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語彙項目 (goikoumoku) Japanese meaning: lexical item | Kotomora

語ご彙い項こう目もく

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Meanings

1

lexical item; lexical unit

Technical term in linguistics for a word or multi-word expression treated as a single dictionary entry.

辞じ書しょでは、各かく語ご彙い項こう目もくに品

ひん

詞し

や

意い

味み

が

記き

述じゅつ

さ

れ

て

いる

。

In a dictionary, each lexical item is described with its part of speech and meaning.

Kanji

語word, speech, language
彙same kind, collect, classify
項paragraph, nape of neck, clause
目eye, class, look

Related words

語ご彙い
語彙 means 'vocabulary' as a whole, while 語彙項目 refers to an individual entry or unit within that vocabulary.
見み出だし語ご
見出し語 is a 'headword' or 'entry word' in a dictionary; 語彙項目 is a broader linguistic concept that may include multi-word expressions.

Built from

語ご彙い+項こう目もく

Etymology

Compound of 語彙 (vocabulary) and 項目 (item, entry). A modern technical term, likely a calque from English 'lexical item'.