語彙|ごいgoi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounvocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
    読書どくしょは語彙ごいを増ふやすのに役やくに立たつ。↗
    Reading helps you build up your vocabulary.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymボキャブラリーNeutralKatakana loanword from English 'vocabulary'. A neutral synonym of 語彙, it usually refers to the stock of words an individual knows, as in remarks about someone having a rich or poor vocabulary.

語彙 is the all-purpose term, covering the vocabulary of a language, field, or text as well as technical senses like lexicon and terminology; ボキャブラリー, a katakana loanword, typically refers to the words an individual knows.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 個人こじんの話者わしゃ、言語げんご共同体きょうどうたい、作品さくひん、分野ぶんやなどによって使つかわれる単語たんごの集合しゅうごう全体ぜんたい。
  2. ある範囲はんいの単語たんごを集あつめて、一定いっていの順序じゅんじょに配列はいれつした書物しょもつ。
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