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Japanese English Dictionary 16th Ed. (Japanese Edition) by [Jean-Christian Imbeault]

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Japanese English Dictionary 16th Ed. (Japanese Edition) Kindle Edition

Japanese Edition by Jean-Christian Imbeault (Author, Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

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If you want to enable pop-up definitions of words while reading Japanese books on the Kindle, this is what you need!

The Kindle comes with the ability to lookup words, while you read, in any of the pre-configured language dictionaries. By purchasing this dictionary you will now be able to look-up word definitions, on the fly, when reading Japanese books.

This dictionary has:

Over 170,000 entries
More than 28,000 example sentences
Hiragana readings for all entries
Allows searching by kanji or hiragana/katakana
Can be set as a default Japanese dictionary, enabling automatic text look-up from within a Kindle book, as you read
Entries with cross-references include links for easy navigation within the dictionary
Words with antonyms contain a link to the corresponding dictionary entry
Dictionary entries with alternative 'spellings' (more than one possible writing in kanji or kana) can be found using any of the alternatives spellings
Loan words display the source word and language (over 2300 entries)
Includes regional/dialect expressions
Antonyms contain links to each other for easy navigation/lookup

Notes on usage with Kindle Paperwhite

Searching for words while reading a Japanese book will work as-is if you set this dictionary to be the default dictionary to use for Japanese books. To set this dictionary as the default got to Settings > Device Options > Language and Dictionaries > Dictionaries > Japanese and select this dictionary.

If you wish to use the Paperwhite's search box function (the magnifying glass icon) to search the dictionary outside of reading a book you must set your Kindle Paperwhite's language to be Japanese (Settings > Device Options > Language and Dictionaries > Language > Japanese). The search box (magnifying glass) is limited - it can only search dictionaries that are in the same source language as the currently set language.

Acknowledgements

This dictionary uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC dictionary files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and are used in conformance with the Group's licence. http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/edict.html

Warning

This Japanese to English dictionary works on the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle for iOS (iPad and iPhone). It will not work on the Kindle Fire nor on Kindle for Android. This due to a limitation Amazon has in the Kindle software for computers, android devices, Windows phones and Kindle Fire. Do not buy the dictionary if you intend to use it on these devices.

Print length

28400 pages
Language

Japanese
Publication date

March 1, 2014
File size

25682 KB
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Enhanced typesetting

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Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AKIUDAY
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 1, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese
File size ‏ : ‎ 25682 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 28400 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #1,008,237 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #48 in Language, Linguistics & Writing in Japanese
- #120 in Kindle Default Dictionaries
- #188 in Polyglot Dictionaries

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24 ratings

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brian wideman

Fails on some hiragana

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2020

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Another reviewer noted that this dictionary would not always find hiragana if the kanji was normally used. My primary Japanese study aid is the Bible. My Bible seems to limit kanji to the more common ones. The aim was apparently to make it accessible even to people with limited education. My bible uses つかう for 遣う. This dictionary fails on the lookup of the hiragana. I installed the Haeusermann dictionary, however, which found the hiragana.

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John

Japanese English Dictionary 13th Ed. [Kindle Edition]

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2014

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I really like this dictionary and have been using it a lot as a pop-up dictionary to help with reading Japanese e-books, and also as a study dictionary with an electronic look up interface. It has a familiar feel, possibly because it is based on the famous WWWJDIC Online Dictionary Service that I have been using for years prior to purchasing my new Kindle Paperwhite. The database is huge and contains most of the words I encounter in my reading and studies. It also has great example sentences showing the search term in context. Since this dictionary was built and optimized for the Kindle Paperwhite, it's easy to use and the entries are formatted in a comfortable easy to read and browse format. At first I was having some trouble with a book I was trying to read and author helped me to discover that the e-book I had purchased had not been set up as an actual Japanese book and so it would not search for the Japanese default dictionary! Once the bug in the e-book was fixed, the dictionary worked just like the default English dictionary that comes with the reader, as a very fast pop-up reference when words are highlighted. This dictionary will help me open up a whole world of Japanese reading on my comfortable and easy to read Kindle Paperwhite, that I formerly could only do sitting in front of my computer. Many thanks to the author for publishing this great dictionary and for outstanding customer service and attention.

3 people found this helpful

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number28

Does work as a inline popup dictionary on the Kindle Paperwhite

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2013

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Tested on a Kindle Paperwhite. I could set it as the default Japanese dictionary, and it worked in the inline popup dictionary function.

Pros: Since it is based on EDICT it has a decent number of entries, and it finds many idiomatic expressions (this is particularly nice).
Cons: It is a somewhat amateurish conversion, it has trouble finding words from Kana (unless the word is commonly written in Kana). EDICT is free in other (non-Kindle)formats, so 9.99 does not look exactly cheap.

I think it would not work as the sole JP dictionary for a beginner, because of the Kana problems, but it was pretty useful for me (intermediate to advanced learner, so most stuff I'm trying to read is mostly in Kanji) because of the idiomatic expressions.

Well, in the end, I can say it was worth the 10 bucks for me.

3 people found this helpful

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Chris M.

Great Dictionary

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2013

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I gave it 5 stars because the little I used it, it did exactly what I wanted and what I expected. The native dictionary in the Kindle for Japanese does not give the information I needed as a non-native Japanese speaker.

I was planning to use this in combination with the Japanese Harry Potter ebooks to help my Japanese reading abilities. Sadly I realized afterwards that due to the furigana in the ebooks I was getting confused and lost.

The dictionary did exactly what it needed to though.

2 people found this helpful

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Liz

Japanese - English dictionary

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2013

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Really good tool, extremely useful for me. It's a bit expensive but I tried the other alternatives and they don't even come close to being as good as this one.

Amazon should include this along with the other pre-loaded dictionaries on the Paperwhite.

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RoHa

Not perfect, but usable

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2013

I have been using this dictionary for some months now for reading Japanese books on the Paperwhite.

The good:
The number of entries is just massive. I found explanations for very special and rare words in Katakana. Also, longer expressions are there, which helps to understand more complex sentences. It is fast and convenient.

The bad:
Most of the Hiragana searches do not work, which is a big negative. To better understand how words or expressions are used in context, a proper dictionary in book form is still needed.

Conclusion:
This dictionary massively supports me in reading Japanese books. Nevertheless improvements are necessary.

6 people found this helpful

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Vin

Finally! A Japanese-English Kindle dictionary!

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2012

I have been waiting for this dictionary a long time. It is a great help to read japanese books and newspapers on the kindle - just the words I don't know. Helps to study and improve my Japanese, and much faster than looking up a word in a dictionary.

Now that Apple has removed the Japanese English dictionary from ios6, this is where to go!

Based on the famous edict, so it covers all vocabulary I have come across til now.

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Vashti

Works on the Kindle Keyboard, but not well

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2013

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Tried this on the Kindle Keyboard. It seems like a good dictionary, and it works - sometimes. But it won't browse to all words - if they're at the beginning of quote marks, or if they have furigana, or if the phase of the moon is wrong. Not the author's fault, just a limitation of the software - the K3 really wasn't designed with Japanese text in mind.

One person found this helpful

K. Hendriks

A nice and good helper for reading Japanese books

Reviewed in Germany on July 30, 2013

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Well, I have a lot of dictionaries at home. But if I want to read a Japanese story on the kindle, it is much more comfortable with this compilation. I first tried an android app that is based on the same data vocabulary/kanji, but it takes much more time searching the rigth kanji/word. So I find this Japanese-English Dictionary quite useful.

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Michel Guay

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on July 18, 2017

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Quite good, efficient, for a beginner at the most. A perfect and fast alternative to my book dictionary.

enrico scantamburlo

Better than nothing

Reviewed in Italy on April 23, 2013

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I usually read articles that I send from the Interned to my Kindle4. I have problems selecting the words, it does not work when there is a parenthesis, a comma or a full stop. Sometimes the word is not recognized at all. Verbs are not recognized if they are in the -sugiru form, like tabesugiru. I must admit that when it works it does a wonderful job, it has also examples of word usage. I hope the bugs I have listed will be fixed ASAP.

Carina

Works with iOS app and Kindle paperwhite BUT too expensive in comparison!

Reviewed in Japan on May 20, 2019

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This dictionary works well enough but I regret buying it. I also bought the "Japanese English Dictionary (English Edition) by Thomas McCarthy" which cost only 200￥ because I was curious to compare the two.

This dictionary cost 5 times more than the other one and I have not found a single entry yet that was better explained in this dictionary than in the other one. If I could return it, then I would since I will only be using the version from Thomas McCarthy from now on.

On the positive side, the dictionary works on my Kindle Paperwhite and on the Kindle iOS app. But I must admit that the dictionary lookup window on my iPhone is ridiculously small and hard to read. The experience is nicer on the Paperwhite.

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