Index
noun, の adjective
You search then pull items from the index — you know, that list of keywords in alphabetical order at the end of a nonfiction book. Or in 五十音順 order, if you're fancy enough to be reading Japanese!
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well. Just think of the first part of the word index (いん). Where do you search? In the index.
索引の見方が分かりません。
I don't know how to look at the index.
索引を引いた方が速いんじゃない？
Wouldn't it be faster to look it up in the index?
索引にはすべての用語がアルファベット順に並んでいます。
All of the terms in the index are listed in alphabetical order.
英語索引も付けた方がいいんじゃないかな。
We should make an English index too.