Word Dictionary

The word dictionary contains 2,710 semantic categories and composed of a 12-layer hierarchy. It defines 300,000 Japanese nouns.

For example, let's look at the entry for the word "µÄ°÷(councilor)".

µÄ°÷( ``giiN'') ̾»ì `Noun'¡¡

119À®°÷ `Member' 260À¯¼£²È`Politician'

The first line shows the Japanese Kanji characters for the word "µÄ°÷ ", its pronunciation, and its part of speech. The next line indicates the semantic categories for this word. When the word belongs to several categories, these are listed in order from the most fundamental to more derivative. In this example, the categories are "119 À®°÷('Member')" for the fundamental and "260 À¯¼£²È ('Politician')" for the derivative. The 12-laye hierarchy of this word dictionary is figured in Fig. 1.

Figure 1: Word dictionary