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endnote; note gathered at the end of a book
An annotation collected at the back of a book rather than at the foot of each page. Numbered notes in the text refer the reader to the corresponding entry in the endnote section.
巻末注を確認する。
To check the endnotes.
出典は巻末注にまとめてある。
The sources are collected in the endnotes.
番号をたどって巻末注を参照すると、詳しい解説が書かれていた。
When I followed the number and looked up the endnote, I found a detailed explanation there.
COMPOSITION: 巻末 (end of a book/volume) + 注 (note, annotation). Literally "a note at the end of the volume."
RELATED TERMS:
- 後注: endnote — a near-synonym; notes placed after the text
- 脚注: footnote — a note at the foot of each page
- 注釈: annotation, commentary — the general term