Ateji
English Public
These are specially difficult Kanji compounds because they use only Kanjis for their phonetic value (one of them). The individual Kanji meanings are usually discarded in these words so they seem to be nonsense.
Sometimes with loan words, it's exactly the opposite (only the meanings are used, and then the phonetic value doesn't correspond to the actual readings).
Here's a good description of Ateji: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateji
Source: Words marked as Ateji in EDICT.
Sometimes with loan words, it's exactly the opposite (only the meanings are used, and then the phonetic value doesn't correspond to the actual readings).
Here's a good description of Ateji: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateji
Source: Words marked as Ateji in EDICT.
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Vocabulary List
- 鑵, 罐, 缶かんcan / tin [n]new7855
- 揺蕩う, 猶予うたゆとう, たゆたうto sway to and fro / to drift about / to flutter / to flicker / to be fickle / to be irresolute / to vacillate / to waver [v5u,vi]new7854
- 巣食うすくうto build (a nest) / to nest / to haunt (a place) / to hang out (somewhere) [v5u,vi]new7853
- 猶予うたゆたうto sway to and fro / to drift about / to flutter / to flicker / to be fickle / to be irresolute / to vacillate / to waver [v5u,vi]new7852
- 誤摩化すごまかすto deceive / to falsify / to misrepresent [v5s]new7851
- 深, 美みbeautiful [pref]new7850
- 可愛いかわゆいcute / adorable / charming / lovely / pretty / dear / precious / darling / pet / cute little / tiny [ok] [adj-i]new7849
- 天手古舞い, 天手古舞てんてこまいwhirl of busyness / humming with activity / bustling activity [n,vs]new7848
- 仕合しあいmatch / game / bout / contest [n,vs]new7847
- 広目, 披露目ひろめmaking something widely known / introduction / debut / announcement / unveiling [n,vs]new7846
- 型録かたろぐcatalog / catalogue [n,vs]new7845
- 真婿まんこvagina / screw [n,vs] [X] [col]new7844
- 基督きりすとChrist (por: Cristo) [n,adj-no]new7843
- 瓦斯がすgas (dut: / eng:) [n,adj-no]new7842
- 加答児カタルcatarrh (dut: catarrhe / ger: Katarrh) [n,adj-no]new7840
- 満俺まんがんmanganese (Mn) (ger: Mangan) [n,adj-no]new7839
- 珈琲こーひーcoffee (eng: coffee / dut: koffie) [n,adj-no]new7838
- 天鵞絨, 天鵝絨てんがじゅう, びろうどvelvet (por: veludo) [n,adj-no]new7837
- 護謨ごむgum (dut: gom) / rubber / (abbr) eraser / (sl) condom [n,adj-no]new7836
- 米利堅メリケンAmerica / American / fist [n,adj-f]new7835
- 窒扶斯チフス, チブスtyphoid fever (ger: Typhus / dut:) / typhus [n]new7834
- 錻, 鉄葉, 錻力ぶりきtin plate (dut: blik) [n]new7833
- 単皮たびtabi / Japanese socks (with split toe) [n]new7832
- 犢鼻褌ふんどしsumo wrestler's ornamental apron [n]new7831
- 米噸べいトンshort ton [n]new7830
- 不知火しらぬひ, しらぬいphosphorescent light / mysterious lights on the sea / sea fire [n]new7829
- 阿列布油オリーブゆolive oil [n]new7828
- 馬克まるくmark (ger: Mark) [n]new7827
- 風信子ふうしんしhyacinth [n]new7826
- 真秀等間まほらまgreat and splendid land (Yamato word) / excellent location / splendid place [n]new7825
- 瓦斯灯ガスとうgas light [n]new7824
- 一熟いちじゅくfig [n]new7823
- 隠れ切支丹かくれキリシタンclandestine Christian (during the Tokugawa period) / secret Christian [n]new7822
- 竹箆, 竹篦しっぺいbamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness [n]new7820
- 穢多えたone group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses) [n] [vulg]new7819
- 仏恥義理ぶっちぎりwinning (a race) by a wide margin [n]new7818
- 如雨露, 如露じょうろ, じょろwatering can / watering pot / sprinkling can [n]new7817
- 曹達そうだsoda (dut:) [n]new7816
- 撒爾沙, 撒児沙さるさsarsaparilla (Smilax regelii) (lit: sarsa) (lat:) [n]new7815
- 破落戸ごろつきrogue / thug / hoodlum / punk / racketeer [n]new7814
- 歌留多, 嘉留太, 加留多かるたplaying cards (por: carta) / card game [n]new7813
- 芒果マンゴーmango [n]new7812
- 淋巴りんぱlymph (ger: Lymphe / dut: lympha) [n]new7811
- 瓦落多, 我楽多がらくたjunk / rubbish / trash / garbage / odds and ends [n]new7810
- 治具, 冶具じぐjig (tool) [n]new7809
- 印度支那インドシナIndochina [n]new7808
- 布哇ハワイHawaii [n]new7807
- 虎列剌これらcholera (eng: / dut:) [n]new7806
- 片, 枚びらbill / handbill / flier / leaflet / poster / placard [n]new7805
- 亜墨利加, 亜米利加あめりかAmerica [n]new7804
- 越幾斯えきすextract (esp. of food, fruit, etc.) / essence [n] [abbr]new7803
- 存知ぞんじknowing [n] [hum]new7802
- 伴天連, 破天連ばてれんPortuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century) (por: padre) / Christianity [n]new7801
- 法務官ほうむかんlegal officer / legal office / judge advocate (army) / praetor / pretor [n]new7800
- 江にえにfate / destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together) / relationship (e.g. between two people) / bond / link / connection / family ties / affinity [n]new7799
- 加里かりpotassium (col) potash [n] [abbr]new7798
- 真秀呂場まほろばgreat and splendid land (of Yamato) / spiritual center of the land / one's spiritual home / excellent location / splendid place [n]new7797
- 御目出度い, 御芽出度いおめでたいspecial / auspicious / happy / naive / inncocent / good-natured [n] [pol]new7796
- 御存知, ご存知ごぞんじknowing (an) acquaintance [n] [hon]new7795
- 阿魔あまbitch [n] [derog]new7794
- 雲井くもいsky / cloud / distant place / high place / imperial court [n] [arch]new7793
- お芽出度う, 御芽出度う, 御目出度うおめでとうcongratulations! / an auspicious occasion! [int]new7792
- 鳧が付くけりがつくto be settled / to be brought to an end [exp,v5k]new7791
- 流石はさすがはas one would expect [exp,adv]new7790
- 夜露死苦, 宜敷くよろしくwell / properly / suitably / best regards / please remember me / please treat me favorably (favourably) / please take care of [exp,adv]new7789
- 鳧を付けるけりをつけるto settle / to finish / to bring to an end [exp]new7788
- 愛羅武勇あいらぶゆうI love you [exp] [sl]new7787
- 発止はっしwith a loud clack [adv-to] [arch]new7786
- 強って, 達てたってstrongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition) [adv,adj-no]new7785
- 鱈腹たらふくto one's heart's content [adv]new7784
- 不斗, 不図ふとsuddenly / casually / accidentally / incidentally / unexpectedly / unintentionally [adv]new7783
- 無手とむずとstrongly / violently / with all one's strength [adv]new7782
- 碌ずっぽ, 碌すっぽうろくずっぽ, ろくすっぽう(before neg. verb) (not) enough / (in)sufficiently / (un)satisfactorily [adv]new7781
- 流石にさすがにas one would expect / still / all the same [adv]new7780
- 鳥渡ちょっと, ちょとjust a minute / short time / just a little / somewhat / easily / readily / rather (before a verb in negative form) / (will not) easily / (int) hey! [adv]new7779
- 奇天烈きてれつvery strange / odd / queer [adj-na,n]new7778
- 愚図ぐずdullard / indecisive person [adj-na,n]new7777
- 滅茶, 目茶めちゃabsurd / ridiculous / nonsense / excessive / extreme [adj-na,n]new7776
- 箆棒, 篦棒べらぼうabsurd / unreasonable / awful [adj-na]new7775
- 真っ当まっとうproper / respectable / decent / honest [adj-na]new7774
- 美事みごとsplendid / magnificent / beautiful / admirable / (n) praiseworthy act / feat / commendable deed [adj-na]new7773
- 端ないはしたないimproper / immodest / disgraceful / shameful / vulgar / low [adj-i]new7772
- 芽出度いめでたいhappy / auspicious / propitious / joyous / naive [adj-i]new7771
- 五月蠅い, 五月蝿いうるさいnoisy / loud / fussy / annoying / troublesome / tiresome / importunate / bossy [adj-f]new7770
- 誤魔化すごまかすto deceive / to falsify / to misrepresent [v5s]new7769
- 巫山戯るふざけるto romp / to gambol / to frolic / to joke / to make fun of / to flirt / to mess around / to screw around / to josh [v1]new7768
- 試合しあいmatch / game / bout / contest [n,vs]new7767
- 綱紀こうきlaw and order / discipline [n,vs]new7766
- 背広せびろbusiness suit [n]new7764
- 倶楽部くらぶclub / fraternity / sorority / clubhouse [n]new7763
- 寿司すし(food) sushi / anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies) [n]new7762
- 布団ふとんfuton (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor) / round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves) [n]new7761
- お目出度うおめでとうcongratulations! / an auspicious occasion! [int]new7760
- 無理矢理むりやりforcibly / against one's will [adv,n]new7759
- 兎に角とにかくanyhow / at any rate / anyway / somehow or other / generally speaking / in any case [adv]new7758
- 碌なろくなsatisfactory / decent [adj-pn]new7757
- 腕白わんぱくnaughtiness [adj-na,n]new7756
- 無茶むちゃabsurd / unreasonable / excessive / rash / absurdity / nonsense [adj-na,n]new7755
- 出鱈目でたらめirresponsible utterance / nonsense / bullshit / codswallop / random / haphazard / unsystematic [adj-na,n]new7754
- 流石さすがas one would expect / still / all the same / even... (e.g. "even a genius...") [adj-na,adv,n,adj-no]new7753
- 端たないはしたないimproper / immodest / disgraceful / shameful / vulgar / low [adj-i]new7752
- 可愛いかわいいcute / adorable / charming / lovely / pretty / dear / precious / darling / pet / cute little / tiny [adj-i]new7751
- 目出度いめでたいhappy / auspicious / propitious / joyous / naive [adj-i]new7750
- 貯古齢糖チョコレートchocolate [n]new7749
