Essential 10,000 Chinese-Japanese Words

Author: Chief Editor: Qin Lijun
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Publishing Date: 1999-11-01
Features: Preface
This dictionary is a practical, quick-find, and portable Sino-Japanese bilingual dictionary. In any language, there are some high-frequency words. As a Japanese professional, one must first master the Japanese translations of high-frequency Chinese words. China's Modern Chinese Frequency Dictionary published in the 1980s includes 8,000 modern Chinese high-frequency words. This dictionary is based on that work, removing words that are no longer in use or have low current frequency, while adding approximately 2,000 new commonly used words and economic, trade, and technology terms, totaling about 10,000 entries. Since the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, exchanges between the two countries have involved multiple fields and have been increasing. The bridging role of translation is well-known. However, for a Japanese professional just beginning to enter the field of translation, there are inevitably moments of embarrassment. This dictionary is designed with this in mind, providing common Japanese translations for 10,000 Chinese words for emergency reference in situations such as travel, hotels, public relations, marketing, and technology. How many words Chinese learners of Japanese should master and which ones? This is a question of great concern to both Japanese teachers and learners. Therefore, this dictionary can also serve as a reference and basis for Japanese teaching professionals, especially beginners in Japanese. The entries in this dictionary are arranged in the order of Pinyin, with Pinyin and Japanese translations or explanations listed after each entry. Japanese kanji are followed by phonetic hiragana in parentheses. At the end of the dictionary, there is a stroke order index for the head characters. Several "appendices" are also included to meet urgent translation needs. This dictionary has been reviewed in its entirety by Comrade Qin Lijun. Due to time and skill limitations, errors are inevitable, and we sincerely welcome your corrections.
Compiler, January 1998