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oneglimringsoul in honyaku_dojo

Cognate Dictionary

Mar 14, 2007 19:38

Not exactly having to do with translation, but here goes ( Read more... )

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chibidrunksanzo March 14 2007, 12:33:12 UTC

Jim Breen's WWWJDIC. Know it. Love it. Drool. *grins*

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html

oneglimringsoul March 16 2007, 10:55:52 UTC

why didn't I think of that? I have been using his link to the linguistics vocab for a couple years!

thanks!

double_dear March 14 2007, 16:51:46 UTC

One thing that helps us a lot with figuring out what borrowed English words have come to mean is the dictionary at Infoseek Japan:

http://dictionary.www.infoseek.co.jp

If you click the kokugo jiten option, it'll give you the Japanese definition of the words.

oneglimringsoul March 16 2007, 10:56:16 UTC

oooh japanese definition = good. I need all the practice I can get.

overlord_sumomo March 15 2007, 21:50:23 UTC

I have found that the Random House Japanese dictionary that you can find in most stores is really helpful.

oneglimringsoul March 16 2007, 10:56:57 UTC

How big is it and about how much does it sell for? I have to drag whatever I buy back to the States in a suitcase in a few months, so I have to be careful about that.