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Summary: What more can I ad...you need this book
Review: If you know(or have read) anything about Jack Halpern it is obvious why this book now exists. The man speaks several languages (fluently, I might add)and is a prefectionist, hence the ease at which you can make use of this dictionary (Well, it does take some getting used to, but it's worth the effort).
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Summary: Never has a Kanji Dictionary been so EASY!
Review: Including over 2,000 Kanji this Dictionary has it all! This Dictionary uses a new system to easily look up Kanji - and it WORKS! Each entry contains a main keyword and lists numerous uses for the Kanji, including compounds. I loved how this book also teaches you the stroke order of the Kanji. This is the Ultimate Kanji Dictionary
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Summary: Possibly the designed reference work I've ever seen?
Review: It really is a joy to use! With just a few minutes getting the hang of stroke counts, any kanji can be found with little trouble.Each character has so much information packed in, from core meanings, pronounciations, stroke order, frequency of use, Unicode, common compounds, etc, but the page design is such that the information never seems cluttered. Hiragana dictionaries are a pain to use; but with this one I often find myself flipping to adjacent pages.
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Summary: Effective and Aesthetic
Review: It was a real pleasure to receive this huge, beautiful book printed on luscious paper with appealing fonts and even color ink. The people who put this together clearly understand the essential aesthetic value of the Japanese language, something which pedants such as Eleanor Jorden have failed altogether to grasp. Why should the study of Japanese be dry and ugly? Why shouldn't we enjoy using a book while learning from it as well? In general, I have found that the Kodanshi books tend to share this aesthetic approach. I could spend the rest of my life perusing this fascinating text. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Perfect.
Review: Man I mean Perfect. I've never seen anything so well made in the area of Japanese language and I have alot of Japanese books. It does what it claims nothing more nothing less. Learner's dictionary is right. So if your looking for a complete kanji dictionary look elsewhere, but this book already has everything you would ever really need. It has all of the Joyo and Jinmei kanji and has plenty of compounds for each one. If you're looking for characters like Nomi(chisel) you won't find it, but take into consideration that most Japanese natives dont even know those advanced kanji anyways.
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Summary: Only Kanji dictionary with SKIP, HAH!
Review: My only problem with this dictionary is the bald faced lie they make stating that they are the ONLY dictionary to use SKIP. Ntc's Japanese-English Character Dictionary also available on Amazon has used SKIP since 1994. As Learner's Dictionary is copyright 2002, they should know better.
NTC's dictionary actually has more content, but It is not a portable dictionary. So if your looking for a portable Kanji learners dictionary, Kodansha wins. If your looking for a more comprehensive kanji learners dictionary try NTC's.
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Summary: Arrrgh, Romanji!!
Review: The extensive use of Romanji (Japanese words written using English/Roman characters, i.e. romanized Japanese) ruins it for any serious student of the language. If you just want to speak it and use it out of necessity, fine, but if you want to embrace and absorb the Japanese language, you are going to need to learn hiragana/katakana first (try Heisig's book Remembering the Hiragana). If you already know hiragana/katakana, then why are you bothering with romanji? Get a Kanji dictionary that doesn't have Romanji instead. Try Kodansha's Furigana dictionaries (they use hiragana/katakana to show you pronounciation instead of romanji). I know I sound like a fuddy-duddy and you're getting angry at me, but TRUST ME, if you avoid romanji while learning Japanese, it will save you so much blood, sweat and tears! You will thank me, I SWEAR it!
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Summary: Very high quality, thoroughly researched, an efficient!
Review: The Kanji Learner's Dictionary is the best Kanji Dictionary I have used. It claims one can find any Kanji as fast as one can find a word in an English Dictionary, and I was amazed to find it was true, using the system in this book. It is excellent. Furthermore, it has many common and not so common Kanji compounds in a relatively small book, so I've found it to be great use. I strongly reccomend this book to anyone learing Kanji.
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Summary: An invaluable resource
Review: The SKIP system really works, and obviates the need to memorize a bunch of radicals. Stroke order and multiple meanings are provided. The only thing lacking is an explanation of the origin of each character.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: This book is an excellent resouce for those learning Kanji. However, it is meant to be used as a means for translating Japanese into English, NOT how to learn how to speak teh language or read fluently or remember easily what is what. A good book to have for anyone studying the language.
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