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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

国こく語ご辞じ典てん

kokugojiten

Japanese-language dictionary

Example sentences

  1. しかし、近代的きんだいてきな国語辞典こくごじてんが小型化こがたかすると出版しゅっぱんが減少げんしょうした。

    However, as the modern Japanese-language dictionaries became miniaturized, the number of copies of the setsuyoshu dwindled.

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  2. この言葉ことばの意味いみを国語辞典こくごじてんで調しらべた。

    I looked up the meaning of this word in a Japanese dictionary.

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  3. 新あたらしい国語辞典こくごじてんを学校がっこうに持もっていった。

    I took my new Japanese dictionary to school.

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Kanji in 国語辞典

  • 国countryOnコクKunくに
  • 語word; speechOnゴKunかたる・かたらう
  • 辞resign; wordOnジKunやめる・いなむ
  • 典code; ceremonyOnテン・デンKunふみ・のり

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