Japanese word

ウェブ

Pronunciation

Romajiwebu

Meaning

  • nounweb

Example

ウェブで天気を調べます。we bu de ten ki o shira be ma su

I check the weather on the web.

Illustration for ウェブ (web)

More examples

ウェブで好きな動物を調べます。we bu de su ki na dō butsu o shira be ma su

I look up my favorite animals on the web.

旅行の情報をウェブで探します。ryo kō no jō hō o we bu de saga shi ma su

I look for travel information on the web.

Core concept

Presents online information as a network of connected pages that people can reach through the internet.

Common phrases

  • ウェブで調べるwe bu de shira be ru

    look up on the web

  • ウェブサイトwe bu sa i to

    website

Similar words

ネットnetto: An informal term for the internet and the online world.
インターネットintānetto: A global system that connects computers and devices for sharing information.

Definition in Japanese

インターネットを通じて、互いに関連づけられた情報を閲覧できる仕組み。i n tā ne tto o tsū ji te taga i ni kan ren zu ke ra re ta jō hō o etsu ran de ki ru shi ku mi

Word origin

The Japanese noun ウェブ (webu, "web") is borrowed from English web, meaning a spider's net, and refers to the connected nature of online information.

Usage tips

  • The term web became widely known through the World Wide Web, which Tim Berners-Lee proposed in 1989 as a system for linking information.

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