• Division of Physics and Astronomy
• Division of Mathematics and Mathematical Analysis
• Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Division of Chemistry
• Division of Biological Sciences

• Department of Physics undergraduate students (undergraduates)
• freshman, sophomore, junior, senior
• graduate students (graduates)
• teaching assistant (TA)
• postdoctor (PD)
• associate professor　　准教授
• assistant professor 　助教
• physicist
• experimentalist / theorist
• the first semester / the second semester

• classical mechanics
• electricity and magnetism (E & M)
• quantum mechanics
• thermodynamics, statistical mechanics
• general relativity
• nonlinear science
• physics laboratory
• senior thesis　　　卒業論文
• condensed matter physics
• quantum optics, laser spectroscopy
• plasma physics
• hydrodynamics
• soft-matter physics
• nuclear physics
• particle physics
• high energy physics
• cosmology, astronomy

• solid, liquid, gas
• molecule, atom, nucleus (pl. nuclei)
• nucleon, proton, neutron　(cf. neuron)
• electron, photon　　　　　光子
• neutrino
• hadron, lepton
• quark, gluon
• strong interaction / weak interaction
• electromagnetic interaction
• gravitation (gravity)
• hydrogen, proton
• deuterium, deuteron　　重水素，重陽子
• isotope
• a periodic table of the elements
• protein
• DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
• gene

• addition, summation
• subtraction sign 符号
• multiplication, division
• product, quotient　商
• round off, round up, round down 四捨五入、切上げ、切捨て
• substitution
• ratio (pl. ratios)
• even number, odd ...
• integer fraction, decimal
• constant, variable
• integration, integral
• differentiation, partial derivative
• differential equation
• boundary condition
• solution, approximation
• numerator, denominator　　分子，分母
• maximum, minimum
• scalar product, vector product, tensor
• matrix (pl. matrices)
• determinant, eigenvalue
• reciprocal
• circle, cylinder, sphere
• square, cube, rectangle
• parallelogram
• trapezoid
• equilateral triangle　　正三角形
• isosceles triangle 　　二等辺三角形
• radius (pl. radii), diameter
• circumference
• surface area
• volume
• a diagonal
• a right angle　　　　　　　直角
• parallel, perpendicular
• orthogonal
• origin, unity
• logarithm, exponential function
• hyperbola, 双曲線
• parabola　　放物線
• quadratic function
• quadratic equation
• polynomial function
• asymptotic expansion　　　漸近
• extrapolation, interpolation　外挿、内挿
• mean, standard deviation
• the method of least squares
• the least-squares method
• an order of magnitude　　　　桁
• two orders of magnitude
• dimension, dimensionality
• geometry, algebra
• projection
• complex number
• real number, imaginary ...
• complex conjugate
• Cartesian coordinates
• cylindrical coordinates
• spherical coordinates
• the polar angle θ
• theazimuthal angle Φ
• hypothesis
• criterion
• analysis
• estimation approximation
• speculation　　　　　　　　　推測

• force, centrifugal force, centripetal …
• viscosity,friction
• motion, rotation, 　translation　　並進
• gravity gravitation
• a degree of freedom　　　　　　自由度
• an equation of motion
• mass, weight, density
• moment of inertia
• momentum (pl. momenta)
• angular momentum
• velocity, acceleration, angular velocity
• position, distance
• Hamiltonian, Lagrangian
• potential energy, kinetic energy
• energy conservation
• anisotropy
• torque, friction, dissipation　散逸
• oscillation, a harmonic oscillator
• resonance　　　　　　　共鳴
• precision, accuracy　　　　精度、確度
• amplitude, 　　phase
• pendulum
• elastic collision, inelastic ...
• turbulence, chaos　　
• vortex (pl. vortices)
• a frame of reference 基準系
• an inertial frame of reference 慣性系

• charge, elementary ... 　電荷
• attractive force, repulsive ... 引力､斥力
• electric field, magnetic field
• the method of images 鏡像法
• magnetic dipole, electric quadrupole
• Coulomb force
• Maxwell's equations
• gradient, divergence 勾配､発散
• speed of light
• frequency, period, wavelength
• current 電流
• voltage
• oscilloscope
• Ohm's law
• resistance, resistor 電気抵抗
• parallel-plate capacitor　
• mutual inductance, inductor
• impedance
• coaxial cable　　　同軸ケーブル
• parallel circuit, in parallel 並列
• series circuit, in series 直列
• propagation, absorption　　伝播、吸収
• attenuation 減衰
• Doppler shift
• elastic scattering, inelastic ...　弾性散乱､非弾性散乱
• X-ray diffraction エックス線回折
• reflection　反射
• index of refraction　　屈折率
• interference　干渉
• dielectric constant (permittivity)　　誘電率
• permeability　　透磁率
• dispersion relation 分散関係
• concave 凹 convex　凸
• thermal convection 　　　　　熱対流
• the principle of least action 最小作用の法則

• the uncertainty principle　　不確定性原理
• the Pauli exclusion principle　　　排他律
• quantization　　　　　　　　量子化
• eigenvalue　　固有値
• spin, parity
• symmetry, observable, operator
• binding energy, a bound state 束縛状態
• the ground state 　　　　　　基底状態
• excitation, an excited state　 励起状態
• activation energy　　励起エネルギー
• stationary state (c.f. stationery)　静的状態
• steady state 　　　　定常状態
• degeneracy　　　　　　　縮退､凝縮
• perturbatio　　　　　　　摂動
• conjugate 共役
• invariant
• commutation relations　　　交換関係　　
• annihilation operator, creation ... 消滅演算子、生成...　　　　
• orbital　　　　　　　　　　軌道
• Compton scattering
• pair annihilation
• Zeeman effect
• de Broglie waves
• Feynman diagram
• principal quantum number
• azimuthal ･･･　magnetic ･･･
• quantum computing
• qubit (quantum bit)

• heat
• specific heat, heat capacity 比熱、熱容量
• latent heat
• temperature, pressure
• free energy
• entropy, volume
• thermometer
• adiabatic expansion 断熱膨張
• isothermal compression 等温圧縮
• canonical ensemble
• partition function 分配関数
• phase space 位相空間
• Bose-Einstein condensation
• distribution function 分布関数
• equilibrium, non-equilibrium 熱平衡　非平衡
• critical temperature 臨界温度
• threshold value 閾値
• mean free path　　平均自由行程
• fluctuation 揺らぎ
• diffusion
• saturation 飽和
• hysteresis (pl. hystereses)　ヒステリシス
• medium (pl. media) 　媒体
• vacuum
• renormalization　　　　　　繰り込み

• metal, insulator, semiconductor
• superfluidity,
• superconductivity
• phase transition 相転移
• long-range order
• saturated vapor pressure 飽和蒸気圧
• ultrasound 超音波
• phonons, lattice　　フォノン､格子
• crystal, amorphous material
• alloy, compound, composition
• impurity
• paramagnetism, ferromagnetism 常磁性､強磁性
• magnetic susceptibility
• giant magnetoresistance 巨大磁気抵抗
• SEM (scanning electron microscope)
• STM (scanning tunneling microscope) 走査型トンネル顕微鏡
• NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) 核磁気共鳴
• MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) 磁気共鳴映像法
• empirical rule 経験則

• parity
• fine-structure constant
• particle accelerator 粒子加速器
• nuclear reactor 原子炉
• nuclear fission, nuclear fusion 核分裂､　　　核融合
• QCD (quantum chromodynamics)
• QED (quantum electrodynamics) 量子色力学, 量子電磁力学
• time scale
• universe, galaxy　宇宙、銀河
• a solar system
• red shift 赤方偏移
• nebula (pl. nebulae) 星雲
• supernova (pl. supernovae) 　超新星
• black-body radiation 黒体輻射
• cosmic ray　 　宇宙線
• comet 彗星
• the special (general) theory of relativity 特殊（一般）相対性理論

GUT: Grand Unified Theory

• neutrino oscillation
• proton decay 崩壊
• planets
• Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
• satellite

• by three orders of magnitude
• on the order of
• by a factor of
• proportional to the cube of
• the square root of
• with respect to
• in terms of
• account for
• characteristic of
• be ascribed to
• attribute A to B
• respectively
• For this reason
• More precisely,
• Interestingly,
• on the other hand
• Conversely,
• consist of / consistent with
• First, / Second,
• on the contrary