gloss

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɡlɒs/

Noun

countable obsolete US

(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

Japanese Meaning

注釈（文章中に補足的な説明や訳注を加える意味） / 解説（難解な語句や専門用語に対する簡潔な説明）

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The scholar added a concise gloss beside the archaic phrase so students could understand its meaning.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その学者は、学生が意味を理解できるように、古風な表現のそばに簡潔な注釈を付け加えた。

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Sense（1）

All this, without a gloss or comment, / He would unriddle in a moment.

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Sense（2）

(countable) A glossary; a collection of such notes.

Sense（3）

(countable, obsolete) An expression requiring such explanatory treatment.

Sense（4）

(countable) An extensive commentary on some text.

Sense（5）

(countable, law, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law.

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glosses

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