目録

もくろく · mokuroku · JLPT N1 · noun

catalog

📋 目 (item) + 録 (record) = a written record of items, i.e. a catalogue

Here 目 means item (as in 項目), not eye. 録 means record, as in 記録. So 目録 is a record of items. The same 録 appears in 録音, recording.

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