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参照

さんしょう

nountransitive 他動詞

Meanings

1reference
2consultation
3consultation
4reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes)
5comparison
6browsing (to a file or folder)

Example sentence

５ページ脚注を参照してください。

See the footnote on page 5.

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Kanji in this word

参Nonplussed, Three (in Documents), Going8 strokes 照Illuminate, Shine, Compare13 strokes

More words with 参

参院さんいん · House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)参加さんか · participationN3 参考さんこう · referenceN3 参議院さんぎいん · House of CouncilorsN1 参加者さんかしゃ · participant

Full entry on Jisho

参入

さんにゅう · entering (the marketplace)

参政権さんせいけん · suffrage

参拝さんぱい · going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple)

More words with 照

照明しょうめい · illuminationN3 対照的たいしょうてき · contrastive 対照たいしょう · contrastN3 照会しょうかい · inquiry 照れるてれる · to be shy 照準しょうじゅん · sight (e.g. of a gun)照るてる · to shineN2 照らすてらす · to shine onN2

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