索引
Meanings
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Refers to an alphabetical or topical list of terms with page numbers, typically at the back of a book or document.
Please look it up in the index of this book.
It took time to create the index.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉の索引を作るto make/compile an index for something
It took half a year to compile the index for this dictionary.
- 索引で〈事〉を調べるto look something up using the index
I looked up the meaning of the word using the index.
- 索引を引くto consult/look something up in an index
If there's a term you don't understand, please look it up in the index.
- 〈事〉が索引に載っているfor a term to appear in the index
That person's name appears in the index.