Now completely updated, this bestselling Japanese dictionary in a handy traveler's size includes thousands of entries that emphasize the most commonly used words in both Japanese and English, as well as Japanese idioms.[...]
Students use a step-by-step approach to develop skills with the writing system of traditional Japanese characters borrowed and adapted from the Chinese. Models of 500 kanji characters, written by award-winning Japanese calligraphers, are arranged according to their radical groups. Samples of kanji w[...]