Japanese-Chinese Abbreviation Dictionary

Author: Liu Xiaomin
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Publishing Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Abbreviations in various languages have their own characteristics. From a lexical perspective, Chinese primarily forms abbreviations by omitting certain characters from the original word, such as the term "European Union" being shortened to "EU" by omitting the characters "zhou" () and "lian" (). English, on the other hand, mainly combines the initial letters of words to create abbreviations, such as "EU" (European Union) being formed by combining the initial letters "E" and "U" from "European" and "Union." Japanese, due to its vocabulary including Kojaku (native Japanese words), Kanji (Chinese-origin words), Gairaigo (loanwords written in Katakana), and Romaji words, along with its strong word-formation ability, exhibits diverse methods of forming abbreviations. Abbreviations can express the full meaning of the original word with fewer characters, making them concise and economical, hence widely used. Considering this, the author began accumulating Japanese abbreviations in 1987 but only collected them sporadically. It was not until 1993 and 1994, when the author served as a visiting scholar at Ritsumeikan University and a foreign researcher at Nagoya University, that formal collection began using the libraries of these universities and the Kyoto Central Library. Due to the continuous emergence of new abbreviations, this book still includes some newly compiled abbreviations in its final stages of writing this year. Given the author's limited knowledge and expertise, errors and inaccuracies are inevitable. If readers can kindly point out any mistakes or shortcomings, the author would be deeply grateful. During the writing process of this book, the author received enthusiastic guidance and assistance from Professor Kiyomichi Nishiguchi of Ritsumeikan University, Professor Zhao Zhaoyan of Nagoya University, Associate Professor Iwahara Shinnichi of Kumamoto University, Associate Professor Chen Tongsheng of Kumamoto Gakuen University, as well as Mr. Zeng Renshou, former member of the Foreign Language Textbook Review Committee of the former State Education Commission of China, Professor Wang Muheng of the South Seas Research Institute at Xiamen University, Professor Li Guoliang, and Professor Zhao Wenliu. The author extends heartfelt gratitude to all of them. Additionally, sincere thanks are expressed to Mr. Lin Junhuang, General Manager of Taiwan's Daxin Book Company, and Mr. Takashi Takahashi, Editor-in-Chief, for their significant support in the publication of this book.