COMPOUND WORD RETRIEVAL DEVICE

摘要

PURPOSE: To provide a word retrieval device for outputting the plural results of compound word retrieval in an order from the most certain one by a prescribed procedure when more than two words for constituting a compound word in a dictionary match with the words provided in an input sentence. CONSTITUTION: A word retrieval part 105 divides the words from an inputted sentence and further, obtains a compound word number corresponding to the compound word provided with the words. When the same compound number is provided in more than two words, a compound word retrieval part 107 outputs it to a compound word tentative storage part 108 as a compound word candidate. A compound word aligning part 109 rearranges the compound words stored in the compound word tentative storage part 108 in the order of certainty by the prescribed procedure and an output part 110 outputs the compound words and compound word translations in the order.