Vocab Info
A2 Noun
事典cyclopedia, encyclopedia
Dictionary Definition
Common
Noun
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encyclopedia
All Forms
事典 【じてん】、事典 【ことてん】
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ある事の意味を調べるために事典を開く。
Open an encyclopedia to search for the meaning of a certain thing.
この百科事典には色々な情報が載っています。
Various information is recorded in this encyclopedia.
事物を表す語とその意味が書いてある本が事典である。
A book that contains words representing things and their meanings is an encyclopedia.
事や事柄を表す語を集めてそれを説明した書物を事典と言います。
A book that collects words representing events or matters and explains them is called an encyclopedia.
説明する内容や用途の違いから、辞典と事典は区別されて使われるそうだ。
It seems that dictionaries and encyclopedias are distinguished and used based on the difference in the content they explain and their purposes.
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