The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary

by Andrew N. Nelson, John H. Haig (Primary Contributor)

"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 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 to 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 key changes.

-The Universal Radical Index, an important 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

Updated with additional characters, contemporary definitions, and an innovative radical index system, this revised editions 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

Genres: Japanese Literature, Reference, Dictionaries, Language, Japan, Linguistics

1616 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Andrew Nathaniel Nelson was born in Great Falls, Montana, in 1893. He received his B.A. from Walla Walla College and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. As a Seventh-Day Adventist missionary in Asia between 1918 and 1961, Dr. Nelson played a prominent role in the fields of education and language training. Throughout his life, Dr. Nelson remained devoted to the study of the Japanese language and the fundamentals of Chinese.

Reviews

[Arlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is by far the best Kanji Dictionary I've ever seen. Tremendous amount of information, stroke order, elements, you name it-it's in here! It has a heck of a learning curve-and it's good practice to use it looking kanji up by its basic element order. Expensive and worth it for true Japanese Language students!

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best and most concise Kanji dictionaries.

Still missing a few Kanji (words such as cretaceous), it's still more than adequate for a struggling Japanese student.

Works best with Shogakukan's English-Japanese and Japanese-English progressive line.

[Ashaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice

[Brandon]

good if your writing a

[Nay Chi]

Good