How to say "catalogue" in Japanese

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  • nounCovers the everyday sense of 'catalogue'—a booklet listing products, services, or exhibition items. This loanword is what you use for mail-order or company catalogues, and it is normally written in kana alone.
    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
    nounCovers formal, systematic catalogues such as a library's catalogue of books or a museum's inventory. It carries a more scholarly or official nuance than カタログ and also means 'inventory'.
    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
    nounMarginal for 'catalogue': its core senses are 'list', 'table', and 'schedule', so it fits when the catalogue is really a tabular overview of items. It is seldom the word for a printed product or library catalogue.
  • 一覧いちらんCommon
    nounLike 一覧表, this is really 'summary', 'list', or 'table', and 'catalog' is only a secondary gloss. Choose it when you mean a quick-reference listing rather than a catalogue as a publication or inventory.

Use 「カタログ」 for commercial product or exhibition catalogues, 目録 for formal library or archival catalogues, and 一覧表 or 一覧 when the emphasis is simply on a tabular list rather than a catalogue as such.

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