Pocket Japanese-Chinese Dictionary (Revised Edition 2002)

Author: Chen Dafu, edited by Ling Xingguang
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Publishing Date: 2003-07-01
Features: "Pocket Japanese-Chinese Dictionary" (Revised Edition) 2000 revised version, designed for junior high school Japanese beginners. Based on the first edition in 1972, it has been substantially revised, adding more common Japanese words and foreign loanwords. The dictionary contains over 2,300 entries, including more than 1,500 foreign loanwords. Each entry is marked with Japanese pitch accent symbols, and rare Chinese characters in example sentences are annotated with their pronunciation. At the end of the main text, there are conjugation tables for verbs, auxiliary verbs, adjectives, and adjectival verbs, as well as a Japanese kanji index.
The people of China and Japan have a history of friendly exchanges spanning over two thousand years. After the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries in September 1972, the friendly exchanges and technological and cultural exchanges between the Chinese and Japanese peoples have further developed. As a result, the need for Japanese dictionaries among Chinese self-learners of Japanese has become even more urgent. To meet this demand, we compiled this "Pocket Japanese-Chinese Dictionary" in a short period of time, hoping to contribute to the learning of Japanese.
This dictionary contains over 10,000 words, with more basic words generally accompanied by example sentences. The pronunciation of words is marked with pitch accents, and Japanese characters in example sentences are also annotated with hiragana to help beginners learn and master the correct pronunciation and usage of Japanese.
During the compilation and review process of this dictionary, we received assistance from Comrade Wang Shifeng, the Japanese Language Teaching and Research Office of Hebei University, some colleagues from the Foreign Languages Publishing House, and other individuals. We express our sincere gratitude to them. Due to the limitations of the compilers and the haste in completing the book, there are undoubtedly many shortcomings and errors in this work. We sincerely hope that Japanese self-learners, as well as teachers and students from universities and colleges, will provide valuable feedback to allow for further improvements.