Keyword
notebook
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig2072
Readings
(6%)
Composed of
piece of fabric
long
Mnemonic

"What's that long piece of fabric that you have there?"

"Oh, it's my notebook."

...is the conversation that probably took place somewhere in ancient China before the invention of paper. At one time in history silk was actually used for writing; the Mawangdui Silk Texts from around 168 BC are one example of such work written entirely on silk.

Used in vocabulary (136 in total)
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
book; register
account book; register; ledger
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
curtain; hanging; bunting
passbook; bankbook
veil of darkness; curtain of night
notebook; account book; register
student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID
(hotel) reception
telephone book; telephone directory
mosquito net
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
account book; ledger; register
unveiling a Buddhist image; public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden; opening a gambling house; holding a gambling party
police identification card
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
thick curtain; drop curtain
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
secret accounts; unauthorized accounting; under-the-counter accounting
hotel register
vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
(deposit) passbook; bankbook
maternity health record book; mother and child health notebook
correspondence notebook (e.g. between teacher and parents); contact notebook; communication notebook
(artist's) sketch pad
temple solicitation book
notebook; exercise book
short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store
personal organiser (e.g. Filofax)
paper mosquito net
workbook; exercise book
(family) death register
teacher's mark or grade book
detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers); detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs
picture album
(Edo-period) account book
exercise book; workbook
keeping accounts; balancing accounts
free-use notebook (unruled paper); general-purpose notebook
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
bookkeeping; bookkeeper
family registry (of the district; Edo period); population registry; records of an Edo period census
visitors' book; guest book
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
basic resident register; basic register of residents
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
notebook for collecting seal stamps sold at shrines and temples
(shrine or temple) donation register; subscription book; subscription list
drug history handbook; drug notebook; medical diary
fly-net cupboard
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
register established for tax purposes (ritsuryo period)
to enter in an account book
maternity health record book; mother and child health notebook
passbook; bankbook
book of stamps (each confirming donation to a temple on a pilgrimage)
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
low-class kabuki theater; low-class play
embroidered curtain
book-keeping journal
directory or book of numbers (e.g. telephone nos)
embroidered curtain
stamp album; stamp booklet
teacher's mark or grade book
(convenience) guide
low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater
to enter in an account book
register of names
basic resident register card; citizen identification card; Juki card
curtain; hanging; bunting; place where a curtain is hung
fly-net cupboard
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
(business) manager
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers); detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
(shrine or temple) donation register; subscription book; subscription list
galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria); nut grass (Cyperus rotundus)
drug history handbook; drug notebook; medical diary
chit book; delivery book
congratulatory visitor's book
shrine visitors' register
house or housing registry
notebook with records of monies received
ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite)
ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite)
address book (email)
current journal (accounting)
stamp book; pilgrim's passport; souvenir seal album; book for collecting commemorative seals or stamps (at tourist sights, temples, shrines, etc.)
family crest register
cadastral map of Japan (first published in 1892)
cadastral map of Japan (first published in 1892)
register of believers (at a Buddhist temple); death register; register of reciters of the Buddha's name (in Yuzu Nembutsu)
discount pass for the elderly
Examples (29 in total)
Would you write your name in my notebook?
I sat down and opened my notebook.
The old man saw my notebook and smiled at me.