英和

えいわ
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1Denotes an English-to-Japanese relationship — mostly used attached in front of another word, as in 英和辞典 (English–Japanese dictionary) or 英和対訳 (English–Japanese parallel text).

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この本には英和の対訳ページが付いている。

This book has English–Japanese parallel-text pages attached.

英和の見出し語を一つずつ調べた。

I looked up the English–Japanese entries one by one.

2A shortened way of saying 英和辞典 (English–Japanese dictionary) — the everyday word for a dictionary used to look up English words and find their Japanese meanings.

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英和を引いて正しい訳を確認した。

I looked it up in the English–Japanese dictionary to confirm the correct translation.

スマホの英和で単語の意味をすぐ調べられる。

With the English–Japanese dictionary app on my phone, I can look up word meanings right away.

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