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世界大百科事典 (せかいだいひゃっかじてん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

世せ界かい大だい百ひゃっ科か事じ典てん

Meanings

1

noun

Heibonsha World Encyclopedia

work of art, literature, music, etc.

Proper noun: the title of a major Japanese encyclopedia published by Heibonsha.

世せ界かい大だい百ひゃっ科か事じ典てんで調しらべてみよう。
Let's look it up in the Heibonsha World Encyclopedia.

Kanji

世generation, world, society
界world, boundary
大large, big
百

hundred

科department, course, section

事matter, thing, fact

典code, ceremony, law

Etymology

Compound of 世界 (world), 大 (great), 百科 (hundred subjects / encyclopedia), and 事典 (encyclopedia). The name is a proprietary title.