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訳

Translation
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingヤク
Kun readingわけ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 6Level 32

Verbs with «訳»

訳する翻訳する訳す

Meanings

  1. translation
  2. case
  3. circumstance
  4. reason
  5. translateRtK
    彼は秘書にその手紙を英語に翻訳させた。He had his secretary translate the letter into English.tatoeba
    彼は日本の小説をフランス語に訳した。He translated a Japanese novel into French.tatoeba
  1. cause
  2. grounds
  3. sense

Synonyms

事情事由理由経緯経過訳ではない

Homonyms

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Same reading (わけ)
分け · division

Popular Usage

翻訳内訳言い訳

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · shaku-hachi · flag (方) · stick (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1154

Compound words

翻訳ほんやく
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
内訳うちわけ
itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification
言い訳いいわけ
excuse; explanation
英訳えいやく
English translation
全訳ぜんやく
complete translation
通訳つうやく
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
訳すやくす
to translate; to interpret
訳者やくしゃ
translator
点訳てんやく
translating into Braille
申し訳もうしわけ
apology; excuse
訳がないわけがない
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
申し訳ないもうしわけない
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; I feel guilty; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
訳ではないわけではない
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
訳じゃないわけじゃない
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
申し訳ありませんもうしわけありません
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
意訳いやく
free translation
音訳おんやく
transliteration
改訳かいやく
retranslation
完訳かんやく
complete translation
監訳かんやく
supervising a translation
旧訳きゅうやく
old translation
抄訳しょうやく
abridged translation
直訳ちょくやく
literal translation
邦訳ほうやく
Japanese translation

On Reading Examples

君たちの訳文と黒板の訳を比較しなさい。やく
Compare your translation with the one on the blackboard.tatoeba
あなたの訳を彼の訳と比べてみなさい。やく
Compare your translation with his.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は彼女を通訳として雇った。
He engaged her as an interpreter.tatoeba
彼は同時通訳になる運命にあった。
He was destined to become a simultaneous interpreter.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Translate; reason. 言 (words) + 尺 — taking words apart to carry the meaning over. 翻訳 translation, 言い訳 excuse.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 訳

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step