Kanji Clinic

Mary Noguchi is a proffessor at Meijiro University who writes a column on learning Kanji for the Japan Times. Her homepage has all of her columns, other articles, reviews of Kanji learning materials, and links to other Kanji-related sites.

Which Japanese-English Character Dictionary Can Best Meet Your Kanji-Learning Needs?

For Japanese As a Second Language (JSL) learners, a Japanese-English character dictionary is much more than a reference tool: It is also the most comprehensive self-instructional tool available for learning new kanji and vocabulary. JSL learners in the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s relied on the “grandfather” of modern Japanese-English character dictionaries, Andrew Nelson’s The Modern Reader’s Japanese-English Character Dictionary, (1962). Owing to the appearance during … [ Read more ]