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Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary

April 12, 2024

First published in 1918, Kenkyusha’s New Japanese-English Dictionary (新和英大辞典, Shin wa-ei daijiten) has long been the largest and most authoritative Japanese-English dictionary.[citation needed] Translators, scholars, and specialists who use the Japanese language affectionately refer to this dictionary as the Green Goddess or GG because of its distinctive dark-green cover.[1]

The Kenkyūsha New Japanese-English Dictionary 5th Edition with leather back and the iPhone Edition running on an iPhone 5.

The fifth edition, published in 2003, is a volume with almost 3,000 pages; it contains about 480,000 entries (including 130,000 Japanese headwords, 100,000 compound words, and 250,000 example phrases and sentences), nearly all of which are accompanied by English translations. The editors in chief of the fifth edition are Toshiro Watanabe, Edmund R. Skrzypczak, and Paul Snowden.

Besides the print edition, the dictionary is also available on CD-ROM (EPWING format), online, and in electronic dictionary and iPhone versions. Electronic dictionaries that contain the fifth edition are generally flagship models. They include the Canon Wordtank G70,[2] the Seiko SR-E10000 (the first electronic dictionary with GG) and SR-G10000, and the Casio "University Student" series (XD-D9800 in 2012)[note 1] and "Professional" series (XD-D10000 in 2012).[note 2][3] The Sharp PW-SB2, PW-SB3, PW-SB4 and PW-SB5 models also contain the full Kenkyusha dictionary. For both Casio and Sharp at least, the dictionary is also available on an SD or micro SD card that can be purchased separately for certain models.

There is also a companion English-Japanese dictionary, currently in its 6th edition, which contains 260,000 headwords.

History edit

In 1918, the publication of the first edition of Kenkyusha’s New Japanese–English Dictionary, Takenobu's Japanese–English Dictionary (武信和英大辞典, Takenobu wa-ei daijiten), named after the editor-in-chief, Takenobu Yoshitarō (武信 由太郎), was a landmark event in the field of lexicography in Japan. Completed in under five years with the assistance and support of leading scholars in the field, and published when Kenkyūsha (研究社) was still a minor academic publishing company, the Takenobu was the most authoritative Japanese–English dictionary of the time, and cemented Kenkyūsha's reputation in the field of academic publishing.

In 1931, Kenkyūsha undertook a major revision in the dictionary by expanding upon former entries and adding newer ones. The British diplomat George Sansom, who later became a renowned historian of Japan, was a major contributor and editor of this edition. Aside from the ever-evolving nature of the Japanese and English languages, competition from two other major dictionaries released in the 1920s – Takehara's Japanese–English Dictionary and Saitō's Japanese–English Dictionary, both of which were larger than the first edition of Kenkyūsha's – was probably a major driving force behind these revisions (although new editions of these dictionaries were never released, allowing Kenkyūsha's to assert and maintain its dominance among Japanese–English dictionaries). From this second edition onward, the dictionary became known as Kenkyusha’s New Japanese–English Dictionary. During World War II, reputable institutions in the United States and Great Britain, including Harvard University's Department of Far Eastern Languages, produced pirated versions of this dictionary for the war effort.[4]

Because of the Pacific War, Kenkyūsha did not revise the dictionary for almost 20 years until 1949, when it decided to incorporate the many new borrowings from English that resulted from the American occupation of Japan. After five years of revision, Kenkyūsha published its third edition in 1954. Beginning with this edition and continuing through the 1974 fourth edition, the editors attempted to make the dictionary into a more scholarly work by citing English language expressions from English texts, particularly from literature; this, however, resulted in clumsy, artificial-sounding Japanese and English. The editors abandoned this practice for the fifth edition, which has entries that sound more natural to both native-Japanese and native-English speakers.

Publications edit

  • 1st Edition (1918)
  • 2nd Edition (1931)
    • 82nd impression (1939-??-??)
    • 91st impression (1941-??-??)
    • Harvard University Press edition (Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary American Edition): A photolithographic reprint of the 82nd printing of the Japanese dictionary, with enlarged print size.
      • ?th impression (1942)
  • 3rd Edition (1954). Headlines sorted by Romanized alphabet. The romanization system published in this edition is often considered authoritative for fixing the Modified Hepburn, also known as Revised Hepburn romanization.
  • 4th Edition (Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary/新和英大辞典　第四版) (1974): Includes 80000 headwords, 100000 compound words and sentences, 50000 examples. Headlines sorted by Romanized alphabet. The romanization system is the same than the one in the previous edition (1954).
    • ISBN 0-7859-71289/ISBN 978-0-7859-7128-3
      • 1st impression (1974)
      • 4th impression (1978)
      • ?th impression (2003-01-01)
  • 5th Edition (Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary/新和英大辞典　第五版) (2003-07): Includes 130000 headwords, 100000 compound words, 250000 examples. Headlines sorted by kana.
  • Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary PLUS (新和英大辞典・プラス) (2008-07): A supplement book for the 5th edition of the printed dictionary, which adds 40000 entries including colloquial terms from Kenkyusha's CD-ROM dictionary and Kenkyusha Online Dictionary.
  • 6th Edition (Kenkyusha's New English-Japanese Dictionary/新英和大辞典　第六版) (2002-03): Includes 260000 entries.
  • Kenkyusha's Bilingual Dictionary of Japanese Cultural Terms (和英 日本文化表現辞典) (2007-03): Includes 3500 headwords and compound words. Consists of revised entries about Japanese-specific culture, customs, seasonal events, food, modern terms from Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary.
  • Kenkyusha's FURIGANA English-Japanese Dictionary (研究社 ふりがな英和辞典): Includes kana readings for Japanese entries.
    • ?th impression (1990-??-??)
  • Kenkyusha's FURIGANA English-Japanese Dictionary Revised & Enlarged (研究社 ふりがな英和辞典 改訂増補版) (ISBN 978-4-7674-1173-6　C0582):
    • ?th impression (2008-07-??)

Learner's dictionaries edit

  • The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Dictionary (日英辞典) (ISBN 978-4-7674-2300-5　C0582): Includes 10000 entries.
    • ?th impression (1992-07-??)

Learner's Pocket dictionaries edit

  • The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary (研究社 日英ポケット辞典) (ISBN 978-4-7674-2305-0　C0582):
    • ?th impression (1993-07-??)
  • The Kenkyusha English-Japanese Learner's Pocket Dictionary (研究社 英日ポケット辞典) (ISBN 978-4-7674-2310-4　C0582): Includes 7000 Japanese terms.
    • ?th impression (1996-07-??)
  • The Kenkyusha Kenkyusha English-Japanese Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary (研究社 英日・日英ポケット辞典) (ISBN 978-4-7674-2315-9　C0582): Includes both English-Japanese and Japanese-English pocket dictionaries.
    • ?th impression (1996-07-??)
  • Pocket Kenkyusha Japanese Dictionary (ISBN 978-0-198-60748-9): A version published by Oxford University Press. Includes 45,000 words and phrases, 64,000 translations.
    • ?th impression (2007-03-09)

By LogoVista Corporation edit

  • Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary
    • 5th edition
      • iOS version (新英和大辞典第5版)[5]
        • Version 1.0.1 (iOS 3.0)
        • Version 1.1 (iOS 4.3)
        • Version 2.0 (iOS 4.3-7)
        • Version 2.1
        • Version 2.1.1
        • Version 2.1.2
        • Version 3.0 (iOS 6-8)
        • Version 3.1 (iOS 6-9)
        • Version 3.1.1
        • Version 3.1.2
  • Kenkyusha's New English-Japanese Dictionary and Japanese-English Dictionary
    • English-Japanese Dictionary 7th edition and Japanese-English Dictionary 5th edition
      • iOS version (研究社新英和（第７版）和英（第５版）中辞典 音声付き)[6]
        • Version 2.0.1 (2009-07-07, iOS 3.0 and later)
        • Version 2.0.2 (2009-09-02)
        • Version 2.0.3 (2009-11-02)
        • Version 3.0 (2010-09-08)
        • Version 3.0.1 (2010-09-18)
        • Version 3.0.2 (2010-10-05)
        • Version 3.0.3 (2010-11-15, iOS 4.2)
        • Version 3.1 (2011-04-15)
        • Version 3.1.1 (2011-10-19, iOS 5)
        • Version 3.1.2 (2012-05-03, iOS 5)
        • Version 3.1.3 (2012-05-23, iOS 5)
        • Version 3.2 (2013-09-17, iOS 4.3-7)
        • Version 3.2.1 (2013-09-18)
        • Version 3.2.2 (2013-10-05)
        • Version 4.0 (2014-10-05, iOS 8)
        • Version 4.0.1 (2014-10-13)
        • Version 4.0.2 (2014-12-05)
        • Version 4.1 (2015-03-16)
        • Version 4.1.1 (2015-06-15, iOS 8.3)
        • Version 4.2 (2016-01-15, iOS 9)
        • Version 4.2.1 (2016-01-26)
        • Version 4.2.2 (2016-02-29)
        • Version 4.2.3 (2016-03-21)
        • Version 4.2.4 (2017-05-16)
        • Version 4.2.5 (2017-05-18)
  • The Kenkyusha Dictionary of English Collocations
    • 1st edition
      • iOS version (新編英和活用大辞典)[7]
        • Version 1.0 (2009-05-08, iOS 3.2-5)
        • Version 1.1 ()
        • Version 1.1.1 ()
        • Version 2.0 (2013-11-04, iOS 4.3-7)
        • Version 2.0.1 (2014-09-25)
        • Version 3.0 (2014-10-05, iOS 6-8)
        • Version 3.0.1 (2014-10-13)
        • Version 3.1 (2015-03-27)
        • Version 3.1.1 (2015-05-20, iOS 6–8.3)
        • Version 3.2 (2015-12-18, iOS 6-9)
        • Version 3.2.1 (2016-03-11)
  • The Kenkyusha English dictionary set: Includes English-Japanese dictionary 6th edition, Japanese-English dictionary 5th edition, English Collocations.
    • iOS version (研究社英語大辞典セット)[8]
      • Version 1.0 (2016-05-12, iOS 8.1)

Features edit

Compared to the 1974 fourth edition, the fifth edition represents a dramatic increase in the number of definitions (from roughly 290,000 terms to 480,000 terms). Furthermore, the organization of the words has changed from an alphabetical romaji-style system (「ローマ字見出し」方式) to the kana-based system (「かな見出し」方式) that is most commonly used in Japanese dictionaries and encyclopedias. This change reflects the fact that most users of the dictionary are native speakers of Japanese, who are more comfortable with the kana-based lookup system.

Other new features are:

  • Larger numbers of katakana words and onomatopoeia words (e.g. ペラペラ perapera, ニコニコ nikoniko)
  • More colloquial slang and pop culture words (a new definition: オブラデ・オブラダ　「曲名」 Ob-LA-Di Ob-La-Da)
  • More specialized scientific and technological words (especially related to the recent Internet boom)
  • More names of famous people, places, works of art, works of literature, etc.
  • English translations that are more up-to-date and idiomatic, reflecting the greater participation of native English-speaking editors in the editorial process than for previous editions

The definitions themselves are also more expansive and detailed, as they often now include sample sentences.

  • For example, under the definition for オフ・シーズン (off-season), a katakana word borrowed from English:
    • オフ・シーズンにはそのホテルはぐっと安くなる。 The off-season rates are much lower at that hotel.

Furthermore, there are also accompanying pictures and diagrams for words such as 馬 (horse) and サッカー (soccer).

At the end of the dictionary, there are some useful resources such as the entire Japanese Constitution; a chronological list of dates in Japanese history dating all the way back to the Stone Age; a chronological list of dates in world history dating all the way back to the early civilizations that developed in Mesopotamia, the Nile valley, the Indus valley, and the Yellow River valley; charts on the proper formats of notices, envelopes, application letters, resumes, etc.; a section on email lingo and abbreviations; a section on the proper format of business cards; a section the proper format of help-wanted ads; a section on Japanese government titles; a section on American government titles; a chart on pronouncing Japanese kanji in Chinese; charts on the hierarchical organization of the Self-Defense Forces, the old Japanese military, the American military, and the English military; a chart on the names of all the countries in the world (along with currencies and measurement systems); and finally, a conversion chart between U.S. systems of measurement and the metric system.

The online version of the dictionary, available for a fee, is being updated on a monthly basis with new words and expanded entries.

Notes edit

Explanatory footnotes edit

  1. ^ Casio model numbers change every year; models in the same "University Student" line, which contained the Kenkyūsha, are XD-GP9600 (2007), XD-GP9700 (2008), XD-GF9800 (2009), XD-A9800 (2010), XD-B9800 (2011), and XD-D9800 (2012).
  2. ^ Casio model numbers change every year; models in the same "Professional" line, which contained the Kenkyūsha, are XD-GF10000 (2009), XD-A10000 (2010), XD-B10000 (2011), and XD-D100000.

Citations edit

  1. ^ Japan Times
  2. ^ Canon Wordtank G70 Review (with SR-E10000 comparison), Dec 17th, 2005
  3. ^ Casio releases 2010 line of Japanese Dictionaries, Jan 19th, 2010
  4. ^ Gally, Tom (21 February 2004). "Lexical Leavings 128". Lexical Leavings. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  5. ^ "新和英大辞典第5版". www.logovista.co.jp.
  6. ^ "研究社新英和(第7版)和英(第5版)中辞典音声付き". www.logovista.co.jp.
  7. ^ "新編英和活用大辞典". www.logovista.co.jp.
  8. ^ "研究社英語大辞典セット". www.logovista.co.jp.

General references edit

  • Koh Masuda, editor, Kenkyusha’s New Japanese–English Dictionary, fourth edition (Tokyo: Kenkyūsha, 1974).
  • Watanabe Toshirō (渡邊敏郎), Edmund R. Skrzypczak, and Paul Snowden, editors, Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary (新和英大辞典), fifth edition (Tokyo: Kenkyusha, 2003).

External links edit

  • Kenkyusha Online Dictionary
  • Kenkyusha pages: KNJED 5th edition softcover, KNJED 5th edition hardcover, KNJEDP, KBDOJCT, KNEJD 6th edition softcover, KNEJD 6th edition hardcover, KFEJDR&E, TKJELD, TKJELPD, TKEJLPD, TKEJJELPD
  • Oxford University Press pages: Pocket Kenkyusha Japanese Dictionary
  • Lexical Leavings: Random Notes of a Freelance Lexicographer – the website of Tom Gally, a contributor to the dictionary

Reviews edit

  • by one of the editors of the fifth edition

April 12, 2024
kenkyusha, japanese, english, dictionary, first, published, 1918, kenkyusha, japanese, english, dictionary, 新和英大辞典, shin, daijiten, long, been, largest, most, authoritative, japanese, english, dictionary, citation, needed, translators, scholars, specialists, j. First published in 1918 Kenkyusha s New Japanese English Dictionary 新和英大辞典 Shin wa ei daijiten has long been the largest and most authoritative Japanese English dictionary citation needed Translators scholars and specialists who use the Japanese language affectionately refer to this dictionary as the Green Goddess or GG because of its distinctive dark green cover 1 The Kenkyusha New Japanese English Dictionary 5th Edition with leather back and the iPhone Edition running on an iPhone 5 The fifth edition published in 2003 is a volume with almost 3 000 pages it contains about 480 000 entries including 130 000 Japanese headwords 100 000 compound words and 250 000 example phrases and sentences nearly all of which are accompanied by English translations The editors in chief of the fifth edition are Toshiro Watanabe Edmund R Skrzypczak and Paul Snowden Besides the print edition the dictionary is also available on CD ROM EPWING format online and in electronic dictionary and iPhone versions Electronic dictionaries that contain the fifth edition are generally flagship models They include the Canon Wordtank G70 2 the Seiko SR E10000 the first electronic dictionary with GG and SR G10000 and the Casio University Student series XD D9800 in 2012 note 1 and Professional series XD D10000 in 2012 note 2 3 The Sharp PW SB2 PW SB3 PW SB4 and PW SB5 models also contain the full Kenkyusha dictionary For both Casio and Sharp at least the dictionary is also available on an SD or micro SD card that can be purchased separately for certain models There is also a companion English Japanese dictionary currently in its 6th edition which contains 260 000 headwords Contents 1 History 2 Publications 2 1 Learner s dictionaries 2 2 Learner s Pocket dictionaries 2 3 By LogoVista Corporation 3 Features 4 Notes 4 1 Explanatory footnotes 4 2 Citations 5 General references 6 External links 6 1 ReviewsHistory editIn 1918 the publication of the first edition of Kenkyusha s New Japanese English Dictionary Takenobu s Japanese English Dictionary 武信和英大辞典 Takenobu wa ei daijiten named after the editor in chief Takenobu Yoshitarō 武信 由太郎 was a landmark event in the field of lexicography in Japan Completed in under five years with the assistance and support of leading scholars in the field and published when Kenkyusha 研究社 was still a minor academic publishing company the Takenobu was the most authoritative Japanese English dictionary of the time and cemented Kenkyusha s reputation in the field of academic publishing In 1931 Kenkyusha undertook a major revision in the dictionary by expanding upon former entries and adding newer ones The British diplomat George Sansom who later became a renowned historian of Japan was a major contributor and editor of this edition Aside from the ever evolving nature of the Japanese and English languages competition from two other major dictionaries released in the 1920s Takehara s Japanese English Dictionary and Saitō s Japanese English Dictionary both of which were larger than the first edition of Kenkyusha s was probably a major driving force behind these revisions although new editions of these dictionaries were never released allowing Kenkyusha s to assert and maintain its dominance among Japanese English dictionaries From this second edition onward the dictionary became known as Kenkyusha s New Japanese English Dictionary During World War II reputable institutions in the United States and Great Britain including Harvard University s Department of Far Eastern Languages produced pirated versions of this dictionary for the war effort 4 Because of the Pacific War Kenkyusha did not revise the dictionary for almost 20 years until 1949 when it decided to incorporate the many new borrowings from English that resulted from the American occupation of Japan After five years of revision Kenkyusha published its third edition in 1954 Beginning with this edition and continuing through the 1974 fourth edition the editors attempted to make the dictionary into a more scholarly work by citing English language expressions from English texts particularly from literature this however resulted in clumsy artificial sounding Japanese and English The editors abandoned this practice for the fifth edition which has entries that sound more natural to both native Japanese and native English speakers Publications edit1st Edition 1918 2nd Edition 1931 82nd impression 1939 91st impression 1941 Harvard University Press edition Kenkyusha s New Japanese English Dictionary American Edition A photolithographic reprint of the 82nd printing of the Japanese dictionary with enlarged print size th impression 1942 3rd Edition 1954 Headlines sorted by Romanized alphabet The romanization system published in this edition is often considered authoritative for fixing the Modified Hepburn also known as Revised Hepburn romanization 4th Edition Kenkyusha s New Japanese English Dictionary 新和英大辞典 第四版 1974 Includes 80000 headwords 100000 compound words and sentences 50000 examples Headlines sorted by Romanized alphabet The romanization system is the same than the one in the previous edition 1954 ISBN 0 7859 71289 ISBN 978 0 7859 7128 3 1st impression 1974 4th impression 1978 th impression 2003 01 01 5th Edition Kenkyusha s New Japanese English Dictionary 新和英大辞典 第五版 2003 07 Includes 130000 headwords 100000 compound words 250000 examples Headlines sorted by kana ISBN 978 4 7674 2026 4 C7582 hardcover ISBN 978 4 7674 2016 5 C7582 leather bound Kenkyusha s New Japanese English Dictionary PLUS 新和英大辞典 プラス 2008 07 A supplement book for the 5th edition of the printed dictionary which adds 40000 entries including colloquial terms from Kenkyusha s CD ROM dictionary and Kenkyusha Online Dictionary ISBN 978 4 7674 2027 1 C0582 includes Kenkyusha Online Dictionary 90 day free access CD ROM 6th Edition Kenkyusha s New English Japanese Dictionary 新英和大辞典 第六版 2002 03 Includes 260000 entries ISBN 978 4 7674 1026 5 C0582 softcover ISBN 978 4 7674 1016 6 C0582 hardcover Kenkyusha s Bilingual Dictionary of Japanese Cultural Terms 和英 日本文化表現辞典 2007 03 Includes 3500 headwords and compound words Consists of revised entries about Japanese specific culture customs seasonal events food modern terms from Kenkyusha s New Japanese English Dictionary ISBN 978 4 7674 9053 3 C0582 Kenkyusha s FURIGANA English Japanese Dictionary 研究社 ふりがな英和辞典 Includes kana readings for Japanese entries th impression 1990 Kenkyusha s FURIGANA English Japanese Dictionary Revised amp Enlarged 研究社 ふりがな英和辞典 改訂増補版 ISBN 978 4 7674 1173 6 C0582 th impression 2008 07 Learner s dictionaries edit The Kenkyusha Japanese English Learner s Dictionary 日英辞典 ISBN 978 4 7674 2300 5 C0582 Includes 10000 entries th impression 1992 07 Learner s Pocket dictionaries edit The Kenkyusha Japanese English Learner s Pocket Dictionary 研究社 日英ポケット辞典 ISBN 978 4 7674 2305 0 C0582 th impression 1993 07 The Kenkyusha English Japanese Learner s Pocket Dictionary 研究社 英日ポケット辞典 ISBN 978 4 7674 2310 4 C0582 Includes 7000 Japanese terms th impression 1996 07 The Kenkyusha Kenkyusha English Japanese Japanese English Learner s Pocket Dictionary 研究社 英日 日英ポケット辞典 ISBN 978 4 7674 2315 9 C0582 Includes both English Japanese and Japanese English pocket dictionaries th impression 1996 07 Pocket Kenkyusha Japanese Dictionary ISBN 978 0 198 60748 9 A version published by Oxford University Press Includes 45 000 words and phrases 64 000 translations th impression 2007 03 09 By LogoVista Corporation edit Kenkyusha s New Japanese English Dictionary 5th edition iOS version 新英和大辞典第5版 5 Version 1 0 1 iOS 3 0 Version 1 1 iOS 4 3 Version 2 0 iOS 4 3 7 Version 2 1 Version 2 1 1 Version 2 1 2 Version 3 0 iOS 6 8 Version 3 1 iOS 6 9 Version 3 1 1 Version 3 1 2 Kenkyusha s New English Japanese Dictionary and Japanese English Dictionary English Japanese Dictionary 7th edition and Japanese English Dictionary 5th edition iOS version 研究社新英和 第７版 和英 第５版 中辞典 音声付き 6 Version 2 0 1 2009 07 07 iOS 3 0 and later Version 2 0 2 2009 09 02 Version 2 0 3 2009 11 02 Version 3 0 2010 09 08 Version 3 0 1 2010 09 18 Version 3 0 2 2010 10 05 Version 3 0 3 2010 11 15 iOS 4 2 Version 3 1 2011 04 15 Version 3 1 1 2011 10 19 iOS 5 Version 3 1 2 2012 05 03 iOS 5 Version 3 1 3 2012 05 23 iOS 5 Version 3 2 2013 09 17 iOS 4 3 7 Version 3 2 1 2013 09 18 Version 3 2 2 2013 10 05 Version 4 0 2014 10 05 iOS 8 Version 4 0 1 2014 10 13 Version 4 0 2 2014 12 05 Version 4 1 2015 03 16 Version 4 1 1 2015 06 15 iOS 8 3 Version 4 2 2016 01 15 iOS 9 Version 4 2 1 2016 01 26 Version 4 2 2 2016 02 29 Version 4 2 3 2016 03 21 Version 4 2 4 2017 05 16 Version 4 2 5 2017 05 18 The Kenkyusha Dictionary of English Collocations 1st edition iOS version 新編英和活用大辞典 7 Version 1 0 2009 05 08 iOS 3 2 5 Version 1 1 Version 1 1 1 Version 2 0 2013 11 04 iOS 4 3 7 Version 2 0 1 2014 09 25 Version 3 0 2014 10 05 iOS 6 8 Version 3 0 1 2014 10 13 Version 3 1 2015 03 27 Version 3 1 1 2015 05 20 iOS 6 8 3 Version 3 2 2015 12 18 iOS 6 9 Version 3 2 1 2016 03 11 The Kenkyusha English dictionary set Includes English Japanese dictionary 6th edition Japanese English dictionary 5th edition English Collocations iOS version 研究社英語大辞典セット 8 Version 1 0 2016 05 12 iOS 8 1 Features editCompared to the 1974 fourth edition the fifth edition represents a dramatic increase in the number of definitions from roughly 290 000 terms to 480 000 terms Furthermore the organization of the words has changed from an alphabetical romaji style system ローマ字見出し 方式 to the kana based system かな見出し 方式 that is most commonly used in Japanese dictionaries and encyclopedias This change reflects the fact that most users of the dictionary are native speakers of Japanese who are more comfortable with the kana based lookup system Other new features are Larger numbers of katakana words and onomatopoeia words e g ペラペラ perapera ニコニコ nikoniko More colloquial slang and pop culture words a new definition オブラデ オブラダ 曲名 Ob LA Di Ob La Da More specialized scientific and technological words especially related to the recent Internet boom More names of famous people places works of art works of literature etc English translations that are more up to date and idiomatic reflecting the greater participation of native English speaking editors in the editorial process than for previous editionsThe definitions themselves are also more expansive and detailed as they often now include sample sentences For example under the definition for オフ シーズン off season a katakana word borrowed from English オフ シーズンにはそのホテルはぐっと安くなる The off season rates are much lower at that hotel Furthermore there are also accompanying pictures and diagrams for words such as 馬 horse and サッカー soccer At the end of the dictionary there are some useful resources such as the entire Japanese Constitution a chronological list of dates in Japanese history dating all the way back to the Stone Age a chronological list of dates in world history dating all the way back to the early civilizations that developed in Mesopotamia the Nile valley the Indus valley and the Yellow River valley charts on the proper formats of notices envelopes application letters resumes etc a section on email lingo and abbreviations a section on the proper format of business cards a section the proper format of help wanted ads a section on Japanese government titles a section on American government titles a chart on pronouncing Japanese kanji in Chinese charts on the hierarchical organization of the Self Defense Forces the old Japanese military the American military and the English military a chart on the names of all the countries in the world along with currencies and measurement systems and finally a conversion chart between U S systems of measurement and the metric system The online version of the dictionary available for a fee is being updated on a monthly basis with new words and expanded entries Notes editExplanatory footnotes edit Casio model numbers change every year models in the same University Student line which contained the Kenkyusha are XD GP9600 2007 XD GP9700 2008 XD GF9800 2009 XD A9800 2010 XD B9800 2011 and XD D9800 2012 Casio model numbers change every year models in the same Professional line which contained the Kenkyusha are XD GF10000 2009 XD A10000 2010 XD B10000 2011 and XD D100000 Citations edit Japan Times Canon Wordtank G70 Review with SR E10000 comparison Dec 17th 2005 Casio releases 2010 line of Japanese Dictionaries Jan 19th 2010 Gally Tom 21 February 2004 Lexical Leavings 128 Lexical Leavings Retrieved 27 December 2011 新和英大辞典第5版 www logovista co jp 研究社新英和 第7版 和英 第5版 中辞典音声付き www logovista co jp 新編英和活用大辞典 www logovista co jp 研究社英語大辞典セット www logovista co jp General references editKoh Masuda editor Kenkyusha s New Japanese English Dictionary fourth edition Tokyo Kenkyusha 1974 Watanabe Toshirō 渡邊敏郎 Edmund R Skrzypczak and Paul Snowden editors Kenkyusha s New Japanese English Dictionary 新和英大辞典 fifth edition Tokyo Kenkyusha 2003 External links editKenkyusha Online Dictionary Kenkyusha pages KNJED 5th edition softcover KNJED 5th edition hardcover KNJEDP KBDOJCT KNEJD 6th edition softcover KNEJD 6th edition hardcover KFEJDR amp E TKJELD TKJELPD TKEJLPD TKEJJELPD Oxford University Press pages Pocket Kenkyusha Japanese Dictionary Lexical Leavings Random Notes of a Freelance Lexicographer the website of Tom Gally a contributor to the dictionaryReviews edit Remarks by one of the editors of the fifth edition Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kenkyusha 27s New Japanese English Dictionary amp oldid 1212018471, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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