JP2006259564A - Electronic equipment with learning function, program for hint display, and recording medium having program recorded thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide electronic equipment for improving the learning effect of a user in the electronic equipment provided with a means for displaying a fill-in-the-blank question, the answer phrase of the question and the hint of the answer phrase. <P>SOLUTION: In the state of displaying the fill-in-the-blank question in a first display image storage part 166a, when a hint key provided in an input part 13 is pressed, the same entry word as the answer phrase of the fill-in-the-blank question is retrieved from the retrieval index 154a of a dictionary data storage part 151, the contents corresponding to the kind of the hint set by a flag 163 for the hint in a RAM 16 are extracted from data inside a display data storage part 154e that the retrieved phrase has and are stored in a second display image storage part 166b, and they are displayed as the hint. In the state of displaying the hint, when a retrieval/decision key in the input part 13 is pressed, the answer phrase is displayed. Also, a user can select the kind of the hint to be displayed, and the information is stored in the flag 163 for the hint. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device having a function of displaying a hint in a device that presents a hole filling problem.

  Conventionally, techniques for learning words such as English words are described in Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3. The “electronic dictionary with word game” disclosed in Patent Document 2 not only displays a Japanese translation corresponding to an English word as a problem, but also presents an English word as an answer word by voice, and has a phrase having the same pronunciation. The user inputs and answers. The “learning system using a computer” disclosed in Patent Document 3 is a learning system using a computer that can learn in a question-and-answer format. This includes, for example, a means for presenting the pronunciation of an English word and its voice information, which is a test problem, and a means for selecting from answer options or a means for rearranging spelling as a method of answering. The test result is recorded at the same time as the result is displayed, and a means for calculating the correctness level and the learning level is provided.

The above is a technique related to word learning. Unlike such word learning, there is a technique that deals with a hole filling problem in which an answer of a blank portion (hole) in a sentence is answered. For example, as a technique having a function for creating and answering a hole-filling problem, there is a “recording medium on which a problem creating apparatus and a problem creating program are recorded” disclosed in Patent Document 1. In Patent Document 1, holes for a filling problem can be freely set from a document in which a question sentence is created, and other dictionary data is associated with each filling hole, and the associated dictionary data is associated with each filling problem hole. It is possible to display as commentary and hints.
JP 2000-267553 A JP-A-11-202751 JP-A-8-50445

  In the prior art, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is possible to display the contents of the dictionary data associated with the hole of the hole filling problem as a hint before answering and an explanation after answering. However, the search for the answer phrase from the dictionary data associated with the hole in the hole filling problem, and the searched data contents are displayed as they are, so the words of the answer phrase itself and phrases that can easily imagine the answer phrase were included The contents are displayed. For this reason, if a hint is displayed before answering, it becomes a very simple hint, the user can easily know the answer phrase, and in the scene of answering after looking at the hint, it is not much as learning A big effect cannot be expected. In this case, the utility value as an explanation is higher than the hint of the answer phrase.

  Patent Document 2 is a method in which the answer phrase is pronounced when the meaning of a word or a plurality of English word options are displayed, and the user selects an answer phrase from input or answer options. By selecting the answer phrase corresponding to the pronunciation of the word, word learning by pronunciation can be expected, but I do not think that other learning can be expected.

  In Patent Document 3, similar to Patent Document 2, word learning by pronunciation can be expected. Further, the corresponding phrase is answered by displaying the meaning of the answer phrase. Moreover, it was possible to display the phonetic symbol of the English word while displaying the English word of the answer, but the phonetic symbol was not displayed as a hint before displaying the answer word phrase.

  Furthermore, both Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3 are targeted at the problem of English words one by one, the problem that some words in the English text are blank, and the meaning of the English text It was not intended for the learning scene that displayed hints about answer words and predicted answer words.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to extract the related items of the answer phrase from the dictionary data by various methods and display the extracted contents as hints for the answer phrase of the hole filling problem. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device and a program for executing control for displaying a hint and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electronic device according to the present invention reads a problem sentence from a problem sentence storage unit that stores a plurality of problem sentences consisting of a hole filling problem in response to a request to display the problem sentence, and displays it on the display unit. In an electronic device having a learning function to be displayed, dictionary data storage means storing a plurality of headwords and commentary data corresponding to the headword, and the dictionary data storage of the same headword as the answer word phrase of the hole filling problem A search means for searching from the means, a processing means for extracting a part of the commentary content existing in the commentary data corresponding to the headword searched by the search means, and the display means for extracting the commentary content extracted by the processing means Display control means for displaying the commentary content corresponding to the answer phrase of the displayed question sentence as a hint.

  In other words, search the dictionary data for the same headword as the answer word for the hole-filling problem, further extract a part of the data related to the headword from the dictionary data, and display the extracted data as a hint. Is possible.

  Another electronic apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the processing means extracts data other than the answer word / phrase in the comment data.

  In other words, the same headword as the answer word for the hole-filling problem is searched from the dictionary data, and data other than the answer word is extracted from the dictionary data from the data related to the headword, and the extracted data Can be displayed as a hint.

  Further, another electronic apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the processing means extracts the meaning of the headword of the explanation content existing in the explanation data.

  That is, it is possible to search the dictionary data for the same headword as the answer word for the hole-filling problem, further extract the meaning of the headword from the dictionary data, and display the extracted meaning as a hint.

  Another electronic device according to the present invention is characterized in that the processing means extracts a part of the meaning of the headword of the explanation content existing in the explanation data.

  In other words, it is possible to search the dictionary data for the same headword as the answer word for the hole-filling problem, further extract the meaning of the headword from the dictionary data, and display only a part of the extracted meaning as a hint. It becomes.

Another electronic apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the processing means extracts the meaning of the headword of the explanation content existing in the explanation data and further performs a process of shielding a part of the meaning. And

  That is, the same headword as the answer word of the hole filling problem is searched from the dictionary data, and further, the meaning of the headword is extracted from the dictionary data, and a part of the extracted meaning is shielded from being seen. It can be displayed as a hint.

  Further, another electronic apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the processing means extracts an example sentence of explanation content existing in the explanation data.

  That is, it is possible to search the dictionary data for the same headword as the answer word for the hole-filling problem, to further extract the example sentences possessed by the headword from the dictionary data, and to display the extracted example sentences as hints.

  Another electronic apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the processing means extracts an idiom of explanation content existing in the explanation data.

  That is, it is possible to search the dictionary data for the same headword as the answer word for the hole-filling problem, further extract the idioms of the headword from the dictionary data, and display the extracted idioms as hints.

  Another electronic device according to the present invention is characterized in that the processing means extracts a phonetic symbol of the explanation content existing in the explanation data.

  That is, it is possible to search the dictionary data for the same headword as the answer phrase of the hole-filling problem, further extract the phonetic symbol of the headword from the dictionary data, and display the extracted phonetic symbol as a hint. .

  Another electronic device according to the present invention is characterized in that the processing means extracts an antonym for a headword of the explanation content existing in the explanation data.

  That is, it is possible to search the dictionary data for the same headword as the answer word for the hole-filling problem, and further extract the antonym of the headword from the dictionary data and display the extracted antonym as a hint. .

  Another electronic apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the processing means extracts a synonym for a headword of the explanation content existing in the explanation data.

  That is, it is possible to search the dictionary data for the same headword as the answer word for the hole filling problem, further extract synonyms of the headword from the dictionary data, and display the extracted synonyms as hints. .

Further, in another electronic device according to the present invention, the search means searches the dictionary data storage means for a headword having the same meaning as the answer word of the hole-filling problem, and the processing means uses the search means. An English word / phrase in the commentary data of the searched headword is extracted.

  In other words, a headword that has the same meaning as the answer word of the filling-in question is searched from the Japanese-English dictionary data, and further, an English word that the headword has is extracted from the Japanese-English dictionary data, and the extracted English word is displayed as a hint. It becomes possible.

  Further, in another electronic device according to the present invention, the search means searches the dictionary data storage means for a headword having the same reading as the answer word of the hole filling problem, and the processing means uses the search means. It is characterized in that kanji in the commentary data in the commentary data of the searched headword is extracted.

  In other words, it is possible to search the homonym of the answer phrase of the hole-filling problem from the national language dictionary data, further extract the kanji that the headword has from the national language dictionary data, and display the extracted kanji as a hint Become.

  According to the present invention, when displaying a hint related to the answer word of the hole filling problem, data corresponding to the content of the hint set by the user is extracted from the dictionary data of the same headword as the answer word, and the data is displayed as a hint. Therefore, there is no need to have hint data, and the data capacity can be reduced.

  In addition, if the answer phrase is included in the content displayed as a hint, the hint is displayed so that the answer phrase is not visible, so the answer phrase is not included in the hint, and as a hint Usability can be increased.

  Moreover, since the user can set the content of the hint to be displayed, various learning methods expected by the user can be provided.

  Furthermore, since various contents of the dictionary data included in the answer phrase can be displayed as hints, the user can know the related items of the answer phrase, and the learning range can be further expanded.

(Overall configuration of the present invention)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic apparatus with a learning function according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, this system includes a display unit 11, an input unit 13, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 14, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 15, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 16. . The input unit 13 is input means operated to input characters, input control commands, and the like, and includes a [hint] key for displaying a hint, a [search / decision] key for displaying an answer, This includes power keys, cursor keys, etc. Further, the input means can be configured with touch keys that are input on a touch panel, keys that are input on a keyboard such as a PC (Personal Computer), and the like.

  The display unit 11 displays characters, pictures, data, and the like under the control of the CPU 14 in accordance with the keys input by the input unit 13 or the like. The CPU 14 displays a character string by key input from the input unit 13, input processing by key operation of a control command, search processing for searching dictionary data and problem data stored in the ROM 15, a problem display screen, a hint screen, and the like 11, display processing to be displayed on the display 11, storage processing for storing related information for hints in the RAM 16, and the like are executed to control the entire electronic device. The ROM 15 has a dictionary data storage area 151, a problem data area 152, and a program area 153. The dictionary data storage unit 151 stores a plurality of dictionary data (first dictionary 151a, second dictionary 151b, third dictionary 151c,..., N-th dictionary 151n). The dictionary data is an electronic version of the contents of a national language dictionary such as an English-Japanese dictionary, a Japanese-English dictionary, or a wide dictionary. Here, the first dictionary 151a has English-Japanese dictionary data, the second dictionary 151b has Japanese-English dictionary data, The following explanation will be given on the assumption that the data of the national language dictionary is stored in the third dictionary 151c. In this example, the dictionary is exemplified as having a plurality of dictionaries. However, the present invention can be implemented by providing one dictionary, and is apparent from the following description.

  Each dictionary data (first dictionary 151a, second dictionary 151b, third dictionary 151c,..., N-th dictionary 151n) has a search index (154a, 155a, 156a,..., 157a) for each dictionary. , Word table (154b, 155b, 156b, ..., 157b), data information table (154c, 155c, 156c, ..., 157c), offset table (154d, 155d, 156d, ..., 157d), It is comprised from a display data memory | storage part (154e, 155e, 156e, ..., 157e).

  In the English-Japanese dictionary of the first dictionary 151a, the search index 154a stores a plurality of headwords in the dictionary data. These headwords are usually arranged in alphabetical order.

  The display data storage unit 154e stores the entire contents of data related to each headword in the dictionary data, and stores the description contents such as headword, phonetic symbol, part of speech, meaning, example sentence, idiom, and commentary. Various data of explanation contents such as the phonetic symbols, parts of speech, meanings, example sentences, idioms, explanations, etc. relating to these headwords are collectively referred to as explanation data. The structure of the display data storage unit 154e will be described later in detail for each data such as headwords and phonetic symbols. For example, as can be understood with reference to FIG. A “separator code” is provided at the end of the data. The addresses on the display data storage unit 154e of the data delimited by the “delimiter code” are stored in the offset table 154d in the order of data delimited by the “delimiter code”. Each data delimited by the “delimiter code” has a unique data information number corresponding to a data type such as a headword or a phonetic symbol, and this unique data information number is stored in the offset table 154d. The data information table 154c is stored in the order of the data delimited by the “delimiter code” in the same manner as the arrangement order of the stored data.

  Further, the word table 154b stores numerical information indicating the number of data corresponding to each of the headwords in the search index 154a, which is the data delimited by the “delimiter code” on the display data storage unit 154e. .

  As described above, the first dictionary 151a is configured, and the other second dictionary 151b, third dictionary 151c,..., N-th dictionary 151n have the same structure as the first dictionary 151a. Yes.

  In addition, the problem data storage unit 152 according to the present invention is divided into a first subject 152a, a second subject 152b,... That stores problem data for each of a plurality of subjects such as English and Japanese, etc. The data is stored in the first subject 152a, and the problem data in Japanese is stored in the second subject 152b. The question data is obtained by digitizing data relating to a plurality of filling-in question sentences in a plurality of subjects and data relating to answer phrases.

  In the case of an English problem in the first subject 152a, a filling sentence data storage unit 158a that stores data of a problem sentence of the filling problem, and a problem sentence meaning data storage unit 158b that stores the meaning of the filling problem sentence; The answer phrase data storage unit 158c stores the meaning of the answer phrase.

  For example, in the case of the hole filling problem on the screen 2201 in FIG. 22A, the problem stored in the hole filling sentence data storage unit 158a is “I”, “space”, “watched”, “space”, “my”, “space”. "," Other "," space "," blank code "," enter "," blank code "," space "," the "," space "," kitchen. " Has been. That is, the blanking question sentence stored in the blanking sentence data storage unit 158a is configured in a format in which the answer word / phrase is stored in the hole of the blanking question sentence, and “blank code” before and after the answer word / phrase in the hole filling question sentence. "Is inserted. In this way, since the “blank code” exists before and after the answer phrase, when filling up the problem, the portion between the “blank codes” is displayed as blank, and when the answer phrase is displayed, “blank code” is displayed. If control is performed so as to display the characters in the sandwiched portion, it is possible to control both the data of the hole filling question sentence and the answer sentence with the answer phrase in the hole by one data. Further, when extracting data from the answer word / phrase as hint data from the dictionary data, when it becomes necessary to extract the answer word / phrase from the hole filling problem, a search is made for “blank code” in the hole filling sentence data storage unit 158a, and “ You just need to take out the phrase between “blank codes”.

  The answer phrase data storage unit 158c of the first subject 152a stores the meanings used in the meaning sentence of the hole filling problem among a plurality of meanings of the same headword as the answer phrase on the dictionary data. . In the case of a hole filling problem like the screen 2201 in FIG. 22A, the meaning of “enter” used in the hole filling problem on the screen 2201 is stored among all the meanings of the answer word “enter”. Since the meaning of the answer phrase used in the hole-filling problem is stored in the answer phrase data storage unit 158c, after searching the English-Japanese dictionary for the same headword as the answer phrase, the meaning of the headword Thus, it is possible to limit the meaning portion having the same phrase as the meaning of the answer phrase, and further, various processing can be performed on the data portion. For example, as shown in the screen 2302 in FIG. 23B, the meaning other than the meaning used in the hole filling problem among all the meanings of the answer words is displayed as a hint, or the screen 2402 in FIG. As described above, among the meanings of the answer phrases, the meanings used in the hole filling problem can be displayed while being blocked. Details of the method of creating hint screen data on the screen 2302 in FIG. 23B and the screen 2402 in FIG. 24B will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  In addition, the question sentence meaning data storage unit 158b stores the meaning contents of the entire sentence including the contents of the answer word / phrase that becomes the hole filling problem for each question sentence. The arrangement order of each data in the above-described filling data storage unit 158a, question sentence meaning data storage unit 158b, and answer phrase data storage unit 158c is the same, and the nth filled sentence data storage unit 158a. The meaning of the hole-filling question sentence for the other hole-filling question sentence is stored in the nth of the problem sentence meaning data storage unit 158b. Further, the meaning of the answer phrase of the nth hole filling question sentence is stored in the nth place of the answer phrase data storage unit 158c.

  The above is a description of the structure of the question sentence for the first subject 152a and the storage status thereof. Next, the second subject 152b will be described. In the case of the Japanese language problem of the second subject 152b, it is composed of a hole-filling question data storage unit 159a and answer-phrase data storage unit 159b in which data of the question-filling question text and answer words are stored.

  As an example, the problem sentence stored in the above-mentioned filling sentence data storage unit 159a is “Rationalize”, “Blank code”, “Aim”, “Blank code” in the case of the hole filling problem on the screen 3101 in FIG. Each character code is stored in the order of “,” (measured). That is, the blanking question sentence stored in the blanking sentence data storage unit 159a is configured in a format in which the answer phrase is stored in the hole of the blanking question sentence, and “blank code” is placed before and after the answer phrase in the blanking question sentence. "Is inserted. Because the “blank code” exists before and after the answer phrase, the portion between “blank codes” is displayed as blank when displaying a blanking question, and the portion between “blank codes” is displayed when displaying an answer phrase. It is possible to control both the data of the hole-filling question sentence and the answer sentence containing the answer phrase in the hole with one data.

  The answer phrase data storage unit 159b stores answer phrase readings. For example, in the case of a hole-filling problem as shown on the screen 3101 in FIG. 31A, “Measure” that is the reading of the answer phrase is stored. Since the answer phrase data storage unit 159b stores the reading of the answer phrase used in the hole-filling problem, the headword that is the same as the answer phrase is searched from the national language dictionary, and the kanji phrase that the entry word has As shown in the screen 3102 of FIG. 31B, it is possible to display a kanji word / phrase having the same reading as the answer word / phrase as a hint. The method of creating the hint screen data shown on the screen 3102 in FIG. 31B will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  As described above, the arrangement order of the data in the filled-in sentence data storage unit 159a and the answer phrase data storage unit 159b is also the same, and the filled-in question sentence in the nth filled-in sentence data storage unit 159a. The reading of the answer phrase of the nth hole-filling question sentence is stored in the nth of the answer phrase data storage unit 159b.

  The configuration of the dictionary data storage unit 151 in the ROM 15 and the problem data storage unit 152 according to the present invention has been described above. The ROM 15 displays a problem sentence including a program for controlling the electronic device of the present invention. As will be described in detail below, there is stored a program for executing control for displaying hints and the like of the answer phrase in the filled portion of the displayed question sentence, and control for displaying the answer. This program is stored in the program storage area 153, and stores an input processing program 153a that performs input processing, a search processing program 153b that performs search processing, a display processing program 153c that performs display processing, and the like.

  The display control means for the hole filling problem according to the present invention includes a CPU 14, a ROM 15 and a RAM 16. As will be described later, the present invention is characterized in that hints related to the answer to the hole-filling problem are created from dictionary data by various methods and displayed, and the RAM 16 stores the following data in order to realize this feature. To do.

  The RAM 16 stores a work area 167 for storing data necessary for executing the hint display control by the CPU 14, a hint flag 163 for storing contents related to the hint of the present invention, and a search phrase storage for storing a search phrase. The display unit 168 and a display storage unit 166 that stores data to be displayed on the display unit 11 serving as a display unit, and the like, perform storage of a hole filling problem display, a problem hint display, and an operation setting related to the hint display.

  Each element which comprises RAM16 mentioned above is demonstrated below. First, the hint flag 163 stores “1” or “0” in order to determine whether or not to display each hint among various types of hints of the hole filling problem. If "1" is stored in the flag, the hint corresponding to the flag is displayed. If "0" is stored, the CPU 14 is controlled not to display the hint corresponding to the flag. In addition, in the hint flag 163, a flag for hints corresponding to a filling problem of a plurality of subjects is displayed for each subject area (first subject hint 164a, second subject hint 164b,..., Nth subject). Exists in hint 164n). For example, in the first subject hint area 164a, an all meaning flag 165a, a meaning deletion flag 165b, a meaning occlusion flag 165c, an example sentence flag 165d, an idiom flag 165e, and a phonetic symbol flag 165f, which are flags related to the hint display of the English filling problem An antonym flag 165g, an English-Japanese synonym flag 165h, a Japanese-English synonym flag 165i, and a hint answer flag 165j are provided. Also, the second subject hint 164b stores a homonym flag 167a that is a flag related to the hint display of the Chinese character padding problem.

  The meaning all flag 165a is “1” when displaying all the meanings stored in the display data storage unit 154e on the first dictionary 151a having the same headword as the answer phrase of the filling-in question as a hint. "Is set.

  The meaning deletion flag 165b uses the meaning stored in the display data storage unit 154e on the first dictionary 151a, which has the same headword as the answer word for the hole-filling problem, as a hint with a meaning other than the same meaning as the hole-filling problem. When displaying, “1” is set.

  The meaning shielding flag 165c shields the meaning stored in the display data storage unit 154e on the first dictionary 151a, which has the same headword as the answer word of the filling-in question, and displays it as a hint. In this case, “1” is set.

  The example sentence flag 165d is set to “1” when an example sentence stored in the display data storage unit 154e on the first dictionary 151a having the same headword as the answer phrase of the hole filling problem is displayed as a hint. The

  The idiom flag 165e is set to “1” when the idiom stored in the display data storage unit 154e on the first dictionary 151a having the same headword as the answer word of the hole filling question is displayed as a hint. The

  The phonetic symbol flag 165f indicates that “1” is displayed when the phonetic symbol stored in the display data storage unit 154e on the first dictionary 151a having the same headword as the answer word of the hole-filling problem is displayed as a hint. Is set.

  The antonym flag 165g is “1” when the antonym stored in the display data storage unit 154e on the dictionary data storage unit 151 having the same headword as the answer word of the hole filling problem is displayed as a hint. Is set.

  The English-Japanese synonym flag 165h is “1” when the synonym on the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer word of the hole-filling problem is displayed as a hint in the English-Japanese dictionary of the first dictionary 151a. Is set.

  The Japanese-English synonym flag 165i is set to “1” when an English word on the display data storage unit 155e having the same meaning as the answer word of the hole-filling problem is displayed as a hint in the Japanese-English dictionary data of the second dictionary 151b. The

  In addition, the hint answer flag 165j is, for example, a screen displaying the answer words in the holes of the hole filling problem as shown in the screen 2403 and the screen 2402 in FIG. 24C, and a hint that blocks a part of the meaning of the answer words. While the screen is displayed, the [Search / Determine] key is operated to input a hint screen as shown in the screen 2404 in FIG. 24 (d) displaying all the meanings, and in FIG. 22 (c). With the screen displaying the answer word in the hole of the hole filling question and the hint screen displaying all the meanings of the answer word as shown in the screen 2203 and the screen 2202, the [Search / Determine] key is displayed. Is used to distinguish from the case of displaying a screen as shown in the screen 2204 of FIG. 22D displaying the next problem. In other words, this flag 165j indicates that when the [Search / Determine] key is entered with the answer phrase displayed in the hole of the hole filling question, a part of the hint is blocked or not displayed. It is necessary to separate the operation when displaying a hint screen that displays all the screens and when displaying the next problem.

  To explain the above in more detail, as a hint, you can display only part of the meaning, block part of the meaning, display an example sentence with the answer phrase blank, or an idiom with the answer phrase blank. Is displayed, the answer / phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling problem with the [Search / Determine] key, and then the hint answer flag 165j is set to “0” as the first step in the procedure of answering by the user. The In addition, as a hint, when the meaning of all the answer words and phonetic symbols are displayed, as a first step in the procedure for the user to answer, use the [Search / Determination] key to enter the answer words in the hole of the hole filling problem. After the display, “1” is set in the hint answer flag 165j. When the answer / phrase is displayed in the above hole filling question hole and the [search / decision] key is pressed, if the hint answer flag 165j is “0”, the content displayed as the hint is displayed. Displays all meanings of the same headword as the answer phrase, because only part of the meaning, part of the meaning is masked, or the part of the phrase that is the same as the answer phrase is blank And processing for displaying the answer phrase in the blank part. In addition, when the answer phrase is displayed in the above-mentioned hole filling question hole and the [Search / Determine] key is pressed, if the hint answer flag 165j is “1”, it is displayed as a hint. Since all the information as hints for the answer phrase is already displayed in the contents, it is determined that the displayed filling problem has been completed, and processing for displaying the next question is performed. That is, the hint answer flag 165j is a flag necessary for changing the procedure for the user to answer depending on the type of hint to be displayed. The above will become clear in the description of the flow of FIG.

  The display screen storage unit 166 includes a first display screen storage unit 166a that stores a hole filling question sentence and a second display screen storage unit 166b that stores hints. When actual display is performed, display on the display unit 11 is performed based on the data stored in this area.

  The work area 167 is an area used to extract data from dictionary data, process the data, and create a hint screen. The work area 167 includes A, B, C, D, E, and X. Used to execute processing as described.

  Next, the dictionary data in the ROM 15 described above has been briefly described above, but the detailed structure thereof will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the first dictionary 151a which is the English-Japanese dictionary shown in FIG. 1, and the detailed structure of the search index 154a, the word table 154b, the data information table 154c, the offset table 154d, and the display data storage unit 154e. Is shown. The display data storage unit 154e stores all the contents of the English-Japanese dictionary. The English-Japanese dictionary has explanation contents such as headwords, phonetic symbols, parts of speech, meanings, example sentences, idioms, synonyms, antonyms, explanations, etc., and in order to distinguish the contents, the end of each data Have a “separator code”. The “separator code” may be anything as long as it can be distinguished from other character codes in the display data storage unit 154e. It is also possible to distinguish among the same type of data. In this case, a “delimiter code” is inserted at the end of the data to be distinguished. By having a “separator code”, data from one “separator code” to the next “separator code” can be easily retrieved from the display data storage unit 154e, and the data in the display data storage unit 154e It is possible to speed up the process of displaying a part of the image as a hint. In the display data storage unit 154e of FIG. 2, the heading word “a, A” is stored in the first line, “delimiter code” is stored after that, and the phonetic symbol “a, A” is stored in the next line. “/ Ei /” is stored. Further, since there is a “separator code” at the end of the phonetic symbol, the next line stores another part of speech, “-name”, which is another data. There is also a “separator code” after the “-name”, and the next line stores the first meaning of the first word “a, A” of the headword “a, A”. ing. After the first meaning, there is a “separator code”, and the next line stores the second meaning, “2.a, sound represented by A letter... . The first meaning and the second meaning are both semantic data, but when displaying a part of the meaning of the answer word of the hole-filling question as a hint, it is necessary to extract and process each semantic data. In the meaning data, data having different meaning contents has a “delimiter code” at the end of the data.

  In the same manner, each headword has a plurality of various data having a “separator code” to constitute a display data storage unit 154e. Each piece of data having a “delimiter code” in the display data storage unit 154e has an address on the display data storage unit 154e where the data exists. The addresses are stored in the offset table 154d in the arrangement order of the data in the display data storage unit 154e. Further, data information numbers corresponding to the types of data on the display data storage unit 154e are stored in the data information table 154c in the same order as the offset table 154d.

  The search index 154a of the first dictionary 151a stores character data of headwords in the order of ABC. Each headword has in the word table 154b information indicating what number of data in all the data having the “delimiter code” on the display data storage unit 154e. When the first data in the display data storage unit 154e is 0th, for example, the data “a1, an” in the search index 154a is stored in the 9th, so that “000009” is stored in the word table 154b. Is stored.

  Further, if reference is made to the ninth item in the data information table 154c, “0000”, which is the information number of the entry word data, is stored, and if reference is made to the ninth item in the offset table 154d, the entry word “a1, an” is stored. Is stored in the display data storage unit 154e. In the case of FIG. 2, data relating to the headword “a1, an” exists after the address “00008C”.

  The data information table 154c stores data information numbers. Here, “0000” for the headword, “0001” for the phonetic symbol, “0002” for the part of speech and meaning, “0003” for the example sentence, “0004” for the idiom, “0005” for the opposite word, The following explanation will be made assuming that each data is stored as “0006” if it is a synonym. In addition, the values stored in the word table 154b, the data information table 154c, and the offset table 154d will be described assuming that hexadecimal numbers are handled.

  Furthermore, in order to deepen the understanding of the function and configuration of the first dictionary 151a, a description will be given with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 shows “enter” as an example of a headword, which will be described based on an example of presenting a hint that is a feature of the present invention. For example, as shown in the screen 2502 in FIG. 25B, in order to display an example sentence having the same headword as the answer word phrase as a hint, FIG. 3 shows a procedure for extracting the example sentence of the answer word phrase “enter”. The block diagram of the search index 154a, the word table 154b, the data information table 154c, the offset table 154d, and the display data storage unit 154e of the first dictionary 151a will be described.

  First, “enter” is searched from the search index 154a. If “enter” is the 200th in the search index 154a, the 200th value in the word table 154b is referred to and “000452” is extracted. “000452” indicates that the data related to the part of speech and meaning related to “enter” and other explanation contents are stored after the 452nd data in the data delimited by the “delimiter code” in the display data storage unit 154e. Show.

  Further, since the data information number related to “enter” is stored after the 452nd in the data information table 154c, the value “0003”, which is the data information number of the example sentence, starts from the 452nd onward in the data information table 154c. Search whether it is stored. In the data information table 154c, the data information number “0003” of the example sentence is stored in the 457th position, so the “45739” data in the offset table 154d is referred to and “000939” is extracted. “000939” means that an example sentence “enter” is stored after the address “000939” on the display data storage unit 154e, and the data from the address “000939” to the next “separator code” is used as an example sentence. Take out as. Here, “enter the dining room from the recreation hall enter the dining room from the entertainment room” is taken out.

  If the search as described above is performed for all data of “enter”, all example sentences can be extracted. The search range is up to the 529th immediately before the value “00052A” on the word table 154b of the entry word “enteric” next to “enter”. That is, since all data of “enter” is stored until immediately before the next headword, if the search is performed up to the 529th, all data of “enter” is searched.

(Processing procedure in the present invention)
The above is a description of the overall configuration of the present invention. In the following, display of a problem so that the present invention can be better understood, display of hints for solving the problem, and control for performing the answer This processing procedure will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a control procedure according to the present invention from when a hole filling problem is displayed to when a hint is displayed and answered. Here, the case of answering will be described by taking the English hole filling problem of the first subject 152a as an example.

(Control related to problem display)
First, when learning according to the present invention is performed, key operation input of the input unit 13 for displaying a hole filling problem is performed. When the operation is confirmed, the electronic device with learning function of the present invention executes the flow shown in FIG. Therefore, first, the process proceeds to step 401.

  In this step 401, 0 is set to X in the work area 167 of the RAM 16. Next, in step 402, the zeroth, “X” -th blanking problem of the blanking question sentence stored in the blanking sentence data storage unit 158a of the first subject 152a is stored in the first display screen storage unit 166a. Here, “X” means a value stored in X of the work area 167. For example, even when “A” is written, it is stored in A of the work area 167. Means value. Furthermore, the 0th meaning data, that is, the “X” th meaning data stored in the question sentence meaning data storage unit 158b of the first subject 152a is also stored in the first display screen storage unit 166a. In the first step, since 0 is set in X, the leading hole filling problem data and the leading semantic data are stored in the first display screen storage unit 166a.

  Subsequently, the process proceeds to step 403, where the hole filling problem stored in the first display screen storage unit 166a and the meaning of the problem are displayed. In the case of an English problem, the English filling problem and the meaning of the English sentence are displayed on the display unit 11. As a result, the hole filling problem as shown in the screen 2201 in FIG. 22A and the meaning of the problem sentence are displayed on one screen on the display unit 11.

(Hint display control after displaying problem)
As described above, problem display is performed, and learning to answer the problem is performed. In learning related to this question display, in the present invention, a hint related to the answer word of the displayed question can be displayed to enhance the learning effect. For this hint display, display control is executed in the following procedure.

  If a problem is displayed in step 403, the key wait state is entered in step 404. If any key is input in this state, it is determined in step 405 whether the key is a [hint] key. If the [hint] key is input, it is determined in step 409 whether any of the flags in the hint flag 163 (165a to 165h) is not set. When the problem of the first subject 152a is performed, it is determined whether any of the hint flags (165a to 165i, 167a) of the first subject hint 164a is set to “1”. If all the subject subject hint flags are not set, that is, none of them is “1”, a hint setting process is performed in step 410.

  Although the hint setting process will be described in detail later, a hint option screen as shown in a screen 3202 in FIG. 32B is displayed. From the displayed hint selection screen, for example, a numeric key corresponding to the hint to be displayed is input as in [1] key input as indicated by the key 3204 in FIG. 32, and the hint content to be displayed is determined. As a result, the flag in the hint flag 163 corresponding to the hint is set to “1”, and the process ends. Details will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  After the hint setting process in step 410, the hint display process (1) for the set hint is performed in step 411, and the process returns to the key waiting state in step 404. The hint display process (1) in step 411 is a process of displaying a hint corresponding to the flag set to “1” in the hint flag 163. Details of the hint display will be described later with reference to FIG. In order to deepen understanding, an example will be described.

  The hint display processing in step 411 will be described in the case where [1] word meaning (all) is selected in FIG. First, when a hint key is operated in a state where a problem is displayed on the screen 2201 in FIG. 22A, all the semantic contents serving as hints related to the answer phrase are displayed as shown in the screen 2202 in FIG. Is done.

  As described above, the description is returned, and if the hint flag is set in step 409, the hint display process (1) is performed in step 411 as described above, and then the key wait in step 404 is performed again. Return to state.

(Control display of answer phrases for hole-filling questions)
After displaying the hint, if the user wants to know the answer phrase such as when the user can answer the answer phrase of the hole in the question sentence or if the answer phrase is unknown, the instruction to display the answer phrase is displayed. Do. Therefore, if it is determined in step 405 whether or not it is a [hint] key, if it is not a [hint] key, it is determined in step 406 whether or not it is a [search / decision] key. If it is not the [Search / Determine] key, the process returns to the key waiting state at Step 404. In the case of the [Search / Determine] key, in Step 407, it is determined whether or not an answer word is displayed in the hole of the hole filling problem.

  The method of determining whether or not the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling question in step 407 is well known, but a flag is provided for distinguishing between the case where it is not displayed and the case where it is displayed, The flag may be set to “1” or “0”. As another method, an example is shown below.

  As described above, the display data of the hole filling question displayed on the display unit 11 is stored in the first display screen storage unit 166a, and when the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling question, “Blank code” is stored before and after the answer phrase in the data of the first display screen storage unit 166a. In the display processing on the display unit 11, since the character sandwiched between “blank codes” is displayed as “blank characters”, if “blank codes” are stored before and after the answer phrase as described above, On the part 11, the answer phrase is not displayed. In this case, a question sentence in which no answer phrase is displayed as shown in the screen 2201 in FIG. 22A is displayed.

  Further, when answer words are displayed in the holes of the hole filling problem, “blank codes” are not stored before and after the answer words in the first display screen storage unit 166a. Therefore, the answer phrase is displayed on the display unit 11. In this case, a question sentence on which an answer phrase is displayed as shown on a screen 2203 in FIG. 22C is displayed.

  Since the first display screen storage unit 166a performs the processing as described above, by searching the first display screen storage unit 166a for “blank code”, the answer to the hole of the hole filling problem is solved. It is possible to determine whether or not a word is displayed.

  In step 407, if the answer phrase in the hole-filling question sentence is not displayed, that is, if “blank code” exists in the first display screen storage unit 166a, problem answer processing is performed in step 408.

  The question answering process in step 408 is a process of displaying the answer phrase in the hole of the hole filling question as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 20, and will be described in detail below.

  First, in step 2001, it is determined whether or not “1” is stored in the meaning deletion flag 165b. If the meaning deletion flag 165b is “1”, a process of setting “0” to the hint answer flag 165j is performed in step 2004. If the meaning deletion flag 165b is not “1”, it is determined in step 2002 whether or not “1” is stored in the meaning shielding flag 165c. If the meaning occlusion flag 165c is “1”, the process proceeds to step 2004. If it is not “1”, it is determined in step 2003 whether or not “1” is stored in the example sentence flag 165d or the idiom flag 165e. . If the example sentence flag 165d or the idiom flag 165e is “1”, the process proceeds to step 2004. If it is not “1”, the hint answer flag 165j is set to “1” in step 2005.

  As for Step 2001 to Step 2005, the content displayed as a hint is a part of the meaning of the answer phrase, or a part of the meaning of the answer phrase is not displayed, or has an answer phrase. When an example sentence or idiom is displayed, “0” is set in the hint answer flag 165j, and the contents displayed in the hint are all meanings of the answer words, phonetic symbols of the answer words, and the antonyms of the answer words If the answer word is a synonym, the hint answer flag 165j is set to “1”.

  The purpose of using the hint answer flag 165j is to divide the operation as follows when the [Search / Determine] key is pressed.

  When the hint answer flag 165j is set to “0”, the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling problem as shown in the screen 2403 and the screen 2402 in FIG. When the [Search / Determine] key is input while a part of the hint content is blocked on the hint screen, the hint answer process in step 413 is performed through step 406, step 407, and step 412 in FIG. Executed. This hint answer process is shown in FIG. 21, and will be described in detail later. Therefore, by executing this processing, as shown in the screen 2404 in FIG. 24D, the lower part of the screen displaying the question sentence displaying the answer phrase as shown in the screen 2403 in FIG. The hint screen displaying all the hint contents is displayed in place of the contents where a part of the hint screen is shielded as shown in a screen 2402 in FIG.

  If the hint answer flag 165j is set to “1”, as shown in the screen 2203 and the screen 2202 in FIG. 22C, the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling problem as described above. When the [Search / Determination] key is input while the screen and a hint screen displaying all contents are displayed, the next filling problem is displayed.

  After the above processing, after setting “1” or “0” to the hint answer flag 165j in steps 2004 and 2005, in step 2006, the “blank code” of the filling problem in the first display screen storage unit 166a is set. delete.

  Next, in step 2007, the first display screen storage unit 166a and the second display screen storage unit 166b are displayed. In step 2006, the “blank code” in the blanking question sentence in the first display screen storage unit 166a is deleted. Therefore, the answer phrase in the hole-filling question sentence is not displayed in the blank, but the question sentence in which the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole-filling question and the display of the hint data stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b are displayed. Do. As a result, when the [Search / Determine] key is input while the hole filling problem and hint screen as shown in the screen 2201 and the screen 2202 in FIG. 22B are displayed, the screen in FIG. 22C is displayed. As in 2203, the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling question.

(Control of next problem display)
As described above, when the answer processing is completed as described in FIG. 20 by the operation of the [Search / Determine] key in Step 408 of FIG. 4, the process returns to the key waiting state in Step 404. When the answer phrase has been displayed in this state, that is, in the hole of the hole-filling problem, learning by the question sentence ends, so the next problem will be tackled. Therefore, the user displays the next problem by the following process.

  Therefore, if the “search / decision” key is operated again, it is determined in step 407 that the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling question, and whether or not the hint answer flag 165j is “1” in step 412. Make a decision. The hint answer flag 165j is set to “0” or “1” in the question answer process in step 408 described above.

  If the hint answer flag 165j is “1” in this step 412, in step 414, 1 is added to X in order to display the next question, and the process returns to step 402, where the “X” -th filling problem is displayed. And the meaning of the hole filling problem, that is, the next hole filling problem and the meaning of the hole filling problem are stored in the first display screen storage unit 166a. In this case, specifically, when the screen in which the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling question and the hint screen are displayed on the same screen as in the screen 2203 and the screen 2202 in FIG. When the [Search / Determine] key is input, the next filling problem is displayed as shown in the screen 2204 in FIG.

(Display control of hidden part of hint)
If the hint answer flag 165j is not “1” in step 412, the hint answer process in step 413 is performed. In the embodiment of the present invention, the reason why this answer processing is performed is that, as a hint display related to the answer word of the hole in question, a term directly related to the answer word or the like is shielded or blank (not displayed). Hidden hints are displayed. Therefore, the portion hidden by the hint display is displayed. This is also to increase the learning effect, and in the case of hints that are directly related, the learning effect does not increase, but there is a hidden part in the hints, an effort to eagerly come up with an answer, Moreover, further learning in the hidden part can be expected, and the learning effect is enhanced.

  Therefore, the hint answer process in step 413 will be described. This hint answer processing will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 21, but what is displayed is a screen in which the answer words are displayed in the hole of the hole filling question, and the contents displayed in the hint screen on the hint screen are as follows: A part of the meaning of the answer phrase as shown on the screen 2402 in FIG. 24C, a part of the meaning of the answer phrase as shown in the screen 2302 of FIG. 23C, When an example sentence that does not display the answer phrase as shown on the screen 2502 in FIG. 25C or an idiom that does not display the answer phrase as shown on the screen 2602 in FIG. When you press, all hidden contents are displayed as hints. The display of the hint screen after the above processing is the display of all the meanings of the answer phrases as shown in the screen 2404 in FIG. 24D and the screen 2304 in FIG. 23D, and the screen in FIG. An example sentence displaying an answer word as shown in 2504 or an idiom displaying an answer word as shown on a screen 2604 in FIG.

  Details of the hint answer process in FIG. 21 will be described below.

  First, in Step 2101, it is determined whether or not “1” is stored in the meaning deletion flag 165b. If the meaning deletion flag 165b is "1", all meanings on the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b in the semantic data storage processing in step 2102. Process to store. Thereafter, in step 2107, the first display screen storage unit 166a and the second display screen storage unit 166b are displayed, and the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the filling problem as shown in the screen 2303 and the screen 2304 in FIG. The displayed question and all the meanings of the same headword as the answer phrase are displayed.

  If the meaning deletion flag 165b is not "1" at step 2101, it is determined at step 2103 whether "1" is stored in the meaning shielding flag 165c. If the meaning shielding flag 165c is “1”, in step 2104, the “shielding code” in the hint content stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b is deleted.

  The following describes how the “shielding code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b that stores hint display data.

  For example, when creating hint data that does not display a part of the hint screen as shown in the screen 2402 of FIG. 24B, the “shielding code” is used in the meaning shielding data storage process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 stored in the display screen storage unit 166b. Specifically, in the hole filling problem as shown in the screen 2401 in FIG. 24A, the first meaning “1. on the dictionary data 151 included in the headword of the answer word phrase“ enter ”of the hole filling problem. For the meaning data “entering, entering, floating”, a state where “shielding code” is stored immediately after “1.” and at the end of the first meaning in the meaning data, that is, “ 1. The second display screen in a state where the characters are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b in the order of "", "shield code", "enter, enter, float", "shield code". When the data on the storage unit 166b is displayed on the display unit 11, the characters sandwiched between the “shielding codes” are displayed as “shielding characters”, and a screen as shown by the screen 2402 in FIG. 24B is displayed. Is done.

  If the “shielding code” in the second display screen storage unit 166b described above is deleted in step 2104, there is no character sandwiched between the “shielding codes”, so the second display screen storage unit 166b is displayed on the display unit 11. When all the characters in the second display screen storage unit 166b are displayed on the display unit 11, all the meanings as shown in the screen 2404 in FIG. 24D are displayed.

  After the processing in step 2104, the first display screen storage unit 166a and the second display screen storage unit 166b are displayed in step 2107. As shown in the screen 2403 and the screen 2404 in FIG. The display of the question in which the answer phrase is displayed on the screen and all the meanings of the same headword as the answer phrase are displayed.

  Furthermore, if the meaning occlusion flag 165c is not “1” in step 2103, it is determined in step 2105 whether the example sentence flag 165d or the idiom flag 165e is “1”. If the example sentence flag 165d or the idiom flag 165e is “1”, “blank code” in the display content of the hint stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b is deleted in step 2106.

  The case where the above “blank code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b that stores hint display data will be described below.

  The “blank code” is, for example, a screen in which the answer phrase in the example sentence as shown in the screen 2502 in FIG. 25B is displayed as a blank, or the answer phrase in the idiom as shown in the screen 2602 in FIG. When creating hint data such as a screen in which a blank is displayed, in the example sentence data storage process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11 or the phrase data storage process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 12, the second display screen storage unit 166b. Stored in Specifically, in the hole filling problem as shown in the screen 2601 of FIG. 26A, “enter into” is the first idiom on the dictionary data 151 of the headword of the answer word “enter” of the hole filling problem. <Negotiation / Business etc.> For the idiom data "Start ...", the "blank code" is stored before and after the answer word "enter" in the idiom data, that is, "blank" The characters are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b in the order of “code”, “enter”, “blank code”, “into”, “<enter negotiation / business, etc.> start”. 26, when the data on the second display screen storage unit 166b is displayed on the display unit 11, the characters between the “blank codes” are displayed as “blank characters”, and the screen shown in FIG. 2 A screen as shown at 602 is displayed. Even when an example sentence of the answer phrase is displayed as a hint, since there is a “blank code” before and after the answer phrase “enter” in the example sentence, as shown in the screen 2502 in FIG. “enter” is displayed as blank.

  If the “blank code” in the second display screen storage unit 166b shown above is deleted in step 2106, there is no character sandwiched between the “blank codes”, so the second display screen storage unit 166b is displayed on the display unit 11. When displayed on the screen, all the characters in the second display screen storage unit 166b are displayed on the display unit 11, and the answers as shown in the screen 2504 in FIG. 25D or the screen 2604 in FIG. Example sentences and phrases that display the phrase “enter” are displayed.

  After the processing in step 2106, in step 2107, the first display screen storage unit 166a and the second display screen storage unit 166b are displayed. In the step 2107, when the example sentence flag 165d is “1”, as shown in the screen 2503 and the screen 2504 in FIG. 25D, the problem display in which the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling problem and the hole of the example sentence When the idiom flag 165e is “1”, the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the filling problem as shown in the screen 2603 and the screen 2604 in FIG. 26 (d). Display the current question and the hint that the answer phrase is displayed in the idiom hole.

  If the example sentence flag 165d or the idiom flag 165e is not “1” in step 2105, the display with the contents stored in the first display screen storage unit 166a and the second display screen storage unit 166b is performed in step 2107. Do.

  In step 413 of FIG. 4, after the hint answer process is performed as described in FIG. 21, the process returns to the key waiting state in step 404.

  As described above, as described with reference to FIG. 4 above, each process of filling-in-the-blank question display, hint display, and answer display is sequentially executed based on the user's key operation.

(Hint selection setting process)
Next, a process for setting a desired hint from various hints according to the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 5 shows the processing of step 410 in FIG. 4. When the [hint] key is pressed during the hole filling problem display, if the flag in the hint flag 163 is not set, the setting of the hint flag 163 is performed. It is a flowchart of the process which performs. As an actual operation, when the English hint filling problem as shown on the screen 3201 in FIG. 32A is displayed, if the [Hint] key is pressed, the screen 3202 in FIG. 32B is displayed. In this way, a screen for selecting the type of hint to be displayed is displayed. Furthermore, when the [1] key of the numerical key, for example, is pressed by the input unit 13, the first “[1] word meaning (all)” on the hint setting screen shown in the screen 3202 of FIG. 32B is selected. As shown in the screen 3203 of FIG. 32C, all the meanings of “enter”, which is the answer phrase of the hole, are shown as hints at the bottom of the screen 3201 of FIG. Is displayed.

  First, in step 501, a hint selection screen showing the types of hints on the screen 3202 in FIG. 32B is displayed.

  Next, in step 502, the key wait state is entered. If any key is input, it is determined in step 503 whether a [1] key is input. [1] If there is an input of the key, in step 504, “1” is stored in the meaning all flag 165a, and the hint setting process is terminated.

  If there is no [1] key input in step 503, it is determined in step 505 whether or not a [2] key is input. [2] If there is an input of the key, in step 506, “1” is stored in the meaning deletion flag 165b, and the hint setting process is terminated.

  If there is no [2] key input in step 505, it is determined in step 507 whether or not a [3] key is input. [3] If there is an input of the key, in step 508, “1” is stored in the meaning shielding flag 165c, and the hint setting process is terminated.

  If there is no [3] key input in step 507, it is determined in step 509 whether or not a [4] key is input. [4] If there is an input of the key, in step 510, “1” is stored in the example sentence flag 165d, and the hint setting process is terminated.

  If there is no [4] key input in step 509, it is determined in step 511 whether or not a [5] key is input. [5] If there is an input of the key, in step 512, “1” is stored in the idiom flag 165e, and the hint setting process is terminated.

  If there is no [5] key input in step 511, it is determined in step 513 whether or not a [6] key is input. [6] If there is an input of the key, in step 514, "1" is stored in the phonetic symbol flag 165f, and the hint setting process is terminated.

  If there is no [6] key input in step 513, it is determined in step 515 whether or not a [7] key is input. [7] If there is a key input, in step 516, "1" is stored in the antonym flag 165g, and the hint setting process is terminated.

  If there is no [7] key input in step 515, it is determined in step 517 whether or not an [8] key is input. [8] If there is an input of the key, in step 518, “1” is stored in the English-Japanese synonym flag 165h, and the hint setting process is terminated.

  If there is no [8] key input in step 517, it is determined in step 519 whether or not the [9] key has been input. [9] If there is a key input, in step 520, "1" is stored in the Japanese-English synonym flag 165i, and the hint setting process is terminated.

  If there is no [9] key input in step 519, it is determined in step 521 whether or not another setting key has been input. If there is another setting key input, in step 522, “1” is stored in the other hint setting flag, and the hint setting process is terminated. This is when a hint other than [1] to [9] such as “[A] Same number of characters” or “[B] Same phonetic symbol” on the screen 3202 in FIG. 32B of the hint selection screen is selected. In addition, “1” is stored in the flag corresponding to the selected hint.

  If no other setting key is input in step 521, the process returns to the key waiting state in step 502.

  As described above, the hint setting flag is set, and the hint display process corresponding to the set hint setting flag is executed according to the operation of the hint key in a state where the problem is displayed. The process will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of processing for displaying a hint in step 411 of FIG. Several display examples in the hint display in the present invention will be described below.

(Process to display all meanings of answer phrases as hints)
First, at step 601 in FIG. 6, it is determined whether or not “1” is stored in the all meaning flag 165a. If “1” is stored in the meaning all flag 165 a, the semantic data storage processing is performed in step 602.

  The semantic data storage processing is hint data storage processing for displaying all the meanings of the answer phrase “enter” as shown in the screen 2202 of FIG. 22B, and will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 8 shows the second display screen, which is a screen storage unit for displaying hints, by extracting the semantic data of the same headword as the answer phrase from the first dictionary 151a in which the English-Japanese dictionary data is stored. This is processing to be stored in the storage unit 166b.

  First, in step 801, an answer word / phrase sandwiched between “blank codes” in the filled-in sentence data storage unit 158 a is extracted, and the word / phrase is stored in the search word / phrase storage unit 168. In the case of a hole filling problem such as the screen 2201 in FIG. 22A, the answer phrase “enter” is stored in the search phrase storage unit 168. Next, in step 802, the same headword as the search phrase storage unit 168 is searched from the search index 154a of the first dictionary 151a. The processing from step 801 to step 802 serves as search means for searching for the same headword as the answer phrase from the dictionary data storage means.

  Next, in step 803, the data on the word table 154b of the searched phrase is extracted and stored in A of the work area 167. As shown in the screen 2201 in FIG. 22A, when a filling problem having “enter” as an answer word is displayed, the word data on the word table 154b possessed by “enter” in the dictionary data shown in FIG. The data “000452” is stored in A of the work area 167.

  Next, in step 804, the next data on the word table 154 b extracted in step 803 is stored in B of the work area 167. This is because, in the dictionary data shown in FIG. 3, the data “00052A” on the word table 154b of “enteric”, which is the next entry word of “enter”, is stored in the search index 154a as B in the work area 167. Will be stored.

  Next, in step 805, it is determined whether or not the data stored in the “A” th data in the data information table 154c has the same value as “0002”, which is a meaningful data information number. If the values are different, the process proceeds to step 808. If the values are the same, in step 806, the data stored in the “A” th position of the offset table 154d is stored in C of the work area 167. Next, in step 807, the value stored in C of the work area 167 is set as an address on the display data storage unit 154e, and data from the data pointed to by the address to the “delimiter code” is stored in the second display screen. Store in the unit 166b. The “delimiter code” stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b is treated as “line feed” during display and will be described below.

  Next, in step 808, 1 is added to A in the work area 167. Then, in step 809, it is determined whether the value of A in the work area 167 is the same as the value of B in the work area 167. If they are the same, the process of storing all the meanings on the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase of the hole-filling problem has been completed, and a hint is displayed. Finishes the creation of screen data. If the value of A in the work area 167 is different from the value of B in the work area 167 in step 809, the process returns to step 805. In step 805, 1 is added to A in the work area 167 in step 808, so whether the next data on the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase is semantic data. The process proceeds to the process of determining. By repeating the processing from step 805 to step 809, it is possible to extract all the meanings in the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase and store them in the second display screen storage unit 166b. That is, the processing from step 805 to step 809 serves as processing means for extracting a part of the comment data.

  The processing from step 805 to step 809 will be specifically described in more detail with reference to FIGS.

  The value on the word table 154b held by “enter” which is the 200th headword of the search index 154a is stored in the 200th, and the value is “000452”. “000452” stores data such as phonetic symbols, meanings, example sentences, and idioms of “enter” after “000452” in the data delimited by “delimiter code” on the display data storage unit 154e. It means that In the data information table 154c, data information numbers of phonetic symbols, meanings, example sentences, idioms, and the like of “enter” are stored after the “000452” th position. In order to search for the meaning data of “enter”, first, in the data information table 154c, whether or not “0002” that is the information number of the meaning data is stored after the “000452” th, that is, the meaning of “enter”. It is searched in what number from “000452” onward in the data information table 154c. This search process corresponds to step 805 in FIG.

  In FIG. 3, it is searched that “0002” is stored in the data information table 154c in the 454th “0000” after the 452nd and “454” after the 453th “0001”. Further, the 454th of the offset table 154d stores an address on the display data storage unit 154e in which the part of speech that is a part of the meaning data of “enter” is stored. In step 806, the offset table 154d The 454th value “000925” is stored in C of work area 167. In step 807, data from the data on the display data storage unit 154e stored after the address of the C value “000925” in the work area 167 to “delimiter code”, that is, “−motion” and “delimiter code”. "Is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b, which is a screen storage unit for displaying hints. In step 808, a value obtained by adding 1 to A in the work area 167, that is, “000455” obtained by adding 1 to “000454” is stored in A in the work area 167. In Step 809, it is determined whether or not the value “000455” of A in the work area 167 stored in Step 808 is equal to the value “00052A” of B in the work area 167. The value of B in the work area 167 is stored in step 804, and the phonetic symbols, meanings, example sentences, idioms, etc. of “enteric” are delimited by “delimiter codes” on the display data storage unit 154e. This means that the data is stored after the “00052A” -th data.

  In step 809, whether or not the semantic data has been extracted and stored for the data immediately before “enteric”, which is the next headword of “enter”, that is, for all the data of “enter”. Judgment is made. If the semantic data in all the data of “enter” has not yet been extracted and stored, the process returns from step 809 to step 805, which is the “000454” -th next data on the data information table 154c. It is determined whether the “000455” -th data is semantic data, that is, whether the value on the data information table 154c is “0002”. By repeating steps 805 to 809, all the semantic data in all the data of the answer phrase “enter” is extracted and all the data is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. Yes. Through this process, all the semantic data of “enter” such as the screen 2202 in FIG. 22B is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b which is a storage unit for displaying as hints.

  In step 602 of FIG. 6, as described in FIG. 8 above, after all the meanings of the same headword as the answer phrase are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b, in step 607, the second display screen storage unit 166b stores It is searched whether or not “shielding code” exists in the stored data. After executing the semantic data storage process of step 602, the “shielding code” does not exist in the second display screen storage unit 166b. Therefore, the process of step 610 is executed, and the filling problem sentence in the first display screen storage unit 166a is executed. And processing for displaying the hint in the second display screen storage unit 166b. By the processing in step 610, the hole filling problem on the screen 2201 in FIG. 22B and a hint screen such as the screen 2202 are displayed.

  As shown above, displaying all the meanings of the answer words on the same screen as the fill-in question not only provides a hint when answering the fill-in question, but also allows you to know the full meaning of the answer word The user can learn by the filling-in question, and at the same time, can increase the knowledge about the answer words of the filling-in problem. Also, since the answer phrase itself is not displayed on the hint display screen, it is difficult to know the answer phrase immediately, making it highly useful as a hint, and increasing the willingness to answer with this hint. In addition, the meaning of the answer phrase can be learned and useful learning can be performed.

(Process to display the meaning of part of the answer phrase as a hint)
The process of displaying all the meanings of the same headword as the answer phrase as hints is as described above. Next, processing for displaying a part of the meaning of the same headword as the answer phrase as a hint instead of such a hint will be described from step 603 onward in FIG.

  If it is determined in step 601 that “1” is not stored in the meaning all flag 165a, it is determined in step 603 whether or not “1” is stored in the meaning deletion flag 165b. If “1” is stored in the meaning deletion flag 165b, meaning deletion data storage processing is performed in step 604.

  In the meaning deletion data storage processing, the meaning of “enter” used in the meaning sentence of the hole filling problem is entered among all the meanings of the answer phrase “enter” as in the screen 2302 of FIG. 9 is a hint data storage process for displaying a meaning other than the same meaning as “,” and will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a screen storage unit for displaying hints for data having the same headword as the answer phrase from the first dictionary 151a in which English-Japanese dictionary data is stored, and a part of the searched semantic data. This is a process of storing in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  First, in step 901, an answer word / phrase sandwiched between “blank codes” in the filled-in sentence data storage unit 158 a is extracted, and the word / phrase is stored in the search word / phrase storage unit 168. In the case of a hole filling problem such as the screen 2301 in FIG. 23A, “enter” that is an answer word is stored in the search word storage unit 168. Next, in step 902, the meaning of the answer phrase in the meaning sentence of the hole filling question stored in the answer phrase data storage unit 158 c is stored in E of the work area 167. In the case of a hole-filling problem such as the screen 2301 in FIG. 23A, the meaning of the answer phrase “enter” in the meaning sentence of the hole-filling problem, that is, the character string “enter” is displayed in E of the work area 167. Stored. Next, in step 903, the same entry word as the word stored in the search word storage unit 168 is searched from the search index 154a of the first dictionary 151a. Next, in step 904, the data on the word table 154b of the searched phrase is taken out and stored in A of the work area 167. Next, in step 905, the data next to the data on the word table 154 b extracted in step 904 is stored in B of the work area 167. The processing in step 904 and step 905 is the same processing as in step 803 and step 804 in FIG. 8, and in the dictionary data shown in FIG. 3, the data “000452” on the word table 154b held by “enter” is used as the work area. The data “00052A” on the word table 154b of “enteric”, which is the headword next to “enter”, is stored in B of the work area 167.

  Next, in step 906, it is determined whether or not the data stored in the “A” th data in the data information table 154c has the same value as “0002” which is a meaningful data information number. If the values are different, the process proceeds to step 911. If the values are the same, in step 907, the data stored in the “A” th position of the offset table 154d is stored in C of the work area 167. Next, in step 908, the value stored in C of the work area 167 is stored in E as the address on the display data storage unit 154e in the data from the data pointed to by the address to the “delimiter code”. Search for the same character string as the current character string.

  In E of the work area 167, in the case of the hole filling problem on the screen 2301 in FIG. 23A, the meaning of the answer phrase “enter” in the meaning sentence of the hole filling problem, that is, the character string “enter”, It is stored in the process of step 902. In step 908, whether or not there is a character string “enter” in the semantic data from the data indicated by the address C in the work area 167 to “delimiter code”. Searching.

  Next, in step 909, it is determined whether there is a character string that is the same as E in the work area 167 as a search result in step 908. If the same character string as E in the work area 167 exists, the process proceeds to step 911. If the same character string does not exist, the process proceeds to step 910. In step 910, the value stored in C of the work area 167 is used as an address on the display data storage unit 154e, and data from the data pointed to by the address to the “delimiter code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. .

  Next, in step 911, 1 is added to A in the work area 167. Then, in step 912, it is determined whether the value of A in the work area 167 is the same as the value of B in the work area 167. If they are the same, all the meanings on the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase of the filling-in question are stored in the second display screen except for the same meaning as the meaning of the answer phrase in the meaning sentence of the filling-in question. Since the process of storing in the unit 166b is complete, the creation of the screen data for displaying the hint is terminated. If the value of A in the work area 167 is different from the value of B in the work area 167 at step 912, the process returns to step 906. In the process of 906, 1 is added to A in the work area 167 in step 911, so whether the next data on the display data storage unit 154e that has the same headword as the answer phrase is semantic data. The process proceeds to the process of determining. By repeating the processing from step 906 to step 912, in all the data in the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase, meaning other than the meaning of the answer phrase in the meaning sentence of the hole-filled question sentence is given. It can be taken out and stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  The difference between the process of displaying all the meanings of the same headword as the answer word in FIG. 8 as a hint and the process of displaying a part of the meaning of the same headword as the answer word in FIG. 9 as a hint will be briefly described. .

  In step 805 to step 809 in FIG. 8, in the case of a filling problem like the screen 2201 in FIG. 22A, all semantic data on the display data storage unit 154e of the answer phrase “enter” is stored in the second display screen. In FIG. 9B, the meaning of “enter” is displayed as a hint, as shown in the screen 2202 of FIG. 22B. In steps 906 to 912 of FIG. Among them, the semantic data on the display data storage unit 154e having the character string “enter” which is the meaning of the answer word “enter” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b which is a storage unit for displaying hints. Do not store. That is, data other than the semantic data having the meaning of “enter” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  The processing from step 906 to step 912 in FIG. 9 will be specifically described in more detail with reference to FIGS.

  Steps 906 and 907 are the same processing as steps 805 and 806 in FIG. 8. In order to search for semantic data of the answer word “enter” of the filling problem in FIG. 23, first, the data information table 154c in FIG. In FIG. 5, whether or not “0002”, which is the information number of the semantic data, is stored after the “000452” th, that is, the meaning data of “enter” is the number after the “000452” th on the data information table 154c. Search whether it is stored. In FIG. 3, it is searched that “0002” is stored in the data information table 154c in the 454th “0000” after the 452nd and “454” after the 453th “0001”. Further, the 454th of the offset table 154d stores an address on the display data storage unit 154e in which semantic data of “enter” is stored. In step 907, the 454th value “000925” of the offset table 154d is stored. "Is stored in C of work area 167.

  In step 908, the data from the display data storage unit 154e stored after the address of the C value “000925” in the work area 167 to the data before the “delimiter code”, that is, the character “−motion”. A search is performed to determine whether or not there is a character string “enter” in the column, which is the meaning of the answer phrase “enter” stored in E. Since there is no character string “enter” in “−motion”, the process goes from step 909 to step 910, and the display data storage unit stored after the address of C value “000925” in work area 167. Data from the data on 154e to the “separation code”, that is, “−motion” and “separation code” are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b which is a screen storage unit for hint display.

  Steps 911 and 912 are the same processes as steps 808 and 809 in FIG. 8, and the data up to immediately before the data of “enteric”, which is the headword next to “enter”, that is, “enter” has. This is a process for repeating steps 906 to 910 for all data.

When returning from step 912 to step 906, the value of A in the work area 167 is “
It is determined whether or not the “000455” -th data on the data information table 154c is semantic data.In FIG. 3, since the “000455” -th data is semantic data, in steps 907 and 908, “ A process is performed to search whether the meaning data “enter” in the puncture problem of the answer phrase “enter” exists in the semantic data “-other” next to the first semantic data “-motion” of “enter”. In the second semantic data “-other”, there is no meaning “enter” on the filling problem of the answer phrase “enter”, so in step 910, “-other” and “separator code” are displayed second. Stored in the screen storage unit 166b.

  Then, the determination in step 912 returns to step 906 again to determine whether the “000456” -th data on the data information table 154 is semantic data. In FIG. 3, since the “000456” -th data is semantic data, in step 907 and step 908, the second semantic data “-other” of “enter” enters or enters the next semantic data “1.” Is searched for whether there is a meaning “entering” on the hole-filling problem of the answer phrase “enter”. The third meaning of “Floating into 1. Entering, Entering” has the meaning “Entering” on the filling problem of the answer phrase “enter”, so it floats in “Entering, Entering 1.” "" Is not stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b, and the process goes from step 909 to step 911.

  When this series of processing is performed for all the meanings of “enter”, hint data that does not display semantic data having the characters “enter” as displayed on the screen 2302 in FIG. Is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  Returning to FIG. 6, in step 604, as described above with reference to FIG. 9, after storing meanings other than the same meaning as the meaning of the answer phrase used in the meaning sentence of the hole-filling problem in the second display screen storage unit 166 b, In step 607, it is searched whether “shielding code” exists in the data stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. After the meaning deletion data storage process of step 604 is executed, the “shielding code” does not exist in the second display screen storage unit 166b, so the process of step 610 is executed to fill the first display screen storage unit 166a. Processing for displaying the sentence and the hint in the second display screen storage unit 166b is performed. By the processing in step 610, the hole filling problem on the screen 2301 in FIG. 23B and a hint screen such as the screen 2302 are displayed.

  As mentioned above, it does not display the meaning used in the answer-filling question sentence, but displays the other meanings on the same screen as the filling-in question, which will help you to answer the filling question In addition, since the user can know other meanings other than the meanings used in the answer-filling question sentence, the user can increase knowledge about the answer words. In addition, since the answer phrase is not displayed on the hint display screen, the effect that the answer phrase cannot be easily known as in the case of the hint that displays all the meanings described above. Are the same.

  Further, in the hint display as shown by 2302 in FIG. 23B described here, the meaning used in the hole-filling problem sentence is not displayed, and the meaning used in the hole-filling problem is It is necessary to predict the answer phrase from an irrelevant meaning, which is a more difficult hint and can be used in a higher-level learning scene, so that useful learning can be performed.

(Process to block out the meaning of part of answer phrase and display it as a hint)
The process of displaying a part of the meaning of the same headword as the answer word as a hint is as described above. However, instead of such a hint, the part of the meaning of the same headword as the answer word is next. The process of shielding and displaying as a hint will be described after step 605 in FIG.

  If “1” is not stored in the meaning deletion flag 165b in step 603 of FIG. 6, it is determined in step 605 whether “1” is stored in the meaning shielding flag 165c. If “1” is stored in the meaning occlusion flag 165 c, the meaning occlusion data storage process is performed in step 606.

  The meaning occlusion data storage processing is performed by using the meaning of “enter” used in the meaning sentence of the hole filling problem among all the meanings of the answer phrase “enter” as shown in the screen 2402 of FIG. This is hint data storage processing for shielding and displaying the same meaning, and will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 10 shows a screen storage unit for displaying hints by searching the first dictionary 151a in which English-Japanese dictionary data is stored for data of the same headword as the answer phrase, and searching for the meaning data and the “shielding code”. This is a process of storing in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  First, in step 1001, an answer word / phrase sandwiched between “blank codes” in the filled-in sentence data storage unit 158 a is extracted, and the word / phrase is stored in the search word / phrase storage unit 168. In the case of a hole filling problem such as the screen 2401 in FIG. 24A, the answer word “enter” is stored in the search word storage unit 168.

  Next, the processing from step 1002 to step 1008 is executed. In this process, the same processes as those in steps 902 to 908 in the flowchart of FIG. 9 described above are executed. As a result, in the case of the hole filling problem on the screen 2401 in FIG. 24A, the meaning of the answer phrase “enter” in the meaning sentence of the hole filling problem, that is, “enter” is entered in E of the work area 167. The character string is stored in the process of step 1002, and in step 1008, the character string “enter” exists in the semantic data from the data indicated by the address C in the work area 167 to “delimiter code”. Searching if you want to.

  Next, in step 1009, it is determined whether there is a character string that is the same as E in the work area 167 as a search result in step 1008. If the same character string as E in the work area 167 exists, the process proceeds to step 1010. If the same character string does not exist, the process proceeds to step 1014. In step 1010, the value stored in C in the work area 167 is treated as an address on the display data storage unit 154e, and the “numerical value” and “.” Stored from the top of the display data storage unit 154e pointed to by the address are displayed. Is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. Next, in step 1011, “shielding code” is stored after “numerical value” and “.” Stored in the second display screen storage unit 166 b in step 1010. Further, in step 1012, the “numerical value” stored in step 1010 and the meaning on the display data storage unit 154e after “.” Indicate the data “entering in and entering” before “delimiter code”. 2 is stored in the display screen storage unit 166b. Next, in step 1013, “shielding code” and “separation code” are stored after the above-mentioned data stored in the second display screen storage unit 166 b in step 1012. After the processing of step 1013 is completed, the process proceeds to step 1015.

  In step 1009, if there is no character string that is the same as E in the work area 167 as a search result in step 1008, the value stored in C in the work area 167 is displayed on the display data storage unit 154e in step 1014. As the address, the data from the data pointed to by the address to before the “separator code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  Next, in step 1015, 1 is added to the value of A in the work area 167. Then, in step 1016, it is determined whether the value of A in the work area 167 is the same as the value of B in the work area 167. If they are the same, the meaning data having the same meaning as the meaning of the answer word phrase on the meaning sentence of the hole filling problem in all the meanings on the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer word of the hole filling question is “shielded code”. Since the process of storing in the second display screen storage unit 166b is finished, the creation of screen data for displaying the hint is finished. If the value of A in the work area 167 is different from the value of B in the work area 167 in step 1016, the process returns to step 1006, and 1 is added to A in the work area 167 in step 1015. The process proceeds to a process of determining whether the next data included in the same headword as the answer word on the unit 154e is meaningful. By repeating the processing from step 1006 to step 1016, when all the semantic data in the display data storage unit 154e possessed by the same headword as the answer phrase is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b, the semantic sentence of the filling problem Semantic data having the same characters as the meaning of the answer phrase in can be sandwiched between “shielding codes” and stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  The difference between the process of displaying a part of the meaning of the same headword as the answer word phrase in FIG. 9 as a hint and the process of shielding the part of the meaning of the same headword as the answer word phrase in FIG. 10 and displaying as a hint. Briefly described.

  In steps 906 to 912 of FIG. 9, in the case of a filling problem such as the screen 2301 of FIG. 23A, the character string “enter” which is the meaning of the answer phrase “enter” in the meaning sentence of the filling problem. Meaning data on the display data storage unit 154e having “” is not stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b which is a storage unit for displaying hints so as not to be displayed. That is, data other than the semantic data having the meaning of “enter” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. However, in 1006 to 1016 in FIG. 10, the semantic data on the display data storage unit 154 e having the character string “enter”, which is the meaning of the answer phrase “enter”, in the meaning sentence of the hole filling problem is shown in FIG. 24. As shown in the screen 2402 of (b), it is painted black and displayed in a shielded manner. Here, as a method of hiding and displaying the meaning of a part of the hint screen, in addition to painting in black, the character of the occluded part is displayed with a space or a symbol, or the character is difficult to see. It is conceivable to apply a mosaic.

  The processing from step 1006 to step 1016 in FIG. 10 will be specifically described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  Steps 1006 to 1008 are the same processing as steps 906 to 908 in FIG. 9, and in order to search for semantic data of the answer word “enter” of the filling problem in FIG. 24, first, the data information table 154c in FIG. In step 1006, data having “0002”, which is the information number of the semantic data, is searched after the “000452” th. If “0002” is searched, in step 1007 and step 1008, the semantic data on the display data storage unit 154e of the data having “0002” is extracted up to “delimiter code”, and stored in E therein. It is searched whether there is a character string “enter” which is the meaning of the answer phrase “enter”. In other words, it is searched whether the character “enter” exists for all semantic data of “enter”, “−motion”, “−other”, “1. .

  Since there is no “enter” in the first and second meanings “-motion” and “-other”, the process goes from step 1009 to step 1014, and each semantic data is changed to “delimiter code”. 2 stored in the display screen storage 166b. As a result, “-motion”, “separation code” and “-other” “separation code” are stored in the second display screen storage 166b.

  In the third meaning of “1. Enter, enter, float”, there is “Enter”, so go from step 1009 to step 1010 and go to “1. Enter, enter, float” “1” . ”Is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. Next, in step 1011, “shielding code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166 b after the data “1.” stored in step 1010. Further, in step 1012, “entering, entering, floating” after “1.” in the meaning data “entering, entering, floating” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b in step 1011. Stored after the stored data. In the next step 1013, “shielding code” and “separation code” are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166 b following the data stored in step 1012. In the processing from Steps 1010 to 1013, the second display screen storage unit 166b stores “1.”, “shielding code”, “entering, entering, floating”, “shielding code”, “separation code” in this order. To store the data.

  When the hint screen is displayed by storing the first to third meaning data in the second display screen storage unit 166b as described above, the first and second meaning “-motion”. And “-Other” are displayed on the hint screen as they are, and the third meaning “1. Enter, enter, float” is “entry, enter, float” sandwiched between “shielding codes”. However, as shown in the screen 2402 of FIG.

  Steps 1015 and 1016 are the same processing as steps 911 and 912 of FIG. 9, and the data up to immediately before the data of “enteric”, which is the headword next to “enter”, that is, “enter” has. The processing from step 1006 to step 1014 is repeated for all data. As a result, among all the semantic data of “enter”, the semantic data having “enter” is sandwiched between “shielding codes”, and the other semantic data is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b as it is. It is carried out.

  In step 606 of FIG. 6, as described in FIG. 10, the second display screen storage unit stores data having the same meaning as the meaning of the answer phrase used in the meaning sentence of the hole filling problem sandwiched between “shielding codes”. After being stored in 166b, in step 607, it is searched whether or not “shielding code” exists in the data stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. Since “shielding code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b in the meaning deletion data storage process in step 606 of FIG. 6, the process goes from step 608 to step 609 to display the second display screen storage unit 166b. I do. At this time, the characters sandwiched between the “shielding codes” are shielded and displayed as shown on a screen 2402 in FIG. Further, in step 611, the first display screen storage unit 166a is displayed, and the hole filling problem is displayed as shown on the screen 2401 in FIG.

  As mentioned above, by shielding the meaning used in the answer-filling question sentence and displaying it on the same screen as the answer-filling question, it is not only a hint for answering the answer-filling question, but also the answer Since the meaning other than the meaning used in the word filling problem sentence can be known, the user can increase knowledge about the answer phrase. Moreover, since the answer phrase is not displayed on the hint display screen, it is not possible to easily know the answer phrase as in the case of the hint that displays all the meanings and some meanings described above. The effect is the same. Further, in the hint display as shown in the screen 2402 of FIG. 24B described here, the meaning used in the hole-filling problem sentence is hidden so that it cannot be seen and used in the hole-filling problem. It is necessary to predict the answer phrase from a meaning that has nothing to do with the meaning, which is a more difficult hint and can be used in a higher-level learning scene. Moreover, it can be understood that the shielded part is the meaning most relevant to the answer phrase of the problem, and useful learning can be performed.

(Process to display example sentences of answer phrases as hints)
The processing to display a hint as a part of the meaning of the same headword as the answer phrase is as described above, but instead of such a hint, next, the example sentence of the answer phrase is displayed as a hint. The process will be described below.

  If “1” is not stored in the meaning shielding flag 165c in step 605, the process proceeds to the hint display process (2) in step 612. The hint display process (2) is as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart of processing for displaying a hint when “1” is not set in any of the meaning all flag 165a, the meaning deletion flag 165b, and the meaning shielding flag 165c when performing the hint display processing in FIG. It is.

  First, in step 701, it is determined whether or not “1” is stored in the example sentence flag 165d. If “1” is stored in the example sentence flag 165d, an example sentence data storage process is performed in step 702.

  The example sentence data storage process is a hint data storage process for displaying an example sentence of the answer phrase “enter” as a hint as shown in the screen 2502 of FIG. 25B, and will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In FIG. 11, when “1” is stored in the example sentence flag 165d and the example sentence of the answer word phrase is set to be displayed as a hint, the example sentence on the display data storage unit 154e possessed by the same headword as the answer word phrase is displayed. It is a flowchart of the process stored in 2 display screen memory | storage part 166b.

  First, in step 1101, an answer phrase sandwiched between “blank codes” in the filled-in sentence data storage unit 158 a is extracted, and the phrase is stored in the search phrase storage unit 168. In the case of a hole filling problem such as the screen 2501 in FIG. 25A, the answer phrase “enter” is stored in the search phrase storage unit 168.

  Next, the processing from step 1102 to step 1104 is executed. In this processing, processing similar to the processing in steps 802 to 804 in the flowchart of FIG. 8 described above is executed. As a result, in the dictionary data shown in FIG. 3, “000452” is stored in A of work area 167 and “00052A” is stored in B of work area 167.

  Next, in step 1105, it is determined whether or not the data stored in the “A” th data in the data information table 154c has the same value as “0003” that is the data information number of the example sentence. If the values are different, proceed to Step 1110. If the values are the same, in step 1106, the data stored in the “A” th position in the offset table 154d is stored in C of the work area 167. Next, in step 1107, the value stored in C of the work area 167 is set as an address on the display data storage unit 154e, and data from the data pointed to by the address to “separation code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. To store. Next, in step 1108, the same phrase as the answer phrase stored in the search phrase storage unit 168 is searched for in the example sentences having the same headword as the answer phrase stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. . Next, in step 1109, “blank code” is inserted at the beginning and end of the same phrase as the answer phrase searched in step 1108 in the second display screen storage unit 166b. This is a process of not displaying the answer phrase existing in the hint display screen in order to display a more appropriate answer phrase hint, and the characters between the “blank codes” are shown in FIG. In the processing of step 719 in FIG. 7 after the example sentence data storage processing, as shown by the hint display on the screen 2502 in FIG.

  Next, in step 1110, 1 is added to A of the work area 167. Then, in step 1111, it is determined whether or not the value A in the work area 167 is the same as the value B in the work area 167. If they are the same, the processing for storing all the example sentences on the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase of the hole-filling question has been completed. Finish creating screen data for display. If the value of A in the work area 167 is different from the value of B in the work area 167, the process returns to step 1105, and 1 is added to A in the work area 167 in step 1110. The process proceeds to processing for determining whether the next data having the same headword as the answer phrase is an example sentence. By repeating the processing from step 1105 to step 1111, it is possible to extract all the example sentences in the display data storage unit 154 e having the same headword as the answer phrase, and store them in the second display screen storage unit 166 b.

  The processing from step 1105 to step 1111 in FIG. 11 will be specifically described in more detail with reference to FIGS.

  In step 805 of FIG. 8, the semantic data information number “0002” is searched from the data information table 154c in order to extract the semantic data of the answer phrase “enter”. In step 1105 of FIG. In order to extract the example sentence data of the phrase “enter”, “0003” that is the information number of the example sentence data is searched from the data information table 154c. In FIG. 3, “0003” is stored in the 457th as viewed from the 452nd “0000” in the data information table 154c, and the value of A in the work area 167 at that time is “000457”. Next, in step 1106, “000939”, which is the “A” -th value, that is, the 457th value of the offset table 154 d is stored in C of the work area 167. Further, in step 1107, the data from the display data storage unit 154e stored after the address of the C value “000939” in the work area 167 to the “delimiter code”, that is, “enter the dinning room from”. The recreation hall “Enter the cafeteria from the entertainment room” and “separation code” are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b, which is a screen storage unit for displaying hints. Next, in step 1108, “enter the dining room from the recreation hall enter the dining room from the entertainment room” in the second display screen storage unit 166 b of the answer phrase “enter” stored in the search phrase storage unit 168. Search for "". Next, in step 1109, “blank code” is inserted at the beginning and end of the same phrase as “enter” as the search result in step 1108. That is, the second display screen storage unit 166b stores data in the order of “blank code”, “enter”, “blank code”, “the dining room from the recreation hall”. Stored. By storing data in which “enter” is sandwiched between “blank codes” in the second display screen storage unit 166b, an answer phrase “in the example sentence” such as the first example sentence on the screen 2502 in FIG. “____ the dining room from the recreation hal enter the dining room from the entertainment room” is displayed.

  Step 1110 and step 1111 are the same processing as step 808 and step 809 in FIG. 8, and the data up to immediately before the data of “enteric”, which is the next entry word of “enter”, that is, “enter” has. This is a process for repeating steps 1105 to 1109 for all data. As a result, as shown in the screen 2502 in FIG. 25B, not only the first example sentence but also the second example sentence, the data in which “enter” is sandwiched between “blank codes” is “The nursery can”. "be", "blank code", "enter", "blank code", "ed through the living room. Enter the child room from the living room", and store in the second display screen storage unit 166b in the order of "separator code". Is done. All other example sentences of “enter” after the third are also stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b in a form in which “enter” in the example sentence is sandwiched between “blank codes”.

  Returning to FIG. 7, in step 702, as described in FIG. 11, the second display screen in the form in which all the example sentences having the same headword as the answer word phrase are sandwiched between the answer word phrases in the example sentence and the “blank code”. After completion of storage in the storage unit 166b, in step 716, it is searched whether or not “blank code” exists in the data stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. In the example sentence data storage process in step 702, since “blank code” exists before and after the answer phrase in the example sentence, the process proceeds to step 719 by determining whether or not “blank code” exists in step 717. In step 719, the data stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b is displayed. At this time, the characters between the “blank codes” are displayed as blank characters. The blank character here is described as “_”. As a result of this processing, as shown in the screen 2502 in FIG. 25B, the answer phrase “enter” is displayed with a blank character “_”, and “____the dining room from the recreation hal enter the dining room from the entertainment room” or “The nursery” “can be ____ through the living room. Children's rooms can be entered from the living room.” is displayed.

  When the display of the second display screen storage unit 166b is completed in step 719, the display process of the first display screen storage unit 166a is performed in step 720, and the filling problem like the screen 2501 in FIG. It is displayed above the screen 2502 of 25 (b). After the processing of step 720, since the processing for displaying the hole filling problem and the processing for displaying the example sentences of the answer phrases as hints is completed, the processing in the hint display processing (2) is terminated.

  As described above, by displaying the example sentences of the answer words on the same screen as the hole-filling problem, it is possible not only to provide a hint when answering the hole-filling problem, but also to learn how to use the answer word in the sentence. In addition, the user can increase knowledge of other example sentences different from the question sentence related to the answer phrase. In addition, since the answer phrase is not displayed on the hint display screen, it is difficult to know the answer phrase easily, and the usefulness as a hint is high and useful learning can be performed.

(Process to display idioms of answer words as hints)
The processing for displaying the example sentence of the answer phrase as a hint is as described above. However, the processing for displaying the idiom of the answer phrase as a hint is not performed as such a hint, but the processing when displaying the phrase of the answer phrase as a hint is performed after step 703 in FIG. ,explain.

  If “1” is not stored in the example sentence flag 165d in step 701, it is determined in step 703 whether “1” is stored in the idiom flag 165e. If “1” is stored in the idiom flag 165e, idiom data storage processing is performed in step 704.

  The phrase data storage processing is hint data storage processing for displaying the phrase of the answer phrase “enter” as a hint as shown in the screen 2602 of FIG. 26B, and will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In FIG. 12, when “1” is stored in the idiom flag 165e and the idiom of the answer phrase is set to be displayed as a hint, the idiom on the display data storage unit 154e possessed by the same headword as the answer phrase is displayed. It is a flowchart of the process stored in 2 display screen memory | storage part 166b.

  First, in step 1201, an answer word / phrase sandwiched between “blank codes” in the filled-in sentence data storage unit 158 a is extracted, and the word / phrase is stored in the search word / phrase storage unit 168. In the case of a hole filling problem such as the screen 2601 in FIG. 26A, the answer phrase “enter” is stored in the search phrase storage unit 168.

  Next, the processing from step 1202 to step 1204 is executed. In this processing, processing similar to the processing in steps 802 to 804 in the flowchart of FIG. 8 described above is executed. As a result, in the dictionary data shown in FIG. 3, “000452” is stored in A of work area 167 and “00052A” is stored in B of work area 167.

  Next, in step 1205, it is determined whether or not the data stored in the “A” th data in the data information table 154 c has the same value as “0004”, which is the data information number of the idiom. If the values are different, proceed to Step 1210. If the values are the same, in step 1206, the data stored in the “A” th position in the offset table 154d is stored in C of the work area 167. Next, in step 1207, the value stored in C of the work area 167 is set as an address on the display data storage unit 154e, and data from the data pointed to by the address to “separation code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. To store. Next, in step 1208, the phrase that is the same as the answer phrase stored in the search phrase storage unit 168 is searched for in the idiom that the same headword as the answer phrase stored in the second display screen storage unit 166 b has. . Next, in step 1209, “blank code” is inserted at the beginning and end of the same phrase as the answer phrase searched in step 1208 in the second display screen storage unit 166b. This is a process of not displaying the answer phrase existing in the hint display screen in order to display a more appropriate answer phrase hint, and the characters between the “blank codes” are shown in FIG. In the process of step 719 in FIG. 7 after the idiom data storage process, as shown in the hint screen of the screen 2602 in FIG.

  Next, in step 1210, 1 is added to A in the work area 167. Then, in step 1211, it is determined whether the value of A in the work area 167 is the same as the value of B in the work area 167. If it is the same, the processing for storing all the idioms on the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer word for the hole-filling problem has been completed, so a hint is displayed. Finishes the creation of screen data. If the value of A in the work area 167 is different from the value of B in the work area 167, the process returns to step 1205, and 1 is added to A in the work area 167 in step 1210. The process proceeds to a process for determining whether the next data having the same headword as the answer phrase is an idiom. By repeating the processing from step 1205 to step 1211, all the idioms in the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase are extracted and stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  The processing from step 1205 to step 1211 in FIG. 12 will be specifically described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG.

  In step 1105 of FIG. 11, “0003”, which is the information number of the example sentence data, is retrieved from the data information table 154c in order to extract the example sentence data of the answer phrase “enter”. However, in step 1205 of FIG. In order to extract the idiom data of the phrase “enter”, “0004”, which is the information number of the idiom data, is searched from the data information table 154c. In FIG. 3, “0004” is stored 461th from the 452nd “0000” in the data information table 154c, and the value of A in the work area 167 at that time is “000461”. Next, in step 1206, “0009B0”, which is the “A” th value, that is, the 461st value of the offset table 154 d is stored in C of the work area 167. Further, in step 1207, data from the display data storage unit 154e stored after the address of the C value “0009B0” in the work area 167 to “delimiter code”, that is, “enter into <negotiation / negotiation”. "Enter business, etc., start ..." and "separation code" are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b, which is a screen storage unit for displaying hints. Next, in step 1208, the answer phrase stored in the search phrase storage unit 168 is entered in “enter into <negotiation / business>, etc.” in the second display screen storage unit 166 b. Search for “enter”. Next, in step 1209, “blank code” is inserted at the beginning and end of the same phrase as “enter” as the search result in step 1208. That is, in the second display screen storage unit 166b, "blank code", "enter", "blank code", "into <enter negotiation / business, etc.>, start ...", "separate code" Data is stored. By storing data in which “enter” is sandwiched between “blank codes” in the second display screen storage unit 166b, “enter” in the idiom, such as the first idiom on the screen 2602 in FIG. “____To into <entering negotiation / business>, start ...” is displayed.

  Steps 1210 and 1211 are the same processes as steps 1110 and 1111 in FIG. 11, which is a flowchart for displaying an example sentence of the answer phrase as a hint, and the data of “enteric”, which is the next headword after “enter”. This is a process for repeating steps 1205 to 1209 for the data up to immediately before, that is, all the data of “enter”. As a result, as shown in the screen 2602 of FIG. 26B, not only the first idiom but also the second idiom, the data in which “enter” is sandwiched between “blank codes” is “blank code”. , “Enter”, “blank code”, “start on [upon]”, etc., are acquired in the second display screen storage unit 166b in the order of “get real estate right”, “delimiter code”. The All other idioms of the third and subsequent “enter” are also stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b in such a manner that “enter” in the idiom is sandwiched between “blank codes”.

Returning to FIG. 7, in step 704, as described in FIG. 12, the second display screen displays all idioms having the same headword as the answer phrase in a format in which the answer phrase in the idiom is sandwiched between “blank codes”. After completion of storage in the storage unit 166b, in step 716, it is searched whether or not “blank code” exists in the data stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. In the idiom data storage process in step 704, “blank code” exists before and after the answer phrase in the idiom, so the process proceeds to step 719 by determining whether the “blank code” exists in step 717. In step 719, the data stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b is displayed. At this time, the characters between the “blank codes” are displayed as blank characters. The blank character here is described as “_”. As a result of this processing, as shown in the screen 2602 in FIG. 26B, the answer phrase “enter” in the idiom is a blank character “_”. into <to enter negotiations / business> on [upon], take up, get real estate rights ... "is displayed.

  When the display of the second display screen storage unit 166b is completed at step 719, the display process of the first display screen storage unit 166a is performed at step 720, and the filling problem like the screen 2601 of FIG. 26 (b) is displayed above the screen 2602. After the processing of step 720, since the processing for displaying the filling-in question and displaying the phrase of the answer phrase as a hint is completed, the processing in the hint display processing (2) is terminated.

  As shown above, displaying the idiom of the answer phrase on the same screen as the fill-in question not only serves as a hint when answering the fill-in question, but also includes the answer phrase at the same time as learning the answer phrase for the question sentence You can learn differently by knowing idioms. That is, the user can increase other knowledge about the answer phrase. In addition, since the answer phrase is not displayed on the hint display screen, it is difficult to know the answer phrase easily, and the usefulness as a hint is high and useful learning can be performed.

(Process to display phonetic symbols of answer words as hints)
The processing for displaying the idiom of the answer phrase as a hint is as described above. However, instead of such a hint, the process for displaying the pronunciation symbol of the answer phrase as a hint is the next processing after step 705 in FIG. Then, I will explain.

  If "1" is not stored in the idiom flag 165a in step 703, it is determined in step 705 whether "1" is stored in the phonetic symbol flag 165f. If “1” is stored in the phonetic symbol flag 165 f, phonetic symbol data storage processing is performed in step 706.

  The phonetic symbol data storage process is a hint data storage process for displaying the phonetic symbol of the answer phrase “enter” as a hint as shown in the screen 2702 of FIG. 27B, and will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In FIG. 13, when “1” is stored in the phonetic symbol flag 165f and the phonetic symbol of the answer phrase is set to be displayed as a hint, the pronunciation on the display data storage unit 154e that has the same headword as the answer phrase It is a flowchart of the process which stores a symbol in the 2nd display screen memory | storage part 166b.

  First, in step 1301, an answer word / phrase sandwiched between “blank codes” in the filled-in sentence data storage unit 158 a is extracted, and the word / phrase is stored in the search word / phrase storage unit 168. In the case of a hole filling problem such as the screen 2701 in FIG. 27A, the answer phrase “fail” is stored in the search phrase storage unit 168. Next, in step 1302, the same headword as the search word storage unit 168 is searched from the search index 154a of the first dictionary 151a. Next, in step 1303, the data on the word table 154b of the searched phrase is taken out and stored in A of the work area 167. As shown in the screen 2701 of FIG. 27A, when a filling problem having “fail” as an answer word is displayed, data on the word table 154b possessed by “fail” is stored in A of the work area 167. become.

  Next, in step 1304, the data next to the data on the word table 154b extracted in step 1303 is stored in B of the work area 167. This means that the data on the word table 154b of the headword next to “fail” is stored in B of the work area 167 on the search index 154a.

  Steps 1301 to 1304 in FIG. 13 are the same as the processing from Step 1101 to Step 1104 in FIG. 11 and the processing from Step 1201 to Step 1204 in FIG. 12, and are words having the same headword as the answer phrase. In this process, the data on the table 154b is stored in A in the work area 167, and the data on the word table 154b held by the next headword of the same headword as the answer phrase is stored in B in the work area 167.

  Next, in step 1305, it is determined whether or not the data stored in the “A” th data in the data information table 154c has the same value as “0001” which is the data information number of the phonetic symbol. If the values are different, proceed to Step 1308. If they are the same value, the data stored in the “A” th position of the offset table 154 d is stored in C of the work area 167 in step 1306. Next, in step 1307, the value stored in C of the work area 167 is set as an address on the display data storage unit 154e, and data from the data pointed to by the address to “separation code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. To store. In step 1308, 1 is added to A in the work area 167. Then, in step 1309, it is determined whether the value of A in the work area 167 is the same as the value of B in the work area 167. If it is the same, the processing for storing the phonetic symbols on the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase of the hole-filling question has been completed, so the hint is displayed. Finishes the creation of screen data. If the value of A in the work area 167 is different from the value of B in the work area 167, the process returns to step 1305, and 1 is added to A in the work area 167 in step 1308. The process proceeds to a process of determining whether the next data having the same headword as the answer phrase is a phonetic symbol. By repeating the processing from step 1305 to step 1309, the phonetic symbols in the display data storage unit 154e possessed by the same headword as the answer phrase can be taken out and stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  In the processing from 1305 to 1307 in FIG. 13, “/ fail /”, which is the phonetic symbol data of the answer phrase “fail”, is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b as in the screen 2702 in FIG. The

  Returning to FIG. 7, in step 706, as described in FIG. 13, after all the phonetic symbols having the same headword as the answer word are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166 b, the second display is performed in step 716. It is searched whether “blank code” exists in the data stored in the screen storage unit 166b. When the phonetic symbol is displayed as a hint, since there is no “blank code” in the second display screen storage unit 166b, the process proceeds to step 718 and the first display screen storage unit 166a and the second display screen storage unit 166b. Display. By the processing in step 718, the filling-in question is displayed as shown on the screen 2701 in FIG. 27B, and the phonetic symbol of the answer phrase “fail” as shown on the screen 2702 in FIG. 27B is displayed.

  In step 718, since the process of displaying the hole filling problem and displaying the pronunciation symbol of the answer phrase as a hint has been completed, the process of the hint display process (2) is terminated.

  As described above, by displaying the phonetic symbols of the answer words on the same screen as the hole filling problem, it is possible to learn not only the hints when answering the hole filling problem but also know the phonetic symbols of the answer words. Moreover, learning of pronunciation by the phonetic symbols can be expected, and this leads to learning of knowing the spelling of the answer phrase by the pronunciation. Therefore, the user can increase a lot of knowledge about the answer phrase. In addition, since the answer phrase is not displayed on the hint display screen, it is difficult to know the answer phrase easily, so that the usefulness as a hint is enhanced and useful learning can be performed.

(Process to display the opposite word of the answer phrase as a hint)
The process of displaying the phonetic symbol of the answer phrase as a hint is as described above. However, the process when displaying the opposite word of the answer phrase as a hint instead of such a hint is the step 707 in FIG. This will be described below.

  If "1" is not stored in the phonetic symbol flag 165f in step 705, it is determined in step 707 whether "1" is stored in the antonym flag 165g. If "1" is stored in the antonym flag 165g, an antonym data storage process is performed at step 708.

  The antonym data storage process is a hint data storage process for displaying the antonym of the answer phrase “enter” as a hint as shown in the screen 2802 of FIG. 28B, and will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In FIG. 14, when “1” is stored in the antonym flag 165 g and the antonym of the answer word is set to be displayed as a hint, the opposite on the display data storage unit 154 e of the same headword as the answer word It is a flowchart of the process which stores a word in the 2nd display screen memory | storage part 166b.

  First, in step 1401, an answer word / phrase sandwiched between “blank codes” in the filled-in sentence data storage unit 158 a is taken out, and the word / phrase is stored in the search word / phrase storage unit 168. In the case of a hole filling problem such as the screen 2801 in FIG. 28A, the answer phrase “enter” is stored in the search phrase storage unit 168.

  Next, the processing from step 1402 to step 1404 is executed. In this processing, processing similar to the processing in steps 802 to 804 in the flowchart of FIG. 8 described above is executed. As a result, in the dictionary data shown in FIG. 3, “000452” is stored in A of work area 167 and “00052A” is stored in B of work area 167.

  Next, in step 1405, it is determined whether or not the data stored in the “A” th data in the data information table 154c has the same value as “0005” which is the data information number of the opposite word. If the values are different, the process proceeds to step 1408. If they are the same value, the data stored in the “A” th position of the offset table 154d is stored in C of the work area 167 in step 1406. Next, in step 1407, the value stored in C of the work area 167 is set as an address on the display data storage unit 154e, and data from the data pointed to by the address to “separation code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. To store.

  Next, in step 1408, 1 is added to A of the work area 167. Then, in step 1409, it is determined whether the value of A in the work area 167 is the same as the value of B in the work area 167. If it is the same, the process of storing the opposite word on the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase of the hole-filling question has been completed, so a hint is displayed. Finishes the creation of screen data. If the value of A in the work area 167 is different from the value of B in the work area 167, the process returns to step 1405, and 1 is added to A in the work area 167 in step 1408. The process proceeds to processing for determining whether the next data having the same headword as the answer phrase is an opposite word. By repeating the processing from step 1405 to step 1409, the opposite word in the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer word can be taken out and stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  The processing from step 1405 to step 1409 in FIG. 14 will be specifically described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  In step 1305 in FIG. 13, the phonetic symbol data information number “0001” is retrieved from the data information table 154c in order to extract the phonetic symbol data of the answer phrase “enter”. In step 1405 in FIG. In order to extract the antonym data of the answer phrase “enter”, “0005”, which is the information number of the antonym data, is searched from the data information table 154c.

  In FIG. 3, “0005” is stored in the 462th position as viewed from the 452nd “0000” in the data information table 154c, and the value of A in the work area 167 at that time is “000462”. Next, in step 1406, “0009CF”, which is the “A” -th value, that is, the 462th value of the offset table 154d, is stored in C of the work area 167. Further, in step 1407, the data on the display data storage unit 154e stored after the address of the C value “0009CF” in the work area 167 to the data “delimiter code”, that is, “[opposite word] exit”. "And" separation code "are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b which is a screen storage unit for displaying hints.

  Steps 1408 and 1409 are the same processing as steps 1210 and 1211 in FIG. 12, which is a flowchart for displaying the idiom of the answer phrase as a hint, and the data of “enteric” that is the next headword after “enter”. This is a process for repeating steps 1405 to 1409 with respect to the data up to immediately before, that is, all the data of “enter”. As a result, as shown in the screen 2802 of FIG. 28B, not only the first antonym but also the second antonym indicated by the 463rd data in the data information table 154c of FIG. “[Antonym] leave” and “separator code” are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. All other antonyms of the third and subsequent “enter” are also stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  Returning to FIG. 7, in step 708, as described in FIG. 14, after all the opposite words having the same headword as the answer word are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166 b, the second display is performed in step 716. It is searched whether “blank code” exists in the data stored in the screen storage unit 166b. When displaying an antonym as a hint, since there is no “blank code” in the second display screen storage unit 166b, the process proceeds to step 718 and the first display screen storage unit 166a and the second display screen storage unit 166b. Display. By the processing in step 718, it is possible to display the hole filling problem on the screen 2801 in FIG. 28B and display the opposite word of the answer phrase “enter” on the screen 2802 in FIG.

  In step 718, since the display of the hole filling question and the process of displaying the opposite word of the answer phrase as a hint are all completed, the process in the hint display process (2) is terminated.

  As described above, by displaying the opposite word of the answer phrase on the same screen as the hole-filling problem, it is possible not only to provide a hint when answering the hole-filling problem, but also to learn the answer phrase for the question sentence. Moreover, since the opposite word of an answer word can be known, the user can increase the knowledge regarding an answer word. Further, since the answer display phrase is not included in the hint display screen, it is difficult to know the answer phrase easily, and the usefulness as a hint is high and useful learning can be performed.

(Process to display synonyms in English-Japanese dictionary of answer words as hints)
The process of displaying the opposite word of the answer phrase as a hint is as described above. However, instead of such a hint, the process of displaying the synonym of the answer phrase searched from the English-Japanese dictionary as a hint is performed next. This will be described from step 709 onward in FIG.

  In step 707, if “1” is not stored in the antonym flag 165g, it is determined in step 709 whether “1” is stored in the English-Japanese synonym flag 165h. If “1” is stored in the English-Japanese synonym flag 165h, in step 710, English-Japanese synonym data storage processing is performed.

  In the English-Japanese synonym data storage process, as shown in the screen 2902 of FIG. 29B, the synonym of the answer phrase “enter” is searched from the English-Japanese dictionary, and the hint data is stored for displaying the searched synonym as a hint. This process is described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 15 shows that when “1” is stored in the English-Japanese synonym flag 165h and the synonym of the answer phrase is searched from the English-Japanese dictionary and the searched synonym is set to be displayed as a hint, It is a flowchart of a process which stores the synonym on the display data storage part 154e which the same headword has in the 2nd display screen storage part 166b.

  First, in step 1501, an answer word / phrase sandwiched between “blank codes” in the filled-in sentence data storage unit 158 a is extracted, and the word / phrase is stored in the search word / phrase storage unit 168. In the case of a hole filling problem such as the screen 2901 in FIG. 29A, the answer phrase “enter” is stored in the search phrase storage unit 168.

  Next, the processing from step 1502 to step 1504 is executed. In this processing, processing similar to the processing in steps 802 to 804 in the flowchart of FIG. 8 described above is executed. As a result, in the dictionary data shown in FIG. 3, “000452” is stored in A of work area 167 and “00052A” is stored in B of work area 167.

  Next, in step 1505, it is determined whether or not the data stored in the “A” th data in the data information table 154c has the same value as “0006” that is the data information number of the synonym. If it is a different value, go to Step 1508. If they are the same value, the data stored in the “A” th position of the offset table 154 d is stored in C of the work area 167 in step 1506. Next, in step 1507, the value stored in C of the work area 167 is set as an address on the display data storage unit 154e, and data from the data pointed to by the address to “separation code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. To store.

  Next, in step 1508, 1 is added to A in the work area 167. Then, in step 1509, it is determined whether or not the value of A in the work area 167 is the same as the value of B in the work area 167. If it is the same, the processing for storing the synonym on the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase of the hole-filling question has been completed, so that a hint is displayed. Finishes the creation of screen data. If the value of A in the work area 167 is different from the value of B in the work area 167, the process returns to step 1505, and 1 is added to A in the work area 167 in step 1508. The process proceeds to processing for determining whether the next data having the same headword as the answer phrase is a synonym. By repeating the processing from step 1505 to step 1509, the synonym in the display data storage unit 154e having the same headword as the answer phrase can be taken out and stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  The processing from step 1505 to step 1509 in FIG. 15 will be specifically described in more detail with reference to FIGS.

  In step 1405 of FIG. 14, “0005”, which is the information number of the antonym data, is searched from the data information table 154 c in order to extract the antonym data of the answer word “enter”, but in step 1505 of FIG. In order to extract synonym data of the answer phrase “enter”, “0006”, which is the information number of synonym data, is searched from the data information table 154c.

  In FIG. 3, “0006” is stored 464th from the 452nd “0000” in the data information table 154c, and the value of A in the work area 167 at that time is “000464”. Next, in step 1506, “0009D8” which is the “A” -th value, that is, the 464th value of the offset table 154 d is stored in C of the work area 167. Further, in step 1507, the data from the display data storage unit 154e stored after the address of the C value “0009D8” in the work area 167 to the “delimiter code”, that is, “[synonymous word] join”. "And" separation code "are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b which is a screen storage unit for displaying hints.

  Steps 1508 and 1509 are the same processing as steps 1410 and 1411 in FIG. 14 which is a flowchart for displaying the opposite word of the answer phrase as a hint, and data of “enteric” which is the next headword after “enter”. This is a process for repeating Step 1505 to Step 1509 for the data up to immediately before, that is, all the data of “enter”. However, in the case of the answer phrase “enter” on the screen 2901 in FIG. 29A, since there are not two or more synonyms, only one synonym is displayed. If there are two or more synonyms, all other synonyms are also stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  Returning to FIG. 7, in step 710, as described in FIG. 15, after all the synonyms having the same headword as the answer phrase are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166 b, the second display is performed in step 716. It is searched whether “blank code” exists in the data stored in the screen storage unit 166b. When the synonym is displayed as a hint, since there is no “blank code” in the second display screen storage unit 166b, the process proceeds to step 718, where the first display screen storage unit 166a and the second display screen storage unit 166b Display. Through the processing in step 718, it is possible to display the hole filling problem on the screen 2901 in FIG. 29B and the synonym of the answer phrase “enter” on the screen 2902 in FIG. 29B.

  In step 718, since the process of displaying the filling-in question and displaying the synonym of the answer phrase as a hint is completed, the process in the hint display process (2) is terminated.

  As shown above, by displaying synonyms in the English-Japanese dictionary of answer words on the same screen as the hole-filling problem, it not only serves as a hint when answering the hole-filling problem, but at the same time as learning the answer-phrase for the question sentence Thus, learning to know synonyms of the answer phrase can be performed, and the user can increase knowledge of the answer phrase. Further, since the answer display phrase is not included in the hint display screen, it is difficult to know the answer phrase easily, and the usefulness as a hint is high and useful learning can be performed.

(Process to display synonyms in the Japanese-English dictionary of answer words as hints)
As described above, the synonym for the answer phrase is searched from the English-Japanese dictionary and the synonym is displayed as a hint as described above. Will be described after step 711 in FIG.

  If “1” is not stored in the English-Japanese synonym flag 165h in step 709, it is determined in step 711 whether “1” is stored in the Japanese-English synonym flag 165i. If “1” is stored in the Japanese-English synonym flag 165i, in step 712, Japanese-English synonym data storage processing is performed.

  In the Japanese-English synonym data storage process, as shown in the screen 3002 of FIG. 30B, the synonym of the answer phrase “enter” is searched from the Japanese-English dictionary, and hint data is stored for displaying the searched synonym as a hint. This process is described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 17 shows that when “1” is stored in the Japanese-English synonym flag 165i, the synonym of the answer phrase is searched from the Japanese-English dictionary, and the searched synonym is displayed as a hint. It is a flowchart of a process which stores the synonym on the display data storage part 154e which the same headword has in the 2nd display screen storage part 166b.

  Before the description of FIG. 17, the Japanese-English dictionary corresponds to the second dictionary 151b on the dictionary data storage unit 151 of the ROM 15 in the block diagram of FIG. 1, and its structure is shown in FIG. The data structure of the 16 Japanese-English dictionaries will be described.

  The second dictionary 151b of the Japanese-English dictionary has the same structure as the first dictionary 151a of the English-Japanese dictionary, and includes a search index 155a, a word table 155b, a data information table 155c, an offset table 155d, and a display data storage unit 155e. . Each role is similar to that of the English-Japanese dictionary described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, but only the data information number of the data information table 155c is different between the English-Japanese dictionary and the Japanese-English dictionary. The headwords of the Japanese-English dictionary are stored in the search index 155a. The data information number “0010” is the data information number of the English phrase that each headword has, and “0020” is the data information number of the example sentence. 155c.

  If the English word / phrase of the entry word “enter” is extracted from the display data storage unit 155e, the following procedure is used. First, “enter” is searched from the search index 155a, and “enter” is found in the 900th search index 155a.

  Next, the 900th data “000540” in the word table 155b is extracted. In “000540”, data information numbers related to all data included in “enter” and addresses on the display data storage unit 155e are stored after the “000540” th in the data information table 155c and the offset table 155d. Represents.

  The data information number of the English phrase is “0010”, and the data information numbers of all the data that “enter” has are stored after the 540th in the data information table 155c. Search for "".

  Since “0010” exists at the 541th position in the data information table 155c, the 500th data “000712” is extracted from the offset table 155d.

  “000712” of the offset table 155d indicates an address on the display data storage unit 155e. When the next “separation code” is extracted from the data on the address, it is stored in the display data storage unit 155e. The first English phrase of “enter”, “come in”, can be retrieved.

  Further, when the second and subsequent English words are taken out, “0010” is searched again in the data information table 155c, the corresponding data on the offset table 155d is taken out, and the data is stored in the display data storage unit 155e. The data on the display data storage unit 155e indicated by the address may be referred to.

  The above is a description of the data structure of the Japanese-English dictionary. With reference to FIG. 17, a process of searching for synonyms from the Japanese-English dictionary and storing the searched synonyms as hint data will be described.

  First, in step 1701, the meaning of the answer phrase stored in the answer phrase data storage unit 158 c is stored in the search phrase storage unit 168. The answer phrase data storage unit 158c stores the meaning of the answer phrase in the meaning sentence of the question-filling question sentence. For example, in the case of a hole filling problem such as the screen 3001 in FIG. 30A, the answer phrase is “enter”, and “enter” is the meaning sentence of the hole filling problem “I saw my mother entering the kitchen” Is used as “enter”, and therefore “enter” is stored in the answer phrase data storage unit 158 c, and therefore “enter” is stored in the search phrase storage unit 168 in step 1701. .

  Next, in Step 1702, the same headword as the search phrase storage unit 168 is searched from the search index 155a of the second dictionary 151b which is a Japanese-English dictionary.

  Next, in step 1703, data on the word table 155b of the searched phrase is taken out and stored in A of the work area 167. As shown in the screen 3001 in FIG. 30A, when a filling problem having “enter” as an answer word is displayed, in the Japanese-English dictionary data shown in FIG. 16, the meaning of the answer word “enter” is “enter”. The data “000549” on the word table 155 b is stored in A of the work area 167.

  Next, in step 1704, the data next to the data on the word table 155b extracted in step 1703 is stored in B of the work area 167. This is because, in the Japanese-English dictionary data shown in FIG. 16, the data “000569” on the word table 155b of the “array” which is the next entry word of “enter” on the search index 155a is stored in the work area 167. B will be stored.

  Next, in step 1705, the characters in the search phrase storage unit 168 are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. In this case, in the case of a hole filling problem such as the screen 3001 in FIG. 30A, “enter” and “separation code” which are meanings of the answer phrase “enter” are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. The “separator code” will be described as being recognized as a line break when displayed on the second display screen storage unit 166b. When the contents of the second display screen storage unit 166b are displayed by the processing of step 1705, as shown in the screen 3002 in FIG. 30B, "enter" on the first line of the hint screen and a line feed to the next line. Is recognized and displayed.

  Next, in step 1706, it is determined whether or not the data stored in the “A” th data in the data information table 155c is the same value as “0010” that is the data information number of the English phrase. If the values are different, the process proceeds to step 1709. If the values are the same, in step 1707, the data stored in the “A” th position of the offset table 155d is stored in C of the work area 167. Next, in step 1708, the value stored in C of the work area 167 is set as an address on the display data storage unit 155e, and data from the data pointed to by the address to “separation code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. To store.

  Next, in step 1709, 1 is added to A of the work area 167. Then, in step 1710, it is determined whether the value of A in the work area 167 is the same as the value of B in the work area 167. If they are the same, the process of storing the English words / phrases on the display data storage unit 155e having the same headword as the meaning of the answer word / phrase for the filling-in-place question has been completed. Finish creating screen data for displaying hints. If the value of A in the work area 167 is different from the value of B in the work area 167, the process returns to step 1706, and 1 is added to A in the work area 167 in step 1709. The process proceeds to a process of determining whether the next data having the same headword as the meaning of the answer phrase is an English phrase. By repeating the processing from step 1706 to step 1710, an English word / phrase in the display data storage unit 155e having the same headword as the answer word / phrase can be taken out and stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  The processing from step 1706 to step 1710 in FIG. 17 will be described more specifically with reference to FIGS.

  In step 1706 of FIG. 17, in order to extract an English word / phrase from the Japanese / English dictionary having “ent”, which is the meaning of the answer word “enter”, as an entry word, “0010”, which is the information number of the English word / phrase data in the Japanese / English dictionary, is extracted. Searching is performed from the data information table 155c.

  In FIG. 16, “0010” is stored 541th from the 540th “0000” in the data information table 155c, and the value of A in the work area 167 at that time is “000541”.

  Next, in step 1707, “0007”, which is the “A” -th value of the offset table 155d, that is, the 541-th value is stored in C of the work area 167. Further, in step 1708, the data from the display data storage unit 155e stored after the address of the C value “000712” in the work area 167 to the “delimiter code”, that is, “come in” is entered. “Coming” and “separation code” are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b, which is a screen storage unit for displaying hints.

  Steps 1709 and 1710 are data in the Japanese-English dictionary up to immediately before the data of “array” that is the headword next to “enter” that means the word “enter”, that is, all of “enter” has. This processing is to repeat Steps 1706 to 1710 for the data. As a result, as shown in the screen 3002 in FIG. 30B, not only the first English word / phrase of “Enter” but also the second data pointed to by the 542nd data in the data information table 155c in FIG. Also for the English phrase, “join join” and “separator code” are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. Further, Steps 1706 to 1710 are repeated, and all the other English words of the third and subsequent “entry” are also stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  Returning to FIG. 7, in step 712, as described in FIG. 17, after storing all the English words / phrases having the same headword as the answer word / phrase in the second display screen storage unit 166 b, in step 716, 2. It is searched whether “blank code” exists in the data stored in the two display screen storage unit 166b. When the synonym of the answer phrase retrieved from the Japanese-English dictionary is displayed as a hint, since there is no “blank code” in the second display screen storage unit 166b, the process proceeds to step 718, and the first display screen storage unit 166a The second display screen storage unit 166b is displayed. Through the processing of step 718, the synonym of the display of the hole filling problem on the screen 3001 in FIG. 30B and the answer phrase “enter” on the screen 3002 in FIG. 30B is retrieved from the Japanese-English dictionary, and the retrieved English phrase Can be displayed.

  In step 718, since the process of displaying the hole filling problem and the synonym of the answer phrase retrieved from the Japanese-English dictionary as hints is completed, the process of the hint display process (2) is terminated.

  As shown above, by displaying synonyms in the Japanese-English dictionary of answer phrases on the same screen as the fill-in problem, you can know not only the hints when solving the fill-in problem, but also know the synonyms of the answer phrase As a result, the user can increase knowledge about the answer phrase. In addition, when a synonym on the English-Japanese dictionary having the same headword as the answer word as shown in 2902 in FIG. 29B is displayed as a hint, the synonym on the English-Japanese dictionary has the same meaning as the answer word. It is a phrase that has usage, and in general, there are not many synonyms on the English-Japanese dictionary. However, when the hint as shown in 3002 of FIG. 30B described above is displayed, the English phrase on the Japanese-English dictionary having the same headword as the meaning of the answer phrase is displayed as a synonym. Even if the phrase has the same meaning as the phrase, a phrase having a different usage and the answer phrase itself are displayed on the hint screen as answer phrase candidates. For this reason, it is possible to display more hints as candidates for answer phrases by displaying hints for synonyms on the Japanese-English dictionary than by displaying hints on synonyms on the English-Japanese dictionary. The usefulness of the hint in the learning scene in which the answer phrase is selected from the inside becomes high. Thereby, further useful learning can be expected.

(Process to display the homonym of the answer phrase as a hint)
The process of searching synonyms of answer phrases from the Japanese-English dictionary and displaying the synonyms as hints is as described above. Processing for displaying a word as a hint will be described from step 713 onward in FIG.

  If "1" is not stored in the Japanese-English synonym flag 165i in step 711, it is determined in step 713 whether "1" is stored in the homonym flag 167a. If “1” is stored in the homonym word 167a, in step 714, homonym data storage processing is performed.

  In the homonym data storage processing, as shown in the screen 3102 in FIG. 31B, the homonym for the reading of the answer phrase “Haru” is searched from the national language dictionary, and the searched synonym is displayed as a hint. This hint data storage process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 19 shows a case where a homonym having the same reading as the answer phrase is retrieved from the Japanese language dictionary, and the retrieved homonym is displayed as a hint, as shown on the screen 3301 in FIG. When the “1” key of the numerical key in the input unit 13 is pressed on the hint selection screen for determining the type of hint for the Japanese language blanking problem, when “1” is stored in the homonym flag 167a, It is a flowchart of the process which stores the Chinese character phrase on the display data storage part 156e which the same headword as the reading of an answer word phrase has in the 2nd display screen storage part 166b.

  Before the description of FIG. 19, the Japanese language dictionary corresponds to the third dictionary 151c on the dictionary data storage unit 151 of the ROM 15 in the block diagram of FIG. 1, and its structure is shown in FIG. The data structure of 18 national language dictionaries will be described.

  The third dictionary 151c of the national language dictionary has the same structure as the first dictionary 151a of the English-Japanese dictionary and the second dictionary 151b of the Japanese-English dictionary, and includes a search index 156a, a word table 156b, a data information table 156c, an offset table 156d, and display data. The storage unit 156e is configured. Each role is the same as the English-Japanese dictionary described in FIGS. 2 and 3 and the Japanese-English dictionary described in FIG. 16, but only the data information number in the data information table 156c is different from the English-Japanese dictionary. ing. The headwords of the national language dictionary are stored in the search index 156a. The data information table is “0100” as the data information number of the kanji phrase held by each headword and “0200” as the meaning data information number. 155c.

  If the kanji word / phrase of the headword “Hakaru” is extracted from the display data storage unit 156e, the following procedure is used. First, "Haru" is searched from the search index 156a, and "Haru" is found in the 2000th position of the search index 156a.

  Next, the 2000th data “007130” in the word table 156b is extracted. In “007130”, data information numbers related to all data held by “Measure” and addresses on the display data storage unit 156e are stored after the “007130” th of the data information table 156c and the offset table 156d. Represents.

  The data information number of the kanji phrase is “0100”, and since the data information numbers of all data possessed by “Haru” are stored after the 7130th in the data information table 156c, “0100” in order from the 7130th. Search for "".

  Since “0100” exists at the 7131st in the data information table 156c, the 7131st data “010703” in the offset table 156d is then extracted.

  “010703” of the offset table 156d indicates an address on the display data storage unit 156e, and when the next “separator code” is extracted from the data on the address, it is stored in the display data storage unit 156e. “Measure”, the first kanji phrase of “Hakaru”, can be taken out.

  Further, when the second and subsequent kanji words are taken out, “0100” is searched again in the data information table 156c, the data on the offset table 156d corresponding thereto is taken out, and the data is stored in the display data storage unit 156e. The data on the display data storage unit 156e indicated by the address may be referred to.

  The data structure of the Japanese language dictionary has been described above, and a process of searching for homophones from the Japanese language dictionary and storing the searched homophones as hint data will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step 1901, the reading of the answer phrase stored in the answer phrase data storage unit 159 b is stored in the search phrase storage unit 168. The answer phrase data storage unit 159b stores answer phrase readings. For example, in the case of a hole-filling problem such as the screen 3101 in FIG. 31A, the answer word is “to”, and “measure” is a reading of “to” and is stored in the answer word data storage unit 159b. Therefore, in step 1901, “Measure” is stored in the search phrase storage unit 168.

  Next, in step 1902, the same headword as the search phrase storage unit 168 is searched from the search index 156 a of the third dictionary 151 c which is a national language dictionary.

  Next, in step 1903, the data on the word table 156b of the searched phrase is taken out and stored in A of the work area 167. As shown in the screen 3101 of FIG. 31 (a), when the filling-in question with the answer phrase “aiming” is displayed, the reading “haharu” of the answer phrase “aiming” has in the national language dictionary data shown in FIG. Data “007130” on the word table 156 b is stored in A of the work area 167.

  Next, in step 1904, the data next to the data on the word table 156 b extracted in step 1903 is stored in B of the work area 167. This is because, in the Japanese dictionary data shown in FIG. 18, the data “007141” on the word table 156 b of “Hakan” that is the next head word of “Measure” is stored in the work area 167 on the search index 156 a. Will be stored in B.

  Next, in step 1705, the characters in the search phrase storage unit 168 are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. In this case, in the case of a hole filling problem such as the screen 3101 in FIG. 31A, the reading of the answer phrase “plan” and “break code” are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. The “separator code” will be described as being recognized as a line break when displayed on the second display screen storage unit 166b. When the contents of the second display screen storage unit 166b are displayed by the processing of step 1905, as shown in the screen 3102 of FIG. 31B, "Measure" on the first line of the hint screen and a line feed to the next line. Is recognized and displayed.

  Next, in step 1906, it is determined whether or not the data stored in the “A” th data in the data information table 156c is the same value as “0100” which is the data information number of the kanji word / phrase. If the values are different, the process proceeds to step 1909. If they are the same value, the data stored in the “A” th position of the offset table 156d is stored in C of the work area 167 at step 1907. Next, in step 1908, the value stored in C of the work area 167 is set as an address on the display data storage unit 156e, and data from the data pointed to by the address to “separation code” is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. To store.

  Next, in step 1909, 1 is added to A in the work area 167. Then, in step 1910, it is determined whether the value of A in the work area 167 is the same as the value of B in the work area 167. If they are the same, the process of storing the kanji word / phrase on the display data storage unit 156e, which has the same headword as the reading of the answer word / phrase for the hole-filling problem, is completed. Finish creating screen data for displaying hints. If the value of A in the work area 167 is different from the value of B in the work area 167, the process returns to step 1906, and 1 is added to A in the work area 167 in step 1909. The process proceeds to a process for determining whether or not the next data of the headword having the same meaning as the answer phrase is a kanji phrase. By repeating the processing from step 1906 to step 1910, it becomes possible to take out kanji words / phrases in the display data storage unit 156e having the same headword as the reading of the answer word / phrases and store them in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  The processing from step 1906 to step 1910 in FIG. 19 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 18 and 31.

  In step 1906 of FIG. 19, in order to take out a kanji word / phrase from the national language dictionary having the answer word / phrase meaning “measure” as an entry word, an information number “0100” of the kanji word / phrase data in the national language dictionary is stored in the data information table. Searching from 156c.

  In FIG. 16, “0100” is stored in the 7131st as viewed from the 7130th “0000” in the data information table 156c, and the value of A in the work area 167 at that time is “007131”.

  Next, in step 1907, “010703”, which is the “A” -th value, that is, the 7131-th value in the offset table 156 d is stored in C of the work area 167. Further, in step 1908, data from the data on the display data storage unit 156e stored after the address of the C value “010703” in the work area 167 to “delimiter code”, that is, “measure” and “delimiter”. Is stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b, which is a screen storage unit for displaying hints.

  In step 1909 and step 1910, the data up to immediately before the data of “Hakan”, which is the next headword of “Hakar”, which is the reading of the answer phrase in the Japanese language dictionary, that is, all the data possessed by “Hakar” Is a process for repeating steps 1906 to 1910. As a result, as shown in the screen 3102 in FIG. 31B, not only the first Kanji word / phrase that “Hakaru” has, but also the second 1311 pointed to by the 7131st data in the data information table 156c in FIG. As for the kanji word / phrase, “measure” and “separation code” are stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b. Further, Steps 1906 to 1910 are repeated, and all the other kanji words / phrases of the third and subsequent “measure” are also stored in the second display screen storage unit 166b.

  Returning to FIG. 7, in step 714, as described in FIG. 19, after storing all the kanji words / phrases having the same headword as the reading of the answer word / phrase in the second display screen storage unit 166 b, in step 716, 2. It is searched whether “blank code” exists in the data stored in the two display screen storage unit 166b. When displaying a kanji phrase of the answer phrase retrieved from the national language dictionary as a hint, since there is no “blank code” in the second display screen storage unit 166b, the process proceeds to step 718 and the first display screen storage unit 166a and the second display screen storage unit 166b are displayed. The processing of step 718 searches the Japanese-English dictionary for the same headword as the reading of the hole filling problem on the screen 3101 in FIG. 31 (b) and the reading of the answer phrase on the screen 3102 in FIG. 31 (b). Words can be displayed.

  In step 718, since the process of displaying the hole filling problem and the process of displaying the homonyms of the answer words retrieved from the Japanese language dictionary as hints is completed, the process of the hint display process (2) is terminated.

  In step 713, it is determined whether “1” is stored in the homonym flag 167a. If “1” is not stored in the homonym flag 167a, other processing is performed in step 715. This is processing when flags other than the hint flag 163 described in FIGS. 6 and 7 are set, and processing for storing and displaying hints corresponding to the respective flags is performed.

  By displaying the homonym of the answer phrase on the same screen as the hole-filling problem as described above, it not only serves as a hint when answering the hole-filling problem, but with the learning to answer the problem, the same sound of the answer phrase Since the synonym can be known, the user can increase knowledge about the answer phrase. In addition, since the homonym of the answer phrase can be displayed as a hint as a candidate for the answer phrase, the hint is highly useful and useful in learning situations in which the answer phrase is selected from various answer choice phrases. Can learn.

(Explanation of examples of hint display, answer display, and hint selection screen)
The above is a detailed description of the hint data storage processing, display processing, and answer processing for the hole filling problem, and the display examples of FIGS. 22 to 31 will be described below. The phrase display will be described. This is believed to further clarify the present invention.

  First, FIG. 22 is a display screen for displaying all the meanings of answer words as hints and performing an answer. On the screen 2201 in FIG. 22A, a hole filling problem is displayed. Here, when the [Hint] key is input, all meanings of the answer words are displayed as hints under the screen 2201 for displaying the filled-in question sentence (screen 2202 in FIG. 22B). In the case of this problem, since the answer is “enter”, all the meanings of “enter” in the dictionary data are displayed. Since all the meanings of “enter” do not fit within the display screen of the screen 2202, a symbol indicated by “↓” indicating that there is another meaning is lit. If the [↓] key or the like of the input unit 13 is input and the screen of the screen 2202 is scrolled, the hidden meaning can be seen. This scrolling process is well known and can be used as it is, and therefore need not be described in detail.

  Next, when the [Search / Determine] key is input, a screen 2203 displaying the answer phrase in the hole of the hole filling question is displayed above the screen 2202 of the hint display. This is as described above, and is the process of step 408 through steps 406 and 407 of FIG. Further, when the [Search / Determine] key is input in this display state, the answer phrase is already entered in the hole of the hole filling question on the screen 2203, and all the meanings of the answer phrase are displayed on the hint screen. Since all the information regarding the hole filling problem 2201 is displayed, the next problem display is performed (screen 2204 in FIG. 22D). This is as described above, and is the process of step 402 through steps 406, 407, 412, and 414 of FIG.

  FIG. 23 is a display screen for displaying the meanings other than the meanings used in the answer-word-filling problem among all the meanings of the answer words as hints and performing the answer. On the screen 2301 in FIG. 23A, a hole filling problem is displayed. Here, when the [Hint] key is input, the meaning of a part of the answer phrase is displayed as a hint at the bottom of the screen 2301 in FIG. 24 (b) for filling in the question sentence (screen 2302 in FIG. 23 (b)). . Here, the first meaning “1. Entering, entering, floating” is not displayed in the first meaning having “enter”, which is the meaning in the hole filling problem of the answer word “enter”. Since it is displayed from “2. Add to ..., become a member”, the second and third meanings are displayed as in the screen 2302 of FIG. Next, when the [Search / Determine] key is input while the screen 2301 and the screen 2302 in FIG. 23B are displayed, the answer to the hole of the hole filling problem is displayed as in the screen 2303 in FIG. The phrase is displayed, and the hint display below the screen 2303 is not changed, and a screen 2302 displaying only a part of the meaning of the answer phrase is displayed. Further, when the [Search / Determine] key is entered, a screen 2304 displaying all the meanings of the answer phrases is displayed below the screen 2303 in FIG. This display is based on the processing in step 413 through steps 406, 407, and 412 in FIG.

  FIG. 24 is a display screen for performing the answer by shielding and displaying the meanings used in the answer-word-filling problem among all the meanings of the answer-phrases as hints. On the screen 2401 in FIG. 24A, the hole filling problem is displayed. Here, when the [Hint] key is input, the meaning of the answer phrase is partially shielded and displayed at the bottom of the screen 2401 in FIG. 24 (b) of the filling-in question text display (screen 2402 in FIG. 24 (b)). . Here, the first meaning “1. Entering, entering, floating” is blacked out so that the answer phrase “enter” has the meaning of “entry” in the hole filling problem, so that it cannot be seen. It is displayed from the second meaning of “2. In the display of the screen 2402 in FIG. 24B, although black is painted, other characters such as white or pictograms are applied to the portion sandwiched between “shielding codes” in the hint display data. It is also possible to hide with. When the [Search / Determine] key is input while the screen 2401 and the screen 2402 of FIG. 24 (b) are displayed, the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling problem as shown in the screen 2403 of FIG. 24 (c). Thus, the hint display below the screen 2403 is not changed, and the meaning of a part of the answer phrase is painted out in black and displayed as a screen 2402 in FIG. Furthermore, when the [Search / Determine] key is entered, a screen 2404 displaying all the meanings of the answer phrases is displayed below the screen 2403 in FIG. When the [Search / Determination] key is input in this display state, the following problem display is performed as in the screen 2204 in FIG.

  FIG. 25 is a display screen for displaying an example of the answer phrase as a hint, and displaying the answer phrase in the example as a blank so that the answer phrase cannot be seen. On the screen 2501 in FIG. 25A, a hole filling problem is displayed. Here, when the [Hint] key is input, the answer word / phrase in the example sentence of the answer word / phrase is displayed blank in the bottom of the screen 2501 in FIG. b) screen 2502). As shown on the screen 2502 in FIG. 25 (b), the display is not limited to the same display as the hole in the hole-filling problem so that the answer word cannot be seen, and the answer word in the example sentence is blacked out and cannot be seen. Means to make are also possible. Since all example sentences of “enter” do not fit within the screen 2502 of FIG. 25B, the “↓” symbol indicating that there is another example sentence is lit. If the [↓] key or the like is input and the screen 2502 in FIG. 25B is scrolled, hidden example sentences can be viewed. When the [Search / Determination] key is input while the screen 2501 and the screen 2502 in FIG. 25B are displayed, the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling problem as in the screen 2503 in FIG. The hint display below the screen 2503 in FIG. 25 (c) is not changed and is displayed as a screen 2502 in FIG. 25 (c), leaving the answer phrase in the example sentence blank so that it cannot be seen. Yes. Further, when the [Search / Determine] key is input, an example sentence displaying the answer phrase is displayed below a line 2503 in FIG. 25D as shown in a screen 2504 in FIG. When the [Search / Determination] key is input in this display state, the following problem display is performed as in the screen 2204 in FIG.

  FIG. 26 is a display screen for displaying the idiom of the answer phrase as a hint, displaying the answer phrase in the idiom as a blank so as not to be seen, and performing the answer. On the screen 2601 in FIG. 26A, a hole filling problem is displayed. Here, when the [Hint] key is input, the answer phrase in the idiom of the answer phrase is displayed in a blank so as not to be seen at the bottom of the screen 2601 in FIG. b) screen 2602). As shown in the screen 2602 of FIG. 26 (b), the answer phrase is not limited to the same display as the hole in the hole filling problem so that the answer phrase cannot be seen, and the answer phrase in the idiom is painted black and cannot be seen. Means to make are also possible. Since all the idioms of “enter” do not fit within the screen 2602 of FIG. 26B, the “↓” symbol indicating that there are other idioms is lit. If the [↓] key or the like is input and the screen 2602 in FIG. 26B is scrolled, hidden idioms can be seen. When the [Search / Determine] key is input while the screen 2601 and the screen 2602 of FIG. 26B are displayed, the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling problem as shown in the screen 2603 of FIG. The hint display below the screen 2603 in FIG. 26 (c) is not changed, and the answer phrase in the phrase is left blank so that it cannot be seen, and is displayed as the screen 2602 in FIG. 26 (c). . Further, when the [Search / Determine] key is entered, the idiom displaying the answer phrase is displayed at the bottom of the screen 2603 in FIG. 26D as shown in the screen 2604 in FIG. When the [Search / Determination] key is input in this display state, the following problem display is performed as in the screen 2204 in FIG.

  FIG. 27 is a display screen when the phonetic symbol of the answer phrase is displayed as a hint and the answer is made. On the screen 2701 in FIG. 27A, a hole filling problem is displayed. Here, when the [Hint] key is input, the phonetic symbol of the answer phrase is displayed as a hint below the screen 2701 in FIG. 27B of the hole-filling question sentence display (screen 2702 in FIG. 27B). Next, when the [Search / Determine] key is input, the screen 2703 of FIG. 27C in which the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling question is displayed above the screen 2702 of FIG. 27C of the hint display. . When the [Search / Determination] key is input in this display state, the following problem display is performed as in the screen 2204 in FIG.

  FIG. 28 is a display screen when the opposite word of the answer phrase is displayed as a hint and the answer is made. On the screen 2801 in FIG. 28A, a hole filling problem is displayed. Here, when the [Hint] key is input, the opposite word of the answer phrase is displayed as a hint at the bottom of the screen 2801 in FIG. 28 (b) showing the filling-in question text (screen 2802 in FIG. 28 (b)). Next, when the [Search / Determine] key is input, the screen 2803 of FIG. 28C displaying the answer phrase in the hole of the hole filling question is displayed above the screen 2802 of FIG. 28C of the hint display. . When the [Search / Determination] key is input in this display state, the following problem display is performed as in the screen 2204 in FIG.

  FIG. 29 is a display screen for searching the synonym of the answer phrase from the English-Japanese dictionary, displaying the searched phrase as a hint, and performing the answer. On the screen 2901 in FIG. 29A, a hole filling problem is displayed. Here, when the [Hint] key is input, the synonym of the answer phrase retrieved from the English-Japanese dictionary is displayed as a hint at the bottom of the screen 2901 in FIG. Screen 2902). Next, when the [Search / Determine] key is input, a screen 2903 in FIG. 29C in which the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling question is displayed above the screen 2902 in FIG. 29C of the hint display. . When the [Search / Determination] key is input in this display state, the following problem display is performed as in the screen 2204 in FIG.

  FIG. 30 is a display screen when a synonym of an answer word is searched from a Japanese-English dictionary, the searched word is displayed as a hint, and an answer is made. In the screen 3001 of FIG. 30A, a hole filling problem is displayed. Here, when the [Hint] key is input, the synonym of the answer phrase retrieved from the Japanese-English dictionary is displayed as a hint at the bottom of the screen 3001 in FIG. Screen 3002). Next, when the [Search / Determine] key is input, the screen 3003 in FIG. 30C in which the answer word is displayed in the hole of the hole filling question is displayed above the screen 3002 in FIG. 30C of the hint display. . When the [Search / Determination] key is input in this display state, the following problem display is performed as in the screen 2204 in FIG.

  FIG. 31 is a display screen for displaying the homonym of the answer phrase as a hint and performing the answer. In the screen 3101 of FIG. 31A, a hole filling problem is displayed. Here, when the [Hint] key is input, the homonym of the answer word phrase is displayed as a hint below the screen 3101 of FIG. 31 (b) for filling in the question sentence (screen 3102 of FIG. 31 (b)). Next, when the [Search / Determine] key is input, the screen 3103 of FIG. 31C in which the answer phrase is displayed in the hole of the hole filling question is displayed above the screen 3102 of FIG. 31C of the hint display. . When the [Search / Determination] key is input in this display state, the following problem display is performed.

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The above is the description of the display example of the hint display screen. Hereinafter, an example of setting the hint based on the display example of the hint option screen will be described.

  FIG. 32 is an example of a display screen when setting the type of hint to be displayed. In the figure, the hole filling problem is displayed on the screen 3201 of FIG. Here, the [Hint] key is input, and if “1” is not stored in any of the flags for the hint 163, that is, if the type of hint to be displayed is not set, the hint selection The screen is displayed like a screen 3202 in FIG. In this case, when the English hole filling problem is being solved, “1” is set in any of the hint flags of the meaning-all flag 165a to the Japanese-English synonym flag 165i which is a hint flag of the first subject hint 164a. It is a display screen when not stored. “[1] Word meaning (all)”, which means displaying the whole meaning of the answer phrase as a hint by inputting the [1] key while the screen 3202 in FIG. 32B of the hint selection screen is displayed. When “” is selected, all the meanings of the “enter” of the answer phrase are displayed as a screen 3203 in FIG. 32C below the screen 3201 in FIG.

  Although only one type of hint is displayed in FIG. 32C, it is possible to set a plurality of types of hints on the hint selection screen in FIG. As a method for setting a plurality of types of hints, for example, after the [1] key of the input unit 13 is pressed on the hint selection screen of FIG. 32B, the screen of FIG. In order to indicate that “word meaning (all)” is selected, “×” is displayed before “[1] word meaning (all)” is highlighted or “[1] word meaning (all)” is displayed. After the check mark is displayed, the [7] key of the input unit 13 is pressed to display a reverse display or a check mark indicating that “[7] antonym” is selected. A method of pressing the [Search / Determine] key is conceivable. Furthermore, when a plurality of hints are set as described above, a method of displaying a plurality of types of hints on the same screen, a [switch] key capable of switching the types of hints, and the like are provided and pressed. A means for switching the types of hints to be displayed and displaying the hints set in order can be considered. Also, as shown in FIG. 32, the hint selection screen in FIG. 32B is automatically displayed when no hint is set, but when switching to another type of hint, the hint selection screen is displayed. It is also possible to display the hint option screen at any time by pressing a [hint menu] key provided in the input unit 13 for displaying the option screen, for example.

  In the description according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the description has been made assuming that a selection is made from among a plurality of different hints. However, in the present invention, a hint is extracted from the dictionary data storage unit 151 and displayed as a hint for the answer word of the hole in the hole filling problem. Therefore, of course, the object of the present invention can be achieved if the electronic device with a learning function of the present invention has a function of displaying at least one hint among the plurality of hint examples described above. Further, according to the present invention, when a part of the explanation data is extracted, the contents directly related to the answer phrase related to the hole filling problem and the answer phrase itself are extracted and displayed as hints.

  Further, according to the present invention, the dictionary data storage unit 151 is searched for the same headword as the answer word of the hole filling problem. The searching means stores the answer word / phrase of the hole stored in the hole-filled sentence data storage unit 158a or the like under the control of the CPU 14 in the search word / phrase storage unit 168, and the dictionary data storage unit 151 based on the stored contents. This is a configuration related to the processing for searching for a headword, and corresponds to the processing in steps 801 and 802 as illustrated in FIG.

  Further, a processing means for extracting a part of the comment data including the meaning of the searched headword, the phonetic symbol, the example sentence, the contents of the idiom, etc. and displaying it as a hint is shown in FIG. For example, it corresponds to the processing in steps 803 to 809. In particular, it is means for extracting a part of data from the commentary data of the searched headword under the control of the CPU 14.

  FIG. 33 is a display screen for selecting a type of hint to be displayed when answering a hole filling problem in another subject. On the screen 3301 in FIG. 33A, when answering a Chinese character hole-filling problem, “[1] homonym” that displays another phrase having the same reading as the answer phrase is present as an option. Further, when answering the problem of filling in the social year, “[1] Same year” is displayed as an option as a hint to display another question having the same year as the year of the answer phrase (FIG. 33). (B) screen 3302).

  A program for executing the control for displaying various hints described above is stored in the program storage unit 153 of the RAM 16. The storage medium for storing this is a magnetic recording medium for recording information magnetically, such as a CD-ROM, floppy (registered trademark) disk, magneto-optical disk (MO), or a flash such as a ROM or a memory card. Various types of recording media such as a semiconductor memory that electrically records information, such as a memory, can be used.

  The present invention can be applied to electronic devices such as electronic dictionaries, learning machines, PDAs, personal computers, and mobile phones having a hole filling problem, answers, and hint display means for answers.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic device of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the data structure of the English-Japanese dictionary. It is the block diagram which showed the data structure of the English-Japanese dictionary. It is the flowchart which showed the procedure until a hint is displayed and answered after displaying the hole-filling problem concerning this invention. It is a flowchart of the process which performs the setting of the kind of hint to display concerning this invention. It is a flowchart of the process which displays the meaning of the answer phrase concerning this invention as a hint. It is a flowchart of the process which displays the example sentence of an answer phrase concerning this invention, a idiom, a phonetic symbol, an antonym, and a synonym as a hint. It is a flowchart of the process which stores all the meanings of the answer phrase concerning this invention as data of a hint display. It is a flowchart of the process which stores a part of meaning of the answer phrase concerning this invention as data of a hint display. It is a flowchart of the process which shields a part of meaning of the answer phrase concerning this invention, and stores it as hint display data. It is a flowchart of the process which stores the example sentence of the answer phrase concerning this invention as data of a hint display. It is a flowchart of the process which stores the idiom of the answer phrase concerning this invention as data of a hint display. It is a flowchart of the process which stores the phonetic symbol of the answer phrase concerning this invention as data of a hint display. It is a flowchart of the process which stores the opposite word of the answer phrase concerning this invention as data of a hint display. It is a flowchart of the process which stores the synonym of the answer phrase searched from the English-Japanese dictionary concerning this invention as data of a hint display. It is the block diagram which showed the data structure of the Japanese-English dictionary. It is a flowchart of the process which stores the synonym of the answer phrase searched from the Japanese-English dictionary concerning this invention as data of a hint display. It is the block diagram which showed the data structure of the national language dictionary. It is a flowchart of the process which stores the homonym of the answer phrase concerning this invention as data of a hint display. It is a flowchart of the process which displays an answer word phrase in the hole of a hole filling problem. It is a flowchart of the process which displays all the hidden things among the contents displayed as a hint. It is a display screen for displaying all the meanings of answer words as hints and performing an answer. This is a display screen for displaying a part of all meanings of answer words as hints and performing an answer. As a hint, this is a display screen for answering an answer by blocking a part of all meanings of the answer phrase. It is a display screen when an answer phrase is displayed as a hint and an answer is made. This is a display screen for displaying the idiom of the answer phrase as a hint and performing the answer. This is a display screen for displaying a phonetic symbol of an answer word as a hint and performing an answer. It is a display screen for displaying the opposite word of the answer phrase as a hint and performing the answer. It is a display screen when the synonym of the answer phrase is displayed as a hint and the answer is made. This is a display screen when an English phrase having the same meaning as the answer phrase is taken out from the Japanese-English dictionary and displayed as a hint, and the answer is given. It is a display screen for displaying a homonym of an answer word as a hint and performing an answer. It is a display screen when setting the kind of hint to display. It is a display screen which selects the kind of hint in the hole-filling problem of subjects other than English.

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151 Dictionary data storage unit (dictionary data storage means)
153 Program 154a Search index 154b Word table 154c Data information table 154d Offset table 154e Display data storage section 158a Filled sentence data storage section 158b Problem sentence meaning data storage section 158c Answer word phrase data storage section 165a Meaning all flag 165b Meaning deletion flag 165c Meaning blocking Flag 165d Example sentence flag 165e Idiomatic flag 165f Pronunciation symbol flag 165g Opposite word flag 165h English-Japanese synonym flag 165i Japanese-English synonym flag 165j Hint answer flag 166 Display screen storage unit 166a First display screen storage unit 166b Second display screen storage unit 167a Homophones synonym flag 168 search phrase storage unit

Claims (14)

In an electronic device having a learning function for reading a problem sentence from a problem sentence storage means storing a plurality of problem sentences consisting of a hole filling problem and displaying it on a display means,
Dictionary data storage means for storing a plurality of headwords and commentary data corresponding to the headword;
Search means for searching the dictionary data storage means for the same headword as the answer phrase of the hole filling problem;
Processing means for extracting a part of the comment data corresponding to the headword searched by the search means;
Display control means for causing the display means to display the commentary data extracted by the processing means,
An electronic device with a learning function, wherein a part of commentary data corresponding to an answer phrase of a displayed question sentence is displayed as a hint. 2. The electronic device with a learning function according to claim 1, wherein the processing means extracts data other than the answer words / phrases in the comment data. The electronic device with a learning function according to claim 1, wherein the processing means extracts the meaning of a headword in the comment data. 2. The electronic device with a learning function according to claim 1, wherein the processing means extracts a part of the meaning of the headword in the comment data. 2. The electronic device with a learning function according to claim 1, wherein the processing means extracts the meaning of the headword in the comment data and further performs a process of shielding a part of the meaning. The electronic device with a learning function according to claim 1, wherein the processing means extracts an example sentence from commentary data. The electronic device with a learning function according to claim 1, wherein the processing means extracts idioms in commentary data. 2. The electronic device with a learning function according to claim 1, wherein the processing means extracts phonetic symbols from the comment data. The electronic device with a learning function according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit extracts an opposite word to a headword in the comment data. 2. The electronic device with a learning function according to claim 1, wherein the processing means extracts a synonym for a headword in the comment data. The search means searches the dictionary data storage means for a headword having the same meaning as the answer phrase of the hole-filling problem,
The electronic device with a learning function according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit extracts an English word / phrase in commentary data included in a headword searched by the search unit. The search means searches the dictionary data storage means for a headword having the same reading as the answer phrase of the hole-filling problem,
The electronic device with a learning function according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit extracts kanji in commentary data included in a headword searched by the search unit. In the electronic device with a learning function in any one of Claims 1-12,
In order to control the question sentence storage means, the display means, the dictionary data storage means, the search means, the processing means, and the display control means, the answer word phrases of the hole filling portion of the hole filling question sentence displayed on the display means are matched from the dictionary data storage means. A program for searching for a headword to be extracted, extracting a part of commentary data of the searched headword, and executing control for displaying the extracted commentary content as a hint on the display means. A recording medium storing the program according to claim 13.

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