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

Common Word Combinations

  • 辞書で見る

    to see in a dictionary

    辞書で引く

    to look up with a dictionary

    辞書で調べる

    to look up with a dictionary

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