| n00b {n} (beginner) SEE: newbie | :: |
| naan {n} (flat bread) | :: ナン /nan/ |
| Nabatean {n} (any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan) | :: ナバテア人 /ナバテアじん, nabateajin/ |
| Naberezhnye Chelny {prop} (city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia) | :: ナーベレジヌイェ・チェルヌイ /Nāberejinuye-Cherunui/ |
| Nablus {prop} (Nablus) | :: ナブルス /Naburusu/ |
| NaCl {n} (sodium chloride) SEE: sodium chloride | :: |
| NaCl {n} (table salt) SEE: table salt | :: |
| nacre {n} (pearly substance on the interior of shells) SEE: mother-of-pearl | :: |
| nada {pron} (nothing) SEE: nothing | :: |
| Nadezhda {prop} (transliteration of Надежда) | :: ナデジダ /Nadejida/ |
| Nadia {prop} (female given name) | :: ナディア /Nadia/ |
| nadir {n} (point of the sky) | :: 天底 /てんてい, tentei/ |
| nadir {n} (figuratively the lowest point) | :: どん底 /どんぞこ, donzoko/ |
| Nadsat {prop} (Russian-influenced argot used in A Clockwork Orange (1962)) | :: ナッドサット |
| naengmyeon {n} (dish) | :: 冷麺 /れいめん, reimen/, ネンミョン /nenmyon/, レンミョン /renmyon/ |
| naevus {n} (abnormal area on skin) SEE: mole | :: |
| NAFLD {n} (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) | :: 非アルコール性脂肪性肝疾患 /hi arukōru-sei shibō-sei kan shikkan/ |
| naga {n} (a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake) | :: ナーガ /nāga/, 竜 /ryū/ |
| Nagaland {prop} (state) | :: ナガランド州 /Nagarando-shū/, ナガランド /Nagarando/ |
| nagamaki {n} | :: 長巻 |
| Nagano {prop} (a city in Japan) | :: 長野 /ながの, Nagano/ |
| Nagasaki {prop} (Japanese port) | :: 長崎 /ながさき, Nagasaki/ |
| nage-waza {n} (throwing technique) | :: 投げ技 /nagewaza/ |
| Nagorno-Karabakh {prop} (region in South Caucasus) | :: ナゴルノ・カラバフ /Nagoruno-Karabafu/ |
| Nagorny Karabakh {prop} (Nagorno-Karabakh) SEE: Nagorno-Karabakh | :: |
| Nagoya {prop} (a city of Japan) | :: 名古屋 /なごや, Nagoya/ |
| Nagpur {prop} (city in India) | :: ナーグプル /Nāgupuru/ |
| nah {interj} (no) | :: ううん |
| Naha {prop} (city in Okinawa, Japan) | :: 那覇 /なは, Naha/ |
| Nahuatl {prop} (language) | :: ナワトル語 /nawatoru-go/ |
| Nahum {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: ナホム書 /Nahomu sho/ |
| naiad {n} (female deity) | :: ナーイアス /nāiasu/ |
| nail {n} (on fingers and toes) | :: 爪 /つめ, tsume/ |
| nail {n} (spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials) | :: 釘 /くぎ, kugi/ |
| nail clipper {n} (nail trimmer) | :: 爪切り /つめきり, tsumekiri/, 爪切 /つめきり, tsumekiri/ |
| nail cutter {n} (nail clipper) SEE: nail clipper | :: |
| nail file {n} (A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails) | :: ネイルファイル /neiru fairu/, 爪やすり /つめやすり, tsumeyasuri/ |
| nail gun {n} (gun which drives nails) | :: ネイルガン /neirugan/ |
| nailhead {n} (the head of a nail) | :: 釘頭 /ていとう, teitō/ |
| nailist {n} (someone whose occupation is to trim nails) | :: ネイリスト /nearisuto/ |
| nail polish {n} (cosmetic lacquer) | :: ネイルエナメル /neiruenameru/, ネイルカラー /neirukarā/, ネイルポリッシュ /neiruporisshu/, ネールポリッシュ /nēruporisshu/ |
| nail polish remover {n} (solvent used to remove nail polish) | :: ポリッシュリムーバー /porisshurimūbā/ |
| nail trimmer {n} (nail clipper) SEE: nail clipper | :: |
| Nairobi {prop} (capital of Kenya) | :: ナイロビ /Nairobi/ |
| naive {adj} (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) | :: 無邪気 /mujaki/, あどけない /adokenai/ |
| naked {adj} (not wearing any clothes) | :: 裸の /はだかの, hadaka no/ |
| naked eye {n} (unaided eyesight) | :: 肉眼 /にくがん, nikugan/, 裸眼 /らがん, ragan/ |
| nakedhood {n} (nakedness) SEE: nakedness | :: |
| naked mole rat {n} | :: 裸出歯鼠, ハダカデバネズミ /hadakadebanezumi/ |
| nakedness {n} (state of being naked) | :: 裸体 /らたい, ratai/ |
| Nakhichevan {prop} (autonomous republic of Azerbaijan) | :: ナヒチェヴァン /Nahichevan/ |
| Nakhodka {prop} (city in Russia) | :: ナホトカ /Nahotoka/ |
| Nalchik {prop} (city in Russia) | :: ナリチク /Narichiku/ |
| NAM {prop} (Non-Aligned Movement) | :: 非同盟運動 /ひどうめいうんどう/ |
| namaste {n} (a greeting) | :: ナマステ /namasute/ |
| namaz {n} (prayer) SEE: prayer | :: |
| namaz {n} (salat) SEE: salat | :: |
| name {n} (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing) | :: 名前 /なまえ, namae/, 名 /な, na/, [honorific] お名前 /おなまえ, o-namae/, [honorific] ご芳名 /ごほうめい, go-hōmei/, 名称 /めいしょう, meishō/ [thing or organisation] |
| name {n} (reputation, see also: reputation) | :: 評判 /ひょうばん, hyōban/ |
| name {v} (to give a name to) | :: 名付ける /なづける, nazukeru/, 名前をつける /なまえをつける, namae o tsukeru/ |
| name {v} (to mention, specify) | :: 選ぶ /えらぶ, erabu/ |
| name {v} (to identify, define, specify) | :: 明示する /めいじする, meiji suru/ |
| name {v} (to designate for a role) | :: 任命する /にんめいする, ninmei suru/, 命じる /めいじる, meijiru/ |
| name after {v} (to give someone the same name) | :: Bに因んで、Aを名付ける /B-ni chinande, A-o nadzukeru/ [name A after B] |
| name-calling {n} (abusive or insulting language) | :: 悪口 /わるぐち, waruguchi/, 悪罵 /あくば, akuba/ |
| name card {n} (business card) SEE: business card | :: |
| name day {n} (feast day of a saint) | :: 聖名祝日 /せいめいしゅくじつ, seimei shukujitsu/ |
| nameless {adj} (having no name) | :: 名無し /ななし, nanashi/, 無名の /むめいの, mumei no/ |
| namely {adv} (specifically) | :: 即ち /すなわち, sunawachi/, つまり /tsumari/ |
| nameplate {n} (A plate or plaque inscribed with a name) | :: 名札 /なふだ, nafuda/, ネームプレート /nēmupurēto/ |
| namesake {n} (person with the same name as another) | :: 同名異人 /どうめいいじん, dōmei ijin/, 同姓同名 /dōseidōmei/ |
| namespace {n} (conceptual space) | :: 名前空間 /なまえくうかん, namae kūkan/ |
| Namibia {prop} (Republic of Namibia) | :: ナミビア /Namibia/ |
| naming rights {n} (rights of naming a piece of property) | :: 命名権 /meimeiken/, ネーミングライツ /nēmingu-raitsu/ |
| nam pla {n} (Thai fish sauce) | :: ナンプラー /nanpurā/ |
| Nampo {prop} (a city in North Korea) | :: 南浦 /ナムポ, Namupo/ |
| Nan-ch'ang {prop} (Nanchang) SEE: Nanchang | :: |
| Nanchang {prop} (a city in southeastern China) | :: 南昌 /なんしょう, Nanshō/ |
| Nan-ching {prop} (Nanjing) SEE: Nanjing | :: |
| nancy {n} ((derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual) SEE: fairy | :: |
| NAND {n} (binary operator) | :: NAND /nando/, 否定論理積 /hitei ronriseki/ |
| Nanda {prop} (half-sister of Gautama Buddha) | :: 孫陀利難陀 |
| Nanda {prop} (half-brother of Gautama Buddha) | :: 孫陀羅難陀 |
| nandina {n} (Nandina domestica) | :: 南天 /ナンテン, nanten/ |
| Nanjing {prop} (Chinese city) | :: 南京 /なんきん, Nankin/, 金陵 /きんりょう, Kinryō/ |
| Nan-ning {prop} (Nanning) SEE: Nanning | :: |
| Nanning {prop} (Capital of Guangxi) | :: 南寧 /なんねい, Nannei/ |
| nanny {n} (child's nurse) | :: ナニー /nanī/, 乳母 /うば, uba, おんば, onba, ちうば, chiuba, ちおも, chiomo, にゅうぼ, nyūbo, まま, mama, めのと, menoto/ |
| nano- {prefix} | :: ナノ- /nano-/ |
| nanometer {n} (nanometre) SEE: nanometre | :: |
| nanometre {n} (subunit of length) | :: ナノメートル /nanomētoru/ |
| nanori {n} (Japanese kanji readings for names) | :: 名乗り /なのり, nanori/ |
| nanosecond {n} (measure of time) | :: ナノ秒 /Nano byō/ |
| nanotechnology {n} (science and technology of creating nanoparticles) | :: ナノテクノロジー /nanotekunorojī/ |
| nanotube {n} (A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube) | :: ナノチューブ /nanochūbu/ |
| nantaimori {n} (practice) | :: 男体盛り /なんたいもり, nantaimori/ |
| Nanterre {prop} (city in Île-de-France) | :: ナンテール /Nantēru/ |
| Nantong {prop} (a city in China) | :: 南通 /なんつう, Nantsū/ |
| Nantou {prop} (a city in Taiwan) | :: 南投 /なんとう, Nantō/ |
| Nan-t'ung {prop} (Nantong) SEE: Nantong | :: |
| Naomi {prop} (Biblical character) | :: ナオミ /Naomi/ |
| Naomi {prop} (female given name) | :: 真実 /Naomi/, 直美 /Naomi/, ナオミ /Naomi/ |
| nap {n} | :: 転寝 /うたたね, utatane/ |
| napa cabbage {n} (type of Chinese cabbage) | :: 白菜 /hakusai/ |
| napalm {n} (inflammable substance) | :: ナパーム /napāmu/, ナパーム弾 /napāmu dan/ |
| nape {n} (back part of the neck) | :: 項 /うなじ, unaji/, 襟首 /えりくび, erikubi/ |
| naphtha {n} (naturally occurring liquid petroleum) | :: ナフサ /nafusa/ |
| naphtha {n} (liquid distilled from petroleum) | :: ナフサ /nafusa/ |
| naphthalene {n} (aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon) | :: ナフタレン /nafutaren/, ナフタリン /nafutarin/ |
| naphthyridine {n} (bicyclic heterocycle) | :: ナフチリジン /nafuchirijin/ |
| Napier grass {n} (Pennisetum purpureum) | :: ナピアグラス /napiagurasu/, ネピアグラス /nepiagurasu/, エレファントグラス /erefantogurasu/, オニチカラシバ /onichikarashiba/ |
| napkin {n} (diaper) SEE: diaper | :: |
| napkin {n} (sanitary napkin) SEE: sanitary napkin | :: |
| napkin {n} (serviette) | :: ナプキン /napukin/ |
| napkin ring {n} (ring holding napkin) | :: ナプキンリング /napukinringu/ |
| Naples {prop} (province in Italy) | :: ナポリ県 /Napori-ken/, ナポリ /Napori/ |
| Naples {prop} (city in Italy) | :: ナポリ /Napori/ |
| Napoleon {prop} (Napoleon Bonaparte) | :: ナポレオン /Naporeon/ |
| nappy {n} (diaper) SEE: diaper | :: |
| Nara {prop} (prefecture in Japan) | :: 奈良県 /Nara-ken/ |
| Nara {prop} (prefecture capital of Nara) | :: 奈良 /Nara/, 奈良市 /Nara-shi/ |
| Nara {prop} (something related with Nara) | :: 奈良 /Nara/ |
| narcissism {n} (excessive love of oneself) | :: ナルシシズム /narushishizumu/, ナルシシスム /narushishisumu/, 自己愛 /じこあい, jikoai/ |
| narcissist {n} (one who shows extreme love for themselves) | :: ナルシスト /narushisuto/ |
| narcissus {n} (any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus) | :: 水仙 /すいせん, suisen/ |
| narghile {n} (tobacoo pipe) SEE: hookah | :: |
| Narita {prop} (Narita, Japan) | :: 成田 /なりた, Narita/ |
| Narnia {prop} (a fictional land) | :: ナルニア国 /Narunia-koku/ |
| narrate {v} (to relate a story) | :: 物語る /ものがたる, monogataru/, [tell a story] 話をする /はなしをする, hanashi o suru/, 教える /おしえる, oshieru/ |
| narration {n} (act of recounting or relating) | :: ナレーション /narēshon/, 叙述 /じょじゅつ, jojutsu/ |
| narrative {n} (systematic recitation of an event) | :: 物語 /ものがたり, monogatari/ |
| narrative {n} (a way of storytelling) | :: 物語り方 /ものがたりかた, monogatari-kata/ |
| narrator {n} (in story) | :: 語り手 /katarite/ |
| narrator {n} (in film and television) | :: ナレーター /narētā/ |
| narrow {adj} (having small width) | :: 狭い /せまい, semái/ |
| narrow-minded {adj} (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) | :: 偏狭な /henkyō na/, 狭量な /kyōryō na/ |
| narrow-minded {adj} (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) | :: 偏狭な /henkyō na/, 狭量な /kyōryō na/ |
| narrowness {n} (state of being narrow) | :: 狭さ /semasa/, 狭小 /kyōshō/, 狭窄 /kyōsaku/, 狭隘 /kyōai/ |
| Naruto {prop} (Japanese city) | :: 鳴門 /なると, Naruto/ |
| narutomaki {n} (kamaboko) | :: 蒲鉾 /かまぼこ, kamaboko/, 鳴門巻き /なるとまき, narutomaki/, ナルト /naruto/ |
| narwhal {n} (Arctic cetacean) | :: 一角 /イッカク, ikkaku/, イッカク /ikkaku/ |
| Naryan-Mar {prop} (city in Russia) | :: ナリヤン・マル /Nariyan-Maru/ |
| NASA {prop} (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) | :: 米航空宇宙局 /べいこうくううちゅうきょく, Bei Kōkū Uchūkyoku/, アメリカ航空宇宙局 /あめりかこうくううちゅうきょく, Amerika Kōkū Uchūkyoku/ |
| nasal {n} (vowel or consonant articulated with air flowing through the nose) | :: 鼻音 /びおん, bion/ |
| nasal cavity {n} (air-filled space behind nose) | :: 鼻腔 /biko, biku/ |
| nasal irrigation {n} (personal hygiene practice) | :: 鼻洗浄 /はなせんじょう, hana senjō/ |
| nasal polyp {n} (growth in the nose) | :: 鼻茸 /はなたけ, hanatake/ |
| nasal septum {n} (septum in the nose) | :: 鼻中隔 /bichūkaku/ |
| nascent {adj} (emerging; just coming into existence) | :: 生まれそうな /umaresōna/ |
| Nashik {prop} (city in India) | :: ナーシク /Nāshiku/ |
| nasi lemak {n} | :: ナシレマッ |
| Nassau {prop} (capital of the Bahamas) | :: ナッソー /Nassō/ |
| Nastaliq {prop} (Nastaʿlīq) | :: ナスタアリーク体 /nasutaarīku-tai/ |
| nata de coco {n} (jelly made by coconut water) | :: ナタデココ /nata de koko/ |
| Natalia {prop} (female given name) SEE: Natalie | :: |
| Natalie {prop} (female given name) | :: ナタリー /Natarī/ |
| Natasha {prop} (female given name) | :: ナターシャ /Natāsha/ |
| Nathan {prop} (male given name) | :: ネーサン /Nēsan/ |
| nation {n} (community of people) | :: 国民 /こくみん, kokumin/ |
| nation {n} (sovereign state) | :: 国家 /こっか, kokka/ |
| national {adj} (of or having to do with a nation) | :: 国家の /こっかの, kokka no/, 国民の /こくみんの, kokumin no/, 国立の /こくりつの, kokuritsu no/ |
| national anthem {n} (official song of a nation or country) | :: 国歌 /こっか, kokka/ |
| national day {n} (day marking a country's establishment) | :: 建国記念日 /けんこくきねんび, kenkoku kinenbi/ |
| national debt {n} (money owed by the government of a nation) | :: 国債 /こくさい, kokusai/, 公債 /こうさい, kōsai/ |
| National Diet {prop} | :: 国会 /Kokkai/ |
| national emblem {n} (official emblem of a nation or country) | :: 国章 /こくしょう, kokushō/ |
| national holiday {n} | :: 国民の祝日 /kokumin-no shukujitsu/, 祭日 /さいじつ, saijitsu/, 祝祭日 /しゅくさいじつ, shukusaijitsu/, 祝日 /しゅくじつ, shukujitsu/ |
| nationalisation {n} (making private assets public) | :: 国有化 /こくゆうか, kokuyūka/ |
| nationalism {n} (idea of supporting one's country and culture) | :: 民族主義 /みんぞくしゅぎ, minzokushugi/, ナショナリズム /nashonarizumu/ |
| nationalism {n} (support of one nation's interests to the exclusion of others) SEE: jingoism | :: |
| nationalist {n} (advocate of nationalism) | :: 民族主義者 /みんぞくしゅぎしゃ, minzokushugisha/ |
| nationalistic {adj} (of, relating to, or advocating nationalism) SEE: nationalist | :: |
| nationality {n} (membership of a nation or state) | :: 国籍 /こくせき, kokuseki/ |
| nationality {n} (nationalism) SEE: nationalism | :: |
| nationalization {n} (nationalisation) SEE: nationalisation | :: |
| National League {prop} | :: ナショナルリーグ /Nashonaru Rīgu/, ナ・リーグ /Na Rīgu/ |
| national park {n} (national park) | :: 国立公園 /こくりつこうえん, kokuritsu kōen/ |
| national security {n} (safety of a country) | :: 国家安全保障 /こっかあんぜんほしょう, kokka anzen hoshō/ |
| National Socialism {n} (ideology of Adolf Hitler's NSDAP) | :: 国家社会主義 /こっかしゃかいしゅぎ, kokka shakaishugi/, 民族社会主義 /みんぞくしゃかいしゅぎ, minzoku shakaishugi/, 国民社会主義 /こくみんしゃかいしゅぎ, kokumin shakaishugi/ |
| national treasure {n} (something deemed to be of value to an entire nation) | :: 国宝 /こくほう, kokuhō/ |
| nation-state {n} (nation state or nation-state) | :: 国民国家 /こくみん こっか, kokumin-kokka/ |
| native {adj} (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning) | :: 土着の /どちゃくの, dochaku no/ |
| native {adj} (characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin) | :: 自国の /じこくの, jikoku no/ |
| native {n} (native speaker) SEE: native speaker | :: |
| Native American {adj} (of the American Indians) SEE: Indian | :: |
| native language {n} (one's first language learned in childhood) SEE: mother tongue | :: |
| native speaker {n} (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) | :: 母語話者 /ぼごわしゃ, bogowasha/, ネイティブスピーカー /neitibu supīkā/ |
| NATO {prop} (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) | :: 北大西洋条約機構 /きたたいせいようじょうやくきこう, Kitataiseyō Jōyaku Kikō/, NATO /Natō/ |
| natto {n} (Japanese food product) | :: 納豆 /nattō/ |
| natural {adj} (relating to nature) | :: 自然な /shizen na/, 天然の /tennen no/ |
| natural {adj} (as expected) | :: 当然の /tōzen no/, 当たり前の /atarimae no/ |
| natural child {n} (child born to unmarried parents) | :: 私生児 /しせいじ, shiseiji/, ラブチャイルド /rabu chairudo/ |
| natural disaster {n} (natural phenomenon) | :: 自然災害 /しぜんさいがい, shizen saigai/ |
| natural disaster {n} (emergency situation) | :: 自然災害 /しぜんさいがい, shizen saigai/ |
| natural gas {n} (mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits) | :: 天然ガス /てんねんガス, tennen-gasu/, 市ガス /しガス, shi-gasu/ |
| naturalization {n} (act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship) | :: 帰化 /kika/ |
| natural language {n} (human language developed naturally) | :: 自然言語 /しぜんげんご, shizengengo/ |
| natural language processing {n} (field concerning interaction with computers using natural languages) | :: 自然言語処理 /しぜんげんごしょり, shizengengoshori/ |
| natural language understanding {n} (natural language understanding) | :: 自然言語理解 /しぜんげんごりかい, shizengengorikai/ |
| natural law {n} (An ethical theory) | :: 自然法 /しぜんほう, shizenhō/ |
| natural log {n} (natural logarithm) SEE: natural logarithm | :: |
| natural logarithm {n} (logarithm in base e) | :: 自然対数 /しぜんたいすう, shizen-taisū/ |
| naturally {adv} (inherently or by nature) | :: 勿論 /もちろん, mochiron/ |
| natural number {n} (positive integer or non-negative integer) | :: 自然数 /shizensū/ |
| natural number {n} ((only) positive integer) | :: 自然数 /shizensū/ [commonly], 正数 /seisū/ |
| natural number {n} ((only) non-negative integer) | :: 自然数 /shizensū/ [occasionally], 非負数 /hifusū/ [strictly] |
| natural numbers {n} (number theory) | :: 自然数 /しぜんすう, shizensu/ |
| natural person {n} (human being) | :: 自然人 /sizenjin/ |
| natural preserve {n} (nature reserve) SEE: nature reserve | :: |
| natural reserve {n} (nature reserve) SEE: nature reserve | :: |
| natural resource {n} (source of wealth that occurs naturally) | :: 天然資源 /てんねんしげん, tennenshigen/, 自然資源 /しぜんしげん, shizenshigen/ |
| natural science {n} (science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world) | :: 自然科学 /しぜんかがく, shizenkagaku/ |
| natural selection {n} (natural selection) | :: 自然選択 /しぜんせんたく shizen-sentaku/, 自然淘汰 /しぜんとうた shizen-tōta/ |
| nature {n} (the natural world) | :: 自然 /しぜん, shizen/ |
| nature {n} (essential characteristics) | :: 性質 /せいしつ, seishitsu/ |
| nature {n} (everything related to biological and geographical states) | :: 自然 /しぜん, shizen/ |
| nature preserve {n} (nature reserve) SEE: nature reserve | :: |
| nature reserve {n} (area managed to conserve natural features) | :: 自然保護区 /しぜんほごく, shizen hogoku/ |
| nature's scythe {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| naturism {n} (the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad) | :: ヌーディズム |
| naturopathy {n} (system of therapy) | :: 自然療法 /しぜんりょうほう, shizen ryōhō/ |
| naughty {adj} (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) | :: 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/ |
| Nauru {prop} (Republic of Nauru) | :: ナウル /Nauru/ |
| Nauruan {prop} (language of Nauru) | :: ナウル語 /Nauru-go/ |
| nausea {n} (feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit) | :: 吐き気 /はきけ, hakike/, 酔い /よい, yoi/ [intoxication], 悪心 /おしん, oshin/ |
| nausea {n} (strong dislike or disgust) | :: 吐き気 /はきけ, hakike/, 嫌悪 /けんお, ken'o/ |
| nausea {n} (motion sickness) SEE: motion sickness | :: |
| Nausicaa {prop} (princess in the Odyssey) | :: ナウシカアー |
| nautical {adj} (relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen) | :: 航海の /kōkai no/, 海事の /kaiji no/ |
| nautical mile {n} (nautical: a unit of measure equal to 1852 metres) | :: 海里 /kairi/ |
| nautilus {n} (marine mollusc of the family Nautilidae) | :: オウムガイ /ōmugai/, 鸚鵡貝 /おうむがい, ōmugai/ |
| Navajo {n} (person) | :: ナバホ族 /Nabaho-zoku/ |
| Navajo {prop} (language) | :: ナバホ語 /Nabaho-go/ |
| naval infantry {n} (marine corps) | :: 海軍歩兵 /かいぐんほへい, kaigunhohei/ |
| Navarre {prop} (autonomous community of Spain) | :: ナバラ州 /Nabara-shū/ |
| nave {n} (the middle or body of a church) | :: 身廊 /shinrō/ |
| nave {n} (hub of a wheel) | :: 轂 /こしき, koshiki/ |
| navel {n} (remnant of umbilical cord) | :: 臍 /へそ, heso/ |
| navigation {n} (canal) SEE: canal | :: |
| Navi Mumbai {prop} (city in India) | :: ナビムンバイ /Nabimunbai/ |
| navy {n} (sea force) | :: 海軍 /かいぐん, kaigun/ |
| navy {n} (department) | :: 海軍 /かいぐん, kaigun/ |
| navy {n} (navy blue colour) | :: ネービーブルー /neibīburū/ |
| navy {adj} (having a navy (dark blue) colour, see also: light blue; blue) | :: ネービーブルーの /neibīburū no/ |
| navy blue {n} (a dark blue color) | :: ネイビーブルー /neibī burū/, ネイビー /neibī/, 濃紺 /nōkon/ |
| Naypyidaw {prop} (capital of Burma) | :: ネピドー /Nepidō/ |
| Nay Pyi Taw {prop} (Naypyidaw) SEE: Naypyidaw | :: |
| Nazarbayev {prop} (surname) | :: ナザルバエフ /Nazarubaefu/ |
| Nazareth {prop} (a city in northern Israel) | :: ナザレ /Nazare/ |
| nazi {adj} (Nazi) SEE: Nazi | :: |
| nazi {n} (Nazi) SEE: Nazi | :: |
| Nazi {n} (member of the Nazi party) | :: ナチス /nachisu/, ナチ /nachi/, ファシスト /fashisuto/ |
| Nazi {adj} (pertaining to the Nazi Party or Nazism) | :: ナチの /nachi no/ |
| Nazism {prop} (the ideology of Adolf Hitler’s NSDAP) | :: ナチズム /nachizumu/, ファシズム /fashizumu/ |
| N-bomb {n} (neutron bomb) SEE: neutron bomb | :: |
| -nd {suffix} (second) | :: 第 /だい, dai/ |
| n-dimensional {adj} (having arbitrary number of dimensions) | :: Ｎ次元の /Ｎじげんの, N-jigen no/ |
| N'Djamena {prop} (capital city of Chad) | :: ンジャメナ /Njamena/, エンジャメナ /Enjamena/ |
| née {adj} (used to indicate maiden name of a woman) | :: 旧姓 /きゅうせい, kyūsei/ |
| née {adj} (used to indicate a former name) | :: 旧名 /kyūmei/ |
| Neanderthal {n} (a Homo neanderthalensis specimen) | :: ネアンデルタール人 /neanderutārujin/ |
| Neapolitan {adj} (pertaining to Naples) | :: ナポリの /Napori no/ |
| Neapolitan {n} (inhabitant or resident of Naples) | :: ナポリ人 /Napori-jin/ |
| Neapolitan {prop} (language of Naples, Italy) | :: ナポリ語 /Napori-go/ |
| near {adj} (physically close) | :: 近い /ちかい, chikai/ |
| near {adv} (at or towards a position close in space or time) | :: 近く /ちかく, chikaku/ |
| near {prep} (in close proximity to) | :: ...の近くに /... no chikaku ni/ |
| near {v} (come closer to) | :: 近付く /ちかづく, chikazuku/ |
| near {adj} (stingy) SEE: stingy | :: |
| near {adv} (nearly) SEE: nearly | :: |
| nearby {adv} (close to) | :: 近くに /chikaku ni/ |
| near-death experience {n} (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) | :: 臨死体験 /りんしたいけん, rinshi-taiken/ |
| Near East {prop} (region in Asia) | :: 近東 /きんとう, Kintō/ |
| near infrared {n} (infrared light near visible light) | :: 近赤外線 /kinsekigaisen/ |
| nearly {adv} (almost, but not quite) | :: 大方 /ōkata/, 殆ど /hotondo/ |
| nearsightedness {n} (property of being nearsighted) | :: 近視 /きんし, kinshi/ |
| near-synonym {n} (term which has a similar meaning) | :: 類義語 /ruigigo/ |
| neat {n} (cattle) SEE: cattle | :: |
| neat {adj} (tidy, free from dirt) | :: きちんとした /kichínto shitá/ |
| Nebraska {prop} (US state) | :: ネブラスカ /Neburasuka/ |
| nebula {n} (a space cloud) | :: 星雲 /seiun/ |
| necessary {adj} (needed, required) | :: 必要 /ひつよう, hitsuyō/ |
| necessary {adj} (such as must be) | :: 当然の /tōzen no/, 必然的な /hitsuzenteki na/ |
| necessary evil {n} (unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted) | :: 必要悪 /hitsuyōaku/ |
| necessity {n} (quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite) | :: 必要性 /ひつようせい, hitsuyōsei/, 必然性 /ひつぜんせい, hitsuzensei/, 必要 /ひつよう, hitsuyō/ |
| necessity {n} (that which is necessary) | :: 必需品 /hitsujuhin/ |
| necessity is the mother of innovation {proverb} (necessity is the mother of invention) SEE: necessity is the mother of invention | :: |
| necessity is the mother of invention {proverb} (a person in need will find a way) | :: 必要は発明の母 /hitsuyō-wa hatsumei-no haha/ |
| neck {n} (part of body connecting the head and the trunk) | :: 首 /くび, kubi/ |
| neck {n} (part of a shirt, dress etc.) | :: 襟 /eri/ |
| neck {n} (tapered part of a bottle) | :: 首 /kubi/ |
| neck {n} (extension of stringed instrument) | :: 棹 /sao/ |
| neck {v} (hang by the neck; strangle; kill) | :: 縊る /kubiru/ |
| neck {v} (make love) | :: いちゃつく /ichatsuku/, 戯れる /tawamureru/ |
| neck {v} (drink rapidly) | :: 飲む /nomu/ |
| neckerchief {n} (type of scarf) | :: ネッカチーフ /nekkāchīfu/ |
| necklace {n} (jewelry) | :: ネックレス /nekkuresu/, 首飾り /くびかざり, kubi-kazari/ |
| necklet {n} (necklace) SEE: necklace | :: |
| neckline {n} (line) | :: 襟ぐり /eriguri/ |
| necktie {n} (strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front) | :: ネクタイ /nekutai/ |
| necro- {prefix} (related to death) | :: 影霊 /kagerei/ |
| necromancer {n} (person who practices necromancy) | :: 黒魔術師 /kuro majutsushi/, ネクロマンサー /nekuromansā/ |
| necromancy {n} (divination involving the dead) | :: ネクロマンシー /nekuromanshī/ |
| necrophilia {n} (pathological attraction to dead bodies) | :: 屍姦 /しかん, shikan/, 死体性愛 /したいせいあい, shitaisen'ai/, 屍体性愛 /したいせいあい, shitaisen'ai/, ネクロフィリア /nekurofiria/, 死体愛好症 /したいあいこうしょう, shitaiaikōshō/ |
| necrophilia {n} | :: 死体愛好症 /したいあいこうしょう, shitaiaikōshō/ |
| necrophobia {n} (fear of death or corpses) | :: ネクロフォビア /Nekurofobia/ |
| necropolis {n} (cemetery) | :: 古墳 /こふん, kofun/, ネクロポリス /nekuroporisu/ |
| necrosis {n} (localized death of cells or tissue) | :: 壊死 /えし, eshi/ |
| nectar {n} (drink of the gods) | :: 神酒 /みき, miki/, 神酒 /しんしゅ, shinshu/ |
| nectar {n} (sweet liquid secreted by flowers) | :: 花蜜 /かみつ, kamitsu/ |
| nectar {n} (any delicious drink) | :: 美酒 /びしゅ, bishu/ |
| nectar {n} | :: 花蜜 /かみつ, kamitsu/ (liquid secreted by flowers), 蜜 |
| nectarine {n} (fruit) | :: ネクタリン /nekutarin/, 油桃 /aburamomo/, 光桃 /hikarimomo/, 椿桃 /zubaimomo, tsubaimomo, tsubakimomo/ |
| need {n} (something required) | :: 必要 /ひつよう, hitsuyō/ |
| need {v} (to have an absolute requirement for) | :: 必要とする /ひつようする, hitsuyōto-surú/, ...が必要 /...がひつよう, ...ga hitsuyō/, 要る /いる, iru/ [intransitive] |
| need {v} (to want strongly) | :: 要る /iru/ [intransitive] |
| need {v} (to be obliged to) | :: しなければいけない /shinakereba ikenai/, 義務がある /gimu ga aru/ |
| needle {n} (implement for sewing etc.) | :: 針 /はり, hari/ |
| needlefish {n} (slender fish) | :: 駄津 /ダツ, datsu/ |
| needle in a haystack {n} (idiomatic) | :: 干し草の山の針 /ほしくさのやまのはり, hoshikusa-no yama-no hari/ |
| needlenose pliers {n} (a variety of pliers with long, narrow extensions) | :: ラジオペンチ /rajio penchi/ |
| needless {adj} (not needed) | :: 不必要な /ふひつような, fuhitsuyō na/ |
| needless to say {adv} (obviously) | :: 言うまでもない /いうまでもない, iu made mo nai/ |
| ne'er-do-well {n} (good-for-nothing) SEE: good-for-nothing | :: |
| NEET {n} (person not in employment, education or training) | :: ニート /nīto/ |
| negate {v} (negate) | :: 否定 ひてい, hitei) |
| negation {n} (act of negating something) | :: 否定 /ひてい, hitei/ |
| negation {n} (denial or contradiction) | :: 否決 /ひけつ, hiketsu/, 否認 /ひにん, hinin/ |
| negation {n} (negation in logic) | :: 否定 /ひてい, hitei/ |
| negative {adj} (not positive or neutral) | :: 否定の /ひていの, hitei no/, 否定的な /ひていてきな, hiteiteki na/ |
| negative {adj} (mathematics: less than zero) | :: 負 /fu/ |
| negative {n} (photography) | :: 陰画 /いんが, inga/, ネガフィルム /negafirumu/ |
| negative clause {n} (negative clause, negative sentence) | :: 否定文 /ひていぶん, hiteibun/ |
| negative number {n} (negative number) | :: 負の数 /ふのすう, fu no sū/, 負数 /ふすう, fusū/ |
| negative verb {n} (auxiliary verb used for negation) | :: 否定動詞 /hitei dōshi/ |
| negative zero {n} (computing: representation of zero) | :: 負のゼロ /fu no zero/ |
| neglect {v} (disregard) | :: 無視する /mushi suru/, 忽略する /kotsuryaku suru/ |
| neglect {n} (act of neglecting) | :: 怠慢 /taiman/, 無視 /mushi/, 忽略 /kotsuryaku/ |
| negligence {n} (failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) | :: 過失 /かしつ, kashitsu/, 疎か /おろそか, orosoka/ |
| negligent {adj} (careless) SEE: careless | :: |
| negligible {adj} (able to be ignored or excluded) | :: 些細 /sasai/, つまらない /tsumaranai/, 取るに足らない /toru ni taranai/ |
| negotiate {v} (confer to reach an agreement (intransitive)) | :: 交渉する /こうしょうする, kōshō suru/, 折衝する /せっしょうする, sesshō suru/ |
| negotiation {n} (process of achieving agreement) | :: 交渉 /こうしょう, kōshō/ |
| negro {n} (Negro) SEE: Negro | :: |
| Negro {n} (person with dark skin) | :: 黒人 /こくじん, kokujin/ |
| negroni {n} (cocktail made from gin, Campari and vermouth) | :: ネグローニ /negurōni/ |
| Negrophobia {n} (the fear, hate or dislike of Black people) | :: 黒人恐怖症 /kokujin kyōfushō/, ニグロフォビア /nigurofobia/ |
| Negros {prop} (island) | :: ネグロス島 /Negurosu-tō/ |
| Nehemiah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: ネヘミヤ記 /nehemiya ki/ |
| Nehemiah {prop} (male given name) | :: ネヘミヤ /Nehemiya/ |
| neigh {n} (the cry of a horse) | :: いななき /inanaki/ |
| neighborhood {n} (nearby area) | :: 近所 /きんじょ, kinjo/, 近隣 /きんりん, kinrin/, 周辺 /しゅうへん, shūhen/, 付近 /ふきん, fukin/ |
| neighbour {n} (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) | :: 隣人 /りんじん, rinjin/, 隣の人 /となりのひと, tonari no hito/, 近所の人 /きんじょのひと, kinjo no hito/, 隣家の人 /りんかのひと, rinka no hito/ [next-door] |
| neighbour {v} (to be adjacent to) | :: 隣り合う /となりあう, tonariau/ |
| Nei Mongol {prop} (Inner Mongolia) SEE: Inner Mongolia | :: |
| neither {determiner} (not one of two; not either) | :: どちらも…ない /dochira mo … nai/ |
| neither {pron} (not either one) | :: どちらも…ない (dochira mo …nai) |
| neither {conj} (not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y) | :: XでもなくYでもない /X demonaku Y demonai/, XもYも…ない /X mo Y mo …nai/ |
| neither {conj} | :: …も…ない /…mo …nai/ |
| neither … nor {conj} (used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas) | :: …もなくて…もない /… mo nakute … mo nai/ [negative sentence, both parts] |
| nematic {adj} | :: ネマティック /nematikku/ |
| nematode {n} (small invertebrate animal) | :: 線形動物 /senkeidōbutsu/ |
| nemesis {n} (archenemy) SEE: archenemy | :: |
| nemesis {n} (righteous infliction of retribution) | :: 報復 /ほうふく, hōfuku/ |
| Nemesis {prop} (Greek goddess of retribution) | :: ネメシス /Nemeshisu/ |
| nene {n} (Branta sandvicensis) | :: ハワイガン |
| neo- {prefix} (new) | :: 新- /しん-, shin-/ |
| neo- {prefix} (contemporary) | :: 現- /げん-, gen-/, 現代- /げんだい-, gendai-/ |
| neodymium {n} (chemical element) | :: ネオジム /neojimu/ |
| neofascism {n} (right-wing political movement) | :: ネオ・ファシズム /neo-fashizumu/ |
| Neolithic {adj} (of or relating to the New Stone Age) | :: 新石器時代 /しんせっきじだい, shinsekki jidai/ |
| neologism {n} (recently coined word) | :: 新語 /しんご, shingo/, 新造語 /しんぞうご, shinzōgo/, 造語 /ぞうご, zōgo/ |
| neon {n} (element) | :: ネオン /neon/ |
| neon {n} (neon signs) | :: ネオン /neon/ |
| neonate {n} (newborn infant) SEE: newborn | :: |
| neo-Nazi {n} (person who believes in a Nazi ideology) | :: ネオナチ /neonachi/ |
| neo-Nazism {n} (the ideology held by neo-Nazis) | :: ネオ·ナチズム /neo-nachizumu/ |
| neon lamp {n} (small gas discharge lamp) | :: ネオン管 /neon-kan/ |
| neophilia {n} (love of new things) | :: 好奇心 /こうきしん, kōkishin/ |
| neophobia {n} (fear of new things) | :: 新奇恐怖症 /しんききょうふしょう, shinki kyōfushō/ |
| neoplasm {n} (abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue) | :: 新生物 /しんせいぶつ, shinseibutsu/ |
| neoprene {n} (synthetic rubber, a polymer of chloroprene, used in various consumer products) | :: ネオプレン /neopuren/ |
| neoteny {n} (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult) | :: ネオテニー /neotenī/, 幼形成熟 /yōkei seijuku/ |
| Nepal {prop} (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal) | :: ネパール /Nepāru/, ニハラ /Nihara/ |
| Nepalese {adj} (Nepali) SEE: Nepali | :: |
| Nepalese {n} (Nepali) SEE: Nepali | :: |
| Nepalese {prop} (Nepali) SEE: Nepali | :: |
| Nepali {adj} (pertaining to Nepal) | :: ネパールの /Nepāru no/ [adnominal] |
| Nepali {n} (person) | :: ネパール人 /Nepāru-jin/ |
| Nepali {prop} (language) | :: ネパール語 /Nepāru-go/ |
| nepheline {n} (feldspathoid mineral) | :: 霞石 /かすみいし, kasumiishi/ |
| nephew {n} (fraternal or sororal nephew, see also: fraternal nephew; sororal nephew) | :: 甥 /おい, oi/ |
| nephrolith {n} (kidney stone) SEE: kidney stone | :: |
| Neptune {prop} (eighth planet of the solar system) | :: 海王星 /かいおうせい, Kaiōsei/, [katakana] ネプチューン /Nepuchūn/, [katakana] ネプトゥーン /Neputūn/ |
| Neptune {prop} (Roman god of the ocean) | :: ネプチューン /nepuchūn/, ネプトゥヌス /neputunusu/ |
| Neptunian {n} (inhabitant of the planet Neptune) | :: 海王星人 /かいおうせいじん, Kaiōsei-jin/ |
| neptunium {n} (chemical element) | :: ネプツニウム /neputsuniumu/ |
| nerd {n} (intellectual, skillful person, generally introverted) | :: オタク /otaku/, おたく /otaku/, ナード /nādo/ |
| nereid {n} (mythological being) | :: ネーレーイス /nērēisu/ |
| Nero {prop} (Roman Emperor from 54 to 68) | :: ネロ |
| neroli {n} (essential oil obtained from the blossom of the bitter orange) | :: ネロリ |
| nerve {n} (bundle of neurons) | :: 神経 /しんけい, shinkei/ |
| nerve {v} (strengthen) SEE: strengthen | :: |
| nerve {v} (encourage) SEE: encourage | :: |
| nerve agent {n} (weapon of mass destruction) SEE: nerve gas | :: |
| nerve cell {n} (cell of the nervous system) | :: 神経細胞 /しんけいさいぼう, shinkei saibō/ |
| nerve fibre {n} (axon) SEE: axon | :: |
| nerve gas {n} (weapon of mass destruction) | :: 神経ガス /shinkei gasu/ |
| nervous {adj} (apprehensive, anxious) | :: そわそわ /sowasowa/ |
| nervous {adj} (relating to the nerves) | :: 神経の /しんけいの, shinkei no/ |
| nervous system {n} (system which coordinates the activity of the body) | :: 神経系 /しんけいけい, shinkeikei/ |
| -ness {suffix} (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being...") | :: -さ /-sa/, -性 /-sei/, [0 ending on -な adjectives] |
| Nessie {prop} (nickname for the Loch Ness monster) | :: ネッシー /Nesshī/ |
| nest {n} (bird-built structure) | :: 巣 /す, su/, ネスト /nesuto/ |
| nest {n} (place for depositing eggs) | :: 巣 /す, su/ |
| nest {n} (snug residence) | :: 巣 /す, su/ |
| nest {n} (hideout) | :: 巣 /su/, 巣窟 /sōkutsu/ |
| nest {n} | :: 入れ子 /ireko/ |
| nest {v} (to build or settle into a nest) | :: 巣籠る /すごもる, sugomoru/ |
| nest {v} (to settle into a home) | :: 籠る /こもる, komoru/ |
| nest box {n} (birdhouse) SEE: birdhouse | :: |
| nestling {n} (small, young bird that is still confined to the nest) | :: 雛鳥 /ひなどり, hinadori/, 雛 /ひな, hina/ |
| net {n} (mesh of string, cord or rope) | :: 網 /あみ, ami/, ネット /netto/ |
| net {n} (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) | :: 網 /あみ, ami/ |
| net {n} (interconnecting system) | :: ネットワーク /nettowāku/ |
| netball {n} (team sport derived from basketball) | :: ネットボール /nettobōru/ |
| netbook {n} (economical notebook computer) | :: ネットブック /nettobukku/ |
| nether {adj} (lower) | :: 下の (したの, shitano) |
| Netherlandic {prop} (Dutch) SEE: Dutch | :: |
| Netherlandish {prop} (Dutch) SEE: Dutch | :: |
| Netherlands {prop} (country in northwestern Europe, see also: Holland) | :: オランダ /Oranda/, [rare] 蘭国 /らんこく, Rankoku/, ネーデルランド /Nēderurando/ |
| Netherlands {adj} (pertaining to the Netherlands) | :: オランダ /Oranda/, ネーデルランド /Nēderurando/ |
| Netherlands Antilles {prop} (former autonomous territory) | :: オランダ領アンティル /Oranda-ryō Antiru/ |
| netherworld {pron} (the spirit world) | :: 冥界 /meikai/ |
| netizen {n} (member of Internet community) | :: ネチズン /nechizun/ |
| net profit {n} (the gross revenue minus all expenses) | :: 純利益 /じゅんりえき, junrieki/, 純利 /じゅんり, junri/ |
| netsuke {n} (miniature sculptures) | :: 根付 /ねつけ, netsuke/, 根付け /ねつけ, netsuke/ |
| nettle {n} (stinging herb of genus Urtica) | :: 蕁麻 /いらくさ, irakusa/ |
| nettle-rash {n} (itchy areas of the skin) SEE: urticaria | :: |
| net weight {n} (weight of a product) | :: 正味重量 /しょうみじゅうりょう, shōmi jūryō/ |
| network {n} (fabric or structure of fibrous elements) | :: 編 /あみ, ami/, メッシュ /messhu/ |
| network {n} (interconnected group or system) | :: ネットワーク /nettowāku/, 網 /もう, mō/ |
| network {n} (directory of people) | :: 人脈 /じんみゃく, jinmyaku/ |
| network {n} (multiple computers and other devices connected together) | :: ネットワーク /nettowāku/, 網 /もう, mō/ |
| network {v} (to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices) | :: ネットに接続する /netto ni setsuzoku suru/ |
| network {v} (to interconnect a group or system) | :: 系統を組む /keitō o kumu/ |
| neuralgia {n} (nerve pain) | :: 神経痛 /しんけいつう, shinkeitsū/ |
| neural network {n} (in artificial intelligence) | :: ニューラルネットワーク /nyūrarunettowāku/, ニューラルネット /nyūrarunetto/ |
| neural network {n} (in anatomy) | :: ニューラルネットワーク /nyūrarunettowāku/, ニューラルネット /nyūrarunetto/ |
| neuritis {n} (inflammation of nerves) | :: 神経炎 /しんけいえん, shinkeien/ |
| neuroglia {n} (cytology: glial cell) | :: 神経膠細胞 /しんけいこうさいぼう, shinkeikōsaibō/ |
| neurology {n} (branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders) | :: 神経学 /しんけいがく, shinkeigaku/ |
| neuron {n} (a cell of the nervous system) | :: 神経細胞 /しんけいさいぼう, shinkei saibō/ |
| neuroscience {n} (scientific study of the nervous system) | :: 神経科学 /しんけいかがく, shinkeikagaku/ |
| neurosis {n} (mental disorder) | :: 神経症 /しんけいしょう, shinkeishō/, ノイローゼ /noirōze/ |
| neurotic {adj} (overanxious) | :: 神経質過ぎ /shinkei-shitsu–sugi/ |
| neurotoxin {n} (type of toxin) | :: 神経毒 /しんけいどく, shinkeidoku/ |
| neurotransmitter {n} (substance responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons) | :: 神経伝達物質 /しんけいでんたつぶっしつ, shinkei dentatsu busshitsu/ |
| neuter {adj} (neutral, neither one thing nor another) | :: 中立的な /chūritsuteki na/, 中立の /chūritsu no/ |
| neuter {adj} (grammar: having a form which is not masculine nor feminine) | :: 中性の /ちゅうせいの, chūsei no/, 中性的な /ちゅうせいてきな, chūseiteki na/ |
| neuter {adj} (grammar: intransitive, see also: intransitive) | :: 自動詞の /jidōshi no/ |
| neuter {adj} (having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones) | :: 未成熟な /miseijuku na/, 未発達の /mihattatsu no/ |
| neuter {adj} | :: 中立 /ちゅうりつ, chūritsu/ |
| neuter {n} (person who takes no part in a contest) | :: 第三者 /daisansha/ |
| neuter {n} (the neuter gender (grammar)) | :: 中性 /ちゅうせい, chūsei/ |
| neuter {n} (grammar: noun of the neuter gender) | :: 中性 /ちゅうせい, chūsei/ |
| neuter {n} (grammar: intransitive verb, see also: intransitive verb) | :: 無変化動詞 /muhenka-dōshi/ |
| neutral {adj} (not taking sides in a conflict) | :: 中立の /chūritsu no/ |
| neutral {adj} (favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate) | :: 中立の /chūritsu no/ |
| neutral {adj} (grammar: neither positive nor negative) | :: 中性の /chūsei no/ |
| neutral {adj} (neither beneficial nor harmful) | :: 毒にも薬にもならない /doku nimo kusuri nimo naranai/ |
| neutral {adj} (chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline) | :: 中性の /chūsei no/ |
| neutralisation {n} (neutralisation) SEE: neutralization | :: |
| neutrality {n} (state of being neutral; taking no part on either side) | :: 中立 /chūritsu/, 中庸 /chūyō/, 中性 /chūsei/ |
| neutralization {n} (neutralization) | :: 中和 /chūwa/ |
| neutralize {v} (to make even, inactive or ineffective) | :: 中和する /ちゅうわする, chūwa suru/, 相殺する /そうさいする, sōsai suru/ |
| neutrino {n} (en elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge) | :: 中性微子 /chūseibishi/, ニュートリノ /nyūtorino/ |
| neutron {n} (subatomic particle) | :: 中性子 /ちゅうせいし, chūseishi/ |
| neutron bomb {n} (atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons) | :: 中性子爆弾 /ちゅうせいしばくだん, chūseishi bakudan/ |
| neutron star {n} (star composed of neutrons) | :: 中性子星 /chūseishi-sei/ |
| Neva {prop} (river) | :: ネヴァ /Neva/, ネバ /Neba/ |
| Nevada {prop} (US state) | :: ネバダ /Nebada/ |
| never {adv} (at no time) | :: [in negative sentences] 決して /けっして, kesshite/, 何時でも /いつでも, itsudemo/, 曾て /かつて, katsute/, 万々 /まんまん, manman, ばんばん, banban/ |
| never again {adv} (at no time in the future) | :: 二度とない /にどとない, nidotonai/ |
| never ever {adv} (emphatic never) | :: 絶対 /zettai/ |
| never mind {v} (it is not important) | :: ご心配なく /ごしんぱいなく, go-shinpai naku/ |
| never mind {v} (do not be concerned (about someone or something, or about doing something)) | :: 気にしないでください /きにしないでください, ki ni shinaide kudasai/ [informal], 気にするな /きにするな, ki ni suru na/ [informal], 気にしないで /きにしない, ki ni shinaide/ [informal] |
| never mind {v} (I was wrong; I withdraw my previous statement) | :: なんでもない /nandemonai/ |
| never mind {v} (let alone; much less) SEE: let alone | :: |
| nevermore {adv} (never again) SEE: never again | :: |
| nevertheless {adv} (in spite of what preceded) | :: それでも /sore demo/, やはり /yahari/, それにもかかわらず /sore ni kakawarazu/, しかも /shikamo/ |
| nevus {n} (benign lesion on skin) SEE: mole | :: |
| new {adj} (recently made or created) | :: 新しい /あたらしい, atarashii/, 新 /にい, nī/, ニュー /nyū/ |
| new {adj} (in original condition, pristine) | :: 新しい /あたらしい, atarashii/ |
| new {adj} (of recent origin) | :: 新しい /あたらしい, atarashii/ |
| new {adj} (strange, unfamiliar) | :: 慣れる /なれる, nareru/ |
| new {adj} (inexperienced, unaccustomed) | :: 慣れる /なれる, nareru/ |
| Newari {prop} (Newari language) | :: ネパール・バサ語 /Nepāru-basa-go/ |
| newb {n} (newbie) SEE: newbie | :: |
| newbie {n} (new (inexperienced) user or participant) | :: 初心者 /しょしんしゃ, shoshinsha/, 今道心 /いまどうしん, imadōshin/, 若僧 /わかぞう, wakazō/ |
| newborn {n} (recently born baby) | :: 新生児 /しんせいじ, shinseiji/ |
| New Britain {prop} (island) | :: ニューブリテン島 /nyūburitentō/ |
| New Brunswick {prop} (province in eastern Canada) | :: ニューブランズウィック /Nyūburanzuwikku/, ニューブランズウィック州 /Nyūburanzuwikku-shū/ |
| New Caledonia {prop} (overseas territory of France) | :: ニューカレドニア /Nyūkaredonia/ |
| Newcastle {prop} (city) | :: ニューカッスル /Nyūkassuru/ |
| Newcastle disease {n} (disease of poultry) | :: ニューカッスル病 /Nyūkassuru-byō/ |
| Newcastle upon Tyne {prop} (city in the county of Tyne and Wear) | :: ニューカッスル・アポン・タイン /Nyūkassuru apon tain/ |
| newcomer {n} (one who has recently arrived in a community) | :: 新人 /しんじん, shinjin/, 新入り /shin'iri/, 新参 /shinzan/, 新参者 /shinzanmono/ |
| newcomer {n} (new participant in some activity) | :: 新人 /shinjin/ |
| New Delhi {prop} (capital of India) | :: ニューデリー /Nyū-Derī/, ニュー・デリー /Nyū-Derī/ |
| New England {prop} (six states of the United States) | :: ニューイングランド /Nyū Ingurando/ |
| New English {prop} (form of the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550) | :: 近代英語 /kindai eigo/ |
| newfangled {adj} (modern, unfamiliar or different) | :: 新しもの好きの /atarashi mono suki no/ |
| Newfoundland {prop} (Island off the coast of Eastern Canada) | :: ニューファンドランド /Nyūfandorando/ |
| Newfoundland and Labrador {prop} (Province in eastern Canada) | :: ニューファンドランド・ラブラドール /Nyūfandorando-Raburadōru/ |
| New Guinea {prop} (large island) | :: ニューギニア /Nyūginia/ |
| New Hampshire {prop} (US state) | :: ニューハンプシャー /Nyūhanpushā/ |
| New Jersey {prop} (a northeast state of the United States of America) | :: ニュージャージー /Nyūjājī/ |
| newlywed {n} (a recently married person) | :: 新婚夫婦 /しんこんふうふ, shinkon fūfu/ |
| newlywed {adj} (recently married) | :: 新婚 /しんこん, shinkon/ |
| New Mexico {prop} (US State) | :: ニューメキシコ /Nyū-Mekishiko/, ヌエボ・メヒコ /Nuebo-Mehiko/, 新メキシコ州 /Shin Mekishiko-shū/ |
| new moon {n} (phase of moon when in conjunction with sun) | :: 新月 /しんげつ, shingetsu/, 朔 /さく, saku/ |
| New Orleans {prop} (city) | :: ニューオーリンズ /Nyūōrinzu/ |
| news {n} (new information of interest) | :: ニュース /nyūsu/, 知らせ /shirase/ |
| news {n} (reports of current events) | :: ニュース /nyūsu/ |
| news agency {n} (organisation that gathers and distributes news) | :: 通信社 /つうしんしゃ, tsūshinsha/ |
| newsagent {n} (retail business) | :: 新聞販売店 /しんぶんはんばいてん, shinbun hanbaiten/ |
| news conference {n} (press conference) SEE: press conference | :: |
| newsfeed {n} (a feed of news content) | :: ニュースフィード /nyūsufīdo/ |
| newsgroup {n} (repository for posting messages on a computer network) | :: ニュースグループ /nyūsugurūpu/ |
| newsletter {n} (publication) | :: ニュースレター /nyūsuretā/ |
| New South Wales {prop} (one state of Australia) | :: ニューサウスウェールズ /Nyū-Sausu-Wēruzu/ |
| New Spain {prop} (historical colony) | :: ヌエバ・エスパーニャ /Nueba Esupānia/ |
| newspaper {n} (publication) | :: 新聞 /しんぶん, shinbun/ |
| newspaper {n} (paper on which newspapers are printed) | :: 新聞紙 /しんぶんし, shinbunshi/ |
| Newspeak {prop} (fictional language) | :: ニュースピーク /nyūsupīku/ |
| newsroom {n} (the office of a news organisation) | :: ニュースルーム /nyūsurūmu/, 報道局 /ほうどうきょく, hōdōkyoku/, 報道部 /ほうどうぶ, hōdōbu/ |
| New Stone Age {prop} (Neolithic) SEE: Neolithic | :: |
| newt {n} (type of salamander) | :: イモリ /imori/, 井守 /いもり, imori/, 蠑螈 /いもり, imori/ |
| New Taipei {prop} (special municipality in northern Taiwan) | :: 新北 /しんほく, Shinhoku/ |
| New Taiwan dollar {n} (currency of Taiwan) | :: ニュー台湾ドル /Nyū-Taiwan-doru/, 新台湾ドル /Shin-Taiwan-doru/, 台湾ドル /Taiwan-doru/ |
| New Testament {prop} (second half of the Christian Bible) | :: 新約聖書 /しんやくせいしょ, shin'yaku seisho/ |
| newton {n} (derived unit of force) | :: ニュートン /nyūton/ |
| Newton {prop} (place name) | :: ニュートン /Nyūton/ |
| Newton {prop} (surname) | :: ニュートン /Nyūton/ |
| New World {prop} (the Americas and Oceania) | :: 新世界 /しんせかい, Shinsekai/ |
| New World monkey {n} (families of primates found in Central and South America) | :: 新世界ザル /shinsekaizaru/ |
| New World Order {prop} (vision for the world) | :: 新世界秩序 /shinsekai chitsujo/ |
| new year {n} (year following the current year) | :: 新年 /shinnen/ |
| New Year {n} (January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following) | :: 新年 /しんねん, shinnen/ |
| New Year's Day {n} (holiday occurring on January 1st) | :: 元日 /ganjitsu/, 元旦 /gantan/ |
| New Year's Eve {prop} (holiday on December 31st) | :: 大晦日 /おおみそか, ōmisoka/ |
| New Year's resolution {n} (vow one makes for the coming year) | :: 新年の抱負 /shin'nen no hōfu/ |
| New York {prop} (state) | :: ニューヨーク /Nyūyōku/, 紐育 /Nyūyōku/ |
| New York {prop} (city) SEE: New York City | :: |
| New York City {prop} (large city in the USA) | :: ニューヨーク /Nyūyōku/, 紐育 /Nyūyōku/ |
| New Yorker {n} (a native or resident of New York City) | :: ニューヨーカー /Nyū Yōkā/, ニューヨーク人 /Nyū Yōku-jin/ |
| New Yorker {n} (a native or resident of the state of New York) | :: ニューヨーカー /Nyū Yōkā/, ニューヨーク人 /Nyū Yōku-jin/ |
| New York State {prop} (The State of New York) | :: ニューヨーク州 /Nyūyōku shū/ |
| New Zealand {prop} (country in Oceania) | :: ニュージーランド /Nyūjīrando/, ニュー・ジーランド /Nyū-Jīrando/ |
| New Zealand dollar {n} (official currency of New Zealand) | :: ニュージーランドドル /Nyūjīrando-doru/ |
| New Zealander {n} (a person from New Zealand or of New Zealand descent) | :: ニュージーランド人 /Nyūjīrando-jin/ |
| next {adj} (following in a sequence) | :: 次の /つぎの, tsugi no/ |
| next {adj} (being closer to the present location than all other items) | :: 隣の /となりの, tonari no/ |
| next {adj} (nearest date, time, space or order) | :: 明くる /あくる, akuru/ |
| next {prep} (next to) SEE: next to | :: |
| nextly {adv} (next) SEE: next | :: |
| next to {prep} (beside; alongside) | :: ...の隣 /...のとなり, ...no tonari/ |
| next to last {adj} (penultimate) SEE: penultimate | :: |
| next to nothing {pron} (very little) | :: ほとんど何もない /ほとんどなにもない, hotondo nani mo nai/ |
| next year {adv} (year after this one) | :: 来年 /らいねん, rainen/ |
| nexus {n} (connection) | :: 連結 /renketsu/ |
| nexus {n} (connected group) | :: 關聯 /kanren/ |
| ney {n} (a type of flute) | :: ナーイ /nai/ |
| négligée {n} (nightgown) | :: ネグリジェ /negurije/ |
| NGO {n} (non-governmental organization) | :: 非政府組織 /ひせいふそしき, hiseifu-soshiki/, NGO /enu jī ō/ |
| Nguyen {prop} (Vietnamese surname) | :: グエン /Guen/ |
| niacin {n} (water-soluble vitamin) | :: ナイアシン /naiashin/ |
| Niagara Falls {prop} (waterfalls) | :: ナイアガラの滝 /naiagaranotaki/ |
| Niamey {prop} (capital of Niger) | :: ニアメー /Niamē/ |
| nib {n} (tip of a pen) | :: ペン先 /pensaki/ |
| nibble {n} ((computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits) | :: ニブル /niburu/ |
| Nicaragua {prop} (a country in Central America) | :: ニカラグア /Nikaragua/ |
| nice {adj} (pleasant) | :: 快い /こころよい, kokoroyoi/, 可愛い /kawaii/ |
| Nice {prop} (city in France) | :: ニース /Nīsu/ |
| nice guy {n} (man who is unappealing to women) | :: いい人 /いい ひと, ii hito/ |
| nice-looking {adj} (attractive) SEE: attractive | :: |
| Nicene Creed {prop} (official creed of the early Christian church stating tenets of the Christian faith) | :: ニカイア信条 /Nikaia shinjō/ |
| nice to meet you {phrase} (pleased to meet you) SEE: pleased to meet you | :: |
| nicety {n} (subtlety or precision of use) | :: 微妙 /びみょう, bimyō/ |
| niche {n} (cavity, hollow, or recess) | :: 壁龕 /へきがん, hekigan/ |
| niche {n} (ecological function of an organism) | :: 生態的地位 /せいたいてきちい, seitaiteki chii/ |
| niche {n} (position of opportunity) | :: 最適の地位 /さいてきのちい, saiteki no chii/, ニッチ /nitchi/ |
| Nicholas {prop} (male given name) | :: [transliteration] ニコラス /Nikorasu/ |
| nickel {n} (element) | :: ニッケル /nikkeru/ |
| nickel silver {n} (alloy) | :: 洋銀 /ようぎん, yōgin/ |
| nickname {n} (familiar, invented given name) | :: 愛称 /aishō/, ニックネーム /nikkunēmu/, 渾名 /あだな, adana/, 綽名 /あだな, adana/, 綽号 /しゃくごう, shakugō/ |
| nickname {v} (to give a nickname to) | :: 渾名する /あだなする, adana suru/ |
| Nicolas {prop} (Transliterations of the surname) | :: ニコラス // |
| Nicosia {prop} (capital of Cyprus) | :: ニコシア /Nikoshia/ |
| nicotine {n} (addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco) | :: ニコチン /nikochin/ |
| nicotine patch {n} (adhesive patch) | :: ニコチンパッチ /nikochinpatchi/ |
| nictitating membrane {n} (transparent protective fold of skin) | :: 瞬膜 /しゅんまく, shunmaku/ |
| niece {n} (fraternal or sororal niece, see also: fraternal niece; sororal niece) | :: 姪 /めい, mei/ |
| niece-in-law {n} (niece of someone's husband) SEE: niece | :: |
| niece-in-law {n} (niece of someone's wife) SEE: niece | :: |
| nief {n} (fist) SEE: fist | :: |
| niello {n} (any of various black metal alloys) | :: 黒金 /こっきん, kokkin/, ニエロ /niero/ |
| Nietzsche {prop} (surname) | :: ニーチェ /Nīche/ |
| Nietzschean {adj} (pertaining to Nietzsche or his writings) | :: ニーチェの /Nīche no/ |
| Nietzscheanism {n} (philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche) | :: ニーチェ教 /ニーチェきょう, Nīche-kyō/ |
| Niger {prop} (country) | :: ニジェール /Nijēru/ |
| Niger {prop} (river) | :: ニジェール /Nijēru/ |
| Nigeria {prop} (a country in Western Africa) | :: ナイジェリア /Naijeria/ |
| Nigerian {n} (person) | :: ナイジェリア人 /Nijeria-jin/ |
| niggard {v} (a miser or stingy person) SEE: skinflint | :: |
| nigger {n} (Negro person, black person (pejorative)) | :: 黒んぼ /kuronbo/ |
| nigh {adj} (near, close by) | :: 近い |
| night {n} (period between sunset and sunrise) | :: 夜 /よる, yoru, よ, yo/ |
| night {n} (evening or night spent at a particular activity) | :: 一晩 /hitoban/ |
| night {n} (night spent away from home) | :: 一泊 /ippaku/ |
| night {n} (nightfall) | :: 日暮れ /higure/ |
| night {n} (darkness) | :: 闇 /yami/ |
| night and day {adv} (day and night) SEE: day and night | :: |
| nightcap {n} (beverage) | :: 寝酒 /nezake/ |
| nightclub {n} (establishment that is open late at night) | :: ナイトクラブ /naito kurabu/ |
| nightdress {n} (sleeping garment worn by women) SEE: nightgown | :: |
| night emission {n} (nocturnal emission) SEE: nocturnal emission | :: |
| nightfall {n} (the close of the day; the coming of night) | :: 日暮 /ひぐれ, higure/ |
| nightgown {n} (sleeping garment worn by women) | :: ねまき /nemaki/, ナイトガウン /naitogaun/ |
| nighthawk {n} (night owl) SEE: night owl | :: |
| night heron {n} (species of heron) | :: 五位鷺 /ゴイサギ, goisagi/ |
| nightie {n} (sleeping garment worn by women) SEE: nightgown | :: |
| nightingale {n} (bird) | :: サヨナキドリ /sayonakidori/ |
| nightlife {n} (Selection of nocturnal activities) | :: 夜遊び /よあそび, yoasobi/, ナイトライフ /naitoraifu/ |
| nightlight {n} (a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight) | :: 常夜灯 /じょうやとう, jōyatō/, 常夜燈 /じょうやとう, jōyatō/ |
| nightmare {n} (dream) | :: 悪夢 /あくむ, akumu/ |
| nightmare {n} (experience) | :: 悪夢 /akumu/ |
| night market {n} (a market that only operates at night) | :: 夜市 /よいち, yoichi, よるいち, yoruichi/ |
| night owl {n} (one who is awake at night) | :: 夜更かし /よふかし, yofukashi/, 宵っ張り /よいっぱり, yoippari/, 宵っぱり /よいっぱり, yoippari/, 夜型 /よるがた, yorugata/ |
| night person {n} (night-active person) | :: 夜型 /よるがた, yorugata/ |
| night school {n} (A school with classes held predominantly in the evening) | :: 夜学 /やがく, yagaku/ |
| nightshade {n} (deadly nightshade) SEE: deadly nightshade | :: |
| night shift {n} (period) | :: 夜勤 /やきん, yakin/ |
| nightshirt {n} (shirt-like garment) SEE: nightgown | :: |
| nightstand {n} (small table placed at the head side of a bed) | :: ナイトテーブル /naito tēburu/, ナイトスタンド /naitosutando/ |
| night terror {n} (sleeping disorder) | :: 夜驚症 /やきょうしょう, yakyōshō/ |
| nighttime {n} (hours of darkness) | :: 夜間 /やかん, yakan/, 夜分 /やぶん, yabun/ |
| night vision {n} (ability to see in the dark) | :: 暗視 /anshi/ |
| nigiri {n} (a regular sushi) | :: 握り /にぎり, nigiri/, 握り寿司 /にぎりずし, nigirizushi/ |
| nigorobuna {n} (fish) | :: ニゴロブナ /nigorobuna/, 煮頃鮒 /にごろぶな, nigorobuna/, 似五郎鮒 /にごろぶな, nigorobuna/ |
| nihilism {n} (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life) | :: ニヒリズム /nihirizumu/, 虚無主義 /きょむしゅぎ, kyomushugi/ |
| Nihongo {n} (Japanese) SEE: Japanese | :: |
| nihonium {n} | :: ニホニウム /nihoniumu/ |
| Niigata {prop} (a city of Japan) | :: 新潟 /にいがた, Nīgata/ |
| nikkei {n} (a person or people of the Japanese diaspora) | :: 日系 /にっけい, Nikkei/, 日系人 /にっけいじん, Nikkeijin/ |
| Nikolayevsk {prop} (former name of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur) | :: ニコラエフスク /Nikoraefusuku/ |
| Nikolayevsk-on-Amur {prop} (city) | :: ニコラエフスク・ナ・アムーレ /Nikoraefusuku-na-Amūre/ |
| nikud {n} (system of diacritics for Hebrew) | :: ニクダー /nikudā/ |
| nikuman {n} (baozi; Chinese steamed stuffed bun) | :: 肉饅 /にくまん, nikuman/, 肉饅頭 /にくまんじゅう, nikumanjū/, 豚饅 /ぶたまん, butaman/ [Kansai] |
| nil {n} (nothing) | :: ニル /niru/ |
| Nile {prop} (river) | :: ナイル川 /Nairu-gawá/ |
| Nile perch {n} (Lates niloticus) | :: ナイルパーチ /nairupāchi/ |
| nimbostratus {n} (cloud type) | :: 乱層雲 /らんそううん, ransōun/, 雨雲 /あまぐも, amagumo/ |
| nimbus {n} (circle of light; halo) | :: 後光 /ごこう, gokō/, 暈 /かさ, kasa/, 光環 /こうかん, kōkan/ |
| nimbus {n} (rain cloud) | :: 雨雲 /あまぐも, amagumo/ |
| nincompoop {n} (foolish or silly person) | :: あんぽんたん, うすらとんかち, おたんちん |
| nine {num} (cardinal number) | :: 九 /く, ku, きゅう, kyū/, 九つ /ここのつ, kokonotsu/ |
| nine hundred {num} (cardinal number 900) | :: 九百 /kyūhyaku/ |
| nine o'clock {n} (the start of the tenth hour) | :: 九時 /くじ, ku-ji/ |
| nineteen {num} (cardinal number) | :: 十九 /じゅうきゅう, jūkyū/ |
| nine thousand {num} (9000) | :: 九千 /きゅうせん, kyūsen/ |
| nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine {num} (cardinal number 9,999) | :: 九千九百九十九 /kyūsen kyūhyaku kyūjū kyū/ |
| nineties {n} (the decade of the 1990s) | :: 九十年代 /kyūjū-nendai/, 90年代 /kyūjū-nendai/ |
| ninetieth {adj} (ordinal form of ninety) | :: 第九十 /dai-kyūjū/ |
| ninety {num} (90) | :: 九十 /きゅうじゅう, kyūjū, くじゅう, kujū/ |
| ninety-eight {num} (98) | :: 九十八 /kyūjūhachi/ |
| ninety-five {num} (95) | :: 九十五 /kyūjūgo/ |
| ninety-four {num} (94) | :: 九十四 /kyūjūshi/ |
| ninety-nine {num} (cardinal number 99) | :: 九十九 /kyūjūkyū/ |
| ninety-one {num} (cardinal number ninety-one) | :: 九十一 /きゅうじゅういち, kyūjūichi/ |
| ninety-seven {num} (97) | :: 九十七 /kyūjūshichi/ |
| ninety-six {num} (96) | :: 九十六 /kyūjūroku/ |
| ninety-three {num} (93) | :: 九十三 /kyūjūsan/ |
| ninety-two {num} (92) | :: 九十二 /kyūjūni/ |
| Nineveh {prop} (capital of Assyria) | :: ニネヴェ /Nineve/ |
| Ningbo {prop} (a city of China) | :: 寧波 /ねいは, Neiha, ニンポー, Ninbō/ |
| Ningxia {prop} (autonomous region of China) | :: 寧夏 /ねいか, Neika/ |
| ninja {n} (person trained in ninjutsu) | :: 忍者 /ninja/, 忍び /shinobi/, 忍びの者 /shinobi no mono/ |
| ninjutsu {n} (ninjutsu) | :: 忍術 /ninjutsu/, 忍術 /にんじゅつ, ninjutsu/, 忍法 /にんぽう, ninpō/ |
| Nintendo {n} (Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo) | :: 任天堂 /Nintendō/, ニンテンドー /Nintendō/, ファミコン /famikon/ |
| ninth {adj} (ordinal form of nine, see also: 9th) | :: 九番目 /きゅうばんめ, kyūban-me/ |
| ninth grade {n} (period in school) | :: 中学三年 /chūgaku sannen/, 中三 /chūsan/ |
| niobium {n} (chemical element) | :: ニオブ /niobu/ |
| Niçois {adj} (relating to city of Nice) | :: ニース人 /Nīsu hito/ |
| Nip {n} (offensive: a Japanese person) SEE: Jap | :: |
| Niphon {prop} (Honshu) SEE: Honshu | :: |
| nipple {n} (projection of mammary gland) | :: 乳首 /ちちくび, chichikubi/, 乳頭 /にゅうとう, nyūtō/, ニップル /nippuru/ |
| Nippo- {prefix} (relating to Japan or Japanese) | :: 日 /にち, Nichi-, にっ, Ni'-/, 和 /わ, Wa-/ [of language or style] |
| Nippon {prop} (a country in East Asia) SEE: Japan | :: |
| Nipponese {adj} (Japanese) SEE: Japanese | :: |
| Nipponese {prop} (Japanese) SEE: Japanese | :: |
| nipponize {v} (to make or become more Japanese) | :: 日本化する /にほんかする, Nihonka-suru/ |
| nipponize {v} (to convert to Katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script) | :: 日本化する /にほんかする, Nihonka-suru/, 仮名書きする /かながきする, kanagaki-suru/ |
| nipponize {v} (to translate into Japanese) | :: 日本語に翻訳する /にほんごにほんやくする, Nihongo-ni hon'yaku-suru/, 和訳する /わやくする, Wayaku-suru/ |
| niqqud {n} (nikud) SEE: nikud | :: |
| nirvana {n} (Buddhism: cessation of suffering) | :: 寂滅 /jakumetsu/, 涅槃 /nehan/ |
| nirvana {n} (state of bliss) | :: 入寂 /にゅうじゃく, nyūjaku/, 涅槃 /ねはん, nehan/ |
| nit {n} (egg of a louse) | :: 寄生虫の卵 /きせいちゅうのたまご, kiseichū no tamago/ |
| nithing {n} (coward, dastard) SEE: coward | :: |
| nithing {adj} (cowardly, dastardly) SEE: cowardly | :: |
| nitpick {v} (to correct minutiae or find fault) | :: 揚げ足を取る /あげあしをとる, ageashi o toru/, 咎める /とがめる, togameru/ |
| nitpick {v} (to pick nits) | :: シラミを取る /shirami o toru/ |
| nitric acid {n} (HNO3) | :: 硝酸 /しょうさん, shōsan/ |
| nitric oxide {n} (binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen) | :: 一酸化窒素 /issanka-chisso/ |
| nitrile {n} (class of organic compounds) | :: ニトリル /nitoriru/ |
| nitrogen {n} (chemical element) | :: 窒素 /ちっそ, chisso/ |
| nitrogen cycle {n} (natural circulation of nitrogen) | :: 窒素循環 /chisso junkan/ |
| nitrogen monoxide {n} (nitric oxide) SEE: nitric oxide | :: |
| nitroglycerine {n} (the compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate) | :: ニトログリセリン /nitoroguriserin/ |
| nitro-hydrochloric acid {n} (aqua regia) SEE: aqua regia | :: |
| nitrous acid {n} (weak acid, HNO2) | :: 亜硝酸 /あしょうさん, ashōsan/ |
| nitrous oxide {n} (nitrous oxide) | :: 亜酸化窒素 /あさんかちっそ, asanka chisso/ |
| nitty {adj} (foolish, inane) SEE: foolish | :: |
| nitty {adj} (fastidious, fussy, nit-picky) SEE: fastidious | :: |
| nitty {adj} ((excessively) detailed, specific) SEE: detailed | :: |
| nitty {n} (dope fiend, druggie) SEE: drug addict | :: |
| Niue {prop} (island of Niue) | :: ニウエ /Niue/ |
| Nivkh {prop} (language) | :: ニヴフ語 /ニヴフご, Nibufu-go/ |
| Nivôse {prop} (the fourth month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: ニヴォーズ /nivōzu/, 雪月 /ゆきつき, yukitsuki/ |
| Nixon {prop} (surname) | :: ニクソン /Nikuson/ |
| Nizhny Novgorod {prop} (large city in Russia) | :: ニジニ・ノヴゴロド /Nijini-Novugorodo/ |
| no {determiner} (not any) | :: 無い /nai/, ない /nai/, ありません /arimasen/ |
| no {determiner} (used to show an activity is forbidden) | :: 駄目 /dame/ |
| no {particle} (used to show disagreement or negation) | :: いいえ /iie/ [polite], いえ /ie/ [polite], ううん /ūn/ [informal], 違う /ちがう, chigau/, いや /iya/ |
| no {particle} (used to show agreement with a negative question (in some languages this response is the usual word for "yes")) | :: はい /hai/, うん /un/ |
| no {n} (a negating expression) | :: しない /shinai/, ません /masen/ |
| No. {n} (abbreviation of "number") | :: No. /nanbā/, № /nanbā/ |
| Noah {prop} (biblical character) | :: ノア /Noa/ |
| Noah {prop} (male given name) | :: ノア /Noa/ |
| Noah's ark {prop} (the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis) | :: ノアの箱舟 /Noa no hakobune/ |
| nobelium {n} (chemical element) | :: ノーベリウム /nōberiumu/ |
| Nobel Prize {n} (international prize) | :: ノーベル賞 /Nōberu-shō/ |
| nobility {n} (noble or privileged social class) | :: 貴族 /kizoku/ |
| nobility {n} (the quality of being noble) | :: 崇高 /sūkō/, 高潔 /kōketsu/ |
| noble {n} (aristocrat) | :: 貴族 /きぞく, kizoku/ |
| noble {adj} (having honorable qualities) | :: 偉い /erai/, 立派な /rippa na/ |
| noble {adj} (of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth) | :: 偉い /erai/, 貴い /tōtoi/, 高貴な /kōki na/, 貴族の /kizoku no/ |
| noble eightfold path {prop} (Buddhist doctrine) | :: 八正道 /hasshōdō/ |
| noble gas {n} (element of group 18 of the periodic table) | :: 貴ガス /ki-gasu/ |
| nobleman {n} (man of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat) | :: 貴族 /きぞく, kizoku/, 華族 /かぞく, kazoku/ |
| noble rot {n} (fungus) | :: 貴腐 /kifu/ |
| noblesse oblige {n} (the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank) | :: ノブレス・オブリージュ /noburesu oburīju/ |
| noblewoman {n} (a woman of noble rank) | :: 貴族 /きぞく, kizoku/ |
| nobody {pron} (not any person; the logical negation of somebody) SEE: no one | :: |
| nobody's perfect {phrase} (phrase to remind that we all fail at times) | :: 完全無欠な人はいない /かんぜんむけつなひとはいない, kanzen muketsu na hito wa inai/ |
| no comment {phrase} ("official" refusal to relay any further information) | :: ノーコメント /nōkomento/, 何も言うことはありません /nani-mo iu koto-wa arimasen/ |
| noctuid {n} (moth of the family Noctuidae) SEE: owlet moth | :: |
| noctule {n} (bat of the genus Nyctalus) | :: 山蝙蝠 /やまこうもり, yamakōmori/, ヤマコウモリ /yamakōmori/ |
| nocturnal {adj} (primarily active during the night) | :: 夜行 /やこう, yakō, やぎょう, yagyō/, 夜行性 /やこうせい, yakōsei/ |
| nocturnal emission {n} (ejaculation or orgasm while asleep) | :: 夢精 /むせい, musei/, 遺精 /いせい, isei/ |
| nocturnality {n} (being active at night) | :: 夜行性 /yakōsei/ |
| nocturne {n} (a dreamlike or pensive composition) | :: 夜想曲 /やそうきょく, yasōkyoku/, ノクターン /nokutān/ |
| nod {v} (incline the head up and down) | :: 頷く /うなずく, unazuku/ |
| node {n} (astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic) | :: ノード /nōdo/ |
| node {n} (joint of a plant stem) | :: ノード /nōdo/ |
| node {n} (vertex of a graph of a network) | :: 節点 /せってん, setten/ |
| no doubt {adv} (without a doubt) | :: 間違いなく /まちがいなく, machigai-naku/, 疑いもなく /うたがいもなく, utagai mo naku/ |
| no entry {phrase} (entry is forbidden) | :: 立入禁止 /たちいり きんし, tachiiri kinshi/ |
| no fear {interj} (no way) SEE: no way | :: |
| Noh {n} (Japanese musical drama) | :: 能 /のう, Nō/, 能楽 /のうがく, Nōgaku/ |
| no idea {interj} (I don't know) | :: 全く分かりません /mattaku wakarimasen/ |
| noise {n} (various sounds, usually unwanted) | :: 雑音 /ざつおん, zatsuon/, 騒音 /そうおん, sōon/, ノイズ /noizu/ |
| noise {n} (sound or signal generated by random fluctuations) | :: ノイズ /noizu/ |
| noiselessly {adv} (in a quiet manner) | :: 音を立てずに /おとをたてずに oto o tatezu ni/ |
| noise pollution {n} (excessive noise) | :: 騒音公害 /sōon kōgai/ |
| noisy {adj} (making a noise) | :: うるさい /urusai/, 騒がしい /さわがしい, sawagashii/ |
| Nokia {prop} (a town in Finland) | :: ノキア /Nokia/ |
| no longer {adv} (not any more) | :: 最早 /mohaya/ (...+ negative), もう /mō/ (...+ negative), これ以上 /kore ijō/ (...+ negative), 以上 /いじょう, ijō/ |
| nom {interj} (interjection to denote enjoyment of eating) | :: ぱくぱく /pakupaku/ |
| noma {n} (disease) | :: 水癌 /すいがん, suigan/ |
| nomad {n} (a member of society or class who wander with their herds) | :: 遊牧民 /ゆうぼくみん, yūbokumin/ |
| nomad {n} (a wanderer) SEE: wanderer | :: |
| no man is an island {proverb} (all people are dependent on other people) | :: なんぴとも一島嶼にてはあらず |
| no matter {prep} (regardless of) | :: ……とも /tomo/, ...でも /demo/ |
| no matter what {prep} (whatever) | :: 何が何でも /なにがなんでも, nani ga nan demo/, とにかく /tonikaku/ |
| nom de guerre {n} (pseudonym) SEE: pseudonym | :: |
| nom de plume {n} (pseudonym) SEE: pseudonym | :: |
| nomenclature {n} (set of names or terms) | :: 命名法 /めいめいほう, meimeihō/ |
| nominalization {n} (use of a verb or an adjective as a noun) | :: 名詞化 /めいしか, meishika/ |
| nominative {n} (the nominative case) SEE: nominative case | :: |
| nominative case {n} (case used to indicate the subject) | :: 主格 /しゅかく, shukaku/ |
| non- {prefix} (not) | :: 非 /hi-/, 不 /fu-/, 無 /mu-/ |
| nonagon {n} (A polygon with nine sides and nine angles) | :: 九角形 /kyūkakukei/ |
| nonalcoholic {adj} (containing at most trace amounts of alcohol) | :: ノンアルコール /non'arukōru/ |
| nonane {n} (nonane) | :: ノナン /nonan/ |
| non-binary {adj} (outside the gender binary, see also: genderqueer) | :: Xジェンダー /ekkusu-jendā/ |
| non-breaking space {n} (a variant of the space character) | :: ノーブレークスペース /nōburēkusupēsu/ |
| noncommissioned officer {n} (non-commissioned officer) SEE: non-commissioned officer | :: |
| non-commissioned officer {n} (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) | :: 下士官 /kashikan/ |
| noncommittal {adj} (tending to avoid commitment) | :: どっちつかずの /docchitsukazu no/ |
| nonconsolidated {adj} (including the financial data of only the parent company) | :: 単独決算の /たんどくれんけつの, tandoku renketsu-no/, 非決算の /ひれんけつの, hi-renketsu-no/ |
| non-disclosure agreement {n} (contract not to disclose certain information) | :: 非開示合意 /hi kaiji gōi/ |
| none {pron} (not any person) | :: 誰も...ない /だれも...ない, dare mo ... nai/ |
| none {pron} (not any thing) | :: どれでも...ない /dorenimo...nai/ |
| nonentity {n} (nonexistence) SEE: nonexistence | :: |
| none of someone's business {n} (matter that someone is not entitled to be involved in) | :: 大きなお世話 /おおきなおせわ, ōkina osewa/ |
| nones {n} (midday) SEE: noon | :: |
| nones {n} (midday meal) SEE: lunch | :: |
| non-esterified fatty acid {n} (non-esterified fatty acid) | :: 遊離脂肪酸 /ゆうりしぼうさん, yūri shibōsan/ |
| nonetheless {adv} (nevertheless) | :: にもかかわらず /nimo kakawarazu/ |
| no news is good news {proverb} (lack of information suggests nothing bad) | :: 便りのないのは良い知らせ /たよりのないのはよいしらせ, tayori no nai no wa yoi shirase/ |
| nonexample {n} | :: 非該当例 /higaitōrei/ |
| nonexistence {n} (The state of not existing) | :: 非実在 /hijitsuzai/ |
| nonexistent {adj} (not existent) | :: 存在しない /そんざいしない, sonzai shinai/, 無い /ない, nai/ |
| nonfiction {n} (written works intended to give facts) | :: ノンフィクション /nonfikushon/ |
| nonfree {adj} (not free of charge) | :: 有料 /ゆうりょう, yūryō/ |
| non-governmental organization {n} (organization with no government participation) | :: 非政府組織 /ひせいふそしき, hiseifu soshiki/ |
| nonillion {num} (1030, see also: quintillion) | :: 百穣 /ひゃくじょう, hyakujō/ |
| noninterference {n} (policy of not interfering in the domestic policies of another) | :: 不干渉 /ふかんしょう, fukanshō/ |
| nonkilling {n} (A precept or worldview) | :: 不殺生 /fusesshō/ |
| nonlinear {adj} (of a system: whose output is not directly proportional to its input) | :: 非線形 /hisenkei/ |
| nonlinearity {n} (state of being nonlinear) | :: 非線形性 /hisenkeisei/ |
| nonnegative {adj} (either zero or positive) | :: 非負 /hifu/ |
| nonpareil {n} (sprinkles) SEE: sprinkles | :: |
| nonpositive {adj} (either zero or negative) | :: 非正 /hisei/ |
| nonprofit {adj} (not seeking to produce a profit) | :: 非営利 /ひえいり, hieiri/ |
| nonsense {n} (meaningless words) | :: 無意味 /むいみ, muimi/, ナンセンス /nansensu/, 馬鹿げた事 /bakageta koto/ |
| nonsense {n} (untrue statement) | :: でたらめ /detarame/ |
| nonsense {adj} (nonsensical) SEE: nonsensical | :: |
| nonsensical {adj} (without sense) | :: 意味不明な /imifumeina/ |
| non-smoker {n} (somebody who does not smoke tobacco) | :: 非喫煙者 /ひきつえんしゃ, hikitsuensha/ |
| nonstop {adj} (without stopping) | :: ノンストップ /nonsutoppu/, 直行 /ちょっこう, chokkō/ |
| nonsymmetric {adj} (asymmetrical) SEE: asymmetrical | :: |
| nonuplet {n} (one of nine babies born at the same birth) | :: 九つ子 /kokonotsugo/ |
| nonviolence {n} (philosophy that rejects violence) | :: 非暴力 /hibōryoku/ |
| nonzero {adj} (not equal to zero) | :: 非零 /hirei/, 非ゼロ /hizero/ |
| noob {n} (newbie) | :: 初心者 /しょしんしゃ, shoshinsha/, 新参 /shinzan/, 中坊 /chūbō/ |
| noodle {n} (fool) SEE: fool | :: |
| noodle {n} (string or strip of pasta) | :: ヌードル /nūdoru/, 麺 /めん, men/, 麺類 /めんるい, menrui/ |
| no offense {phrase} (no offense) | :: 悪気はない /わるぎはない, warugi-wa nai/ |
| nook {n} (small corner formed by two walls) | :: 隅 /すみ, sumi/, 片隅 /かたすみ, katasumi/ |
| noon {n} (midnight) SEE: midnight | :: |
| noon {n} (midday) | :: 正午 /しょうご, shōgo/, 真昼 /まひる, mahiru/ |
| no one {pron} (not even a single person) | :: 誰も...ない /だれも...ない, dare-mo...nai/ |
| noose {n} (adjustable loop or rope) | :: 輪縄 /わなわ, wanawa/ |
| no pain, no gain {proverb} (discomfort is necessary to achieve goals) | :: 苦は楽の種 /くはらくのたね, ku wa raku no tane/ [cares are the seeds of ease], 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず /こけつにいらずんばこじをえず, koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu/ [if you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you get the tiger's cub?] |
| no parking {phrase} (no parking) | :: 駐車禁止 /ちゅうしゃきんし, chūsha kinshi/ |
| nope {particle} (informal "no") | :: いや /iya/, ううん /uun/, 違う /ちがう, chigau/ |
| no problem {interj} (it does not pose a problem) | :: 大丈夫 /daijōbu/, 問題ありません /mondai arimasen/ |
| no problem {interj} (no thanks or apology is necessary) | :: どう致しまして /どういたしまして, dō itashimashite/ |
| NOR {n} (NOT OR) | :: NOR /noa/, 否定論理和 /hitei ronriwa/ |
| NORAD {prop} (North American Aerospace Defense Command) | :: 北米航空宇宙防衛司令部 /ほくべい こうくううちゅうぼうえいしれいぶ, Hokubei Kōkūuchū Bōei Shireibu/ |
| noradrenaline {n} (the compound norepinephrine) | :: ノルアドレナリン /noruadorenarin/ |
| Nordic countries {n} (the Nordic countries collectively) | :: 北欧諸国 /ほくおうしょこく, Hokuōshokoku/ |
| Nord-Pas-de-Calais {prop} (region of France) | :: ノール＝パ・ド・カレー /Nōru-Pa-do-Karē/ |
| norepinephrine {n} (norepinephrine) | :: ノルエピネフリン /noruepinefurin/ |
| Norfolk Island {prop} (external territory of Australia) | :: ノーフォーク島 /Nōfōku-tō/ |
| nori {n} (a type of seaweed used in the preparation of sushi) | :: 海苔 /のり, nori/ |
| Norilsk {prop} (city) | :: ノリリスク /Noririsuku/ |
| norm {n} (that which is normal) | :: ノルマ /noruma/, 規範 /きはん, kihan/ |
| norm {n} (rule that is enforced by members of a community) | :: 規範 |
| normal {adj} (according to norms or rules) | :: 正常 /せいじょう, seijō/, 通常 /つうじょう, tsūjō/, 常態 /じょうたい, jōtai/ |
| normal {adj} (usual, ordinary) | :: 普通 /ふつう, futsū/ |
| normal {n} (mathematics: a line perpendicular to another) | :: 法線 /ほうせん,hōsen/ |
| normalcy {n} (state of being normal) | :: 正常 /seijō/ |
| normality {n} (state of being normal) | :: 正常 /seijō/ |
| normalization {n} (any process that makes something more normal or regular) | :: 正常化 /せいじょうか, seijōka/, 正規化 /せいきか, seikika/, ノーマライゼーション /nōmaraizēshon/ |
| normally black {adj} (opaque when voltage is not applied) | :: ノーマリーブラック /nōmarī burakku/ |
| normally white {adj} (transparent when voltage is not applied) | :: ノーマリーホワイト /nōmarī howaito/ |
| Normandy {prop} (region of France) | :: ノルマンディー /Norumandī/ |
| north {n} (compass point) | :: 北 /きた, kita/, 北方 /ほっぽう, hoppō/ |
| North Africa {prop} (the northern part of Africa) | :: 北アフリカ /Kita-Afurika/ |
| North America {prop} (continent) | :: 北アメリカ /Kita Amerika/, 北米 /ほくべい, Hokubei/ |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization {prop} (intergovernmental military alliance) | :: 北大西洋条約機構 /きたたいせいようじょうやくきこう, kitataiseiyō jōyaku kikō/ |
| North Brabant {prop} (province) | :: 北ブラバント州 /Kita burabanto-shū/ |
| north by east {n} (compass point) | :: 北微東 /hokubitō/ |
| north by west {n} (compass point) | :: 北微西 /hokubisei/ |
| North Carolina {prop} (state of the United States) | :: ノースカロライナ /Nōsu-Karoraina/ |
| North Caucasus {prop} (region in the south of Russia) | :: 北コーカサス /Kita Kōkasasu/ |
| North Dakota {prop} (state of the United States of America) | :: ノースダコタ /Nōsu-Dakota/ |
| northeast {n} (compass point) | :: 北東 /ほくとう, hokutō/, [less common] 東北 /とうほく, tōhoku/, [obsolete] 丑寅 /うしとら, ushitora/, [obsolete] 艮 /うしとら, ushitora/ |
| northeast by east {n} (compass point) | :: 北東微東 /hokutōbitō/ |
| northeast by north {n} (compass point) | :: 北東微北 /hokutōbihoku/ |
| northern {adj} (facing, situated in or related to the north) | :: 北 /きた, kita/ |
| Northern Cyprus {prop} (a de-facto state) | :: 北キプロス /Kita-Kipurosu/ |
| northerner {n} (person from the north of a region) | :: 北国人 /ほっこくじん, hokkokujin/ |
| Northern Europe {prop} (sociopolitical region of Europe) | :: 北ヨーロッパ /きたヨーロッパ, Kita-Yōroppa/, 北欧 /Hokuō/ |
| northern fur seal {n} (Callorhinus ursinus) | :: キタオットセイ /kitaottosei/, オットセイ /ottosei/ |
| northern gannet {n} (Morus bassanus) | :: シロカツオドリ /shirokatsuodori/ |
| northern goshawk {n} (Accipiter gentilis) | :: オオタカ /ōtaka/ |
| Northern Hemisphere {n} (hemisphere to the north of its equator) | :: 北半球 /kitahankyū/ |
| Northern Ireland {prop} (Northern Ireland) | :: 北アイルランド /Kita-Airurando/ |
| northernize {v} | :: 北方化する /hoppōkasuru/ |
| Northern Ladle {prop} | :: 北斗 /ほくと, Hokuto/ |
| northern lights {n} (the aurora of the northern hemisphere) | :: 北極光 /ほっきょくこう, hokkyokukō/, 北光 /ほっこう, hokkō/, オーロラ /ōrora/ |
| Northern Macedonia {prop} (country) SEE: North Macedonia | :: |
| Northern Mariana Islands {prop} (archipelago) | :: 北マリアナ諸島 /Kita Mariana shotō/ |
| Northern Marianas {prop} (Northern Marianas) | :: 北マリアナ諸島 /Kita Mariana shotō/ |
| northern raccoon {n} (Procyon lotor) SEE: raccoon | :: |
| northern raven {n} (common raven) SEE: common raven | :: |
| Northern Sea Route {prop} (a shipping lane in the Arctic Ocean) | :: 北極海航路 /ほっきょくかいこうろ, Hokkyoku kaikōro/, 北方航路 /ほっぽうこうろ, Hoppō kōro/ |
| Northern Territory {prop} (Territory in northern Australia) | :: ノーザンテリトリー /Nōzan-Teritorī/ |
| northern wheatear {n} (Oenanthe oenanthe) | :: ハシグロヒタキ /hashigurohitaki/ |
| North India {prop} (northern region of India) | :: 北インド /Kita Indo/ |
| North Island {prop} (one of the two major islands making up New Zealand) | :: 北島 /ほくとう, Hokutō/ |
| North Korea {prop} (North Korea) | :: 北朝鮮 /きたちょうせん, Kita Chōsen/ |
| North Korean {n} (person from North Korea) | :: 北朝鮮人 /きたちょうせんじん, Kitan Chōsen-jin/ |
| North Korean {adj} (pertaining to North Korea) | :: 北朝鮮の /きたちょうせんの, Kita Chōsen no/ |
| North Macedonia {prop} (country in Europe) | :: 北マケドニア /きたマケドニア, Kita Makedonia/ |
| north-northeast {n} (compass point) | :: 北北東 /hokuhokutō/ |
| north-northwest {n} (compass point) | :: 北北西 /hokuhokusei/ |
| north pole {n} (northernmost point on celestial bodies) | :: 北極 /ほっきょく, hokkyoku/, 北極点 /ほっきょくてん, hokkyokuten/ |
| north pole {n} (positive pole of a magnetic dipole) | :: N極 /enu-kyoku/ |
| North Pole {prop} (northernmost point on Earth) | :: 北極 /ほっきょく, hokkyoku/, 北極点 /ほっきょくてん, hokkyokuten/ |
| North Rhine-Westphalia {prop} (state) | :: ノルトライン＝ヴェストファーレン州 /Norutorain-Vesutofāren-shū/ |
| North Sea {prop} (a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain, Scandinavia and Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France) | :: 北海 /ほっかい, Hokkai/ |
| North Star {prop} (Pole Star) SEE: Pole Star | :: |
| northwest {n} (compass point) | :: 北西 /ほくせい, hokúséi/, [less common] 西北 /せいほく, seihoku/, [obsolete] 乾 /いぬい, inui/ |
| northwest by north {n} (compass point) | :: 北西微北 /hokuseibihoku/ |
| northwest by west {n} (compass point) | :: 北西微西 /hokuseibisei/ |
| Northwest Territories {prop} (Territory in northern Canada) | :: ノースウエスト準州 /Nōsuwesuto junshū/ |
| north wind {n} (wind blowing from the north) | :: 北風 /kitakaze/ |
| North Yemen {prop} (country) | :: 北イエメン /Kita iemen/ |
| Norway {prop} (Scandinavian country) | :: ノルウェー /Noruwē/, [obsolete] 諾威 /Noruwē/ |
| Norway maple {n} (Acer platanoides) | :: ノルウェーカエデ /noruwē kaede/, ノルウェー楓 /noruwē kaede/, ノルウェー槭 /noruwē kaede/ |
| Norwegian {n} (native of Norway) | :: ノルウェー人 /ノルウェーじん, Noruwē-jin/ |
| Norwegian {n} (language of Norway) | :: ノルウェー語 /ノルウェーご, Noruwē-go/ |
| Norwegian {adj} (of or pertaining to Norway) | :: ノルウェーの /Noruwē no/ |
| Norwegian Bokmål {n} (Bokmål) SEE: Bokmål | :: |
| Norwegian Nynorsk {n} (Nynorsk) SEE: Nynorsk | :: |
| Norwich {prop} (Norwich) | :: ノリッチ /Norichi/ |
| nose {n} (protuberance on the face) | :: 鼻 /はな, hana/ |
| noseband {n} (part of a bridle or halter) | :: 鼻革 /はながわ, hanagawa/ |
| nosebleed {n} (haemorrhage from the nose) | :: 鼻血 /はなぢ, hanaji/ |
| nosedive {n} (A headfirst fall or jump) | :: 急降下 /kyūkōka/ |
| nosegay {n} (small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs) | :: [no equivalent translation] 花束 /はなたば, hanataba/, ブーケ /būke/ |
| nosegay {n} (aroma, scent) SEE: aroma | :: |
| nose-picking {n} (insertion of a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.) | :: 鼻ほじり /はなほじり, hana-hojiri/ |
| nosey parker {n} (prying person) | :: おせっかい屋 /おせっかいや, osekkaiya/ |
| nosh {n} (blowjob) SEE: blowjob | :: |
| nosh {v} (to perform fellatio (on)) SEE: blow | :: |
| nosh {n} (slang: food) SEE: grub | :: |
| nosh {n} (snack) SEE: snack | :: |
| nosh {v} (snack) SEE: snack | :: |
| no smoke without fire {proverb} (gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact) | :: 火のないところに煙は立たない /hi no nai tokoro ni kemuri wa tatanai/ |
| no smoking {phrase} (phrase used in notices indicating that the smoking of cigarettes is not permitted) | :: 禁煙 /きんえん, kin’en/ |
| nostalgia {n} (bittersweet yearning for the things of the past) | :: 懐古 /かいこ, kaiko/, 懐旧 /かいきゅう, kaikyū/, ノスタルジー /nosutarujī/, ノスタルジア /nosutarujia/ |
| nostalgia {n} | :: 郷愁 /きょうしゅう, kyōshū/, 望郷 /ぼうきょう, bōkyō/, 里心 /さとごころ, satogokoro/ |
| nostalgia {n} (longing for home or familiar surroundings) SEE: homesickness | :: |
| nostalgic {adj} (pertaining to nostalgia) | :: 懐かしい /なつかしい, natsukashii/ |
| Nostradamus {prop} (Nostradamus) | :: ノストラダムス /Nosutoradamusu/ |
| nostril {n} (either of the two orifices located on the nose) | :: 鼻孔 /びこう, bikō/, 鼻の穴 /はなのあな, hana no ana/ |
| nosy {adj} (prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle) | :: おせっかいな /osekkai na/ |
| not {adv} (negates meaning of verb) | :: ...ではない /de wa nai/ [be not], ...ない /nai/, [polite final form] -ません /...masen/ |
| not {conj} (And not) | :: ...ではなく /...de wa naku/ |
| not {interj} | :: じゃない /ja nai/ |
| NOT {n} (NOT) | :: NOT /notto/, 否定 /hitei/ |
| notable {adj} (worthy of notice; remarkable) | :: 顕著な /けんちょな, kenchona/ |
| not anymore {adv} (no longer) SEE: no longer | :: |
| notary {n} (notary public) | :: 公証人 /こうしょうにん, kōshōnin/ |
| notary public {n} (officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations) | :: 公証人 /こうしょうにん, kōshōnin/ |
| not at all {adv} (not) | :: 全然 /ぜんぜん, zenzen/ |
| not at all {interj} (conventional reply to expression of gratitude) | :: どう致しまして /どういたしまして, dō itashimashite/, とんでもない /tonde mo nai/, いいえ /iie/ [informal] |
| notation {n} (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters) | :: 表記 /ひょうき, hyōki/ |
| notation {n} (system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used to express technical facts or quantities) | :: 表記 /ひょうき, hyōki/, 記法 /きほう, kihō/, 表記法 /ひょうきほう, hyōkihō/ |
| not bad {adj} (reasonably good) | :: 悪くない /わるくない, warukunai/ |
| notch {n} (V-shaped cut) | :: ノッチ /notchi/ |
| note {n} (memorandum) | :: メモ /memo/, ノート /nōto/ |
| note {n} (short informal letter) | :: ノート /nōto/ |
| note {n} (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone) | :: 音符 /おんぷ, onpu/ |
| note {n} (musical sound) | :: 音符 /おんぷ, onpu/ |
| note {v} (to record in writing) | :: 記す /shirusu/, 記録する /kiroku suru/, 表記する /hyōki suru/ |
| note {n} (banknote) SEE: banknote | :: |
| notebook {n} (empty book able to be used for notes) | :: 帳面 /ちょうめん, chōmen/, ノート /nōto/, 手帳 /てちょう, techō/, 手帖 /てちょう, techō/ |
| notebook {n} (notebook computer) | :: ノートパソコン /nōto pasokon/ |
| not enough room to swing a cat {n} (of a room, very little space available) | :: 猫の額 |
| notepad {n} (bound pad of paper) | :: メモ帳 /memo-chō/ |
| not-for-profit {adj} (not aiming for profit) SEE: nonprofit | :: |
| no, thanks {interj} (no, thanks) | :: 結構 /kekkō/ |
| no thank you {interj} (polite way of saying no) | :: 結構です /kekkō desu/ |
| nothing {pron} (not any thing) | :: 何も...ない /なにも...ない, nani mo...nai/, 何でもない /なんでもない, nandemonai/, 別に /べつに, betsu ni/ |
| nothing but {adv} (nothing but) | :: 以外の何者でもない /igai no nanimono de mo nai/ |
| nothing ventured, nothing gained {proverb} (if one takes no risks, one will not gain any benefits) SEE: no pain, no gain | :: |
| notice {n} (written or printed announcement) | :: 通知 /つうち, tsūchi/, 知らせ /しらせ, shirase/ |
| notice {v} (to remark upon) | :: 気付く /きづく, kizuku/, 認める /みとめる, mitomeru/, 注目する /ちゅうもくする, chūmoku suru/, 認知する /にんちする, ninchi suru/ |
| notice {v} (to become aware of) | :: 気付く /きづく, kizuku/ |
| notice board {n} (bulletin board) SEE: bulletin board | :: |
| notification {n} (act of notifying) | :: 通知 /つうち, tsūchi/ |
| notify {v} ((transitive) to give (someone) notice of (something)) | :: 通告する /つうこくする, tsūkoku suru/, 通知する /つうちする, tsūchi suru/ |
| notion {n} (mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception) | :: 概念 /がいねん, gainen/ |
| not only … but also {conj} | :: …だけでなく、… /... dake de naku, .../, …だけではなく、… /... dake de wa naku, .../, のみならず /nomi narazu/ |
| notorious {adj} (known widely and infamously) | :: 悪名高い /akumeidakai/ |
| Notre Dame {prop} (French cathedral) | :: ノートルダム /Nōtorudamu/, ノートルダム大聖堂 /ノートルダムだいせいどう, Nōtorudamu daiseidō/ |
| no trespassing {phrase} (phrase forbidding access to a place) | :: 立入り禁止 /たちいりきんし, tachiiri kinshi/ |
| Nottingham {prop} (city) | :: ノッチンガム /Notchingamu/ |
| notwithstanding {adv} (never the less) SEE: nevertheless | :: |
| not yet {adv} (not for the moment, though expected later) | :: [short answer or in a negative sentence] まだ /mada/, まだまだ /madamada/ |
| Nouakchott {prop} (capital of Mauritania) | :: ヌアクショット /Nuakushotto/ |
| nougat {n} (a confection of honey and roasted nuts) | :: ヌガー /nugā/ |
| Nouméa {prop} (capital of New Caledonia) | :: ヌメア /Numea/ |
| noumenon {n} (thing as it is independent of any conceptualization, see also: thing-in-itself) | :: ヌーメノン /nūmenon/ |
| noun {n} (grammatical category (narrow sense)) | :: 名詞 /めいし, meishi/ |
| noun phrase {n} (phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb) | :: 名詞句 /めいしく, meishiku/ |
| noun substantive {n} (noun) SEE: noun | :: |
| nourishment {n} (something that nourishes; food) | :: 栄養 /えいよう, eiyō/ |
| nouveau riche {n} (new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy) | :: 成り金 /なりきん, narikin/, 成り上がり者 /なりあがりもの, nariagarimono/, 出来星 /できぼし, dekiboshi/ |
| nova {n} (sudden brightening of a star) | :: 新星 /しんせい, shinsei/ |
| Nova Scotia {prop} (province in eastern Canada) | :: ノバスコシア /Nobasukoshia/, ノバスコシア州 /Nobasukoshia-shū/ |
| Novaya Zemlya {prop} (archipelago in Russia) | :: ノヴァヤゼムリャ /Novaya Zemurya/ |
| novel {adj} (new, original, especially in an interesting way) | :: 新奇 /しんき, shinki/, 新型の /shingata no/ |
| novel {n} (work of prose fiction) | :: 小説 /しょうせつ, shōsetsu/ |
| novelist {n} (author of novels) | :: 小説家 /shōsetsuka/ |
| novella {n} (short novel) | :: 短編小説 /たんぺんしょうせつ, tanpen-shōsetsu/ |
| novelty {n} (state of being new) | :: 珍しさ /めずらしさ, mezurashisa/, 斬新さ /ざんしんさ, zanshin sa/ |
| novelty {n} (new product) | :: 新しいもの /あたらしいもの, atarashii mono/ |
| November {prop} (eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: 十一月 /じゅういちがつ, jūichigatsu/, 霜月 /しもつき, shimotsuki/ |
| novemdecillion {num} (1060, see also: decillion) | :: 那由他 /なゆた, nayuta/ |
| novena {n} (a recitation of prayers for nine days) | :: ノベナ, 連続 9 日間の祈り |
| Novgorod {prop} (city) | :: ノヴゴロド /Novugorodo/, ノブゴロド /Nobugorodo/ |
| novice {n} (beginner) | :: 初心者 /しょしんしゃ, shoshinsha/ |
| novichok {n} (nerve agent) | :: ノビチョク /nobichoku/ |
| Novi Sad {prop} (largest city of the Serbian province of Vojvodina) | :: ノヴィサド /Novisado/ |
| novity {n} (novity) SEE: novelty | :: |
| Novokuznetsk {prop} (city) | :: ノヴォクズネツク /Novokuzunetsuku/ |
| Novorossiya {prop} (an area north of the Black Sea) | :: ノヴォロシア /Novoroshia/ |
| Novorossiysk {prop} (city) | :: ノヴォロシースク /Novoroshīsuku/ |
| Novosibirsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: ノヴォシビルスク /Novoshibirusuku/, ノボシビルスク /Noboshibirusuku/ |
| now {adv} (at the present time) | :: 今 /いま, ima/ |
| now {adv} ((word to introduce a point)) | :: いざ /iza/, さて /sate/ |
| nowadays {adv} (at the present time) | :: 現在 /げんざい, genzai/ |
| nowadays {adv} (in the current era) | :: 現在 /げんざい, genzai/, 現代では /gendai de wa/, 現代においては /gendai ni oite wa/ |
| now and again {adv} (now and then) SEE: now and then | :: |
| now and then {adv} ((idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently) | :: 時々 /tokidoki/, 偶に /tama ni/ |
| no way {interj} (absolutely not) | :: 嫌だ /iya da/, 無理だ /muri da/, 有り得ない /ありえない, arienai/, 不可能だ /ふかのうだ, fukanō da/, うそ /uso/ |
| no way {interj} (indicates astonished disbelief) | :: 有り得ない /ありえない, arienai/, とんでもない /tondemonai/, まさか /masaka/ |
| nowhere {adv} (in no place) | :: どこにも /dokonimo/ |
| nowhere {adv} (to no place) | :: どこへも /doko-emo/ |
| nowheres {adv} (nowhere) SEE: nowhere | :: |
| nowhither {adv} (to no place) SEE: nowhere | :: |
| no wonder {n} (small wonder) SEE: small wonder | :: |
| no worries {interj} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| Nowruz {prop} (Iranian New Year) | :: ノウルーズ /nourūzu/ |
| noxious {adj} (harmful) | :: 有毒な /ゆうどくな, yūdokuna/ |
| nozzle {n} (short tube) | :: ノズル /nozuru/ |
| nozzle {n} (inlet or outlet pipe) | :: ノズル /nozuru/ |
| nth {adj} (occurring at position n) | :: 第ｎ /だいエヌ, dai enu/ |
| n-tuple {n} (-tuple) SEE: -tuple | :: |
| nu {n} (name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν) | :: ニュー /nyū/, ニ /ni/ |
| nuance {n} (minor distinction) | :: ニュアンス /nyuansu/ |
| nuance {n} (subtlety or fine detail) | :: ニュアンス /nyuansu/ |
| nuclear {adj} (pertaining to the nucleus of a cell) | :: 核 /kaku/ |
| nuclear {adj} (involving nuclear energy) | :: 核 /kaku/ |
| nuclear {adj} (of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy) | :: 核 /kaku/ |
| nuclear chemistry {n} (application of chemical techniques to the solution of problems in nuclear physics) | :: 原子核化学 /genshikaku kagaku/ |
| nuclear data {n} (compilation of experimental and evaluated data describing nuclear properties) | :: 核データ /kaku dēta/ |
| nuclear energy {n} (energy released by a nuclear reaction) | :: 原子力 /げんしりょく, genshiryoku/, 核エネルギー /kaku-enerugī/ |
| nuclear fission {n} (atom-splitting nuclear reaction) | :: 核分裂 /かくぶんれつ, kakubunretsu/ |
| nuclear fuel {n} (radioactive fuel) | :: 核燃料 |
| nuclear fusion {n} (the combining of the nuclei of small atoms to form the nuclei of larger ones) | :: 核融合 /かくゆうごう, kakuyūgō/ |
| nuclear physicist {n} | :: 核物理学者 |
| nuclear physics {n} (branch of physics) | :: 核物理学 |
| nuclear power {n} (power from nuclear reactions) | :: 原子力 /げんしりょく, genshi-ryoku/ |
| nuclear power {n} (nation with nuclear weapons) | :: 核保有国 /かくほゆうこく, kakuhoyū-koku/ |
| nuclear power plant {n} (type of power plant) | :: 原子力発電所 /げんしりょくはつでんしょ, genshiryokuhatsudensho/ |
| nuclear power station {n} (type of power station) SEE: nuclear power plant | :: |
| nuclear reaction {n} (process) | :: 核反応 /かくはんのう, kakuhannō/ |
| nuclear reactor {n} (device) | :: 原子炉 /げんしろ, genshiro/ |
| nuclear war {n} (war fought using nuclear weapons) | :: 核戦争 /kakusensō/ |
| nuclear waste {n} (type of waste) SEE: radioactive waste | :: |
| nuclear weapon {n} (explosive device) | :: 核兵器 /かくへいき, kakuheiki/, 核 /かく, kaku/ |
| nuclear winter {n} (predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war) | :: 核の冬 /kaku no fuyu/ |
| nucleic acid {n} (acidic chainlike biological macromolecule) | :: 核酸 /かくさん, kakusan/ |
| nucleolus {n} (part of nucleus of a cell) | :: 核小体 /kakushōtai/ |
| nucleon {n} (a proton or a neutron) | :: 核子 /かくし, kakushi/ |
| nucleoside {n} (organic molecule) | :: ヌクレオシド /nukureoshido/ |
| nucleotide {n} (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) | :: ヌクレオチド /nukureochido/ |
| nucleus {n} (core, central part of something) | :: 核 /かく, kaku/, 核心 /かくしん, kakushin/ |
| nucleus {n} (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom) | :: 原子核 /げんしかく, genshikaku/ |
| nucleus {n} (cytology: large organelle found in cells) | :: 細胞核 /saibōkaku/ |
| nuclide {n} (nucleus specified by its atomic number and atomic mass) | :: 核種 /かくしゅ, kakushu/ |
| nude {adj} (without clothing or other covering) | :: 裸の /はだかの, hadaka no/ |
| nude {n} (image depicting a human in a state of undress) | :: ヌード /nūdo/ |
| nudism {n} (the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity) | :: ヌーディズム /nūdizumu/ |
| nudity {n} (the state of being without clothing on the body) | :: 裸体 /らたい, ratai/ |
| nuisance {n} (minor annoyance or inconvenience) | :: 迷惑 /めいわく, meiwaku/, 迷惑な物 /めいわくなもの, meiwaku na mono/ [thing], 迷惑な人 /めいわくなひと/ [person] |
| nuisance {n} (person or thing causing annoyance of inconvenience) | :: 厄介者 /やっかいもの, yakkai-mono/, 迷惑な物 /めいわくなもの, meiwaku na mono/ [thing], 迷惑な人 /めいわくなひと/ [person] |
| nuke {v} ((colloquial) to cook in a microwave oven) | :: チンする |
| Nuku'alofa {prop} (capital of Tonga) | :: ヌクアロファ /Nukuarofa/ |
| null {n} (a non-existent or empty value or set of values) | :: 無 /mu/, 無価値 /むかち, mukachi/, 空白 /くうはく, kūhaku/, ゼロ /zero/, ヌル /nuru/ |
| nulla pœna sine lege {phrase} (nulla poena sine lege) | :: 罪刑法定主義 /zaikeihouteisyugi/ |
| nullify {v} (to make legally invalid) | :: 取り消す /torikesu/, 破棄する /haki suru/ |
| null pointer {n} (pointer that does not point to any data object) | :: ヌルポインタ /nurupointa/, ぬるぽ /nurupo/ |
| null set {n} (empty set) SEE: empty set | :: |
| numb {adj} (physically unable to feel) | :: 無感覚な /mukankaku na/ |
| numbat {n} (small marsupial) | :: 袋蟻食 /フクロアリクイ, fukuroarikui/ |
| number {n} (abstract entity) | :: 数 /かず, kazu/, 数字 /すうじ, sūji/ |
| number {n} (numeral) | :: 数字 /すうじ, sūji/, 数詞 /すうし, sūshi/, 数 /かず, kazu/ |
| number {n} (mathematics: number) | :: 数 /すう, sū/ |
| number {n} (used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence) | :: 番 /ばん, ban/ (suffix) |
| number {n} (quantity) | :: 多寡 /たか, taka/, 数 /かず, kazu/ |
| number {n} (sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, etc.) | :: 番号 /ばんごう, bangō/ |
| number {n} (issue of a periodical publication) | :: 号 /gō/ |
| numberful {adj} (numerous) SEE: numerous | :: |
| Number of the Beast {prop} (the number 666) | :: 獣の数字 /kemono-no sūji/ |
| number one {n} (someone who is in charge) | :: ナンバーワン /nanbā wan/ |
| number one {n} (urine or urination euphemism) | :: 小 /shō/ |
| number plate {n} (license plate) SEE: license plate | :: |
| Numbers {prop} (fourth book of the Bible) | :: 民数記 /Minsū ki/ |
| number sign {n} (hash) SEE: hash | :: |
| numbersome {adj} (numerous) SEE: numerous | :: |
| numbers station {n} (shortwave radio station) | :: 乱数放送 /らんすうほうそう, ransū hōsō/, 暗号放送 /あんごうほうそう, angō hōsō/, ナンバーステーション /nanbā sutēshon/ |
| number theory {n} (branch of pure mathematics) | :: 数論 /sūron/ |
| number two {n} | :: 大 /dai/ |
| numerable {adj} (numerous) SEE: numerous | :: |
| numeral {n} (word or symbol representing a number, see also: noun numeral) | :: 数字 /すうじ, sūji/, 数詞 /すうし, sūshi/ |
| numerator {n} (number or expression written above the line in a fraction) | :: 分子 /ぶんし, bunshi/ |
| numeric {adj} (of, or relating to numbers) SEE: numerical | :: |
| numerical {adj} (of or pertaining to numbers) | :: 数値の /すうちの, sūchi no/ |
| numerical analysis {n} (study of algorithms) | :: 数値解析 /sūchi kaiseki/ |
| numerology {n} (study) | :: 数秘術 (すうひじゅつ, sūhijutsu) |
| numerous {adj} (Indefinitely large numerically) | :: 多数の /たすうの, tasū no/, 多い /おおい, ōi/ |
| numinous {adj} (of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity) | :: ヌミノーゼ |
| nun {n} (member of a Christian religious community of women) | :: 修道女 /しゅうどうじょ, shūdōjo/, 尼僧 /にそう, nisō/, 童貞 /dōtei/, [now derogatory] 尼 /あま, ama/ |
| nunation {n} (suffix in Arabic) | :: タンウィーン /tanwīn/ |
| Nunavut {prop} (territory in northern Canada) | :: ヌナブト /Nunabuto/ |
| nunchaku {n} (weapon) | :: 双節棍 /ぬんちゃく, nunchaku/, ヌンチャク /nunchaku/, ヌウチク /nūchaku/ |
| nuncio {n} (one who bears a message) SEE: messenger | :: |
| nunnery {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| Nuremberg {prop} (city in Germany) | :: ニュルンベルク /Nyurunberugu/ |
| nurse {n} (person who takes care of other people's young) | :: 保母 /ほぼ, hobo/ |
| nurse {n} (person trained to provide care for the sick) | :: [official] 看護師 /かんごし, kangoshi/, [male] 看護士 /かんごし, kangoshi/, [female] 看護婦 /かんごふ, kangofu/, [female] ナース /nāsu/ |
| nurse {n} (wet nurse) SEE: wet nurse | :: |
| nursery {n} (place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day, see also: crèche) | :: 保育園 /ほいくえん, hoikuen/ |
| nursery {n} (place where young plants are cultivated for transplanting) | :: 苗圃 /びょうほ, byōho/ |
| nursery rhyme {n} (short poem or song for children) | :: 童謡 /どうよう, dōyō/, 童歌 /わらべうた, warabeuta/ |
| nursery school {n} (a school for pre-school children) | :: 保育園 /ほいくえん, hoikuen/ |
| nursing {n} (breastfeeding) SEE: breastfeeding | :: |
| nursing home {n} (place of residence) | :: [for elderly] 老人ホーム /rōjin hōmu/, 養護ホーム /yōgo hōmu/ |
| Nur-Sultan {prop} (Astana) SEE: Astana | :: |
| Nur-Sultan {prop} (Almaty) SEE: Almaty | :: |
| Nur-Sultan {prop} (the official name of the capital of Kazakhstan) | :: ヌルスルタン /Nurusurutan/ |
| nurture {n} (act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training) | :: 育成 /ikusei/ |
| nurture {v} (to nourish or nurse) | :: 育成する /ikusei-suru/ |
| nut {n} (hard-shelled fruit) | :: 堅果 /けんか, kenka/, 木の実 /このみ, konomi, きのみ, kinomi/, ナッツ /nattsu/ |
| nut {n} (that fits on a bolt) | :: ナット /natto/ |
| nut {n} (slang: insane person) | :: 気違い /きちがい, kichigái/ |
| nutation {n} (astronomical term) | :: 章動 /しょうどう, shōdō/ |
| nutcracker {n} (implement for cracking nuts) | :: くるみ割り /kurumiwari/ |
| Nutella {prop} (hazelnut spread) | :: ヌテラ /Nutera/ |
| nutmeg {n} (seed) | :: ナツメグ /natsumegu/ |
| nutria {n} (coypu) SEE: coypu | :: |
| nutrient {n} (substance that provides nourishment) | :: 栄養 /えいよう ēyō/, 栄養素 /えいようそ ēyōso/ |
| nutrition {n} (nutrition) | :: 営養 /えいよう, eiyō/, 栄養 /えいよう, eiyō/ |
| nutritional {adj} (pertaining to nutrition) | :: 栄養の |
| nutritionist {n} | :: 栄養士 /えいようし, eiyōshi/ |
| nuts {n} (nut) SEE: nut | :: |
| nutshell {n} (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut) | :: 木の実の殻 /きのみのから, kinomi no kara/ |
| Nuuk {prop} (capital of Greenland) | :: ヌーク /Nūku/, ゴットホープ /Gottohōpu/ |
| nylon {n} (substance) | :: ナイロン /nairon/ |
| nymph {n} (insect larva) | :: ニンフ /ninfu/, 幼虫 /ようちゅう, yōchū/ |
| nymph {n} (mythology: water, forest or mountain spirit) | :: ニンフ /ninfu/, 妖精 /ようせい, yōsei/, ニュンペー /nyunpē/ |
| nymph {n} (young girl who may inspire lust) | :: 美女 /びじょ, bijo/, 乙女 /おとめ, otome/ |
| nymphomania {n} (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) | :: 女子色情症 /じょししきじょう, joshi shikijōshō/, ニンフォマニア /ninfomania/ |
| Nynorsk {n} (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) | :: ニーノシュク /Nīnoshuku/ |
| nyotaimori {n} (practice) | :: 女体盛り /にょたいもり, nyotaimori/ |
| Nyx {prop} (the primordial goddess of night) | :: ニュクス /Nyukusu/ |
