Comments on: It’s not the dictionary, stupid!

By: TheArtofBreath

TheArtofBreath — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:19:46 +0000

I also wanted to add to my last post that I would prefer a dictionary with hand writing recognition.
Furthermore, it’s strange how so many of the e-dics I’ve looked at all come with like three different languages. Japanese-English-Russian or Japanese-German-English or something like that. I don’t know about anyone else but the extra language to me is kind of a waste as I don’t intend on a third language at this point.
Anyways, any finger pointed in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

By: TheArtofBreath

TheArtofBreath — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:33:35 +0000

Hello, I realize this is probably a very commonly asked (and sometimes bothersome) question, but my birthdays coming up in a few months and I’m therefore beginning my shopping for an electronic dictionary.
For anyone who owns a Canon Wordtank V90, is this a good dictionary for a native English speaker learning Japanese? I’ve read a few reviews on it and and it seems to me that it might be more geared towards a learner of Chinese, however, I’m not to certain.
Would anyone have any suggestions for a good E-dic thats both Bi and Monolingual for a native speaker of English?

Thanks in advance.

By: Potemayo

Potemayo — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:11:10 +0000

Wonderful site! I’ve just started my sentence ripping today, from Jim Breen’s WWWJDIC! ^_^

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By: james

james — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:54:19 +0000

Hello, I completely agree with this. I’m listening to the news as I type this and I just heard the sentence ゴールデンウィークの初日の二十八日関東地方は午後になって天気が急変した。I have never heard 急変　before but instantly I knew what it meant.
つまり、漢字能力とカツモトの文章方法の組合せのおかげで自然な日本語に一歩近付くことができた！
でも最近気になることは，カツモトの方法を日本の友人に説明したいけど完全に理解されないのかもしれない。だからカツモトは日本語で書いた簡単な説明を載せればどうでしょうか？

james

By: khatzumoto

khatzumoto — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:35:04 +0000

>Khatzumoto: would you consider it a crutch to have a dictionary that allows you to write in a kanji to look it up?

Definitely not, JDog. My dictionary (Canon Wordtank V90) has handwriting recognition. Of course it’s important to “know yer kanjis” in terms of the basic 2000 odd, but a good dictionary is always your friend, and of course there are always new kanji to learn.

By: JDog

JDog — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:15:47 +0000

Hey, there’s a great free dictionary called PADict for Palm. I have it on my Z22 and even though the Z22 has pretty bad resolution compared to its more pricey competitors, PADict is the only program I have found that displays kanji big enough to be able to read! Khatzumoto: would you consider it a crutch to have a dictionary that allows you to write in a kanji to look it up? You have to know the exact stroke order or it won’t work, but I think it’s really neat. It’s another great thing about this program. It also has little videos (some impressive programming in this thing) that show the correct stroke order for almost all the kanji in its database. And the whole thing is based off of Jim Breen’s WWWJDIC (I think that’s what it’s called), so it’s pretty comprehensive.