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Definition in EnglishMaterial from which information about the past can be obtained.

Definition in Japanese昔の出来事や暮らしを知る手がかりになる文書や記録などの資料。

Example sentences

• 書(か)いた本人(ほんにん)がその場(ば)にいなかったのに、この史料(しりょう)は信用(しんよう)できるの？🔊

  Can we trust this source if the writer wasn't there?

• 戦時中(せんじちゅう)の暮(く)らしを調(しら)べていたら、彼女の日記(かのじょのにっき)が貴重(きちょう)な史料(しりょう)だってわかったんだ。🔊

  Her diary turned out to be a valuable source for my research on life during the war.

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