Translation guide
How to express the idea of adding explanatory notes, comments, or labels to a text, image, or data in Japanese.
The act of writing short explanations or comments on a document, book, or manuscript.
The most common word for an annotation or explanatory note added to a text. Often used in academic or literary contexts.
This book has detailed annotations.
A shorter, more concise term for a note or annotation. Commonly used in footnotes or marginal notes.
Please refer to the annotations in the text.
Similar to 注釈, but often implies a more detailed commentary or exegesis, especially in classical or religious texts.
Read annotations on classical literature.
A common verb phrase meaning 'to add annotations' or 'to annotate'.
Add annotations to the report.
The process of tagging or marking up data, images, or digital content with descriptive information.
The loanword from English, widely used in technical fields like machine learning, data science, and digital humanities.
Add annotations to the image.
A more Japanese-sounding term for annotation, used in some technical contexts, but less common than アノテーション.
Literally 'tagging', often used when annotation involves assigning labels or categories.
Annotate the text with tags.
Informal notes written in the margins of a book or document, often personal.
Refers to any writing added to a text, including annotations, underlining, or marginalia. Very common for personal notes in books.
Make annotations in the textbook.
Specifically refers to marginal notes or glosses written beside the main text. More formal or literary.
注釈 is used for traditional textual annotations, while アノテーション is preferred in technical or digital contexts like machine learning. Using 注釈 in a programming context may sound old-fashioned.
This dataset requires annotations.
The English word 'annotation' can be translated directly as 注釈, but in casual contexts, Japanese speakers might simply say メモ (memo) or コメント (comment) if the annotation is informal. Overusing 注釈 for simple notes can sound overly formal.
Perform annotation on the data.
古い写本には傍注がたくさんある。
The old manuscript has many marginal annotations.