1.
marginal note; note in the side margin
An annotation placed in the side margin, beside the main text. Used to gloss individual words or explain the passage running alongside it, especially in annotated editions and textbooks.
傍注を付ける。
To add marginal notes.
難しい語には傍注がある。
Difficult words have marginal notes.
教科書の傍注を頼りに原文を読み進めた。
Relying on the textbook's marginal notes, I worked my way through the original text.
COMPOSITION: 傍 (side, beside) + 注 (note, annotation). Literally "a note at the side."
RELATED TERMS:
- 脚注: footnote — a note at the foot of the page
- 頭注: headnote — a note in the top margin
- 注釈: annotation, commentary — the general term