How to say "catalog" in Japanese
- 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.
- 目録もくろく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.
- 一覧表いちらんひょう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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