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Japanese - English Dictionary - Words in Pretense [見せ掛の言葉]

Pretense [見せ掛]

Pretense
the act of giving a false appearance
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poozu
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

poosu

English Meanings:

noun
  1. pose
  2. pause
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[か(仮)·そう(相)]
kasou
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. appearance; phenomenon
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[か(仮)·そう(装)]
kasou
noun, suru verb, no adjective

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. costume; fancy dress; masquerade; disguise
  2. converted (cruiser)
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[がい(外)·かん(観)]
gaikan
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
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[きょう(狂)·げん(言)]
kyougen
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play
  2. kabuki play; kabuki performance
  3. make-believe; ruse; trick
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[けい(形)·よう(容)]
keiyou
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. describing; comparing; expressing figuratively; modifying; qualifying (e.g. an adjective qualifying a noun)
noun
  1. form; figure; condition; state
  2. personal appearance; one's face and figure; looks
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[み(見)·え·る]
mieru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb

English Meanings:

ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be seen; to be in sight
  2. to look; to seem; to appear
  3. to come
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[み(見)·せ·か(掛)·け]
misekake
noun, no adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[み(見)·せ·か·け]
misekake

English Meanings:

noun, no adjective
  1. seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
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[すがた(姿)]
sugata
noun, noun, used as a suffix

English Meanings:

noun
  1. figure; form; shape
  2. appearance; dress; guise
  3. state; condition; picture; image
  4. form (of a waka)
noun, used as a suffix
  1. dressed in ...; wearing ...
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[おもむき(趣)]
omomuki
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[おもむ(趣)·き]
omomuki

English Meanings:

noun
  1. meaning; tenor; gist
  2. effect; influence
  3. appearance; aspect
  4. grace; charm; refinement; taste; elegance
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[み(身)·な·り]
minari
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[み(身)·なり(形)]
minari

English Meanings:

noun
  1. dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
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[からだ(体)]
karada
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[からだ(身体)]
karada
[からだ(躰)]
karada
[からだ(躯)]
karada

English Meanings:

noun
  1. body (からだ is a gikun reading of 身体)
  2. torso; trunk
  3. build; physique; frame; figure
  4. health; constitution
  5. corpse; dead body
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[たい(体)]
tai
noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter

English Meanings:

noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. body; physique; posture
  2. shape; form; style
  3. substance; identity; reality
  4. field
counter
  1. counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.)
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. typeface; type
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[てい(体)]
tei
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[てい(態)]
tei

English Meanings:

noun
  1. appearance; air; condition; state; form
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[てい(体)·さい(裁)]
teisai
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[たい(体)·さい(裁)]
taisai

English Meanings:

noun
  1. (outward) appearance
  2. (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style
  3. appearances; decency; show; display
  4. lip-service; insincere words; glib talk
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[たい(体)·ぼう(貌)]
taibou
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. appearance
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zama
noun, suffix

Alternate Written Forms:

[ざま(様)]
zama
[ざま(態)]
zama

English Meanings:

noun
  1. mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight
suffix
  1. -ways; -wards (indicates direction)
  2. in the act of ...; just as one is ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)
  3. manner of ...; way of ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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[ひょう(表)·めん(面)]
hyoumen
noun, no adjective

English Meanings:

noun, no adjective
  1. surface; face
  2. outside; exterior
  3. appearances; superficiality
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[ふう(風)·かく(格)]
fuukaku
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. personality; style; appearance
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[ふ(風)·ぜい(情)]
fuzei
noun, suffix

Alternate Written Forms:

[ふう(風)·じょう(情)]
fuujou

English Meanings:

noun
  1. taste; elegance; charm
  2. appearance; air
suffix
  1. the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
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