Simple Japanese Name and Place (Station) Pronunciation Dictionary

Author: Jian Peizhi
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is primarily aimed at Chinese readers and serves as a comprehensive reference tool to help solve the difficulties in mastering the Japanese pronunciation of Chinese characters for Japanese names (including surnames and given names) and place names (including place names and station names). The content of the dictionary is organized into two parts: Japanese names and geographical (station) names, with usage instructions provided at the beginning of each part. In the appendix, the dictionary includes a "List of the Top 40 Most Common Japanese Surnames with Examples" and "Examples of Surnames Outside the Top 40." The dictionary's geographical names are based on Japan's administrative divisions and include the names of 679 major cities across Japan. The pronunciation of Japanese geographical names in Chinese characters, except for the more regular kun'yomi and on'yomi readings, often lacks consistency, making it difficult for non-local residents to master. This book also includes major railway lines and station names, covering 154 JP (Japan Railways) main lines and 4,018 stations in regions such as Tokyo, Osaka, Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. Except for the annotations, which use Chinese characters, the rest of the dictionary employs standardized Japanese characters. To facilitate readers in searching for the Japanese pronunciation of Chinese characters for names and place names, the dictionary adopts a stroke-based retrieval method. However, due to differences in the writing forms of standardized Japanese characters compared to Chinese characters, the same character may appear with multiple stroke counts during retrieval. In such cases, readers can search for the character in adjacent stroke counts.