How to say "catalog" in Japanese

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  • nounCovers the everyday sense of 'catalog', especially a booklet or publication listing products, services, or exhibitions. This loanword is the natural choice for shopping or company catalogs.
    あなたの最新さいしんのカタログを入手にゅうしゅしたいと思おもっています。↗
    I would like to get your latest catalogue.
  • 目録もくろくJLPT N1approx.Common
    nounRefers to a formal, systematic catalog, such as a library catalog or a listing of a museum's or collection's holdings. Choose this for organized, official catalogs of records rather than commercial ones.
    7月がつ22日にち付つけのお手紙てがみにつきまして私共どもの最新さいしんの目録もくろくを同封どうふうします。↗
    With regard to your letter of July 22nd, I enclose our most recent catalogue.
  • 一覧表いちらんひょうCommon
    nounReally means a table or chart presenting items at a glance; it matches 'catalog' only marginally. Use it when the content is a tabular list, not when you mean an actual catalog.
  • 一覧いちらんCommon
    nounMeans a summary list or overview of items; like 一覧表, it is really 'list', and it is seldom the word you want for a true catalog despite one gloss.

Use 「カタログ」 for commercial or product catalogs, 目録 for formal listings of collections or holdings, and 一覧表 or 一覧 when you really mean a list or table rather than a catalog.

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