Newly Compiled Japanese Loanword Dictionary

Author: Zhang Zuoyi
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: The main features of this book are:
1. New vocabulary. This dictionary references more than 20 newly published foreign word dictionaries in Japan, selecting nearly 30,000 high-frequency and relatively stable words used in recent years. During the compilation process, the authors continuously worked to collect about 10,000 newly emerging words from Japanese television and newspapers, resulting in a total of approximately 43,000 entries.
2. New definitions. Although many foreign words have been incorporated into the Japanese vocabulary for a long time, changes in the times have given them new meanings beyond their original ones. The authors paid particular attention to explaining these words during the compilation process.
3. Suitable for readers of all levels. While primarily focused on collecting new words, the authors also included more than 12,000 commonly used vocabulary entries to meet the needs of general learners.
4. Broad coverage of fields. The vocabulary in this book spans various fields, including politics, economics, society, military, news, science and technology, sports, music, film, television, drama, medical care, and fashion, making it a comprehensive foreign word dictionary.
5. Appendices at the end of the book include newly emerging abbreviations in Japanese and major world names and places to facilitate readers.