Latest Japanese-Chinese Bilingual Dictionary (Pocket Version): Pocket Version

Author: Yang Cuiren
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This dictionary introduces some new approaches. First, it only indicates the inflectional endings of adjectival verbs without labeling their parts of speech, to better grasp their conjugation patterns. Second, for adjectives and adjectival verbs, it specially lists their derivative forms after the definitions, allowing readers to infer more. The dictionary contains nearly 20,000 entries, all commonly used in daily life. It covers the vocabulary learned by Japanese major students over four years and particularly includes words needed for the Japanese Proficiency Test Level 1 or above. Due to its compact size, to save space, information beyond definitions is omitted. Definitions are limited to the most common meanings, with Japanese translations kept concise and easy to understand for reader comprehension. Chinese translations are as accurate as possible to the original meaning. In this dictionary, some new attempts have been made. First, it only indicates the inflectional endings of adjectival verbs without labeling their parts of speech, to better master their conjugation changes. Second, for adjectives and adjectival verbs, it specially lists their derivative forms after the definitions, allowing readers to generalize.