The Japanese dictionary for learners.

Instant search in romaji, kana, kanji, #k [kanji], or components #c [radicals].

search
Examples:

がる がる

  1. to feel; to show signs of being; to think
  2. to act as if; to behave as if one were; to pretend

曲がる まがる N5

  1. to bend; to curve; to twist; to warp; to wind
  2. to turn
  3. to be askew; to be awry; to be crooked

召し上がる めしあがる N4

  1. to drink; to eat

上がる あがる N4

  1. to ascend; to be raised; to come up; to go up; to rise
  2. to come in; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to go in
  3. to advance to the next grade; to enter (a school)
  4. to be washed ashore; to come ashore; to get out (of water)
  5. to float atop the water; to rise to the surface; to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse)
  6. to be raised (e.g. of a salary); to increase; to rise
  7. to improve; to make progress
  8. to advance; to be promoted
  9. to be made (of profit, etc.)
  10. to occur (esp. of a favourable result)
  11. to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
  12. to be done; to be finished; to be over
  13. to clear up (of weather); to stop (of rain)
  14. to cut out; to die; to give out; to stop (working properly)
  15. to win (in a card game, etc.)
  16. to be raised loudly (of a voice); to be spoken loudly
  17. to get nervous; to get stage fright
  18. to be offered (to the gods, etc.)
  19. to go; to visit
  20. to drink; to eat
  21. to serve (in one's master's home)
  22. to amuse oneself in a red light district; to enter a red light district; to visit a brothel
  23. to arise vigorously (e.g. of voices in excitement); to be in uproar (e.g. of a crowd); to become excited
  24. to be complete; to finish
  25. adds the connotation of an action happening strongly or violently
  26. above; north of

立ち上がる たちあがる N3

  1. to get up; to rise (to one's feet); to stand up
  2. to recover; to regain one's energy; to rise
  3. to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to start (doing)
  4. to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
  5. to boot up; to start up
  6. to be created; to be established; to be formed; to be set up
  7. to rise (of steam, smoke, etc.)

広がる ひろがる N3

  1. to extend; to fill (e.g. a space); to get around; to reach to; to spread (out); to stretch

可愛がる かわいがる N2

  1. to be affectionate to; to cherish; to dote on; to show one's love (for); to treat tenderly
  2. to be partial to; to show favouritism to
  3. to caress; to fondle; to pet
  4. to be rough with; to be tough on; to torment; to train harshly

繋がる つながる N2

  1. to be connected to; to be linked to; to be tied together
  2. to be related to; to lead to
  3. to be related (by blood)

出来上がる できあがる N2

  1. to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat)
  2. to be very drunk; to get plastered

尖る とがる N2

  1. to become pointed; to become sharp; to taper to a point
  2. to be irritable; to be nervous; to be on edge; to be touchy
  3. to be angry; to be harsh; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to look displeased; to look sour
  4. to be provocative; to be radical; to be rebellious
menu_book

Search for a word, a kanji or a sentence above.

Keyboard shortcut: press / to search.

What you can look up

A free dictionary built on open data (JMdict, KANJIDIC2, Tatoeba). Try a word like 食べる, a kanji like 水, or find a kanji by its parts in the radical search. New to kana, kanji or JLPT? Read the glossary, or see fudami and its data sources.