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百科事典 (ひゃっかじてん): encyclopedia — Japanese vocabulary

百科事典 is read ひゃっかじてん and means "encyclopedia". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

百科事典

Reading
ひゃっかじてん · hyakkajiten
Translation
encyclopedia
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ひゃっかじてんが

Example

来月、その百科事典の最新版がでる。

らいげつ、そのひゃっかじてんのさいしんばんがでる。

An up-to-date edition of the encyclopedia will come out next month.

Kanji in this word

  • 百 — hundred
  • 科 — branch, subject
  • 事 — matter, thing
  • 典 — code, ceremony

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