Vocabulary

What does 辞典 (じてん, jiten) mean?

辞典 (じてん, jiten) means dictionary, reference book.

Quick facts
Readingじてん
Romajijiten
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
じてん
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonjiten

dictionary, reference book

  1. 1noun dictionary; lexicon

Example sentences

  • I bought a new dictionary.

  • I look up words I don't know in the dictionary.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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