事典|じてんjiten[0]heiban (flat)

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ことてんkototen
Definitions
  1. nounencyclopedia
    その事典じてんは約やく50万ごれいまん語ごの単語たんごを収おさめている。↗
    The dictionary contains about half a million words.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related辞典じてんNeutralRefers to dictionaries that explain words; 「事典」 is an encyclopedia explaining things, as in 「百科事典」.
  • RelatedディクショナリNeutralA loanword for dictionary, mostly a programming term; 「事典」 is encyclopedic.
  • Related辞書じしょNeutralThe everyday, most common word for a dictionary; 「事典」 is for explaining things, encyclopedic.
  • Related辞林じりんWrittenWritten style, mostly in dictionary titles such as 「広辞林」; 「事典」 is encyclopedic.
  • Related字引じびきCasualA colloquial word for a dictionary, also a byword for a well-read person, as in 「生き字引」; 「事典」 is encyclopedic.
  • RelatedレキシコンWrittenA written loanword for vocabulary or dictionaries of classical languages; 「事典」 is encyclopedic.
  • Related辞彙じいWrittenA written word for a collection of words, a glossary; 「事典」 is encyclopedic.

Use 「事典」 for encyclopedias that explain things, as in 「百科事典」. For word-explaining dictionaries, 「辞書」 is the everyday choice and 「辞典」 the neutral alternative; 「字引」 is colloquial. 「ディクショナリ」 suits programming; 「辞林」, 「レキシコン」 and 「辞彙」 are written/formal.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 物事ものごとを表あらわすことばを集あつめて一定いっていの順序じゅんじょでならべて説明せつめいしたもの。書籍しょせき、CD-ROM または Web のような媒体ばいたいによって提供ていきょうされる。
  2. 事典じてんを「辞典じてん・字典じてん」と呼び分よびわけるための表現ひょうげん。
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