Japanese DictionaryDefinition of 培/meaning-of-しんたい
- (vs-i) to do
- to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
- to serve as; to act as; to work as
- to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
- to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
- to decide on; to choose
- (vs-i, vi) to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
- to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
- to be worth; to cost
- to pass (of time); to elapse
- (suf, vs-i) verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
- (aux-v, vs-i) creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
- to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) ill will; malice; another intention; secret purpose; ulterior motive; fickleness; double-mindedness
- (n, n-suf) body; physique; posture
- shape; form; style
あのころ、もっと一生懸命体を鍛えていたら、彼は今頃はもっと健康であろうに。
If he had trained himself harder at that time, he would be healthier now. - substance; identity; reality
- (math) field
- (ctr) counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.)
彼は今までに９体の人型ロボットを製造していたが、その全てはデモンストレーションモデルだった。
Up to now he had made nine humanoid robots but they were all demonstration models.
- (n, conj) opposite; opposition
- versus; vs
今日早稲田対慶応の試合がある。
There is going to be a game between Waseda and Keio today. - to (i.e. "we won the game five to three")
我々のチームは３対１で試合に勝った。
We won the game by three goals to one. - equal footing; equal terms
- against ...; anti-; toward ...; to ...
同社の昨年の対インド輸出は１億ドルに達した。
The company's exports to India amounted to $100 million last year.
- (n-suf) band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
彼女の着物と帯の取り合わせはおつだね。
Her kimono and obi combination is smart, isn't it?
- (n) sea bream (Sparidae); porgy
海老で鯛を釣る。
Throw a sprat to catch a whale. - tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) Thailand
タイのガイドブックは他にないんですか。
Do you have any other guidebooks about Thailand?
- (int) used to express approval, especially in slurred or unclear speech (abbr. of interjection "un")
- negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu")
- abbr. of particle "no"
- abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)