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参照 (さんしょう) — reference | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

参照

さんしょう

N1

nountransitive 他動詞

Meanings

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

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

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

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