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Term | Definition | |
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迅速果敢/断 | (じんそくかかん/たん) | Quick & decisive/fast & daring |
妄りに | (みだりに) | Without authority; w/out reason/unnecessarily; indiscriminately; recklessly/arbitrarily |
打ちのめす | Knock down/beat up; overwhelm; injure so badly they can't recover | |
安本丹 | (あんぽんたん) | Fool/idiot |
陰険 | (いんけん) | Tricky/wily/treacherous |
うんざり | Boring/tedious; fed up with | |
仁王立ち | (におうだち) | Imposing stance/daunting pose |
翻弄 | (ほんろう) | Trifling/toying/playing with; making sport/fun of; toss about (ship) |
邪心 | (じゃしん) | Wicked heart/evil design |
炸裂 | (さくれつ) | Explosion/bursting |
八つ裂き | (やつざき) | Tearing apart/limb from limb |
晩期 | (ばんき) | Final/last stage |
万機 | (ばんき) | State affairs/secrets |
傲慢不遜 | (ごうまんふそん) | Haughty/arrogant/overbearing |
終盤 | (しゅうばん) | Endgame/final stage |
抽象的 | (ちゅうしょうてき) | Abstract |
狂気 | (きょうき) | Madness/insanity |
抱擁 | (ほうよう) | Embrace/hug/hold in one's arms |
傭兵 | (ようへい) | Mercenary |
腐敗堕落 | (ふはいだらく) | Debasement/corruption/degradation |
弔い | (とむらい) | Funeral/burial/condolence |
掻っ払う | (かっぱらう) | To swipe/steal/snatch/pilfer |
惨い | (むごい) | Cruel/merciless/brutal/inhuman; tragic/terrible/dreadful/miserable |
惨禍 | (さんか) | Calamity |
惨殺 | (ざんさつ) | Slaughter/massacre |
惨憺 | (さんたん) | Miserable/pitiful/tragic/wretched/horrible |
捕虜 | (ほりょ) | Prisoner of war |
淘汰作用 | (とうたさよう) | Sifting/weeding out; select/sort |
支離滅裂 | (しりめつれつ) | Incoherent/inconsistent/illogical/disorderly/confused/nonsensical |
撃沈 | (げきちん) | Sink a ship; (~された) fall completely in love w/a women |
軽躁 | (けいそう) | Thoughtless/flighty |
撲殺 | (ぼくさつ) | Beat to death |
やかましい | Noisy/boisterous; strict/fussy | |
叡智 | (えいち) | Wisdom/intelligence/intellect |
奇想天外 | (きそうてんがい) | Fantastic idea/bizarre |
波紋 | (はもん) | Ripple/water ring; repercussions |
脊髄 | (せきずい) | Spinal cord |
轍 | (わだち/てつ) | Rut/wheel track/furrow |
皆無 | (かいむ) | Nonexistent/nil/none/nothing |
はったり | Bluff | |
惨劇 | (さんげき) | Tragedy/tragic event |
戦慄 | (せんりつ;わななく) | Shudder/shiver/tremble with fear; horrible/terrible/hair-raising |
魂胆 | (こんたん) | Ulterior motive/secret design/plot; Soul |
軽薄 | (けいはく) | Frivolous/superficial; (~才子) shallow glib & obsequious person |
破廉恥 | (はれんち) | Infamy/shameless |
不貞腐れ | (ふてくされ) | Sulkiness |
威喝 | (いかつ) | Threatening |
葛藤 | (かっとう) | Conflict/troubles/discord |
技量 | (ぎりょう) | Ability/competency/skill/capacity |
舌鋒 | (ぜっぽう) | Eloquence/sharp tongue |
蟠り | (わだかまり) | Cares/ill feeling/reserve |
座礁 | (ざしょう) | Running aground/being stranded |
閉塞感 | (へいそくかん) | Feeling locked/cooped up; feeling of entrapment/hopelessness |
執念 | (しゅうねん) | Tenacity/implacability |
脛に傷持つ | (すねにきずもつ) | Have a guilty conscience |
醜態 | (しゅうたい) | Disgraceful/shameful behavior |
やけに | Frightfully/violently/desperately | |
小じんまり | Snugly/neatly/compactly/cosily | |
慕情 | (ぼじょう) | Longing/yearning |
幽体離脱 | (ゆうたいりだつ) | Out-of-body experience |
陽性 | (ようせい) | Positivity |
悲観的 | (ひかんてき) | Pessimistic |
女々しい | (めめしい) | Effeminate |
荒む | (すさむ) | Grow wild; run to waste |
免疫 | (めんえき) | Immunity; being hardened to |
雁字搦め | (がんじがらめ) | Bound hand & foot/hedged in |
干渉 | (かんしょう) | Interference/meddling |
猪突猛進 | (ちょとつもうしん) | Headlong/foolhardy/reckless |
奔放 | (ほんぽう) | Wild/uninhibited/extravagant |
恩着せがましい | (おんきせがましい) | Patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; condescending; acting like one is doing s.o. a favor |
跋扈 | (ばっこ) | Rampancy/prevalence/predominance |
漠然とした | (ばくぜんとした) | Vague/obscure/hazy/nebulous |
汎用性 | (はんようせい) | Multiplicity of uses |
散漫 | (さんまん) | Vague/loose/desultory/discursive |
掌握 | (しょうあく) | Hold/grasp/seize/command |
荒唐無稽 | (こうとうむけい) | Absurd/nonsensical/preposterous |
出鱈目 | (でたらめ) | Random/haphazard/slapdash/slipshod/irresponsible |
未練がましい | (みれんがましい) | Regretful/irresolute; stubborn (not knowing when to give up) |
未練未酌 | (みれんみしゃく) | Regret & sympathy; having lingering attachment & sympathy twd. s.o. |
奨励 | (しょうれい) | Encouragement/incitement |
比喩 | (ひゆ) | Figure of speech/simile/metaphor |
沸き立てる | (わきたてる) | Stir/whip up; stroke/arouse/kindle |
否応無し | (いやおうなし) | Inevitably/unavoidably/like it or not |
包摂 | (ほうせつ) | Connotation/subsumption |
あらわに | Openly/publicly/bluntly/frankly | |
流暢 | (りゅうちょう) | Fluent/flowing/smooth/facile |
金甌無欠 | (きんおうむけつ) | Perfect/ideal |
優勝劣敗 | (ゆうしょうれっぱい) | Survival of the fittest (also 弱肉強食) |
儒教 | (じゅきょう) | Confucian teachings/philosophy/〜ism |
羈絆 | (きはん) | Fetters/bonds/yoke/restraints |
普遍性 | (ふへんせい) | Universality |
苦闘 | (くとう) | Bitter struggle/hard fight |
手解き | (てほどき) | Introduction/initiation |
髣髴 | (ほうふつ) | Close resemblance/vivid reminder |
大胆露骨 | (だいたんろこつ) | Daring/audacious & frank/candid |
没理想 | (ぼつりそう) | Realism (lit); objective delineation |
至当 | (しとう) | Proper/right/just/fair/reasonable |
裏腹 | (うらはら) | Opposite/reverse/contrary; (~ことを言う) say s.t. tongue-in-cheek |
克明 | (こくめい) | Scrupulous/faithful/minute |
終焉 | (しゅうえん) | (~を告げる) (come to an) end; (~の地) (place of one's) death |
変遷 | (へんせん) | Changes/transition/vicissitudes/ups & downs |
阿弗利加 | (あふりか) | Africa |
欧羅巴 | (ヨーロッパ) | Europe (from Portuguese) |
咳払い | (せきばらい) | Clearing one's throat/hawking |
黙過 | (もっか) | Tacit approval; (~する) pass w/out remark |
黙認 | (もくにん) | Connivance/tacit consent/tolerance |
看過 | (ぶんぶりょうどう) | The way of the warrior scholar |
陋習 | (ろうしゅう) | Bad custom/habit/vice |
打破する | (だは) | Break down/eradicate/abolish |
醸成 | (じょうせい) | Brew/ferment; arouse/cause/foment |
招聘 | (しょうへい) | Invitation/call |
恨みがましい | (うらみがましい) | Reproachful/spiteful/bitter-sounding |
述懐 | (じゅっかい) | Recollection/reminiscence |
垣間見る | (かいまみる) | Catch/get a glimpse/take a peek |
欠陥 | (けっかん) | Defect/fault/flaw/shortcoming |
闡明 | (せんめい) | Clarification/elucidation |
勃興 | (ぼっこう) | Sudden rise/increase in power (of) |
誤謬 | (ごびゅう) | Mistake/error/fallacy |
謦咳に接する | (けいがいにせっする) | Have opportunity for personally meeting s.b. one holds in esteem |
埴猪口 | (へなちょこ) | Novice/greenhorn |
門戸を張る | (もんこをはる) | Put up a front |
自堕落 | (じだらく) | Depravity/self-indulgence |
矯正 | (きょうせい) | Reform/correction/rectification/remedy/straightening |
剥奪 | (はくだつ) | Deprivation/forfeiture; divestiture |
剥脱 | (はくだつ) | Coming/peeling/flaking off; exfoliation/abrasion/excoriation |
恣意 | (しい) | Arbitrariness |
自省的 | (じせいてき) | Introspective (self reflection) |
中堅 | (ちゅうけん) | Core/anchor/mainstay/backbone |
抵抗 | (ていこう) | Resistance/opposition; reluctance |
抑圧 | (よくあつ) | Check/restraint; (opp/supp)ression |
貶める | (おとしめる) | Look down on/ show contempt for; Cause to fail/make decline |
孕む | (はらむ) | Conceive/b.c. pregnant/get filled |
覆い被らせる | (おおいかぶらせる) | Cover up w/something |
覆る | (くつがえる) | Topple/overturn/capsize; be overruled/discredited/reversed |
呪縛 | (じゅばく) | Curse/spell |
交錯 | (こうさく) | Mixture/blending; complication |
摂取 | (せっしゅ) | Intake/absorb/adopt; assimilate |
酩酊 | (めいてい) | Drunkenness/intoxication |
克服 | (こくふく) | Conquest/overcome/subjugation/bring under control/victory over |
損な条件 | (そん・) | Unfavorable conditions |
損益分岐点 | (そんえきぶんきてん) | Break-even point |
簡易 | (かんい) | Simplicity/convenience/quasi- |
忽ち | (たちまち) | At once/in a moment/suddenly |
髑髏 | (どくろ) | Skull (esp. weather-beaten) |
おべんちゃら | Sycophant/placations | |
脱水 | (だっすい) | Dehydration |
脱臼 | (だっきゅう) | Dislocation of a joint |
脱兎 | (だっと) | Dashing/bounding away; (~の如くlike a scared rabbit) |
喇叭 | (らっぱ) | Army bugle |
懐中 | (かいちゅう) | One's pocket (mirror, watch, etc.) |
水爆実験 | (すいばく・) | Thermonuclear test |
みっともない | Shameful/disgraceful/improper | |
庶務 | (しょむ) | General affairs |
僧侶 | (そうりょ) | Monk(s) |
(修道)尼 | ((しゅうどう)に/あま) | Nun(s) |
征服欲 | (せいふくよく) | Desire to conquer |
闘争的 | (とうそうてき) | Argumentative |
四の五の言う | (しのごのいう) | Kick up a fuss/grumble re: trivial |
淡白 | (たんぱく) | Indifference |
優秀 | (ゆうしゅう) | Superiority/excellence |
連想 | (れんそう) | Association (of ideas)/suggestion; (~させる) hint at/remind (of) |
十二支 | (じゅうにし) | 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac |
運勢 | (うんせい) | Fortune and destiny |
右傾化 | (うけいか) | Rightward (conservative) tilt/shift |
近隣諸国 | (きんりんしょこく) | Neighboring countries |
常駐する | (じょうちゅう) | Permanently station |
集団的自衛権 | Right of collective defense | |
国防軍 | (こくぼうぐん) | National Defense Force (vs. SDF) |
奢/驕/傲る | (おごる) | Give (s.o.) a treat/treat (s.o.) to; be extravagant/live luxuriously; boast/be proud/haughty (latter 2) |
おごりは破滅に先立つ | (おごりはめつにさきだつ) | Pride comes before a fall |
奢る平家久しからず | (おごる・ひさしからず) | The proud Heike lasts not long |
圧勝 | (あっしょう) | Landslide (victory) |
惨敗 | (ざんぱい) | Crushing defeat |
些細 | (ささい) | Trivial/slight |
淡々 | (たんたん) | Uninterested/indifferent/dispassionate/detached; plain; flowing gently |
錯覚 | (さっかく) | Optical illusion; misapprehension/delusion |
唖然 | (あぜん) | Dumbfounded/mute amazement |
怠慢 | (たいまん) | Negligence/carelessness |
一触即発 | (いっしょくそくはつ) | Critical/explosive situation |
野望 | (やぼう) | Ambition/aspiration/treachery |
諸刃の剣 | (もろはのつるぎ) | Double-edged sword |
葛藤 | (かっとう) | Conflict/complication/discord |
喧噪/喧騒 | (けんそう) | Tumult/clatter/hustle & bustle |
見劣りがする | (みおとり) | Compare unfavorably with |
窮地 | (きゅうち) | Dilemma/predicament |
略奪 | (りゃくだつ) | Looting |
水ぶくれ | Bloated skin | |
湯水の如く使う | (ゆみずのごとく) | Go through s.t. (like water) |
用水路 | (ようすいろ) | Irrigation canal |
御尤も | (ごもっとも) | You are quite right; plausible |
紛争 | (ふんそう) | Dispute/trouble/strife |
賛否両論 | (さんぴりょうろん) | Pros and cons |
晩節 | (ばんせつ) | One's later years |
指の節 | (ゆびのせつ) | Knuckle |
抗/争う | (あらがう) | Go/fight against/oppose/resist |
質悪い | (たちわるい) | Problematic; in bad taste; in poor character |
やさぐれる | Sulk/be peevish | |
懲り懲り | (こりごり) | Bitter experience; learning from "; sick & tired/fed up/had enough |
壷/壺 | (つぼ) | Jar/pot/vase; dice cup; depression (geological); target; bull's-eye; key point (conversation); acupuncture point; fingerboard nodes |
早かれ遅かれ | Sooner or later | |
好奇心 | (こうきしん) | Curiosity/inquisitiveness |
未曾有の〜時代 | (みぞう・) | Unprecedented era (of 〜) |
人恋しい | Lonely for company | |
うねる | Get wavy (hair, etc.) | |
威儀 | (いぎ) | Dignity/majesty/dignified manner |
恭しい | (うやうやしい) | Respectful/reverent |
慎む/謹む | (つつしむ) | (1) be careful/discreet; (2) do in moderation/refrain (from overdoing)/abstain; (3) be reverent; be purified |
抑揚 | (よくよう) | Intonation/accent/modulation/inflection; (~のない) monotonous |
精緻 | (せいち) | Delicate/minute/subtle |
流麗 | (りゅうれい) | Fluent/flowing/elegant |
侮る | (あなどる) | Despise/disdain/make light of |
灰汁 | (あく) | Lye; astringency; scum (food) |
浪速/浪花 | (なにわ) | Former name for Osaka region |
恥曝し | (はじさらし) | Disgrace |
惰性 | (だせい) | Inertia/momentum |
独参湯 | (どくじんとう) | Crowd-puller, box-office certainty |
朧昆布 | (おぼろこんぶ) | Shredded kelp |
聖域 | (せいいき) | Sanctuary |
偉業 | (いぎょう) | (Great) enterprise/exploit/feat |
啓蟄 | (けいちつ) | First stirring of life after winter |
鷺 | (サギ) | Egret (heron) |
五位鷺 | (ゴイサギ) | Night heron |
河鵜 | (カワウ) | Great cormorant |
鴛鴦 | (おしどり) | Mandarin duck |
瘢痕組織 | (はんこんそしき) | Scar tissue |
喝破する | (かっぱ) | Scold/rebuke/correct; proclaim |
富の分配 | (とみのぶんぱい) | Distribution of wealth |
健全性 | (けんぜんせい) | Soundness (of logic, etc.) |
労働倫理 | (ろうどうりんり) | Work ethic |
尊ぶ | (とうとぶ) | Value/prize/esteem/respect |
美徳 | (びとく) | Virtue |
貫く | (つらぬく) | Persist/stick to; pierce/penetrate |
頑な | (かたくな) | Obstinate |
総裁 | (そうさい) | President (of agency, bank, co.) |
漸進主義 | (ぜんしん・) | Gradualism |
虚無主義 | (きょむ・) | Nihilism |
享楽主義 | (きょうらく・) | Hedonism |
厭世主義 | (えんせい・) | Pessimism |
博愛 | (はくあい) | Philanthropy/charity/benevolence |
独善 | (どくぜん) | Self-righteousness |
退嬰的 | (たいえいてき) | Conservative/backward-looking |
刹那的 | (せつなてき) | Ephemeral/transitory |
拙速 | (せっそく) | Hasty/rough & ready/slap-dash |
忽焉 | (こつえん) | Sudden/unexpected |
疎遠 | (そえん) | Estrangement/neglect/silence |
疎む | (うとむ) | Neglect/shun/alienate |
疎ら | (まばら) | Sparse/thin/scattered/sporadic |
疎忽 | (そこつ) | Careless/thoughtless/rash/rude |
凌駕 | (りょうが) | Excelling/surpassing/outdoing |
虚仮にする | (こけ) | Make a fool of someone |
国際通貨基金 | (・つうかききん) | International Monetary Fund |
金融資本 | (きんゆうしほん) | Financial capital |
購買力平価 | (こうばいりょくへいか) | Purchasing power parity (PPP) |
景気低迷 | (けいきていめい) | Economic slump/stagnation |
発揮 | (はっき) | Exhibition/demonstration/display |
瀕する | (ひん) | Be on the verge/point of/about to |
先進国 | (せんしんこく) | Advanced/developed nation(s) |
新興国 | (しんこうこく) | Emerging/developing nation(s) |
加盟国 | (かめいこく) | Member nation/signatory |
内需 | (ないじゅ) | Domestic demand |
重々しい | (おもおもしい) | Serious/grave/solemn/dignified |
傀儡政府 | (かいらいせいふ) | Puppet government |
単純/平易明快 | (・へいいめいかい) | Simple & clear/plain & lucid |
薫陶 | (くんとう) | Education/training/discipline |
荘厳 | (そうごん) | Solemnity/gravity/impressiveness |
荘厳華麗 | (そうごんかれい) | Majestic and splendid |
沈没 | (ちんぼつ) | Sinking/foundering/submersion |
余裕綽々 | (よゆうしゃくしゃく) | Calm, composed/enough to spare |
迷信 | (めいしん) | Superstition |
脱藩 | (だっぱん) | Becoming a lordless samurai |
没 | (ぼつ;死没から) | Death; discard; rejection |
下野する | (げや) | Retirement from public office; going into opposition/losing power (in case of political party) |
皮相 | (ひそう) | Superficial |
疎い | (うとい) | Distant/estranged; unfamiliar |
両陛下 | (りょうへいか) | Their Majesties (Emp. & Empress) |
婚姻 | (こんいん) | Marriage/matrimony |
嫁ぐ | (とつぐ) | Marry/marry into (a family) |
警戒 | (けいかい) | Vigilance/precaution/alertness |
皇位継承 | (こういけいしょう) | Imperial succession |
顕著 | (けんちょ) | Remarkable/striking/obvious |
傾注 | (けいちゅう) | Devotion/concentration |
自ずと | (おのずと) | Naturally |
専ら | (もっぱら) | Wholly/entirely/devotedly |
措辞法 | (そじほう) | Syntax |
露呈 | (ろてい) | Exposure/disclosure |
検束 | (けんそく) | Arrest/custody/detention |
殖産興業 | (しょくさんこうぎょう) | Promotion/enc. of new industry |
閉塞的な政治情勢 | (へいそくてき) | Political impasse |
打診する | (だしん) | Sound out |
皇族 | (こうぞく) | Imperial family (post-1869) |
華族 | (かぞく) | Nobles |
士族 | (しぞく) | Former samurai |
平民 | (へいみん) | Commoners |
五(等)爵 | (ご(とう)しゃく) | 5-rank peerage system (M17-) |
公爵 | (こうしゃく) | "Prince" in post-1884 system |
侯爵 | (こうしゃく) | "Marquis" in peerage system |
伯爵 | (はくしゃく) | "Count" in peerage system |
子爵 | (ししゃく) | "Viscount" in peerage system |
男爵 | (だんしゃく) | "Baron" in peerage system |
徴兵令 | (ちょうへいれい) | Conscription Ordinance (1872) |
廃刀令 | (はいとうれい) | Sword prohibition |
秩禄 | (ちつろく) | Official salary |
生計 | (せいけい) | Livelihood/living |
貧民街 | (ひんみんがい) | Slums |
授産 | (じゅさん) | Sheltered work programs |
武装包皮 | (ぶそうほうき) | Armed uprising |
末端 | (まったん) | End/tip/extremities/terminal |
中央集権 | (ちゅうおうしゅうけん) | Centralized authoritarian rule |
登用 | (とうよう) | Appointment/assignment |
鬱積 | (うっせき) | Buildup/accumulation |
底流 | (ていりゅう) | Undercurrent |
騒動 | (そうどう) | Strife/riot/rebellion/turmoil |
蠢動 | (しゅんどう) | Maneuvering; mischief/desperate act |
征韓論 | (せいかんろん) | Conquering Korea by military force |
決裂 | (けつれつ) | Breakdown/rupture |
腹心 | (ふくしん) | Confidant/trusted friend/retainer |
首領 | (しゅりょう) | Head/boss/chief/leader |
即時断行 | (そくじだんこう) | Prompt & decisive action |
邏卒 | (らそつ) | Policeman (early Meiji) |
鎮台 | (ちんだい) | Garrison (in Meiji) |
呼応する | (こおう) | Hail (each other); act in concert |
士族の商法 | (しぞくのしょうほう) | Amateurish & haughty way of doing business/venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (& failing) |
身分秩序 | (みぶんちつじょ) | System/method of social position |
版籍奉還 | (はんせきほうかん) | Return of land/people lords to Emperor |
名字帯刀 | (みょうじたいとう) | Right to bear surname & wear sword |
世襲 | (せしゅう) | Heredity/heritage |
家督相続 | (かとくそうぞく) | Inheritance/succession to family head |
家禄 | (かろく) | Hereditary stipend (historical) |
主体性 | (しゅたいせい) | Independence/individuality |
諺 | (ことわざ) | Proverb/maxim |
諺語 | (げんご) | Colloquialism/slang; proverb |
穿鑿 | (せんさく) | Scrutiny/digging into/inquiry " |
揶揄 | (やゆ;からかう) | Banter/raillery/ridicule/persiflage |
規範的 | (きはんてき) | Normative |
風潮 | (ふうちょう) | Tide/current; tendency |
訛 | (なまり) | Accent; patois; mispronunciation |
吃音 | (きつおん) | Stammering/dysphemia |
講話 | (こうわ) | Lecture/discourse |
証券取引等監視委員会 | (しょうけんとりひきとうかんしいいんかい) | Securities and Exchange Surveillance Committee |
金融庁 | (きんゆうちょう) | Financial Services Agency |
大手金融機関 | (おおてきんゆうきかん) | Major financial institutions/corporations |
信託銀行 | (しんたくぎんこう) | Trust bank |
課徴金を科す | (かちょうきんをかす) | Inflict/impose charges/fee/fine |
勧告する | (かんこく) | Advise/counsel/recommend |
不可解 | (ふかかい) | Baffling/mystery/inexplicable |
増資 | (ぞうし) | Increase of capital |
空売り | (からうり) | Short selling |
主幹事 | (しゅかんじ) | Lead manager/bookrunner (for underwriting) |
現行法 | (げんこうほう) | Existing law(s)/law(s) in force |
誠に遺憾 | (まことにいかん) | Truly regrettable/unsatisfactory |
氷山の一角 | (ひょうざんのいっかく) | Tip of the iceberg |
異に | (けに) | Outstandingly/exceptionally |
異(殊)に | (ことに) | Especially/above all; additionally |
看破 | (かんぱ;みやぶる) | Penetration/see through/fathom |
逸話 | (いつわ) | Anecdote |
担い手 | (にないて) | Bearer/carrier/person in charge |
洒落 | (しゃらく;しゃれ) | Frank/open-hearted; joke/pun |
遊郭 | (ゆうかく) | Red light district |
花柳 | (かりゅう) | Red light district |
盗賊 | (とうぞく) | Thief/robber |
風流人 | (ふうりゅうじん) | Man/person of taste/refinement |
些細 | (ささい) | Trivial/slight |
濫觴 | (らんしょう) | Source/beginning/origin |
広義 | (こうぎ) | Wide sense/broader application |
狭義 | (きょうぎ) | Narrow sense (of a word)/strict |
輪廻 | (りんね) | Samsara/transmigration of souls |
大政奉還 | (たいせいほうかん) | Restoration of imperial rule |
入獄 | (にゅうごく) | Imprisonment |
佐幕派 | (さばくは) | Supporters of the shogun |
伸張 | (しんちょう) | Expansion/extension/stretching |
渙発 | (かんぱつ) | Promulgation (of rescript, etc.) |
漸次 | (ぜんじ) | Gradually/slowly/incrementally |
漸進主義 | (ぜんしんしゅぎ) | Gradualism/slow-&-steady policy |
風靡 | (ふうび) | Overwhelm/conquer/dominate |
水疱瘡 | (みずぼうそう) | Chicken pox (also 水痘,すいとう) |
出納 | (すいとう) | Receipts & expenditures |
悪癖 | (あくへき) | Bad habit/vice |
痴 | (ち) | Foolish (see 痴漢) |
痒い | (かゆい) | Itchy |
痔 | (じ) | Hemorrhoid |
浮流 | (ふりゅう) | Floating/drifting about |
雄弁 | (ゆうべん) | Oratory/eloquence |
讒謗 | (ざんぼう) | Libel/slander/defamation |
権兵衛 | (ごんべえ) | Country bumpkin; John Doe |
厨房 | (ちゅうぼう) | Kitchen |
下っ端 | (したっぱ) | Underling/@ bottom of hierarchy |
強欲 | (ごうよく) | Greedy |
衝動的 | (しょうどうてき) | Impulsive |
取り憑かれた | (とりつかれた) | Obsessive |
鎮痛薬 | (ちんつうやく) | Analgesic |
宍 | (しし) | Flesh/meat |
禊 | (みそぎ) | Purification ceremony |
大祓 | (おおはらい) | Form of Shinto purification |
厳正 | (げんせい) | Strictness/impartiality/exactness |
発覚 | (はっかく) | Detection/coming to light |
抗議 | (こうぎ) | Protest/objection |
略式起訴 | (りゃくしききそ) | Summary indictment |
検知器 | (けんちき) | Sensor/detector |
追求 | (ついきゅう) | Investigation/questioning/pressing |
検挙 | (けんきょ) | Arrest/roundup |
家宅捜索 | (かたくそうさく) | Premises/household search |
証拠隠滅 | (しょうこいんめつ) | Destruction of evidence |
虚偽 | (きょぎ) | Untrue/falsehood/deception |
捏造 | (ねつぞう) | Fabrication/forgery/falsehood |
水増し | (みずまし) | Dilution; inflation/padding |
厳粛 | (げんしゅく) | Gravity/solemnity/rigor/severity |
正雅 | (せいが) | Proper/elegant/graceful (lit) |
賛否 | (さんぴ) | Yes and no/for and against |
鼓吹 | (こすい) | Advocacy/encouragement |
思潮 | (しちょう) | Trend of thought |
講話/媾和 | (こうわ) | Reconciliation/peace |
隔絶 | (かくぜつ) | Isolation/separation |
動揺させる | (どうよう) | Perturb/unhinge/disquiet/trouble |
筆致 | (ひっち) | Literary style/touch |
肩肘張る | (かたひじはる) | Swagger/stiffen |
境地 | (きょうち) | State (of mind);situation/lot; place |
喪失感 | (そうしつかん) | Feeling/sense of loss |
躊躇 | (ちゅうちょ) | Hesitation/indecision/vacillation |
焰 | (ほむら) | Flame/blaze |
神聖 | (しんせい) | Holiness/sacredness/dignity |
低俗 | (ていぞく) | Vulgar |
欺瞞 | (ぎまん) | Deception/deceit |
虚栄 | (きょえい) | Vanity/vainglory |
狐疑逡巡 | (こぎしゅんじゅん) | Hesitation and indecision |
世渡り | (よわたり) | Making a living/subsistence |
苦悶 | (くもん) | Anguish |
苦悩 | (くのう) | Suffering/distress/affliction/agony |
懐疑 | (かいぎ) | Doubt/skepticism/disbelief |
垣間見る | (かいまみる) | Take a peep at/catch glimpse of |
交錯 | (こうさく) | Mixture/blending/complication |
肯定・否定 | (こうてい・ひてい) | Pros and Cons |
憶測/臆測 | (おくそく) | Guess/speculation/supposition |
普遍的 | (ふへんてき) | Universal/ubiquitous/omnipresent |
葛藤 | (かっとう) | Conflict/complication/discord |
突然変異 | (とつぜんへんい) | Mutation |
僅か/纔か | (わずか) | Only/merely; little/small amount |
庚申薔薇 | (こうしんばら) | China/monthly rose(bush) |
難波薔薇 | (ナニワイバラ) | Cherokee rose |
客死 | (かくし/きゃくし) | Dying abroad/" in a foreign land |
肺結核 | (はいけっかく) | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
満蒙 | (まんもう) | Manchuria & Mongolia |
文壇 | (ぶんだん) | Literary world/" circles |
知遇 | (ちぐう) | Favor/warm friendship |
心酔 | (しんすい) | Adoration |
手解き | (てほどき) | Initiation; learning the basics |
懺悔 | (さんげ/ざんげ) | Repentance/confession/penitence |
含蓄の有る | (がんちく) | Significant/suggestive/pregnant |
避暑地 | (ひしょち) | Summer resort |
けじめをつける | Draw a line/take responsibility for | |
鸚鵡 | (オウム) | (Large) parrot (incl. cockatoo) |
説き伏せる | (ときふせる) | Confute/persuade/convince |
勤王(勤皇)家 | (きんのうか) | Loyalist |
偏諱を賜う | (へんきをたまう) | Bestow one name kanji on s.o. |
忌諱 | (きき/きい) | Displeasure/offence/disliking |
系譜 | (けいふ) | Genealogy/pedigree |
負債比率 | (ふさいひりつ) | Debt ratio |
債務問題 | (さいむもんだい) | Debt problem |
債券発行 | (さいけんはっこう) | Debt/bond issuance |
債権放棄 | (さいけんほうき) | Debt forgiveness/" waiver |
尻拭い | (しりぬぐい) | Cleaning/covering up for another |
累積債務 | (るいせきさいむ) | Cumulative debt/" accumulation |
国内総生産 | (こくないそうせいさん) | GDP |
倒産 | (とうさん) | Corporate bankruptcy/insolvency |
暖衣飽食 | (だんいほうしょく) | Being well-fed and well-dressed |
炊き出し | (たきだし) | Outdoor soup kitchens |
しがい | (from する甲斐がある) | Worthy of; worth doing/having |
鼬の最後っ屁 | (いたち・へ) | Final defense/emergency measure |
河童の屁 | (かっぱのへ) | A cinch |
そぐわない | Unsuitable/do(es) not match | |
被告 | (ひこく) | Defendant/the accused |
覆す | (くつがえす) | Overturn/overthrow/undermine |
安易 | (あんい) | Simple/easy; easy-going |
捜査当局 | (そうさとうきょく) | Investigating/law enforcing authority |
萎縮 | (いしゅく) | Withering/atrophy/contraction |
鮮明にする | (せんめい) | Make vivid/clear/distinct |
言及 | (げんきゅう) | Reference/allusion |
万全を期す | (ばんぜん/きす) | To make absolutely/doubly sure |
自負心 | (じふしん) | Pride/self-confidence |
破棄する | (はき) | Tear up/revoke/annul/reverse |
司法制度 | (しほうせいど) | Justice system |
補足 | (ほそく) | Supplement/complement |
心証 | (しんしょう) | Impression; belief/conviction |
量刑 | (りょうけい) | Judge's sentence/case assessment |
事実認定 | (じじつにんてい) | Verdict |
刑事事件 | (けいじじけん) | Criminal case |
刑事司法 | (けいじしほう) | Criminal justice |
控訴審 | (こうそしん) | Appeal trial |
刑事裁判 | (けいじさいばん) | Criminal trial |
下級審 | (かきゅうしん) | Lower court |
小法廷 | (しょうほうてい) | Small claims court |
最高裁 | (さいこうさい) | Supreme Court |
面変わり | (おもがわり) | Change in one's looks/appearance |
自己嫌悪 | (じこけんお) | Self-hatred/abhorrence/loathing |
愛欲 | (あいよく) | Passion/lust/sexual desire |
教祖 | (きょうそ) | Guru |
陰膳 | (かげぜん) | Tray (for meal) for absent person |
局地的 | (きょくちてき) | Local |
試行錯誤 | (しこうさくご) | Trial and error |
勿体振る | (もったいぶる) | Put on airs/assume importance |
荒唐無稽 | (こうとうむけい) | Absurd/nonsensical/preposterous |
掌握する | (しょうあく) | Hold/seize/grasp/command |
散漫 | (さんまん) | Vague/desultory/distracted |
比喩 | (ひゆ) | Figure of speech/simile/metaphor |
流暢 | (りゅうちょう) | Fluent/flowing/smooth/facile |
眸/瞳 | (ひとみ) | Pupil (of the eye), (one's) eyes |
志向 | (しこう) | Intention/aim/inclination |
欠如 | (けつじょ) | (A) lack/want/deficiency/absence |
輪郭 | (りんかく) | Contours/profile; outline/sketch |
編成 | (へんせい) | Formation/composition/organization |
鞭声 | (べんせい) | (The) crack/sound of a whip |
軋轢 | (あつれき) | Friction/discord/dissension/strife |
均質 | (きんしつ) | Homogeneity |
束博 | (そくばく) | Restraint/shackles/fetters/yoke |
意図的 | (いとてき) | Intentional/deliberate |
跋扈する | (ばっこ) | (Be) rampant/prevalent/dominant |
歌枕 | (うたまくら) | Place famed in classical Japanese poetry |
就中 | (なかんずく) | Especially/particularly/among (o) |
出鱈目 | (でたらめ) | Nonsense/poppycock |
兎角 | (とかく) | Apt/prone/tend; various/all sorts; meanwhile |
無頓着 | (むとんじゃく) | Indifference/nonchalance/insouciance |
幾何/幾許 | (いくばく) | (To) what/some (extent/degree/amount) |
裨益 | (ひえき) | Benefit/profit/good |
敗北者 | (はいぼくしゃ) | Loser/defeated person |
臓器提供 | (ぞうきていきょう) | Organ donation |
リア充 | (リアルが充実) | "Having solid exp in real world" |
解剖 | (かいぼう) | Dissection/autopsy, analysis |
孵化 | (ふか) | Incubation/hatching |
蚕食 | (さんしょく) | Encroachment/invasion |
偽り/詐り | (いつわり) | Falsehood/fabrication/lie |
幾許 | (いくばく) | How many/how much |
就中 | (なかんずく) | Especially/above all/particularly |
兎角/左右 | (とかく) | (Doing) this/that; prone to; anyway |
無頓着 | (むとんじゃく) | Indifferent/not caring about |
地盤 | (じばん) | Stronghold/base/(the) ground |
卑罵語 | (ひばご) | Pejorative/derogatory/invective; see also: 罵詈語、軽蔑語(ばりご、けいべつご) |
愛煙家 | (あいえんか) | Heavy smoker(s) |
くよくよする | Worry about/mope/broad over | |
鬼に金棒 | (おににかなぼう) | Overkill (ogre w/spiked club) |
所得制限 | (しょとくせいげん) | Income Cap |
未曾有 | (みぞう) | Unprecedented |
印刷媒体 | (いんさつばいたい) | Print media |
広汎に | (こうはん) | Widely/extensively |
名誉毀損 | (めいよきそん) | Libel/defamation/slander |
年貢の責め時 | (ねんぐのせめじ) | Time to pay the piper |
歪み | (ひずみ) | Strain/distortion/bend |
減り張り | (メリハリ) | (voice) modulation/variation/liveliness |
謗り | (そしり) | Slander/libel/disparagement |
冗長な | (じょうちょう) | Tedious; redundant |
補助的な | (ほじょてき) | Ancillary/auxiliary |
断絶 | (だんぜつ) | Discontinuation/rupture |
簿記 | (ぼき) | Bookkeeping |
処方箋 | (しょほうせん) | Medical prescription |
扠置き | (さておき) | Setting aside/leaving to one side |
乖離 | (かいり) | Alienation/estrangement/detachment |
骨格 | (こっかく) | Skeleton/build; framework |
忌避 | (きひ) | Evasion/avoidance; challenge |
空前絶後 | (くうぜんぜつご) | The first and probably last |
激烈な | (げきれつ) | Violent/vehement/furious |
離脱 | (りだつ) | Withdrawal/breakaway |
終焉 | (しゅうえん) | Demise |
挫折 | (ざせつ) | Frustration/setback |
狼煙 | (のろし/ろうえん) | Beacon/signal fire |
依拠 | (いきょ) | Dependence |
指弾 | (しだん) | Attack/criticism/blame/disdain |
邁進する | (まいしん) | To push forward/work twd aim |
凱旋 | (がいせん) | Triumphal return |
憚る | (はばかる) | To hesitate/have scruples |
踏襲する | (とうしゅう) | To emulate/follow (-'s footsteps) |
構想 | (こうそう) | Idea/conception/plan/plot |
俊英 | (しゅんえい) | Excellence/genius |
徹底 | (てってい) | Thoroughness/completeness |
抹殺 | (まっさつ) | Eradication/obliteration/erasure |
訝る | (いぶかる) | To wonder/suspect/puzzle about |
大胆無謀な | (だいたんむぼう) | Daring/audacious recklessness |
還元できる | (かんげん) | Reducible |
暗黙な想定 | (あんもく/そうてい) | Tacit/implicit assumption |
詐術 | (さじゅつ) | Swindling |
素朴 | (そぼく) | Simplicity/artlessness/naiveté |
慇懃無礼 | (いんぎんぶれい) | Appearing insincere due to excessive use of politeness |
無知文盲 | (むちもんもう) | Ignorant and unlettered |
内向 | (ないこう) | Introvert(ed) |
暴論 | (ぼうろん) | Irrational (line of) argument |
激烈な | (げきれつ) | Violent/vehement/furious |
離脱 | (りだつ) | Withdrawal/breakaway |
終焉 | (しゅうえん) | Demise |
博言学 | (はくげんがく) | Philology |
挫折 | (ざせつ) | Frustration/setback |
狼煙 | (のろし/ろうえん) | Beacon/signal fire |
気運 | (きうん) | Tendency/opportunity/trend |
合致 | (がっち) | Conformance/compliance |
一蹴する | (いっしゅう) | To kick/reject |
依拠 | (いきょ) | Dependence |
指弾 | (しだん) | Attack/criticism/blame/disdain |
厳密な | (げんみつ) | Strict/close |
邁進する | (まいしん) | To push forward/work toward an aim |
進言 | (しんげん) | Proposal/counsel/advice |
余勢 | (よせい) | Surplus power/momentum/inertia |
凱旋 | (がいせん) | Triumphal return |
断じる | (だんじる) | Draw the conclusion (that) |
憚る | (はばかる) | To hesitate/have scruples |
孤立 | (こりつ) | Isolation/helplessness |
踏襲する | (とうしゅう) | To emulate/follow (in someone’s footsteps) |
構想 | (こうそう) | Idea/conception/plan/plot |
俊英 | (しゅんえい) | Excellence/genius |
幻想 | (げんそう) | Illusion/phantom/vision |
炙り出す | (あぶりだす) | To bring into the open/uncover |
ならっきし | Quite/utterly/completely | |
呆れる | (あきれる) | To be amazed/shocked |
冒頭 | (ぼうとう) | Beginning/start/outset |
問題提起 | (もんだいていき) | Raising a question/posing a problem |
守旧 | (しゅきゅう) | Conservatism |
憂える | (うれえる) | To grieve/lament/be anxious |
韓国併合 | (かんこくへいごう) | Annexation of Korea (by Japan) |
徹底 | (てってい) | Thoroughness/completeness |
抹殺 | (まっさつ) | Eradication/obliteration/erasure |
醇化 | (じゅんか) | "Refinement"/"purification"/elimination of non-necessary elements |
訝る | (いぶかる) | To wonder/suspect/puzzle about |
ありとあらゆる | Every single/every possible -- | |
既存 | (こそん) | Existing/extant |
自負 | (じふ) | Conceit/bragging about one's ability |
適度 | (てきど) | Moderate |
簡易 | (かんい) | Simplicity/convenience/quasi- |
大胆無謀な | (だいたんむぼう) | Daring/audacious recklessness |
是正 | (ぜせい) | Correction/revision |
還元 | (かんげん)できる | Reducible |
暗黙な想定 | (あんもくなそうてい) | Tacit/implicit assumption |
等式 | (とうしき) | Equality (math) |
統治 | (とうち) | Rule/reign/governing |
論評 | (ろんぴょう) | Comment/criticism |
人為以前 | (じんいいぜん) | Since/prior to human agency |
詐術 | (さじゅつ) | Swindling |
擁護 | (ようご) | Protection/advocacy/support |
膨張 | (ぼうちょう) | Expansion/swelling/growth |
閉域 | (へいいき) | Closed (network/system) |
容易い | (たやすい) | Easy/simple/light |
考察 | (こうさつ) | Consideration/inquiry/enquiry |
遠ざける | (とおざける) | To keep away/at a distance |
素朴 | (そぼく) | Simplicity/artlessness/naïveté |
探求 | (たんきゅう) | Quest/pursuit |
堂々巡り | (どうどうめぐり) | Going around in circles |
証 | (あかし) | Proof/evidence/testament |
慇懃無礼 | (いんぎんぶれい) | Appearing insincere due to excessive use of politeness |
文武両道 | (ぶんぶりょうどう) | The way of the warrior scholar |
怪文書 | (かいぶんしょ) | "Strange" (subversive) document |
~に釘付けになる | (きぎつけ) | (To be) glued to [something] |
無知文盲 | (むちもんもう) | Ignorant and unlettered |
親孝行 | (おやこうこう) | Showing consideration to one’s parents |
味噌もクソも一緒 | “Everything eventually blends into one, so distinguishing miso from excrement is often meaningless” | |
暫く | (しばらく) | A (little/short) while/moment |
揮毫 | (きごう) | Writing/drawing/painting |
衰微 | (すいび) | Decline/decadence/ebb tide |
標榜 | (ひょうぼう) | Advocate/champion (of) cause |
嚆矢 | (こうし) | The start of things (from...) |
鏑矢 | (かぶらや) | Whistling arrow at the start of a battle |
潮流 | (ちょうりゅう) | Tide/tidal current/trend |
模倣 | (もほう) | Imitation/copying |
紋章/家紋 | (もんしょう/かもん) | Japanese family crest/emblem |
衣服 | (いふく) | Clothes/clothing |
調度 | (ちょうど) | Supplies/furniture/fixtures |
優美 | (ゆうび) | Grace/refinement/elegance |
装飾的 | (そうしょく) | Decorative |
台頭する | (たいとう) | Rise/appear/come to power |
団結 | (だんけつ) | Unity/union/combination |
識別する | (しきべつ) | Discern/identify |
幾何学的 | (きかがく) | Geometrical |
墓石 | (はかいし/ぼせき) | Tombstone/gravestone |
菱 | (ひし) | Water chestnut |
亀甲 | (きっこう) | Tortoise shell |
鱗 | (うろこ/こけら) | (Fish) scale |
雁 | (かり/かりがね) | Wild goose |
桔梗 | (ききょう) | Chinese bellflower |
鍬形 | (くわがた) | Hoe-shaped helmet crest |
分銅 | (ふんどう) | Weight/counterweight |
独楽 | (こま) | Spinning top |
沿岸部 | (えんがんぶ) | Coast |
瓦礫 | (がれき) | Rubble |
石油依存 | (せきゆいぞん) | Oil dependency |
謙虚に | (けんきょ) | Humbly |
過信 | (かしん) | Overconfidence |
傲慢 | (ごうまん) | Arrogance |
紙幣 | (しへい) | Paper money |
硬貨 | (こうか) | Coinage |
報酬 | (ほうしゅう) | Remuneration |
給与 | (きゅうよ) | Salary |
月給・年俸 | (げっきゅう・ねんぽう) | Monthly vs. Annual (salary) |
お香典 | (おこうでん) | Buddhist funeral ("incense") offering |
ご霊前 | (ごれいぜん) | Nondenominational term for "offering" |
片手/両手 | Euphemisms for ¥5000/10000 | |
スリ | Pickpocket | |
板の間稼ぎ | (いたのまかせぎ) | Bathhouse thief |
詐欺師 | (さぎし) | Swindler/con man |
泥棒 | (どろぼう) | Thief/burglar |
筋金入り | (すじがねいり) | Staunch/hardcore/dyed-in-wool |
万能 | (ばんのう) | All-purpose/utility, almighty |
隠蔽 | (いんぺい) | Concealment/suppression/hiding |
金銭は他人 | (きんせんはたにん) | In matters of money, everyone is a stranger |
熨を付けて返す | (のしをつけてかえす) | Pay (someone) back in spades |
一文惜しみの百失い | (いちもんおしみのひゃくうしない) | "Penny wise, pound foolish" |
濡れ手に粟 | (ぬれてにあわ) | "Easy money" (lit. "millet that sticks to wet hands") |
借りる時の地蔵顔、返す時の閻魔顔 | (じぞうがお、えんまがお) | A cheerful face when borrowing money, a stern/foreboding one when returning it |
億万長者 | (おくまんちょうじゃ) | Extremely/filthy rich person |
大富豪 | (だいふごう) | Magnate |
金物屋 | (かなものや) | Hardware shop |
阪神淡路大震災 | (あわじだいしんさい) | Great Kobe Earthquake (1995) |
被災地 | (ひさいち) | Location of/area hit by disaster |
打撃 | (だげき) | Blow/shock/damage |
余震 | (よしん) | Aftershock |
需要 | (じゅよう) | Demand/request |
供給過剰 | (きょうきゅうかじょう) | Oversupply/excessive supply |
復興需要 | (ふっこうじゅよう) | Revived demand |
原子炉 | (げんしろ) | Atomic/nuclear reactor |
核分裂 | (かくぶんれつ) | Nuclear fission |
連鎖反応 | (れんさはんのう) | Chain reaction |
炉心溶融 | (ろしんようゆう) | Core meltdown |
臨海に達する | (りんかいにたっする) | Reach critical (pressure/temp.) |
原子炉格納容器 | (かっくのうようき) | Reactor container/containment vessel |
冷却機能喪失 | (れいきゃくきのうそうしつ) | Loss of cooling ability/function |
覆い | (おおい) | Mantle/cover/shroud/hood |
燃料棒 | (ねんりょうぼう) | Fuel rod |
露出 | (ろしゅつ) | Exposure/disclosure |
損傷 | (そんしょう) | Damage/injury |
放射能 | (ほうしゃのう) | Radioactivity |
除染 | (じょせん) | Decontamination |
輪番停電 | (りんばんていでん) | Rolling blackouts |
復興費用 | (ふっこうひよう) | Reconstruction cost/expense(s) |
懸念 | (けねん) | Worry/fear/anxiety/concern |
勘案する | (かんあん) | To take into/give consideration |
検出する | (けんしゅつ) | To detect/sense (by sensor, etc.) |
計測 | (けいそく) | Measurement/measure |
搬送する | (はんそう) | To transport/convey/deliver |
空輸 | (くうゆ) | Air transport |
排出 | (はいしゅつ) | Evacuation/emission/ejection |
統合する | (とうごう) | To integrate/unify/synthesize |
二酸化炭素排出削減 | Reduction of CO2 emissions | |
措置 | (そち) | Measure(s)/step(s) |
迅速な | (じんそく) | Fast/streamlined/expedited |
時期尚早 | (じきしょうそう) | Premature |
試算 | (しさん) | Preliminary/trial calculation |
定量化する | (ていりょうか) | To quantify |
暫定的 | (ざんてい) | Temporary/provisional |
沿岸 | (えんがん) | Coast/shore/littoral |
潮位 | (ちょうい) | Tide level |
遺体 | (いたい) | Corpse(s)/remains |
鉱山 | (こうざん) | Mine |
鉱業 | (こうぎょう) | Mining industry |
化石燃料 | (かせきねんりょう) | Fossil fuel(s) |
財政面 | (ざいせいめん) | Financial aspects |
補正予算 | (ほせいよさん) | Revised/supplementary budget |
証券/證券 | (しょうけん) | Securities/bonds/certificates |
経済損失 | (そんしつ) | Financial loss/fiscal damage |
金融 | (きんゆう) | Financing/loaning of $/credit |
金融緩和 | (かんわ) | Monetary easing |
物流障害 | (ぶつりゅうしょうがい) | Impediment/obstacle/hindrance re: distribution of goods/logistics |
設備投資 | (せつびとうし) | Capital investment/expenditure |
投資資金 | (とうししきん) | Investment capital |
充当 | (じゅうとう) | Allocation/appropriation |
国債発行 | (こくさいはっこう) | Government bond issuance |
担保 | (たんぽ) | Security/collateral |
多様化 | (たようか) | Diversification |
地震地帯 | (じしんちたい) | Seismic zone |
官僚主義 | (かんりょうしゅぎ) | Bureaucracy |
終息 | (しゅうそく) | Having ended/been resolved |
薄れる | (うすれる) | To fade/become dim |
外需 | (がいじゅ) | Foreign consumption |
牽引 | (けんいん) | Hauling/tow/pull/drag |
腰折れする | (こしおれ) | To stall/have a relapse |
踏み切る | (ふみきる) | To make a bold start/take off |
自粛 | (じしゅく) | Self-discipline/control/restraint |
慎/虔/謹み深い | (つつしみぶかい) | Discreet/modest/cautious |
漂う | (ただよう) | To float/hang/drift about |
朽廃 | (きゅうはい) | Decay/dilapidation/ruin |
朽壊 | (きゅうかい) | Rotting and crumbling |
胡錦濤国家主席 | (こきんとう) | PRC President Hu Jintao |
貧楽 | (ひんらく) | Joy in poverty |
無精髭 | (ぶしょうひげ) | Stubble/beard(from laziness) |
微粒子 | (びりゅうし) | Minute particle/corpuscle |
小惑星 | (しょうわくせい) | Asteroid |
隕石 | (いんせき) | Meteor |
突き止める | (つきとめる) | To ascertain/find out |
探査機 | (たんさき) | (Space) probe |
快挙 | (かいきょ) | Brilliant achievement |
組成 | (そせい) | Composition/constitution |
電子顕微鏡 | (でんしけんびきょう) | Electron microscope |
醍醐味 | (だいごみ) | The real pleasure/thrill (of something) |
四半世紀 | (しはんせいき) | Quarter of a century |
野心的 | (やしん) | Ambitious/treacherous |
場当たり | (ばあたり) | Playing to the crowd/haphazard |
双葉 | (ふたば) | Sprout/bud |
葉緑素 | (ようりょくそ) | Chlorophyll |
若葉 | (わかば) | Beginner/rookie |
枯葉 | (かれは) | "Dead Leaf" (v. beginner mark) |
松葉杖 | (まつばづえ) | Crutches |
葉物 | (はもの) | Foliage plant |
葉柄 | (ようへい) | Leaf stalk/petiole |
京葉 | (けいよう) | Tokyo – Chiba |
枝葉末節 | (しようまっせつ) | Unimportant details/inessential |
針葉樹 | (しんようじゅ) | Conifer/needle-leaved tree |
落葉樹 | (らくようじゅ) | Deciduous tree |
死人に口なし | ”The dead can't speak” | |
永眠の地 | (えいみんのち) | (One's) final resting place |
墓地 | (ぼち) | Graveyard |
圧制 | (あっせい) | Oppression |
畏敬 | (いけい) | Awe |
衝動的 | (しょうどう) | Impulsive |
縮尺 | (しゅくしゃく) | Reduced scale, scaling |
感得 | (かんとく) | Deep/profound realization |
機密費/報償費 | (きみつ/ほうしょう) | Secret (discretionary) funds |
河川改修 | (かせんかいしゅう) | River improvement |
着手する | (ちゃくしゅ) | To undertake/start work on |
蛇行 | (だこう) | Meandering/crawling |
護岸 | (ごがん) | River dike |
河床 | (かしょう/かわどこ) | Riverbed |
掘削 | (くっさく) | Excavation/digging out |
堤防補強 | (ていぼうほきょう) | Embankment reinforcement |
情勢 | (じょうせい) | State of affairs/condition |
陳謝 | (ちんしゃ) | Apology |
幹部 | (かんぶ) | Management/leaders/top brass |
抗議 | (こうぎ) | Protest/objection |
流域 | (りゅういき) | (River) basin |
治水対策 | (ちすいたいさく) | Flood control measures |
用地買収 | (ようちばいしゅう) | Land acquisition |
抑止力 | (よくしりょく) | Deterrence |
方便 | (ほうべん) | Expedient/means/instrument |
無節操 | (むせっそう) | Unprincipled/inconstant |
撤回 | (てっかい) | Withdrawal/repeal/revocation |
真っ向から | (まっこう) | Head-on/downright |
合理化 | (ごうりか) | Rationalization |
増幅 | (ぞうふく) | Amplification |
辞任 | (じにん) | Resignation |
反古にする | (ほご) | To make null & void/revoke |
端末 | (たんまつ) | Computer terminal |
末端価格 | (まったんかかく) | Street/retail price |
遮二無二 | (しゃにむに) | Desperately/recklessly/headlong |
克服 | (こくふく) | Subjugation/conquest/victory |
抜本的 | (ばっぽん) | Drastic/radical |
端緒 | (たんしょ) | Clue/start/beginning |
元来 | (がんらい) | Primarily/logically/naturally |
模索 | (もさく) | Groping/exploring for a solution |
試行錯誤 | (しこうさくご) | Trial and error |
先覚者 | (せんかくしゃ) | Seer/pioneer/leading spirit |
不可避 | (ふかひ) | Inevitable/inescapable |
不可侵の | (ふかしん) | Inviolable/sacred/nonaggression |
不可逆 | (ふかぎゃく) | Irreversible |
修辞法 | (しゅうじほう) | Rhetoric |
旧弊打破 | (きゅうへいだは) | Breaking down antiquated notions/abandoning old-time ways/correcting long-standing abuses |
埋没 | (まいぼつ) | Burying/embedding/immersing |
便宜 | (べんぎ) | Accommodation/expedience |
建白書 | (けんぱくしょ) | Petition/memorial |
提唱者 | (ていしょうしゃ) | Advocate/proponent |
与党 | (よとう) | Governing party |
野党 | (やとう) | Opposition party |
鎮圧 | (ちんあつ) | Repression |
無能 | (むのう) | Incompetence |
原理主義 | (げんりしゅぎ) | Fundamentalism |
矛盾 | (むじゅん) | Contradiction |
独裁者 | (どくさいしゃ) | Dictator |
腐敗した政権 | (ふはい・せいけん) | Corrupt(ed) regime |
無秩序 | (むちつじょ) | Anarchy |
晴天の霹靂 | (せいてんのへきれき) | A bolt out of the blue |
武士は二言が無い | Lit. "a samurai doesn't have a second word" (that which he speaks he will not rescind/modify) | |
八百長 | (やおちょう) | Fixed/rigged game |
疑惑 | (ぎわく) | Doubt/misgivings/suspicion |
押収する | (おうしゅう) | To confiscate/seize |
内訳 | (うちわけ) | Breakdown/classification/items |
判明する | (はんめい) | To establish/prove/identify/confirm |
報道陣 | (ほうどうじん) | Press corps |
捜査 | (そうさ) | Investigation/search/inquiry |
摘発する | (てきはつ) | To expose/unmask/lay bare |
賭博 | (とばく) | Gambling |
入念 | (にゅうねん) | Careful/elaborate/scrupulous |
故意に | (こい) | Intentionally/knowingly |
懲罰 | (ちょうばつ) | Discipline/punishment |
一貫して | (いっかん) | Consistently |
関与する | (かんよ) | To participate/take part in |
立件する | (りっけん) | To build a case against someone |
公算 | (こうさん) | Probability/likelihood |
娑婆 | (しゃば) | The world outside of prison |
足を洗う | To go straight | |
堅気 | (かたぎ) | Straight |
股旅物 | (またたびもの) | Wandering gambler |
仁義 | (じんぎ) | The (gang) code |
出入り | (でいり) | (Gang) battle |
ドス | Short sword | |
殴り込む | (なぐりこむ) | Invade (rival gang HQ) |
「所詮、俺達の行く先は赤い着物か、白い着物か」 | (しょせん) | "After all, we're bound for either a red kimono (worn by prisoners) or a white kimono (worn by the dead)" |
産婆 | (さんば) | Midwife |
分娩室/台 | (ぶんべんだい/しつ) | Delivery room/table |
帝王切開 | (ていおうせっかい) | Caesarean section |
陣痛 | (じんつう) | Contractions |
子の刻 | (ね) | Hour of the Rat: 11pm-1am |
丑の刻 | (うし) | Hour of the Ox: 1am-3am |
寅の刻 | (とら) | Hour of the Tiger: 3am-5am |
卯の刻 | (う) | Hour of the Rabbit: 5am-7am |
辰の刻 | (たつ) | Hour of the Dragon: 7am-9am |
巳の刻 | (み) | Hour of the Snake: 9am-11am |
午の刻 | (うま) | Hour of the Horse: 11am-1pm |
未の刻 | (ひつじ) | Hour of the Sheep: 1pm-3pm |
申の刻 | (さる) | Hour of the Monkey: 3pm-5pm |
酉の刻 | (とり) | Hour of the Rooster: 5pm-7pm |
戌の刻 | (いぬ) | Hour of the Dog: 7pm-9pm |
亥の刻 | (い) | Hour of the Boar: 9pm-11pm |
希薄/稀薄 | (きはく) | Rarified, diluted, sparse, weak |
婉曲迂遠 | (えんきょくうえん) | Euphemistic & circumlocutory |
鋸屑 | (のこくず) | Sawdust |
粗野で残酷 | (そやでざんこく) | Crude/rustic/vulgar and cruel |
豪放粗野 | (ごうほうそや) | Bold(frank/unaffected) & boorish |
豪放磊落 | (ごうほうらいらく) | Broadminded |
貶される | (けなされる) | (To be) maligned/spoken ill of |
香具師/弥四/野師 | (やし) | Showman/charlatan/faker |
崇高 | (すうこう) | Loftiness/sublimity/nobility |
滑稽 | (こっけい) | Funny/humorous/comical |
異形 | (いぎょう) | Fantastic/grotesque/atypical |
慷概 | (こうがい) | Righteous/patriotic indignation |
憤慨 | (ふんがい) | Indignation/resentment |
博徒 | (ばくと) | Gamblers |
的屋 | (てきや) | Stall-keepers/racketeers |
任侠/仁侠団体 | (にんきょうだんたい) | "Chivalrous organization" (=Yakuza) |
愚連隊 | (ぐれんたい) | (Gang of) ruffians/hoodlums |
玄洋社 | (げんようしゃ) | Dark Ocean Society |
黒龍会 | (こくりゅうかい) | Black Dragon/Amur River Society |
百姓 | (ひゃくしょう) | Farmer |
御裾分け | (おすそわけ) | Sharing w/others your blessing |
膳 | (ぜん) | Table/tray, bowl/hashi counter |
幼稚 | (ようち) | Childishness |
降参する | (こうさん) | To give up/into, surrender |
規律 | (きりつ) | Discipline |
打ち明ける | To confide (in) | |
醜い | (みにく) | Ugly |
雲霞の如く | (うんかのごとく) | In swarms |
鰥寡孤独 | (かんかこどく) | The lonely & helpless/those with no one upon whom to depend/people who have no kith or kin |
衆寡 | (しゅうか) | The many and the few |
投棄 | (とうき) | Abandonment, disposal |
無事平穏 | (ぶじへいおん) | Peace & quiet, safe & peaceful |
乱高下 | (らんこうげ) | Violent fluctuation |
消極的 | (しょうきょく) | Passive |
尖閣諸島 | (せんかくしょとう) | Senkaku Islands |
衝突 | (しょうとつ) | Collision |
釈放する | (しょくほう) | Release/set free |
本能的に | Instinctively | |
清貧 | (せいひん) | "Clean poverty" |
困窮 | (こんきゅう) | Squeezed for cash |
神秘的 | (しんぴてき) | Mysterious |
不器用 | (ぶきよう) | Awkwardness |
自尊心 | (じそんしん) | Pride |
軽蔑する | (けいべつ) | Spit in someone's face/disdain them |
ふさぎこむ | Mope around | |
空威張り | (からいばり) | Brave words |
巡礼者 | (じゅんれいしゃ) | Pilgrims |
生涯のともだち | (しょうがいのともだち) | Lifelong friend |
当惑 | (とうわく) | Embarrassment |
上の空 | (うわのそら) | Absentmindedness |
カッとなる | Lose one's temper | |
はにかんだ | Bashful | |
はねつける | Spurn | |
尻が青い | Wet behind the ears | |
ネズミ取り | Speed trap | |
うわべだけのお世辞 | Left-handed compliment | |
手前味噌 | (てまえみそ) | Self-flattery |
尊大に構える | (そんだいにかまえる) | Act self-importantly |
能ある鷹は爪を隠す | “The skilled hawk does not bare its talons” | |
蔑む | (さげす) | Scorn/despise |
地道 | (じみち) | Steady/honest/straightforward |
暗転 | (あんてん) | Turn for the worse |
牛蒡抜き | (ごぼうぬき) | Come from behind (race) |
どんでん返し | Complete/sudden reversal | |
食指が動く | (しょくしがうごく) | Desire/yearn to secure |
尻馬に乗る | (しりうまにのる) | Ride someone's coattails |
胡座 | (あぐら) | Sitting cross-legged |
筆頭 | (ひっとう) | Tip of a brush/top of a list |
斡旋する | (あっせん) | Arrange |
書斎 | (しょさい) | (One's) study |
警醒 | (けいせい) | Warning/wake-up call |
真珠湾 | (しんじゅわん) | Pearl Harbor |
襲撃 | (しゅうげき) | Surprise attack/sudden assault |
篝火 | (かがりび) | Bonfire |
跳梁 | (ちょうりょう) | Rampancy/domination |
大言壮語 | (たいげんそうご) | Boasting/bragging/big talk |
大往生 | (だいおうじょう) | Peaceful (natural) death |
暢気/呑気 | (のんき) | Carefree/happy-go-lucky |
御鬚の塵を払う | (おひげのちりをはらう) | Flatter/adulate |
汲取 | (くみとり) | Collection/pumping (night soil) |
公判 | (こうはん) | Trial |
法廷 | (ほうてい) | Courtroom |
起訴状 | (きそじょう) | Indictment |
検察官 | (けんさつかん) | Prosecutor |
被告人 | (ひこくにん) | Defendant |
証人 | (しょうにん) | Witness |
黙秘権 | (もくひけん) | Right to remain silent |
朗らか | (ほがらか) | Cheerful |
肥満 | (ひまん) | Obese |
絶讃 | (ぜっさん) | High praise/rave review |
哀話 | (あいわ) | Sad story |
億劫 | (おっくう/おくこう) | Troublesome/annoying |
歯軋り | (はぎしり) | Grinding teeth (in anger) |
冒頭陳述 | (ぼうとうちんじゅつ) | Opening statement |
双書・叢書・総書 | (そうしょ) | Series (pub)/library (lit) |
零落 | (れいらくする/こぼれおちる) | Fall on bad times/ruin/be reduced to poverty |
抵抗を試みる | (ていこうをこころみる) | Put up/offer resistance |
強情 | (ごうじょう) | Obstinacy/stubbornness |
手際よく | (てぎわよく) | Deftly/with lots of skill |
座右の銘 | (ざゆうのめい) | Desk/favorite motto |
描写 | (びょうしゃ) | Depiction/portrayal |
変遷 | (へんせん) | △/transition/vicissitude |
詞章 | (ししょう) | Poetry and prose |
楊貴妃 | (ようきひ) | Yang Guifei (Consort Yang Yuhuan, great beauty of Tang dynasty) |
症候群 | (しょうこうぐん) | Syndrome |
内気 | (うちき) | Shy/withdrawn |
褥瘡=床擦れ | (じょくそう=とこずれ) | Bedsore |
お節介を焼く | (おせっかいをやく) | To meddle |
緊迫した空気 | (きんぱくしたくうき) | Tension(s) |
無作法な | (ぶさほう) | Crude |
率直な意見 | (そっちょくないけん) | Frank opinion |
如才ない | (じょさいない) | Tactful/shrewd/clever |
視野を広げる | (しやをひろげる) | Broaden one's horizons |
成語 | (せいご) | Set phrases |
故事 | (こじ) | Fables |
名言 | (めいげん) | Famous quotations |
慣用句 | (かんようく) | Idioms |
論語 | (ろんご) | Confucian Analects |
自己憐憫 | (じこれんびん) | Self pity |
太陰暦 | (たいいんれき) | Lunar calendar |
試行錯誤 | (しこうさくご) | Trial and error |
支離滅裂 | (しりめつれつ) | "things all messed up" |
危機一髪 | (ききいっぱつ) | "a close call" |
吊り広告 | (つりこうこく) | Hanging ad (train, etc.) |
ズバリ | No punches pulled | |
暴露する | (ばくろ) | To disclose/lay bare |
凶悪犯罪 | (きょうあくはんざい) | Serious crimes |
殺人未遂 | (さつじんみすい) | Attempted murder |
強盗 | (ごうとう) | Armed robbery |
放火 | (ほうか) | Arson |
強姦 | (ごうかん) | Rape |
巡査 | (じゅんさ) | Patrolman |
機動隊 | (きどうたい) | Mechanized riot police |
公安警察 | Public-security police | |
憲兵/警務隊 | (けんぺい/けいむたい) | Military police |
逃亡者 | (とうぼうしゃ) | Fugitive |
前科者 | (ぜんかもの) | Someone with a previous criminal record |
濡れ衣を着せる | (ぬれぎぬをきせる) | To frame |
冤罪裁判 | (えんざいさいばん) | Miscarriage of justice |
疑わしきは罰せず | (うたがわしきはばっせず) | Suspicion ≠ guilt |
聞き込み | Door-to-door canvassing | |
全国指名手配 | Nationwide dragnet | |
一に簡単、二に明瞭、三に痛快 | (かんたん、めいりょう、つうかい) | 1) Simple, 2) Clear, 3) Enjoyable [from the 萬諜報(よろずちょうほう)] |
亭主関白 | (ていしゅかんぱく) | "A husband who wears the pants in the family" |
油断大敵 | (ゆだんたいてき) | "A small slip can cause great trouble" |
八方美人 | (はっぽうびじん) | "A flunky who tries to please everyone" |
画蛇添足=>蛇足 | (がだてんそく) | ''Legs on a snake” (something redundant/superfluous) |
石の上にも三年 | Persistence pays ("Even if you must spend 3 years on top of a rock") | |
呉越同舟 | (ごえつどうしゅう) | "Go & Etsu on the same boat" (alliance btw. bitter enemies to fight off greater threat) {Go=Wu, Etsu=Yue, China's Spring & Autumn period] |
百聞不如一見=百聞は一見に如かず | (ひゃくぶんはひとみにしかず) | "One hundred hearings are not equal to seeing once" |
泥縄式だ=泥棒を捕らえて縄をなう | (どろなわしき) | "To start braiding the rope after capturing the thief" |
やぶ蛇だ=薮をつついて蛇を出す | (やぶへび) | "To poke at a bush and drive out the snake" |
弁論 | (べんろん) | Debate/discussion/argument |
外向 | (がいこう) | Extroverted/outgoing |