Illustration: At a park observation shelter, a child opens a thick reference book across their knees. Its pages contain orderly groups of detailed beetle illustrations, including separate views of horns, legs, and wing cases, without text.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

図ず鑑かん

zukan

illustrated reference book

Example sentences

  1. 昔むかしは、平気へいきで昆虫触こんちゅうふれたのに、今いまは、図鑑ずかんを見みるだけでもだめ。

    When I was a kid, touching bugs didn’t bother me a bit. Now I can hardly stand looking at pictures of them.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 植物しょくぶつ図鑑ずかんを見みながら庭にわの花はなの名前なまえを調しらべている。

    I’m using a plant guide to identify the flowers in the garden.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. 子こどもに鳥とりの図鑑ずかんを買かった。

    I bought my child an illustrated guide to birds.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 図鑑

  • 図map; drawingOnズ・トKunえ・はかる
  • 鑑specimen; take warning fromOnカンKunかんがみる・かがみ

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