diacritic) | :: マッダ /madda/ |
| madden {v} (make angry) | :: 怒らせる /okoraseru/ |
| madden {v} (make insane) | :: 狂わせる /kuruwaseru/ |
| madder {n} (plant) | :: 茜 /アカネ, akane/ |
| madder {n} (dye) | :: 茜 /あかね, akane/ |
| madder {n} (colour) | :: 茜色 /あかねいろ, akaneiro/ |
| madder {adj} (colour) | :: 茜色の /あかねいろの, akaneiro no/ |
| made in China {adj} (manufactured in the PRC) | :: 中国製 /ちゅうごくせい, Chūgoku-sei/ |
| made in Japan {adj} (manufactured in Japan) | :: 日本製 /にほんせい, Nihon-sei/ |
| madeleine {n} (small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell) | :: マドレーヌ /madorēnu/ |
| mademoiselle {n} (courtesy title for an unmarried woman in France or a French-speaking country) | :: マドモアゼル /madomoazeru/ |
| Madhya Pradesh {prop} (Madhya Pradesh, India) | :: マディヤ・プラデーシュ州 /Madiya Puradēshu-shū/, マディヤ・プラデーシュ /Madiya Puradēshu/ |
| madly in love {prep} (in love to a large degree) | :: 首ったけ /kubittake/ |
| madman {n} (An insane man) | :: 狂人 /きょうじん, kyōjin/ |
| madness {n} (insanity) | :: 狂気 /きょうき, kyōki/ |
| Madonna {prop} (Virgin Mary) SEE: Virgin Mary | :: |
| Madras {prop} (city) | :: マドラス /Madorasu/ |
| madrasa {n} (madrasah) SEE: madrasah | :: |
| madrasah {n} (school for Islamic theology) | :: マドラサ /madorasa/ |
| Madrid {prop} (capital of Spain) | :: マドリード /Madorīdo/, マドリッド /Madoriddo/ |
| madrigal {n} (either musical sense) | :: マドリガル /madorigaru/ |
| mad scientist {n} (stock character in popular fiction) | :: マッドサイエンティスト /maddo saientisuto/ |
| Maebashi {prop} (a city of Japan) | :: 前橋 /まえばし, Maebashi/ |
| maelstrom {n} (large whirlpool) | :: 狂瀾怒涛 /kyōrandotō/ |
| maelstrom {n} (any violent or turbulent situation) | :: 狂瀾怒涛 /kyōrandotō/ |
| maestro {n} (master in some art) | :: 巨匠 /kyoshō/, マエストロ /maesutoro/ |
| mafia {n} (a crime syndicate) | :: マフィア /mafia/, 秘密集団 /ひみつしゅうだん, himitsu shūdan/, やくざ /yakuza/, 黒手党 /こくしゅとう, kokushutō/ |
| Magadan {prop} (city in Siberia) | :: マガダン /Magadan/ |
| Magas {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: メガス /Magasu/ |
| magazine {n} (periodical) | :: 雑誌 /ざっし, zasshi/, マガジン /magajin/ |
| magazine {n} (ammunition storehouse) | :: 弾薬庫 /だんやくこ, dan'yakuko/ |
| magazine {n} (ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing) | :: 弾倉 /だんそう, dansō/ |
| mag book {n} (magazine book) | :: mook, ムック |
| Magdalene {prop} (biblical character) SEE: Mary Magdalene | :: |
| Magellan {prop} (surname) | :: マゼラン /Mazeran/ |
| magenta {n} (colour) | :: マジェンタ /majenta/, マゼンタ /mazenta/ |
| Maggie {prop} (female given name) | :: マギー /Magī/ |
| maggot {n} (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter) | :: 蛆 /うじ, uji/, ウジ /uji/ |
| Maghreb {prop} (region in Africa) | :: マグリブ /Maguribu/ |
| Magi {prop} (the wise men who gave gifts to Jesus) | :: 賢者 /けんじゃ, kenja/ |
| magic {n} (use of supernatural rituals, forces etc.) | :: 魔術 /まじゅつ, majutsu/, 魔法 /まほう, mahō/, マジック /majikku/ |
| magic {n} (illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural) | :: 手品 /てじな, tejina/ |
| magic {adj} | :: マジック |
| magic carpet {n} (a carpet capable of magical flight) | :: 魔法の絨毯 /まほうのじゅうたん, mahō no jūtan/ |
| magician {n} (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic) | :: 魔法使い /まほうつかい, mahō tsukai/, 魔術師 /まじゅつし, majutsushi/ |
| magic lantern {n} (early light projector) | :: 幻灯 /gentō/ |
| magic mushroom {n} (mushroom-like fungus that has psychedelic effects) | :: マジックマッシュルーム {m} /majikku masshurūmu/, 魔法のキノコ /mahō no kinoko/ |
| magic wand {n} (wand used to perform magic) | :: 魔法の杖 /まほうのつえ, mahō-no tsue/, 杖 /つえ, tsue/ |
| magic word {n} (word with magical effect) | :: 呪文 /じゅもん, jumon/, おまじない /omajinai/ |
| magistrate {n} (judicial officer) | :: 治安判事 /ちあんはんじ, chi'an-hanji/ |
| magma {n} (molten matter) | :: 岩漿 /がんしょう, ganshō/, マグマ /maguma/ |
| Magna Carta {prop} (charter granted by King John to the barons at Runnymede in 1215) | :: マグナ・カルタ /maguna karuta/ |
| Magna Graecia {prop} (Ancient Greek colonies in Italy and Sicily) | :: マグナ・グラエキア /Maguna Guraekia/ |
| magnality {n} (great or wonderful thing) SEE: miracle | :: |
| magnanimity {n} (The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul) | :: 寛大さ /かんだいさ, kandai-sa/ |
| magnanimous {adj} (noble and generous in spirit) | :: 寛大な /かんだいな, kandai-na/ |
| magnesia {n} (magnesium oxide) | :: 苦土 /くど, kudo/ |
| magnesium {n} (chemical element) | :: マグネシウム /maguneshiumu/, 苦土素 /kudoso/ |
| magnesium oxide {n} (white powder) | :: 苦土 /くど, kudo/ |
| magnet {n} (piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism) | :: 磁石 /じしゃく, jishaku/ |
| magnetic {adj} (of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism) | :: 磁気の /じきの, jiki no/ |
| magnetic {adj} (having the properties a magnet) | :: 磁気の /じきの, jiki no/ |
| magnetic {adj} (determined by earth's magnetic fields) | :: 磁気の /じきの, jiki no/ |
| magnetic {adj} (having an extraordinary ability to attract) | :: 引きつける /hikitsukeru/, 惹きつける /hikitsukeru/ |
| magnetic compass {n} (instrument) | :: 方位磁針 /hōijishin/ |
| magnetic field {n} (a field of magnetic force) | :: 磁場 /じば, jiba/, 磁界 /じかい, jikai/ |
| magnetic flux {n} (measure of the strength of a magnetic field in a given area) | :: 磁束 /jisoku/ |
| magnetic flux density {n} ((physics)) | :: 磁束密度 /jisoku mitsudo/ |
| magnetic pole {n} | :: 磁極 /jikyoku/ |
| magnetic tape {n} (acrylic tape used for recording data) | :: 磁気テープ /jiki tēpu/ |
| magnetism {n} (the property of being magnetic) | :: 磁気 /じき, jiki/, 磁性 /じせい, jisei/ |
| magnetization {n} (The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized) | :: 磁化 /jika/ |
| magnetoencephalography {n} (technique) | :: 脳磁図 /のうじず, nōjizu/ |
| magnetosphere {n} (region around a planet) | :: 磁気圏 /じきけん, jikiken/ |
| magnificent {adj} (grand, elegant or splendid in appearance) | :: 素晴しい /すばらしい, subarashii/ |
| magnify {v} (to make larger) | :: 拡大する /kakudai suru/, 大きくする /ōkiku suru/, 広げる /hirogeru/ |
| magnifying glass {n} (instrument) | :: 虫眼鏡 /むしめがね, mushimegane/, 拡大鏡 /かくだいきょう, kakudaikyō/, ルーペ /rūpe/ |
| Magnitogorsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: マグニトゴルスク /Magunitogorusuku/ |
| magnitude {n} (size, etc.) | :: 大きさ /おおきさ, ōkisa/ |
| magnitude {n} (number) | :: 大きさ /おおきさ, ōkisa/ |
| magnitude {n} (of a vector) | :: 大きさ /おおきさ, ōkisa/ |
| magnitude {n} (apparent brighness of a star) | :: 等級 /とうきゅう, tōkyū/ |
| magnitude {n} (energy of earthquake) | :: マグニチュード /magunichūdo/ |
| magnolia {n} (tree) | :: モクレン /mokuren/, 辛夷 /kobushi/ |
| magnum opus {n} (the greatest work of an author or artist) | :: 畢生の大作 /hissei no taisaku/ |
| magpie {n} (bird of genus Pica) | :: 鵲 /かささぎ, カササギ, kasasagi/ |
| magpie {n} (Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen) | :: カササギフエガラス /kasasagifuegarasu/ |
| magpie-goose {n} (Anseranas semipalmata) | :: ] /kasasagigan/ |
| maguari stork {n} (Ciconia maguari) | :: 燕尾鸛 /エンビコウ, enbikō/ |
| magus {n} (magician, mage) | :: 賢者 /けんじゃ, kenja/, マグス (magusu) |
| Magyar {adj} (Hungarian) SEE: Hungarian | :: |
| Maha Kassapa {prop} (disciple of Gautama Buddha) | :: 大迦葉 |
| maharaja {n} (a Hindu prince ranking above a raja) | :: マハラジャ /maharaja/, マハーラージャ /mahārāja/ |
| Maharashtra {prop} (state in western India) | :: マハラシュトラ州 /Maharashutora-shū/, マハラシュトラ /Maharashutora/ |
| Maharastra {prop} (Maharashtra) SEE: Maharashtra | :: |
| Mahayana {prop} (school of Buddhism) | :: 大乗 /だいじょう, daijō/, 大乗仏教 /Daijō Bukkyō/ |
| Mahilyow {prop} (Mogilev) SEE: Mogilev | :: |
| mahi-mahi {n} (large food and game fish) | :: 鱪 /しいら, shiira/, シイラ /shiira/ |
| mahjong {n} (game for four players) | :: 麻雀 /mājan/, 麻将 /マージャン, mājan/ |
| mahogany {n} (tropical tree) | :: マホガニー /mahoganī/ |
| mahogany {n} (wood) | :: マホガニー /mahoganī/ |
| mahoraga {prop} (deity) | :: 摩睺羅伽 |
| mahr {n} (a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures) | :: マフル /mafuru/ |
| mahua {n} (mahwa tree) SEE: mahwa tree | :: |
| mahwa tree {n} (Madhuca longifolia) | :: モワ /mowa/, マフア /mahua/, マーワ /māwa/ , イリッペ /irippe/ |
| maid {n} (young female) | :: 少女 /しょうじょ, shōjo/ |
| maid {n} (female servant or cleaner) | :: 女中 /じょちゅう, jochū/, メイド /meido/ |
| maid café {n} | :: メイド喫茶 /メイドきっさ, meido kissa/ |
| maiden {n} (unmarried young female) | :: 処女 /しょじょ, shojo/, 少女 /しょうじょ, shōjo/ |
| maiden {n} (female virgin) | :: 処女 /しょじょ, shojo/ |
| maiden {adj} (virgin) SEE: virgin | :: |
| maiden flight {n} (the first flight of an airplane) | :: 初飛行 /はつひこう, hatsuhikō/ |
| maiden name {n} (married woman's original last name) | :: 旧姓 /きゅうせい, kyūsei/ (previous name, old name), 旧名 /きゅうめい, kyūmei/ |
| maiden voyage {n} (first trip of a vessel) | :: 処女航海 /shojo kōkai/ |
| maidservant {n} (female servant, maid) | :: 仕え女 /つかえめ, tsukaeme/ |
| maieutics {n} (Socratic method) SEE: Socratic method | :: |
| maiko {n} (apprentice geisha) | :: 舞妓 /まいこ, maiko/ |
| mail {n} (postal delivery system) | :: 郵便 /ゆうびん, yūbin/ |
| mail {n} (parcels and letters) | :: 郵便 /ゆうびん, yūbin/ |
| mailbox {n} (box into which mail is put) | :: 郵便箱 /ゆうびんばこ, yūbinbako/, 郵便受け /ゆうびんうけ, yūbin'uke/, ポスト /posuto/ |
| mail carrier {n} (a person emplyed to deliver mail) | :: 郵便配達員 /yūbin haitatsuin/, 郵便配達人 /yūbin haitatsunin/ |
| maillechort {n} (nickel silver) SEE: nickel silver | :: |
| mailman {n} (post office employee) | :: 郵便集配人 /ゆうびんしゅうはいにん, yūbin shūhainin/, 郵便配達人 /ゆうびんはいたつにん, yūbin haitatsunin/, 郵便配達員 /yūbin haitatsuin/ |
| mailperson {n} (a letter carrier) | :: 郵便配達員 /yūbin haitatsuin/, 郵便配達人 /yūbin haitatsunin/ |
| mailplane {n} (aircraft that delivers mail) | :: 郵便機 /ゆうびんき, yūbin-ki/ |
| maim {v} (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body) | :: 不具にする /ふぐにする, fugu-ni suru/ |
| main {adj} (chief, most important, or principal in extent, etc.) | :: 主要な /しゅような, shuyōna/, 主な /おもな, omo na/, 主 /しゅ, shu/ |
| main {n} (mainland) SEE: mainland | :: |
| Main {prop} (river in southern Germany) | :: マイン川 /Main gawa/ |
| main clause {n} (grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically) | :: 主文 /しゅぶん, jūbun/, 主節 /しゅせつ, shusetsu/ |
| main course {n} (main dish of a meal) | :: メインコース /mein kōsu/ |
| main diagonal {n} (diagonal line of a matrix) | :: 主対角 /shutaikaku/ |
| Maine {prop} (US State) | :: メイン州 /Mein-shū/ |
| mainland {n} (the main landmass of a country or continent) | :: 本土 /ほんど, hondo/, 内地 /ないち, naichi/, 大陸 /たいりく, tairiku/ |
| mainland China {prop} (area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) | :: 中国大陸 /ちゅうごくたいりく, Chūgoku tairiku/ |
| mainlander {n} (someone who lives on the mainland) | :: 本土人 /ほんどじん, hondojin/ |
| mainly {adv} (chiefly; for the most part) | :: おもに /omo ni/, 主に /おもに, omo ni/ |
| mainmast {n} (mainmast) | :: メインマスト /meinmasuto/ |
| mainspring {n} (the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism) | :: ぜんまいばね |
| mainstream {adj} (used or accepted broadly; common, usual or conventional) | :: 主流 /shuryū/ |
| mainstream {n} (that which is common) | :: 主流 /しゅりゅう, shuryū/ |
| maintain {v} (to maintain, to consider) SEE: hold | :: |
| maintain {v} (to keep up) | :: 保つ /tamotsu/, 維持する /iji suru/ |
| maintainability {n} (ease with which something can be maintained) | :: 保守性 /hoshusei/, 保全性 /hozensei/ |
| maintenance {n} (keeping a machine or system in service) | :: 保守 /hoshu/, 維持 /iji/ |
| maintenance {n} (legal: payment made to a spouse after a divorce) SEE: alimony | :: |
| main verb {n} (verb in a clause with the highest semantic content) | :: 本動詞 /hondōshi/, 主動詞 /shudōshi/ |
| Mainz {prop} (the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate) | :: マインツ /Maintsu/, マイエンス /Maiensu/ |
| maitake {n} (Grifola frondosa) | :: 舞茸 /まいたけ, maitake/ |
| maize {n} (corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays) | :: トウモロコシ /tōmorokoshi/, コーン /kōn/ |
| majestic {adj} (having splendor or royalty) | :: 荘厳 /そうごん sōgon/な, 威厳 /いげん, igen/がある |
| majestical {adj} (majestic) SEE: majestic | :: |
| majesty {n} (the quality of being impressive and great) | :: 凛々しさ /りりしさ, ririshisa/, 壮大さ /そうだいさ, soudaisa/ |
| Majesty {pron} (term of address for royalty and imperiality) | :: 陛下 /へいか, heika/ |
| majiang {n} (mahjong) SEE: mahjong | :: |
| major {n} (military rank) | :: 少佐 /しょうさ, shōsa/, 少領 /しょうりょう, shōryō/ |
| major {n} (the main area of study) | :: 専攻 /せんこう, senkō/ |
| major {v} (to concentrate on a particular area of study) | :: 専攻する /せんこうする, senkō suru/ |
| major arcana {n} (Tarot cards) | :: 大アルカナ /dai arukana/ |
| major axis {n} (longest diameter of an ellipse) | :: 長軸 /ちょうじく, chōjiku/ |
| Majorca {prop} (island) | :: マジョルカ島 /Majoruka-tō/, マヨルカ島 /Mayoruka-tō/ |
| majority {n} (more than half) | :: 多数 /たすう, tasū/ |
| major key {n} (music: a musical key based upon a major scale) | :: 長調 /ちょうちょう, chōchō/ |
| major third {n} (interval of four semitones) | :: 長三度 /chōsando/ |
| Majuro {prop} (city) | :: マジュロ /Majuro/ |
| majuscule {n} (upper-case letter) SEE: capital letter | :: |
| Makassar {prop} (city in Indonesia) | :: マカッサル /Makassaru/ |
| make {v} (to construct) | :: 作る /つくる, tsukuru/, 建設する /けんせつする, kensetsu suru/ |
| make {v} (to produce) | :: 作る /つくる, tsukuru/, 生産する /せいさんする, seisan suru/ , 製造する /せいぞうする, seizō suru/ |
| make {v} (to create) | :: 創る /つくる, tsukuru/, 創造する /そうぞうする, sōzō suru/ |
| make {v} (to constitute) | :: 構成する /こうせいする, kōsei suru/ |
| make {v} (to interpret) | :: 解釈する /kaishaku suru/ |
| make {v} (to bring into success) | :: 成す /なす, nasu/, 成し遂げる /なしとげる, nashitogeru/ |
| make {v} (to cause to be) | :: 原因になる /gen'in ni naru/, させる /saseru/ |
| make {v} (to cause to do) | :: 引き起こす /ひきおこす, hikiokosu/ |
| make {v} (to force to do) | :: させる /saseru/, 強制する /kyōsei suru/ |
| make {v} (to indicate or suggest to be) | :: 推測させる /suisoku saseru/ |
| make {v} | :: 作る /tsukuru/ |
| make {n} (brand) | :: メーク /mēku/, 銘柄 /めいがら, meigara/, 製 /せい, sei/ |
| make a joke of {v} (make light of) SEE: make light of | :: |
| make a living {v} (earn enough income) | :: 生計を立てる /せいけいをたてる, seikei o tateru/, 食べていく /tabete iku/, 暮らしを立てる |
| make a mistake {v} (to err) | :: 間違える /machigaeru/ |
| make a name for oneself {v} (to gain fame) | :: 一旗揚げる /ひとはたあげる, hito hata ageru/ |
| make an effort {v} (to try; to work towards a goal) | :: 努力する /どりょくする, doryoku suru/ |
| make an exhibition of oneself {v} (to embarrass oneself in public) | :: 恥をさらす /はじをさらす, haji o sarasu/ |
| make do {v} (to get by (with)) | :: 間に合わせる /まにあわせる, maniawaseru/, やりくりする /yarikuri suru/ |
| make friends {v} (to create friendships) | :: 友達になる /ともだちになる, tomodachi ni naru/, 味方になる /みかたになる, mikata ni naru/ |
| make friends {v} (to befriend, to become closer) | :: 仲よくなる /なかよくなる, nakayoku naru/, 親しむ /したしむ, shitashimu/ |
| make fun of {v} (tease, ridicule) | :: からかう /karakau/, バカにする /baka ni suru/ |
| make haste {v} (to rush) | :: 急ぐ /いそぐ, isogu/ |
| make hay while the sun shines {v} (act while an opportunity exists) | :: 善は急げ /ぜんはいそげ, zen wa isoge/ |
| make it {v} (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) | :: 間に合う /まにあう, maniau/ |
| make-koshi {n} (majority of losses in a honbasho) | :: 負け越し /makekoshi/ |
| make light of {v} (regard without due seriousness) | :: 侮る /anadoru/, 舐める /nameru/ |
| make love {v} (to engage in sexual intercourse, see also: copulate) | :: はめ倒す /はめたおす, hametaosu/, 嵌める /はめる, hameru/ |
| make one's bed and lie in it {v} (to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences) | :: 自業自得 /じごうじとく, jigōjitouku/ |
| make oneself at home {v} (make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home) | :: くつろぐ /kutsurogu/, ごゆっくりする /go-yukkuri suru/ |
| makeover {n} (a major change in use or appearance) | :: 変身 (へんしん, henshin) |
| maker {n} (one who makes) | :: メーカー /mēkā/ |
| make sense {v} (be coherent) | :: 意味する /いみする, imi-surú/, 意味が通る /いみがとおる, imi-ga tōru/ |
| make sense {v} (decipher, understand) | :: 納得する /なっとくする, nattoku-surú/ |
| make the bed {v} (arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly) | :: 布団を敷く /ふとんをしく, futon o shiku/, ベッドを整える /beddo o totonoeru/ |
| makeup {n} (cosmetics) | :: 化粧 /けしょう, keshō/, メイク /meiku/, メイクアップ /meikuappu/ |
| make up one's mind {v} (to decide, to reach a conclusion) | :: 解決する /かいけつする, kaiketsu-suru/ |
| make yourself at home {phrase} | :: お楽にして下さい /おらくにしてください, o-raku ni shite kudasai/, どうぞ気楽にして下さい /どうぞきらくにして下さい, dōzo kiraku ni shite kudasai/, どうぞ、ご遠慮なく /どうぞ、ごえんりょなく, dōzo go-enryo naku/, お寛ぎ下さい /おくつろぎください, o-kutsurogi kudasai/ |
| makgeolli {n} (a Korean alcoholic drink) | :: マッコリ /makkori/, マッカリ /makkari/, マッコルリ /makkoruri/ |
| Makhachkala {prop} (capital of Dagestan, Russia) | :: マハチカラ /Mahachikara/ |
| makhorka {n} (Nicotiana rustica) | :: マホルカ /mahoruka/, ルスティカタバコ /rusutika tabako/ |
| making-of {n} (a video featuring behind-the-scenes footage) | :: メイキング映像 /meikingu eizō/ |
| Makira {prop} (An island of the Solomon Islands) | :: マキラ島 /Makira-tō/ |
| makuuchi {n} (Highest division of sumo wrestling) | :: 幕内 /makuuchi/ |
| Malé {prop} (capital of the Maldives) | :: マレ /Mare/ |
| Malabo {prop} (capital of Equatorial Guinea) | :: マラボ /Marabo/ |
| Malabon {prop} (city) | :: マラボン |
| Malacca {prop} (state in Malaysia) | :: マラッカ /Marakka/ |
| Malachi {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: マラキ書 /Maraki sho/ |
| Malachi {prop} (minor prophet) | :: マラキ /Maraki/ |
| Malachi {prop} (male given name) | :: マラキ /Maraki/ |
| malachite {n} (mineral) | :: 孔雀石 /くじゃくせき, kujakuseki/, くじゃく石 /くじゃくせき, kujakuseki/ |
| malacology {n} (study of molluscs) | :: 軟体動物学 /なんたいどうぶつがく, nantaidōbutsugaku/ |
| Malagasy {n} (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language) | :: マダガスカル語 /Madagasukaru-go/, マラガシ語 /Maragashi-go/ |
| malaise {n} (bodily feeling) | :: 不快 /ふかい, fukai/ |
| malaise {n} (ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression) | :: 不快 /ふかい, fukai/, 不安 /ふあん, fuan/ |
| Malakal {prop} (city in South Sudan) | :: マラカル /Marakaru/ |
| malapropism {n} (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression) | :: 言い間違い /iimachigai/ |
| malar {n} (cheekbone) SEE: cheekbone | :: |
| malar bone {n} (cheekbone) SEE: cheekbone | :: |
| malaria {n} (disease) | :: マラリア /mararia/ |
| malate {n} (salt or ester of malic acid) | :: 林檎酸塩 /ringosan'en/ |
| Malawi {prop} (Republic of Malawi) | :: マラウイ /Maraui/ |
| Malay {n} (the Malay language) | :: マレー語 /marēgo/ |
| Malayalam {n} (language) | :: マラヤーラム語 /Marayāramu-go/ |
| Malayan night heron {n} (Gorsachius melanolophus) | :: 頭黒溝五位 /ズグロミゾゴイ, zuguromizogoi/ |
| Malaysia {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: マレーシア /Marēshia/ |
| Malaysian {prop} (Malay) SEE: Malay | :: |
| Malaysian {n} (a native of Malaysia) | :: マレーシア人 /Marēshia-jin/ |
| Maldives {prop} (country in South Asia) | :: モルディブ /Morudibu/, モルジブ /Morujibu/ |
| Maldivian {n} (language) SEE: Dhivehi | :: |
| male {adj} (grammatically masculine) SEE: masculine | :: |
| male {adj} | :: 雄 |
| male {n} (human of masculine sex or gender) | :: 男性 /だんせい/ |
| male {n} (animal of masculine sex) | :: 雄 /おす, osu/, 牡 /おす, osu/ |
| male chauvinism {n} (belief in the innate superiority of men over women) | :: 男尊女卑 /だんそんじょひ, dansonjohi/ |
| male chauvinist {n} (A male advocate of male chauvinism) | :: 男性優位論者 /だんせいゆういろんしゃ, danseiyūironsha/ |
| male circumcision {n} (removal of the foreskin) | :: 割礼 /katsurei/ |
| maledict {v} (curse) SEE: curse | :: |
| maledict {v} (berate) SEE: berate | :: |
| malediction {n} (curse) SEE: curse | :: |
| malevolent {adj} (having an evil or harmful influence) | :: marefikku /マレフィック/ |
| malfunction {n} (faulty functioning) | :: 故障 /こしょう, koshō/ |
| Mali {prop} (a country in Western Africa) | :: マリ /Mari/ |
| Malian {n} (A person from Mali or of Malian descent) | :: マリ人 /Mari-jin/ |
| malic acid {n} (the organic acid) | :: リンゴ酸 /ringo-san/, 林檎酸 /ringo-san/ |
| malice {n} (intention to harm) | :: 悪意 /あくい, akui/, 毒気 /dokuke, dokke/ |
| malicious {adj} (Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) | :: 悪意のある /あくいのある, akui no aru/ |
| malinger {v} (to feign illness) | :: 仮病を使う /kebyō o tsukau/ |
| malkin {n} (cat) SEE: cat | :: |
| mall {n} (enclosed shopping centre) | :: モール /mōru/, ショッピングセンター /shoppingusentā/ |
| mallard {n} (a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos) | :: 真鴨 /magamo/ |
| malleolus {n} (bony prominence in ankle joint) | :: 踝 /くるぶし, kurubushi/ |
| mallet {n} (small maul) | :: 木槌 /きづち, kidzuchi/ |
| malleus {n} (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear) | :: 槌骨 /つちこつ, tsuchikotsu/ |
| Malmö {prop} (city in Sweden) | :: マルメ /Marume/ |
| malnutrition {n} (lack of adequate nourishment) | :: 栄養失調 /えいようしっちょう, eiyō shitchō/ |
| malt {n} (sprouted grain used in brewing) | :: 麦芽 /ばくが, bakuga/ |
| Malta {prop} (republic) | :: マルタ /Maruta/ |
| Malta {prop} (island) | :: マルタ /Maruta/, マルタ島 /マルタとう, Maruta tō/ |
| Maltese {n} (inhabitant of Malta) | :: マルタ人 /Maruta-jin/ |
| Maltese {n} (language of Malta) | :: マルタ語 /Maruta-go/ |
| Maltese {adj} (pertaining to Malta or its language) | :: マルタの /Maruta no/ |
| maltose {n} (the disaccharide C12H22O11) | :: 麦芽糖 /ばくがとう, bakugatō/, マルトース /marutōsu/ |
| maltreat {v} (treat badly) | :: 虐げる /shiitageru/, 差別する /sabetsu suru/, 冷遇する /reigū suru/ |
| maltreatment {n} (cruel or harmful treatment) | :: 虐待 /gyakutai/, 差別 /sabetsu/, 冷遇 /reigū/ |
| malware {n} (software developed to cause harm to a computer system) | :: マルウェア /maruwea/, 悪意のソフトウェア /akui no sofutowea/, 不正ソフトウェア /fusei sofutowea/, 有害なソフトウェア /yūgai na sofutowea/ |
| mama {n} (mother) SEE: mother | :: |
| mama {n} (mum) SEE: mum | :: |
| mama's boy {n} (momma's boy) SEE: momma's boy | :: |
| mambo {n} (Latin American music genre) | :: マンボ /manbo/ |
| Mamiku {prop} (A Saint Lucian town) | :: マミク /Mamiku/ |
| mamma {n} (mother) SEE: mother | :: |
| mamma {n} (mum) SEE: mum | :: |
| mammal {n} (animal of the class Mammalia) | :: 哺乳類 /ほにゅうるい, honyūrui/ |
| mammalian {n} (any mammal) SEE: mammal | :: |
| mammary gland {n} (milk-secreting gland) | :: 乳腺 /にゅうせん, nyūsen/ |
| mammography {n} (X-ray examination of the breasts) | :: マンモグラフィー /manmogurafī/ |
| mammoth {n} (elephant-like mammal) | :: マンモス /manmosu/ |
| mamzer {n} (person of illegitimate birth) | :: マムゼール |
| man {n} (adult male human) | :: 男性 /だんせい, dansei/, 男の人 /おとこのひと, otoko no hito/, 男 /おとこ, otoko/ |
| man {n} (human) | :: 人 /ひと, hito/, 人間 /にんげん, ningen/, 人類 /じんるい, jinrui/ |
| man {n} (piece in board games) | :: いし /ishi/, こま /koma/ |
| man {v} (to supply with staff or crew) | :: 乗り組ませる /norikumaseru/ |
| man {v} (to take up position in order to operate something) | :: 割り当てる /wariateru/, 据える /sueru/ |
| Man {prop} (genus Homo) | :: ヒト /hito/, 人間 /ningen/ |
| manacle {n} (shackle for the wrist) | :: 手錠 /てじょう, tejō/ |
| manage {v} (to direct or be in charge) | :: 管理する /かんりする, kanri suru/ |
| management {n} (administration; the process or practice of managing) | :: 管理 /かんり, kanri/ |
| manager {n} (person whose job is to manage something) | :: 支配人 /しはいにん, shihainin/, 経営者 /けいえいしゃ, keieisha/, マネージャー /manējā/, 管理者 /かんりしゃ, kanrisha/ |
| managing director {n} (the chief executive of a limited company) | :: 常務 /じょうむ, jōmu/, 上司 /じょうし, jōshi/ |
| Managua {prop} (capital of Nicaragua) | :: マナグア /Managua/ |
| Manama {prop} (the capital city of Bahrain) | :: マナーマ /Manāma/ |
| man and wife {n} (opposite-sex married couple) SEE: husband and wife | :: |
| manatee {n} (any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae) | :: マナティー /manatī/ |
| Manchester {prop} (major city in the north-west of England) | :: マンチェスター /Manchesutā/ |
| Manchu {n} (member of the people) | :: 満州人 /まんしゅうじん, manshūjin/ |
| Manchu {prop} (language) | :: 満州語 /まんしゅうご, manshūgo/ |
| Manchukuo {prop} (former puppet state of Imperial Japan) | :: 満州国 /まんしゅうこく, Manshūkoku/; 大満州帝国 /だいまんしゅうていこく, Dai Manshū Teikoku/ |
| Manchuria {prop} (historical region in Northeast Asia) | :: 満州 /まんしゅう, Manshū/, 関東 /かんとう, Kantō/ |
| mandala {n} (Hindu design) | :: 曼荼羅 (まんだら, mandara), 曼拏羅, 曼陀羅 |
| mandarin {n} (fruit) SEE: mandarin orange | :: |
| mandarin {n} (tree) SEE: mandarin orange | :: |
| mandarin {n} (mandarin duck) SEE: mandarin duck | :: |
| Mandarin {n} (Standard Mandarin, see also: Chinese) | :: 北京語 /ぺきんご, Pekin-go/ , 普通話 /ふつうわ, Futsūwa/, 国語 /こくご, Kokugo/, 華語 /かご, Kago/, 北京官話 /ペキンかんわ, Pekin-kanwa/, 標準中国語 /ひょうじゅんちゅうごくご, hyōjun Chūgokugo/ |
| mandarin collar {n} (Short unfolded stand-up collar on a shirt or jacket.) | :: 立襟 /tachieri/ |
| mandarin duck {n} (bird) | :: 鴛鴦 /oshidori/ |
| mandarin orange {n} (fruit) | :: みかん /mikan/, ミカン /mikan/, 蜜柑 /みかん, mikan/ |
| mandate {n} (official command) | :: 委任 /いにん, inin/, 指図 /さしず, sashizu/ |
| Mandate of Heaven {n} (any such mandate or blessing) | :: 天命 /てんめい, tenmei/ |
| mandatory {adj} (obligatory) | :: 強制的な /きょうせいてきな, kyōseiteki-na/ |
| man-day {n} (one person's working time) | :: 人工 /ninku/, 人日 /ninnichi/ |
| Mandela {prop} (surname) | :: マンデラ /Mandera/ |
| mandolin {n} (musical instrument) | :: マンドリン /mandorin/ |
| Mandopop {n} (Mandarin pop music) | :: 中華ポップ /Chūka-poppu/, 中華ポップス /Chūka-poppusu/, マンドポップ /mandopoppu/ |
| mandrake {n} (botany) | :: マンドラゴラ /mandoragora/ |
| mandrill {n} (Mandrillus sphinx) | :: マンドリル /mandoriru/ |
| mandu {n} (a dumpling in Korean cuisine) | :: マンドゥ /mandu/ |
| mane {n} (longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse) | :: 鬣 /たてがみ, tategami/ |
| mane {n} (longer hair growth around head of male lions) | :: 鬣 /たてがみ, tategami/ |
| maned wolf {n} (Chrysocyon brachyurus) | :: タテガミオオカミ /tategami ōkami/ |
| manga {n} (comic originated in Japan) | :: 漫画 /まんが, manga/, マンガ /manga/ |
| manga {n} (comic done in Japanese style) | :: 漫画 /まんが, manga/, マンガ /manga/, コミック /komikku/, コミックス /komikkusu/ |
| mangaka {n} (a professional manga or anime artist) | :: 漫画家 /まんがか, mangaka/ |
| Mangalore {prop} (city in western India) | :: マンガロール /Mangarōru/ |
| manganese {n} (chemical element) | :: マンガン /mangan/, 満俺 /mangan/ |
| mangelwurzel {n} (root vegetable) | :: マンゲルヴルツェル /mangeruvurutseru/ |
| mango {n} (tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica) | :: マンゴー /mangō/ |
| mango {n} (fruit) | :: マンゴー /mangō/ |
| mango ginger {n} (Curcuma amada) | :: マンゴージンジャー /mangō jinjā/ |
| mango juice {n} (juice) | :: マンゴージュース /mangoo juusu/ |
| mangold {n} (mangelwurzel) SEE: mangelwurzel | :: |
| mangosteen {n} (fruit) | :: マンゴスチン /mangosuchin/ |
| mangrove {n} (tropical tree or shrub that grows in shallow water) | :: マングローブ /mangurōbu/ |
| mangrove {n} (plant of the Rhizophoraceae family) | :: ヒルギ /hirugi/ |
| manhattan {n} (cocktail) SEE: Manhattan | :: |
| Manhattan {prop} (borough) | :: マンハッタン /Manhattan/ |
| manhole {n} (a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations) | :: マンホール /manhōru/, 人孔 /じんこう, jinkō/ |
| Mani {prop} (founder of Manichaeism) | :: マニ {m} /Mani/ |
| mania {n} (violent derangement) | :: 躁病 /そうびょう, sōbyō/ |
| manic depression {n} (bipolar disorder) | :: 躁鬱病 /そううつびょう, sōutsubyō/ |
| manicure {n} (cosmetic treatment for the fingernails) | :: マニキュア /manikyua/ |
| manifest {adj} (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) | :: 明らかな /akiraka-na/ |
| manifest {adj} (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) | :: 明白な /meihaku-na/ |
| manifest {n} (list of passengers or goods) | :: 積荷目録 /tsumini-mokuroku/ |
| manifest {n} (obsolete: public declaration) | :: 宣言 /sengen/ |
| manifest {v} (to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) | :: 表明する /hyōmei-suru/ |
| manifestation {n} (the act or process of becoming manifest) | :: 明示 /めいじ, meiji/ |
| manifesto {n} (public declaration) | :: 檄 /げき, geki/, 檄文 /げきぶん, gekibun/, マニフェスト /manifesuto/, 宣言 /せんげん, sengen/ |
| manifold {n} (locally Euclidean space) | :: 多様体 /tayōtai/ |
| manifold {n} (omasum) SEE: omasum | :: |
| Manila {prop} (capital of the Philippines) | :: マニラ /Manira/ |
| maniple {n} (division of the Roman army) | :: マニプルス |
| manipulative {adj} (describing a person who manipulates others) | :: 操作的 /sousateki/ |
| Manipur {prop} (Manipur, India) | :: マニプル州 /Manipuru-shū/, マニプル /Manipuru/ |
| Manitoba {prop} (Province in western Canada) | :: マニトバ /Manitoba/ |
| manitou {n} (A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians) | :: マニトゥ /manitu/ |
| mankind {n} (human race) | :: 人類 /jinrui/ |
| manly {adj} (having the characteristics of a man) | :: 男らしい /おとこらしい, otokorashii/ |
| man-made {adj} (created by a human) | :: 人工 /じんこう, jinkō/ |
| man-month {n} (amount of work) | :: 人月 /ningetsu/ |
| manna {n} (food) | :: マンナ /manna/ |
| manned {adj} (operated by a person) | :: 有人 /yūjin/ |
| mannequin {n} (model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes) | :: マネキン人形 /マネキンにんぎょう, manekin ningyō/ |
| mannequin {n} (a person who models clothes) | :: モデル /moderu/ |
| manner {n} (way of performing or effecting; method or style) | :: やり方 /やりかた, yarikata/ |
| manner {n} (characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing) | :: マナー /manā/ |
| manners {n} (etiquette) | :: 礼儀 /れいぎ, reigi/, 礼儀作法 /れいぎさほう, reigi sahō/ |
| manoeuvrability {n} (quality of being manoeuvrable) | :: 機動性 /きどうせい, kidousei/ |
| man of letters {n} (a literary man) | :: 文学者 /ぶんがくしゃ, bungakusha/ |
| man of the world {n} (worldly man) | :: 粋人 /すいじん, suijin/ |
| man-of-war {n} (armed naval vessel) | :: 軍艦 /ぐんかん, gunkan/, 戦艦 /せんかん, senkan/ |
| man-of-war {n} | :: 鰹の烏帽子 /かつおのえぼし, katsuo no eboshi/, マノウォー /manouō/ |
| man-of-war {n} (cnidarian) SEE: Portuguese man-of-war | :: |
| manometer {n} (instrument to measure pressure) | :: 圧力計 /あつりょくけい, atsuryokukei/ |
| manor {n} (landed estate) | :: 荘園 /しょうえん, shōen/ |
| mansion {n} (large house or building) | :: 大邸宅 /だいていたく, daiteitaku/, 豪邸 /ごうてい, gōtei/ |
| manslaughter {n} (act of killing unlawfully) | :: 故殺 /こさつ, kosatsu; voluntary/; 過失致死 /かしつちし, kashitsuchishi; involuntary/, 過失致死罪 /かしつちしざい, kashitsuchishizai/, |
| mansplaining {n} | :: マンスプレイニング /mansupureiningu/ |
| manspreading {n} (practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport) | :: マンスプレッディング, 大股開き /ōmatabiraki/, 大股座り /ōmata suwari/ |
| manta ray {n} (any of several very large pelagic rays) | :: 鬼糸巻鱝, 鬼糸巻鱏 /オニイトマキエイ, oniitomakiei/ |
| mantelpiece {n} (shelf) | :: 炉棚 /ろだな, rodana/, マントルピース /mantorupīsu/ |
| manti {n} (type of dumpling) | :: マンティ /manti/ |
| manticore {n} (mythical creature) | :: マンティコア /mantikoa/ |
| mantis {n} (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea) | :: 螳螂, 蟷螂 /かまきり, カマキリ, kamakiri, とうろう, tōrō/ |
| mantis shrimp {n} (stomatopod) | :: 蝦蛄 /シャコ, shako/ |
| mantle {n} (clothing like an open robe or cloak) | :: マント /manto/, マントル /mantoru/ |
| mantou {n} (Chinese steamed bun) | :: マントウ /mantou/, 饅頭 /まんじゅう, manjū/ |
| mantra {n} (the hymn portions of the Vedas) | :: マントラ /mantora/ |
| manual {n} (handbook or booklet that instructs) | :: 手引き /てびき, tebiki/, 説明書 /せつめいしょ, setsumeisho/, マニュアル /manyuaru/ |
| manual {n} (manual transmission) | :: マニュアル /manyuaru/ |
| manual {adj} (performed with the hands) | :: 手動 /しゅどう, shudō/ |
| manual labor {n} (physical work) | :: 肉体労働 /にくたいろうどう, nikutai rōdō/ |
| manufacture {v} (to make things) | :: 製造する /せいぞうする, seizō suru/ |
| manufacture {v} (to produce goods) | :: 生産する /せいさんする, seisan suru/ |
| manufacture {v} (to create false evidences) | :: 捏造する /ねつぞうする, netsuzō suru/, でっちあげる /detchiageru/ |
| manufacturer {n} (one who manufactures) | :: メーカー /mēkā/, 製造業者 /せいぞうぎょうしゃ, seizōgyōsha/ |
| manul {n} (Otocolobus manul) | :: マヌルネコ /manuru-neko/ |
| manure {n} (excrement) | :: 肥 /こえ, koe/, 肥料 /ひりょう, hiryō/ |
| manus {n} (hand) SEE: hand | :: |
| manuscript {adj} (handwritten, or by extension typewritten) | :: 手書きの /てがきの, tegaki no/ |
| manuscript {n} (book, composition or any other document, written by hand) | :: 手書き原稿 /てがきげんこう, tegaki-genkō/, 写本 /しゃほん, shahon/, 手写本 /しゅしゃぼん, shushabon/, マニュスクリプト /manyusukuriputo/ |
| manuscript {n} (book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication) | :: 原稿 /げんこう, genkō/, 草稿 /そうこう, sōkō/, 稿本 /こうほん, kōhon/, 稿 /こう, kō/, 記録 /きろく, kiroku/ |
| manwhore {n} (a man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute) | :: 男娼 /だんしょう, danshō/ |
| Manx cat {n} (mammal) | :: マンクス /mankusu/ |
| many {determiner} (an indefinite large number of) | :: 多くの /おおくの, ōkuno/, 多い /おおい, ōi/, 沢山 /たくさん, takusan/ |
| many a mickle makes a muckle {proverb} (lot of small amounts together become a large amount) | :: 塵も積もれば山となる /ちりもつもればやまとなる, chiri-mo tsumoreba yama-to naru/ |
| man-year {n} (one person's working time) | :: 人年 /ninnen/ |
| man'yōgana {n} (predecessor of hiragana and katakana) | :: 万葉仮名 /まんようがな, man'yōgana/ |
| manyplies {n} (omasum) SEE: omasum | :: |
| many thanks {interj} (many thanks) | :: どうもありがとう /dōmo arigatō/, どうもありがとうございます /dōmo arigatō gozaimasu/ |
| Manzhouli {prop} (a city of China) | :: 満州里 /まんしゅうり, Manshūri/ |
| Mao {prop} (Mao: the Chinese surname) | :: 毛 /もう, Mō/ |
| Maoism {n} (philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong) | :: 毛沢東思想 /もうたくとうしそう, Mō Takutō shisō/, 毛主義 /もうしゅぎ, Mō-shugi/, 毛沢東主義 /もうたくとうしゅぎ, Mō Takutō shugi/ |
| Maoist {adj} (of Maoism) | :: 毛沢東主義の /Mō Takutō shugi no/ |
| Maoist {n} (Maoist advocate) | :: 毛沢東主義者 /Mō Takutō shugisha/ |
| Maori {n} (indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand) | :: マオリ人 /Maori-jin/ |
| Maori {n} (language of the Māori) | :: マオリ語 /Maori-go/ |
| map {n} (visual representation of an area) | :: 地図 /ちず, chizu/ |
| maple {n} (tree of the Acer genus) | :: かえで /kaede/, 楓 /kaede/ |
| maple sugar {n} (type of sugar made from boiled maple sap) | :: 楓糖 /ふうとう, fūtō/ |
| maple syrup {n} (syrup made from the sap of the sugar maple) | :: メープルシロップ /mēpuru shiroppu/ |
| mapo doufu {n} (Chinese dish from Sichuan) | :: 麻婆豆腐 /mābō dōfu/ |
| Maputo {prop} (capital of Mozambique) | :: マプト /Maputo/ |
| maqam {n} (modal structure) | :: マカーム |
| mar {v} (to spoil, to damage) | :: 台無しにする /だいなしにする, dainashi ni suru/, 傷める /いためる, itameru/ |
| mara {n} (Buddhism: god preventing accomplishment or success) | :: 魔羅 /mara/ |
| mara {n} (Buddhism: a malicious or evil spirit) | :: 魔羅 /mara/ |
| Maracanaço {prop} (final match in the 1950 FIFA World Cup) | :: マラカナンの悲劇 /マラカナンのひげき, Marakanan no higeki/, マラカナッソ /Marakanasso/ |
| marasmus {n} (wasting disease) | :: マラスムス /marasumasu/ |
| Marathi {n} (language of Maharashtra) | :: マラーティー語 /Marātī-go/ |
| marathon {n} (road race) | :: マラソン /marason/ |
| Marathon {prop} (town in Greece) | :: マラトーン /maratōn/, マラトン /maraton/ |
| maraud {v} (transitive: to raid and pillage) | :: 略奪する /りゃくだつする, ryakudatsu suru/ |
| marauder {n} (one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder) | :: 略奪者 /りゃくだつしゃ, ryakudatsusha/ |
| marble {n} (crystalline limestone) | :: 大理石 /だいりせき, dairiseki/, マーブル /māburu/ |
| marble {n} (spherical ball) | :: ビー玉 /bī-dama/ |
| marble cake {n} (cake with two or more colours) | :: マーブルケーキ /māburu kēki/ |
| marcassin {n} (young wild boar) | :: うりぼう /uribō/ |
| march {n} (formal, rhythmic way of walking) | :: 行進 /kōshin/ |
| march {n} (song in the genre of music written for marching) | :: 行進曲 /kōshinkyoku/ |
| march {v} (walk with long, regular strides) | :: 行軍する /こうぐんする, kōgun-suru/ |
| March {prop} (third month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: 三月 /さんがつ, sangatsu/, 弥生 /やよい, yayoi/ |
| March break {n} (vacation during March) SEE: spring break | :: |
| Marche {prop} (region of central Italy) | :: マルケ州 /マルケしゅう, Maruke shū/, マルケ /Maruke/ |
| marchioness {n} (wife of a marquess) | :: 侯爵夫人 /こうしゃくふじん, kōshaku fujin/ |
| mare {n} (female horse) | :: 牝馬 /ひんば, hinba/ |
| mare's milk {n} (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of a mare) | :: 馬乳 /ばにゅう, banyū/ |
| Margaret {prop} (female given name) | :: マーガレット /Māgaretto/ |
| margarine {n} (spread) | :: マーガリン /māgarin/ |
| margarita {n} (cocktail with tequila, orange liqueur, and lime) | :: マルガリータ /marugarīta/ |
| margay {n} (Leopardus wiedii) | :: マーゲイ /margay/ |
| marginal {adj} (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge) | :: 隅の /sumi no/, 辺境の /henkyō no/ |
| marginal {adj} (geographically adjacent) | :: 辺境の /henkyō no/ |
| marginal {adj} (written in the margin of a book) | :: 隅の /sumi no/ |
| marginal {adj} (at the lower extent of a standard) | :: ぎりぎりの /girigiri no/ |
| marginalize {v} (relegate something to margins or to a lower limit) | :: 疎外する /sogai suru/ |
| margrave {n} (military officer in charge of German border area) | :: 辺境伯 /henkyouhaku/ |
| Marian {prop} (Female given name) | :: マリアン /Marian/ |
| Marie {prop} (female given name) SEE: Mary | :: |
| marigold {n} (Calendula) | :: 金盞花 /kinsenka/, キンセンカ /kinsenka/ |
| marigold {n} (Tagetes) | :: マリーゴールド /marīgōrudo/ |
| marijuana {n} (the drug) | :: マリワナ /mariwana/, マリファナ /marifana/, ガンジャ /gānjya/ |
| Marilyn Monroe {n} | :: マリリン・モンロー /Maririn Monrō/ |
| marimba {n} (musical instrument) | :: マリンバ /marinba/ |
| Marina {prop} (female given name) | :: マリナ /marina/, まりな /marina/, 満里奈 /marina/ |
| marinade {v} (marinate) SEE: marinate | :: |
| marinade {n} (liquid mixture) | :: マリネード /marinēdo/, マリネ /marine/ |
| marinate {v} (soak in marinade) | :: マリネにする /marine-ni suru/ |
| Marine {n} (serviceperson belonging to a marine corps) | :: 海兵 /かいへい, kaihei/, 海兵隊者 /かいへいたいしゃ, kaihei-taisha/ |
| marine biologist {n} (someone who studies marine biology) | :: 海洋生物学者 /かいようせいぶつがくしゃ, kaiyōseibutsugakusha/ |
| marine biology {n} (branch of biology) | :: 海洋生物学 /かいようせいぶつがく, kaiyōseibutsugaku/ |
| marine corps {n} (military organization of marines who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships) | :: 海兵隊 /かいへいたい, kaiheitai/ |
| marine mammal {n} (mammal living in seawater) | :: 海獣 /kaijū/ |
| mariner {n} (sailor) SEE: sailor | :: |
| mariner's compass {n} (compass) SEE: compass | :: |
| Mario {prop} (the given name) | :: マリオ /Mario/ |
| marionette {n} (string puppet) | :: 絡繰り人形 /からくりにんぎょう, karakuri ningyō/, マリオネット /marionetto/ |
| marital rape {n} (rape by an intimate partner) | :: 夫婦間レイプ /fūfukan reipu/ |
| marital status {n} (term describing relationship) | :: 配偶者の有無 /haigūsha no umu/ |
| maritime earwig {n} (Anisolabis maritima) | :: 鋏虫, 蠼螋 /はさみむし, ハサミムシ, hasamimushi/ |
| Marius {prop} (male given name) | :: マリウス /Mariusu/ |
| mark {n} (indication for reference or measurement) | :: 標識 /ひょうしき, hyōshiki/, マーク /māku/ |
| mark {n} (academic score) | :: 成績 /せいせき, seiseki/ |
| mark {v} (indicate) | :: 印をつける /しるしをつける, shirushi o tsukeru/ |
| mark {n} (unit of currency) | :: マルク /maruku/ |
| Mark {prop} (male given name) | :: マーク /Māku/, マルコ /Maruko/, マルクス /Marukusu/ |
| Mark {prop} (the Evangelist) | :: マルコ /Maruko/ |
| Mark {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: マルコによる福音書 /Maruko ni yoro fukuinsho/ |
| marker {n} (marker pen) SEE: marker pen | :: |
| marker pen {n} (pen) | :: フェルトペン /ferutopen/, マーキングペン /mākingupen/, マーカーペン /mākāpen/, マーカー /mākā/, マジック /majikku/, サインペン /sainpen/ |
| market {n} (spacious site for trading) | :: 市場 /いちば, ichiba/, マーケット /māketto/ |
| market {n} (group of potential customers) | :: 市場 /しじょう, shijō/, マーケット /māketto/ |
| market {n} (geographical area where a commercial demand exists) | :: 市場 /しじょう, shijō/, マーケット /māketto/ |
| market {n} (total sum of trading) | :: 市場 /しじょう, shijō/ |
| market {v} (to sell) SEE: sell | :: |
| market economy {n} (economy in which and services are exchanged in a free market) | :: 市場経済 /しじょうけいざい, shijō keizai/ |
| marketing {n} (the promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service) | :: マーケティング /māketingu/ |
| marketplace {n} (open area in a town housing a public market) | :: 墟市 /きょし, kyoshi/, 草市 /そうし, sōshi/, 市場 /いちば, ichiba/ |
| market share {n} (percentage of some market) | :: 市場占有率 /shijō senyūritsu/ |
| markka {n} (unit of currency) | :: マルッカ /marukka/ |
| Markov chain {n} (probability theory) | :: マルコフ連鎖 /Marukofu rensa/ |
| Marks {prop} (surname) | :: マルクス /Marukusu/ |
| markup {n} (notation used to indicate how text should be displayed) | :: マークアップ /mākuappu/ |
| markup language {n} (computer language using markups) | :: マークアップ言語 /マークアップげんご, mākuappu gengo/ |
| marl {n} (a mixed earthy substance) | :: 泥灰土 /でいかいど, deikaido/ |
| marlin {n} (game fish) | :: 梶木 /カジキ, kajiki/ |
| marmalade {n} (jam) | :: マーマレード /māmarēdo/ |
| marmoset {n} (small monkey) | :: マーモセット /māmosetto/ |
| marmot {n} (rodent of the genera Marmota) | :: マーモット /māmotto/ |
| maroon {n} (dark red, somewhat brownish colour) | :: くり色 /くりいろ, kuriiro/ |
| maroon {adj} (color) | :: くり色の (くりいろの, kuriiro no) |
| marquess {n} (title of nobility) | :: 侯爵 /こうしゃく, kōshaku/ |
| marquetry {n} (woodworking technique) | :: 象嵌 /ぞうがん, zōgan/ |
| marquis {n} (nobleman) SEE: marquess | :: |
| Marrakech {prop} (city in Morocco) | :: マラケシュ /Marakeshu/ |
| marriage {n} (state of being married) | :: 結婚 /けっこん, kekkon/ |
| marriage {n} (union of two people) | :: 結婚 /けっこん, kekkon/, 婚姻 /こんいん, kon'in/ |
| marriage agency {n} (business) | :: 結婚相談所 /けっこんそうだんしょ, kekkon sōdansho/ |
| marriage certificate {n} (document) | :: 結婚証明書 /けっこんしょうめいしょ, kekkon-shōmeisho/ |
| marriage equality {n} (acceptance of same-sex marriage as well as heterosexual marriage) | :: 婚姻の平等 /kon'in no byōdō/, 結婚の平等 /kekkon no byōdō/ |
| marriage of convenience {n} (marriage motivated by some reason other than love) | :: 政略結婚 /せいりゃくけっこん, seiryaku kekkon/ |
| married {adj} (in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband) | :: 結婚している /kekkon-shite iru/ |
| married couple {n} (two people who are married to each other) | :: 夫婦 /ふうふ, fūfu/, 夫妻 /ふさい, fusai/, 夫婦 /めおと, meoto/ |
| marron glacé {n} (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) | :: マロングラッセ /maron gurasse/ |
| marrow {n} (substance inside bones) | :: 骨髄 /こつずい, kotsuzui/ |
| marry {v} (to take a husband or wife) | :: 結婚する /けっこんする, kekkon suru/ |
| marry {v} (to be joined in marriage) | :: 結婚する /けっこんする, kekkon suru/ |
| marry me {phrase} (marriage proposal to a woman (the shortest form)) | :: 結婚して下さい /けっこんしてください, kekkon-shite kudasai/, 結婚してくれ /けっこんしてくれ, kekkon-shite kure/ |
| marry me {phrase} (marriage proposal to a man (the shortest form)) | :: 結婚して下さい /けっこんしてください, kekkon-shite kudasai/ |
| marry up {v} (join) SEE: join | :: |
| Mars {prop} (planet) | :: 火星 /かせい, Kasei/, マーズ /Māzu/, マース /Māsu/, マルス /Marusu/ |
| Mars {prop} (god of war) | :: マールス /Mārusu/ |
| Marseillaise {prop} (the French national anthem) | :: ラ・マルセイエーズ /ra-Maruseiēzu/ |
| Marseilles {prop} (city in France) | :: マルセイユ /Maruseiyu/ |
| Marseille soap {n} (kind of hard soap) | :: マルセイユ石鹸 /マルセイユせっけん, Maruseiyu sekken/ |
| marsh {n} (area of low, wet land) | :: 湿地 /しっち, shicchi/, 湿原 /しつげん, shitsugen/ |
| marshal {n} (military officer of the highest rank) | :: 元帥 /げんすい, gensui/ |
| Marshall Islands {prop} (Republic of the Marshall Islands) | :: マーシャル諸島 /Māsharu shotō/ |
| marsh mallow {n} (Althaea officinalis) | :: ビロードアオイ /birōdoaoi/ |
| marshmallow {n} (confectionery) | :: マシュマロ /mashumaro/ |
| marshmallow {n} (plant) SEE: marsh mallow | :: |
| marshrutka {n} (share taxi) | :: マルシュルートカ /marushurūtoka/, 乗合タクシー /noriai takushī/ |
| marsh sandpiper {n} (Tringa stagnatilis) | :: コアオアシシギ /koaoashishigi/ |
| marsh tit {n} (bird) | :: ハシブトガラ /hashibutogara/ |
| marsupial {n} (mammal of which the female typically has a pouch) | :: 有袋類 /ゆうたいるい, yūtairui/ |
| marsupial lion {n} (Thylacoleo) | :: 袋獅 /フクロライオン, fukuroraion/ |
| marten {n} (mammal) | :: テン /ten/ |
| Martha {prop} (female given name) | :: マーサ /Māsa/ |
| martial {n} (soldier, warrior) SEE: soldier | :: |
| martial {adj} (of or relating to the planet Mars) SEE: Martian | :: |
| martial {n} (synonym of Martian) SEE: Martian | :: |
| martial art {n} (fighting style) | :: 武術 /ぶじゅつ, bujutsu/, 武道 /ぶどう, budō/, 武芸 /ぶげい, bugei/ |
| martial artist {n} (practitioner of martial arts) | :: 武道家 /budōka/ |
| martial law {n} (rule by military authorities) | :: 戒厳 /かいげん, kaigen/, 戒厳令 /かいげんれい, kaigenrei/ |
| Martian {adj} (of or relating to the planet Mars) | :: 火星の… /kasei no/ |
| Martian {n} (inhabitant of the planet Mars) | :: 火星人 /かせいじん, Kasei-jin/ |
| Martin {prop} (given name) | :: マーティン /Mātin/ |
| martingale {n} (piece of harness) | :: 鞅 /むながい, munagai/ |
| martini {n} (cocktail) | :: マティーニ /matīni/ |
| Martinique {prop} (Department of Martinique) | :: マルティニーク島 /Marutinīku-tō/ |
| martyr {n} (one willing to be killed for religion) | :: 殉教者 /じゅんきょうしゃ, junkyōsha/, シャヒード /shahīdo/ |
| martyr {n} (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause) | :: 殉教者 /じゅんきょうしゃ, junkyōsha/ |
| martyr {n} (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily) | :: 受難者 /junansha/ |
| martyr {v} (torture) SEE: torture | :: |
| martyr {v} (persecute) SEE: persecute | :: |
| martyrdom {n} (condition of a martyr) | :: 殉教 /じゅんきょう, junkyō/ |
| maru {n} (Japanese semi-voiced mark) SEE: handakuten | :: |
| marvel {n} (miracle) SEE: miracle | :: |
| marvel {n} (wonder) SEE: wonder | :: |
| marvel {n} (astonishment) SEE: astonishment | :: |
| marvellous {adj} (exciting wonder) SEE: marvelous | :: |
| marvelous {adj} (exciting wonder or surprise) | :: 驚くべき /おどろくべき, odorokubeki/ |
| Marx {prop} (surname) | :: マルクス /Marukusu/ |
| Marxism {n} (philosophy) | :: マルクス主義 /Marukusu-shugi/, マルキシズム /Marukishizumu/ |
| Marxism {n} (ideology) | :: マルクス主義 /Marukusu-shugi/ |
| Marxism-Leninism {prop} (communist ideological stream) | :: マルクス・レーニン主義 /Marukusu-Rēnin shugi/ |
| Marxist {n} (one who follows Marxism) | :: マルクス主義者 /Marukusu-shugisha/, マルキシスト /Marukushisuto/ |
| Mary {prop} (female given name) | :: メアリー /Mearī/, マリー /Marī/ |
| Mary {prop} (biblical mother of Jesus) | :: マリア /Maria/ |
| Mary Jane {n} (type of shoe) | :: メリージェーン /Merījēn/ |
| Maryland {prop} (US state) | :: メリーランド /Merīrando/ |
| Mary Magdalene {prop} (female disciple of Jesus) | :: マグダラのマリア /Magudara no Maria/ |
| marzipan {n} (confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white) | :: マルチパン /maruchipan/, マジパン /majipan/ |
| masala chai {n} (kind of sweet spiced tea) | :: チャイ /chai/, マサーラー・チャイ /masārā-chai/ |
| Masaru {prop} | :: まさる: 優, 勝, 将, 將, 賢 |
| mascara {n} (eyelash cosmetic) | :: マスカラ /masukara/ |
| mascot {n} (something thought to bring good luck) | :: マスコット /masukotto/ |
| masculine {adj} (of the male sex; biologically male, not female; manly) | :: 男らしい /otokorashii/, 男の /otoko no/ |
| masculine {adj} (belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males) | :: 男性の /だんせいの, dansei no/ |
| masculine {adj} (having male qualities, not feminine or effeminate) | :: 男性的な /だんせいてきな, danseiteki na/ |
| masculine {adj} (grammar: being of the masculine class, being inflected in the masculine manner) | :: 男性名詞 /danseimeishi/, 男性 /dansei/ |
| masculine {n} ((grammar) the masculine gender) | :: 男性 /だんせい, dansei/ |
| masculinism {n} (masculism) SEE: masculism | :: |
| masculinity {n} (degree or property of being masculine) | :: 男らしさ /otoko-rashisa/ |
| masculism {n} (a social theory or political movement) | :: マスキュリズム /masukyurizumu/ |
| masdar {n} (verbal noun) SEE: verbal noun | :: |
| masdar {n} (a part of speech in Arabic) | :: マスダール /masudāru/, マスダル /masudaru/ |
| Maseru {prop} (capital of Lesotho) | :: マセル /Maseru/ |
| mash {n} (mashed potatoes) SEE: mashed potatoes | :: |
| mashed potatoes {n} (dish) | :: マッシュポテト /masshu poteto/ |
| Mashhad {prop} (city in Iran) | :: マシュハド /Mashuhado/ |
| masjid {n} (mosque) SEE: mosque | :: |
| mask {n} (cover for the face) | :: 仮面 /かめん, kamen/, マスク /masuku/ |
| mask {n} (that which disguises) | :: 仮面 /かめん, kamen/ |
| masked palm civet {n} (Paguma larvata) | :: 白鼻心 /はくびしん, hakubishin/ |
| masking tape {n} (tape made of a thin paper) | :: マスキングテープ /masukingu tēpu/ |
| masochism {n} (the enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation) | :: マゾヒズム /mazohizumu/ |
| masochist {n} (someone who enjoys pain or humiliation) | :: まぞ /mazo/ |
| mason {n} (one who builds with stone or brick) | :: 石工 /いしく, ishiku/ |
| mason {n} (Freemason) SEE: Freemason | :: |
| masonry {n} (art or occupation of a mason) | :: 石工職人, 石造技術 |
| masonry {n} (work or performance of a mason) | :: 石匠 |
| masonry {n} (that which is built by a mason) | :: 石造建築物; フリーメイソン |
| masquerade {v} (to conceal with masks) | :: 成りすます /なりすます, narisumasu/, 装う /よそおう, yosōu/ |
| masquerade {v} (disguise) SEE: disguise | :: |
| Masr {prop} (Egypt) SEE: Egypt | :: |
| mass {n} (quantity of matter cohering together to make one body) | :: 質量 /しつりょう, shitsuryō/ |
| mass {n} (physics: quantity of matter which a body contains) | :: 質量 /しつりょう, shitsuryō/, 重さ /おもさ, omosa/, 重量 /じゅうりょう, jūryō/, 荷重 /かじゅう, kajū/ |
| mass {n} (religion: Eucharist) | :: ミサ /misa/ |
| mass {n} (religion: celebration of the Eucharist) | :: ミサ /misa/ |
| Mass {n} (Roman Catholic Church: the principal liturgical service) | :: ミサ /misa/ |
| Massachusetts {prop} (a state of the United States of America) | :: マサチューセッツ /Masachūsettsu/ |
| massacre {n} (intentional mass killing) | :: 大虐殺 /たいぎゃくさつ, daigyakusatsu/, 虐殺 /ぎゃくさつ, gyakusatsu/, 惨殺 /ざんさつ, zansatsu/, 皆殺し /みなごろし, minagoroshi/ |
| massage {n} (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) | :: マッサージ /massāji/, 按摩 /あんま, anma/ |
| massage {v} (to perform a massage on somebody) | :: マッサージする /massāji suru/ |
| masses {n} (people, especially a large number) | :: 大衆 /たいしゅう, taishū/, 民衆 /みんしゅう, minshū/ |
| masseter {n} (the large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication) | :: 咬筋 /こうきん, kōkin/ |
| masseur {n} (a person who performs massage) | :: マッサージ師 /massāji-shi/, 按摩 /あんま, anma/ |
| mass grave {n} (a grave containing many corpses) | :: 集団墓地 /しゅうだんぼち, shūdanbochi/ |
| massif {n} (principal mountain mass) | :: 山塊 /さんかい, sankai/ |
| massively multiplayer online role-playing game {n} (online computer role-playing game) | :: MMORPG |
| mass media {n} (public communication that reaches a large audience) | :: マスメディア /masumedia/, マスコミ /masukomi/ |
| mass murder {n} (successive killing of many people) | :: 大量虐殺 /tairyō-gyakusatsu/ |
| mass noun {n} (noun describing something that cannot be counted) | :: 不可算名詞 /ふかさんめいし, fukasan meishi/ |
| mass production {n} (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) | :: 大量生産 /tairyō seisan/, 量産 /ryōsan/ |
| mast {n} (support of a sail) | :: マスト /masuto/, 帆柱 /ほばしら, hobashira/ |
| master {n} (someone who has control over something or someone) | :: 主人 /しゅじん, shujin/ |
| master {n} (owner of an animal or slave) | :: 飼い主 |
| master {n} (captain of a merchant ship) | :: 船長 |
| master {n} (head of a household) | :: 主人, 主, 世帯主 |
| master {n} (someone who employs others) | :: 主人, 主, 雇用主 |
| master {n} (expert at something) | :: 達人, 匠 |
| master {n} (skilled artist) | :: 達人, 匠 |
| master {n} (courtesy title for a boy) | :: ぼっちゃま /botchama/ |
| master {n} (master's degree) | :: 修士, 修士号, 修士学位 |
| master {n} (person holding a master's degree) | :: 修士 |
| master {n} (original of a document or of a recording) | :: 原本 |
| master {n} (engineering: device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source) | :: マスター /masutā/ |
| master {v} (to learn to a high degree) | :: マスターする /masutāsuru/ |
| master {n} (schoolmaster) SEE: schoolmaster | :: |
| mastercraftsman {n} (master of a craft or trade) | :: 棟梁 /tōryō/ |
| Master of Arts {n} (degree) | :: 文学修士 /bungaku shūshi/ |
| Master of Science {n} (a degree) | :: 理学修士 /rigaku shūshi/ |
| masterpiece {n} (piece of work that has been given much critical praise) | :: 傑作 /けっさく, kessaku/, 名作 /めいさく, meisaku/ |
| master's thesis {n} (thesis) | :: 修士論文 /しゅうしろんぶん, shūshi ronbun/ |
| masterwork {n} (piece of quality indicative of having been made by a master) SEE: masterpiece | :: |
| mastery {n} (philosopher's stone) SEE: philosopher's stone | :: |
| masticate {v} (chew) SEE: chew | :: |
| mastication {n} (process of chewing) | :: 咀嚼 /そしゃく, soshaku/ |
| masticatory force {n} (force which is created by the dynamic action of the muscles of mastication) | :: 咀嚼力 /そしゃくりょく, soshakuryoku/ |
| mastiff {n} (mastiff) | :: マスチフ /masuchifu/, マスティフ {m} /masutifu/ |
| mastitis {n} (inflammation of a breast or udder) | :: 乳腺炎 /にゅうせんえん, nyūsen'en/ |
| masturbate {v} (to masturbate) | :: オナニーする /onanī suru/, オナる /onaru/, マスターベーションする /masutābēshon suru/, マスをかく /masu o kaku/, シコる /shikoru/ |
| masturbation {n} (manual erotic stimulation of the genitals) | :: マスターベーション /masutābēshon/, オナニー /onanī/, 自慰 /じい, jii/, 手淫 /しゅいん, shuin/, 一人エッチ /hitori etchi/, せんずり /senzuri/ |
| masu {n} (square wooden box) | :: 枡 /ます, masu/ |
| masu-seki {n} (expensive seats) | :: 桝席 /masuseki/ |
| mat {n} (foot wiping device or floor covering) | :: マット /matto/ |
| maté {n} (the beverage maté) | :: マテ茶 /マテちゃ, matecha/ |
| matador {n} (bullfighter) | :: マタドール /matadōru/, 闘牛士 /とうぎゅうし, tōgyūshi/ |
| matawari {n} (form of exercise) | :: 股割 /matawari/ |
| match {n} (sporting event) | :: 試合 /しあい, shiai/, 競技 /きょうぎ, kyōgi/ |
| match {v} (to agree; to equal) | :: 合う /au/ |
| match {v} (make a successful pairing) | :: 合わせる /awaseru/ |
| match {v} (equal or exceed in achievement) | :: 敵う /kanau/ |
| match {n} (device to make fire) | :: マッチ /matchi/, 燐寸 /matchi/, 火柴 /かしば, kashiba/ |
| matcha {n} (powdered green tea for ceremonies) | :: 抹茶 /まっちゃ, matcha/, 挽き茶 /ひきちゃ, hikicha/, 散茶 /さんちゃ, sancha/ |
| matchbox {n} (small cardboard box in which matches are kept) | :: マッチ箱 /matchi-bako/ |
| match fixing {n} (the act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result) | :: 八百長 /やおちょう, yaochō/ |
| matchless {adj} (without equal) | :: 冠絶する /kanzetsu suru/, 無敵の /muteki no/ |
| matchmaker {n} (someone who finds suitable marriage partners) | :: 仲人 /なこうど, nakōdo/, 媒酌人 /ばいしゃくにん, baishakunin/, 月下氷人 /げっかひょうじん, gekkahyōjin/ |
| matchmaking {n} (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) | :: 仲人 /なこうど, nakōdo/, 媒酌 /ばいしゃく, baishaku/ |
| matchstick {n} (piece of wood) | :: マッチ /matchi/ |
| mate {n} (checkmate) SEE: checkmate | :: |
| mate {n} (of breeding animal: sexual partner) | :: 相手 /あいて, aite/ |
| mate {n} (friend, see also: friend) | :: 友達 /ともだち, tomodachi/ |
| mate {n} | :: 相方 /aikata/ , 片割れ /kataware/ , 王手 /ōte/ |
| material {n} (matter) | :: 物質 /ぶっしつ, busshitsu/, 材料 /ざいりょう, zairyō/ |
| material {n} (text) | :: 資料 /しりょう, shiryō/, 題材 /だいざい, daizai/ |
| material {n} (cloth) | :: 素材 /そざい, sozai/, 生地 /きじ, kiji/, 布 /ぬの, nuno/ |
| material {n} (qualified people) | :: 人材 /じんざい, jinzai/ |
| materialism {n} (philosophical belief) | :: 唯物論 /yuibutsu-ron/, 唯物主義 /ゆいぶつしゅぎ, yuibutsushugi/ |
| materials science {n} (study of materials) | :: 材料科学 |
| maternal {adj} (of or pertaining to a mother) | :: 母性 /ぼせい, bosei/ |
| maternal {adj} (related through the mother, or her side of the family) | :: 母系の /ぼけいの, bokei no/, 母方の /ははかたの, hahakata no/ |
| maternal aunt {n} (one's mother's sister) | :: おば /oba/ |
| maternal death {n} (death of a woman that occurs directly related to the procreative process) | :: 妊娠の死 /にんしんのし, ninshin no shi/ |
| maternal grandfather {n} (one's mother's father) | :: 母方の祖父 /ははかたのそふ, hahakata no sofu/, 外祖父 /がいそふ, gaisofu/, 母方のお爺さん /ははかたのおじいさん, haha kata no ojīsan/ |
| maternal grandmother {n} (The mother of one's mother) | :: 母方の祖母 /ははかたのそぼ, hahakata no sobo/, 外祖母 /がいそぼ, gaisobo/, 母方のお婆さん /ははかたのおばあさん, haha kata no obāsan/ |
| maternity leave {n} (leave of absence) | :: 育児休業 /いくじきゅうぎょう, ikuji kyūgyō/, 産休 /さんきゅう, sankyū/ |
| math {n} (short form of mathematics) | :: 数学 /sūgaku/ |
| mathematical analysis {n} (The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.) | :: 数理解析学, 数学解析, 解析学 |
| mathematical economics {n} (sub-field of economics) | :: 数理経済学 /すうりけいざいがく, sūrikeizaigaku/ |
| mathematician {n} (expert in mathematics) | :: 数学者 /すうがくしゃ, sūgakusha/ |
| mathematics {n} (field of study) | :: 数学 /sūgaku/ |
| mathematize {v} (describe in terms of a mathematical equation) | :: 定式化する (teishikika suru) |
| maths {n} (short form of mathematics) | :: 数学 /すうがく, sūgaku/ |
| mating {n} (pairing of organisms for copulation) | :: 交尾 /こうび, kōbi/, 交接 /こうせつ, kōsetsu/, 交配 /こうはい, kōhai/ |
| mating season {n} (time of year during which animals mate) | :: 発情期 /hatsujōki/ |
| Mato Grosso do Sul {prop} (state in south-western Brazil) | :: マットグロッソ・ド・スル州 /Mattogurosso do suru-shū/, 南マットグロッソ州 /Minami Mattogurosso-shū/ |
| matriarch {n} (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group) | :: 女家長 /おんなかちょう, onna kachō/ |
| matriarchy {n} (social system) | :: 家母長制 /かぼちょうせい, kabochōsei/, 母権制 /ぼけんせい, bokensei/, 母権 /ぼけん, boken/ |
| matrimony vine {n} (wolfberry) SEE: wolfberry | :: |
| matrix {n} (womb) SEE: womb | :: |
| matrix {n} (math: rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms) | :: 行列 /ぎょうれつ, gyōretsu/ |
| matryoshka {n} (Russian doll) SEE: Russian doll | :: |
| Matsue {prop} (a city of Japan) | :: 松江 /まつえ, Matsue/ |
| Matsumoto {prop} (surname) | :: 松本 /まつもと, Matsumoto/ |
| matsutake {n} | :: 松茸 /まつたけ, matsutake/ |
| Matsuyama {prop} (a city of Japan) | :: 松山 /まつやま, Matsuyama/ |
| matte {n} (metal sulfide phase) | :: 鈹 /かわ, kawa/ |
| matter {n} (basic structural component of the universe) | :: 物質 /ぶっしつ, busshitsu/ |
| matter {n} (non-antimatter matter) | :: 物質 /ぶっしつ, busshitsu/ |
| matter {n} (kind of substance) | :: 物質 /ぶっしつ, busshitsu/ |
| matter {n} (situation, condition, subject or affair) | :: 事 /こと, koto/ |
| matter {v} (to be important) | :: 重要である /じゅうようである, jūyō de aru/ |
| Matterhorn {prop} (mountain) | :: マッターホルン /Mattāhorun/ |
| matter of life and death {n} (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) | :: 死活問題 /しかつもんだい, shikatsumondai/, 生死にかかわる問題 (せいしにかかわるもんだい, seishi ni kakawaru mondai), 命にかかわる問題 (いのちにかかわるもんだい, inochi ni kakawaru mondai) |
| matter of time {n} (an inevitable result) | :: 時間の問題 /じかんのもんだい, jikan no mondai/ |
| Matthew {prop} (male given name) | :: マシュー /Mashū/, マタイ /Matai/ |
| Matthew {prop} (biblical disciple) | :: マタイ /Matai/ |
| Matthew {prop} (gospel of Matthew) | :: マタイによる福音書 /Matai ni Yoro Fukuinsho/ |
| matting {n} (surface used for surrounding pictures) SEE: matte | :: |
| mattock {n} (agricultural tool) | :: マトック /matokku/ |
| mattress {n} (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep) | :: 布団 /ふとん, futon/, マットレス /mattoresu/ |
| maturation {n} (process of becoming mature) | :: 成熟 /せいじゅく, seijuku/ |
| mature {adj} (fully developed) | :: 成熟 /せいじゅく, seijuku/, 成熟した /せいじゅくした, seijuku-shita/, 円熟した /えんじゅくした, enjuku-shita/, 十分成長した /じゅうぶんせいちょうした, jūbun seichō-shita/ |
| maturity {n} (state of being mature, ready or ripe) | :: 成熟 /seijuku/ |
| matzo {n} (thin, unleavened bread) | :: マッツァー /mattsā/ |
| Maudgalyayana {prop} (disciple of Gautama Buddha) | :: 目犍連 |
| maudlin {adj} (extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying) | :: 泣き上戸の /naki jōgo no/ |
| maudlin {adj} (affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner) | :: 感傷的な /kanshō-tekina/ |
| maugre {prep} (in spite of) SEE: in spite of | :: |
| maul {v} (savage) | :: 殴る /naguru/ |
| maundy {n} (commandment) SEE: commandment | :: |
| Mauritania {prop} (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) | :: モーリタニア /Mōritania/ |
| Mauritius {prop} (country) | :: モーリシャス /mōrishasu/ |
| Mauser {n} (firearm) | :: モーゼル /mōzeru/ |
| mausoleum {n} (large tomb) | :: 霊廟 /れいびょう, reibyō/, 陵 /みささぎ, misasagi/, 陵墓 /りょうぼ, ryōbo/, マウソレウム /mausoreumu/ |
| mauve {n} (colour) | :: モーブ色 /mōbuiro/, ふじ色 /fujiiro/ |
| mauve {adj} (colour) | :: モーブ色の (mōbuiro no), ふじ色の (fujiiro no) |
| maxim {n} (moral precept) | :: 格言 /かくげん, kakugen/ |
| maximize {v} (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) | :: 最大化する /さいだいかする, saidaika suru/ |
| maximum {n} (highest limit) | :: 最大 /さいだい, saidai/, 極大 /きょくだい, kyokudai/ |
| maximum {adj} (highest degree) | :: 最大 /さいだい, saidai/, 極大 /きょくだい, kyokudai/ |
| may {v} (have permission to) | :: してもいい /shite mo ii/ |
| may {v} (possibly, but not certainly) | :: 多分 /たぶん, tabun/, かも知れない /かもしれない, kamo shirenai/ |
| May {prop} (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: 五月 /ごがつ, gogatsu/, 皐月 /さつき, satsuki/ |
| maybe {adv} (indicating a lack of certainty) | :: 多分 /たぶん, tábun/, 若しや /もしや, moshiya/, かもしれない /kamo shirenai/, でしょう /deshō/ |
| maybe {adv} (as a pro-sentence) | :: 多分 /たぶん, tábun/ |
| May bug {n} (cockchafer) SEE: cockchafer | :: |
| Mayflower {prop} (ship) | :: メイフラワー /Meifurawā/ |
| mayfly {n} (insect of order Ephemeroptera) | :: 蜉蝣 /かげろう, kagerō, ふゆう, fuyū/ |
| Maykop {prop} (city in Russia) | :: マイコープ /Maikōpu/ |
| mayonnaise {n} (dressing) | :: マヨネーズ /mayonēzu/ |
| mayor {n} (leader of a city) | :: 市長 /しちょう, shichō/ |
| Mayotte {prop} (Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte) | :: マヨット /Mayotto/ |
| may the Force be with you {phrase} (wish someone luck) | :: フォースと共にあらんことを /Fōsu to tomo ni aran koto o/ |
| Mazar-i-Sharif {prop} (city in Afghanistan) | :: マザーリシャリーフ /Mazārisharīfu/ |
| maze {n} (Puzzle to get through) | :: 迷路 /meiro/, 迷宮 /meikyū/ |
| Mazu {prop} (goddess) | :: 媽祖 /まそ, Maso/ |
| mazurka {n} (dance) | :: マズルカ /mazuruka/ |
| Mbabane {prop} (capital of Eswatini) | :: ムババネ /Mubabane/ |
| Möbius band {n} (Möbius strip) SEE: Möbius strip | :: |
| Möbius strip {n} (one-sided surface) | :: メビウスの帯 /mebiusu no obi/ |
| McCarthy {prop} (surname) | :: マッカーシ /Makkāshi/ |
| McCarthyism {prop} (intense opposition to Communism) | :: マッカーシズム /makkāshizumu/ |
| McDonald's {prop} (fast-food restaurant) | :: マクドナルド /Makudonarudo/, マック /makku/ , マクド /makudo/ |
| mâche {n} (Valerianella locusta) | :: コーンサラダ /kōn sarada/, マーシュ /māshu/, ノヂシャ /nojisha/, ノジシャ /nojisha/ |
| me {pron} (myself) SEE: myself | :: |
| me {pron} (direct object of a verb) | :: 私を /わたしを, watashi-o/ |
| me {pron} (object of a preposition) | :: 私 /わたし, watashi/ |
| me {pron} (indirect object of a verb) | :: 私に /わたしに, watashi ni/, 私へ /わたしへ, watashi e/ |
| mead {n} (alcoholic drink) | :: はちみつ酒 /はちみつしゅ, hachimitsushu/, ミード /mīdo/ |
| meadow {n} (field or pasture) | :: 草原 /そうげん, sōgen/, 草地 /くさち, kusachi/ |
| meadowlark {n} (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) | :: マキバドリ /makibadori/, 牧場鳥 /まきばどり, makibadori/ |
| meadow pipit {n} (bird) | :: マキバタヒバリ, makibatahibari |
| meal {n} (food that is prepared and eaten) | :: 食事 /しょくじ, shokuji/, めし /meshi/ , 御飯 /ごはん, gohan/, ご飯 /ごはん, gohan/ |
| meal ticket {n} (a voucher for food) | :: 食券 /shokken/ |
| mean {v} (to intend; plan on doing) | :: 意図する /いとする, ito suru/, するつもり /suru tsumori/ |
| mean {v} (to have intentions of some kind) | :: 意図する /いとする, ito suru/, するつもり /suru tsumori/ |
| mean {v} (to convey, indicate) | :: 意味する /いみする, imi suru/ |
| mean {v} (to signify) | :: 意味する /いみする, imi suru/ |
| mean {v} (to have conviction in what one says) | :: 意味する /いみする, imi suru/ |
| mean {v} (to result in; bring about) | :: 意味する /いみする, imi suru/ |
| mean {adj} (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise) | :: 腹黒い /haraguroi/ |
| mean {adj} (low-minded; acting without consideration of others) | :: 卑しい /iyashii/, 醜い /minikui/, 汚い /kitanai/, 卑劣な /hiretsu na/, 下劣な /geretsu na/ |
| mean {adj} (powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging) | :: 厄介な /yakkai na/ |
| mean {adj} (low in quality; inferior) | :: 悪い /warui/, 劣る /otoru/ |
| mean {adj} (having the mean as its value) | :: 平均の /へいきんの, heikin no/, 平均的な /へいきんてきな, heikinteki na/ |
| mean {n} (intermediate value) | :: 平均 /へいきん, heikin/, 平均値 /へいきんち, heikinchi/ |
| meander {v} (to wind or turn) | :: 迂曲 /ukyoku/, うきょく |
| meandrous {adj} (winding) SEE: winding | :: |
| meaning {n} (symbolic value of something) | :: 意義 /いぎ, igi/, 意味 /いみ, imi/ |
| meaning {n} (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life") | :: 意義 /いぎ, igi/, 意味 /いみ, imi/, 目的 /もくてき, mokuteki/ |
| meaning {n} (definition or connotation of a word) | :: 意味 /いみ, imi/ |
| meaningful {adj} (having meaning, significant) | :: 有意義な /ゆういぎな, yūigi-na/ |
| meaningless {adj} (lacking meaning) | :: 無意味な /muimi na/, つまらない /tsumaranai/, 取るに足らない /toru ni taranai/ |
| meaninglessness {n} (state of lacking meaning) | :: 無意味 /むいみ, muimi/ |
| meaning of life {n} (hypothetical answer to life's ultimate questions) | :: 人生の意義 /じんせいのいぎ, jinsei-no igi/, 人生の意味 /じんせいのいみ, jinsei-no imi/ |
| meanness {n} (the condition or quality of being mean) | :: 卑劣 /hiretsu/, 下劣 /geretsu/ |
| means {n} (instrument or condition for attaining a purpose) | :: 手段 /しゅだん, shudan/, 方法 /ほうほう, hōhō/ |
| means of transport {n} (mode of transport) SEE: mode of transport | :: |
| means test {n} (inquiry into the financial position of a person) | :: ミーンズテスト |
| meantime {adv} (meanwhile) | :: その間 /そのあいだ, sono aida/ |
| meanwhile {adv} (at the same time but elsewhere) | :: その間に /sono aida ni/ |
| measles {n} (acute highly contagious viral disease) | :: 麻疹 /ましん, mashin, はしか, hashika/ |
| measure {n} (melody) SEE: melody | :: |
| measure {n} (musical designation) | :: 小節 /shōsetsu/ |
| measure {n} (action to achieve some purpose) | :: 措置 /sochi/ |
| measure {v} (ascertain the quantity of a unit) | :: 計る /はかる, hakaru/, (also written: 測る /はかる, hakaru/ or 量る /はかる, hakaru/) |
| measure {n} (dance) SEE: dance | :: |
| measure {n} (math: number which is contained in a given number without remainder) SEE: divisor | :: |
| measure {n} (geology: bed or stratum) SEE: bed | :: |
| measurement {n} (act of measuring) | :: 測定 /sokutei/ |
| measurement {n} (magnitude determined by measuring) | :: 測定値 /sokutei-chi/ |
| measure theory {n} (branch of mathematical analysis) | :: 測度論 |
| measure word {n} (measure word, classifier) | :: 助数詞 /じょすうし, josūshi/ |
| measuring tape {n} (tape measure) SEE: tape measure | :: |
| measuring worm {n} (larva) | :: 尺蠖 /shakkaku/, 尺取り虫 /shakutorimushi/ |
| meat {n} (animal flesh used as food) | :: 肉 /にく, niku/, 身 /み, mi/ |
| meat {n} (type of meat) | :: 肉 /にく, niku/ |
| meat {n} (any sort of flesh) | :: 肉 /にく, niku/ |
| meat {n} (totem) SEE: totem | :: |
| meatball {n} (meatball) | :: 肉団子 /にくだんご, nikudango/, ミートボール /mītobōru/ |
| meat floss {n} (rousong) SEE: rousong | :: |
| meatgrinder {n} (device for cutting meat) | :: 挽肉機 /ひきにくき, hikinikuki/, 挽肉器 /ひきにくき, hikinikuki/, ミンサー /minsā/ |
| meat jelly {n} (aspic) SEE: aspic | :: |
| meatloaf {n} (mixture of ground meat) | :: ミートローフ /mītorōfu/ |
| mebibit {n} (220 bits) | :: メビビット /mebibitto/ |
| mebibyte {n} (1,048,576 bytes) | :: メビバイト /mebibaito/ |
| Mecca {prop} (city in Saudi Arabia) | :: メッカ /Mekka/, マッカ /Makka/ |
| Mecca {n} (important place to visit by people with a particular interest) | :: 聖地 /せいち, seichi/ |
| mecha {n} (armoured robot) | :: メカ |
| mechanic {n} (skilled worker on machinery) | :: 修理工 /しゅうりこう, shūrikō/, 自動車整備士 /じどうしゃせいびし, jidōsha seibishi/ |
| mechanical pencil {n} (pencil with a retractable lead) | :: シャープペンシル /shāpupenshiru/, シャーペン /shāpen/ |
| mechanics {n} (a branch of physics) | :: 力学 /りきがく, rikigaku/ |
| mechanism {n} (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion) | :: 機構 /きこう, kikō/ |
| mechanism {n} (mental, chemical, or physical process) | :: 機構 /きこう, kikō/ |
| mechanization {n} (the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour) | :: 機械化 /きかいか, kikaika/ |
| mechanize {v} (to equip with machinery) | :: 機械化する /きかいかする, kikaika suru/ |
| mechatronics {n} (synergistic combination) | :: メカトロニクス /mekatoronikusu/ |
| medal {n} (stamped metal disc) | :: 賞牌 /しょうはい, shōhai/, メダル /medaru/, 勲章 /くんしょう, kunshō/ |
| medalist {n} (one who has received a medal) | :: メダリスト /medarisuto/ |
| medallion {n} (large decorative medal) | :: 円形浮彫 /enkei ukibori/ |
| Medan {prop} (city in Indonesia) | :: メダン /Medan/ |
| meddle {v} (to interfere in affairs) | :: おせっかいをする /o-sekkai-o suru/ |
| meddle {v} (to have sex) SEE: have sex | :: |
| meddlesome {adj} (inclined to meddle or interfere) | :: おせっかいな (osekkai na) |
| media {n} (the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry) | :: メディア /media/, 媒体 /baitai/ |
| medial cuneiform bone {n} (cuneiform bone of the foot) | :: 外側楔状骨 /がいそくけつじょうこつ, gaisokuketsujōkotsu/ |
| median {n} (statistics: measure of central tendency) | :: 中間数 /ちゅうかんすう, chūkansū/, 中央値 /ちゅうおうち, chūōchi/, 中位数 /ちゅういすう, chūisū/ |
| MediaWiki {prop} | :: メディアウィキ |
| medic {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor | :: |
| medic {n} (paramedic) SEE: paramedic | :: |
| medical certificate {n} (statement from a physician) | :: 診断書 /しんだんしょ, shindansho/ |
| medical history {n} (details about patient's previous medical experiences) | :: 診療録 /しんりょうろく, shinryōroku/ |
| medical record {n} (details about a patient's previous medical experiences) SEE: medical history | :: |
| medical school {n} (school that teaches medicine) | :: 医学部 /いがくぶ, igakubu/ |
| medical student {n} (student at a medical school) | :: 医学生 /いがくせい, igakusei/ |
| medical tourism {n} (type of tourism) | :: 医療観光 /いりょうかんこう, iryō kankō/, メディカル・ツーリズム /medikaru-tsūrizumu/ |
| medicine {n} (substance which promotes healing) | :: 薬 /くすり, kusuri/, 薬剤, 医薬品 |
| medicine {n} (treatment or cure) | :: 治療 /ちりょう, chiryō/, 医療 /いりょう, iryō/ |
| medicine {n} (field of study) | :: 医学 /いがく, igaku/ |
| medicine {n} (profession) | :: 医師, 医者 |
| medicine ball {n} | :: メディシンボール /medishinbōru/ |
| medieval literature {n} (literature of the Middle Ages) | :: 中世文学 /ちゅうせいぶんがく, chūseibungaku/ |
| Medina {prop} (a city in Saudi Arabia) | :: マディーナ /Madīna/ |
| mediocre {adj} (having no peculiar or outstanding features) | :: 凡庸な /bon'yō na/, 平凡な /heibon na/ |
| mediocre {n} (person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim) | :: 庸人 /yōjin/, 凡人 /bonjin/ |
| mediocrity {n} (condition of being mediocre) | :: 平凡 /heibon/, 凡庸 /bon'yō/ |
| meditate {v} (contemplate) | :: 瞑想する |
| meditation {n} (devotional contemplation) | :: 瞑想 /めいそう, meisō/, 思索 /しさく, shisaku/, 黙想 /もくそう, mokusō/ |
| meditation {n} | :: 黙想 (もくそう, mokusō), 思索 |
| Mediterranean {prop} (Mediterranean Sea) SEE: Mediterranean Sea | :: |
| Mediterranean gull {n} (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) | :: ニシズグロカモメ /nishizugurokamome/ |
| mediterranean sea {n} (mostly enclosed sea) | :: 地中海 /ちちゅうかい, chichūkai/ |
| Mediterranean Sea {prop} (sea between Europe and Africa) | :: 地中海 /ちちゅうかい, Chichūkai/ |
| medium-sized {adj} (having a medium or intermediate size) | :: 中型 /ちゅうがた, chūgata/ |
| medley {n} (collection of related songs) | :: メドレー /medorē/ |
| med school {n} (medical school) SEE: medical school | :: |
| medulla oblongata {n} (lower portion of the brainstem) | :: 延髄 /えんずい, enzui/ |
| Medusa {prop} (one of the Gorgons) | :: メドゥーサ |
| Medvedev {prop} (transliteration of Медве́дев) | :: メドヴェージェフ /Medovējefu/ |
| meerkat {n} (small carnivorous mammal) | :: ミーアキャット /mīakyatto/ |
| Meerut {prop} (city in India) | :: メーラト /Mērato/ |
| meet {v} (encounter by accident) | :: 会う /あう, au/, 遭遇する /そうぐうする, sōgū suru/, 遭う /あう, au/ , お目にかかる /おめにかかる, o-me ni kakaru/ |
| meet {v} (see through arrangement) | :: 待ち合わせる /machiawaseru/ |
| meeting {n} (gathering for a purpose) | :: 会合 /かいごう, kaigō/, ミーティング /mītingu/, 会議 /かいぎ, kaigi/ |
| meeting {n} (encounter between people) | :: 会 /かい, kai/ |
| meeting {n} | :: 会議 /かいぎ, kaigi/, ミーティング /mītingu/ |
| meeting room {n} (room for holding meetings) | :: 会議室 /かいぎしつ, kaigishitsu/ |
| mega- {prefix} (very large, great) | :: 超 /chō/, 巨大 /kyodai/ |
| mega- {prefix} (multiplication factor one million) | :: メガ /mega/ |
| megabank {n} (major bank) | :: 巨大銀行 /きょだいぎんこう, kyodaiginkō/ |
| megabat {n} (bat of the family Pteropodidae) | :: 大蝙蝠 /オオコウモリ, ōkōmori/ |
| megabyte {n} (about a million bytes) | :: メガバイト /megabaito/ |
| megacity {n} (very large city) | :: 巨大都市 /きょだいとし, kyodaitoshi/ |
| megahertz {n} (one million cycles per second) | :: メガヘルツ /megaherutsu/ |
| megalodon {n} (a group of extinct sharks) | :: 昔大頬白鮫 /むかしおおほおじろざめ, mukashiōhōjirozame/, メガロドン /めがろどん, megarodon/ |
| megalopa {n} (the final larval stage found in decapod crustaceans) | :: メガロパ /megaropa/ |
| megalopolis {n} (large conurbation) | :: メガロポリス /megaroporisu/ |
| megamouth shark {n} (Megachasma pelagios, a rare deepwater shark) | :: メガマウス /megamausu/ |
| megaphone {n} (portable device used to amplify a person's voice) | :: メガホン /megahon/, 伝音器 /でんおんき, den'onki/ |
| megapolis {n} (megapolis) SEE: megalopolis | :: |
| megaton {n} (unit of measure) | :: メガトン /megaton/ |
| megatsunami {n} (a very large tsunami) | :: 大津波 /おおつなみ, ōtsunami/ |
| Meghalaya {prop} (state) | :: メーガーラヤ州 /Mēgāraya-shū/, メーガーラヤ /Mēgāraya/ |
| Meiji period {prop} (45-year reign of emperor Meiji) | :: 明治時代 /Meiji jidai/ |
| meiosis {n} (cell division) | :: 減数分裂 /げんすうぶんれつ, gensū bunretsu/ |
| Meissen {prop} (city) | :: マイセン /Maisen/ |
| meitnerium {n} (chemical element) | :: マイトネリウム /maitoneriumu/ |
| Mekong {prop} (river in Asia) | :: メコン川 /Mekon-gawa/ |
| melancholic {adj} (filled with or affected by melancholy) | :: 憂鬱な /ゆううつな, yūutsu na/, 鬱病の /うつびょうの, utsubyō no/ |
| melancholy {n} (Sadness or depression) | :: 憂鬱 /yūutsu/, 鬱病 /utsubyō/ |
| melancholy {adj} (affected with sadness or depression) SEE: melancholic | :: |
| Melanesia {prop} (part of Oceania) | :: メラネシア /Meraneshia/ |
| melanoma {n} (type of skin tumor) | :: 黒色腫 /こくしょくしゅ, kokushokushu/, メラノーマ /meranōma/ |
| melanterite {n} (mineral) | :: 緑礬 /りょくばん, ryokuban/ |
| Melbourne {prop} (city in Australia) | :: メルボルン /Meruborun/ |
| Melburnian {n} (native of Melbourne) | :: メルボルン人 /Meruborun-jin/ |
| Melchizedek {prop} (king and priest) | :: メルキゼデク /merukizedeku/ |
| melee {n} (Hand-to-hand combat) | :: 接近戦 /sekkinsen/ |
| Melissa {prop} (female given name) | :: メリッサ /Merissa/ |
| melodrama {n} (romantic drama) | :: メロドラマ /merodorama/, メロ /mero/ |
| melody {n} (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase) | :: 歌曲 /kakyoku/, 調べ /shirabe/, 旋律 /senritsu/, メロディー /merodī/, 曲 /きょく, kyoku/ |
| melon {n} (fruit) | :: メロン /meron/ |
| melongene {n} (eggplant) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| melt {v} (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid) | :: 溶ける /とける, tokeru/ |
| melt {v} (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid) | :: 溶かす /とかす, tokasu/ |
| melt {n} (idiot) SEE: idiot | :: |
| meltdown {n} (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor) | :: 炉心熔融 /ろしんようゆう, roshin-yōyū/, メルトダウン /merutodaun/ |
| melting point {n} (temperature at which solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium) | :: 融点 /ゆうてん, yūten/ |
| melting pot {n} (place where many divergent things come together and are homogenized) | :: 人種のるつぼ /じんしゅのるつぼ, jinshunorutsubo/ |
| melt in the mouth {v} (to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing) | :: 口に溶ける /くちにとける, kuchi ni tokeru/ |
| melt in the mouth {adj} (deliciously soft and creamy, needing little chewing) | :: 口溶け /くちどけ, kuchidoke/, 口溶けの良い /くちどけのよい, kuchidoke no yoi/ |
| member {n} (part of a discourse, period, sentence, or verse) SEE: clause | :: |
| member {n} (in set theory) SEE: element | :: |
| member {n} (one who officially belongs to a group) | :: 会員 /かいいん, kaiin/, メンバー /menbā/, 構成員 /こうせいいん, kōseiin/ |
| member {n} (logic: one of the propositions making up a syllogism) SEE: premise | :: |
| Member of Parliament {n} (representative) | :: 国会議員 /kokkai giin/ |
| membership {n} (fact of being a member) | :: メンバーシップ /menbāshippu/, 会員 /かいいん, kai'in/ |
| membership {n} (body of members) | :: 会員 |
| membrane {n} (enclosing or separating tissue) | :: 膜 /まく, maku/ |
| meme {n} (unit of cultural information) | :: ミーム /mīmu/ |
| meme {n} (something copied and circulated online) | :: ミーム /mīmu/ |
| memento {n} (a keepsake) | :: 記念品 /kinenhin/, メメント /memento/ |
| memetics {n} (study of memes) | :: ミーム学 /mīmugaku/ |
| Memnon {prop} (Ethiopian king and warrior) | :: メムノーン /Memunōn/ |
| memo {n} (a short note) | :: メモ /memo/ |
| memoir {n} (book describing the personal experiences of an author) | :: 回想録 /かいそうろく, kaisōroku/, 回顧録 /かいころく, kaikoroku/ |
| memoirs {n} (autobiography) SEE: memoir | :: |
| memoization {n} | :: メモ化 /memoka/ |
| memorabilia {n} (objects that are connected to past events) | :: 記念品 /きねんひん, kinenhin/ |
| memorandum {n} (short note serving as a reminder) | :: メモ /memo/, 備忘録 /びぼうろく, bibōroku/, 忘備録 /ぼうびろく, bōbiroku/ |
| memorandum {n} (written business communication) | :: 覚書 /おぼえがき, oboegaki/ |
| memorandum {n} (brief diplomatic communication) | :: 覚書 /おぼえがき, oboegaki/ |
| memorandum of understanding {n} (document that outlines the legal premises of parties) | :: 了解覚書 /りょうかいおぼえがき, ryōkai oboegaki/ |
| Memorial Day {prop} (American federal holiday) | :: 戦没将兵追悼記念日 /せんぼつしょうへいついとうきねんび, senbotsu shōhei tsuitō kinenbi/, メモリアルデー /memoriarudē/, 戦没将兵記念日 /せんぼつしょうへいきねんび, senbotsu shōhei kinenbi/ |
| memorial service {n} (funeral) SEE: funeral | :: |
| memorization {n} (act of committing something to memory) | :: 暗記 /anki/ |
| memorize {v} (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) | :: 記憶する /きおくする, kioku suru/, 覚える /おぼえる, oboeru/, 暗記する /あんきする, anki suru/ |
| memory {n} (ability to recall) | :: 記憶 /きおく, kioku/ |
| memory {n} (stored record) | :: 記憶 /きおく, kioku/, 思い出 /おもいで, omoide/, 回想 /かいそう, kaisō/, 追憶 /ついおく, tsuioku/ |
| memory {n} (RAM or ROM) | :: メモリ /memori/, メモリー /memorī/ |
| memory card {n} (storage format) SEE: flashcard | :: |
| memory stick {n} (portable solid-state flash memory storage device) SEE: flash drive | :: |
| memory stick {n} (memory card, flash card) | :: メモリースティック /memorīsutikku/ |
| Memphis {prop} (city of ancient Egypt) | :: メンフィス |
| men {n} (human people) | :: 人々 /ひとびと, hitobito/ |
| menarche {n} (first menstruation) | :: 初潮 /しょちょう, shochō/, 初経 /しょけい, shokei/ |
| Mencius {prop} (Chinese philosopher) | :: 孟子 /Mōshi/ |
| mend {v} (to repair) | :: 直す /なおす, naosu/, 修理する / しゅうりする, shūri-suru/ |
| mendacious {adj} (false) SEE: false | :: |
| mendacious {adj} (lying, untruthful or dishonest) | :: 虚偽の /きょぎの, kyogi no/, 不正直 /ふしょうじき, fushōjiki/ |
| mendelevium {n} (chemical element) | :: メンデレビウム /menderebiumu/ |
| Menelaus {prop} (the king of Mycenaean Sparta) | :: メネラオス /menelaosu/ |
| Mengzi {prop} (Chinese philosopher) SEE: Mencius | :: |
| menial {adj} (of or relating to work normally performed by a servant) | :: 賎しい /iyashii/, 下賎な /gesen na/ |
| menial {adj} (of or relating to unskilled work) | :: 単純労働の /tanjun rōdō no/ |
| menial {n} (domestic servant) | :: 召し使い /meshitsukai/ |
| meningitis {n} (inflammation of the meninges) | :: 髄膜炎 /ずいまくえん, zuimakuen/ |
| Meänkieli {prop} (Finnic language spoken in northern Sweden) | :: メアンキエリ /meankieri/ |
| Mennonite {n} (group of Mennonites (churches or denominations)) | :: メノナイト /menonaito/ |
| Mennonite {n} (member of such a church or denomination or a person with a Mennonite heritage) | :: メノナイト /menonaito/ |
| menopause {n} (ending of menstruation) | :: 更年期 /こうねんき, kōnenki/, 閉経 /へいけい, heikei/ |
| menorah {n} (seven-branch candelabrum) | :: メノーラー /menōrā/ |
| Menshevik {n} (member of a faction of the Russian revolutionary movement) | :: メンシェヴィキ /mensheviki/ |
| menstruate {v} (to undergo menstruation) | :: 生理がある /せいりがある, seiri ga aru/ |
| menstruation {n} (periodic discharging of the menses) | :: 月経 /げっけい, gekkei/, 月事 /げつじ, getsuji/, 生理 /seiri/ |
| mental {adj} (relating to the mind) | :: 心の /こころの, kokoro no/, 精神的 /せいしんてき, seishinteki/ |
| mental disorder {n} (behavioral pattern) | :: 精神障害 /せいしんしょうがい, seishin shōgai/ |
| mental hospital {n} (facility designed to treat persons with mental disorders) | :: 精神病院 /せいしんびょういん, seishin byōin/, 精神科 /seishinka/ |
| mental illness {n} (property (uncountable)) | :: 精神疾患 /せいしんしっかん, seishin shikkan/, 精神病 /せいしんびょう, seishinbyō/ |
| mental institution {n} (psychiatric hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
| mentalis {n} (muscle) | :: 頤筋 /おとがいきん, otogaikin/ |
| mentality {n} (mindset) | :: 心理 /しんり, shinri/, メンタリティー /mentaritī/, 考え方 /かんがえかた, kangaekata/ |
| mentally {adv} (in a mental manner) | :: 精神的に /せいしんてきに, seishinteki ni/ |
| menthol {n} (cyclic monoterpene alcohol) | :: メントール /mentōru/, 薄荷脳 /hakkanō/ |
| mention {v} (mention) SEE: cover | :: |
| mention {v} (make a short reference to something) | :: について話す /についてはなす, ni tsuite hanasu/ |
| mentor {n} (A wise and trusted counselor or teacher) | :: メンター /mentā/ |
| menu {n} (details of the food to be served at a banquet) | :: メニュー /menyū/, お品書き /おしながき, oshinagaki/ |
| menu {n} (printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant) | :: メニュー /menyū/, お品書き /おしながき, oshinagaki/, 献立 /こんだて, kondate/ |
| menu {n} (list from which the user may select an operation to be performed) | :: メニュー /menyū/ |
| meow {interj} (cry of a cat) | :: ニャー /nyā/, ニャン /nyan/ |
| meow {n} (cry of a cat) | :: にゃ /nya/, にゃあ /nyā/, ニャア /nyā/ |
| meow {v} (of a cat, to make its cry) | :: にゃあと鳴く /にゃあとなく, nyā to naku/, 鳴く /なく, naku/ |
| Mephistopheles {prop} (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul) | :: メフィストフェレス /Mefisutoferesu/ |
| Mercedes {n} (short form of Mercedes Benz) | :: メルセデス /Merusedesu/, ベンツ /Bentsu/ |
| Mercedes-Benz {n} (a brand of car manufactured by Daimler AG) | :: メルセデス・ベンツ /Merusedesu-Bentsu/, メルセデス /Merusedesu/, ベンツ /Bentsu/ |
| mercenary {n} (person employed to fight) | :: 傭兵 /ようへい, yōhei/ |
| merchandise {n} (commodities offered for sale) | :: 品物 /しなもの, shinamonó/, 商品 /しょうひん, shōhin/, 物品 /ぶっぴん, buppin/, 品 /しな, shina/, 商材 /しょうざい, shōzai/ |
| merchant {n} (person who traffics in commodities) | :: 商人 /しょうにん, shōnin/ |
| merchant {n} (trading vessel) SEE: cargo ship | :: |
| merchantman {n} (merchant) SEE: merchant | :: |
| merchantman {n} (cargo ship) SEE: cargo ship | :: |
| merchant ship {n} (marine cargo vessel) SEE: cargo ship | :: |
| merciful {adj} (showing mercy) | :: 慈悲深い /じひぶかい, jihibukai/, 慈愛深い /じあいぶかい, jiaibukai/ |
| merciless {adj} (showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless) | :: 無慈悲 /mujihi/, 容赦ない /yōsha nai/ |
| mercilessness {n} (the property of being merciless) | :: 無慈悲 /mujihi/ |
| Mercurian {n} (someone from Mercury) | :: 水星人 /すいせいじん, Suisei-jin/ |
| mercury {n} (element) | :: 水銀 /すいぎん, suigin/ |
| mercury {n} (ambient temperature) | :: 気温 /きおん, kion/ |
| Mercury {prop} (planet) | :: 水星 /すいせい, Suisei/, マーキュリー /Mākyurī/ |
| Mercury {prop} (Roman god) | :: メルクリウス /Merukuriusu/, マーキュリー /Mākyurī/ |
| mercury-vapour lamp {n} (a gaseous discharge lamp) | :: 水銀灯 /すいぎんとう, suigintō/ |
| mercy {n} (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another) | :: 慈悲 /じひ, jihi/, 情け /なさけ, nasake/ |
| mercy {n} (forgiveness or compassion) | :: 情け /なさけ, nasake/ |
| mercy killing {n} (euthanasia) SEE: euthanasia | :: |
| merely {adv} (only, just, and nothing more) | :: 単に /たんに, tanni/, ばかり /bakari/, ただ /tada/ |
| meretricious {adj} (Tastelessly gaudy) | :: けばけばしい /kebakebashii/ |
| merganser {n} (diving duck) | :: 秋沙 /aisa/ |
| merge {v} ((transitive) to combine into a whole) | :: 合わせる /awaseru/, 合併する /gappei suru/ |
| mergeable {adj} (Capable of being merged) | :: 合併できる /gappei dekiru/, 可合の /kagō no/ |
| merger {n} (the act or process of merging) | :: 合併 /がっぺい, gappei/, 統合 /とうごう, tōgō/ |
| merger {n} (the legal union of two or more corporations) | :: 合併 /がっぺい, gappei/, 統合 /とうごう, tōgō/ |
| merger {n} (type of sound change merging two or more sounds) SEE: phonemic merger | :: |
| mergirl {n} (mermaid) SEE: mermaid | :: |
| meridian {n} (imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface) | :: 子午線 /しごせん, shigosen/, 経線 /けいせん, keisen/ |
| meridian {n} (acupunction: pathway along which acupoints are distributed) | :: 経絡系 /けいらくけい, keirakukei/, 経絡 /けいらく, keiraku/ |
| meringue {n} (mixture) | :: メレンゲ /merenge/ |
| meringue {n} (shell) | :: メレンゲ /merenge/ |
| meristem {n} (zone of active cell division) | :: 分裂組織 /ぶんれつそしき, bunretsusoshiki/ |
| merit {n} (claim to commendation or a reward) | :: 価値 /かち, kachi/ |
| meritocracy {n} (rule by merit) | :: 能力主義 /nōryokushugi/ |
| Merkel {prop} (surname) | :: メルケル /Merukeru/ |
| merlin {n} (small falcon) | :: コチョウゲンボウ /kochōgenbō/ |
| Merlin {prop} (Wizard in Arthurian legend) | :: マーリン /Mārin/ |
| merlon {n} (any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement) | :: 凸部 /とつぶ, totsubu/ |
| mermaid {n} (mythological woman with a fish's tail) | :: 人魚 /にんぎょ, ningyo/ |
| merperson {n} (mythological creature) | :: 人魚 /にんぎょ, ningyo/ |
| merry {adj} (jolly and full of high-spirits) | :: 陽気 /ようき, yōki/ |
| Merry Andrew {n} (person who clowns publicly) SEE: clown | :: |
| merry Christmas {phrase} (good wishes at Christmas time) | :: メリークリスマス /merii kurisumasu/ |
| Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year {phrase} (traditional greeting for the Christmas and the new year) | :: メリークリスマス、そして良いお年を！ /merī Kurisumasu, soshite yoi otoshi o!/ |
| merry-go-round {n} (carousel) | :: メリーゴーラウンド /merīgōraundo/, カルーセル /karūseru/, 回転木馬 /かいてんもくば, kaiten mokuba/ |
| mesencephalon {n} (midbrain) SEE: midbrain | :: |
| mesenteric {adj} (relating to mesentery) | :: 腸間膜の /chōkanmaku no/ |
| mesentery {n} (the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen) | :: 腸間膜 /chōkanmaku/ |
| mesh {n} (structure) | :: 網 /あみ, ami/ |
| mesmerize {v} (to exercise mesmerism on) | :: 魅了する |
| Mesolithic {n} (Mesolithic period) | :: 中石器時代 /chūsekki jidai/ |
| meson {n} (elementary particle) | :: 中間子 /chūkanshi/ |
| meson {n} | :: メソン /meson/, メゾン /mezon/ |
| mesophyll {n} (The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf) | :: 葉肉 /ようにく, yōniku/ |
| Mesopotamia {prop} (region between Euphrates and Tigris) | :: メソポタミア /Mesopotamia/ |
| Mesopotamian {n} (person from Mesopotamia) | :: メソポタミア人 /Mesopotamiajin/ |
| mesosphere {n} (layer of the Earth's atmosphere) | :: 中間圏 /ちゅうかんけん, chūkanken/ |
| mesothelioma {n} (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium) | :: 中皮腫 /ちゅうひしゅ, chūhishu/ |
| Mesozoic {prop} (Mesozoic era) | :: 中生代 /ちゅうせいだい, Chūseidai/ |
| mess {n} (confusion of things) | :: 混乱 /こんらん, konran/ |
| mess {n} (church service) SEE: Mass | :: |
| message {n} (communication, concept or information conveyed) | :: 伝言 /でんごん, dengon/, メッセージ /messēji/, 短信 /たんしん, tanshin/, コミュニケ /komyunike/ |
| message board {n} (Internet system) | :: 伝言板 /でんごんばん, dengonban/, フォーラム /fōramu/ |
| message board {n} | :: 電子掲示板 /denshi keijiban/ |
| message in a bottle {n} (message put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean) | :: ボトルメール |
| messenger {n} (one who brings messages) | :: 使者 /ししゃ, shisha/, メッセンジャー /messenjā/, 伝令 /でんれい, denrei/ |
| Messiah {prop} ((Christianity) Jesus) | :: メシア /Meshia/ |
| Messidor {prop} (the tenth month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: メスィドール /mesidōru/, 収穫月 /しゅうかくつき, shūkakutsuki/ |
| Messina {prop} (city) | :: メッシーナ /Messhīna/ |
| messy {adj} (in a disorderly state; causing mess or confusion; chaotic; disorderly) | :: 乱雑な /らんざつな, ranzatsu na/, きたない /kitanai/ , ぐちゃぐちゃ /guchagucha/ |
| meta- {prefix} (chemistry: contrasted with ortho- and para-) | :: メタ /meta-/; 超 /ちょう, chō/ |
| meta-analysis {n} (statistics) | :: メタ分析 /metabunseki/ |
| metabolic syndrome {n} (combination of disorders) | :: メタボ症候群 /Metaboshoukougun/ |
| metabolism {n} (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) | :: 代謝 /たいしゃ, taisha/, 新陳代謝 /しんちんたいしゃ, shinchin taisha/, 物質代謝 /ぶっしつたいしゃ, busshitsu taisha/ |
| metadata {n} (data that describes data) | :: メタデータ /metadēta/ |
| metal {n} (atomic element or material made of such atoms) | :: 金属 /きんぞく, kinzoku/ |
| metal {n} (certain category of rock music) | :: メタル /metaru/ |
| metalanguage {n} (linguistical term) | :: メタ言語 /meta gengo/ |
| metalanguage {n} (computing term) | :: メタ言語 /meta gengo/ |
| metallic {adj} (related to metal) | :: メタリック /metarikku/ |
| metallurgy {n} (science of metals) | :: 冶金 /yakin/ (やきん), 冶金学 /yakingaku/ (やきんがく), 冶金術 /yakinjutsu/ (やきんじゅつ), 金属工学 /kinzoku kougaku/ |
| metamorphic rock {n} (one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth) | :: 変成岩 /へんせいがん, henseigan/ |
| metamorphosis {n} (transformation) | :: 変態 /へんたい, hentai/, 変形 /へんけい, henkei/ |
| metamorphosis {n} (in biology) | :: 変態 /へんたい, hentai/ |
| metanalysis {n} (rebracketing) SEE: rebracketing | :: |
| metaphor {n} (uncountable: figure of speech) | :: 比喩 /ひゆ, hiyu/, メタファー /metafā/, 隠喩 /いんゆ, in'yu/, 暗喩 /あんゆ, an'yu/ |
| metaphor {n} (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | :: 比喩 /ひゆ, hiyu/, 隠喩 /いんゆ, in'yu/, 象徴 /しょうちょう, shōchō/ |
| metaphorical {adj} (pertaining to a metaphor) | :: 比喩的な /ひゆてきな, hiyuteki-na/ |
| metaphysics {n} (branch of philosophy that studies first principles) | :: 形而上学 /けいじじょうがく, keijijōgaku/ |
| metastasis {n} (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) | :: 転移 /てんい, ten'i/ |
| metathesis {n} (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | :: 音位転換 /おんいてんかん, on'itenkan/ |
| Metatron {prop} (archangel and the chancellor of Heaven and the scribe of the book of life) | :: メタトロン /Metatoron/ |
| metempsychosis {n} (Transmigration of the soul) | :: 輪廻 /りんね, rinne/ |
| meteor {n} (streak of light) | :: 流星 /りゅうせい, ryūsei/, 流れ星 /nagareboshi/ |
| meteorite {n} (remains of a meteor) | :: 隕石 /いんせき, inseki/ |
| meteorology {n} (science) | :: 気象学 /きしょうがく, kishōgaku/, 気象 /きしょう, kishō/ |
| meteor shower {n} (Meteors seen on Earth for short time period) | :: 流星群 /りゅうせいぐん, ryūseigun/ |
| meter {n} (measuring instrument) | :: メーター /mētā/, 計量器 /けいりょうき, keiryōki/ |
| meter {n} (increment of music) | :: 拍子 /ひょうし, hyōshi/ |
| meter {n} (rhythm of poetry) | :: 韻律 /いんりつ, inritsu/ |
| meter {n} (unit of length) SEE: metre | :: |
| meter {v} (to measure) SEE: measure | :: |
| -meter {suffix} (used to form a measuring device) | :: 計 /kei/ |
| metformin {n} (oral drug) | :: メトホルミン /metohorumin/ |
| methamphetamine {n} (the drug (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine) | :: メタンフェタミン /metanfetamin/, ヒロポン /hiropon/ |
| methanal {n} (formaldehyde) SEE: formaldehyde | :: |
| methane {n} (the compound CH4) | :: メタン /metan/, メタンガス /metan gasu/ |
| methanol {n} (the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH) | :: メタノール /metanōru/ |
| methinks {contraction} (it seems to me) | :: 私が思うに /watashi ga omou ni/ |
| methionine {n} (amino acid) | :: メチオニン /mechionin/ |
| method {n} (process by which a task is completed) | :: 方法 /ほうほう, hōhō/, 方式 /ほうしき, hōshiki/ |
| method acting {n} | :: メソッド演技法 /mesoddo engihō/, メソッド演技 /mesoddo engi/ |
| methodical {adj} (in an organized manner) | :: 几帳面な /きちょうめんな, kichōmen na/ |
| Methodism {n} (Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley) | :: メソジスト /mesojisuto/ |
| methodology {n} (the study of methods used in a field) | :: 方法論 /hōhōron/ |
| methodology {n} (a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field) | :: 手順 /tejun/, 方法 /hōhō/, 手法 /shuhō/ |
| methodology {n} (the implementation of such methods etc.) | :: 方法 /hōhō/, 手法 /shuhō/ |
| Methuselah {prop} (Biblical character) | :: メトシェラ /Metoshera/ |
| methyl {n} (univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3) | :: メチル /mechiru/ |
| methyl bromide {n} (methyl bromide) SEE: bromomethane | :: |
| meticulous {adj} (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details) | :: 細部まで行き届いた /さいぶまでいきとどいた, saibu made ikitodoita/, 几帳面な /きちょうめんな, kichōmen na/ |
| metis {adj} (a person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent) | :: 混血児 /こんけつじ, konketsuji/ |
| Metonic cycle {n} | :: メトン周期 |
| metonym {n} (word that names an object from a single characteristic of it) | :: 換喩語 /かんゆご, kan'yugo/ |
| metonymic {n} (metonym) SEE: metonym | :: |
| metonymy {n} (figure of speech) | :: 換喩法 /かんゆほう, kan'yuhō/, 換喩 /かんゆ, kan'yu/ |
| metonymy {n} (metonym) SEE: metonym | :: |
| me too {phrase} (I agree) | :: 私も /わたしも, watashi mo/, 僕も /ぼくも, boku mo/, 俺も /おれも, ore mo/ |
| metre {n} (unit of length) | :: メートル /mētoru/, ㍍ /mētoru/ |
| metre per second {n} (SI unit for measuring speed) | :: メートル毎秒 /mētoru maibyō/ |
| metric {n} (measure for something) | :: 計量 /けいりょう, keiryō/ |
| metric {n} (notion in mathematics) | :: 計量 /けいりょう, keiryō/, メトリック /metorikku/ |
| metric system {n} (International System of Units) SEE: International System of Units | :: |
| metric ton {n} (unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms) | :: メトリックトン, グラムトン |
| metro {n} (underground railway) SEE: subway | :: |
| metro {n} (train of underground railway) SEE: subway | :: |
| metrology {n} (science of measurement) | :: 測定学 /そくていがく, sokuteigaku/ |
| metrology {n} (system of weights and measures) | :: 度量衡 /どりょうこう, doryōkō/ |
| metronome {n} (a device used in music) | :: メトロノーム /metoronōmu/ |
| metropole {n} (city) SEE: metropolis | :: |
| metropolis {n} (large, busy city) | :: 大都市 /だいとし, daitoshi/, メトロポリス /metoroporisu/ |
| metropolitan {adj} (pertaining to a metropolis) | :: 大都市の (だいとしの, daitoshino); referring to large urban ???; 府主教 (ふしゅきょう, fushukyō); Metropolitan bishop in Orthodox Church; 首都大司教 (しゅとだいしきょう, shutodaishikyō); Metropolitan bishop in Catholic Church |
| metrosexual {n} (man concerned with personal appearance) | :: メトロセクシャル /metorosekusharu/ |
| mettle {n} (metal) SEE: metal | :: |
| Meuse {prop} (river) | :: マース川 /Māsu gawá/ |
| mew {n} (crying sound of a cat) SEE: meow | :: |
| mew {v} (meow) SEE: meow | :: |
| mew {n} (gull or seagull) | :: 鴎 /kamome/ |
| Mexican {n} (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) | :: メキシコ人 /Mekishiko-jin/ |
| Mexican {n} (Nahuatl language) SEE: Nahuatl | :: |
| Mexican {adj} (of or pertaining to Nahuatl language) SEE: Nahuatl | :: |
| Mexican chickadee {n} (Poecile sclateri) | :: メキシココガラ /mekishikokogara/ |
| Mexican hairless {n} (Dog of that breed.) | :: メキシカン・ヘアレス・ドッグ /Mekishikan hearesu doggu/, ショロイッツクゥイントリ /shoroittsukwuintori/ |
| Mexican marigold {n} (Tagetes erecta) | :: 千寿菊 /せんじゅぎく, senjugiku/ |
| Mexican wolf {n} (rare subspecies of grey wolf) | :: メキシコオオカミ |
| Mexico {prop} (country) | :: メキシコ /Mekishiko/ (墨西哥) |
| Mexico {prop} (Mexico City) SEE: Mexico City | :: |
| Mexico City {prop} (capital of Mexico) | :: メキシコ市 /Mekishiko-shi/, メキシコシティ /Mekishiko-shiti/ |
| mezuzah {n} (piece of parchment attached to the doorpost of a house) | :: メズーザー /mezūzā/ |
| mezzo-soprano {n} (pitch) | :: メゾソプラノ /mezosopurano/ |
| mi {n} (third note of a major scale) | :: ミ /mi/ |
| miai {n} (formal marriage interview, see also: blind date) | :: 見合い /みあい, miai/, お見合い /おみあい, o-miai/ |
| Miami {prop} (city in Florida, United States) | :: マイアミ /Maiami/ |
| Miaoli {prop} (county in western Taiwan) | :: 苗栗 /びょうりつ, Byōritsu/ |
| miasma {n} (noxious atmosphere or influence) | :: 瘴気 /しょうき, shōki/, 毒素 /dokuso/ |
| mica {n} (hydrous aluminosilicate minerals) | :: 雲母 /うんも, unmo, うんぼ, unbo, きらら, kirara, きら, kira/, マイカ /maika/ |
| Micah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: ミカ書 /Mika sho/ |
| Micah {prop} (Biblical character: minor prophet and author) | :: ミカ /Mika/ |
| Micah {prop} (Biblical character: Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18) | :: ミカ /Mika/ |
| Micah {prop} (male given name) | :: ミカ /Mika/ |
| Michael {prop} (male given name) | :: マイケル /Maikeru/, マイクル /Maikuru/ |
| Michael {prop} (archangel) | :: ミカエル /Mikaeru/, ミハイル /Mihairu/, ミヒャエル /Mihyaeru/ |
| Michelangelo {prop} (Italian artist) | :: ミケランジェロ /Mikeranjero/ |
| Michigan {prop} (US state) | :: ミシガン /Mishigan/ |
| michiyuki {n} (traditional Japanese overcoat) | :: 道行き /michiyuki/ |
| Mickey D's {prop} | :: マック /Makku/ |
| Mickey Mouse {prop} (Disney character) | :: ミッキーマウス /Mikkī Mausu/ |
| micro- {prefix} (very small) | :: マイクロ- /maikuro-/ |
| micro- {prefix} (one millionth) | :: マイクロ /maikuro/ |
| microbe {n} (microorganism) | :: 微生物 /びせいぶつ, biseibutsu/ |
| microbead {n} (microscopic bead) | :: マイクロビーズ /maikurobīzu/ |
| microbiologist {n} (scientist whose speciality is microbiology) | :: 微生物学者 /びせいぶつがくしゃ, biseibutsu gakusha/ |
| microbiology {n} (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) | :: 微生物学 /びせいぶつがく, biseibutsugaku/ |
| microblog {n} (blog on which one posts brief updates) | :: ミニブログ /miniburogu/ |
| microchip {n} (integrated circuit) | :: マイクロチップ /maikurochippu/ |
| microcontroller {n} (microcomputer on a single chip) | :: マイクロコントローラ /maikurokontorōra/, マイコン /maikon/ |
| microcosm {n} (human nature or body as representative of the wider universe) | :: 小宇宙 /しょううちゅう, shōuchū/ |
| microcosm {n} (obsolete: the human body, a person) | :: 小宇宙 /しょううちゅう, shōuchū/ |
| microcosm {n} (smaller system as representative of a larger one) | :: 小宇宙 /しょううちゅう, shōuchū/ |
| microcosm {n} (small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model) | :: 小宇宙 /しょううちゅう, shōuchū/ |
| microeconomics {n} (study of small-scale economic activities) | :: ミクロ経済学 /mikuro-keizaigaku/ |
| microglia {n} (glial cells of the immune system) | :: 小膠細胞 /しょうこうさいぼう, shōkōsaibō/ |
| microgram {n} (µg) | :: マイクログラム /maikurogramu/ |
| microlith {n} (small stone tool) | :: 細石器 /さいせっき, saisekki/ |
| micrometer {n} (one millionth of a meter) | :: マイクロメートル /maikuromētoru/ |
| micrometer {n} (instrument) | :: マイクロメータ /maikuromēta/ |
| micrometre {n} (micrometer) SEE: micrometer | :: |
| micron {n} (micrometer) | :: ミクロン /mikuron/ |
| Micronesia {prop} (country) | :: ミクロネシア /Mikuroneshia/ |
| microorganism {n} (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye) | :: 微生物 /びせいぶつ, biseibutsu/ |
| micropenis {n} (unusually small penis) | :: 矮小陰茎 /わいしょういんけい, waishōinkei/ |
| microphone {n} (transducer of sound waves to electricity) | :: マイクロフォン /maikurofon/, マイク /maiku/ |
| microprocessor {n} (the entire CPU of a computer on a chip) | :: マイクロプロセッサー /maikuropurosessā/ |
| microscope {n} (an optical instrument) | :: 顕微鏡 /けんびきょう, kenbikyō/, マイクロスコープ /maikurosukōpu/ |
| microscopize {v} (microscope) SEE: microscope | :: |
| microsecond {n} (unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds) | :: マイクロ秒 /maikuro byō/ |
| Microsoft {prop} (Transliterations and translations) | :: マイクロソフト /Maikurosofuto/ |
| microstate {n} (a very small country) | :: マイクロ /maikuro/ |
| microwave {n} (microwave oven) SEE: microwave oven | :: |
| microwave {n} (electromagnetic wave) | :: マイクロ波 /マイクロは, maikuroha/ |
| microwave {v} (cook in a microwave oven) | :: チンする /chinsuru/ |
| microwave oven {n} (oven using microwave energy) | :: 電子レンジ /denshi renji/, 電子レンジオーブン /denshi renji-ōbun/, レンジ /renji/, チン /chin/ |
| micturate {v} (urinate) SEE: urinate | :: |
| micturition {n} (physiology: urination) | :: 排尿 /はいにょう, hainyō/, 放尿 /ほうにょう, hōnyō/ |
| Mid-Autumn Festival {n} (harvest festival) | :: 中秋節 /chūshūsetsu/ |
| midbrain {n} (part of brain) | :: 中脳 /chūnō/ |
| midday {n} (12 o'clock during the day) SEE: noon | :: |
| midden {n} (archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells) | :: 貝塚 /kaidzuka/ |
| middle {n} (centre, midpoint) | :: 中央 /ちゅうおう, chūō/, 中間 /ちゅうかん, chūkan/, 中心 /ちゅうしん, chūshin/ |
| middle {n} | :: 中間 /ちゅうかん, chūkan/ |
| middle {adj} (located in the middle; in between) | :: 中間の /chūkan no/ |
| middle age {n} (the period of life between youth and old age) | :: 中年 /ちゅうねん, chūnen/ |
| middle-aged {adj} (of, or relating to middle age) | :: 中年 /ちゅうねん, chūnen/ |
| Middle Ages {prop} (historical period) | :: 中世 /ちゅうせい, Chūsei/ |
| middle class {n} (social and economic class) | :: 中産階級 /chūsan kaikyū/ |
| middle ear {n} (cavity in the ear) | :: 中耳 /ちゅうじ, chūji/ |
| Middle-earth {prop} (fictional place on Earth where most of the stories of J. R. R. Tolkien are set) | :: 中つ国 /なかつくに, Nakatsukuni/ |
| Middle-earth {prop} (Middle Earth) SEE: Midgard | :: |
| Middle Earth {prop} (Middle-earth) SEE: Middle-earth | :: |
| Middle Earth {prop} (Earth) SEE: Earth | :: |
| Middle Earth {prop} (Midgard) SEE: Midgard | :: |
| Middle East {prop} (region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa) | :: 中東 /ちゅうとう, Chūtō/ |
| Middle English {prop} (Middle English) | :: 中英語 /ちゅうえいご, chū-ēgo/, 中期英語 /ちゅうきえいご, chūki-ēgo/ |
| middle finger {n} (finger between the forefinger and the ring finger) | :: 中指 /なかゆび, nakayubi/ |
| Middle French {n} (Middle French) | :: 中世フランス語 /chūseifransugo/ |
| middlegame {n} (the period in a game between the opening and endgame) | :: 中盤 /ちゅうばん, chūban/ |
| Middle Kingdom {prop} (Egypt in the 12th and 13th dynasties) | :: 中王国 /ちゅうおうこく, Chū ōkoku/ |
| Middle Korean {prop} (Korean in the 10th to 16th century) | :: 中期朝鮮語 /ちゅうきちょうせんご, Chūki Chōsengo/ |
| middle name {n} (name between given name and surname) | :: ミドルネーム /midoru nēmu/ |
| middle reaches {n} (the middle portion of a river) | :: 中流 /ちゅうりゅう, chūryū/ |
| middle school {n} (school contain both primary and secondary students) | :: 中学校 /ちゅうがっこう, chūgakkō/ |
| middle school student {n} | :: 中学生 /ちゅうがくせい, chūgakusei/ |
| midfielder {n} (player) | :: ミッドフィールダー /middofīrudā/ |
| Midgard {prop} (Earth) SEE: Earth | :: |
| Midgard {prop} (the abode of humans, between heaven and hell) | :: 中つ国 |
| midget {n} (person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10") | :: 小人 /こびと, kobito/, ちび /chibi/, ミゼット /mizetto/ |
| midhusband {n} (accoucheur) SEE: accoucheur | :: |
| mid-life crisis {n} (emotional period of doubt) | :: ミドルエイジクライシス /midoru-eiji kuraishisu/ |
| midnight {n} (middle of the night) | :: 夜中 /yonaka/, 真夜中 /mayonaka/, 夜半 /yahan/ |
| midnight {n} (12 o'clock) | :: 午前0時 /gozen reiji/, 真夜中 /mayonaka/, 正子 /shōshi/ |
| midnight sun {n} (phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set) | :: 白夜 /びゃくや, byakuya, はくや, hakuya/ |
| midriff {n} (mid section of the human torso) | :: 横隔膜 /おうかくまく, ōkakumaku/ |
| midsummer {n} (The middle of summer) | :: 真夏 /まなつ, manatsu/ |
| midterm {adj} (halfway through a term) | :: 中間 /ちゅうかん, chūkan/ |
| midterm {n} (exam) | :: 中間テスト /chūkan tesuto/, 中間試験 /chūkan shiken/ |
| midway {adv} (halfway) SEE: halfway | :: |
| midwife {n} (person who assists women in childbirth) | :: 助産婦 /じょさんぷ, josanpu/, 産婆 /さんば, sanba/, 助産師 /じょさんし, josanshi/ |
| midwifery {n} (the practice and science of being a midwife) | :: 産科学 /さんかがく, sankagaku/ |
| Mie {prop} (a prefecture in Japan) | :: 三重県 /みえけん, Mieken/, 三重 /みえ, Mie/ |
| mielie {n} (maize) SEE: maize | :: |
| might makes right {proverb} (the stronger and more powerful rule others) | :: 勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍 /kateba kangun, makereba zokugun/ |
| mighty {adj} (very strong, possessing might) | :: 強大な (きょうだいな, kyōdai na) |
| migraine {n} (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) | :: 偏頭痛 /へんずつう, henzutsū/ |
| migrant {n} (A migratory bird or other animal) | :: 渡り鳥 /わたりどり, watari-dori/ |
| migrant {n} (A person moving from one region or country to another) | :: 移住者 /いじゅうしゃ, ijū-sha/, 渡り者 /わたりもの, watarimono/ |
| migrant worker {n} (guest worker) SEE: guest worker | :: |
| migrate {v} (to move computer code or files) | :: 移行する /ikō-suru/ |
| migrate {v} | :: 移民する, 移住する ; 渡る (for birds), 回遊する (for fish) |
| migration {n} (moving a place to live to another) | :: 移住 /いじゅう, ijū/ |
| migration {n} (seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish) | :: 回遊 /かいゆう, kaiyū/, 移動 /いどう, idō/ |
| migration {n} (computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one) | :: 移行 /いこう, ikō/ |
| mijiu {n} (variety of Chinese rice wine) | :: 米酒 /べいしゅ, beishu/, ライスワイン /raisuwain/ |
| mikado {n} (emperor of Japan) | :: 帝 /みかど, mikado/, 御門 /みかど, mikado/, 天皇 /てんのう, tennō/ |
| mikan {n} (seedless cultivar of tangerine) SEE: satsuma | :: |
| Mike {prop} (the letter "M") | :: マイケ |
| Milan {prop} (city and capital) | :: ミラノ /Mirano/ |
| Milanese {adj} (pertaining to Milan) | :: ミラノの /Mirano no/ |
| Milanese {n} (native or inhabitant of Milan) | :: ミラノ人 /ミラノじん, Mirano-jin/ |
| mild {adj} (gentle; pleasant; kind; soft) | :: 穏やか /おだやか, odayaka/, 緩やか /ゆるやか, yuruyaka/, 温厚 /おんこう, onkō/ |
| mildew {n} (growth of minute fungi) | :: 黴 /かび, kabi/ |
| mildew {v} (to taint with mildew) | :: かびる /kabiru/ |
| mile {n} (measure of length) | :: マイル /mairu/ |
| milestone {n} (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals) | :: マイルストーン /mairusutōn/, キロポスト /kiroposuto/, 里程標 /りていひょう, riteihyō/ |
| milestone {n} (important event) | :: 里程標 /りていひょう, riteihyō/, 画期的出来事 /かっきてきできごと, kakkiteki dekigoto/ |
| MILF {n} (woman) | :: 熟女 /jukujo/ |
| miliaria {n} (rash) | :: 汗疹 /かんしん, kanshin, あせも, asemo, あせぼ, asebo/ |
| miliary tuberculosis {n} (form of tuberculosis) | :: 粟粒結核 /ぞくりゅうけっかく, zokuryūkekkaku/ |
| militarisation {n} (process) SEE: militarization | :: |
| militarism {n} (militarism) | :: 軍国主義 /ぐんこくしゅぎ, gunkokushugi/ |
| militarist {n} (one who believes in military force) | :: 軍国主義者 /gunkokushugisha/, 鷹派 /takaha/ |
| militarization {n} (process) | :: 軍事化 /ぐんじか, gunjika/ |
| militarize {v} (to train or equip for war) | :: 軍事化する /ぐんじかする, gunjika suru/ |
| military {adj} (characteristic of members of the armed forces) | :: 軍事的な /ぐんじてきな, gunjiteki na/ |
| military {adj} | :: 軍事的な /ぐんじてきな, gunjiteki na/ , 軍隊の /ぐんたいの, guntai no/ |
| military {n} (armed forces) | :: 軍隊 /ぐんたい, guntai/ |
| military service {n} (service in an army) | :: 兵役 /へいえき, heieki/ |
| militia {n} (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need) | :: 民兵 /みんぺい, minpei/ |
| militsia {n} (police) SEE: police | :: |
| militsia {n} (militia) SEE: militia | :: |
| militsia {n} ((Soviet Union) the police in the Soviet Union and related states) | :: ミリツィア /miritsia/ |
| milk {v} (to express milk from mammal) | :: 乳を搾る /ちちをしぼる, chichi o shiboru/ |
| milk {n} (semen) SEE: semen | :: |
| milk {n} (liquid) | :: 乳 /ちち, chichi/, 乳汁 /にゅうじゅう, nyūjū/, ミルク /miruku/ |
| milk chocolate {n} (Chocolate that includes milk powder as one of its ingredients) | :: ミルクチョコレート /miruku-chokorēto/ |
| milkfish {n} (Chanos chanos) | :: 虱目魚 /さばひい, sabahī/ |
| milkmaid {n} (a young woman who milks the cows on a farm) | :: 乳しぼり女 /ちちしぼりのおんな, chichi shibori no onna/, 乳搾りの女 /ちちしぼりのおんな, chichi shibori no onna/, ミルクメイド /mirukumeido/ |
| milkmaid's yoke {n} (carrying pole) SEE: carrying pole | :: |
| milkman {n} (man who delivers milk early in the morning) | :: 牛乳屋 /ぎゅうにゅうや, gyūnyūya/, 牛乳配達 /ぎゅにゅうはいたつ, gyūnyū haitatsu/ |
| milkshake {n} (milk and ice cream beverage) | :: ミルクセーキ /mirukusēki/ |
| milk tea {n} (bubble tea) SEE: bubble tea | :: |
| milk tea {n} (beverage containing a combination of cow's milk and tea) | :: ミルクティー /みるくてぃー, miruku tī/ |
| milk tooth {n} (tooth of the first set of teeth) | :: 乳歯 /nyūshi/ (にゅうし) |
| Milky Way {prop} (galaxy) | :: 銀河系 /ぎんがけい, gingakei/, 天の川銀河 /あまのがわぎんが, amanogawa ginga/, 天河 /てんが, Tenga/ |
| Milky Way {prop} (light in night sky) | :: 天の川 /あまのがわ, amanogawa/ |
| mill {n} (grinding apparatus) | :: 粉砕機 /ふんさいき, funsaiki/, ミル /miru/ |
| mill {n} (building housing a grinding apparatus) | :: 製粉所 /せいふんじょ, seifunjo/ |
| mill {n} (manufacturing plant) | :: 工場 /こうじょう, kōjō/ |
| mill {n} (strategy) | :: ミル /miru/ |
| mill {n} (treadmill) SEE: treadmill | :: |
| mille-feuille {n} (a type of pastry with several layers of puff pastry) | :: ミルフィーユ /mirufīyu/ |
| millennium {n} (thousand-year period) | :: 千年間 /sennenkan/, 千年期 /sennenki/, 千年紀 /sennenki/ |
| millennium {n} (period of universal happiness) | :: 至福千年, 千年王国 |
| millennium bug {prop} (a design flaw in computer systems which which could cause date calculations to fail after 1999) | :: 2000年問題 |
| miller {n} (person) | :: 粉屋 /こなや, konaya/ |
| millet {n} (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) | :: 黍 /キビ, kibi/ |
| milli- {prefix} (prefix) | :: ミリ- /miri-/ |
| milliard {num} (10^9) SEE: billion | :: |
| millibar {n} (non-SI unit of pressure) | :: ミリバール /miribāru/ |
| milligram {n} (milligram) | :: ミリグラム /miriguramu/ |
| milliliter {n} (milliliter) SEE: millilitre | :: |
| millilitre {n} (a unit of volume) | :: ミリリットル /miririttoru/ |
| millimeter {n} (unit of measure) | :: ミリメートル /mirimētoru/, ミリ /miri/ |
| millimetre {n} (millimeter) SEE: millimeter | :: |
| million {n} (cardinal number) | :: 百万 /ひゃくまん, hyaku-man/ |
| millionaire {n} (somebody whose wealth is greater than one million) | :: 大富豪 /だいふごう, daifugō/, 百万長者 /ひゃくまんちょうじゃ, hyakumanchōja/ |
| millipede {n} (elongated arthropod) | :: ヤスデ /yasude/, 馬陸 /やすで, yasude/ |
| millisecond {n} (one one-thousandth of a second) | :: ミリ秒 /miri-byō/, ミリセカント /mirisekanto/ |
| millstone {n} (large round stone used for grinding grain) | :: 碾き臼 /ひきうす, hikiusu/, ひき臼 /ひきうす, hikiusu/ |
| milt {n} (fish semen) | :: 白子 /しらこ, shirako/ |
| milt {n} (the organ spleen) SEE: spleen | :: |
| mimeograph {n} (machine for making copies) | :: 謄写版 /tōshaban/ |
| mimic {n} (imitation) SEE: imitation | :: |
| mimicry {n} (the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else) | :: 擬態 /ぎたい, gitai/ |
| minaret {n} (mosque tower) | :: ミナレット /minaretto/ |
| Min Bei {prop} (Chinese language) | :: 閩北語 /びんほくご, binhokugo, ミンベイご, minbeigo/ |
| mince {n} (finely chopped meat) | :: 挽肉 /ひきにく, hikiniku/, 肉餡 /にくあん, nikuan/ |
| mince pie {n} (mincemeat-filled pie served around Christmas) | :: ミンスパイ /minsupai/ |
| mincer {n} (a kitchen utensil used for mincing meat) SEE: meatgrinder | :: |
| mind {n} (ability for rational thought) | :: 心 /こころ, kokoro/, 精神 /せいしん, seishin/, 知性 /ちせい, chisei/ |
| mind {n} (philosophy: non-material substance) | :: 念頭 /nentō/ |
| mind {v} (to remember) SEE: remember | :: |
| Mindanao {prop} (an island in the Philippines) | :: ミンダナオ島 /Mindanao-tō/ |
| mind control {n} (subverting an individual's control of his or her mind) | :: マインドコントロール /maindo kontorōru/ |
| mindfulness {n} (awareness) SEE: awareness | :: |
| mind one's own business {v} (to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others) | :: 要らぬ世話をしない /いらぬせわをしない, iranu sewa-o shinai/ |
| mindset {n} (a way of thinking) | :: 考え方 /かんがえかた, kangaekata/, 心理 /しんり, shinri/ |
| mine {pron} (that which belongs to me) | :: 私の /わたしの, watashi no/, 私の /わたくしの, watakushi no/ |
| mine {n} (excavation from which ore is extracted) | :: 鉱山 /こうざん, kōzan/, マイン /main/ |
| mine {n} (military: exploding device) | :: 地雷 /じらい, jirai/ |
| mine {v} (to pick one's nose) SEE: pick one's nose | :: |
| minecart {n} (a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials) | :: トロッコ /torokko/ |
| minefield {n} (area in which mines have been hidden) | :: 地雷原 /jiraigen, じらいげん/ |
| minelayer {n} (ship capable of laying mines) | :: 機雷敷設艦 /きらいふせつかん, kirai fusetsu-kan/ |
| miner {n} (person who works in a mine) | :: 鉱夫 /こうふ, kōfu/, 坑夫 /こうふ, kōfu/, 鉱山労働者 /kouzanroudousha/ |
| mineral {n} (in geology) | :: 鉱物 /こうぶつ, kōbutsu/ |
| mineral {n} (as opposed to animal and vegetable) | :: 鉱物 /こうぶつ, kōbutsu/ |
| mineral {n} (in nutrition) | :: ミネラル /mineraru/ |
| mineral {adj} (relating to or containing minerals) | :: 鉱物の /こうぶつの, kōbutsu no/ |
| mineral {n} (mineral water) SEE: mineral water | :: |
| mineralogy {n} (the study or science of minerals) | :: 鉱物学 /こうぶつがく, kōbutsugaku/ |
| mineral oil {n} (mixture) | :: 鉱物油 /こうぶつゆ, kōbutsuyu/, 鉱油 /こうゆ, kōyu/ |
| mineral water {n} (water containing dissolved minerals) | :: ミネラルウォーター /mineraru wōtā/ |
| Minerva {prop} (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) | :: ミネルバ /Mineruba/ |
| minestrone {n} (thick Italian vegetable soup) | :: ミネストローネ /minesutorōne/ |
| minesweeper {n} (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines) | :: 掃海艇 /そうかいてい, sōkaitei/ |
| minesweeper {n} (video game) | :: マインスイーパー |
| minesweeping {n} | :: 掃海 /そうかい, sōkai/ |
| miniature {n} (a model of reduced scale) | :: ミニチュア /minichua/ |
| miniature golf {n} (informal form of golf) | :: パターゴルフ /patāgorufu/, ミニゴルフ /minigorufu/ |
| minibus {n} (a small bus) | :: マイクロバス /maikurobasu/ |
| minify {v} (to make smaller) | :: 縮小する /shukushō suru/, 小さくする /chiisaku suru/, 縮める /chizimeru/ |
| minigolf {n} (miniature golf) SEE: miniature golf | :: |
| minim {n} (A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem) | :: 二分音符 /nibun onpu/ |
| minimal pair {n} (Pair of words) | :: ミニマル・ペア /minimaru pea/, 最小対語 /さいしょうついご, saishōtsuigo/, 最小対 /さいしょうつい, saishōtsui/, 最小対立 /さいしょうたいりつ, saishōtairitsu/ |
| minimart {n} (convenience store) SEE: convenience store | :: |
| minimize {v} ((computing) To cause a window to disappear) | :: 最小化する /さいしょうかする, saishōka suru/ |
| minimum {n} (lowest limit) | :: 最小 /さいしょう, saishō/, 最低 /さいてい, saitei/, 極小 /きょくしょう, kyokushō/ |
| minimum {adj} (lowest degree) | :: 最小 /さいしょう, saishō/, 最低 /さいてい, saitei/, 極小 /きょくしょう, kyokushō/ |
| minimum wage {n} (lowest rate of pay that an employer can legally pay) | :: 最低賃金 /さいていちんぎん, saitei chingin/ |
| minimus {n} (the fifth digit) SEE: little finger | :: |
| mining {n} (activity of removing solid valuables from the earth) | :: 採鉱 /さいこう, saikō/, 鉱業 /こうぎょう, kōgyō/ |
| minion {n} (loyal servant of another more powerful being) | :: 子分 /こぶん, kobun/ |
| minipig {n} (small pig) | :: ミニ豚 /ミニぶた, minibuta/ |
| miniskirt {n} (skirt) | :: ミニスカート /minisukāto/, ミニスカ /minisuka/ |
| minister {n} (politician who heads a ministry) | :: 大臣 /だいじん, daijin/, 長官 /ちょうかん, chōkan/ |
| ministry {n} (government department) | :: 省 /しょう, shō/ |
| ministry {n} (practice and education of the minister of a particular religion) | :: 部 /bu/ |
| minivan {n} (small van) | :: ミニバン /miniban/ |
| minivet {n} (bird of Pericrocotus) | :: 山椒食 /サンショウクイ, sanshōkui/ |
| mink {n} (mammal) | :: ミンク /minku/ |
| minke whale {n} (Balaenoptera acutorostrata or Balaenoptera bonaerensis) | :: ミンククジラ /minku kujira/ |
| Min Nan {prop} (Hokkien) SEE: Hokkien | :: |
| Min Nan {prop} (the language) | :: ミン南語 /ミンなんご, minnango/, 閩南語 /binnango, minnango/ |
| Minneapolis {prop} (city) | :: ミネアポリス /mineaporisu/ |
| Minnesota {prop} (a state of the United States of America) | :: ミネソタ州 /Minesota-shū/, ミネソタ /Minesota/ |
| Minnie {prop} (Diminutive) | :: ミニー /Minī/ |
| Minoan {adj} (Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age) | :: ミノア /minoa/ |
| minor {n} (someone below the legal age) | :: 未成年者 /みせいねんしゃ, miseinensha/ |
| Minorca {prop} (An island of Spain) | :: メノルカ島 /menorukatō/, ミノルカ島 /minorukatō/ |
| minority {n} (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority) | :: 少数 /しょうすう, shōsū/ |
| minor key {n} (music: a musical key based upon a minor scale) | :: 短調 /たんちょう, tanchō/ |
| minor third {n} (musical interval) | :: 短三度 /たんさんど, tansando/ |
| minotaur {n} (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man) | :: ミノタウロス /minotaurosu/, 牛人 /gyūjin/ |
| Minsk {prop} (capital of Belarus) | :: ミンスク /Minsuku/ |
| minstrel {n} (medieval traveling entertainer) | :: 吟遊詩人 /ぎんゆうしじん, gin'yū shijin/ |
| mint {n} (money-producing building or institution) | :: 造幣局 /ぞうへいきょく, zōhei kyoku/ |
| mint {n} (plant) | :: 薄荷 /はっか, hakka/, ミント /minto/ |
| mint {n} (herb flavouring) | :: ミント /minto/, 薄荷 /はっか, hakka/ |
| mint {n} (candy) | :: ミント /minto/ |
| mint chocolate chip {n} (ice cream flavor) | :: チョコミント /choko minto/ |
| minuend {n} (number from which another is subtracted) | :: 被減数 /higensū/, 引かれる数 /hikareru kazu/ |
| minuet {n} (dance) | :: メヌエット /menuetto/ |
| minuet {n} (music accompanying the dance) | :: メヌエット /menuetto/ |
| minus {n} (minus sign) SEE: minus sign | :: |
| minus {prep} (mathematics: less) | :: 引く /hiku/ |
| minus {n} (mathematics: negative quantity) | :: 負 /ふ, fu/, マイナス /mainasu/ |
| minus {adj} (negative) | :: 負 /fu/ |
| minus {adj} (on the negative part of a scale) | :: マイナス /mainasu/ |
| minuscule {n} (lower-case letter) | :: 小文字 /こもじ, komoji/ |
| minuscule {adj} (very small, tiny) | :: 矮小 /waishou/ |
| minus sign {n} (symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative) | :: マイナス /mainasu/, マイナス記号 /mainasu kigō/ |
| minute {n} (unit of time) | :: 分 /ふん, fun/ |
| minute {n} (record of meeting) | :: 議事録 /ぎじろく, gijiroku/ |
| minute {adj} (very careful and exact, giving small details) | :: 綿密 /menmitsu/ |
| minute hand {n} (clock hand) | :: 分針 /ふんしん, funshin/, 長針 /ちょうしん, chōshin/ |
| minutia {n} (minor detail) | :: 枝葉末節 /siyōmassetsu/ |
| minx {n} (a pert, flirtatious or impudent young woman) | :: お侠 /おきゃん, okyan/ |
| miombo tit {n} (Melaniparus griseiventris) | :: キタハイイロガラ |
| Mir {prop} (an international space station) | :: ミール /Mīru/ |
| miracle {n} (wonderful event attributed to supernatural powers) | :: 奇跡 /きせき, kiseki/ |
| miracle play {n} (miracle play) | :: 奇跡劇 /きせきげき, kisekigeki/ |
| mirage {n} (an optical phenomenon) | :: 蜃気楼 /しんきろう, shinkirō/ |
| mirage {n} (illusion) SEE: illusion | :: |
| Miramichi {prop} (A city in New Brunswick) | :: ミラミチ /Miramichi/ |
| Mirandese {prop} (Romance language) | :: ミランダ語 /Miranda-go/ |
| mirin {n} (Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than sake) | :: 味醂 /mirin/ |
| mirror {n} (smooth reflecting surface) | :: 鏡 /かがみ, kagami/, 姿見 /sugatami/ |
| mirror ball {n} (disco ball) SEE: disco ball | :: |
| mirth {n} (merriment) | :: 笑い /わらい, warai/ , 遊び /あそび, asobi/ , 喜び /よろこび, yorokobi/ , 歓楽 /kanraku/ |
| misanthropy {n} (hatred or dislike of people or mankind) | :: 人間嫌い /ningen girai/, 厭人 /enjin/, 厭世 /ensei/ |
| misbegotten {n} (one born out of wedlock) SEE: bastard | :: |
| misbegotten {adj} (of a person: born out of wedlock) SEE: illegitimate | :: |
| misbehavior {n} (conduct that is inappropriate) | :: 不正行為 /ふせいこうい, fusei kōi/, 違法行為 /いほうこうい, ihō kōi/ |
| miscalculate {v} (incorrectly calculate) | :: 誤算する /gosan suru/ |
| miscalculation {n} | :: 誤算 /ごさん, gosan/ |
| miscarriage {n} (termination of pregnancy) | :: 流産 /りゅうざん, ryūzan/, 失敗 /しっぱい, shippai/, 堕胎 /だたい, datai/ |
| miscarriage of justice {n} (error which led to an unjust outcome) | :: 冤罪 /えんざい, enzai/ |
| miscellaneous {adj} (consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts) | :: 雑多 /zatta/ |
| mischief {n} (conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance) | :: 悪戯 /いたずら, itazura/ |
| mischief {n} (one who causes mischief) | :: 悪戯っ子 /いたずらっこ, itazurakko/ |
| mischievous {adj} (naughty) | :: わんぱくな /wanpaku-na/, いたずらな /itazura-na/, やんちゃな /yancha-na/, 行儀が悪い /ぎょうぎがわるい, gyōgi-ga warui/ |
| miscommunication {n} | :: ミスコミュニケーション |
| miscomprehend {v} (misunderstand) SEE: misunderstand | :: |
| misconduct {n} (bad behavior) SEE: misbehavior | :: |
| misdeed {n} (something wrong done) | :: 悪事 /あくじ, akuji/, 犯罪 /はんざい, hanzai/ |
| misdemeanor {n} (small crime) | :: 軽罪 /けいざい, keizai/, 軽犯罪 /けいはんざい, keihanzai/, 微罪 /びざい, bizai/ |
| mise en scène {n} (the arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) | :: ミザンセーヌ /mizansēnu/ |
| miser {n} (skinflint or scrooge) | :: 守銭奴 /しゅせんど, shusendo/, ケチ /kechi/ |
| miserable {adj} (in a state of misery) | :: 惨めな /みじめな, mijime na/, 悲惨な /ひさんな, hisan na/ |
| miserable {adj} (very bad (at)) | :: 下手な /へたな, heta na/ |
| miserly {adj} (like a miser; very covetous; stingy) | :: けちな /kechi na/, 吝嗇な /りんしょくな, rinshoku na/ |
| misery {n} (great unhappiness) | :: 悲惨 /ひさん, hisan/, 苦痛 /くつう, kutsū/, 惨めさ /みじめさ, mijimesa/ |
| misery loves company {proverb} (misery is easier when one is not the only one) | :: 同病相憐む /dō byō ai-awaremu/ |
| misfortune {n} (bad luck) | :: 不運 /ふうん, fuun/ |
| misfortune {n} (an undesirable event such as an accident) | :: 不幸 /ふこう, fukō/, 災い /わざわい, wazawai/ |
| misfortunes never come singly {proverb} (bad things come in groups) SEE: it never rains but it pours | :: |
| mishear {v} | :: 聞き間違う /ききまちがう, kiki-machigau/ |
| misheard {v} (Past tense of mishear) | :: 聞き間違った /ききまちがった, kiki-machigatta/ |
| misheard {v} (Past participle of mishear) | :: 聞き間違った /ききまちがった, kiki-machigatta/, 聞き間違われる /ききまちがわれる, kiki-machigawareru/, 聞き間違われた /ききまちがわれた, kiki-machigawareta/ |
| misinformation {n} (disinformation) SEE: disinformation | :: |
| mislay {v} (to leave something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it) SEE: misplace | :: |
| misleading {adj} (tending to mislead) | :: 紛らわしい /まぎらわしい, magirawashii/ |
| mismanagement {n} (the process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly) | :: 失態 /shittai/ |
| misnomer {n} (misleading term) | :: 誤称 /goshō/ |
| miso {n} (thick paste for making soup) | :: 味噌 /みそ, miso/ |
| misogamy {n} (Hatred of or opposition to marriage) | :: 厭婚 /enkon/ |
| misogyny {n} (hatred or contempt for women) | :: 女嫌い /onnagirai/, ミソジニー /misojinī/, 女性嫌悪 /josei ken'o/ |
| misopedia {n} (Hatred or contempt for children) | :: 子供嫌い /kodomogirai/ |
| miso soup {n} (Japanese soup) | :: 味噌汁 /みそしる, misoshiru/ |
| misplace {v} (to put something somewhere and then forget its location) | :: 置き忘れる /おきわすれる, okiwasureru/ |
| miss {v} (to fail to hit) | :: 当てそこなう /あてそこなう, atesokonau/, 取り損なう /とりそこなう, torisokonau/, しそこなう /shisokonau/ |
| miss {v} (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) | :: 憧れる /あこがれる, akogareru/, 恋い慕う /koishitau/, 寂しがる /sabishigaru/ |
| miss {n} (unmarried woman) | :: お嬢さん /おじょうさん, o-jō-san/ |
| miss {n} (Miss) SEE: Miss | :: |
| Miss {n} (title) | :: お嬢さん /おじょうさん, o-jō-san/, お嬢様 /おじょうさま, o-jō-sama/, -さん /-san/ |
| missile {n} (air-based weapon) | :: 弾丸 /だんがん, dangan/, 飛び道具 /とび-どうぐ, tobi-dōgu/ |
| missile {n} (self-propelled, guidable projectile) | :: ミサイル /misairu/, 誘導弾 /ゆうどうだん, yūdōdan/ |
| missing in action {adj} (designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed) | :: 行方不明的な /ゆくえふめいてきな, yukue fumei teki na/ |
| missing link {n} (hypothetical primate) | :: ミッシングリンク /misshingu rinku/ |
| missing person {n} (person whose whereabouts are unknown) | :: 行方不明者 /ゆくえふめいしゃ, yukue fumeisha/ |
| missiology {n} (the area of practical theology) | :: 宣教学 /せんきょうがく, senkyōgaku/ |
| mission {n} (set of tasks that fulfills a purpose) | :: 任務 /にんむ, ninmu/, 使命 /しめい, shimei/ |
| mission {n} (religious evangelism) | :: 弘道 /こうどう, kōdō/, 布教 /ふきょう, fukyō/, 伝道 /でんどう, dendō/, 宣教 /せんきょう, senkyō/ |
| missionary {n} (person traveling to spread a religion) | :: 宣教師 /せんきょうし, senkyōshi/ |
| missionary {n} (missionary position) SEE: missionary position | :: |
| missionary position {n} (position for sexual intercourse) | :: 正常位 /せいじょうい, seijōi/ |
| Mississippi {n} (state) | :: ミシシッピ /Mishishippi/ |
| Mississippi {n} (river) | :: ミシシッピ川 /Mishishippi-gawa/ |
| Missouri {prop} (US state) | :: ミズーリ /Mizūri/, ミズーリ州 /Mizūri-shū/ |
| Missouri {prop} (river) | :: ミズーリ川 /Mizūri-gawá/, ミズーリ /Mizūri/ |
| miss out {v} (to miss something that should not be missed) | :: 逃す /のがす, nogasu/ |
| misspell {v} (to spell incorrectly) | :: つづりを間違う /tsuzuri o machigau/ |
| misspelling {n} (misspelt word) | :: スペルミス /superu-misu/ |
| missus {n} (wife) SEE: wife | :: |
| mist {n} (Water or other liquid finely suspended in air) | :: 霞み /かすみ, kasumi/, 霧 /きり, kiri/ |
| mist {v} (To form mist) | :: 霞む /かすむ, kasumu/ |
| mistakable {adj} (possible to be mistaken or misunderstood) | :: 紛らわしい /まぎらわしい, magirawashii/ |
| mistake {v} (to take one thing for another) | :: 勘違いする /かんちがいする, kanchigai suru/, 誤解する /ごかいする, gokai suru/ |
| mistake {v} | :: 勘違いする /かんちがいする, kanchigai suru/ |
| mistake {n} (an error) | :: 間違い /まちがい, machigai/, 過ち /あやまち, ayamachi/, 誤り /あやまり, ayamari/, 錯誤 /さくご, sakugo/, ミス /misu/, エラー /erā/ |
| mistaken {adj} ((with a copula verb, often with about) having an incorrect belief) SEE: be wrong | :: |
| mistakenly {adv} (by accident) | :: 誤って /あやまって, ayamatte/ |
| mister {n} (title of adult male) | :: さん /san/, 様 /さま, sama/, 氏 /し, shi/ |
| mistletoe {n} (any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales) | :: 宿木 /やどりぎ, yadorigi/ |
| mistranslation {n} (incorrect translation) | :: 誤訳 /ごやく, goyaku/ |
| mistress {n} (woman in extramarital relationship) | :: 愛人 /あいじん, aijin/, 情婦 /じょうふ, jōfu/ |
| mistrust {n} (lack of trust) | :: 不信 /fushin/ |
| misty {adj} (with mist; foggy) | :: 霞み /kasumi/ |
| misunderstand {v} (to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly) | :: 勘違いする (かんちがいする, kanchigai suru), 誤解する (ごかいする, gokai suru) |
| misunderstanding {n} (mistake) | :: 誤解 /ごかい, gokai/, 勘違い /かんちがい, kanchigai/ |
| mite {n} (arachnid) | :: 壁蝨 /だに, ダニ, dani/ |
| mite {n} (lepton) SEE: lepton | :: |
| Mito {prop} (a city of Japan) | :: 水戸 /みと, Mito/ |
| mitochondrion {n} (respiratory organelle) | :: ミトコンドリア /mitokondoria/, 糸粒体 /shiryuutai/ |
| mitosis {n} (division of a cell nucleus) | :: 有糸分裂 /ゆうしぶんれつ, yūshi bunretsu/ |
| mitre {n} (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) | :: ミトラ /mitora/ |
| mitt {n} (mitten) SEE: mitten | :: |
| mitten {n} (type of glove) | :: ミトン /miton/ |
| mix {v} (stir two or more substances together) | :: まぜる /mazeru/ |
| mixed {adj} (having two or more separate aspects) | :: 混合した /kongō-shita/, 交じった /まじった, majitta/ |
| mixed {adj} (Stemming from two or more races or breeds) | :: 混血の /こんけつの, konketsu no/, ハーフの /hāfu/ |
| mixed doubles {n} (game between two male-female teams) | :: 混合ダブルス /kongō daburusu/ |
| mixed marriage {n} (marriage between people of different races, cultures, religions, etc) | :: 雑婚 /ざっこん, zakkon/, 国際結婚 /こくさいけっこん, kokusai kekkon/, 異民族間の結婚 /いみんぞくかんのけっこん, iminzokukan-no kekkon/ |
| mixed martial arts {n} (Style of combat sport) | :: 総合格闘技 /sougou kakutougi/ |
| mixed number {n} (a number consisting of a whole number and a fraction) | :: 帯分数 /たいぶんすう, taibunsū/ |
| mixed nuts {n} | :: ミックスナッツ /mikkusu nattsu/ |
| mixed reaction {n} (state of diverse reception) | :: 分類された反作用 /ぶんるいされたはんさよう, bunrui sareta hansayou/ |
| mixer {n} (blender) | :: ミキサー /mikisā/ |
| Mixter {n} (Mx) SEE: Mx | :: |
| Miyagi {prop} (Miyagi, Japan) | :: 宮城 /みやぎ, Miyagi/ |
| Miyako {prop} (Language) | :: 宮古語 /Miyak-go/, 宮古方言 /Miyako hōgen/ |
| Miyazaki {prop} (Miyazaki, Japan) | :: 宮崎 /みやざき, Miyazaki/ |
| Mizoram {prop} (state) | :: ミゾラム /Mizoramu/ |
| Mjollnir {prop} (the hammer of Thor, Thor's hammer Mjollnir) | :: ミョルニル /Myoruniru/ |
| mmm {interj} (hmm) SEE: hmm | :: |
| Münchausen syndrome {n} (a psychiatric disorder) | :: ミュンヒハウゼン症候群 /Myunhauzen shōkōgun/ |
| mnemonic {n} (Anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something) | :: 語呂合わせ /ごろあわせ, goroawase/ |
| mnemonics {n} (study of techniques for improving memory) | :: 記憶術 /きおくじゅつ, kiokujutsu/ |
| Mnemosyne {prop} (Titaness) | :: ムネーモシュネー /Munēmoshunē/ |
| Münster {prop} (city in North Rhine-Westphalia) | :: ミュンスター |
| moa {n} (extinct bird) | :: モア /moa/ |
| moai {n} (stone statue on Easter Island) | :: モアイ /moai/ |
| moan {n} (a low cry of pain) | :: 呻き /うめき, umeki/, 呻き声 /うめきごえ, umekigoe/ |
| moan {v} (to make a moan or similar sound) | :: 呻く /うめく, umeku/ |
| moat {n} (defensive ditch) | :: 堀 /hori/ |
| mob {n} (unruly group of people) | :: 暴徒 /ぼうと, bōto/ |
| mob {n} (group of animals) | :: 群れ /むれ, mure/ |
| mob {n} (mafia) SEE: mafia | :: |
| mobile {adj} (capable of being moved) | :: 可動 /かどう, kadou/ |
| mobile {n} (decoration) | :: モビール /mobīru/ |
| mobile {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| mobile phone {n} (portable telephone) | :: 携帯電話 /けいたいでんわ, keitai denwa/, 携帯 /けいたい, keitai/ , セルホーン /seruhōn/, セルフォン /serufon/, モバイル /mobairu/ |
| mobile station {n} (mobile equipment) | :: 移動局 /いどうきょく, idōkyoku/ |
| mobile telephone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| mobilisation {n} (mobilization) SEE: mobilization | :: |
| mobilise {v} (to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war) | :: 動員する /dōin suru/ |
| mobility {n} (ability to move) | :: 可動 /kadō/, 動きやすさ /ugokiyasusa/ |
| mobility {n} (ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position) | :: 機動 /kidō/ |
| mobility {n} (ease of movement between social levels) | :: 流動性 /ryūdōsei/ |
| mobilization {n} (marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war) | :: 動員 /どういん, dōin/ |
| mobilize {v} (mobilise) SEE: mobilise | :: |
| mobocracy {n} (rule of the mob) | :: 衆愚政治 /しゅうぐせいじ, shūguseiji/ |
| Moby-Dick {prop} (An 1851 novel by Herman Melville, originally titled The Whale, a highly symbolic story about a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab.) | :: 白鯨 /hakugei/ |
| moccasin {n} (traditional native North American shoe) | :: モカシン /mokashin/ |
| moccasin {n} (modern shoe) | :: モカシン /mokashin/ |
| mocha {n} (coffee with chocolate) | :: モカ /moka/, カフェモカ /kafe moka/ |
| mochi {n} (rice cake made from glutinous rice) | :: 餅 /mochi/ |
| mochiko {n} (rice flour) | :: 餅粉 /もちこ, mochiko/ |
| mock {n} (imitation) | :: 模造品 /もぞうひん, mozōhin/ |
| mock {n} (act of mocking) | :: 嘲笑 /ちょうしょう, chōshō/, 嘲り /あざけり, azakeri/ |
| mock {v} (to mimic) | :: 真似る /まねる, maneru/ |
| mock exam {n} (an examination where the marks do not count) | :: 模擬試験 /mogi shiken/, 模擬テスト /mogi tesuto/ |
| mock-orange {n} (Philadelphus sp.) | :: バイカウツギ /baikautsugi/ |
| mockup {n} (a full-scale working model of something) | :: 木型 /きがた, kigata/, モックアップ /mokkuappu/, 模型 /もけい, mokei/ |
| modal {n} (modal verb) SEE: modal verb | :: |
| modal particle {n} (linguistic class) | :: 心態詞 /shintaishi/ |
| modal verb {n} (a kind of verb) | :: 法動詞 /ほうどうし, hōdōshi/, 法助動詞 /ほうじょどうし, hōjodōshi/ |
| mode {n} (in computing) | :: モード /mōdo/ |
| mode {n} (grammatical mood) SEE: grammatical mood | :: |
| model {n} (person) | :: モデル /moderu/ |
| model {n} (miniature) | :: モデル /moderu/, 模型 /もけい, mokei/ |
| model {n} (simplified representation) | :: 模範 /もはん, mohan/, 模型 /もけい, mokei/ |
| model {n} (style) | :: 模範 /もはん, mohan/, 模型 /もけい, mokei/ |
| model {n} (structural design) | :: 模範 /もはん, mohan/, 模型 /もけい, mokei/ |
| model {n} (praiseworthy example) | :: 模範 /もはん, mohan/ |
| modem {n} (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals) | :: モデム /modemu/ |
| mode of transport {n} (vehicle or system used to transport people or goods) | :: 輸送手段 /ゆそうしゅだん, yusō shudan/ |
| moderate {adj} (not excessive) | :: 適度 /てきど, tekido/ |
| moderate {n} (one who holds an intermediate position) | :: 穏健 /onken/ |
| modern {adj} (pertaining to the current time and style) | :: モダンな /modan na/, 近代的 /きんだいてき, kindaiteki/, 現代的 /(げんだいてき, gendaiteki/ |
| Modern English {prop} (English spoken since the Great Vowel Shift) SEE: New English | :: |
| Modern Greek {n} (Modern Greek) | :: 現代ギリシア語 /げんだいぎりしゃご, gendai Girisha-go/ |
| modernism {n} (any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century) | :: モダニズム /modanizumu/ |
| modernization {n} (process of modernizing) | :: 近代化 /きんだいか, kindaika/, 現代化 /げんだいか, gendaika/ |
| modernize {v} (bring something up to date) | :: 近代化する /きんだいかする, kindaika suru/, 現代化する /げんだいかする, kendaika suru/ |
| Modern Monetary Theory {prop} (Economic model) | :: 現代貨幣理論 |
| Modern Standard Arabic {prop} (Modern Standard Arabic) | :: 標準アラビア語 /ひょうじゅんあらびあご, hyōjun Arabia-go/, フスハー /Fusuhā/, 現代標準アラビア語 /gendai hyōjun Arabia-go/ |
| modest {adj} (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements) | :: 謙虚な /けんきょな, kenkyo na/, 謙遜した /けんそんした, kenson shita/ |
| modest {adj} (small) | :: 適度 /てきど, tekido/ |
| modicum {n} (modest, small, or trifling amount) | :: ちょっぴり /choppiri/, 少量 /しょうりょう, shōryō/ |
| modification {n} (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) | :: 修正 /shūsei/ |
| modification {n} (alteration or adjustment) | :: 修正 /shūsei/ |
| modifier {n} (grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase) | :: 修飾語 /しゅうしょくご, shūshokugo/, 修飾子 /しゅうしょくし, shūshokushi/ |
| modulator {n} (device that modulates) | :: 変調器 /へんちょうき, henchōki/ |
| module {n} (self-contained component of a system) | :: モジュール /mojūru/ |
| module {n} (abelian group) SEE: abelian group | :: |
| Moebius syndrome {n} (disorder) | :: メビウス症候群 |
| Mogadishu {prop} (capital city) | :: モガディシュ /Mogadishu/ |
| Mogilev {prop} (city) | :: モギリョフ /Mogiryofu/, マヒリョウ /Mahiryō, Mahiryou/ |
| mohair {n} (fine hair of the Angora goat) | :: モヘア /mohea/ |
| Mohammad {prop} (male given name) SEE: Muhammad | :: |
| Mohammad {prop} (prophet) SEE: Muhammad | :: |
| Mohawk {n} (hairstyle) | :: モヒカン刈り /mohikan-gari/ |
| Mohican {n} (hairstyle) SEE: Mohawk | :: |
| mohinga {n} (a Burmese soup made with rice noodles and fish) | :: モヒンガー /mohingā/ |
| moiety {n} (half) SEE: half | :: |
| moist {adj} (slightly wet) | :: 湿っぽい /shimeppoi/ |
| moist {adj} (naturally lubricated in one's vagina from sexual arousal) | :: 濡れた /ぬれた, nureta/ |
| moisture {n} (a moderate degree of wetness) | :: 湿気 /しっき, shikki/ |
| mojibake {n} (corrupt characters or letters) | :: 文字化け /もじばけ, mojibake/ |
| mojito {n} (Cuban cocktail) | :: モヒート /mohīto/ |
| Moksha {prop} (language) | :: モクシャ語 /Mokusha-go/ |
| molar {n} (back tooth) | :: 臼歯 /きゅうし, kyūshi/ |
| molasses {n} (thick brownish syrup refined from raw sugar) | :: 糖蜜 /とうみつ, tōmitsu/ |
| mold {n} (woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi) | :: 黴 /かび, kabi/ |
| Moldavia {prop} (Moldova) SEE: Moldova | :: |
| Moldavian {prop} (language) | :: モルダビア語 /モルダビアご, morudabiago/ |
| Moldova {prop} (country) | :: モルドヴァ /Morudova/, モルドバ /Morudoba/, モルダビア /Morudabia/ |
| Moldovan {n} (Moldavian) SEE: Moldavian | :: |
| Moldovan {prop} (Moldavian) SEE: Moldavian | :: |
| Moldovan {adj} (Moldavian) SEE: Moldavian | :: |
| moldy {adj} (mouldy) SEE: mouldy | :: |
| mole {n} (dark spot on the skin) | :: ほくろ /hokuro/, 黒子 /hokuro/ |
| mole {n} (burrowing insectivore) | :: モグラ /mogura/, 土竜 /mogura/ |
| mole {n} (internal spy) | :: 二重スパイ /にじゅうスパイ, nijū supai/ |
| mole {n} (massive structure used as a pier or breakwater) | :: 防波堤 /ぼうはてい, bōhatei/ |
| mole {n} (unit of amount) | :: モル /moru/ |
| mole cricket {n} (insect of Gryllotalpidae) | :: 螻蛄 /kera/, ケラ /kera/ |
| molecular biologist {n} (scientist who specializes in molecular biology) | :: 分子生物学者 /ぶんしせいぶつがくしゃ, bunshiseibutugakusha/ |
| molecular biology {n} (branch of biology) | :: 分子生物学 /bunshi seibutsugaku/ |
| molecular formula {n} (a notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in a compound) | :: 分子式 /ぶんししき, bunshishiki/ |
| molecular genetics {n} (a field of biology) | :: 分子遺伝学 /bunshi idengaku/ |
| molecular mass {n} (mass of single molecule) | :: 分子量 /bunshiryō/ |
| molecule {n} (group of atoms held together by chemical bonds) | :: 分子 /ぶんし, bunshi/ |
| molehill {n} (A small mound of earth) | :: 土竜塚, もぐらづか |
| molester {n} (one who molests) | :: 痴漢 /ちかん, chikan/ |
| Molieresque {adj} (reminiscent of Molière) | :: モリエール風の /モリエールふうの, Moriēru-fū no/ |
| Molise {prop} (region of Italy) | :: モリーゼ州 /モリーゼしゅう, Morīze shū/ |
| moll {adj} (minor) SEE: minor | :: |
| mollie {n} (Molotov cocktail) SEE: Molotov cocktail | :: |
| mollusc {n} (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca, see also: clam; oyster; mussel) | :: 軟体動物 /なんたいどうぶつ, nantai-dōbutsu/ |
| Molotov cocktail {n} (simple incendiary bomb) | :: 火炎瓶 /かえんびん, kaenbin/ |
| molybdenum {n} (chemical element) | :: モリブデン /moribuden/ |
| mom {v} (mother) SEE: mum | :: |
| moment {n} (very brief period of time) | :: 瞬間 /しゅんかん, shunkan/ |
| moment {n} (moment of force) | :: モーメント /mōmento/ |
| momentum {n} (product of mass and velocity) | :: 運動量 /うんどうりょう, undōryō/ |
| momma's boy {n} (male overly attached to his mother) | :: マザーコンプレックス /mazā konpurekkusu/, ママっ子 /ママっこ, mamakko/ |
| mommy {n} (mum) SEE: mum | :: |
| momo {n} (type of dumpling) | :: モモ /momo/ |
| Momus {prop} (personification of satire and mockery) | :: モーモス /Mōmosu/ |
| Mon {n} (Monday) | :: 月 /げつ, getsu/, 月曜 /げつよう, getsuyō/ |
| Mon {n} (the people) | :: モン族 /モンぞく, monzoku/ |
| Mon {prop} (the language) | :: モン語 /モンご, mongo/ |
| Monaco {prop} (country in Europe) | :: モナコ /Monako/ |
| Monaco {prop} (capital city) | :: モナコ /Monako/, モナコ市 /Monako-shi/ |
| Mona Lisa {prop} (painting by Leonardo da Vinci) | :: モナ・リザ /Mona-Riza/, モナリザ /Monariza/ |
| monarch {n} (ruler) | :: 君主 /くんしゅ, kunshu/, 王 /おう, ō/ |
| monarchy {n} (form of government with a hereditary head of state) | :: 君主制 /くんしゅせい, kunshusei/ |
| monastery {n} (building for monks) | :: 修道院 /しゅうどういん, shūdōin/ |
| Monastir {prop} (former name of Bitola in Macedonia) | :: ビトラ /Bitora/ |
| Monday {n} (day of the week) | :: 月曜日 /げつようび, getsuyōbi/, 月曜 /げつよう, getsuyō/ |
| mondegreen {n} (mishearing) | :: 空耳 /soramimi/ |
| monetary {adj} (of or relating to money) | :: 貨幣の /かへいの, kahei no/, 金銭的な /きんせんてきな, kinsenteki na/ |
| monetary unit {n} (standard unit of currency) | :: 通貨単位 /tsūka tan’i/ |
| money {n} (means of exchange and measure of value) | :: お金 /おかね, okane/, 金 /かね, kane/, 貨幣 /かへい, kahei/, 金銭 /きんせん, kinsen/, マネー /manē/ |
| money {n} (currency) | :: お金 /おかね, okane/, 貨幣 /かへい, kahei/ |
| moneybags {n} (wealthy person) | :: 金持ち /かねもち, kanemochi/, 金満家 /きんまんか, kinmanka/ |
| money box {n} (tin with a slot in the top for depositing coins) SEE: piggy bank | :: |
| money doesn't grow on trees {proverb} (you must work in order to have money) | :: 木にお金は生えない /きにおかねははえない, ki ni o-kane ha haenai/ |
| money laundering {n} (act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally) | :: 資金洗浄 /shikin senjō/, マネー・ロンダリング /manē rondaringu/, マネー・ローンダリング /manē rōndaringu/, マネロン /maneron/ |
| money order {n} (a type of cheque) | :: 為替 /かわせ, kawase/ |
| money plant {n} (Lunaria annua) SEE: honesty | :: |
| money talks {proverb} (it is easier to accomplish goals using money) | :: 金が物を言う /kane ga mono o iu/, 地獄の沙汰も金次第 /jigoku no sata mo kane shidai/ |
| monger {n} (dealer) | :: 屋 /や, ya (as a suffix)/ |
| Mongol {n} (A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian) SEE: Mongolian | :: |
| Mongolia {prop} (East Asian country) | :: モンゴル /Mongoru/, 蒙古 /もうこ, Mōko/ |
| Mongolian {adj} (of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures) | :: モンゴルの /Mongoru no/, 蒙古の /もうこの, Mōko no/ |
| Mongolian {n} (native or inhabitant of Mongolia) | :: モンゴル人 /モンゴルじん, mongorujin/, 蒙古人 /もうこじん, mōkojin/ |
| Mongolian {n} (language of Mongolia) | :: モンゴル語 /モンゴルご, mongorugo/, 蒙古語 /もうこご, mōkogo/ |
| Mongolian {n} (person of Mongoloid physical type) | :: モンゴロイド /mongoroido/ |
| Mongolian People's Republic {prop} (Mongolia) SEE: Mongolia | :: |
| Mongolian People's Republic {prop} (Mongolia between 1924 and 1992) | :: モンゴル人民共和国 /モンゴルじんみんきょうわこく, Mongoru Jinmin Kyōwakoku/ |
| mongoose {n} (a small carnivore of the family Herpestidae) | :: マングース /mangūsu/ |
| mongrel {n} (someone of mixed kind) | :: 雑種 /ざっしゅ, zasshu/, ハーフ /hāfu/, 混血児 /こんけつじ, konketsuji/ |
| Monica {prop} (female given name) | :: モニカ /Monika/ |
| Monika {prop} (female given name) SEE: Monica | :: |
| moniker {n} (signature) SEE: signature | :: |
| monism {n} (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) | :: 一元論 /いちげんろん, ichigenron/ |
| monito del monte {n} | :: チロエオポッサム /Chiroe opossamu/ |
| monitor {n} (computer display) | :: モニター /monitā/ |
| monitor {n} (monitor lizard) SEE: monitor lizard | :: |
| monitoring {n} (Surveillance or continuous or regular observation) | :: 監視 /かんし, kanshi/, モニタリング /monitoringu/ |
| monitor lizard {n} (lizard of the genus Varanus) | :: オオトカゲ /ōtokage/, 大蜥蜴 /おおとかげ, ōtokage/ |
| monk {n} (slang: judge) SEE: judge | :: |
| monk {n} (male member of monastic order) | :: 僧侶 /そうりょ, sōryo/, 坊さん /ぼうさん, bōsan/, 修道士 /しゅうどうし, shūdōshi/, 僧 /そう, sō/, 法師 |
| monk {n} (slang: loner) SEE: loner | :: |
| monkey {n} (primate) | :: 猿 /さる, saru/, サル /saru/ |
| monkey bars {n} (jungle gym) SEE: jungle gym | :: |
| monkey business {n} (an activity that is considered silly, or stupid, or time-wasting (idiomatic)) | :: 悪戯 /いたずら, itazura/ |
| monkey business {n} (an activity that may be considered illegal, questionable, or a vice, but not felonious (idiomatic)) | :: 裏工作 /うらこうさく, urakōsaku/ , いんちき /inchiki/ |
| monkey-eating eagle {n} (Philippine eagle) SEE: Philippine eagle | :: |
| monkey-house {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| monkey-house {n} (an enclosure in which monkeys are kept) | :: 獣舎 /じゅうしゃ, jūsha/ |
| monkshood {n} (herbs of the genus Aconitum) SEE: aconite | :: |
| mono- {prefix} (one) | :: 一 /い, i, いち, ichi, ひと, hito/, 単 /たん, tan/, モノ /mono/ |
| mono {adj} (having only a single audio channel) | :: モノ /mono/ |
| monoamine oxidase {n} (biochemistry: enzyme that degrades biogenic amines) | :: モノアミン酸化酵素 |
| monochrome {adj} (having only one colour) | :: 単色 /たんしょく, tanshoku/ |
| monochrome {adj} (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray) | :: 単色 /たんしょく, tanshoku/ |
| monocle {n} (a single lens) | :: 片眼鏡 /かためがね, katamegane/ |
| monocotyledon {n} (Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida) | :: 単子葉植物 /たんしようしょくぶつ, tanshiyō shokubutsu/ |
| monocracy {n} (autocracy) SEE: autocracy | :: |
| monogamous {adj} (being married to one person at a time) | :: 一夫一婦の /ippuippu no/ |
| monogamy {n} (permanent pair bond between two beings) | :: 一夫一婦 /いっぷいっぷせい, ippuippusei/ |
| monogram {n} (a design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark) | :: モノグラム /monoguramu/ |
| mono-ii {n} (conference among the shimpan) | :: 物言い /mono-ii/ |
| monolingual {adj} (only knowing or spoken in one language) | :: 単一言語 /たんいつげんご, tanitsugengo/ |
| monolith {n} (large, single block of stone) | :: 一枚岩 /ichimaiiwa/, モノリス |
| monolith {n} (anything massive, uniform, and unmovable) | :: 一枚岩 /ichimaiiwa/ |
| monolithic {adj} (of or resembling a monolith) | :: 一枚岩の /ichimaiiwa no/ |
| monolithic {adj} (having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation) | :: 一枚岩の /ichimaiiwa no/ |
| monologue {n} (drama: long speech by one person) | :: 独白 /どくはく, dokuhaku/, 独話 /どくわ, dokuwa/ |
| monologue {n} (comedy: long series of stories and jokes) | :: 漫談 /mandan/ , 落語 /rakugo/ |
| monomer {n} (small molecule, bonded covalently to form polymers) | :: モノマー /monomā/ |
| mononucleosis {n} (infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever) | :: 伝染性単核球症 /でんせんせいたんかくきゅうしょう, densen-seitan-kakukyū-shō/ |
| monophthong {n} (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) | :: 単母音 /たんぼいん, tanboin/ |
| monoplane {n} (airplane that has a single pair of wings) | :: 単葉機 /たんようき, tan'yōki/ |
| monopoly {n} (situation of exclusive supply) | :: 独占 /どくせん, dokusen/, 独り占め /ひとりじめ, hitorijime/ |
| monopoly {n} | :: 独占 /どくせん, dokusen/, 専売 /せんばい, senbai/ |
| Monopoly {prop} (a board game) | :: モノポリー |
| monopsony {n} (market situation in which there is only buyer for a product) | :: 需要独占 /じゅようどくせん, juyō dokusen/ |
| monorail {n} (a railroad system where the trains run on one rail) | :: モノレール /monorēru/ |
| monosaccharide {n} (a simple sugar, composed of a single ring) | :: 単糖 /たんとう, tantō/ |
| monosodium glutamate {n} (mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid) | :: グルタミン酸ナトリウム /gurutaminsan-natoriumu/, 味の素 /あじのもと, ajinomoto/ |
| monosyllabic {adj} (consisting of one syllable) | :: 単音節 /たんおんせつ, tan'onsetsu/ |
| monotheism {n} (belief in one God) | :: 一神教 /いっしんきょう, isshinkyō/ |
| monotonous {adj} | :: 単調な /たんちょうな, tanchō na/ |
| monotreme {n} (egg-laying mammal) | :: カモノハシ目 /kamonohashi-moku/, 単孔類 /たんこうるい, tankōrui/ |
| monozygotic {adj} (of an identical twin) SEE: identical | :: |
| Monroe {prop} (surname) | :: モンロー /Monrō/ |
| Monrovia {prop} (capital of Liberia) | :: モンロビア /Monrobia/ |
| mons {n} (mons pubis) SEE: mons pubis | :: |
| monsoon {n} (wind) | :: モンスーン /monsūn/ |
| mons pubis {n} (fleshy protuberance over the pubic bones) | :: 恥丘 /ちきゅう, chikyū/ |
| monster {n} (terrifying dangerous creature) | :: 怪物 /かいぶつ kaibutsu/, モンスター /monsutā/, 化け物 /ばけもの bakemono/ |
| monster cock {n} (large dick) | :: 巨根 /kyokon/ |
| monster truck {n} (truck designed to perform in monster truck shows) | :: モンスタートラック /monsutātorakku/ |
| monstrance {n} (ornamental in which the consecrated host is placed for veneration) | :: 聖体顕示台 /seitaikenjidai / |
| monstrous {adj} | :: 巨大 /きょだい, kyodai/ |
| montage {n} (composite work created by assembling other elements) | :: モンタージュ /montāju/ |
| Montana {prop} (US state) | :: モンタナ州 /Montána-shū/ |
| montane {adj} (of, inhabiting, or growing in mountain areas) | :: 山地の /さんち, sanchino/ |
| Mont Blanc {prop} (the highest mountain in Europe) | :: モンブラン /Monburan/ |
| Montenegrin {adj} (relating to Montenegro) | :: モンテネグロの /Monteneguro no/ |
| Montenegrin {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: モンテネグロ語 /montenegurogo/ |
| Montenegro {prop} (country in Europe) | :: モンテネグロ /Monteneguro/ |
| Monterey cypress {n} (tree native to California) | :: モントレーサイプレス /montorēsaipuresu/ |
| Montevideo {prop} (capital of Uruguay) | :: モンテヴィデオ /Montevideo/, モンテビデオ /Montebideo/ |
| Montferrat {prop} (territory of Piedmont, Italy) | :: モンフェッラート /Monferrāto/ |
| month {n} (period into which a year is divided) | :: 月 /つき, tsuki/, 月間 /げっかん, gekkan/ |
| monthly {adv} (Occurring every month) | :: 毎月 /まいげつ, maigetsu/, 月次 /げつじ, getsuji/, 毎月の (まいつきの, maitsuki no) |
| Montpellier {prop} (a city in France) | :: モンペリエ /Monperie/, モンプリエ /Monpurie/ |
| Montreal {prop} (a city in Quebec) | :: モントリオール /Montoriōru/, モンレアル /Monrearu/ |
| Montserrat {prop} (island) | :: モンセラト /Monserato/ |
| monument {n} (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) | :: 記念碑 /きねんひ, kinenhi/, モニュメント /monyumento/ |
| moo {interj} (sound made by a cow or bull) | :: モー /mō/ |
| mooch {n} (moocher) SEE: moocher | :: |
| moocher {n} (a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others) | :: 乞丐 /きつかい, kitsukai/ |
| mood {n} (mental state) | :: 気分 /きぶん, kibun/, 気持ち /きもち, kimochi/, ムード /mūdo/ |
| mood {n} (grammatical mood) SEE: grammatical mood | :: |
| moody {adj} (dour, gloomy or brooding) | :: 根暗 /nekura/ |
| moo-moo {n} ((childish) cow) | :: 牛さん /ushisan/, モーモー /mōmō/ |
| moon {n} (largest natural satellite of planet Earth) | :: 月 /tsuki/, 太陰 /taiin/ |
| moon {n} (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet) | :: 衛星 /eisei/ |
| moon {n} (month) | :: 月 /tsuki/ |
| Moon {prop} (sole natural satellite of the Earth) | :: 月 /つき, tsukí/, ムーン /Mūn/ |
| Moon {prop} (surname) | :: 文, 門, ムン |
| moonbase {n} (a base located on a moon) | :: 月面基地 /getsumen kichi/ |
| moonbeam {n} (moonlight generally) SEE: moonlight | :: |
| moonbeam {n} (shaft of moonlight) | :: 月光 /がっこう, gakkō, げっこう, gekkō/ |
| moonbounce {n} (bouncing castle) SEE: bouncing castle | :: |
| moonbow {n} (Meteorological phenomenon) | :: 月虹 /げっこう, gekkō/ |
| mooncake {n} (Chinese pastry) | :: 月餅 /げっぺい, geppei/ |
| moonlight {n} (light reflected from the moon) | :: 月明かり /tsukiakari/, 月の光 /tsuki no hikari/, 月光 /gekkō/, 月色 /gesshoku/ |
| moonlit {adj} (lit by moonlight) | :: 月明かりに照らされた /tsukiakari ni terasareta/, 月の光に照らされた /tsuki no hikari ni terasareta/, 月光に照らされた /gekkō ni terasareta/ |
| moonquake {n} (lunar seismic event) | :: 月震 |
| moonshine {n} (illicit liquor) | :: 密造酒 /みつぞうしゅ, mitsuzōshu/ |
| moonshine {n} (shine of the moon) SEE: moonlight | :: |
| moonstone {n} (translucent gemstone) | :: 月長石 /げっちょうせき, getchōseki/ |
| moonwalk {n} (dance style) | :: ムーンウォーク /mūnwōku/, ムーンウオーク /mūn'uōku/ |
| moor {n} (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) | :: 荒野 /あらの, arano, こうや, kōya/, 荒れ地 /あれち, arechi, こうち, kōchi/ |
| moor {v} (to cast anchor or become fastened) | :: 停泊する /ていはくする, teihaku suru/ |
| moor {v} (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) | :: 停泊させる /ていはくさせる, teihaku saseru/ |
| Moor {n} (a member of a certain mixed race of Arab and Berber people) | :: ムーア人 /мūajin/ |
| Moore's law {prop} (empirical observation) | :: ムーアの法則 /ムーアのほうそく, Mūa no hōsoku/ |
| moose {n} (largest member of the deer family (Alces alces)) | :: ヘラジカ /herajika/, 箆鹿 /へらじか, herajika/ |
| moot {n} (debate) SEE: debate | :: |
| moot {n} (discuss) SEE: discuss | :: |
| mop {n} (implement for washing floors) | :: モップ /moppu/ |
| moped {n} (two-wheeled vehicle) | :: モペッド /mopeddo/ |
| mop the floor with someone {v} (trounce or defeat thoroughly) | :: 叩き伏せる /tataki-fuseru/ |
| moraine {n} (accumulation of rocks and debris) | :: モレーン /morēn/ |
| moral {n} (the moral significance or practical lesson) | :: 教訓 /きょうくん, kyōkun/ |
| moral code {n} (set of rules prescribing behavior) | :: 道徳律 /どうとくりつ, dōtokuritsu/ |
| morale {n} (capacity) | :: 士気 /しき, shiki/ |
| morality {n} (recognition of / obedience to the rules of right conduct) | :: 道徳 /どうとく, dōtoku/ |
| morality {n} | :: 道徳 /dōtoku/ |
| moral panic {n} (mass movement, public outcry) | :: 道徳的なパニック /dōtokuteki na panikku/ |
| moral philosophy {n} (ethics) SEE: ethics | :: |
| moral philosophy {n} (ethics (synonym)) | :: 道徳哲学 /どうとくてつがく, dōtoku tetsugaku/ |
| moratorium {n} (suspension of an ongoing activity) | :: モラトリアム /moratoriamu/, 停止 /ていし, teishi/ |
| Moravia {prop} (historical region) | :: モラビア /Morabia/ |
| moray {n} (eels of the family Muraenidae) | :: 鱓 /ウツボ, うつぼ, utsubo/ |
| moray eel {n} (brightly colored marine eel) SEE: moray | :: |
| Morbihan {prop} (département) | :: モルビアン県 |
| mordacious {adj} | :: 辛辣です |
| mordent {n} (ornament) | :: モルデント /morudento/, 漣音 /れんおん, ren'on/ |
| Mordovia {prop} (republic of Russia) | :: モルドヴィア /Morudovia/ |
| Mordred {prop} (in Arthurian legend, the son of King Arthur) | :: モードレッド, モルドレッド, モウドレッド |
| Mordvinia {prop} (republic of Russia) SEE: Mordovia | :: |
| more {determiner} (comparative of many) | :: ...よりたくさん /...yori takusan/, ...より多く /...yori ōku/, もっと多く /motto ōku/ |
| more {determiner} (comparative of much) | :: ...よりたくさん /...yori takusan/, ...より多く /...yori ōku/, もっと多く /motto ōku/ |
| more {adv} (comparative of much) | :: よりたくさん /...yori takusan/, よりおおく /...yori ōku/, もう /mō/ |
| more {adv} (word to form a comparative) | :: もっと /motto/ |
| more {adv} | :: もっと /motto/ |
| more and more {adv} (progressively more) | :: ますます /masumasu/, 更に /さらに, sara ni/ |
| morel {n} (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) | :: 網笠茸, アミガサダケ (amigasa-dake) |
| more often than not {adv} (more likely to be the case than not) | :: たいてい /taitei/ |
| more or less {adv} (approximately) | :: およそ /oyoso/, 約 /やく, yaku/ |
| more or less {adv} (almost) | :: ほとんど /hotondo/ |
| moreover {adv} (in addition to what has been said) | :: その上に /そのうえに, sono ue ni/, さらに /sara ni/, しかも /shikamo/ |
| morepork {n} (Ninox novaeseelandiae) | :: ニュージーランドアオバズク |
| mores {n} (a set of accepted moral norms or customs) | :: 道徳観 /どうとくかん, dōtokukan/, モーレス /mōresu/, 慣習 /かんしゅう, kanshū/ |
| Morgan le Fay {prop} (half sister of King Arthur) | :: モーガン・ル・フェイ /Mōgan ru Fei/ |
| morgue {n} (place for dead people) | :: 霊安所 /れいあんじょ, reianjo/, 遺体安置所 /いたいあんちしょ, itai-anchi-sho/, 霊安室 /れいあんしつ, reianshitsu/, 死体置き場 /したいおきば, shitaiokiba/, モルグ /morugu/ |
| morgue {n} (haughty attitude) SEE: arrogance | :: |
| moribund {adj} (approaching death) | :: 瀕死の /ひんしの, hinshi-no/, 死にかけている /shi-ni kakete iru/ |
| Morioka {prop} (Morioka, Japan) | :: 盛岡 /もりおか, Morioka/ |
| morion {n} (type of helmet) | :: モリオン /morion/ |
| Mormon {prop} (ancient prophet) | :: モルモン /Morumon/ |
| Mormon {n} (member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) | :: モルモン /morumon/ |
| morning {n} (part of the day between dawn and midday) | :: 朝 /あさ, asa/, 午前 /ごぜん, gozen/ |
| morning {n} (the part of the day after midnight and before midday) | :: 午前 /ごぜん, gozen/ |
| morning after {n} (hangover) SEE: hangover | :: |
| morning glory {n} (erection present on waking) SEE: morning wood | :: |
| morning glory {n} (plant) | :: 朝顔 /asagao/ |
| morning person {n} (early bird) SEE: early bird | :: |
| morning sickness {n} (early morning nausea from pregnancy) | :: つわり /tsuwari/, おそ /oso/, both words can written as: 悪阻 |
| morning star {n} (planet Venus as seen around dawn) | :: 明けの明星 /ake no myōjō/ |
| morning star {n} (spiked weapon on staff) | :: モーニングスター /mōningu sutā/ |
| morning star {n} | :: モーニングスター /mōningu sutā/ |
| Morning Star {prop} (planet Venus as seen around dawn) | :: 明けの明星 /ake no myōjō/ |
| Morning Star {prop} | :: モーニングスター /mōningu sutā/ |
| morning tent {n} (morning erection) SEE: morning wood | :: |
| morning wood {n} (morning erection) | :: 朝立ち /あさだち, asadachi/, あさだち /asadachi/ |
| Morocco {prop} (country) | :: モロッコ /Morokko/ |
| moron {n} (person of borderline intelligence) | :: 低能者 /ていのうしゃ, teinōsha/, 間抜け /まぬけ, manuke/, 頓痴気 /とんちき, tonchiki/ |
| moron {n} (idiot) SEE: idiot | :: |
| Moroni {prop} (capital of the Comoros) | :: モロニ /Moroni/ |
| morpheme {n} (smallest linguistic unit) | :: 形態素 /けいたいそ, keitaiso/ |
| Morpheus {prop} (Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams) | :: モルペウス /Morupeusu/ |
| morphine {n} (crystalline alkaloid) | :: モルヒネ /moruhine/, モルフィン /morufin/, モヒ /mohi/ |
| morpholine {n} (organic compound) | :: モルホリン /moruhorin/ |
| morphology {n} (a scientific study of form and structure) | :: 形態学 /けいたいがく, keitaigaku/ |
| morphology {n} (the form and structure of something) | :: 形態 /keitai/ |
| morphology {n} (biological study of the form and structure) | :: 形態学 /けいたいがく, keitaigaku/ |
| morphology {n} (linguistic study of the form and structure) | :: 形態論 /けいたいろん, keitairon/ |
| morphosyntax {n} | :: 形態統語論, けいたいとうごろん /keitaitōgoron/ |
| Morse code {prop} (character code) | :: モールス信号 /モールスしんごう, Mōrusu-shingō/ |
| mortal {adj} (susceptible to death) | :: 死すべき /しすべき, shisubeki/, 必滅の /ひつめつの, hitsumetsu no/ |
| mortal {adj} (causing death; deadly; fatal; killing) | :: 必殺の /ひっさつの, hissatsu no/, 致死の /ちしの, chishi no/, 命取りの /いのちとりの, inochitori no/ |
| mortal {adj} (affecting as if with power to kill) | :: 不倶戴天の /ふぐたいてんの, fugutaiten no/ |
| mortal {n} (human; someone susceptible to death) | :: 人間 /ningen/ |
| mortality {n} (condition of being susceptible to death) | :: 必滅 /ひつめつ, hitsumetsu/ |
| mortality {n} (death rate) | :: 死亡率 /しぼうりつ, shibōritsu/ |
| mortal sin {n} (grave sin) | :: 大罪 /たいざい, taizai/ |
| mortar {n} (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water) | :: モルタル /morutaru/ |
| mortar {n} (short large-bore cannon) | :: 迫撃砲 /はくげきほう, hakugekihō/ |
| mortar {n} (vessel used to grind ingredients) | :: すり鉢 /すりばち, suribachi/, 擂り鉢 /すりばち, suribachi/, 臼 /うす, usu/, 乳鉢 /nyūbachi/ |
| mortgage {n} (special form of secured loan) | :: 抵当 /ていとう, teitō/, 抵当権 /ていとうけん, teitōken/, 住宅ローン /じゅうたくローン, jūtaku-rōn/ |
| mortician {n} (undertaker) SEE: undertaker | :: |
| mortification {n} (a sensation of extreme shame) | :: 屈辱 /kutsujoku/ |
| mortification {n} (death of a body part) | :: 壊死 /eshi/ |
| mortify {v} (to discipline by suppressing desires) | :: 苦行する /kugyō suru/ |
| mortify {v} (to injure one's dignity) | :: 屈辱を与える /kutsujoku wo ataeru/, 辱める /hazukashimeru/ |
| mortify {v} (to kill) | :: 殺す /korosu/ |
| mortise {n} (a hole for a tenon) | :: ほぞ穴 /hozoana/, 枘穴 /ほぞあな, hozoana/ |
| mortuary {n} (morgue) SEE: morgue | :: |
| mosaic {n} (artwork) | :: モザイク /mozaiku/ |
| moscovium {n} (115th element) | :: モスコビウム /mosukobiumu/ |
| Moscow {prop} (capital city of Russia) | :: モスクワ /Mosukuwa/ |
| Moscow {prop} (a name of a town in the USA) | :: モスコー /Mosukō/ |
| Moses {prop} (the biblical patriarch) | :: モーセ /Mōse/ |
| mosque {n} (a place of worship for Muslims) | :: モスク /mosuku/ |
| mosquito {n} (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood) | :: 蚊 /か, ka/ |
| mosquito coil {n} (mosquito-repelling incense) | :: 蚊取り線香 /かとりせんこう, katori senkō/ |
| mosquito larva {n} | :: ボウフラ /bōfura/ |
| mosquito net {n} (fine net used to protect against mosquitos) | :: 蚊帳 /かや, kaya/, 蚊屋 /かや, kaya/ |
| moss {n} (bog) SEE: bog | :: |
| moss {n} (plants of the division Bryophyta) | :: 苔 /こけ, koke/, コケ /koke/, 蘚苔 /せんたい, sentai/ |
| Mossad {prop} (the national intelligence agency of Israel) | :: モサッド /Mosaddo/ |
| moss animal {n} (bryozoan) SEE: bryozoan | :: |
| moss green {n} (colour) | :: モスグリーン /mosugurīn/ |
| moss-grown {adj} (old; old-fashioned, out of date) SEE: old | :: |
| most {determiner} (majority of) | :: 大部分 /だいぶぶん, daibubun/ |
| most {adv} (superlative of many) | :: 最も /mottomo/, 一番たくさん /ichiban takusan/ |
| most {adv} (forming the superlative) | :: 最も /もっとも, mottomo/, 最 /さい-, sai-/ , 一番 /いちばん, ichiban/ |
| most {adv} (almost) SEE: almost | :: |
| Most High {prop} (title of God) | :: 至高者 /Shikōsha/ |
| mostly {adv} (for the most part) | :: 大方は /おおかたは, ōkata wa/ , 大体は /だいたいは, daitai wa/ |
| most of all {adv} (to a greater extent than anything else) | :: とりわけ /toriwake/ |
| most significant bit {n} (bit of the largest order) | :: 最上位ビット /saijōi bitto/ |
| Mosul {prop} (city) | :: モスル /Mosuru/ |
| MOT {n} (management of technology) | :: 技術経営 /gijyutsu-keiei/ |
| mote {n} (A small particle; a speck) | :: ほこり /hokori/, ちり /chiri/, 微粉 /びふん, bifun/ |
| motel {n} (type of hotel) | :: モーテル /mōteru/, モテル /moteru/ |
| moth {n} (insect similar to a butterfly) | :: 蛾 /が, ga/ |
| mothball {v} (to store something no longer used) | :: 〜を使わずにとっておく /~wo tsukawazuni totteoku/ |
| mother {n} (motherfucker) SEE: motherfucker | :: |
| mother {v} (to treat as a mother would be expected to) | :: 母のように世話する /ははのようにせわする, haha no yō ni sewa suru/, 甘やかす /あまやかす, amayakasu/ |
| mother {n} (hysterical passion) SEE: hysteria | :: |
| mother {n} (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant) | :: お母さん /おかあさん, okāsan/, 母 /はは, haha/ , ママ /mama/, お袋 /おふくろ, o-fukuro/ |
| mother {n} (one’s female parent) | :: お母さん /おかあさん, okāsan/, 母 /はは, haha/ |
| mother {n} (source or origin) | :: 元 /もと, moto/ |
| mother {n} (something that is the greatest of its kind) | :: 最高の /さいこうの, saikō no/, 最悪の /さいあくの, saiaku no/, 最大の /さいだいの, saidai no/ |
| motherboard {n} (primary circuit board of a computer) | :: マザーボード /mazābōdo/, メインボード /meinbōdo/ |
| Mother Earth {prop} (personification of Earth) | :: 母地球 (ははちきゅう, haha-chikyū) |
| motherfucker {n} (generic term of abuse) | :: くそったれ /kusottare/, 貴様 /きさま, kisama/, てめえ /temē/ |
| mother-in-law {n} (spouse’s mother) | :: 姑 /しゅうとめ, shūtome/, 義母 /ぎぼ, gibo/ |
| motherland {n} (the country of one's ancestors) | :: 母国 /ぼこく, bokoku/, 祖国 /そこく, sokoku/ |
| motherland {n} (the country of one's birth) | :: 母国 /ぼこく, bokoku/, 本国 /ほんごく, hongoku/ |
| motherland {n} (country of origin) | :: 故国 /ここく, kokoku/ |
| Mother Nature {prop} (the personification of Nature and the Earth's biosphere as a woman) | :: 母自然 (ははしぜん, haha-shizen) |
| mother-of-pearl {n} (pearly layer) | :: 真珠層 /しんじゅそう, shinjusō/, 真珠母 /しんじゅぼ, shinjubo/ |
| Mother's Day {n} (a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day) | :: 母の日 /ははのひ, haha-no hi/, マザーズデー /mazāzudē/ |
| mother ship {n} (vessel that serves a smaller vessel) | :: 母艦 /ぼかん, bokan/ |
| mother's milk {n} (breast milk) SEE: breast milk | :: |
| Mother Teresa {prop} (nun) | :: マザー·テレサ /Mazā-Teresa/ |
| mother-to-be {n} (pregnant woman) | :: 妊婦 /にんぷ, ninpu/, 孕婦 /ようふ, yōfu/ |
| mother tongue {n} (one's native tongue) | :: 母語 /ぼご, bogo/, 母国語 /ぼこくご, bokokugo/, 自国語 /jikokugo/ |
| motherwort {n} (Artemisia vulgaris) SEE: mugwort | :: |
| motif {n} (recurring or dominant element; a theme) | :: 主題 /shudai/, モチーフ /mochīfu/ |
| motif {n} (music: short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work) | :: 主題 /shudai/, モチーフ /mochīfu/ |
| motif {n} (decorative figure that is repeated in a design) | :: モチーフ /mochīfu/ |
| motion {n} (state of progression from one place to another) | :: 動き /うごき, ugoki/, 運動 /うんどう, undō/ |
| motion {n} (parliamentary proposal) | :: 動議 /どうぎ, dōgi/, 提案 /ていあん, teian/ |
| motion capture {n} (use sensors to track and record the position, velocity, acceleration and impulse of a movement) | :: モーションキャプチャ /mōshonkyapucha/ |
| motionless {adj} (at rest, not moving) | :: 不動の /ふどう-の， fudō-no/ |
| motion picture {n} (movie) SEE: movie | :: |
| motion sickness {n} (nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle) | :: 加速度病 /かそくどびょう, kasokudobyō/, 船酔い /ふなよい, funayoi/; 車酔い /くるまよい, kurumayoi/; 乗り物酔い /のりものよい, norimonoyoi/ |
| motivate {v} (to encourage) | :: 動機を与える /どうきをあたえる, dōki o ataeru/ |
| motivation {n} (willingness of action especially in behavior) | :: 動機 /どうき, dōki/, モチベーション /mochibēshon/ |
| motive {n} (a cause to commit a crime) | :: 動機 /どうき, dōki/ |
| motive {n} | :: 理由 /りゆう, riyū/ |
| motley {adj} (comprising greatly varied elements) | :: ごちゃ混ぜの /gochamaze no/, 寄せ集めの /yoseatsume no/ |
| motley {adj} (having many colours; variegated) | :: 雑色の /zasshoku no/ |
| motley {n} (an incongruous mixture) | :: ごちゃ混ぜ /gochamaze/, 寄せ集め /yoseatsume/ |
| motocross {n} (off-road motorbike racing) | :: モトクロス /motokurosu/ |
| motor {n} (machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy) | :: モーター /mōtā/, エンジン /enjin/, 機関 /きかん, kikan/, 機械 /きかい, kikai/, 発動機 /はつどうき, hatsudōki/, 原動機 /げんどうき, kendōki/ |
| motorboat {n} (boat driven by an engine) | :: モーターボート /mōtābōto/ |
| motorcade {n} (procession of cars) | :: 車列 /しゃれつ, sharetsu/ |
| motorcar {n} (enclosed passenger vehicle powered by engine) SEE: automobile | :: |
| motorcycle {n} (open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel) | :: オートバイ /ōtobai/, バイク /baiku/, 単車 /tansha/ |
| motorist {n} (one who drives a motor vehicle) | :: モータリスト /mōtarisuto/ |
| motor racing {n} (auto racing) | :: 自動車競技 /じどうしゃきょうぎ, jidōsha kyōgi/, 自動車レース /じどうしゃレース, jidōsha rēsu/ |
| motorway {n} (broad highway) | :: 公道 /こうどう, kōdō/ |
| motto {n} (sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement) | :: モットー /mottō/, 座右の銘 /ざゆうのめい, zayūnomei/, 標語 /ひょうご, hyōgo/ |
| motto {n} (suggestive sentence, phrase or word) | :: モットー /mottō/, 標語 /ひょうご, hyōgo/ |
| mouflon {n} (sheep) | :: ムフロン /mufuron/ |
| moulage {n} (art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training medical or military personnel) | :: ムラージュ /murāju/ |
| mould {n} (mould) SEE: mold | :: |
| mould {v} (mould) SEE: mold | :: |
| mould {n} (mould) SEE: mold | :: |
| mould {v} (mould) SEE: mold | :: |
| mouldwarp {n} (mole) SEE: mole | :: |
| mouldy {adj} (covered with mould) | :: かびた /kabita/ |
| moult {n} (process) | :: 抜け替わり /ぬけかわり, nukekawari/ |
| moult {n} (skin or feathers cast off) | :: 蛻 /monuke, nukegara/ |
| moult {v} (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal) | :: 抜け替わる /ぬけかわる, nukekawaru/, 生え変わる /はえかわる, haekawaru/ |
| mound {n} (artificial elevation of earth) | :: 塚 /つか, tsuka/, マウンド /maundo/ |
| mound {n} (natural elevation) | :: 塚 /つか, tsuka/ |
| mound {n} (baseball term) | :: マウンド /maundo/ |
| mound {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva | :: |
| mount {n} (mountain) SEE: mountain | :: |
| mountain {n} (large mass of earth and rock) | :: 山 /やま, yama/ |
| mountain ash {n} (Sorbus aucuparia) SEE: rowan | :: |
| mountain bike {n} (bicycle especially designed for off-road riding) | :: マウンテンバイク /maunten baiku/ |
| mountain chickadee {n} (Poecile gambeli) | :: マミジロコガラ /mamijirokogara/ |
| mountain climber {n} (mountain climber) | :: 登山家 /とざんか, tozanka/ |
| mountain climbing {n} (mountaineering) SEE: mountaineering | :: |
| mountaineer {n} (one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure) | :: 登山家 /とざんか, tozanka/ |
| mountaineering {n} (sport) | :: 登山 /とざん, tozan/, 山登り /やまのぼり, yamanobori/ |
| mountain lion {n} (Puma concolor) SEE: cougar | :: |
| mountain pass {n} (low point) | :: 峠, とうげ /tōge/ |
| mountain range {n} (line of mountains) | :: 山脈 /さんみゃく, sanmyaku/ |
| mountain range {n} (series of mountain lines) | :: 山脈 /さんみゃく, sanmyaku/ |
| Mount Everest {prop} (world’s highest mountain, located in the Himalayas) | :: エベレスト /Eberesuto/, チョモランマ /Chomoranma/ |
| Mount Fuji {prop} (the highest mountain in Japan) | :: 富士山 /ふじさん, Fuji-san/, 富士 /ふじ, Fuji/ |
| Mount Kilimanjaro {prop} (Kilimanjaro) SEE: Kilimanjaro | :: |
| Mount Mayon {prop} (the most active volcano in the Philippines) | :: マヨン山 |
| Mount Megiddo {prop} (hill in modern Israel) | :: メギドの丘 /Megido no oka/ |
| Mount of Olives {prop} (mountain ridge) | :: 橄欖山 /かんらんざん, kanranzan/ |
| mourn {v} (express sadness for, grieve over) | :: 悲しむ /かなしむ, kanashimu/, 悼む /いたむ, itamu/ |
| mourning {n} | :: 喪 /も/ |
| mouse {n} (rodent of the genus Mus) | :: 鼠 /ねずみ, nezumi/, ネズミ /nezumi/, ハツカネズミ /hatsukanezumi/, マウス /mausu/ |
| mouse {n} (computing: input device) | :: マウス /mausu/ |
| mouse-colored antshrike {n} (bird) | :: ネズミアリモズ /nezumiarimozu/ |
| mousehole {n} (hole through which a mouse enters a room) | :: 鼠穴 /ねずみあな, nezumiana/, ネズミ穴 /nezumiana/ |
| mousekin {n} (baby mouse) | :: 子ネズミ /konezumi/ |
| mouse mat {n} (mouse pad) SEE: mouse pad | :: |
| mouse pad {n} (mouse pad) | :: マウスパッド /mausupaddo/ |
| mousepad {n} (mouse pad) SEE: mouse pad | :: |
| mousetrap {n} (device for killing mice) | :: ネズミ捕り /ねずみとり, nezumi-tori/, 鼠取り /ねずみとり, nezumi-tori/ |
| moussaka {n} (baked dish) | :: ムサカ /musaka/ |
| mousse {n} (dessert) | :: ムース /mūsu/ |
| moustache {n} (hair on upper lip) | :: 口ひげ /くちひげ, kuchihige/, 口髭 /くちひげ, kuchihige/ |
| Moutai {prop} (kind of Chinese liquor) | :: 茅台酒 /Maotai-shu/ |
| mouth {n} (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested) | :: 口 /くち, kuchi/ |
| mouth {n} (the end of a river out of which water flows) | :: 河口 /かこう, kakō/ |
| mouthbrooder {n} (animal that cares of its offspring by holding them in its mouth) | :: マウスブルーダー |
| mouthfeel {n} (texture perceived by mouth) | :: 食感 |
| mouthly {adj} (oral) SEE: oral | :: |
| mouth organ {n} (mouth organ) SEE: harmonica | :: |
| mouth ulcer {n} (aphthous ulcer) SEE: aphthous ulcer | :: |
| mouthwash {n} (liquid used to clean one's mouth) | :: 洗口液 /せんこうえき, senkōeki/ |
| movable type {n} (system of printing and typography) | :: 活字 /katsuji/ |
| move {v} (to change place or posture; to go) | :: 動く /うごく, ugoku/ |
| move {v} (to act; to take action) | :: 動く /うごく, ugoku/ |
| move {v} (to change residence) | :: 引っ越す /ひっこす, hikkosu/ |
| move {v} (to change the place of a piece) | :: 動かす /ugokasu/ |
| move {v} (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion) | :: 動かす /うごかす, ugokasu/ |
| move {v} (to transfer from one space or position to another) | :: 移動させる /idō saseru/, 移す /utsusu/ |
| move {v} (to arouse the feelings or passions of) | :: 感動させる /kandō saseru/, 染み返らせる /shimikaeraseru/ |
| move {v} (to propose; to recommend) | :: 申し入れる /mōshiireru/ |
| move {v} (to apply to) | :: 申し込む /mōshikomu/ |
| move {n} (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose) | :: 動き /うごき, ugoki/ |
| move {n} (the event of changing one's residence) | :: 引っ越し /ひっこし, hikkoshi/, 転居 /てんきょ, tenkyo/ |
| move {n} (the act of moving a token on a gameboard) | :: 手 /て, te/ |
| move {n} (the act of moving) SEE: movement | :: |
| move house {v} (change place of residence) | :: 引っ越す /ひっこす, hikkosu/ |
| movement {n} (physical motion) | :: 運動 /うんどう, undō/, 動き /うごき, ugoki/ |
| movement {n} (trend in various fields or social categories) | :: 運動 /うんどう, undō/ |
| movement {n} (music: division of a larger musical composition) | :: 楽章 /がくしょう, gakushō/ |
| movie {n} (motion picture) | :: 映画 /えいが, eiga/ |
| movie {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema | :: |
| moviehouse {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema | :: |
| moviemaker {n} (a person who makes movies as a profession) SEE: filmmaker | :: |
| moviemaking {n} (the production of movies) SEE: filmmaking | :: |
| movie star {n} (star of the cinema) | :: 映画スター /eiga sutā/ |
| movie theater {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema | :: |
| moving {adj} (that causes someone to feel emotion) | :: 感動的な /かんどうてきな, kandōteki-na/ |
| mow {v} (to cut down) | :: 刈る /かる, karu/ |
| mower {n} (lawnmower) SEE: lawnmower | :: |
| mower {n} (a person who cuts grass) | :: 草刈り /kusakari/ |
| moxa {n} (mugwort leaves) | :: 艾 /もぐさ, mogusa/, 灸 /きゅう, kyū, やいと, yaito/ |
| moxibustion {n} (burning of moxa against skin) | :: 灸 /きゅう, kyū, やいと, yaito/, お灸 /okyuu/ |
| moxie {n} (spirit, courage, force of character) | :: どきょう, 度胸, こんじょう, 根性 |
| Mozambique {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: モザンビーク /Mozanbīku/ |
| Mozart {prop} (surname) | :: モーツァルト /Mōtsaruto/ |
| mozzarella {n} (soft Italian cheese) | :: モッツァレラ /mottsarera/, モツァレラ /motsarera/, モザレラ /mozarera/, モッツァレッラ /mottsarerra/ |
| MP3 {prop} (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3) | :: エムピースリー /emu-pī-surī/, MP3 |
| MP3 player {n} (electronic device for playing digital audio files in the MP3 format) | :: MP3プレーヤー /emu-pī-surī-purēyā/ |
| mph {symbol} (miles per hour) | :: マイル毎時 /mairu maiji/ |
| MPR {prop} (abbreviation of Mongolian People's Republic, see also: Mongolian People's Republic) | :: Not used in Japanese |
| Mr {n} (abbreviation of mister) SEE: Mr. | :: |
| Mr. {n} (abbreviation of mister) | :: さん /san/, 様 /さま, sama/, 氏 /し, shi/ |
| Mr. and Mrs. {n} (Title of a married couple) | :: 夫妻 /fusai/, 夫婦 /fūfu/ |
| Mrs {n} (title before woman's name) | :: -夫人 /-ふじん, -fujin/, -さん /-san/, -様 /-さま, -sama/ |
| M-theory {n} (theory that unifies the five superstring theories) | :: M理論 /emu riron/ |
| mu {n} (Greek letter) | :: ミュー /myū/, ミ /mi/ |
| Muay Thai {n} (the martial art/sport) | :: ムエタイ /mue-tai/ |
| much {determiner} (a large amount of) | :: 沢山 /たくさん, takusan/, 多くの /おおくの, ōku no/, 多い /おおい, ōi/ |
| much {adv} (to a great extent) | :: 沢山の /たくさんの, takusan no/, 多い /おおい, ōi/ |
| much ado about nothing {n} (a lot of fuss) | :: 空騒ぎ /からさわぎ, karasawagi/ |
| much less {conj} (let alone) | :: 況してや /mashiteya/ |
| much obliged {interj} (thank you) SEE: thank you | :: |
| much obliged {adj} (grateful) SEE: grateful | :: |
| much of a muchness {phrase} (little difference between multiple things) | :: どんぐりの背比べ /donguri no sei kurabe/ |
| muckamuck {n} (person in a position of authority) SEE: big cheese | :: |
| mucosa {n} (mucous membrane) SEE: mucous membrane | :: |
| mucous membrane {n} (membrane which secretes mucus) | :: 粘膜 /nenmaku/ |
| mucus {n} (slippery secretion) | :: 粘液 /ねんえき, nen'eki/ |
| mud {n} (mixture of soil and water) | :: 泥 /どろ, doro/ |
| Mudanjiang {prop} (a city of China) | :: 牡丹江 /ぼたんこう, Botankō/ |
| muddy {adj} (turbid) | :: 濁り /nigori/ |
| mudflow {n} (A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water) | :: 泥流 /でいりゅう, deiryū/ |
| mudguard {n} (a cover over, or a flap behind, the wheels of a vehicle) | :: 泥よけ /どろよけ, doroyoke/ |
| mudra {n} (symbolic hand postures of India) | :: 印相 /inzō/ |
| mudslide {n} (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope) | :: 崖崩れ /がけくざれ、gakekuzare/, 泥流 /でいりゅう, deiryū/, 土石流 /どせきりゅう, dosekiryū/ |
| mudstone {n} (a fine-grained sedimentary rock) | :: 泥岩 /でいがん, deigan/ |
| mud volcano {n} (conical structure) | :: 泥火山 /でいかざん, deikazan/ |
| mud wrestling {n} (form of entertainment) | :: 泥レス /dororesu/ |
| muesli {n} (breakfast dish) | :: ミューズリー /myūzurī/ |
| muezzin {n} (person who issues call to prayer) | :: ムアッジン /muajjin/ |
| muff {n} (a piece of fur or cloth for keeping the hands warm) | :: マフ /mafu/ |
| muff diving {n} (cunnilingus) SEE: cunnilingus | :: |
| muffin {n} (individual cake) | :: マフィン /mafin/ |
| muffler {n} (part of exhaust pipe) | :: マフラー /mafurā/, 消音器 /しょうおんき, shōonki/ |
| muffler {n} (scarf) SEE: scarf | :: |
| mufti {n} (Muslim scholar) | :: ムフティー /mufutī/ |
| mufti {n} (civilian dress) | :: 私服 /しふく, shifuku/, 平服 /へいふく, heifuku/, 便衣隊 /べんいたい, ben'itai/ |
| mug {n} (large cup) | :: マグカップ /magukappu/, ジョッキ /jokki/ |
| mug {n} ((slang) the face) | :: 面 /tsura/ |
| mug {n} ((colloquial) a person who is easily fooled) | :: 鴨 /kamo/ |
| mugger {n} (a street robber) | :: 路上の強盗 |
| mugger {n} (the large crocodile Crocodilus palustris) | :: ヌマワニ /numawani/ |
| Muggle {n} (person who lacks a particular ability or skill) SEE: amateur | :: |
| Muggle {n} (person who has no magical abilities) | :: マグル /maguru/ |
| muggy {adj} (humid or hot and humid) | :: 蒸し暑い /むしあつい, mushiatsui/ |
| mugwort {n} (any of several artemisias) | :: 蓬 /ヨモギ, yomogi/ |
| mugwort {n} (Artemisia vulgaris) | :: 欧州蓬 /オウシュウヨモギ, ōshūyomogi/ |
| Muhammad {prop} (the prophet who introduced Islam) | :: マホメット /Mahometto/, モハメッド /Mohameddo/, ムハンマド・イブン＝アブドゥッラーフ /muhanmado ibun-abudurrāfu/, ムハンマド /muhanmado/ |
| Muhammad {prop} (male given name) | :: ムハンマド /Muhanmado/ |
| Muifa {prop} (tropical cyclone) | :: ムイファー /Muifā/ |
| mujahid {n} (a Muslim engaging in jihad) | :: ムジャーヒディーン /mujāhidīn/, ムジャーヒド /mujāhido/ |
| mujahideen {n} (mujahid) SEE: mujahid | :: |
| mujik {n} (Russian peasant) | :: ムジク /mujiku/, 農民 /のうみん, nōmin/ |
| Mukden {prop} (Shenyang) SEE: Shenyang | :: |
| mulatto {n} (person of mixed black and white descent) | :: ムラート /murāto/ |
| mulberry {n} (the tree) | :: 桑 /くわ, kuwa/, クワ /kuwa/ |
| mulberry {n} (the fruit) | :: クワの実 /kuwa no mi/ |
| mulberry {n} (the colour) | :: 桑色 /kuwairo/, 桑の実色 /kuwanomiiro/ |
| mulct {n} (pecuniary penalty) SEE: fine | :: |
| mule {n} (offspring of male donkey and female horse) | :: 騾馬 /らば, raba/, ラバ /raba/, ミュール /myūru/ |
| mullah {n} (a Muslim religious scholar and teacher) | :: ムッラー /murra/ |
| mullein {n} (plants of the genus Verbascum) | :: 毛蕊花 /もうずいか, mōzuika/ |
| mullet {n} (fish of the family Mugilidae (grey mullets)) | :: ボラ /bora/, 鯔 /ぼら, bora/ |
| mullet {n} (hairstyle) | :: マレット /maretto/ |
| Multan {prop} (city in Pakistan) | :: ムルタン /Murutan/ |
| multi- {prefix} (pertaining to many) | :: 多 /た, ta/ |
| multicellular {adj} (having many cells) | :: 多細胞の /たさいぼうの, tasaibō no/ |
| multicolor {adj} (multicolored) SEE: multicolored | :: |
| multicolored {adj} (having multiple colors) | :: 多色の /たしょくの, tashoku no/, 多彩な /たさいな, tasai na/ |
| multiculturalism {n} (societal idea) | :: 多元文化論 /たげんぶんかろん, tagen-bunka-ron/, 多文化 /たぶんか, ta-bunka/, 多文化主義 /たぶんかしゅぎ, tabunkashugi/, マルチカルチュラリズム /maruchikaruchurarizumu/ |
| multidimensional array {n} (data structure consisting of a vector of vectors) | :: 多次元配列 /たじげんはいれつ, tajigenhairetsu/ |
| multidimensional array {n} (data structure that has the semantics of an array of arrays) | :: 多次元配列 /たじげんはいれつ, tajigenhairetsu/ |
| multidimensional array {n} (abstraction that addresses storage locations via an N-dimensional coordinate space) | :: 多次元配列 /たじげんはいれつ, tajigenhairetsu/ |
| multi-hydrocarbon {n} (petroleum jelly) SEE: petroleum jelly | :: |
| multi-level marketing {n} (sales system) | :: 連鎖販売取引 /rensa hanbai torihiki/, マルチ商法 /maruchi shōhō/ |
| multilingual {adj} (pertaining to multiple languages) | :: 多言語 /たげんご, tagengo/ |
| multimedia {n} (The use of different media to convey information) | :: マルチメディア /maruchimedia/, 複合媒体 /ふくごうばいたい, fukugō-baitai/ |
| multimillionaire {n} (person worth many millions) | :: 千万長者 /せんばんちょうじゃ, senbanchōsha/ |
| multinational {n} (multinational company) | :: 多国籍企業 /takokuseki kigyō/ |
| multiplatform {adj} (cross-platform) SEE: cross-platform | :: |
| multi-platform {adj} (cross-platform) SEE: cross-platform | :: |
| multiple {adj} (having more than one element, part, component or function) | :: 多重 /たじゅう, tajū/ |
| multiple {n} (a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder) | :: 倍数 /ばいすう, baisū/ |
| multiple-choice question {n} (a question where the answerer has the choice between multiple answers) | :: 多肢選択法 /たしせんたくほう, tasisentakuhō/ |
| multiple inheritance {n} (in programming: inheriting from multiple superclasses) | :: 多重継承 /tajūkeishō/ |
| multiplicand {n} (number that is to be multiplied by another) | :: 被乗数 /ひじょうすう, hijōsū/ |
| multiplication {n} (process) | :: 掛け算 /かけざん, kakezan/, 乗法 /じょうほう, jōhō/ |
| multiplication {n} (calculation) | :: 乗法 /じょうほう, jōhō/ |
| multiplication {n} (increasing in number) | :: 倍増 /ばいぞう, baizō/ |
| multiplication table {n} (in arithmetic) | :: 九九 /kuku/, 九九の表 /kuku-no-hyō/ |
| multiplier {n} (number) | :: 乗数 /じょうすう, jōsū/ |
| multiply {v} (transitive: perform multiplication on (a number)) | :: 掛ける /かける, kakeru/ |
| multi-purpose {adj} (having multiple uses) | :: 多目的 /tamokuteki/ |
| multiset {n} (generalized type of set that may contain multiple occurrences of elements) | :: 多重集合 /たじゅうしゅうごう, tajūshūgō/ |
| multisyllabic {adj} (polysyllabic) SEE: polysyllabic | :: |
| multi-tasking {n} (multitasking) SEE: multitasking | :: |
| multitasking {n} (simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (computing)) | :: マルチタスク /maruchitasuku/ |
| multiverse {n} (hypothetical group of all possible universes) | :: 多元宇宙 /tagen uchū/ |
| mum {n} (mother (informal, familiar)) | :: お母さん /おかあさん, okāsan/, ママ /mama/, 母 /はは, haha/ |
| Mumbai {prop} (state capital of Maharashtra, see also: Bombay) | :: ムンバイ /Munbai/ |
| mumble {v} (to speak unintelligibly) | :: 呟く /つぶやく, tsubuyaku/, 囁く /ささやく, sasayaku/ |
| mummy {n} (embalmed corpse) | :: ミイラ /mīra/, 木乃伊 /みいら, mīra/ |
| mummy {n} (child's term for mother) | :: お母さん /okāsan/, ママ /mama/ |
| mummy brown {n} (brown pigment originally prepared from ground-up remains of Egyptian mummies, etc.) | :: マミーブラウン |
| mummy's boy {n} (momma's boy) SEE: momma's boy | :: |
| mumps {n} (contagious disease) | :: 流行性耳下腺炎 /りゅうこうせいじかせんえん, ryūkōsei jikasen'en/ |
| mung bean {n} (seed of Vigna radiata) | :: 緑豆 /りょくとう, ryokutou/ |
| Munich {prop} (capital of Bavaria) | :: ミュンヘン /Myunhen/, ミューニック /Myūnikku/, ミンガ /Minga/ |
| municipal {adj} (pertaining to city) | :: 市立 /しりつ, shiritsu/, 都市の /としの, toshi no/ |
| municipality {n} (a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts) | :: 自治体 /jichitai/ |
| Muntenia {prop} (region of Romania) | :: ムンテニア /Muntenia/ |
| muon {n} (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family) | :: ミュー粒子 /myū ryūshi/ |
| mura {n} (luminance non-uniformity) | :: むら |
| murabba {n} (kind of sweet fruit preserve) | :: ヴァレニエ /varenie/ |
| murder {n} (an act of deliberate killing) | :: 殺人 /さつじん, satsujin/, 謀殺 /ぼうさつ, bōsatsu/ |
| murder {n} (the crime of deliberate killing) | :: 殺人 /さつじん, satsujin/ |
| murder {v} (deliberately kill) | :: 殺す /ころす, korosu/, 殺害する /さつがいする, satsugai-suru/ |
| murder {v} (express one’s anger at) | :: 殺す /korosu/ |
| murderer {n} (person who commits murder) | :: 人殺し /ひとごろし, hitogoroshi/, 殺人者 /さつじんしゃ, satsujinsha/ |
| murder hornet {n} (colloquial terms for Asian giant hornet) | :: 殺人スズメバチ |
| murex {n} (sea snail of the genus Murex) | :: ミューレックス /myūrekkusu/, 骨貝 /ほねがい, honegai/ |
| Muriel {prop} (female given name) | :: ミュリエル /Myurieru/ |
| murky {adj} (dark, dim, gloomy) SEE: gloomy | :: |
| murky {adj} (cloudy, indistinct, obscure) SEE: obscure | :: |
| Murmansk {prop} (city) | :: ムルマンスク /Murumansuku/ |
| murmur {v} (to speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble) | :: 呟く /つぶやく, tsubuyaku/ |
| Murphy's law {prop} (adage which states that if anything can go wrong it will) | :: マーフィーの法則 /Māfī-no hōsoku/ |
| Murray {prop} (river in Australia) | :: マレー川 /Marē-gawa/ |
| murrey {n} (mulberry) SEE: mulberry | :: |
| Musca {prop} (constellation) | :: 蝿座 /はえざ, Haeza/ |
| muscat {n} (grape) | :: マスカット /masukatto/ |
| muscat {n} (wine) | :: マスカット /masukatto/ |
| Muscat {prop} (capital city) | :: マスカット /Masukatto/ |
| muscle {n} (contractile tissue) | :: 筋肉 /きんにく, kinniku/ |
| muscle {n} (organ composed of muscle tissue) | :: 筋肉 /きんにく, kinniku/ |
| muscleman {n} (bodyguard) SEE: bodyguard | :: |
| muscle of mastication {n} (any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication) | :: 咀嚼筋 /そしゃくきん, soshakukin/ |
| Muscovite {n} (resident of Moscow) | :: モスクワ人 /Mosukuwa-jin/ |
| muscular dystrophy {n} (muscular dystrophy) | :: 筋ジストロフィー /kin jisutorofī/ |
| muse {n} (a source of inspiration) | :: 熟考 /jyukkō/ |
| muse {v} (to become lost in thought) | :: 熟考する /jyukkōsuru/, 瞑想する /meisōsuru/ |
| Muse {n} (one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts) | :: ムーサ /mūsa/ |
| museology {n} (design, organization and management of museums) | :: 博物館学 /はくぶつかんがく, hakubutsukangaku/ |
| museum {n} (building or institution) | :: (museum generally) 博物館 /はくぶつかん, hakubutsukan/, (art museum) 美術館 /びじゅつかん, bijutsukan/ |
| mushroom {n} (fruiting body of a fungus) | :: キノコ /kinoko/, 茸 /kinoko/, きのこ /kinoko/ |
| mushroom {n} (one who rises suddenly from a low condition in life) SEE: upstart | :: |
| mushroom {n} (champignon) SEE: champignon | :: |
| mushroom cloud {n} (mushroom shaped cloud) | :: 茸雲 /きのこぐも, kinokogumo/ |
| mushy {adj} (soft; squishy) | :: 柔らかい /yawarakai/ |
| music {n} (sound, organized in time in a melodious way) | :: 音楽 /おんがく, ongaku/, ミュージック /myūjikku/ |
| music {n} (any pleasing or interesting sounds) | :: 音楽 |
| music {n} (sheet music) | :: 楽譜 /gakufu/, 音楽 |
| musical {adj} (of or relating to music) | :: ミュージカルの /myūjikaru no/, 音楽の /おんがくの, ongaku no/ |
| musical {adj} (gifted or skilled in music) | :: 音楽的な /ongakuteki na/ |
| musical {n} (stage performance, show or film) | :: ミュージカル /myūjikaru/ |
| musical box {n} (music box) SEE: music box | :: |
| musical instrument {n} (a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds) | :: 楽器 /がっき, gakki/ |
| musical notation {n} (writing system) | :: 記譜法 /きふほう, kifuhō/ |
| musical scale {n} (a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch) | :: 音階 /onkai/ |
| music box {n} (box that generates or plays music) | :: オルゴール /orugōru/, 自鳴琴 /じめいきん, jimeikin/ |
| music hall {n} (auditorium) | :: 寄席 /よせ, yose/ |
| musician {n} (person who performs or writes music) | :: 音楽家 /おんがくか, ongakuka/ |
| music notation {n} (system which represents aurally perceived music) SEE: musical notation | :: |
| musicology {n} (study of music) | :: 音楽学 /おんがくがく, ongakugaku/ |
| music stand {n} (stand for holding sheet music) | :: 譜面台 /ふめんだい, fumendai/ |
| music theory {n} (field of study dealing with how music works) | :: 音楽理論 /ongaku riron/ |
| music therapy {n} (any of various therapeutic uses of music) | :: 音楽療法 /おんがくりょうほう, ongaku ryōhō/ |
| music video {n} (motion picture accompanying a song) | :: ミュージック・ビデオ /myūjikku-bideo/, ビデオクリップ /myūjikkukurippu/ |
| musk {n} (greasy secretion with powerful odour) | :: 麝香 /じゃこう, jakō/ |
| musk deer {n} (small deer inhabiting uplands of central Asia) | :: 麝香鹿 /ジャコウジカ, jakōjika/ |
| musket {n} (firearm) | :: マスケット銃 /masuketto jū/ |
| musketeer {n} (foot soldier) | :: 銃士 /じゅうし, jūshi/ |
| musk ox {n} (an arctic mammal) | :: 麝香牛 /ジャコウウシ, jakōushi/ |
| muskrat {n} (Ondatra zibethicus) | :: マスクラット /masukuratto/ |
| Muslim {n} (believer of Islam) | :: ムスリム /musurimu/, イスラム教徒 /イスラムきょうと, isuramu kyōto/, 回教徒 /かいきょうと, kaikyōto/ |
| muslin {n} (very different styles of fabric) SEE: fabric | :: |
| muslin {n} (thin cotton cloth) | :: モスリン, 毛斯綸 /mosurin/, モス /mosu/, メリンス /merinsu/, 唐縮緬 /とうちりめん, tōchirimen/ |
| musquash {n} (Ondatra zibethicus) SEE: muskrat | :: |
| muss {n} (mess) SEE: mess | :: |
| mussel {n} (any small edible bivalve shellfish, see also: clam; oyster; mollusc) | :: 貽貝 /イガイ, igai/, ムール貝 /mūru-gai/ |
| Mussolini {prop} (surname) | :: ムッソリーニ /Mussorīni/ |
| must {v} (be required to) | :: ...なければならない /...nakereba naranai/ (conditional negative form + "naranai"), ...なくてはいけない /...nakutewa ikenai/ (conditional negative form + "ikenai"), ...ないと駄目だ /...nai to dame da/ (conditional negative form + "dame da") |
| Mustafa {prop} (male given name) | :: ムスタファ /Musutafa/ |
| mustang {n} (horse) | :: ムスタング /musutangu/ |
| mustard {n} (plant) | :: カラシ /karashi/, からし /karashi/ |
| mustard {n} (condiment) | :: からし /karashi/ (芥子 /karashi/), マスタード /masutādo/ |
| mustard {n} (colour) | :: からし色 /karashi iro/ (芥子色 /karashi iro/) |
| mustard gas {n} (vesicant gas) | :: マスタードガス /masutādo gasu/ |
| muster {v} (to show, exhibit) SEE: show | :: |
| Mustique {prop} (island) | :: マスティク島 /masutikutō/ |
| must-read {n} (product strongly recommended to read) | :: 必読 /hitsudoku/ |
| musty {adj} (having a stale odor) | :: 黴臭い /かびくさい, kabikusai/ |
| mutagen {n} (agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation) | :: 変異原性 /へんいらせい, hen'irasei/ |
| Mu-tan-chiang {prop} (Mudanjiang) SEE: Mudanjiang | :: |
| mutant {n} (something that has mutated) | :: 突然変異体 /とつぜんへんいたい, totsuzenhen'itai/ |
| mutation {n} (mutant) SEE: mutant | :: |
| mutation {n} (heritable change in genetic material) | :: 変異 /へんい, hen'i/, 突然変異 /とつぜんへんい, totsuzenhen'i/ |
| mutatis mutandis {adv} (having changed what needs to be changed) | :: 変更すべきは変更して /へんこうすべきはへんこうして, henkō subeki wa henkō shite/, 準用して /じゅんようして, jun'yō shite/ |
| mute {adj} (not having the power of speech) | :: 黙々 /もくもく, mokumoku/, 唖の /おしの, oshi-no/, 口の利けない /くちのきけない, kuchi no kikenai/ |
| mute h {n} (usage of the letter h at the start of a word which allows liaison with a preceding consonant) | :: 無音の h /muon no asshu/ |
| mute swan {n} (Cygnus olor) | :: コブハクチョウ /kobuhakuchō/ |
| mutilate {v} (To physically harm as to impair use) | :: 切断する /setsudan suru/, ばらばらにする /barabara ni suru/, 不具にする /fugu ni suru/ |
| mutilate {v} (To render imperfect or defective) | :: 骨抜きにする /honenuki ni suru/ |
| mutilation {n} (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) | :: 切断 /setsudan/, 不具 /fugu/, 骨抜き /honenuki/ |
| mutism {n} (psychological disorder) | :: 緘黙症 /かんもくしょう, kanmokushō/, 無言症 /むごんしょう, mugonshō/ |
| mutter {v} (speak under one's breath) | :: 呟く /つぶやく, tsubuyaku/, 囁く /ささやく, sasayaku/ |
| mutter {v} (speak incoherently) | :: 呟く /つぶやく, tsubuyaku/, 囁く /ささやく, sasayaku/ |
| mutton {n} (the flesh of sheep used as food) | :: 羊肉 /ようにく, yōniku/ |
| mutual {adj} (having the same relationship, each to each other) | :: 相互 /そうご, sōgo/, 互いの /たがいの, tagai no/ |
| mutualism {n} (interaction between two species that benefits both) | :: 相利共生 /sōrikyōsei/ |
| muumuu {n} (long loose-fitting dress) | :: ムームー /mūmū/ |
| muzzle {n} (part of animal's head) | :: 鼻面 /はなづら, hanazura/ |
| muzzle {n} (open end of a gun) | :: 銃口 /じゅうこう, jūkō/ |
| muzzle {n} (device to stop an animal from biting) | :: 口輪 /くちわ, kuchiwa/ |
| MVP {n} (Most Valuable Player) | :: MVP /emubuipī/, 最優秀選手 /saiyūshū senshu/ |
| Mx {n} (gender-neutral general honorific title) | :: さん /san/ |
| my {determiner} (belonging to me) | :: 私の /わたしの, watashi no/, 僕の /ぼくの, boku no/, 我が /わが, waga/ (also written: 我) |
| Myanmar {prop} (Southeast Asian country, see also: Burma) | :: ミャンマー /Myanmā/, ビルマ /Biruma/ |
| Myanmar {prop} (Burmese) SEE: Burmese | :: |
| my blood type is ... {phrase} (my blood type is …) | :: 血液型は...です /ketsuekigata wa ... desu/ |
| my car has broken down {phrase} (my car has broken down) | :: 私車故障した /わたしくるま こしょうした, watashi kuruma koshō shita/ |
| mycology {n} (study of fungi) | :: 菌類学 /kinruigaku/ |
| mycorrhiza {n} (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) | :: 菌根 /きんこん, kinkon/ |
| myelin sheath {n} (envelope of myelin) | :: 髄鞘 /ずいしょう, zuishō/ |
| Mykonos {prop} (island) | :: ミコノス島 /Mikonosu tō/ |
| my name is {phrase} (a way to identify oneself) | :: 私は……です /わたしは……です, watashi wa ... desu/, 名前は……です /なまえは……です, namae wa ... desu/, ……といいます /... to iimasu/, ……と申します /... to mōshimasu/ |
| myocardial infarction {n} (heart attack) SEE: heart attack | :: |
| myocardium {n} (muscles that surround and power the heart) | :: 心筋 /しんきん, shinkin/ |
| myoga {n} (Zingiber mioga) | :: 茗荷 /みょうが, myōga/, 蘘荷 /みょうが, myōga/ |
| myoma {n} (tumor composed of muscle tissue) | :: 筋腫 /きんしゅ, kinshu/ |
| myopia {n} (disorder of the vision) SEE: nearsightedness | :: |
| myoseki {n} (any of the 105 names available to sumo oyakata) | :: 名跡 /myōseki/ |
| my pleasure {interj} (a polite reaction to receiving thanks) | :: どういたしまして /dō itashimashite/, いいえ /iie/ |
| myriad {n} (ten thousand, see also: ten thousand) | :: 万 /まん, man/ |
| myrrh {n} (dried sap of the myrrha tree) | :: ミルラ /mirura/, 没薬 /motsuyaku/ |
| myrtle {n} (evergreen shrub) | :: ギンバイカ /ginbaika/ |
| myself {pron} (me, reflexive form of me) | :: 自分 /じぶん, jibun/ |
| mysterious {adj} (of unknown origin) | :: 神秘的な /しんぴてきな, shinpiteki na/, ミステリアスな /misuteriasu na/, 不思議な /ふしぎな, fushigi na/ |
| mystery {n} (something secret or unexplainable) | :: ミステリー /misuterī/, 不思議 /ふしぎ, fushigi/, 神秘 /しんぴ, shinpi/ |
| mystical {adj} (relating to mystics or mysticism) | :: 神秘 /shinpi/ |
| mysticism {n} (beliefs and ideas of mystics) | :: 神秘主義 /しんぴしゅぎ, shinpishugi/ |
| myth {n} (divine story) | :: 神話 /しんわ, shinwa/ |
| myth {n} (commonly-held but false belief) | :: 神話 /しんわ, shinwa/ |
| mythical {adj} (existing in myth) | :: 神話の /しんわの, shinwa no/ |
| mythology {n} (myths of a people) | :: 神話 /しんわ, shinwá/ |
| mythology {n} (collection and study of myths) | :: 神話学 /しんわがく, shinwagaku/ |