Vocab Info
A2 Noun
事典cyclopedia, encyclopedia
Dictionary Definition
Common
Noun
1.
encyclopedia
All Forms
事典 【じてん】、事典 【ことてん】
Details
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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