Webster's New World Compact Japanese Dictionary: Japanese/Engish-English/Japanese

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Summary: I haven't gotten this particular one yet, but...
Review: From what I've seen of Websters International distionaries, they are very clear, concise, as usually give pronunciantion. I never trust these "how to speak conversational japanese as they take too much time to tell you pronunciation a perfect grammar, I tend to say, "How do you say chestnut?" "Oh, it's..." (I'm gonna make you look it up)

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Summary: This dictionary not recommended.
Review: I have a degree in Japanese Studies, and have, in the past, instructed introductory Japanese. A friend of mine, to whom I am teaching some Japanese, got this dictionary. I was appalled at how many very basic words did not have entries in this dictionary. Simple words, like "koko" (which means "here") were missing. Many of the missing words that I had her trying to look up were so basic that when she first told me that the words were not in her dictionary, I thought she had just missed them, until I looked, myself, and verified their absence. If you are trying to learn Japanese, I suggest you choose another dictionary.

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Summary: This dictionary not recommended.
Review: I have a degree in Japanese Studies, and have, in the past, instructed introductory Japanese. A friend of mine, to whom I am teaching some Japanese, got this dictionary. I was appalled at how many very basic words did not have entries in this dictionary. Simple words, like "koko" (which means "here") were missing. Many of the missing words that I had her trying to look up were so basic that when she first told me that the words were not in her dictionary, I thought she had just missed them, until I looked, myself, and verified their absence. If you are trying to learn Japanese, I suggest you choose another dictionary.

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Summary: Great!
Review: this dictionary was wonderful. It helped me learn more about the pronunciation of the Japanese language and helped me to learn new words1 I highly reccomend!

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Summary: Simple but complete
Review: Very useful if you are not used to look for words in kana. Easy to carry and complete for a basic use. Very recommendable for beginners.