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図鑑

ずかん

illustrated reference book, field guide, pictorial encyclopedia

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Examples

  1. 息子は動物図鑑を毎日見ている。

    むすこはどうぶつずかんをまいにちみている。

    My son looks at his animal picture book every day.

  2. 昔は平気で昆虫を触れたのに、今は図鑑を見るだけでもだめだ。

    むかしはへいきでこんちゅうをさわれたのに、いまはずかんをみるだけでもだめだ。

    As a kid I could handle bugs without a thought; now I can't even look at them in a field guide.

  3. この花の名前を図鑑で調べてみよう。

    このはなのなまえをずかんでしらべてみよう。

    Let's look up the name of this flower in the field guide.

Common patterns

動物図鑑
animal picture book
図鑑で調べる
to look something up in a field guide
植物図鑑
plant guide, botanical reference

Memory tip

図 (picture) + 鑑 (a reference to look at): a book you identify things with, not a storybook. A plain picture book for small children is 絵本 — 図鑑 is organized by species or category with photographs and data.

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