参照 (さんしょう) — reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes)
参照 is read さんしょう and listed as a noun. Meaning: reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison.
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Related words
Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 参照.
- 古参 こさん senior
- 持参 じさん bringing
- 参院 さんいん House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
- 参列 さんれつ attendance
- 降参 こうさん surrender
- 参る まいる to go
- 参加 さんか participation
- 参画 さんかく taking part (in planning)
- 墓参り はかまいり visit to a grave
- 参拝 さんぱい going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple)
- 参与 さんよ participation
- 参謀 さんぼう staff officer