I starting to get into the next stage of my japanese and believe I'm ready to start looking for a japanese - english dictionary. I think the ex-word is my best bet, especially the ones where you can write the kanji on them. Where is a good place to find some of these that aren't $500. If they are $500 that's okay too.
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I have the new EX-WORD dataplus4 XD-GP9700, so it was close to $500, but I absolutely love it. Both the top and bottom screens are touch, and I use the jump button a lot to switch between dictionaries (the English->Japanese dictionaries don't show the hiragana for words, so I highlight it and jump to the Japanese->English dictionary), There's also a backlight, which is handy. I ordered the Kanji Learner's Dictionary with it, and I use that often as well.
Overall, most of my friends, American and Japanese have EX-WORD dictionaries, so I'm sure that no matter which one you get, you'll be satisfied. I hope this helps!
Overall, most of my friends, American and Japanese have EX-WORD dictionaries, so I'm sure that no matter which one you get, you'll be satisfied. I hope this helps!
I got mine through White Rabbit Press. I was considering having my
sister send me one, but the savings was so minimal that I went ahead
and ordered one online rather than burdening her.
I also have the Casio EX-word XD-GP9700. It was $480 when I got it,
but White Rabbit is now selling it for $450. as bAbYminX says, it's a
great dictionary. I love being able to write kanji that I don't know how
to pronounce; when you're reading some text, it's quick and easy to
look up unknown words without going through the "let's see, 8 strokes
and the radical is さんずい, so that give 27 pages of characters to
look through" business..
You might also take a look at the Canons. They are awesome
machines as well, and the newer models are hard to beat. (Try the
G70, for example). The Canons are geared (IMO) a little more toward
the English speaker, as opposed to the Casios which are designed
for Japanese users. The Canon has nice flash-card features, and does
animated stroke order diagrams for many Kanji. Casio's flash card
feature is down-right lame. To register a word into a flash card pile,
you don't just say "add this word", but instead Casio requires you to
"draw" the word yourself.
Other features/differences : Casio has a backlight! Sweet. The Casio
has a micro-SD slot, allowing you to add dictionaries and texts that
you can read on your dictionary (I've downloaded several texts from
Aozora Bunko--the Japanese equivalent of project gutenberg). While
reading texts, you can look up words using the regular dictionary
features, which is very handy.
Both dictionaries have a plethora of "contents" (as they call it), with
encyclopedias, Kanji dictionaries, TOEFL contents (revealing again its
aim at the Japanese market), word combination dictionary (四字熟語),
and of course the regular 国語、英英,和英・英和 dictionaries, and even
a wine companion (hurray)!
Over-all I think of the Canons as a good dictionary for intermediate
learners, and of the Casios as better for advanced students.
You'll like either.
sister send me one, but the savings was so minimal that I went ahead
and ordered one online rather than burdening her.
I also have the Casio EX-word XD-GP9700. It was $480 when I got it,
but White Rabbit is now selling it for $450. as bAbYminX says, it's a
great dictionary. I love being able to write kanji that I don't know how
to pronounce; when you're reading some text, it's quick and easy to
look up unknown words without going through the "let's see, 8 strokes
and the radical is さんずい, so that give 27 pages of characters to
look through" business..
You might also take a look at the Canons. They are awesome
machines as well, and the newer models are hard to beat. (Try the
G70, for example). The Canons are geared (IMO) a little more toward
the English speaker, as opposed to the Casios which are designed
for Japanese users. The Canon has nice flash-card features, and does
animated stroke order diagrams for many Kanji. Casio's flash card
feature is down-right lame. To register a word into a flash card pile,
you don't just say "add this word", but instead Casio requires you to
"draw" the word yourself.
Other features/differences : Casio has a backlight! Sweet. The Casio
has a micro-SD slot, allowing you to add dictionaries and texts that
you can read on your dictionary (I've downloaded several texts from
Aozora Bunko--the Japanese equivalent of project gutenberg). While
reading texts, you can look up words using the regular dictionary
features, which is very handy.
Both dictionaries have a plethora of "contents" (as they call it), with
encyclopedias, Kanji dictionaries, TOEFL contents (revealing again its
aim at the Japanese market), word combination dictionary (四字熟語),
and of course the regular 国語、英英,和英・英和 dictionaries, and even
a wine companion (hurray)!
Over-all I think of the Canons as a good dictionary for intermediate
learners, and of the Casios as better for advanced students.
You'll like either.
The Ex-Word is very good. I actually have the new Casio Ex-Word
and the Canon Wordtank C50. For some strange reason the cheap little
Canon seems to have a lot of words in the wa-ei that only appear
in the Japanese dictionary in the Ex-Word.
I also find a lot of misses with the ex-word, but I still use the
ex-word a lot more. To be honest I only bought the C-50 because
I think the Ex-Word will probably wear out after 12 months of
heavy use and when (or if) that happens I can just start using
the Canon.
The Sharp denshi jishous are also very good imo....but the EX-Word
is probably better. Still, you are paying for a lot of things
you'll probably never use with the EX-Word, have you seen how
many dictionaries it has? And the famous speeches are cute for
about 5 minutes but not very useful.
and the Canon Wordtank C50. For some strange reason the cheap little
Canon seems to have a lot of words in the wa-ei that only appear
in the Japanese dictionary in the Ex-Word.
I also find a lot of misses with the ex-word, but I still use the
ex-word a lot more. To be honest I only bought the C-50 because
I think the Ex-Word will probably wear out after 12 months of
heavy use and when (or if) that happens I can just start using
the Canon.
The Sharp denshi jishous are also very good imo....but the EX-Word
is probably better. Still, you are paying for a lot of things
you'll probably never use with the EX-Word, have you seen how
many dictionaries it has? And the famous speeches are cute for
about 5 minutes but not very useful.
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