参考|さんこうsankou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounreference; consultation
   参考さんこうのためにカタログをお送おくりください。↗

   Please send me a catalogue for review.

• Synonym参照さんしょうNeutralChecking or consulting a specific source, as in 「第3章を参照」; common in written instructions. 参考 is about using ideas or data as a basis for judgment.
• SynonymレファレンスWrittenWritten-register loanword mostly meaning reference literature or library reference services, as in 「レファレンス係」.
• Synonym参酌さんしゃくWrittenWritten word for comparing options and choosing the best, or weighing circumstances in judgment, as in 「事情を参酌する」; common in official documents.
• Related引き合いひきあいNeutralUsually in 「引き合いに出す」, an example cited for comparison; in business it means an inquiry about a product.

Use 「参考」 to draw on others' opinions or materials as a basis for judgment; 「参照」 to check a specific source; 「引き合い」 for an example cited in comparison. 「レファレンス」 is a loanword for reference works and library services; 「参酌」 is formal prose for weighing factors.

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1. 考かんがえを決きめる手てがかりとして他人たにんの意見いけんや資料しりょうなどを集あつめて利用りようすること。または、そのような手てがかり。
2. 他人たにんの意見いけんや資料しりょうなどを、考かんがえを決きめる手てがかりとして利用りようする。