回顧録|かいころくkaikoroku

1. nounmemoirs; reminiscences

• Related自伝じでんWrittenCovers the writer's whole life, while 「回顧録」 looks back on a particular period of experience and is typically written by politicians or other well-known figures.
• Related回想記かいそうきWrittenWritten/formal prose for an account of things remembered from the past; very close in sense to 「回顧録」.

For a book in which a notable person looks back on the past, say 「回顧録」, as in 「首相の回顧録」; use 「自伝」 for the story of one's whole life and 「回想記」 for a written account of memories.

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1. 自分じぶんの過去かこの経験けいけんや思い出おもいでを書き記かきしるした本ほん。