大辞典

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
てん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
大辭典 (kyūjitai)
大字典

Etymology

Compound of (だい) (dai, large; great) + 辞典(じてん) (jiten, dictionary).

Pronunciation

Noun

(だい)()(てん) (daijiten

  1. ] a large-scale and supreme quality dictionary
    日本(にほん)国語(こくご)大辞典(だいじてん)
    Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
    Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese

Proper noun

(だい)()(てん) (Daijiten

  1. 大字典: a Chinese-Japanese dictionary published in 1917
  2. a 26 volume monolingual Japanese dictionary published around 1934-1936, with around 700,000 entries

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典 第二版 , Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN