Book by Andrew Nelson
The Modern Reader's Japanese–English Character Dictionary ![]() |
| Author | Andrew N. Nelson |
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| Language | English–Japanese |
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| Subject | Japanese–English character dictionary |
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| Publisher | C. E. Tuttle Co. |
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Publication date | 1962 |
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| Publication place | Japan, United States of America |
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| Media type | Print |
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| Pages | 1048 |
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| Awards | 1969 Prize for the Society for the Promotion of International Cultural Relations (Kokusai Bunka Shinkōkai)[1] |
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| LC Class | PL679 .N4[2] |
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The Modern Reader's Japanese–English Character Dictionary (最新漢英辞典, Saishin Kan-Ei jiten) is a kanji dictionary published with English speakers in mind. Although a revised edition by John H. Haig, The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary, was published in 1997, it is still in print, now under the title The Original Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary – Classic Edition[1]
The dictionary contains about 5,000 entries, listing characters with their on and kun readings, compounds and English definitions. The entries are arranged by a system devised by the author as an extension of the traditional radical system.
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