Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary

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Overview

RANDOM HOUSE
JAPANESE-ENGLISH
ENGLISH-JAPANESE
DICTIONARY
RELIABLE, DETAILED, AND UP-TO-DATE
* More than 50,000 entries, including the most common meanings
* Two sections, Japanese-English and English-Japanese
* All entries, from A to Z, in a single alphabetical listing
* Japanese terms shown in romanized Japanese and standard Japanese characters
* Hundreds of new words, including eizu (AIDS) and nyuryoku (computer input)
* Thousands of idioms, phrases, and common expressions illustrate typical usage
* Includes Japanese cultural items, such as yobiko (cram school), and gives source of foreign borrowings, such as nyusu (news)
* American English spelling and vocabulary
* Extensive use of explanatory glosses to specify precise meaning and assure appropriate translation

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780345405487
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/30/1996
Pages:	688
Sales rank:	67,933
Product dimensions:	4.14(w) x 6.93(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

Seigo Nakao is the head of Japanese Studies at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.