How to say "cross-reference" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounA reference directing readers from one part of a text to another. A katakana borrowing, relatively uncommon, it appears in publishing and indexing contexts where English-derived terms are at home.
- 相互参照そうごさんしょうnounLiterally 'mutual reference'; the kanji equivalent found in technical documents, academic writing, and software menus. Relatively uncommon too, it covers the same sense: a reference linking one part of a text to another.
Both words mean 'cross-reference' — a note directing readers from one part of a text to another — and both are relatively uncommon; 「クロスレファレンス」 is the katakana loanword, 相互参照 the kanji term, so follow the document's style.
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