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    国語辞典

    国こく語ご辞じ典てん

    Japanese-language dictionary

    KMT9News #24+1NounEducationLiteratureKanji Vocab43 strokes

    こくごじてん

    Noun

    1.
    Japanese-language dictionary
    2.
    dictionary of a national language

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    漢かん字じの意い味みを調しらべるために国こく語ご辞じ典てんを使つかいました。

    I used a Japanese dictionary to look up the meaning of kanji.

    KMT6EducationLiterature
    現げん代だいの国こく語ご辞じ典てんには、新あたらしい言こと葉ばや流りゅう行こう語ごも収しゅう録ろくされています。

    Modern Japanese dictionaries also include new words and buzzwords.

    KMT8EducationCulture & Traditions
    小しょう学がく生せいの時とき、初はじめて自じ分ぶんの国こく語ご辞じ典てんを買かってもらいました。

    When I was in elementary school, I got my first Japanese dictionary.

    KMT9EducationDaily Life
    国こく語ご辞じ典てんは、言こと葉ばの歴れき史しや語ご源げんを知しる上うえでも貴き重ちょうな資し料りょうです。

    A Japanese dictionary is also a valuable resource for learning about the history and etymology of words.

    KMT9EducationLiteratureHistory
    作さっ家かは、言こと葉ばのニュアンスを正せい確かくに表ひょう現げんするために国こく語ご辞じ典てんを頻ひん繁ぱんに参さん照しょうします。

    Writers frequently refer to Japanese dictionaries to accurately express the nuances of words.

    KMT9LiteratureEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    国
    くに…(3)
    country
    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
    辞
    や.める・いな.む…(1)
    resign・word・term・expression
    典
    ふみ・のり…(5)
    code・ceremony・law・rule
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