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Title: Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary by Seigo Nakao ISBN: 0-679-78001-7 Publisher: Random House Reference & Pub. Date: 07 April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.19 (27 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good For Students of Japanese
Comment: This dictionary has been very helpful for translating back and forth in my studies. I've found translating from Japanese to English harder than the other way around. Because I've just begun learning, I find myself stumbling around trying to find the meaning for words. It lacks any entries for particles. I've been unable to find some words. I believe this book is better for those who have a better understanding of the language, and who know most of the common words already.
If you're just starting out I recommend buying a book specifically of basic words and particles first, or with this book.
If you're wanting to translate manga, I suggest another book all together.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good value
Comment: Unfortunately, where dictionaries are concerned there are very few offerings available for the English student of Japanese. Many of the larger ones are designed with the Japanese learner of English in mind.
This dictioanry is probably the best one you will find if you are learning Japanese, and it is certainly very good value for money! I bought my copy about 6 years ago, and it has been used so often it is literally falling apart. I have lived in Japan for several years, and this dictioanry has, so far, fulfilled most of my needs, moreso than the Kodansha Basic Dictionary, which fails to provide a lot of words, but does maintain a phraseological approach that this Random House dictionary is sadly lacking. If you are looking for idiomatic usage of an English phrase in Japanese, you will proabably find that the equivalent of what you are looking for is not available in the English to Japanese section, so you will have to make do with a similar, but maybe less colouful way of expressing yourself, or buy and idiom book, and there are some good ones out there.
Still, all in all, you will be getting your money's worth with this, especially for understanding Japanese, but you may find it less useful when you want to express yourself in Japanese and look to this as a guide.
Rating: 2
Summary: Sadly lacking in usefulness.
Comment: I bought this dictionary because it was reasonably priced and seemed fairly decent when I flipped through it at the bookstore. However, I second the reviewer who said its best use is a doorstop. I've found that more often than not, when I go to look up a word, it's nowhere to be found. I've come to rely on internet dictionaries more than this book, unfortunately.
A beginner to the language might find this somewhat useful, as well as anyone who gets confused by kana dictionaries (where the 'alphabetical order' isn't the same as English), but overall, I'd recommend saving your pennies and getting a decent electronic kanji/E-J/J-E dictionary.
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Title: Ultimate Japanese: Basic-Intermediate : Compact Disc Edition by Hiroko Storm ISBN: 0609607367 Publisher: Living Language Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Beginner's Kana Workbook by Fujihiko Kaneda, Masaya Katayama, Fujhiko Kaneda ISBN: 0844283738 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Japanese Grammar by Carol Akiyama, Nobuo Akiyama ISBN: 0764120611 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 08 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Teach Yourself Beginner's Japanese by Helen Gilhooly ISBN: 0844237086 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: All About Particles: A Handbook of Japanese Function Words by Naoko Chino ISBN: 4770027818 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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