索引|さくいんsakuin[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounindex (in a book)
    その本ほんには索引さくいんがついていますか。↗
    Is there an index to the book?
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymインデックスNeutralインデックス: A loanword; often used for database indexes in computing and for tabbed index dividers in binders, while 索引 remains the usual word for a book's index.

Use 索引 for the index of a book; インデックス is the loanword, common in computing and for index tabs, but 索引 is the default in ordinary contexts.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 書物しょもつに載のっている語句ごくなどを、その所在しょざいページへ容易よういにたどり着つけるようにする為ための一覧表いちらんひょう。
  2. 引っ張ひっぱること。
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