ひゃっかじてん

ひゃっかじてん · hyakkajiten · JLPT N2 · noun

encyclopedia

📚 百科 (hundred fields) + 事典 (reference dictionary) = a dictionary of a hundred fields

百 means hundred and 科 means field or subject, so 百科 stands for all fields of knowledge. Add 事典, a reference book, and you get an encyclopedia.

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