辞典

• 読み: じてん
• ローマ字: jiten
• 漢字の分解: 辞 (ji) — word, speech, resign; 典 (ten) — canon, law, book
• 発音: /dʑi.teɴ/

意味

A dictionary; a reference book. A book used for looking up words, their meanings, and usage.

Refers to dictionaries organized by word entries, such as 国語辞典 (kokugo jiten, Japanese language dictionary) or 英和辞典 (eiwa jiten, English-Japanese dictionary). Distinguished from 事典 (also read jiten), which means encyclopedia. The more casual word for dictionary is 辞書 (jisho), which is more common in everyday speech.

例文

1. わからない言葉は辞典で調べます。
2. 英和辞典を持っていますか。
3. この辞典はとても使いやすいです。

使い方ガイド

場面: education, language learning, research

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 辞 (ji, word/speech) and 典 (ten, book/canon). Literally 'a book of words,' indicating a reference work for language.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal