Meaning

Primary

Dictionary

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Take all the words you use in writing, put them together and you have a dictionary!

Reading

じしょ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

コウイチは、トーフグにたくさんの辞書を残して死んだ。

When Koichi died, he left Tofugu a ton of dictionaries.

これは、世界で一番売れている辞書です。

This is the best selling dictionary in the world.

「愛」という字を辞書で引いて、その意味の上に彼氏の名前を書いておいたの。そしたら、彼に見つかっちゃって、それで振られちゃったのさ。

I looked up the word "love" in my dictionary and wrote my boyfriend’s name on top of the definition, but he dumped me when he saw it.

Kanji Composition