The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary

This revolutionary new dictionary is designed to give you a comprehensive introduction to Japanese in a completely new way. It covers all the vocabulary learners will need in their first years of study and gives unique guidance to the grammar and usage of the language. This dictionary is created specifically for beginners: colour headwords and translations; no confusing abbreviations; warning symbols show potential problem areas. There are thousands of example phrases drawn from real-life situations. Japanese script is used throughout. Includes a guide to how towrite Japanese characters. Full guidance on the pronunciation of Japanese is given. Word patterns and constructions from language areas such as dates, and telling time are grouped together to show similarities and differences.

An easy-to-use two-way Japanese bilingual dictionary containing 15,000 up-to-date words and phrases and 20,000 translations.

This dictionary comes complete with a grammar supplement and offers an extensive word count for its size. It will be of particular interest to 'A' level students.

Every serious student of Japanese needs a reliable and user-friendly dictionary in their collection. Tuttle Concise Japanese Dictionary, now with 30% more content, is a completely updated dictionary designed for students and business people who are living in Japan and using the Japanese language on a daily basis. Its greatest advantage is that it contains recent idiomatic expressions which have become popular in the past several years and which are not found in other competing dictionaries. The dictionary has been fully updated with the addition of recent vocabulary relating to computers, mobile phones, social media and the Internet. Other special features that set this dictionary apart include: Over 25,000 words and expressions including idioms and slang. User-friendly layout with main entries in color. Complete Japanese-English and English-Japanese sections. Romanized forms and the Japanese script are given for all Japanese words. A guide to pronunciation helps the user to pronounce Japanese words correctly. Different senses of each word are distinguished by multiple definitions.

This bilingual dictionary offers a straightforward introduction to Japanese, covering all the vocabulary needed for the first years of study, along with notes on grammar and usage and guidance on the culture where Japanese is spoken.