Keyword
notebook
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig2072
Readings
や
(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 (171 in total)
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
account book; register; ledger
book; register
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
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
passbook; bankbook
curtain; hanging; veil (of darkness, mystery, etc.); mantle
veil of darkness; curtain of night
notebook; account book; register
student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID
telephone directory; telephone book; phone book
(hotel) reception
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
mosquito net
account book; ledger; register; script (of a play); libretto; scenario
public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); displaying (a Buddhist image); revealing (something that is supposed to remain hidden); opening (a gambling house); holding (a gambling party)
police identification card
thick curtain; drop curtain
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts; consistency; coherence
to leave in the dark; to leave out in the cold; to keep out of the loop; (lit.) to leave outside the mosquito net
(deposit) passbook; bankbook
vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards
hotel register
secret accounts; second set of accounts
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
maternal and child health notebook; maternity health record book
basic resident register; basic register of residents
to balance (accounts); to even out; to balance out
correspondence notebook (e.g. between teacher and parents); contact notebook; communication notebook
temple solicitation book
notebook; exercise book
(artist's) sketch pad
workbook; exercise book
short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store
personal organiser (e.g. Filofax)
teacher's grade book; book of sins; ledger in which Enma writes down the deeds and sins of the living
paper mosquito net
sketchbook; scribble pad
detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers); detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs
account book; book of account; ledger
picture album
checkbook; chequebook
(Edo-period) account book
(family) death register
exercise book; workbook
free-use notebook (unruled paper); general-purpose notebook
maternal and child health notebook; maternity health record book
(illegal) dual bookkeeping; two sets of books
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
keeping accounts; balancing accounts
family registry (of the district; Edo period); population registry; records of an Edo-period census
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
financial records (account books, ledgers, vouchers, forms, etc.)
bookkeeping; keeping accounts; bookkeeper; accountant
to enter in an account book
goshuin booklet; book for receiving seal stamps at shrines and temples
drug history handbook; drug notebook; medical diary
basic resident register card; citizen identification card; Juki card
stamp album; stamp booklet
visitors' book; guest book
one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
sample book; pattern book
notebook for collecting seal stamps sold at shrines and temples
(shrine or temple) donation register; subscription book; subscription list
field notebook; surveying notebook
fly-net cupboard
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
register established for tax purposes (ritsuryō period)
low-class kabuki theater; low-class play
passbook; bankbook
book of stamps (each confirming donation to a temple on a pilgrimage)
bookkeeping; keeping accounts; bookkeeper; accountant
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
embroidered curtain
accounts; (the) books
book-keeping journal
off-book; off-the-books
directory or book of numbers (e.g. telephone nos)
low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater
intellectual disability certificate
to enter in an account book
(convenience) guide
bookkeeping; keeping accounts; bookkeeper; accountant
teacher's grade book; book of sins; ledger in which Enma writes down the deeds and sins of the living
sticker album
embroidered curtain
drug history handbook; drug notebook; medical diary
bookkeeping; keeping accounts; bookkeeper; accountant
register of names
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
curtain; hanging; bunting; place where a curtain is hung
Law Concerning Preservation of National Tax Records in Electronic Form; Electronic Books Maintenance Act
fly-net cupboard
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
goshuin booklet; book for receiving seal stamps at shrines and temples
ledger keeper; (business) manager; bookmaker
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
correspondence notebook (e.g. between teacher and parents); contact notebook; communication notebook
detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers); detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs
sketchbook; scribble pad
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria)
galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria)
galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria)
galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria)
(shrine or temple) donation register; subscription book; subscription list
fly-net cupboard
accounts; (the) books
eight (in mekuri karuta); (arch.) third-rank prostitute in the Kyoto red-light districts
idea notebook (e.g. used by a comedian); notebook recording the day's performances (kept in an entertainment hall's backstage to prevent repeated stories)
congratulatory visitor's book
shrine visitors' register
chit book; delivery book
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
diary; planner; datebook; appointment book
disabled person; (lit.) certificate holder
rice flat sedge (Cyperus iria)
Examples (36 in total)
I think it's just a notebook, though.
The detective showed his police ID and gave his name.
I take out a small notebook.