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PublisherTuttle Publishing

ISBN-100804820368

ISBN-139780804820363

eBay Product ID (ePID)1023024

Product Key Features

Number of Pages1616 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameNew Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary : Revised

Publication Year1997

SubjectMulti-Language Dictionaries, Alphabets & Writing Systems, Japanese

FeaturesRevised, Revised Edition

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorAndrew N Nelson

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height2.8 in

Item Weight70 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Edition Number3

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN96-060004

ReviewsoThis reigning authority on Japanese character definitions is based on missionary-scholar Nelson's first 1962 edition of The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary . Essential for all Japanese and East Asian studies collections.o R, "This reigning authority on Japanese character definitions is based on missionary-scholar Nelson's first 1962 edition of The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary . Essential for all Japanese and East Asian studies collections." R, ôThis reigning authority on Japanese character definitions is based on missionary-scholar Nelson's first 1962 edition of The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary . Essential for all Japanese and East Asian studies collections.ö - Library Journal, oThis reigning authority on Japanese character definitions is based on missionary-scholar Nelson's first 1962 edition of The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary . Essential for all Japanese and East Asian studies collections.o - Library Journal, "This reigning authority on Japanese character definitions is based on missionary-scholar Nelson's first 1962 edition of The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary . Essential for all Japanese and East Asian studies collections." -- Library Journal, This reigning authority on Japanese character definitions is based on missionary-scholar Nelson's first 1962 edition of The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary . Essential for all Japanese and East Asian studies collections. -- Library Journal

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal495.6/321

Synopsis"Unexcelled as a dictionary of basic Sino-Japanese characters. Extremely easy to use."--Japan Society This is the utmost classic and well regarded standard Japanese Kanji Dictionary available today. The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary is a complete revision of The Original Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary , published by Charles E. Tuttle Company in 1962. Long the foremost Japanese-English character dictionary, adopted by Japanese-study programs around the world and used at all levels of Japanese language study, the Nelson, as it is familiarly called, has been enhanced in this edition with several fundamental changes. The Universal Radical Index, an significant advance on the traditional character indices, has been created as a handy appendix that enables users to search for any main-entry character's reference number in Morohashi's Dai Kanwa Jiten . Over 1,200 characters have been added and more than 2,000 new on-kun entries included. Definitions have been modernized to reflect current usage and translation. This revised edition is updated with additional characters, contemporary definitions, and an innovative radical index system and sets new standards of excellence, easy-of-use, and reliability for Japanese language reference tools. This edition keeps pace with the evolution of the Japanese language and remains an indispensable tool for students and scholars of Japanese

LC Classification NumberPL679.H33 1997