辞 典(じてん)

じてん

noun

dictionary

1. dictionary, lexicon

A reference book containing words and their definitions, often organized alphabetically or by reading.

Please look it up in the dictionary.

I bought a Japanese dictionary.

Electronic dictionaries are convenient.

This dictionary has many example sentences, so it's easy to use.

If there are words you don't understand, make a habit of looking them up in the dictionary.

辞書(じしょ): the everyday word (辞書(じしょ)を引(ひ)く, to look something up); 辞典(じてん) is more formal and is the usual word in titles and for specialized dictionaries

国語(こくご)辞典(じてん): Japanese-Japanese dictionary
和英(わえい)辞典(じてん): Japanese-English dictionary
英和(えいわ)辞典(じてん): English-Japanese dictionary
漢和(かんわ)辞典(じてん): kanji dictionary
百科(ひゃっか)事典(じてん): encyclopedia, written 事(じ) (things) rather than 辞(じ) (words); in speech it is sometimes called ことてん to tell it apart

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Added 2026.1.9 21:36 · Revised 2026.10.17 22:57

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