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Operation

1 Before performing a search
2 How to search
3 Link function
(Translation notes look like this)

1 Before performing a search

This is an explanation of the contents of the "dictionary screen".

　Dictionary Screen

【Explanation of Dictionary Screen】

◆ Search Term Entry Box
Enter the word you want to look up.

◆ Dictionary Tabs
Select the tab for the dictionary you want to use. See below for English translations of these names

◆ Search Results Display Area
After the search is performed, corresponding entries are displayed in a list.

◆ Definition Display Area
This is where the selected entry's definition is displayed.

◆ Dictionary Screen Buttons
Summary of "Dictionary screen" buttons:

	Search button	Tap this button to start a search.
	Kanji dictionary button	Tap this button to display the kanji dictionary's main screen. Searching with the kanji dictionary
	Paste button	Tap this button to paste from the clipboard into the search term entry box.

◆ File Menu
Summary of [ファイル] (File) menu items:

Menu Item	Explanation
パーソナル国語	Select Gakken Personal Language dictionary. Monolingual Japanese
パーソナル英和	Select Gakken Personal English-Japanese dictionary.
パーソナル和英	Select Gakken Personal Japanese-English dictionary.
パーソナルカタカナ	Select Gakken Personal Katakana dictionary. This is a dictionary of katakana loanwords.
辞書の追加	(Add a dictionary) For enhancement of functionality. (This function may not exist in future versions of this software.)
辞書の削除	(Remove a dictionary) For enhancement of functionality.（This function may not exist in future versions of this software.)
設定	Change each dictionary's settings. Settings
終了	Quit the electronic dictionary.

◆ Edit Menu
Summary of [編集] (Edit) menu items:

Menu Item	Explanation
コピー	Copy the highlighted text.
貼り付け	Paste from the clipboard into the search term entry box.
クリップボード検索	Enables you to perform clipboard searches. Clipboard search
ポップアップ検索	Enables you to perform popup searches. Popup search
インクリメンタル検索	Enables you to perform incremental searches. Incremental search

◆ Search Menu
Summary of [検索] (Search) menu items:

Menu Item	Explanation
検索	Search for the word in the search term entry box.

◆ Version Information Menu
Summary of [バージョン情報] (Version Information) menu items:

Menu Item	Explanation
バージョン情報	Display the electronic dictionary version information.

2 How to search

A search is performed when you tap the search button or press the [Enter] key after inputting your word into the search term entry box.
If you entered hiragana or katakana, the word entries' readings are searched and corresponding results are displayed in a list.
If you entered kanji, Roman letters, or numbers, entries' headings are searched and those containing the entered text are displayed in a list.

①Tap the tab of the dictionary you want to use.

　Dictionary Screen

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②Enter your search term and tap the [search] button.

　Dictionary Screen

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③Tap a heading in the list to see the definition.

Dictionary Screen (after performing a search）

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④If you want to perform more searches, press the [<-BS] key to clear the search term entry box and enter another word.
You can also press the [Tab] button to step between screen areas like the text entry box, dictionary tabs, heading list, and definition area. Then use the arrow keys to navigate those areas.

When there is no corresponding entry
If the searched term is not found in any dictionary, 「該当する見出しがありません。」(no matching entries) will be displayed in the definition display area.

Search history
The past 5 searches are retained in the search history for your convenience.
Tap the arrow on the right side of the search term entry box to see the search history.
The search history also contains words searched using "clipboard search" and "popup search".

3 Link Function

Some words in the definition display area are in blue type.
If you tap one, you will see an explanation of the linked word.

①Tap the word in blue.

　Dictionary Screen

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②You will see an explanation of the linked word.

　　　Link Screen

Returning to the previous screen
To return to the previous screen, tap [検索画面へ] (back to search screen)

Types of links
In the definitions, you may see buttons（ or (idiom) ）as well as blue links.
They are also links to information screens.

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