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Kōjien: Characters & History

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 topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters and History as prominent areas in the source structure around Kōjien.

Related topics
49
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
53
Extracted relationships
61
Related term clusters
11
Bridge connections
53

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 23 topics
Lexicographical characteristics · 13 topics
Izuru Shinmura · 7 topics
Overview · 6 topics

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Kōjien
3Japanese language · Japanese dictionary · Iwanami Shoten
7Masterpiece · Shinmura Izuru · Kyoto University
6Taiwan · Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China · Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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Overview

Izuru Shinmura

History

Lexicographical characteristics

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Kōjien connects Entity context

The extracted context around Kōjien shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Kōjien → Chinese, East Asia, Garden, Great Depression, Hakubunkan, Japanese, Jien, Oka Shigeo, Shigeo Oka, Shinmura, Shinmura Takeshi, Takeshi Shinmura, Ziyuan Another extracted example is Kōjien → Great, Gyakubiki Kōjien, Iwanami, Iwanami's, Japanese, Kōdansha's Nihongo Daijiten, Nihongo, Reverse, Sanseidō's Daijirin, Shōgakukan's Daijisen, The CD-ROM, Three. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Kōjien

Top relations

related to Jien · 13
Kōjien → Chinese, East Asia, Garden, Great Depression, Hakubunkan, Japanese, Jien, Oka Shigeo, Shigeo Oka, Shinmura, Shinmura Takeshi, Takeshi Shinmura, Ziyuan
related to 4th edition · 12
Kōjien → Great, Gyakubiki Kōjien, Iwanami, Iwanami's, Japanese, Kōdansha's Nihongo Daijiten, Nihongo, Reverse, Sanseidō's Daijirin, Shōgakukan's Daijisen, The CD-ROM, Three
related to Izuru Shinmura · 12
Kōjien → Even Kōjien, Germany, Japanese, Kazutoshi Ueda, Kyoto University, Meiji, Shinmura, Shinmura Izuru, Tokyo University, Ueda, Ueda Kazutoshi, Yamaguchi Prefecture
related to 5th edition · 8
Kōjien → According, Internet, Iwanami, Iwanami Shoten, Japan, Japanese, Shinmura's, Various
related to 1st edition · 6
Kōjien → Firebombing, Iwanami Shoten, Jien, September, Shinmura, Tokyo
related to Lexicographical characteristics · 6
Kōjien → Baroni, Bialock, English, German Arbeiter, Japanese, The Kōjien

Important terminology

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Important terminology

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

Kōjien relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 61 structured relationships around Kōjien. Examples in this analysis include sexual slang or offensive terms → instance of → and omitted taboo words and 2700 illustrations → instance of → It includes encyclopedic information. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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 editionFirebombing0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionTokyo0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionShinmura0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionSeptember0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionIwanami Shoten0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 1st editionJien0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 4th editionThree0.60section
Kōjienrelated to 4th editionJapanese0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Kōjien bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Iwanami, Dictionary and Edition. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Kōjien
    • Iwanami
    • Dictionary
    • Edition
    • 広辞苑
    • B5
    • Isbn
    • Printing
    • Th
    • Page
    • Index
    • Size
    • 1st
  • kōjien
    • Iwanami
    • Dictionary
    • Edition
    • 広辞苑
    • B5
    • Isbn
    • Printing
    • Th
    • Page
    • Index
    • Size
    • 1st
  • japanese dictionary
    • Version
    • Browser
    • 2018-01-12
    • Logovista
    • Contents
    • Kōjien
    • 広辞苑
    • 第七版
    • Edition
    • 2018-01-29
    • Dictionary
    • Japanese
  • isbn
    • Th
    • Printing
    • 広辞苑
    • Size
    • Includes
    • Index
    • B5
    • Epwing
    • Page
    • C0800
    • Cd
    • Sounds
  • chinese dictionary
    • Version
    • Browser
    • 2018-01-12
    • Logovista
    • Contents
    • Kōjien
    • 広辞苑
    • 第七版
    • Edition
    • 2018-01-29
    • Japanese
    • Isbn
  • cd-rom
    • C0800
    • Epwing
    • Sounds
    • Cd
    • Th
    • Isbn
    • Printing
    • 広辞苑
    • Includes
    • Rom
    • Search
    • Index
  • iwanami shoten
    • Kōjien
    • 7th
    • Subscription
    • Japanese
    • Edition
    • 1st
    • Th
    • Monthly
    • Service
    • Isbn
    • Printing
    • 広辞苑
  • japanese
    • Kōjien
    • Dictionary
    • Iwanami
    • 1st
    • 7th
    • Printing
    • Edition
    • Th
    • Isbn
    • 広辞苑
    • Logovista
    • Sounds

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Kōjien, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Kōjien with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Kōjien — History · splits 30 ⟂ 24
Kōjien — Lexicographical characteristics · splits 40 ⟂ 14
Kōjien — Izuru Shinmura · splits 46 ⟂ 8
Kōjien — Overview · splits 47 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Kōjien

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples61
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Kōjien to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters & History, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Kōjien · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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