JapanLingo

Vocabulary

Every word comes with furigana, romaji, and an original example sentence from real life in Japan.

22000 words

confusion / chaos

kyuuna henkou de genba ga konran shimashita.

The sudden change threw the workplace into confusion.

confusion (mixing up)

niteiru kotoba o kondou shiyasui desu.

It is easy to mix up similar words.

complication / entanglement

jouhou ga sakusou shiteimasu.

The information is tangled and confused.

intermingling

kitai to fuan ga kousaku shiteimasu.

Hope and anxiety are intermingling.

congestion (network)

akusesu shuuchuu de kaisen ga fukusou shimashita.

The lines became congested due to concentrated access.

tightness / strain

byouin no taisei ga hippaku shiteimasu.

The hospital system is under severe strain.

destitution

sengo, hitobito wa kyuubou no seikatsu o okurimashita.

After the war, people lived in destitution.

poverty / distress

seikatsu ni konkyuu suru katei o shien shimasu.

We support households in financial distress.

exhaustion / impoverishment

choujikan roudou de genba ga hihei shiteimasu.

The workforce is exhausted from long hours.

decline

kono sangyou wa suitai shiteimasu.

This industry is in decline.

weakening

sofu wa byouki de suijaku shiteimasu.

My grandfather is weakened by illness.

decline / fall

meimon chiimu ga chouraku shimashita.

The prestigious team fell into decline.

ruin / downfall

sono ichizoku wa sengo ni botsuraku shimashita.

The family fell into ruin after the war.

collapse

furui tatemono ga jishin de houkai shimashita.

The old building collapsed in the earthquake.

breach (of dam)

ooame de teibou ga kekkai shimashita.

The levee breached due to heavy rain.

collapse / cave-in

gake ga houraku shite douro ga fusagarimashita.

The cliff collapsed and blocked the road.

sinking / depression

douro ga kanbotsu shite tsuukoudome ni narimashita.

The road caved in and was closed.

burial / obscurity

yoi seihin demo shijou de maibotsu suru koto ga arimasu.

Even good products can get buried in the market.

sinking (ship)

arashi de fune ga chinbotsu shimashita.

The ship sank in the storm.

subsidence

jiban ga chinka shiteimasu.

The ground is subsiding.

stagnation

gyoukai zentai ga chintai shiteimasu.

The whole industry is stagnant.

surfacing / emerging

atarashii kadai ga fujou shimashita.

A new issue has surfaced.

buoyancy / lifting

keiki no fuyousaku ga giron sareteimasu.

Measures to lift the economy are being discussed.

upheaval / rise

jishin de jimen ga ryuuki shimashita.

The ground rose up in the earthquake.

outbreak

funsou ga boppatsu shimashita.

A conflict broke out.

sudden occurrence

toppatsu no shougai ni taiou shimashita.

We handled the sudden system failure.

frequent occurrence

kono kousaten de wa jiko ga hinpatsu shiteimasu.

Accidents occur frequently at this intersection.

frequent occurrence

fuyu wa jiko ga tahatsu shimasu.

Accidents occur frequently in winter.

successive occurrence

toraburu ga zokuhatsu shiteimasu.

Troubles are occurring one after another.

recurrence

mondai no saihatsu o fusegu shikumi o tsukurimashita.

We created a mechanism to prevent the problem from recurring.

inducement / triggering

nebusoku wa misu o yuuhatsu shimasu.

Lack of sleep induces mistakes.

inspiration / triggering

kare no chousen ni shokuhatsu saremashita.

I was inspired by his challenge.

provocation

aite no chouhatsu ni noranaide kudasai.

Do not rise to the other side's provocation.

incitement

gunshuu o sendou shita otoko ga taiho saremashita.

The man who incited the crowd was arrested.

agitation

boudou o sendou shita tsumi ni towaremashita.

He was charged with inciting the riot.

crystallization

satou ga kesshouka shimashita.

The sugar crystallized.

condensation

kono hon ni wa kare no keiken ga gyoushuku sareteimasu.

His experience is condensed into this book.

solidification

ketsueki ga gyouko shimashita.

The blood coagulated.

melting

koori ga yuukai shite mizu ni narimashita.

The ice melted into water.

dissolution

shio wa mizu ni youkai shimasu.

Salt dissolves in water.

evaporation

suibun ga jouhatsu shimashita.

The moisture evaporated.

saturation

shijou wa sudeni houwa shiteimasu.

The market is already saturated.

expansion / swelling

netsu de kinzoku ga bouchou shimasu.

Metal expands with heat.

contraction

samusa de kinniku ga shuushuku shimasu.

Muscles contract in the cold.

elasticity / scaling

kono sozai wa yoku shinshuku shimasu.

This material stretches well.

extension / expansion

memori o kakuchou shimashita.

I expanded the memory.

expansion / enhancement

fukuri kousei o kakujuu shimashita.

We enhanced the employee benefits.

reinforcement

saabaa no seinou o zoukyou shimashita.

We boosted the server's performance.

proliferation

saikin wa atatakai basho de zoushoku shimasu.

Bacteria multiply in warm places.

breeding

kono tori wa haru ni hanshoku shimasu.

This bird breeds in spring.