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辞書. Questions regarding those resources, paper or digital, which typically list many words of a language in a specified order, along with usually a definitions or a close equivalent in another language. Many other specialized types of dictionary also exist.

Questions regarding those resources, paper or digital, which typically list many words of a language in a specified order, along with usually a definitions or a close equivalent in another language. Many other specialized types of dictionary also exist.

This should be distinct from the "dictionary form" of a verb.

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What is the thing written in grey that sometimes shows up in the macOS Sierra dictionary app?

In the macOS Sierra dictionary app, sometimes when I look up a word, there is sometimes this thing that's in grey written on the right of the word that I searched. For example, 管理人: The thing written in grey is くわんー. What does this mean? Other…
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What does やや書 indicate?

What does the "marker" (?) やや書 used in Japanese-English dictionaries indicate? In addition how would you pronounce the phrase when citing someone a definition from a dictionary? やや書{しょ}? やや書{かき}? I cannot pinpoint any pattern in below examples and I…
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What is the meaning of ー・

Can someone tell me what the notation "ー・" means? It's all over this article: 大辞林「いう【言う・云う・謂う】」
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Dictionary entry legend

I'm reading the section on sanseido.net about how entries from a certain dictionary are laid out but I'm having a little trouble understanding the section below. As far as I can tell, ▼ is put on the right of non-Jouyou kanji (as in the first…
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What are the katakana in the definition headers of jp-jp dictionaries?

The image below is the definition of 一員 in the 明鏡国語辞典 what is this ─ヰン?
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Dictionary with high low pitch intonation reading?

Forgive me if there is a more appropriate technical term for the thing I'm searching for. When I studied Japanese in Taiwan a few years back, I learned that it was important to learn the right high low pitch intonation for new words. This was…
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What does '-' mean?

Namely here, a definition of 含む　「三省堂」: 〈五〉 内部｛ないぶ｝に‐入｛い｝れておく（つつみもつ）． (派)(～)み My intuition suggests it could stress the class of 'inside things' to make it more abstract (putting inside anything as opposed to restricted physical space), but my…
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Can なにか be used to mean "no"?

In a Japanese dictionary entry for the word なにか, I came across the following definition: 今まで述べてきたことや相手の言葉などを否定して、それとは反対の趣旨を述べるときに用いる。いやいや。とんでもない。 The example sentence is 「―。この歌よみ侍らじとなむ思ひ侍るを」 Some questions: Does this mean 何か can be used to…
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Is there an official Japanese dictionary?

The Indonesians have KBBI (Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia or Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language of the Language Center) which is the official dictionary of Indonesian language. It contains the official definition of words in Indonesian. What…
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Dictionary which distinguishes formal and informal words

I wonder, if there is a Japanese-English dictionary (incl. vice versa), if the word is formal or on the contrary informal. For example: if it is 口語的｛こうごてき｝、堅い｛かたい｝ etc. Hope there is such a dictionary...as I use imiwa, denshi jisho and daijirin…
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How do online dictionaries find the correct pronunciation of kanji in context?

If I type 全ては必然 in jisho.org, it spits out "すべてはひつぜん", as expected. (So it reads 必 as hitsu, and keeps the particle は as written.) If I type 必ずたどり着くから, it spits out "かならずたどりつくから", as expected. (So it reads 必 as kanara.zu) How does the dictionary…
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How are Japanese dictionaries organized?

I want to know how Japanese dictionaries are organized, as Japanese doesn't use the roman alphabet "a,b,c,d..." Do they instead organize words by あ、い、う、え、お? Or do they do it but kanji radical? Or something else?
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A question regarding the explanation for 「羨ましい」 in the Daijirin and Daijisen

The entry for 「羨ましい」in the Daijisen (at least the version found on Kotobank) is 「他人の能力や状態をみて、自分もそうありたいと願うさま。また、他人をねたましく思うさま。」 and in the Daijirin is 「うらやむ気持ちをそそられるさま。人が恵まれていたり、物事が優れていたりするのを見て、自分もそのようになりたいと思うさま。」 As far as I know,「羨ましい」means both…
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Usage of the phrase/word ですので

Why are there no dictionary entries for ですので? I've searched JED, Tagaini Jisho, and Rikaichan. It seems to have an equivalent meaning with だから、but I'm not exactly sure. However I've heard it being used by my Japanese president, my Japanese teacher,…
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Can't find adjective in dictionary

I am looking for the adjective jōzu / boozy in my Takoboto dictionary, to learn further information, or its kanji, but cannot find it. Can someone help me develop a strategy for looking up and finding adjectives in a dictionary?
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