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Variations:
大学
大學(oK)

 daigaku
    だいがく
(1) university; college; (2) (hist) (abbreviation) (See 大学寮) former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); (3) (See 四書) the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

Variations:
差押命令
差し押さえ命令

 sashiosaemeirei / sashiosaemere
    さしおさえめいれい
order of attachment; attachment order; seizure order

Variations:
性欲
性慾(rK)

 seiyoku / seyoku
    せいよく
sexual desire; sex drive; lust

Variations:
意欲
意慾(oK)

 iyoku
    いよく
(n,n-suf) will; desire; interest; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)

Variations:
意欲
意慾(rK)

 iyoku
    いよく
will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation; urge; ambition

Variations:
打ち出の小槌
打出の小槌

 uchidenokozuchi
    うちでのこづち
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

Variations:
欲望
慾望(iK)

 yokubou / yokubo
    よくぼう
desire; appetite; lust

Variations:
欲望
慾望(rK)

 yokubou / yokubo
    よくぼう
desire; appetite; lust

Variations:
残心
残身
残芯(rK)

 zanshin
    ざんしん
(1) continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke; (2) (esp. 残身) follow-through (e.g. in archery); (3) (orig. meaning) lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance

Variations:
4路スイッチ
四路スイッチ

 yonrosuicchi
    よんろスイッチ
(See 片切スイッチ・かたぎりスイッチ,3路スイッチ・さんろスイッチ) intermediate switch (UK); crossover switch (UK); four-way switch (US)

Variations:
ガリレイ衛星
ガリレオ衛星

 garireieisei(garirei衛星); garireoeisei(garireo衛星) / garireese(garire衛星); garireoese(garireo衛星)
    ガリレイえいせい(ガリレイ衛星); ガリレオえいせい(ガリレオ衛星)
{astron} (See イオ,エウロパ,ガニメデ,カリスト) Galilean moons (four largest moons of Jupiter); Galilean satellites

Variations:
こすみつける
コスミツケる

 kosumitsukeru; kosumitsukeru
    こすみつける; コスミツケる
(transitive verb) (kana only) {go} (See コスミツケ) to kick; to play a diagonal attachment

サブネットワーク・アドレス

 sabunettowaaku adoresu / sabunettowaku adoresu
    サブネットワーク・アドレス
(computer terminology) subnetwork point of attachment address; subnetwork address

フォー・サイクル・エンジン

 foo saikuru enjin
    フォー・サイクル・エンジン
four-cycle engine

Variations:
和敬清寂
和敬静寂(iK)

 wakeiseijaku / wakesejaku
    わけいせいじゃく
(yoji) harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony

Variations:
思いを遂げる
想いを遂げる

 omoiotogeru
    おもいをとげる
(exp,v1) to achieve one's desire

Variations:
文房四宝
文房四寶(sK)

 bunboushihou / bunboshiho
    ぶんぼうしほう
the four tools of writing (brush, ink, inkstone and paper)

Variations:
生まれの良い
生まれのよい

 umarenoyoi
    うまれのよい
(exp,adj-i) (See 生まれのいい・うまれのいい) of noble birth; wellborn

Variations:
私利私欲
私利私慾(rK)

 shirishiyoku
    しりしよく
(yoji) self-interest; selfish desire; greed

Variations:
行住坐臥
行住座臥(iK)

 gyoujuuzaga / gyojuzaga
    ぎょうじゅうざが
(yoji) daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly; the four cardinal behaviors: walking, standing, sitting and lying

Variations:
アミメカゲロウ目
網目蜉蝣目

 amimekageroumoku(amimekagerou目); amimekageroumoku(網目蜉蝣目) / amimekageromoku(amimekagero目); amimekageromoku(網目蜉蝣目)
    アミメカゲロウもく(アミメカゲロウ目); あみめかげろうもく(網目蜉蝣目)
Neuroptera; order of insects with four membranous wings

Variations:
かじ付きフォア
舵付きフォア

 kajitsukifoa
    かじつきフォア
coxed-four (rowing)

ノンアタッチメントディジーズ

see styles
 nonatacchimentodijiizu / nonatacchimentodijizu
    ノンアタッチメントディジーズ
non-attachment disease

Variations:
フォーカード
フォー・カード

 fookaado; foo kaado / fookado; foo kado
    フォーカード; フォー・カード
{cards} four-of-a-kind (wasei: four card)

Variations:
フォーナイン
フォー・ナイン

 foonain; foo nain
    フォーナイン; フォー・ナイン
four nines (i.e. 99.99%)

Variations:
二十四日
24日

 nijuuyokka / nijuyokka
    にじゅうよっか
(1) twenty-fourth day of the month; (2) twenty-four days

Variations:
六三三四制
六・三・三・四制

 rokusansanyonsei / rokusansanyonse
    ろくさんさんよんせい
(See 六三制) six-three-three-four system of education (six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior high school and four years of university)

Variations:
四コマ
4コマ
四齣(sK)

 yonkoma
    よんこま
(abbreviation) (See 四コマ漫画) four-panel comic strip; yonkoma

Variations:
差し込みプラグ
差込みプラグ

 sashikomipuragu
    さしこみプラグ
attachment plug

Variations:
欲張る
欲ばる(sK)

 yokubaru
    よくばる
(v5r,vi) to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet

Variations:
縦四方固め
縦四方固(io)

 tateshihougatame / tateshihogatame
    たてしほうがため
{MA} (See 横四方固め・よこしほうがため) tate-shiho-gatame (judo); vertical four-quarter hold

サブネットワーク接続点アドレス

see styles
 sabunettowaakusetsuzokutenadoresu / sabunettowakusetsuzokutenadoresu
    サブネットワークせつぞくてんアドレス
{comp} subnetwork point of attachment address; subnetwork address

Variations:
寝ても覚めても
寝てもさめても

 netemosametemo
    ねてもさめても
(expression) waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day

Variations:
希ガス
稀ガス
貴ガス(oK)

 kigasu
    きガス
(1) noble gas; inert gas; (expression) (2) (希ガス only) (net-sl) (joc) (from 気がする) (See 気がする・きがする・1) I get the feeling that ...; I think that ...

Variations:
意にかなう
意に適う
意に叶う

 inikanau
    いにかなう
(exp,v5u) to satisfy (one); to meet (one's) desire

Variations:
400
四百
4百
四〇〇

 yonhyaku
    よんひゃく
(numeric) 400; four hundred

Variations:


 ga(p); ka(sk); ke(sk)
    が(P); ヶ(sk); ケ(sk)
(particle) (1) indicates the subject of a sentence; (particle) (2) (literary in modern Japanese; usu. written as ヶ in place names) indicates possession; (conj,prt) (3) but; however; (and) yet; though; although; while; (particle) (4) and; (particle) (5) used after an introductory remark or explanation; (particle) (6) (after the volitional or -まい form of a verb) regardless of ...; whether ... (or not); no matter ...; (particle) (7) indicates a desire or hope; (particle) (8) (at sentence end) softens a statement; (particle) (9) (at sentence end) indicates doubt; (particle) (10) (after a noun at the end of an interjection) indicates scorn

Variations:
ナックルフォア
ナックル・フォア

 nakkurufoa; nakkuru foa
    ナックルフォア; ナックル・フォア
{sports} coxed four (wasei: knuckle four); rowing boat for four rowers and a coxswain

Variations:
ビッグブラザー
ビッグ・ブラザー

 bigguburazaa; biggu burazaa / bigguburaza; biggu buraza
    ビッグブラザー; ビッグ・ブラザー
(1) big brother; elder brother; (2) (from Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four) Big Brother; dictator; despot

Variations:
四人
4人
四たり(sK)

 yonin(p); yottari(rk); yotari(rk)
    よにん(P); よったり(rk); よたり(rk)
four people

Variations:
捏ね合わせる
捏ね合せる(sK)

 koneawaseru
    こねあわせる
(transitive verb) (1) (obsolete) to knead together; to combine (two ingredients, etc.); (transitive verb) (2) (obsolete) to make up (a story); to mix truths with lies; to concoct (an excuse)

Variations:
由緒正しい
由緒ただしい(sK)

 yuishotadashii / yuishotadashi
    ゆいしょただしい
(adjective) having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth

Variations:
アスピレーション
アスピレイション

 asupireeshon; asupireishon / asupireeshon; asupireshon
    アスピレーション; アスピレイション
(1) aspiration; hope; ambition; desire; (2) aspiration; drawing breath

Variations:
クソ眼鏡
糞眼鏡
糞メガネ(sK)

 kusomegane; kusomegane
    くそめがね; クソメガネ
(derogatory term) (slang) (kana only) four-eyes; four-eyed bastard

Variations:
サザンクロス
サザン・クロス

 sazankurosu(p); sazan kurosu
    サザンクロス(P); サザン・クロス
{astron} (See 南十字星・みなみじゅうじせい) Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)

Variations:
ジュネーヴ諸条約
ジュネーブ諸条約

 juneeeshojouyaku(juneee諸条約); juneebushojouyaku(juneebu諸条約) / juneeeshojoyaku(juneee諸条約); juneebushojoyaku(juneebu諸条約)
    ジュネーヴしょじょうやく(ジュネーヴ諸条約); ジュネーブしょじょうやく(ジュネーブ諸条約)
Geneva Conventions (four treaties of 1949)

Variations:
ツーバイフォー
ツー・バイ・フォー

 tsuubaifoo; tsuu bai foo / tsubaifoo; tsu bai foo
    ツーバイフォー; ツー・バイ・フォー
two-by-four (e.g. method)

Variations:
フォアボール
フォア・ボール

 foabooru(p); foa booru
    フォアボール(P); フォア・ボール
{baseb} (See 四球) base on balls (wasei: four balls); walk; pass

Variations:
ミドルホール
ミドル・ホール

 midoruhooru(p); midoru hooru
    ミドルホール(P); ミドル・ホール
{golf} par-four hole (wasei: middle hole)

Variations:
付き具合
つき具合
付具合(sK)

 tsukiguai
    つきぐあい
adhesion (e.g. of lipstick); density (e.g. of leaves on a tree); saturation (e.g. of a color); attachment quality; degree

Variations:
舵なしフォア
舵無しフォア(sK)

 kajinashifoa
    かじなしフォア
coxless four (rowing); straight four

Variations:
遊ぶ金欲しさ
遊ぶ金ほしさ(sK)

 asobukanehoshisa
    あそぶかねほしさ
desire for money for one's enjoyment (esp. as a motive for a crime)

アタッチメントユニットインタフェース

see styles
 atacchimentoyunittointafeesu
    アタッチメントユニットインタフェース
(computer terminology) attachment unit interface; AUI

Variations:
四つ切り
4切
四切
4切り
四切り

 yotsugiri
    よつぎり
(1) cutting into four; quarter; (2) photograph size 254mm x 305 mm

フォーバンディッドバタフライフィッシュ

see styles
 foobandiddobatafuraifisshu
    フォーバンディッドバタフライフィッシュ
four-banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon hoefleri)

Variations:
四つ足
4つ足
四つ脚
よつ足(sK)

 yotsuashi
    よつあし
(adj-no,n) (1) four-legged; four-footed; (2) (four-legged) animal; beast

Variations:
願い事
願いごと(sK)
願事(sK)

 negaigoto
    ねがいごと
wish; desire; request; prayer

Variations:
4コマ漫画
四コマ漫画
四齣漫画(rK)

 yonkomamanga
    よんこままんが
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma

アタッチメント・ユニット・インタフェース

 atacchimento yunitto intafeesu
    アタッチメント・ユニット・インタフェース
(computer terminology) attachment unit interface; AUI

Variations:
思う
想う
念う
憶う
懐う
惟う

 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) (想う has connotations of heart-felt) to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon; (transitive verb) (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (transitive verb) (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (transitive verb) (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (transitive verb) (5) to expect; to look forward to; (transitive verb) (6) to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want; (transitive verb) (7) to recall; to remember

Variations:
止ん事無い(rK)
止んごとない(sK)

 yangotonai
    やんごとない
(adjective) (kana only) noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank

Variations:
生まれがいい
生まれが良い
生まれがよい

 umaregaii(生maregaii, 生marega良i); umaregayoi(生marega良i, 生maregayoi) / umaregai(生maregai, 生marega良i); umaregayoi(生marega良i, 生maregayoi)
    うまれがいい(生まれがいい, 生まれが良い); うまれがよい(生まれが良い, 生まれがよい)
(exp,adj-ix) of noble birth; wellborn

Variations:
生まれのいい
生まれの良い
生まれのよい

 umarenoii(生marenoii, 生mareno良i); umarenoyoi(生mareno良i, 生marenoyoi) / umarenoi(生marenoi, 生mareno良i); umarenoyoi(生mareno良i, 生marenoyoi)
    うまれのいい(生まれのいい, 生まれの良い); うまれのよい(生まれの良い, 生まれのよい)
(exp,adj-ix) of noble birth; wellborn

Variations:


忌み名
忌名(sK)
謚(sK)

 imina
    いみな
(1) real name (of a deceased person or a noble); (2) (See 贈り名) posthumous name

Variations:
4000
四千
4千
四〇〇〇

 yonsen(p); shisen
    よんせん(P); しせん
(numeric) four thousand; 4,000

Variations:
アスピレーション
アスピレイション

 asupireeshon; asupireishon(sk) / asupireeshon; asupireshon(sk)
    アスピレーション; アスピレイション(sk)
(1) aspiration; hope; ambition; desire; (2) aspiration; drawing breath

Variations:
付ける
着ける
附ける(rK)

 tsukeru(p); tsukeru(sk)
    つける(P); ツケる(sk)
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to attach; to join; to connect; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; to apply (ointment); to put against; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to furnish (a house with); (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) to wear; to put on; (transitive verb) (4) (kana only) to keep a diary; to make an entry; (transitive verb) (5) (kana only) to appraise; to set (a price); (transitive verb) (6) (kana only) to allot; to budget; to assign; (transitive verb) (7) (kana only) to bring alongside; (transitive verb) (8) (kana only) to place (under guard or doctor); (transitive verb) (9) (kana only) to follow (someone); to shadow; to tail; to stalk; (transitive verb) (10) (kana only) to load; to give (courage to); (transitive verb) (11) (kana only) to keep (an eye on); (transitive verb) (12) (kana only) to establish (relations or understanding); (transitive verb) (13) (kana only) (See 点ける) to turn on (a light); (transitive verb) (14) (kana only) to produce flowers (of a plant); to produce fruit; (transitive verb) (15) (kana only) {go} (usu. ツケる) (See ツケ・3) to attach; to play an attachment; (suf,v1) (16) (kana only) (after -masu stem of verb) (See 怒鳴りつける) to do intensely; to do fiercely; to do strongly; (suf,v1) (17) (kana only) (after -masu stem of verb) to be used to (doing); to be accustomed to

Variations:
仮差押え
仮差し押さえ
仮差し押え
仮差押

 karisashiosae
    かりさしおさえ
provisional seizure; provisional attachment; provisional garnishment

Variations:
マザーコンプレックス
マザー・コンプレックス

 mazaakonpurekkusu; mazaa konpurekkusu / mazakonpurekkusu; maza konpurekkusu
    マザーコンプレックス; マザー・コンプレックス
(1) being a mama's boy (wasei: mother complex); having an (overly) strong attachment to one's mother; (2) (See エディプスコンプレックス) Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother

Variations:
デザイア
デザイアー
ディザイア
ディザイアー

 dezaia; dezaiaa; dizaia; dizaiaa / dezaia; dezaia; dizaia; dizaia
    デザイア; デザイアー; ディザイア; ディザイアー
desire

Variations:
シスターコンプレックス
シスター・コンプレックス

 shisutaakonpurekkusu; shisutaa konpurekkusu / shisutakonpurekkusu; shisuta konpurekkusu
    シスターコンプレックス; シスター・コンプレックス
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister

Variations:
ブラザーコンプレックス
ブラザー・コンプレックス

 burazaakonpurekkusu; burazaa konpurekkusu / burazakonpurekkusu; buraza konpurekkusu
    ブラザーコンプレックス; ブラザー・コンプレックス
(See ブラコン・1) brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother

Variations:
かじ付きフォア
舵付きフォア
舵つきフォア(sK)

 kajitsukifoa
    かじつきフォア
coxed four (rowing)

Variations:
フォーサイクルエンジン
フォー・サイクル・エンジン

 foosaikuruenjin; foo saikuru enjin
    フォーサイクルエンジン; フォー・サイクル・エンジン
four-cycle engine

Variations:
サブネットワークアドレス
サブネットワーク・アドレス

 sabunettowaakuadoresu; sabunettowaaku adoresu / sabunettowakuadoresu; sabunettowaku adoresu
    サブネットワークアドレス; サブネットワーク・アドレス
{comp} subnetwork point of attachment address; subnetwork address

Variations:
差し押さえ
差押え
差し押え
差押さえ
差押(io)

 sashiosae
    さしおさえ
seizure; attachment; foreclosure

Variations:
四つ巴
四つどもえ
4つ巴(sK)
4つどもえ(sK)

 yotsudomoe
    よつどもえ
(1) (See 三つ巴・1) (emblem of) four comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; (2) (See 三つ巴・2) four-way fight; four-sided struggle

Variations:
洒落っ気
しゃれっ気
洒落っけ(sK)
シャレっ気(sK)

 sharekke
    しゃれっけ
(1) fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; (2) humor; humour; wit

Variations:
思い入れ
思いいれ
想い入れ
思入れ(io)
想入れ(io)

 omoiire / omoire
    おもいいれ
(noun/participle) (1) emotional attachment; (noun/participle) (2) attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect

Variations:
あばら屋
あばら家
荒ら屋
荒ら家
荒屋(io)
荒家(io)

 abaraya
    あばらや
(1) dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack; (2) (humble language) my house; my home; (3) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

Variations:
潔い
いさぎ良い(sK)
潔よい(sK)
潔良い(sK)

 isagiyoi
    いさぎよい
(adjective) (1) gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; honourable (e.g. death); noble; gallant; brave; manly; sportsmanlike; (adjective) (2) (dated) upright; righteous; honest; pure (heart); innocent; (adjective) (3) (archaism) unspoiled (scenery, etc.); pure; clean

Variations:
ケサランパサラン
ケセランパセラン
ケセランパサラン
テンサラバサラ

 kesaranpasaran; keseranpaseran; keseranpasaran; tensarabasara
    ケサランパサラン; ケセランパセラン; ケセランパサラン; テンサラバサラ
(1) flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness; (2) animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball

Variations:
差し押さえ
差押え
差押(io)
差し押え(sK)
差押さえ(sK)

 sashiosae
    さしおさえ
(noun, transitive verb) {law} (差押 usu. in compounds) seizure; attachment; foreclosure

Variations:
あばら屋
あばら家
荒屋
荒ら屋(sK)
荒ら家(sK)
荒家(sK)

 abaraya
    あばらや
(1) dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack; (2) (humble language) my house; my home; (3) (archaism) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

Variations:
アタッチメントユニットインタフェース
アタッチメント・ユニット・インタフェース

 atacchimentoyunittointafeesu; atacchimento yunitto intafeesu
    アタッチメントユニットインタフェース; アタッチメント・ユニット・インタフェース
{comp} attachment unit interface; AUI

Variations:
フォーバンディッドバタフライフィッシュ
フォーバンディッド・バタフライフィッシュ

 foobandiddobatafuraifisshu; foobandiddo batafuraifisshu
    フォーバンディッドバタフライフィッシュ; フォーバンディッド・バタフライフィッシュ
four-banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon hoefleri)

Variations:
フォーレターワード
フォアレターワード
フォー・レター・ワード
フォア・レター・ワード

 fooretaawaado; foaretaawaado; foo retaa waado; foa retaa waado / fooretawado; foaretawado; foo reta wado; foa reta wado
    フォーレターワード; フォアレターワード; フォー・レター・ワード; フォア・レター・ワード
(See 四文字言葉) four-letter word (esp. in English)

Variations:
思う
想う
憶う(rK)
念う(rK)
懐う(sK)
惟う(sK)
意う(sK)

 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) (想う has connotations of heart-felt) to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon; (transitive verb) (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (transitive verb) (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (transitive verb) (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (transitive verb) (5) to expect; to look forward to; (transitive verb) (6) to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want; (transitive verb) (7) to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love; (transitive verb) (8) to recall; to remember

Variations:
四箇年
四カ年
四ヵ年
四ヶ年
四か年
四ケ年
4箇年
4カ年
4ヵ年
4ヶ年
4か年
4ケ年

 yonkanen
    よんかねん
(can act as adjective) quadrennial; recurring every four years

Variations:
打ち出の小槌
打出の小槌
うちでの小槌(sK)
打ち出の小づち(sK)
打ちでの小槌(sK)
打出の小づち(sK)

 uchidenokozuchi
    うちでのこづち
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

Variations:
断ち切る
裁ち切る(rK)
截ち切る(rK)
断切る(sK)
断ちきる(sK)
絶ち切る(sK)
絶ちきる(sK)
たち切る(sK)

 tachikiru
    たちきる
(transitive verb) (1) to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; (transitive verb) (2) (断ち切る only) to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to give up (an attachment, habit, etc.); to stop (e.g. a vicious cycle); (transitive verb) (3) (断ち切る only) to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block; to break up (e.g. an intelligence network)

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