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Kōjien

Kōjien (Japanese: 広辞苑; lit. "Wide garden of words") is a single-volume Japanese dictionary first published by Iwanami Shoten in 1955. It is widely regarded as the most authoritative dictionary of Japanese, and newspaper editorials frequently cite its definitions. As of 2007, it had sold 11 million copies.

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Kōjien

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples77
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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Kōjien

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related to Jien · 17
Kōjien → Chinese, East Asia, Garden, Great Depression, Hakubunkan, He, In, It, Japanese, Jien, Oka Shigeo, Shigeo Oka, Shinmura, Shinmura Takeshi, Takeshi Shinmura, The, Ziyuan
related to Izuru Shinmura · 15
Kōjien → After, Even Kōjien, Germany, He, Japanese, Kazutoshi Ueda, Kyoto University, Meiji, Shinmura, Shinmura Izuru, Through, Tokyo University, Ueda, Ueda Kazutoshi, Yamaguchi Prefecture
related to 4th edition · 13
Kōjien → Great, Gyakubiki Kōjien, In, Iwanami, Iwanami's, Japanese, Kōdansha's Nihongo Daijiten, Nihongo, Reverse, Sanseidō's Daijirin, Shōgakukan's Daijisen, The CD-ROM, Three
related to 5th edition · 11
Kōjien → According, Internet, It, Iwanami, Iwanami Shoten, Japan, Japanese, Shinmura's, The, This, Various
related to 1st edition · 9
Kōjien → After, Firebombing, It, Iwanami Shoten, Jien, September, Shinmura, The, Tokyo
related to Lexicographical characteristics · 8
Kōjien → Baroni, Bialock, English, For, German Arbeiter, Japanese, The Kōjien, This

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edition version dictionary 広辞苑 isbn includes printing japanese th 2018-01-12 cd-rom windows size index 第七版 cd logovista iwanami 000 b5

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
sexual slang or offensive termsinstance ofand omitted taboo words0.80text
2700 illustrationsinstance ofIt includes encyclopedic information0.80text
mapsinstance ofIt includes encyclopedic information0.80text
and mini-biographies of notable peopleinstance ofIt includes encyclopedic information0.80text
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionThe0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionFirebombing0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionTokyo0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionAfter0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionShinmura0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionSeptember0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionIwanami Shoten0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionIt0.60section

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