Jack Halpern is Research Fellow at Showa Women's University and CEO of the CJK Dictionary Institute in Japan, which specialises in the compilation of Chinese, Japanese and Korean dictionaries. A lexicographer by training and profession, he is a multi-linguist who has spent 16 years in compiling The New Japanese Character Dictionary (Kenkyusha / NTC) upon which this is based. Further research over recent years has resulted in the current revised edition of this best-selling title.
Up-to-date, reliable, and easy to use this beautifully designed dictionary meets the needs of a wide range of Japanese language learners. -Y.-H. Tohsaku, President, American Association of Teachers of Japanese A must for those who wish to overcome the obstacles posed by the study of kanji an excellent tool that allows even beginners to look up kanji with ease. -Akito Ozaki, President, The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language -Up-to-date, reliable, and easy to use this beautifully designed dictionary meets the needs of a wide range of Japanese language learners.- -Y.-H. Tohsaku, President, American Association of Teachers of Japanese -A must for those who wish to overcome the obstacles posed by the study of kanji an excellent tool that allows even beginners to look up kanji with ease.- -Akito Ozaki, President, The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language Up-to-date, reliable, and easy to use this beautifully designed dictionary meets the needs of a wide range of Japanese language learners. -Y.-H. Tohsaku, President, American Association of Teachers of Japanese A must for those who wish to overcome the obstacles posed by the study of kanji an excellent tool that allows even beginners to look up kanji with ease. -Akito Ozaki, President, The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language A remarkable dictionary [that takes into] account what is really important to learners. -Keiko Nishio, chair of the Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT) Lets you discover the joys of kanji a great aid in learning Japanese. -Agnes M. Niyekawa, Professor Emeritus of Japanese, University of Hawaii Long-awaited this dictionary fully meets the practical needs of beginning and intermediate students. -Osamu Mizutani, President, Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language