Tomoko
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Hello all... it has been a long time.
Today, I was wondering if anyone whom can navigate Japanese websites well could find a link for Kodansha's Japanese only Dictionary.
I have found that I want to use a reference to English in learning Japanese only up to a certain point, and that at some point I would rather develop a Japanese mentality rather than a "translating Japanese to English" mentality.
Actually... any recommendations for true Japanese dictionaries would also be apprecitated.
I would like a dictionary that has many words, and also has furigana for many of the Kanji compounds.
I have found the Kodansha Japanese-English/English-Japanese Furigana dictionaries a great aid for translating, but at the same time, I would like to develop and understanding of Japanese in itself, and not through another languaage's translation of it. I want to do it this way because I have found that learning any language through a native language's reference to it allows for many errors in meaning, yet also, allows the words to be more easily forgotten over time.
For example... if I were to see a cat, through the tranlational way... I would first see the cat... then think the English "cat"... and then say... well this translates to "neko". This would be a much weaker connection than a more innate and natural approach. As in, I see the cat, and depending on the culture or lingual mentality I am in at the time, think either "cat" or "neko"... not think... "well through my nativee language, this translates to cat".
If anyone can find anything on this at the online bookstores, such as amazon.co.jp - that would be great.
Thank you for your time.
Today, I was wondering if anyone whom can navigate Japanese websites well could find a link for Kodansha's Japanese only Dictionary.
I have found that I want to use a reference to English in learning Japanese only up to a certain point, and that at some point I would rather develop a Japanese mentality rather than a "translating Japanese to English" mentality.
Actually... any recommendations for true Japanese dictionaries would also be apprecitated.
I would like a dictionary that has many words, and also has furigana for many of the Kanji compounds.
I have found the Kodansha Japanese-English/English-Japanese Furigana dictionaries a great aid for translating, but at the same time, I would like to develop and understanding of Japanese in itself, and not through another languaage's translation of it. I want to do it this way because I have found that learning any language through a native language's reference to it allows for many errors in meaning, yet also, allows the words to be more easily forgotten over time.
For example... if I were to see a cat, through the tranlational way... I would first see the cat... then think the English "cat"... and then say... well this translates to "neko". This would be a much weaker connection than a more innate and natural approach. As in, I see the cat, and depending on the culture or lingual mentality I am in at the time, think either "cat" or "neko"... not think... "well through my nativee language, this translates to cat".
If anyone can find anything on this at the online bookstores, such as amazon.co.jp - that would be great.
Thank you for your time.