Japanese-Chinese Dictionary

Author: Chen Tao
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Publish Date: 1995-06-01
Features: This dictionary extensively includes Japanese words currently in use, providing accurate and detailed definitions. In Japan's script reform, 1926 characters (including simplified characters) were recommended for limited use and designated as "common characters," with their specific fonts prescribed as the basis for Japanese educational use. The characters of headwords in this dictionary that are kanji are based on these prescribed fonts. The number of loanwords is rapidly increasing, a significant feature of modern Japanese. This dictionary widely collects loanwords from daily life and selects an appropriate number of specialized terms to meet needs. To adapt to the development of cultural and technological exchanges, this dictionary places particular emphasis on collecting new vocabulary in fields such as economics, trade, science and technology, history and geography, literature, and sports. This dictionary is a single-volume Japanese-Chinese comprehensive dictionary. It is a linguistic dictionary that also includes a small number of encyclopedic entries. For encyclopedic entries, it primarily adopts lexical definitions, avoiding extensive factual explanations. The selection and supplementation of entries in this dictionary are mainly based on the Kokugo Daijiten by the Shogakukan in Japan. The vocabulary is primarily modern Japanese, supplemented by some classical and archaic terms, as well as names of people, places, books, events, and current affairs. Including headwords and derived words, it contains approximately 140,000 entries.