Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary

It's very useful book Needy

Got it today and happy to see its collection of words. Romaji helps a lot to understand the pronunciation correctly without much knowledge of kanji.

Great for Language Learners

Book is very useful. Deducted one star because it has yellowish pages, looks very old, because old papers have lesser endurance than the new ones.

Slight apprehension need about pronunciation.

Goodness it's a lovely and definitely must have dictionary for Japanese learning people i loved it very much though the page quality could be better they are a bit brittle needs to handled carefully.

The book is excellent. Word selection is very handy. It is both; E to J and J to E. The entries are given in English, kana and romaji. So that one understands and pronounce it easily, I loved it. The 3 stars are for bad page quality and perfect paperback binding. They could have simply used better pages and charge 50 ₹ more. Dictionary is not something to be used once or twice and kept on self, it is to be used regularly and for years to come. The publishers must remember this.

Great dictionary at cheap price

Granted the book is a bit dated, so you won't find many Internet related terms (or even the word "Internet" itself) -- but I still give it 5 Stars and seriously suggest you give it a consideration rather than just skipping it because it's not super current... I have multiple Japanese dictionaries, of various sizes. Most are either Japanese To English, or they're English-To-Japanese -- but it's a pain carrying around 2 different and separate dictionaries. I do have a couple of really tiny "travel" dictionaries which contain both Japanese & English sections, but I'm in my mid 60's and my eyesight can barely see it (I have to carry a magnifier with me just to barely read the small print text) -- even when I was younger, the print is so small it would have been frustrating (and the vocabulary they hold are very minimal and lacking). Even though this publication was old, the price was so low that I figured I may as well give it a try (since I saw it was the size of a normal paperback book, which would hopefully mean easier print size to be able to read). It arrived fairly quickly, and I was glad to see it was indeed the size of a normal paperback book [first thing I did even before reading it was to see it it would fit easily in the inside pocket of my jean jacket, and it did. It's a decent size content size as well [1" thick], so it seemed to have far more available word translations and examples or meanings than the tiny 'Travel' dictionaries I had. The paper is more towards the older newsprint style paper rather than smooth white, but the text is very easy to see and read. The Japanese-To-English is in Romaji (romanization of Japanese Kana), so it would help if you know a little Hiragana and Katakana [so you can easily see how to spell the word you want to look up]. It also includes some English word mean variances (n., adj, etc.) and meanings -- as well as the Japanese Kana writing of the word The English-To-Japanese [which is in the 2nd half of the book] has a pretty decent coverage, including multiple Japanese word options depending on the desired meaning, usage, and context -- and is in Romaji [so you can roughly know how to approximately pronounce the words even if you don't know any Japanese Kana characters or lettering at all], as well as full Japanese Kana [Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji] which might make it easier if you need to point to the word you're trying to say. So why Five Stars for such an older book? Excellent Travel Size - fits in case, purse, or pocket (just the way pocket paperbacks were originally designed to do) easily -- and even with old eyes it's easier to see and read than the microscopic and frustrating mini Travel books Doesn't have more modern words and terms, but it does contain a fairly extensive word variety & vocabulary depth English letter Romaji (for those with zero Japanese), as well as Japanese Kana Pretty decent variety for contextual selection of words (translating English into Japanese) and short examples. Price -- considering how expensive language books can be, this edition has stayed at old school type normal [reasonable] low cost pricing While many people may think (I can just Google translations on my phone) -- what happens when batteries run low, no phone signal in some areas, or you're in an area where phones are not allowed [e.g. areas in Japan with No Phones Or Photos Allowed] etc. Having an easy to carry paperback option is a worthwhile backup (and a lot less fiddling and scrolling). Then again, if you're reading this review, then chances are you're actually looking for a paper dictionary to begin with -- So, considering how inexpensive this book sells for, definitely give it a chance and order it. For myself, this book has meant that I no longer have to tote around multiple dictionaries to translate back and forth between Japanese and English. I'm glad I gave it a try and bought it. Very happy with the purchase, and really worthwhile value.

Algo está a correr terrivelmente mal com o processo de impressão destes dicionários. O meu com poucos minutos de uso já tem montes de páginas soltas. Que pena.

Tal como anunciado. Gostei

This dictionary is great as a reference tool in terms of if your starting out in Japanese, its a great reference tool since it has both english to japanese and japanese to english. This is a Dictionary that any student of japanese should have as a standard tool meaning its a must have. I also recommend along with the dictionary to purchase as well Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!" (Dirty Everyday Slang) this second book should be purchased as a companion guide, you will learn as your translating that the dictionary will cover 99 percent of what you will be looking for but does not cover the slang or basically the informal speech that sometimes you may encounter such as in manga and so forth, so purchasing Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!" (Dirty Everyday Slang) along with the dictionary will pretty much cover you in terms of expressions and neccessary words, the dictionary every student should get to cover 99 percent of what you need but for the left over 1 percent get Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!" (Dirty Everyday Slang)

This is honestly one of the most useful books I purchased whilst studying Japanese. This isn't a book for a complete beginner as it's a dictionary - it's for those who have started to properly read and write in Japanese. It's useful for checking spellings and looking up words that you need to write in Japanese or for checking the meaning. I know a lot of people rely on the internet these days but this is the book I've used most!