抄本

鈔本

Reading

Kana: しょうほん

Romaji: shōhon

Definition

noun

1

excerpt; abridgment; book of selections

Kanji

抄

Reading: ショウ

Meanings: extract, selection, summary, copy, spread thin

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

鈔

Reading: ショウ

Meanings: selection, summary, 1/10 shaku

Example Sentence

昨日(きのう)、ひょんなことで父親(ちちおや)の戸籍(こせき)抄本(しょうほん)のコピーを見(み)てしまいました。

➥Yesterday I stumbled across a copy of my father's family register.