| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n able men left out of office | 遺賢 |
| gen. | n adj-no aligning to the left | 左づめ |
| gen. | n adj-no aligning to the left | 左詰め |
| gen. | n amount left over | 残った分 news1 nf02 |
| gen. | n archer's left-wrist protector | 鞆 |
| gen. | n arrow with feathers that curve to the left | 兄矢 (the first of two arrows to be fired) |
| gen. | n arrow with feathers that curve to the left | 早矢 (the first of two arrows to be fired) |
| gen. | n arrow with feathers that curve to the left | 甲矢 (the first of two arrows to be fired) |
| law | article left behind | 遺留した物 |
| gen. | n article left by the deceased | 遺品 news1 nf17 |
| gen. | n at left | 左記 news1 nf22 primarily used in vertical writing |
| inf. | n being left out | はぶ |
| inf. | n being left out | ハブ perhaps an abbr. of 省き (habu) |
| gen. | n vs being left out | 仲間外れ |
| gen. | being left unattended to | 留主 (of one's studies, etc.) |
| gen. | being left unattended to | 留守 ichi1 news1 nf11 (of one's studies, etc.) |
| gen. | n between left and center fielders | 左中間 (centre) |
| gen. | n bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura | 揚げ玉 |
| rel., budd. | n bones left after cremation | 舎利 news2 nf40 (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva) |
| comp. | n bottom left corner | 左下隅 |
| gen. | n broth left over after boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc. | 茹で汁 |
| gen. | n broth left over after boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc. | ゆで汁 |
| gen. | n yoji cemetery for those who left no relatives behind | 無縁墓地 |
| gen. | n chart at the left | 左表 |
| gen. | uk child who is left out of games | 味噌っ滓 |
| gen. | uk child who is left out of games | 味噌っ粕 |
| gen. | uk child who is left out of games | 味噌っかす |
| gen. | n chips or shavings left after cutting wood or metal with a saw, etc. | 切り粉 |
| gen. | n concentrated solution of salts esp. magnesium chloride left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine | 苦塩 |
| gen. | n concentrated solution of salts esp. magnesium chloride left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine | 滷汁 |
| gen. | n concentrated solution of salts esp. magnesium chloride left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine | 苦汁 (くじゅう) |
| phys. | continuous on the left | 左連続 (ひだり・れんぞく) |
| gen. | n-adv n-t days left | 余日 |
| gen. | n decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi | 忘緒 |
| gen. | n obsc decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi | 半臂の緒 |
| gen. | n decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi | 忘れ緒 |
| obs. | depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand | 押手 |
| obs. | depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand | 押し手 |
| gen. | n downstage left pillar | 大臣柱 (on a noh stage) |
| gen. | n downstage left pillar on a noh stage, by which the supporting actor introduces himself | 脇柱 |
| gen. | n downstage left in noh, where the secondary actor is often seated | ワキ座 |
| gen. | n downstage left in noh, where the secondary actor is often seated | 脇座 |
| gen. | n driving on the left-hand side of the road | 左側通行 (ひだり・がわ・つうこう) |
| gen. | n driving on the left side of the road | 左側通行 (ひだり・がわ・つうこう) |
| gen. | n dust left by someone running ahead | 後塵 |
| gen. | n elegant left-leaning block typeface | 宋朝体 |
| comp., MS | e-mail alias (The portion of the e-mail address that appears to the left of the | 電子メール エイリアス |
| gen. | n adj-no extreme left | 極左 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | n facing left | 左向き |
| gen. | n yoji family members left at home | 留守家族 |
| gen. | n far-left group | 極左団体 |
| gen. | exp Feel uneasy if something is left unsaid | 物言わねば腹膨る |
| gen. | n flute-player seating area noh, behind upstage left | 笛座 |
| comp., MS | Fly In, Left and Right | フライ インとアウト (A credit or title animation in Windows Movie Maker) |
| comp., MS | Fly In, Top Left A title animation in Windows Movie Maker | フライ イン (左上から) |
| gen. | exp from right to left | 右から左へ |
| obs. | n fruits left on a tree during winter | 木守り (supposedly causing more fruits to appear in the next season) |
| gen. | n vs yoji going right and left | 右往左往 news2 nf47 spec2 |
| gen. | n goods left unsold | 仕舞物 |
| comp., MS | group prefix (" A group name that appears to the left of the | グループ プレフィックス |
| gen. | n hair left on comb | 脱け毛 |
| gen. | n hair left on comb | 抜け毛 news2 nf37 |
| inf. | have left over | 浮く ichi1 |
| gen. | having just left | 出掛 io usu. 出掛けに, etc. |
| gen. | having just left | 出がけ |
| gen. | having just left | 出掛け news2 nf28 |
| gen. | exp having no trace left | 見る影も無い (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.) |
| gen. | exp having no trace left | 見る影もない (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.) |
| sumo. | n hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right | 左四つ news2 nf36 |
| sumo. | n hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left | 右四つ news2 nf37 |
| gen. | n in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail | 左払い |
| gen. | n in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right | 右払い |
| gen. | n Japanese far-left revolutionary group | 中核派 |
| slang | just left | わず |
| slang | just left | ワズ |
| gen. | n kanji "arrow" radical at left | 矢偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "badger" radical at left | 豸偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "bare bone" radical at left | 一タ偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "bare bone" radical at left | 歹偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "bean" radical at left | 豆偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "boat" radical at left | 舟偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "body" radical at left | 身偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "bone" radical at left | 骨偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "bow" radical at left | 弓偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "child" radical at left | 子偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "claw" radical at left | 爪繞 |
| gen. | n uk kanji "cloth" radical at left | 巾偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "clothes" radical at left | 衣偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "cow" radical at left | 牛偏 牜 as in 牡 (radical 93) |
| gen. | n kanji "day" radical at left | 日偏 as in 晴 (radical 72) |
| gen. | n kanji "direction" radical at left | 方偏 (radical 70) |
| gen. | n kanji "dog" or "animal" radical at left | 獣偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "ear" radical at left | 耳偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "earth" radical at left | 土偏 (radical 32) |
| gen. | n kanji "eye" radical at left | 目偏 as in 眺 (radical 109) |
| gen. | n kanji "fire" radical at left | 火偏 as in 灯 (radical 86) |
| gen. | n kanji "fish" radical at left | 魚偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "food" radical at left | 食偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "hand" radical at left | 手偏 (radical 64) |
| gen. | n kanji "heart" radical at left | 立心偏 忄 as in 忙 (radical 61) |
| gen. | n kanji "horn" radical at left | 角偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "horse" radical at left | 馬偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "insect" radical at left | 虫偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "jar" radical at left | 缶偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "jewel" radical at left | 王偏 (radical 96 looks like "king") |
| gen. | n kanji "jewel" radical at left | 玉偏 as in 珠 (radical 96) |
| gen. | n kanji left unpronounced when reading Chinese | 置き字 |
| gen. | n kanji "leg" or "foot" radical at left | 足偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "meat" radical at left | 肉月 (looks like "moon" radical, radical 74) |
| gen. | n kanji "metal" or "gold" radical at left | 金偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "moon" radical at left | 月偏 (usually classified as radical 130) |
| gen. | n kanji "mound" or "small village" radical at left | 阜偏 e.g. left side of 防 (radical 170) |
| gen. | n kanji "mound" or "small village" radical at left | こざと偏 (radical 170) |
| gen. | n kanji "mountain" radical at left | 山偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "mouth" radical at left | 口偏 (radical 30) |
| gen. | n kanji "nose" radical at left | 鼻偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "pig" radical at left | 豕偏 |
| gen. | n kanji radical 90 at left | 爿偏 |
| gen. | kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character | 垂れ news2 nf38 spec1 (たれ) |
| gen. | n uk kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji | 繞 e.g. 道, 起 |
| gen. | n kanji "rice paddy" radical at left | 田偏 as in 略 (radical 102) |
| gen. | n kanji "rice" radical at left | 米偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "run" radical at left | 走繞 |
| gen. | n kanji "sheep" radical at left | 羊偏 |
| gen. | kanji "shell" radical at left | 小貝 |
| gen. | n kanji "shell" radical at left | 貝偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "show" radical at left | 示偏 as in 神 (radical 113) |
| gen. | n kanji "side" radical radical 91 at left | 片偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "spear" radical at left | 矛偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "stand" radical at left | 立偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "stone" radical at left | 石偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "stop" radical at left | 止偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "thread" radical at left | 糸偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "tongue" radical at left | 舌偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "tooth" radical at left | 歯偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "tree" radical at left | 木偏 (radical 75) |
| gen. | n kanji "two-branch tree" radical at left | 禾偏 as in 秘 (radical 115) |
| gen. | n kanji "two-branch tree" radical at left | ノ木偏 (radical 115) |
| gen. | n kanji "valley" radical at left | 谷偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "vehicle" radical at left | 車偏 |
| gen. | n kanji "woman" radical at left | 女偏 (radical 38) |
| gen. | n kanji "word" radical at left | 言偏 |
| comp., MS | left align | 左揃え (To align text along the left margin) |
| comp., MS | left-aligned | 左揃え (Pertaining to text that is aligned along the left margin) |
| gen. | n vs left-aligned | 左寄せ |
| gen. | n vs left and right | 左右 ichi1 news1 nf06 (さゆう) |
| gen. | n left and right kanji radicals | 扁旁 |
| gen. | n left and right kanji radicals | 偏旁 |
| gen. | n yoji left-and-right pair | 左右一対 |
| comp., MS | left angle bracket | 始め山かっこ (The < character) |
| comp. | n left angle bracket | 小なり |
| comp. | n left angle bracket | アングル括弧 |
| comp., MS | left angle bracket (The | 始め山かっこ |
| gen. | left anterior descending branch | 左前下行枝 |
| gen. | n left arm | 左腕 news1 nf07 |
| comp., MS | left arrow | 左方向キー (The key on the keyboard that is labeled with a left arrow) |
| gen. | left atrium | 左房 |
| gen. | n left atrium | 左心房 |
| gen. | left auricle | 左心耳 |
| gen. | left axis | 左軸 |
| phys. | left-banded crystal | 左晶 (さしょう) |
| construct. | left bank | 左岸 (さがん) |
| gen. | n left bank | 左岸 news2 nf25 (of a river, さがん) |
| gen. | n vs left behind | 残置 (for later use) |
| comp., MS | left brace | 始め波かっこ (The { character) |
| comp., MS | left bracket | 左角かっこ (The [ character) |
| gen. | n adj-no left brain | 左脳 |
| gen. | n left breast | 左胸 |
| gen. | left bundle branch block | 左脚ブロック |
| gen. | left circumflex | 左回旋枝 |
| gen. | left colic artery | 左結腸動脈 |
| phys. | left differential coefficient | 左微分係数 (ひだり・びぶん・けいすう) |
| gen. | n left ear | 左耳 |
| gen. | n adj-no left edge | 左端 |
| gen. | n adj-no left end | 左端 |
| gen. | n left eye | 左目 |
| radio | left-eye stereoscopic television picture | 左眼立体テレビジョン画像 |
| gen. | n left faction | 左派系 |
| gen. | n adj-no left foot | 左足 |
| gen. | n left-footed person | レフティー |
| gen. | n left-footed person | レフティ |
| gen. | n left unpaid from previous month | 月越し |
| gen. | left gastroepiploic artery | 左胃大網動脈 |
| gen. | n one's left hand | 弓手 |
| gen. | n left hand | 左手 ichi1 news1 nf10 |
| construct. | left-hand | 左勝手 (ひだり・かって) |
| obs. | in archery left hand | 押手 |
| obs. | in archery left hand | 押し手 |
| gen. | n left hand | 奥の手 news2 nf39 |
| gen. | n left-hand corner | 左隅 |
| gen. | n left hand drive | 左ハンドル (of cars, etc.) |
| comp. | n left hand edge | 左方端 |
| gen. | left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine | 師子 |
| gen. | left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine | 獅子 news1 nf11 |
| phys. | left-hand limit | 左側極限 (ひだりがわ・きょくげん) |
| comp. | n left-hand match | 前方一致 |
| gen. | n left-hand opponent | 上家 |
| construct. | left-hand outswing door | 左勝手外開き (ひだり・かって・そと・びらき) |
| radio | left-hand polarization | 左旋偏波 |
| radio | left-hand polarization | 左偏波 |
| antenn. | left-hand polarized wave | 左旋偏波 |
| gen. | n left-hand radical of a character | 偏 (かたより) |
| phys. | left-hand rule | 左手の法則 (hidarite no hōsoku) |
| gen. | n Fleming's left-hand rule | 左手の法則 (hidarite no hōsoku) |
| phys. | left-hand side | 左辺 (さへん) |
| gen. | n left-hand side | 左辺 (さへん) |
| gen. | n adj-no left hand side | 左 ichi1 news1 nf01 |
| gen. | n left-hand side driving | 左側通行 (ひだり・がわ・つうこう) |
| gen. | left-hand thread | 左ねじ (hidarineji) |
| construct. | left-hand traffic | 左側通行 (ひだり・がわ・つうこう) |
| slang | n sens left-handed | ぎっちょ |
| gen. | left-handed | 左腕 news1 nf07 (baseball pitcher) |
| gen. | n left-handed baseball pitcher | 左腕投手 |
| phys. | left-handed circularly polarized light | 左円偏光 (ひだり・えんへんこう) |
| comp. | n left-handed coordinate system | 左手座標系 (ひだりて・ざひょうけい) |
| gen. | left-handed fault | 左ずれ断層 |
| gen. | n left-handed person | サウスポー gai1 |
| gen. | n left-handed pitching | 左投げ |
| phys. | left-handed system | 左手系 (hidaritekei) |
| math. | left-handed trihedron | 左手系 (hidaritekei) |
| gen. | n adj-no left-handedness | 左利 io |
| gen. | n adj-no left-handedness | 左利き ichi1 news2 nf31 |
| gen. | n left-hander | レフティ |
| gen. | n left-hander | レフティー |
| gen. | n adj-no left-hander | 左利 io |
| gen. | left hander | 左利き |
| gen. | n adj-no left-hander | 左利き ichi1 news2 nf31 |
| gen. | left heart | 左心 |
| gen. | left heart failure | 左心不全 |
| gen. | left hemisphere | 左半球 |
| gen. | left hepatic artery | 左肝動脈 |
| gen. | n left hook | 左フック (e.g. in boxing, etc.) |
| gen. | left in place | 埋殺し |
| phys. | left-invariant | 左不変 (ひだり・ふへん) |
| gen. | n adj-no left justification | 左づめ |
| comp. | n vs left-justification | 左揃え |
| gen. | n adj-no left justification | 左詰め |
| gen. | n vs left-justified | 左寄せ |
| tech. | left lane | 左車線 (ひだりしゃせん) |
| gen. | n left-lateral fault | 左ずれ断層 |
| gen. | adj-no left-leaning | 左翼系 |
| gen. | adj-no n left-leaning | 左寄り |
| gen. | left leg | 左脚 |
| gen. | n left liner | 左直 |
| gen. | left lobe | 左葉 |
| gen. | left lobe of liver | 肝臓左葉 |
| gen. | left lower | 左下 |
| gen. | left lower quadrant | 左下象現 |
| gen. | left lung | 左肺 |
| gen. | left main trunk | 左冠動脈主幹 |
| gen. | n adj-no left-most | 最左 |
| gen. | n left-most plan | 左図 |
| comp., MS | left mouse button | マウスの左ボタン (The button on your pointing device that you use most often for clicking and double-clicking) |
| gen. | left occiput anterior | 後頭骨左前方 |
| gen. | adj-no n left of center | 左寄り (politically) |
| gen. | n adj-no yoji left-of-center faction | 中道左派 (group) |
| gen. | n left-off cargo | 積み残し news2 nf32 (つみのこし) |
| baseb. | n vs left on base | 残塁 news1 nf22 |
| comp., MS | left outer join | 左外部結合 (A type of outer join in which all rows from the left-most table in the JOIN clause are included. When rows in the left table are not matched by rows in the right table, all result set columns that come from the right table are assigned a value of NULL) |
| comp. | n left outer join | 外部結合 |
| gen. | n pref left-over | 残 |
| gen. | n adj-no left-over | 残り ichi1 news1 nf03 (のこり) |
| food.ind. | n left-over flesh on the spine of a fish esp. tuna or beef | 中落ち (なかおち) |
| gen. | suf uk left-overs | 殻 (かく) |
| gen. | left part of the stage | 下手 (audience's or camera's POV, しもて) |
| gen. | n left puppeteer | 左遣い (bunraku) |
| phys. | left quotient space | 左商空間 (ひだり・しょうくうかん) |
| gen. | n vs adj-no left radical | 左傾 |
| gen. | left recursive rules | 左再帰規則 |
| phys. | left regular representation | 左正則表現 (ひだり・せいそく・ひょうげん) |
| comp. | n left shift | 左シフト (bitwise, arithmetic, hidari-shifuto) |
| gen. | left shift | 左方移動 |
| gen. | n left shoulder | 左肩 |
| gen. | n left side | 左方 news2 nf44 |
| math. | n left side | 左辺 news2 nf26 (of an equation, expression, etc., さへん) |
| gen. | left side | 左側 (ひだりがわ) |
| gen. | n adj-no left hand side | 左側 ichi1 news1 nf14 (ひだりがわ) |
| comp. | n left-side mouse button | 左マウスボタン |
| gen. | n left side of the chest | 左胸 |
| comp. | n left side value | 左辺値 (of an equation) |
| construct. | left-side view | 左側面図 (ひだり・そくめん・づ) |
| radio | left stereophonic signal | 左信号 |
| radio | left stereophonic signal | ステレオの左信号 |
| gen. | n left skirt of a kimono | 左褄 |
| gen. | left slanted lettering | 左傾斜体 |
| comp., MS | left square bracket | 左角かっこ (The [ character) |
| tech. | left thumb rule | 左親指の法則 (ひだりおやゆびのほうそく) |
| comp., MS | left-to-right | 左から右 (Pertaining to keyboard settings, document views, user interface objects, and languages for which text is displayed in a left-to-right direction. English and most other European languages are left-to-right languages) |
| gen. | Left-to-right and Right-most Parsing | ＬＲ法 |
| gen. | left traffic | 左場周 |
| construct. | left turn | 左折 (させつ) |
| gen. | n vs left turn | 左折 news2 nf47 (させつ) |
| tech. | left-turn direct ramp | 左直結ランプ (ひだりちょっけつランプ) |
| tech. | left turn lane | 左折車線 (させっしゃせん) |
| gen. | exp left turn permissible | 左折可 |
| tech. | left-turn ramp | 左折ランプ (させつランプ) |
| gen. | adj-no left unattended | 未処理 (to) |
| gen. | left upper | 左上 |
| gen. | n adj-no left-upper | 左上 |
| gen. | left upper lobe | 左上葉 |
| gen. | left upper quadrant | 左上腹部 |
| gen. | left upper quadrant | 左上象現 |
| gen. | left ventricle | 左室 |
| gen. | n left ventricle | 左心室 |
| gen. | n left ventricular assist device | 左心補助循環装置 |
| gen. | left ventricular hypertrophy | 左室肥大 |
| gen. | left ventricular mass | 左室体積 |
| gen. | left ventriculography | 左室造影 |
| comp., MS | Left voicemail | 残された留守番電話 (Check box on Phone Call form that indicates that, when the call was made, a voicemail was left for the recipient) |
| gen. | n left wing | レフト・ウイング |
| gen. | n adj-no left-wing | 左翼 ichi1 news1 nf05 (さよく) |
| pejor. | n left wing | ブサヨ from 不細工+左翼 |
| gen. | adj-no left-wing | 左翼系 |
| gen. | n adj-no left wing | 左派 news1 nf07 |
| gen. | n left wing | レフトウイング |
| gen. | n left-wing party | 左翼党 |
| gen. | conj exp adv left with no choice | 今は是迄 |
| gen. | conj exp adv left with no choice | 今は是まで |
| gen. | conj exp adv left with no choice | 今は此れ迄 |
| gen. | conj exp adv left with no choice | 今はこれまで |
| gen. | n letter left behind by someone who has departed | 置手紙 |
| gen. | n letter left behind by someone who has departed | 置き手紙 |
| gen. | exp looking neither right nor left | 脇目も振らずに |
| gen. | exp looking neither right nor left | わき目も振らずに |
| gen. | n vs yoji looking right and left or all about | 左顧右眄 |
| gen. | n vs yoji looking to the right and left | 右顧左眄 |
| gen. | n lower left | 左隅 |
| gen. | n lower left | 下左 (corner) |
| gen. | n lower left | 左下 |
| gen. | n manipulates the left arm | 左遣い |
| gen. | n map on the left | 左図 (chart, graph) |
| gen. | n medicine left by a salesman, and paid for when used | 配置薬 |
| gen. | Minister of the Left | 太傅 (official in Nara and Heian periods) |
| gen. | n Minister of the Left | 左大臣 (official in Nara and Heian periods) |
| gen. | n musicians' box on the left side of the stage | 下座 news2 nf39 (げざ) |
| gen. | n neighbour to the left | 左隣 |
| gen. | n new left | ニュー・レフト |
| gen. | n new left | ニューレフト |
| gen. | n No Left Turn! | 左折禁止 |
| gen. | n note letter left behind | 書き置き |
| gen. | n note left by dead person | 遺書 news1 nf15 |
| gen. | n object left in a person's charge | 預け物 |
| gen. | exp on the left as one faces | 向かって左 news1 nf03 (it) |
| gen. | n Oversight Department of the Left | 左弁官 (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration & Popular Affairs) |
| gen. | part left and right | 左右に分かれる |
| gen. | n party of the left | 左翼党 |
| gen. | n passengers left behind | 積み残し news2 nf32 (つみのこし) |
| gen. | n person left in charge of one's belongings | 預かり人 |
| gen. | n plan which is shown on the left | 左図 |
| gen. | n player to one's left | 上家 |
| gen. | n principle holding that any matters left unresolved at the end of one Diet session are not to be carried over to the next | 会期不継続の原則 |
| gen. | n reduction left ventriculoplasty | 左心縮小術 |
| gen. | n residue left after making tofu | 切らず |
| gen. | n residue left after making tofu | 御殻 |
| gen. | n residue left after making tofu | 雪花菜 |
| gen. | n adj-na yoji right and left | 縦横自在 |
| construct. | right and left | 左右 (さゆう) |
| gen. | n right and left | 右左 news2 nf42 |
| gen. | adj-na n yoji right and left | 縦横無尽 news2 nf40 |
| piez. | right-handed quartz or left-handed quartz | 右水晶又は左水晶 |
| comp., MS | right-to-left | 右から左 (Pertaining to keyboard settings, document views, user interface objects, languages, etc. for which text is displayed in a right-to-left direction) |
| comp., MS | Right-to-Left Reading Order | 右から左に読む (The item on the right-click menu in a conversation that changes the Communicator user interface so it supports a right-to-left language) |
| obs. | rock the left hand | 揺す (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.) |
| gen. | n said when taking a tile discarded by the player to one's left to form a chow | 吃 |
| gen. | n sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks | 猿酒 |
| gen. | exp same as on the left | 同左 |
| gen. | say something better left unsaid | 口が過ぎる |
| gen. | should rather be left unsaid | 言わでも |
| gen. | should rather be left unsaid | 言わずもがな |
| gen. | vs shutting yourself out of your car with the key left inside | イン・キー |
| gen. | vs shutting yourself out of your car with the key left inside | インキー |
| gen. | sliced fish with the silver skin left on | 光物 (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.) |
| gen. | sliced fish with the silver skin left on | 光り物 (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.) |
| gen. | exp some things are better left unsaid | 言わぬが花 |
| gen. | n something left in charge | 預かり物 |
| gen. | something that should rather be left unsaid | 言わでものこと |
| gen. | something that should rather be left unsaid | 言わでもの事 |
| gen. | n space where one's left and right eyesight meet | 眼間 |
| gen. | n space where one's left and right eyesight meet | 目交い |
| tech. | stage left | 上手 (うわて) |
| gen. | stage left | 上手 (actor's POV, うわて) |
| gen. | n obsc stage left on a noh stage, in front of the chorus | 地謡座前 |
| gen. | n stage left on a noh stage, in front of the chorus | 地謡前 |
| inf. | n story development from out of left field | 超展開 |
| gen. | adj-no n tending to the left | 左寄り |
| gen. | n the new left | 新左翼 (school of thought) |
| proverb | exp there is unexpected good in what others have left behind | 残り物に福あり |
| proverb | exp there is unexpected good in what others have left behind | 残り物には福がある |
| gen. | n thing left unnoticed | 見落とし news2 nf38 |
| gen. | n thing left unnoticed | 見落 |
| gen. | n thing left unnoticed | 見落し (みおとし) |
| gen. | n things left undone | 遣り残し |
| gen. | n things left undone | やり残し |
| gen. | n tip left by the pillow for the room maid | 枕銭 |
| gen. | n tip left by the pillow for the room maid | ピロー・マネー |
| gen. | n tip left by the pillow for the room maid | ピローマネー |
| gen. | v5r vi to be left | 遺る |
| gen. | v5r vi to be left | 残る ichi1 news1 nf18 |
| gen. | exp v5u to be left behind | 置いてきぼりを食らう |
| gen. | exp v5u to be left behind | 置いてきぼりを食う |
| gen. | v5r vi to be left blooming | 散り残る |
| gen. | exp v1 to be left high and dry by one's friends | 梯子を外される |
| gen. | exp vs-s to be left in the dust of | 後塵を拝する |
| gen. | v5r vi to be left on the shelf | 売れ残る |
| gen. | to be left out | 抜け落ちる news2 nf47 |
| gen. | uk to be left out | 溢れる |
| gen. | exp v1 to be left out of an invitation | 招待に漏れる |
| gen. | v5r vi to be left over | 余る ichi1 news1 nf16 |
| comp. | n top left corner | 左上隅 |
| gen. | turn to the left | 左に折れる |
| gen. | turn to the left | 左に曲がる |
| gen. | turning one's body to the left or right and standing | 詰開き (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.) |
| gen. | turning one's body to the left or right and standing | 詰め開き (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.) |
| gen. | n vs turning to the left | 左折 news2 nf47 (させつ) |
| gen. | n ultra-left | 最左翼 |
| gen. | n ultra-left extremists | 最左翼 |
| gen. | n yoji up and down top and bottom, left and right | 上下左右 |
| gen. | n upper left | 上左 (corner) |
| gen. | n upstage left pillar on a noh stage, next to the flute player | 笛柱 |
| gen. | n vertical frame element on the left or right of a door or window | 竪框 (たてがまち) |
| comp., MS | Video Left A credit animation in Windows Movie Maker | ビデオ (左, bideo) |
| gen. | n water left in buckets on the roadside during the summer for travellers | 振舞水 |
| gen. | n water left in buckets on the roadside during the summer for travellers | 振舞い水 |
| gen. | n water left in the pot after one has boiled soba | 蕎麦湯 |
| gen. | n water left in the pot after one has boiled soba | そば湯 |
| gen. | watery mash left over from making soy sauce | 醤 |
| gen. | wear such cloth on the left shoulder | 被く |
| gen. | n wearing a kimono with the right side over the left | 左前 news1 nf09 (normally used only for the dead) |
| gen. | n wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before | 前轍 |
| gen. | winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left | 山越し |
| gen. | n work left at death | 遺業 |
| gen. | n writing from right to left | 右書き |
| gen. | n writing left by the deceased | 遺筆 |