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手帳
Meaning in Englishnotebook
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What it means
手帳 means a personal notebook or planner used to organize schedules and notes. In everyday usage it refers to a small portable book carried to record appointments, tasks, and reminders, serving as a daily organizational tool.
Main meanings
- personal planner or diary for organizing appointments, tasks, and reminders
- compact notebook for quick notes or journaling
- historical or business context as a ledger or logbook
How to use it
手帳 is used to denote a personal planner or diary; in formal writing it can refer to a scheduled-planner book, while in casual speech it can mean any small notebook. Common usages include 手帳を開く, 手帳にメモする, and 手帳を携帯する.
Variants and close terms
- 手帖 (てちょう) techō — traditional spelling for the same meaning
- ダイアリー (だいありー) dairī — Western-style diary or planner
- ノート (ノート) nōto — notebook
- 手帳型 (てちょうがた) techō-gata — design/style of devices or cases featuring a notebook layout
Composition
- 手 = hand
- 帳 = ledger, book, or record
Etymology
手帳 is read てちょう (techō). The kun-reading for 手 combines with the on-reading for 帳 in compounds to yield the pronunciation techō, illustrating a typical mixed-reading pattern in kanji compounds.
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noun (名詞)
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