Japanese

じてん
Meaning: dictionary
Part of Speech: Noun

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Handwriting

辞
典

Example sentences

Since there was a word I didn't understand, I looked it up in the dictionary.
この英和辞典はとても役に立つ。
This English-Japanese dictionary is very useful.
辞典で類義語を調べた
I looked up synonyms in the dictionary.
この辞典には約五万の見出し語が収録されている。
This dictionary contains approximately 50,000 headwords.
私は和英辞典を買った
I bought a Japanese-English dictionary.
その言葉を漢和辞典で調べた
I looked up the word in a Chinese-Japanese dictionary.

Usage Notes

Specifically refers to a linguistic dictionary (language meanings and usage), as opposed to '事典' (encyclopedia).

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