点|てんten[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noundot; spot; point; speck; mark
    どんな小ちいさな点てんでも見みることができる。↗
    I can see the tiniest spot.
    合格ごうかくした生徒せいとの名前なまえの前まえに点てんをつけて下ください。↗
    Will you put a dot before the names of the successful students?
  2. nounmark (in an exam, etc.); grade; score; points
  3. nounpoint (in a game); score; goal; run
    我々われわれのチームが2点てんリードしている。↗
    Our team is two points ahead.
  4. noun, geometrypoint
  5. nounpoint; aspect; matter; detail; part; respect; way; viewpoint
    博識はくしきの点てんで彼かれに及およぶものはいない。↗
    No one can approach him in wideness of knowledge.
  6. noun(punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point); dot
  7. noun"dot" stroke (in a Chinese character)
  8. countercounter for points, marks, goals, etc.
  9. countercounter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
    彼女かのじょのギャラリーに2点てんほど出展しゅってんするのよ。↗
    I'm going to have two pieces in her gallery.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymドットCasualColloquial loanword for a small round dot or a pixel, used mostly in design and IT, e.g. 「ドット柄」.
  • Synonym得点とくてんNeutralPoints earned in a game or exam, e.g. 「得点を挙げる」.
  • SynonymスコアCasualColloquial loanword for a match score or result, e.g. 「試合のスコア」.
  • SynonymスポットCasualColloquial loanword for a spot or location, also a spotlight, e.g. 「観光スポット」.
  • Synonym場所ばしょNeutralA concrete place or position, slightly more formal than 「所」.
  • Synonym地点ちてんWrittenWritten-style word for a specific point or location, e.g. 「事故発生地点」.
  • Synonym箇所かしょWrittenWritten-style word for a place or part of something; also a counter, e.g. 「三か所」.
  • Synonym評点ひょうてんWrittenWritten-style word for a rating or mark with comments, e.g. 「評点をつける」; used mainly in evaluation.
  • SynonymぽちCasualColloquial word for a tiny dot or bump; in Kansai it can also mean a tip or gratuity, as in 「ぽち袋」. In everyday speech use 「点」.
  • RelatedポイントNeutralLoanword for a key point, points or credits, or a location, e.g. 「ポイントカード」「重要なポイント」.
  • RelatedところNeutralMeans a place or area, covering a broader range than 「点」, e.g. 「静かな所」.
  • Related点数てんすうNeutralRefers to the amount of marks, e.g. 「テストの点数」, with the focus on the numerical value.
  • Related焦点しょうてんWrittenWritten-style word for a focus or the center of attention, e.g. 「焦点を当てる」.
  • Related論点ろんてんWrittenWritten-style word for the point at issue in a debate, e.g. 「論点を整理する」.
  • Related場ばNeutralA place or occasion, e.g. 「その場で」, stressing the there and then.
  • Related点々てんてんCasualColloquial word for dots scattered here and there, e.g. 「点々と続く足跡」, stressing the distribution.

Default to 「点」 for dots, marks and scores. Use 「点数」 for the number of marks, 「得点」 or 「スコア」 for points scored in a game, 「ポイント」 for key points, 「地点」 or 「場所」 for locations, and 「論点」 or 「焦点」 for points at issue.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 小ちいさな印しるし。ドット。ポイント。
  2. 読点とうてん。
  3. 傍点ぼうてん。
  4. 漢字かんじの字画じかくのひとつで、ごく短みじかい斜ななめ線せん。
  5. 大おおきさを持もたず位置いちのみあるもの。平行へいこうでない二に線せんが交まじわるところ。
  6. 集合しゅうごうの要素ようそ。元もと。通常つうじょう「○○空間くうかん」と名付なづけられた集合しゅうごうに対たいして使つかわれる。
  7. 評点ひょうてん。点数てんすう。得点とくてん。
  8. 事項じこう。論点ろんてん。観点かんてん。注目ちゅうもくすべきことがら。
  9. 得点数とくてんすうを数かぞえる単位たんい。
  10. ものを数かぞえる単位たんい。
  11. 特徴とくちょうを表あらわす言葉ことばに付つき、空間くうかんや地表ちひょう、何なんらかの指標しひょうのような広ひろい領域りょういきや範囲はんいの中なかの、その特徴とくちょうを持もった狭せまい箇所かしょや数値すうちを表あらわす。
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