語ご釈しゃく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

explanation of a word; word interpretation

Used in linguistic or dictionary contexts for the definition or gloss of a word, phrase, or term. Can also function as a suru-verb.

• 辞じ書しょの語ご釈しゃくを読よんで、その単たん語ごの意い味みを理り解かいした。

  I read the dictionary's explanation of the word and understood its meaning.

• この語ご釈しゃくは少すこしわかりにくい。

  This word explanation is a bit hard to understand.