Re: English - Japanese Electronic Dictionary

From: necoandjeff (spam_at_schrepfer.com)
Date: 09/06/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 03:43:51 GMT

"Benjamin Trent" <Jester_458@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:27a86494.0409051834.616c70c2@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm shopping for an electronic J-E/E-J dictionary and I'm hoping to
> find one that contains the data from a favorite E-J paper dictionary
> of mine, "Kodansha's Basic English-Japanese Dictionary." Or I suppose
> a superior E-J dictionary would also do the trick, but I know for
> certain that this one rarely lets me down.
>
> I realize that people here probably aren't experts on every electronic
> dictionary that's ever been created, but I do imagine that there's a
> FAQ for something like this somewhere, although google net and group
> searches for such a thing have come up empty. Would someone here be
> so kind as to either:
>
> -tell me if you know of any electronic dictionary that contains either
> this or a really good E-J substitute?

How good is your Japanese? I would highly suggest getting one with a kokugo
jiten (like Kojien) as well. Not only will it have a lot of words that for
some reason never seem to make their way into waei jitens, but as I've
harped on many times, looking up words in Japanese only dictionaries is a
highly recommended supplement (if not a complete substitute) to looking up
words in waei dictionaries.

Jeff