年譜|ねんぷnenpu[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounchronological record

• SynonymクロニクルWrittenLoanword for a chronicle, often used in book titles; 「年譜」 is specifically a year-by-year record of one person's or one group's life.
• Synonym記きWrittenA written record or account, often used as a suffix as in 「旅行記」; not restricted to year-by-year arrangement, unlike 「年譜」.
• Synonym年代記ねんだいきWrittenWritten word for a chronological record of history; 「年譜」 focuses on the life of an individual or organization.
• Synonym編年史へんねんしWrittenWritten term for a chronological history centered on major historical events; 「年譜」 instead traces the life of a particular person or group year by year.
• Related沿革えんかくWrittenWritten word for the history of an organization or thing, as in 「会社沿革」; 「年譜」 usually lists an individual's life year by year.
• Related履歴りれきNeutralNeutral word for a record of a person or thing from past to present, as in 「職歴」 and 「閲覧履歴」; it need not be arranged year by year.
• Related史書ししょWrittenWritten word for books that record history — the broadest term here; 「年譜」 covers only one person's or group's life.
• Related来歴らいれきWrittenWritten word for the course a thing has taken or a person's career; it need not be arranged by year, unlike 「年譜」.
• Related実記じっきWrittenWritten and rare: a faithful record of facts, with no set format; 「年譜」 is specifically a year-by-year listing of a life.
• Related由来書ゆらいがきWrittenRare word for a document explaining how something came to be as it is; 「年譜」 arranges a life year by year and does not focus on origins.
• Related史乗しじょうWrittenFormal and very rare word for history books or annals; broader in scope than 「年譜」, which is limited to a person's or group's life.
• Related青史せいしWrittenFormal literary word for the annals of history, as in 「青史に名を残す」; used in phrases about winning lasting fame, not for an actual timeline.

Use 「年譜」 for a year-by-year record of one person's or one organization's life, as in 「作家年譜」. For chronicles of historical events, pick 「年代記」 or 「クロニクル」; for an organization's history, 「沿革」 is the usual word.

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1. 個人こじんや団体だんたいの履歴りれきを年代ねんだいを追おって記しるしたもの。