| Q and A {n} | :: Q&A, 質疑応答 /shitsugi ōtō/ |
| Qantas {prop} (national Australian airline) | :: カンタス /Kantasu/, カンタス航空 /Kantasu kōkū/ |
| Qatar {prop} (a country in the Middle East) | :: カタール /Katāru/ |
| Q.E.D. {n} (fact or scenario that proves an argument or proposition) SEE: justification | :: |
| Q fever {n} (infectious disease resembling influenza) | :: Ｑ熱 /キューねつ, kyū-netsu/ |
| qi {n} (chi) SEE: chi | :: |
| Qidu {prop} (district in northern Taiwan) | :: 七堵 /しちと, Shichito/ |
| Qidu {prop} (town in eastern China) | :: 七都 /しちと, Shichito/ |
| qigong {n} (system of breathing control) | :: 気功 /きこう, kikō/ |
| qilin {n} (mythical creature) | :: 麒麟 /kirin/ |
| Qing {prop} (Chinese dynasty) | :: 清朝 /しんちょう/ |
| Qingdao {prop} (large city in China) | :: 青島 /ちんたお, Chintao/, チンタオ /Chintao/ |
| Qing dynasty {prop} (last dynasty of China) | :: 清 /しん, Shin/, 清朝 /しんちょう, Shinchō/ |
| Qinghai {prop} (a Chinese province) | :: 青海 /せいかい, Seikai/ |
| qipao {n} (a traditional dress worn by Chinese women) | :: チャイナドレス /chainadoresu/ (i.e. China dress) |
| Qiqihar {prop} (a city of China) | :: 斉斉哈爾 /ちちはる, Chichiharu/, チチハル /Chichiharu/ |
| Qom {prop} (city in Iran) | :: ゴム /Gomu/ |
| QR code {n} (2-D barcode) | :: QRコード |
| Q-tip {n} (type of cotton swab) SEE: cotton swab | :: |
| quack {n} (sound made by a duck) | :: ガー ガー /gā-gā/, クェッ クェッ /quek-quek/, クワッ クワッ /quwak-quwak/ |
| quack {v} (to make a noise like a duck) | :: ガーガーと鳴く /gā-gā to naku/, ガヤガヤしゃべる /gayagaya shaberu/ |
| quack {n} (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine) | :: やぶ医者 /yabuisha/, もぐりの医者 /moguri no isha/ |
| quack {n} (charlatan) | :: ペテン師 /peten-shi/ |
| quackery {n} (practice) | :: 偽医療 /にせいりょう, niseiryō/ |
| quackgrass {n} (couch grass) SEE: couch grass | :: |
| quad {adj} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral | :: |
| quad {adj} (quadruplet) SEE: quadruplet | :: |
| quadragenarian {n} (one who is quadragenarian) | :: 四十代 /yonjūdai/ |
| quadrangle {n} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral | :: |
| quadrant {n} (region of the Cartesian plane) | :: 象限 /shōgen/ |
| quadratic {adj} (of a class of polynomial of the form y ) | :: 二次 /niji/ |
| quadratic equation {n} (second-degree equation) | :: 二次方程式 /niji hōteishiki/ |
| quadrature {n} (astronomy) | :: 矩 /く, ku/, 西矩 /せいく, seiku/, 西方矩 /せいほうく, seihōku/, 下矩 /かく, kaku/ |
| quadrature amplitude modulation {n} (method of sending information) | :: 直交振幅変調 /chokkō shinpuku henchō/ |
| quadriceps femoris {n} (muscle) | :: 大腿四頭筋 /daitai shitōkin/ |
| quadrilateral {n} (polygon having four sides) | :: 四辺形 /しへんけい, shihenkei/, 四角形 /しかっけい, shikakkei/ |
| quadrilateral {adj} (having four sides) | :: 四辺形の /shihenkei no/ |
| quadrilliard {num} (1027) SEE: octillion | :: |
| quadrillion {num} (a thousand trillion, 1015, see also: billiard) | :: 千兆 /senchō/ |
| quadrillion {num} (a million trillion, 1024, see also: septillion) | :: 一秭 /isshi/ |
| quadruped {n} (a four-footed or four-legged animal) | :: 四肢動物 /ししどうぶつ, shishi dōbutsu/ |
| quadruple {adj} (being four times as long, as big or as many of something) | :: 四倍 /よんばい yombai/, 四重 /よえ yoe, しじゅう shijū/ |
| quadruple {v} (to multiply by four) | :: 四倍する /yombai suru/ |
| quadruplet {n} (infant born as one of four) | :: 四つ子 /yotsugo/ |
| quadruplet {n} (sequence of four elements) | :: 四つ組 /よつぐみ, yotsu-gumi/ |
| quaffle {n} (ball used in Quidditch) | :: クアッフル /kuaffuru/ |
| quagmire {n} (swampy ground) | :: 泥濘 /ぬかるみ, nukarumi/ , 沼地 /ぬまち, numachi/ , 湿地 /しっち, shitchi/ |
| quagmire {n} (perilous, mixed up and troubled situation) | :: 苦境 /kukyō/, 窮地 /kyūchi/ |
| quail {n} (any of several small game birds) | :: ヨアロッパウズラ /yoaroppauzura/, 鶉 /uzura/ |
| quake {n} (earthquake) SEE: earthquake | :: |
| quakebuttock {n} (coward) SEE: coward | :: |
| Quaker {n} (believer of the Quaker faith) | :: クエーカー教徒 /クエーカーきょうと, Kuēkā kyōto/ |
| qualification {n} (an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something) | :: 資格 /しかく, shikaku/ |
| qualified {adj} (meeting requirements) | :: 合格の /gōkaku no/, 有資格の /yūshikaku no aru/ |
| qualify {v} (to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage) | :: 勝ち上がる /かちあがる, kachi-agaru/, 勝ち進む /かちすすむ, kachi-susumu/ |
| quality {n} (level of excellence) | :: 品質 /ひんしつ, hinshitsu/, 質 /しつ, shitsu/ |
| quality {n} (differentiating property or attribute) | :: 性質 /せいしつ, seishitsu/ |
| quality {n} (archaic: social position) | :: 品 /hin/ |
| quality {adj} (being of good worth) | :: 品質の良い /hinshitsu no yoi/, 良質な /ryōshitsu na/ |
| quality assurance {n} (system) | :: 品質保証 /ひんしつほしょう, hinshitsu hoshō/ |
| quality circle {n} (group) | :: QCサークル /QC sākuru/ |
| quality of life {n} (general well-being of individuals and societies) | :: クオリティ・オブ・ライフ /quoriti-obu-raifu/, 生活の質 /せいかつのしつ, seikatsu no shitsu/ |
| quantifier {n} (a logical operator) | :: 量化子 /りょうかし, ryōkashi/ |
| quantitative easing {n} (monetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically) | :: 量的金融緩和政策 /ryōteki kin’yū kanwa seisaku/ |
| quantity {n} (fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement) | :: 量 /りょう, ryō/, 数量 /すうりょう, sūryō/ |
| quantization {n} | :: 量子 /ryōshi/ |
| quantize {v} (to limit the number of possible values) | :: 量子化する /ryōshika-suru/ |
| quantize {v} (to approximate a continuously varying signal) | :: 量子化する /ryōshika-suru/ |
| quantum {n} (quantity) | :: 量 /りょう, ryō/ |
| quantum {n} (indivisible unit of a given quantity) | :: 量子 /りょうし, ryōshi/ |
| quantum {adj} (significant (of a change)) | :: 量子 /ryōshi/ |
| quantum chromodynamics {n} (quantum field theory) | :: 量子色力学 /りょうしいろりきがく, ryōshi irorikigaku/ |
| quantum computer {n} (computer that relies on quantum mechanical phenomena for speed) | :: 量子コンピューター /りょうしコンピューター, ryōshi konpyūtā/ |
| quantum dot {n} (fluorescent nanoparticle) | :: 量子ドット /ryōshi-dotto/ |
| quantum entanglement {n} (quantum mechanical phenomenon) | :: 量子縺れ /りょうしもつれ, ryōshi motsure/ |
| quantum mechanics {n} (branch of physics) | :: 量子力学 /りょうしりきがく, ryōshi rikigaku/ |
| quantum teleportation {n} (instantaneous transference of a quantum state) | :: 量子テレポーテーション |
| quantum theory {n} (quantum mechanics) SEE: quantum mechanics | :: |
| Quanzhou {prop} (a city of China) | :: 泉州 /せんしゅう, Senshū/ |
| Quanzhou {prop} (a county of Guangxi, China) | :: 全州 /ぜんしゅう, Zenshū/ |
| quaquaversal {adj} (going off in all directions at once towards a center) | :: 全天の /zenten no/; あらゆる方向に伸びた /arayuru hōkō ni nobita/ |
| quaquaversal {adj} (astronomy: dipping towards a center in all directions) | :: ドーム状の /dōmu-jō no/ |
| quarantine {n} (sanitary measure isolating infected people) | :: 検疫 /けんえき, ken'eki/ |
| quarantine flag {n} (yellow flag) | :: 検疫旗 /ken'ekiki/ |
| quark {n} ((physics) In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle which forms matter) | :: クォーク /kuwōku/ |
| quark {n} (soft creamy cheese) | :: クワルク /kuwaruku/, クォークチーズ /kuōku chīzu/ |
| quarrel {n} (verbal dispute or heated argument) | :: 言い争い /いいあらそい, iiarasoi/, 口論 /こうろん, kōron/, 口喧嘩 /くちげんか, kuchigenka/ |
| quarrel {v} (to contend, argue strongly, squabble) | :: 言い争う /iiarasou/, 口論する /kōron suru/, 口喧嘩する /kuchigenka suru/ |
| quarrel {n} (square tile) | :: タイル /tairu/ |
| quarrel {v} (disagree) SEE: disagree | :: |
| quart {n} (a unit of liquid capacity) | :: クォート /kwōto/ |
| quarter {n} (one of four equal parts) | :: 四分の一 /よんぶんのいち, yonbun no ichi/, 四半 /しはん, shihan/, 四半分 /しはんぶん, shihanbun/ |
| quarter {n} (period of three months) | :: 四半期 /しはんき, shihanki/ |
| quarter {n} (section of a town) | :: 地区 /chiku/, 街区 /gaiku/ |
| quarter {v} (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) | :: 四分する /shibun suru/, 四分割する /yonbunkatsu suru/ |
| quarterback {n} (American football passing back) | :: クォーターバック /kuōtābakku/ |
| quarter bottle {n} (piccolo) SEE: piccolo | :: |
| quarter-century {n} (period of twenty-five years) | :: 四半世紀 /shihanseiki/ |
| quarter-final {n} (quarter-final) SEE: quarterfinal | :: |
| quarterfinal {n} (competition in a tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals) | :: 準々決勝 /じゅんじゅんけっしょう, junjunkesshō/ |
| quarterfinalist {n} (quarterfinal participant) | :: 準々決勝進出者 /junjunkesshō shinshutsusha/, 八強 /hakkyō/ |
| quarterly {adv} (once every quarter year) | :: 四半期毎 /しはんきごと, shihanki-goto/ |
| quarterly {n} (periodical publication) | :: 季刊 /きかん, kikan/, 季刊誌 /きかんし, kikanshi/ |
| quarter note {n} (quarter note) SEE: crotchet | :: |
| quarterstaff {n} (wooden staff) | :: 棒 /ぼう, bō/ |
| quartet {n} (music composition in four parts) | :: カルテット /karutetto/, 四重奏 /shijūsō/ |
| quartet {n} (four musicians who perform a piece of music together) | :: カルテット /karutetto/, 四重唱 /shijūshō/ |
| quartet {n} (group of four) | :: 四人組 /yoningumi/ |
| quartz {n} (mineral) | :: 水晶 /すいしょう, suishō/ , 石英 /せきえい, sekiei/ |
| quartzite {n} (metamorphic rock) | :: 珪岩 /けいがん, keigan/ |
| quasar {n} (An extragalactic object) | :: クエーサー /kuēsā/, 準星 /じゅんせい, junsei/ |
| quasi-planet {n} (a planetoid) | :: 準惑星 /じゅんわくせい, junwakusei/ |
| quaternion {n} (a four-dimensional hypercomplex number) | :: 四元数 /shigensū/ |
| quatrain {n} (a stanza of four lines) | :: 四行連 /よんぎょうれん, yongyōren/, クウォートレイン /kuwōtorein/, クワトレイン /kuwatorein/ |
| quattuordecillion {num} (1045) | :: 十載 /じゅっさい, jussai/ |
| quaver {n} ((music) an eighth note) | :: 八分音符 /hachibun onpu/ |
| quay {n} (structure for loading and unloading vessels) | :: 波止場 /はとば, hatoba/, 埠頭 /ふとう, futō/ |
| qubit {n} (quantum bit) | :: 量子ビット /りょうしビット, ryōshi bitto/ |
| Quebec {prop} (province) | :: ケベック /Kebekku/, ケベック州 /Kebekku-shū/ |
| Quebec {prop} (city) | :: ケベック /Kebekku/ |
| Quechua {prop} (language) | :: ケチュア語 /Kechua-go/ |
| queef {n} (an emission of air from the vagina) | :: 膣ナラ /chinara/, マン屁 /manpe/ |
| queen {n} (female monarch) | :: 女王 /じょおう, joō/, 皇后 /こうごう, kōgō/ , クィーン /kuīn/ |
| queen {n} (wife of a king) | :: 王妃 /おうひ, ōhi/, クィーン /kuīn/ |
| queen {n} (chess piece) | :: クイーン /kuīn/ |
| queen {n} (playing card) | :: クイーン /kuīn/ |
| queen {n} (reproductive female animal in a hive) | :: 女王 /joō/ |
| queen bee {n} (reproductive female bee) | :: 女王バチ /juō-bachi/ |
| queen consort {n} (wife of a reigning king) | :: 王妃 /おうひ, ōhi/ |
| queen mother {n} (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) | :: 王太后 /ōtaigō/, 皇太后 /kōtaigō/ |
| Queensland {prop} (Australian state) | :: クイーンズランド /Kuīnzurando/ |
| queer {adj} (weird, odd, different) | :: 奇妙な /きみょうな, kimyō na/ |
| queer {adj} (pertaining to non-normative sexuality) | :: クィア |
| queer {n} (slang: homosexual) SEE: fag | :: |
| quell {n} (transitive: to take the life of; to kill) SEE: kill | :: |
| quell {n} (transitive: to subdue, put down) | :: 押さえる /おさえる, osaeru/ |
| quell {n} (transitive: to suppress, put an end to) | :: 鎮める /しずめる, shizumeru/ |
| quenching {n} (rapid cooling of hot metal object) | :: 焼入れ |
| Quentin {prop} (male given name) | :: クエンティン /Kuentin/, カンタン /Kantan/ |
| Quenya {prop} (constructed language) | :: クウェンヤ /kuwen'ya/ |
| quern {n} (mill) | :: 碾き臼 /ひきうす, hikiusu/, ひき臼 /ひきうす, hikiusu/ |
| querulous {adj} (often complaining) | :: 短気 /たんき, tanki/ |
| query {n} (question or inquiry) | :: 質問 /しつもん, shitsumon/ |
| query {n} (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) | :: クエリ /kueri/, 問い合わせ /といあわせ, toiawase/ |
| query language {n} (computer language) | :: 問い合わせ言語 /といあわせげんご, toiawase gengo/ |
| quesadilla {n} (Mexican dish) | :: ケサディーヤ /kesadīya/, ケサディージャ /kesadīja/ |
| quest {n} (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal) | :: 探索 /たんさく, tansaku/, 探求 /たんきゅう, tankyū/ |
| question {n} (talk; conversation; speech) SEE: talk | :: |
| question {n} (sentence, phrase or word) | :: 質問 /しつもん, shitsumon/ |
| questionable {adj} (problematic; open to doubt or challenge) | :: 疑わしい /うたがわしい, utagawashii/ |
| questionable {adj} (of dubious respectability or morality) | :: 疑わしい /うたがわしい, utagawashii/ |
| questionary {n} (questionnaire) SEE: questionnaire | :: |
| questioning {n} (interrogation) SEE: interrogation | :: |
| question mark {n} (punctuation mark) | :: ？, 疑問符 /ぎもんふ, gimonfu/ |
| question mark {n} (Polygonia interrogationis) | :: ギモンフタテハ |
| questionnaire {n} (form containing a list of questions) | :: アンケート /ankēto/ |
| Quetta {prop} (city) | :: クエッタ /Kuetta/ |
| queue {n} (line of people) | :: 列 /れつ, retsu/, 待ち行列 /まちぎょうれつ, machi gyōretsu/, 行列 /ぎょうれつ, gyōretsu/ |
| queue {v} (put oneself at the end of a queue) | :: 並ぶ /narabu/ |
| queue {v} (arrange into a queue) | :: 並ぶ /narabu/ |
| queue up {v} (add something to a queue) | :: 並ぶ /narabu/ |
| Quezon City {prop} (city in Metro Manila, Philippines) | :: ケソン /Keson/, ケソンシティ /Keson Shiti/ |
| quiche {n} (a kind of pie) | :: キッシュ /kisshu/ |
| quick {adj} (moving with speed) | :: 速い /はやい, hayai/ |
| quick {adj} (occurring in a short time) | :: 速い /はやい, hayai/, 早い /はやい, hayai/ |
| quick buck {n} (easy money) | :: あぶく銭 /あぶくぜに, abukuzeni/ |
| quicklime {n} (calcium oxide) | :: 石灰 /せっかい, sekkai/ |
| quickly {adv} (rapidly, fast) | :: 速く /はやく, hayaku/ |
| quickness {n} (rapidity of movement or activity) | :: 速さ /はやさ, hayasa/ |
| quickness {n} (dexterity) SEE: dexterity | :: |
| quicksand {n} (type of sand) | :: 流砂 /りゅうしゃ, ryūsha/ |
| quick-tempered {adj} (easily or quickly angered or frustrated) | :: 怒りっぽい /おこりっぽい, okorippoi/ |
| Quidditch {n} (fictitious ball game) | :: クィディッチ /kwiditchi/ |
| quiet {adj} (with little sound) | :: 静かな /しずかな, shizuka na/ |
| quiet {adj} (not busy) | :: 閑散たる /kansan taru/ |
| quiet {n} (absence of sound) | :: 沈黙 /chinmoku/, 静寂 /seijaku/ |
| quiet {n} (absence of movement) | :: 平静 /heisei/ |
| quietly {adv} (in a quiet manner) | :: 静かに /しずかに, shizuka ni/ |
| quill {n} (music: plectrum) SEE: plectrum | :: |
| quill {n} (pen made of feather) | :: 羽根ペン /hane-pen/, 羽ペン /hane-pen/ |
| quilt {n} (bed covering) | :: 掛け布団 /かけぶとん, kakebuton/, 衾 /ふすま, fusuma/ |
| quim {n} ((vulgar, slang) female genitalia) | :: マンコ /manko/ |
| quinazoline {n} (bicyclic aromatic heterocycle) | :: キナゾリン /kinazorin/ |
| quince {n} (fruit) | :: マルメロ /marumero/ |
| quinceañera {n} (in Mexico, fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman) | :: キンセアニェーラ /kinseanyēra/ |
| quincunx {n} (coin) SEE: coin | :: |
| quindecillion {num} (1048, see also: octillion) | :: 極 /ごく, goku/ |
| quinine {n} (alkaloid used to treat malaria) | :: キニーネ /kinīne/ |
| quinoa {n} (Chenopodium quinoa) | :: キヌア /kinua/ |
| quinoline {n} (any of a class of hetercyclic compounds) | :: キノリン /kinorin/ |
| quinone {n} (compound) | :: キノン /kinon/ |
| quinoxaline {n} (bicyclic heterocycle) | :: キノキサリン /kinokisarin/ |
| quinquangle {n} (pentagon) SEE: pentagon | :: |
| quintet {n} ((music) a composition in five parts) | :: クインテット /kuintetto/, 五重奏 /gojūsō/, 五重唱 /gojūshō/ |
| quintillion {num} (a billion billion, 1018, see also: trillion) | :: 百京 /hyakkei/ |
| quintillion {num} (a million quadrillion, 1030, see also: nonillion) | :: 百穣 /hyaku-jō/ |
| quintuple {adj} (fivefold) SEE: fivefold | :: |
| quintuplet {n} (one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth) | :: 五つ子 /itsutsugo/ |
| quipu {n} (recording device of knotted cords) | :: キープ /kīpu/ |
| Quirinal Hill {prop} (one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built) | :: クイリナーレの丘 /Kuirināre no oka/ |
| quirk {n} (idiosyncrasy) | :: 歪み /ゆがみ, yugami/, 捩れ /ねじれ, nejire/, 癖 /くせ, kuse/ |
| quisling {n} (traitor) | :: 売国奴 /baikokudo/, 国賊 /kokuzoku/ |
| quit {adj} (to leave) | :: 去る /さる, saru/ |
| quit {adj} (to give up, stop doing something) | :: 止める /yameru/ |
| quit {adj} (to resign) | :: 辞任する /じにんする, jinin suru/, 辞職する /じしょくする, jishoku suru/, 辞める /やめる, yameru/ |
| quitch {n} (couch grass) SEE: couch grass | :: |
| quite {adv} (to the greatest extent; completely) | :: かなり /kanari/ |
| quite {adv} (in a fully justified sense; truly) | :: すっかり /sukkari/, 丸で /まるで, maru de/ |
| quite a few {determiner} (indefinite and somewhat large number) | :: 少なからぬ /sukunakaranu/, かなりの /kanari no/ |
| Quito {prop} (capital of Ecuador) | :: キト /Kito/ |
| quiver {n} (arrow container) | :: 矢筒 /やづつ, yadzutsu/ |
| quiver {v} (shake or move with slight and tremulous motion) | :: 揺らめく /ゆらめく, yurameku/ |
| quiz {n} (competition in the answering of questions) | :: クイズ /kuizu/ |
| quod erat demonstrandum {phrase} | :: 証明終わり /しょうめいおわり, shōmei owari/ |
| quoll {n} (carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus) | :: 袋猫 /フクロネコ, fukuroneko/ |
| quorum {n} (minimum number of members required) | :: 定数 /ていすう, teisū/, 定足数 /ていそくすう, teisokusū/ |
| quota {n} (prescribed number or percentage) | :: 割当 /わりあて, wariate/, 割り当て /わりあて, wariate/, クォータ /kwōta/ |
| quotation {n} (fragment of a human expression) | :: 引用 /いんよう, in'yō/ |
| quotation {n} (act of naming a price; price that has been quoted) | :: 見積り /みつもり, mitsumori/ |
| quotation mark {n} (quotation marks) SEE: quotation marks | :: |
| quotation marks {n} (Note: These languages use “◌”-style marks or other styles as indicated. Some are singular and some plural.) | :: 引用符 /いんようふ, in'yōfu/ or ; see also: 「, 」, 『, 』 |
| quote {n} (a statement attributed to someone) | :: 引用 /いんよう, in'yō/ |
| quote {n} (a quotation mark) | :: 「, 」, 鉤括弧 /かぎかっこ, kagikakko/ , 『, 』, 二重鉤括弧 /にじゅうかぎかっこ, nijūkagikakko/ ; 二重引用符 /にじゅういんようふ, nijū in'yōfu/ |
| quote {v} (to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else) | :: 引用する /いんようする, in'yō-suru/ |
| quotidian {adj} (daily) | :: 毎日の /まいにちの, mainichi no/, 日課の /にっかの, nikka no/ |
| quotidian {adj} (common, mundane) | :: 日常の /にちじょうの, nichijō no/ |
| quotidian {n} (quotidian fever) | :: 毎日熱 /まいにちねつ, mainichi-netsu/ |
| quotidian {n} (quotidian, daily things) | :: 日課 /にっか, nikka/, 日常 /にちじょう, nichijō/ |
| quotidian {n} | :: 日常 /にちじょう, nichijō/ |
| quotient {n} (number resulting from division) | :: 商 /しょう, shō/ |
| Qur'an {prop} (the Islamic holy book) | :: クルアーン /kuruān/, コーラン /kōran/, コラーン /korān/ |