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How to Read Chinese Characters

Dai Kan-Wa jiten
大漢和辞典
Tōkyō :Daishūkan Shoten, Showa 50 [1980] 13 v.
(Main: PL681.C5M6 1980)

How to Find the Meaning of Japanese Words (with Japanese explanation)

Nihon kokugo daijiten
日本国語大辞典
Tōkyō: Shōgakukan, Showa 47-51 [1972-1976], 10 v.
(Main Reference: PL675 .N46 1972b)

Kōjien
広辞苑
Tōkyō :Iwanami Shoten,1998. Dai 5-han.
(Main Reference: PL675.S5 1998)

Gendai yōgo no kiso chishiki
現代用語の基礎知識
Tōkyō: Jiyū Kokuminsha, 2003.
(Main Reference: PL684.G46 2003
PL684.G46 2003 suppl.1
PL684.G46 2003 suppl.2)

Chiezō Tōkyō :Asahi Shinbunsha, 2003
知恵蔵, 朝日新聞社, 2003.
(Main Reference: PL684.A83 2003)

Ōbunsha kogo jiten
旺文社古語辞典
Tōkyō :Ōbunsha,Shōwa 40 [1965](1968 printing).
(Main Reference: PL675.O28 1965)

How to Find the Meaning of Japanese Words (with English explanation)

The Kodansha English-Japanese dictionary
講談社英和辞典
Tokyo: Kodansha,1977,c1969.
(Main Reference: PL679.N9 1977)

Basic Japanese-English dictionary =Kiso Nihongo gakushū jiten
基礎日本語学習辞典
Oxford; New York :Oxford University Press, 1989, c1986.
(Main Reference: PL679.B37 1989)

Collins Shubun English Japanese dictionary = Ko rin zu shū bun Ei-Wa jiten.
1st ed. [New York, N.Y.] :HarperCollins Publishers : Shubun International,1993(1994 printing)
(Main Reference: PL679.C64 1993)

Collins Shubun English Japanese dictionary =Ko rin zu shū bun Ei-Wa jiten
コリンズ秀文英和辞典
[New York, N.Y.] :HarperCollins Publishers: Shubun International,1993(1994 printing) 1st ed.
(Main Reference: PL679.C64 1993)

Kodansha's basic English-Japanese dictionary =Nichijō Nihongo bairingaru jiten
日常日本語バイリンガル辞典
Tōkyō :Kōdansha Intānashonaru,1999.
(Main Reference: PL679.M35 1999)

Kodansha's furigana English-Japanese dictionary: the essential dictionary for all students of Japanese
Japanese title in colophon: ふりがな英和辞典
Tōkyō :Kōdansha Intānashonaru,1996.
(Main Reference: PL679.K67 1996)

Kodansha's furigana Japanese-English dictionary: the essential dictionary for all students of Japanese
Tokyo; New York; London: Kodansha International, 1995.
(Main Reference: PL679.K672 1995)

Kodansha's romanized Japanese-English dictionary
Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International, 1993. 1st ed.
(Main Reference: PL679.V36 1993)

The Japan times' 6 languages dictionary
[Tokyo]: Hara Shobō, [1958-1959]. 2v.
(Main Reference: PL678.J34 1958)

Merriam-Webster's Japanese-English learner's dictionary
Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, c1993.
(Main Reference: PL679.K38213 1993)

A Dictionary of Japanese and English idiomatic equivalents
Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International, 1968.
(Main Reference: PL679.D5 1968)

Ei-Wa rōmaji kanyōgo jiten =English Japanese romanized idiom dictionary
英・和・ローマ字慣用語辞典
Tōkyō :Gyōsei,Heisei 5 [1993]
(Main Reference: PL679.K83 1993)

How to find encyclopedic information about Japan ( with English text)

Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993.2 v. 1st ed.
(Main Reference: DS805.J263 1993)

Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan
9 v. Tokyo; New York, N.Y.: Kodansha, 1983. 1st ed.
(Main Reference: DS805.K633 1983)

The Cambridge encyclopedia of Japan
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
(Main Reference: DS805.C36 1993)

The Kodansha bilingual encyclopedia of Japan =[taiyaku Nihon jiten]
対訳日本辞典
Tokyo: Kodansha International; New York: Kodansha America, 1998.
(Main Reference: DS805.K6323 1998)

How to find encyclopedic information about Japan ( with Japanese text)

Buritanika kokusai dai hyakka jiten =Britannica international encyclopedia
ブリタニカ国際大百科事典
20v. Tōkyō: Tībīesu Buritanika, 1998, c1995.
(Main Reference: AE35.2.B75 1998)

Dai Nihon hyakka jiten =Encyclopedia Japonica
大日本百科事典
23 v. Tōkyō :Shōgakkan,Shōwa 42-47 [1967-1972]
(Main: AE35.2.D3)

How to locate bibliographic information

Area bibliography of Japan
Lanham, Md. :Scarecrow Press,1998. (Scarecrow area bibliographies; no. 14)
(Main: D806.K66 1998)

How to Locate Bibliographic Information on Special Type of Materials

Modern Japanese literature in translation: a bibliography
Tokyo ;New York :Kodansha International ;New York :distributed through Harper & Row,c1979.
(Main: Z3308.L5K66 1979)

How to Read Japanese Names

Japanese names: a comprehensive index by characters and readings
日本人名地名辞典
New York: John Weatherhill, 1972.
(Main Reference: CS3000.O6)

Jinmei yomikata jiten
人名よみかた辞典
Tōkyō :Nichigai Asoshiētsu :Hatsubaimoto Kinokuniya Shoten,1994. 2 v.
(Main Reference: CS3000.J56 1994)

How to Find Biographical Information

Asashi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten
朝日日本歴史人物事典
Tōkyō: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994.
(Main Reference: DS834.A83 1994)

Gendai Chūgoku jinmei jiten
現代中國人名辞典
Tōkyō :Kōnan Shoin,Shōwa 32 [1957].
(Main Reference: DS778.A1.G46 1957)

Inō isai jinbutsu jiten
異能異才人物事典
Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, 1996.
(Main: CT1834.I56 1996)

Shintei sakka, shōsetsuka jinmei jiten
新訂作家〮小説家人名事典
Tōkyō :Nichigai Asoshiētsu :Hatsubaimoto Kinokuniya Shoten, 2002.
(Main Reference: PL723.S5 2002)

Nihon Riku-Kaigun jinmei jiten
日本陸海軍人名辞典
Tōkyō :Fuyō Shobō Shuppan,1999.
(Main Reference: U54.J3F862 1999)

How to Read Geographical Names

Nihon chimei daihyakka :Rando Japonika = Land Japonica
日本地名大百科 :ランド ジャポニカ
Tōkyō :Shōgakkan,1996.
(Main Reference: DS805.N54 1996)

Calendars and Chronology

Gengō jiten
元号事典
Tōkyō :Tōkyō Bijutsu,Heisei gannen [1989]
(Main Reference: DS833.K39 1989)

Nihon shi nenpyō
日本史年表
Tōkyō :Iwanami Shoten,2001.
(Main Reference: DS833.N547 2001)

Kindai Nihon sōgō nenpyō
近代日本総合年表
Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten
(Main Reference: DS881.9.K566 2001)

Selected Subject Dictionaries

Anthropology, folklore

A Cultural dictionary of Japan = Wa-Ei Nihon bunka jiten
和英日本文化辞典
Tokyo: Japan Times, 1979.
(Main Reference: DS821.C84 1979)

Minzokugaku jiten
民俗學辭典
Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō,Shōwa 26 [1951] (Shōwa 28 [1953] printing)
(Main Reference: GR340.M46 1951)

Kabuki encyclopedia: an English-language adaptation of Kabuki jiten
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1979.
(Fine Arts Collection: PN2924.5.K3L44)

New Kabuki encyclopedia: a revised adaptation of Kabuki jiten
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997.
(Main Reference: PN2924.5.K3L44 1997)

Buddhism

Shin Bukkyō jiten
新佛敎辞典
Tōkyō :Seishin Shobō,Shōwa 37 [1962].
(Main Reference: BQ130.S56 1962)

Nichi-Ei Bukkyō jiten =Japanese-English Buddhist dictionary
日英佛敎辭典
Tōkyō :Daitō Shuppansha,Shōwa 40 [c1965].
(Main Reference: BQ130.N53 1965)

History

Nihon kingendaishi jiten
日本近現代史辞典
Tōkyō :Tōyō Keizai Shinpōsha,1978.
(Main Reference: DS833.N542)

Nihon kin-gendaishi :bunken risāchi
日本近現代史: 文献リサ-チ
Tōkyō :Fuyō Shobō Shuppan,2000.
(Main Reference: DS881.9.N54 2000)

Nihon kin-gendaishi kenkyū jiten
日本近現代史研究事典
Tōkyō :Tōkyōdō Shuppan,1999.
(Main Reference: DS833.N544 1999)

Sekai sensō hanzai jiten =Encyclopedia of war crimes in modern history
世界戦争犯罪事典
Tōkyō :Bungei Shunjū,2002.
(Main Reference: K5250.S45 2002)

Ajia rekishi jiten
アジア歴史事典
Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1959-1962.10 v.
(Main Reference: DS4.A37 1959)

Information Technology

English-Japanese, Japanese-English dictionary of computer and data-processing terms =Ei-Wa Wa-Ei konpyūta-dēta shori yōgo jiten
英和・和英コンピュ-タ・デ-タ処理用語辞典
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c1989.
(Science Library Reference: QA76.15.F47 1989)

Japanese/English English/Japanese glossary of scientific and technical terms
New York: J. Wiley & Sons, c1993.
(Science Library Reference: Q123.T844 1993)

Language

A dictionary of basic Japanese grammar =Nihongo kihon bunpō jiten
日本語基本文法辞典
Tokyo: Japan Times, 1986 (1988 printing)
(Main Reference: PL679.M34 1986)

Nihongo bunkei jiten =Nihongo bunkei ziten
日本語文型辞典
Tōkyō :Kuroshio Shuppan,1998.
(Main: PL539.3.N54 1998)

Effective Japanese usage guide :a concise explanation of frequently confused words and phrases = Nihongo gakushū tsukaiwake jiten
日本語学習 使い分け辞典
Tokyo: Kodansha; c1994.
(Main Reference: PL685.E34 1994)

Hantaigo jiten
反対語辞典
Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō,Shōwa 32 [1957](1965 printing)
(Main Reference: PL667.S48 1957)

Literature

Bungaku sakuhin kakidashi jiten
文学作品書き出し事典
Tōkyō :Nichigai Asoshiētsu :hatsubaimoto Kinokuniya Shoten, 1994.
(Main Reference: PL747.55.B86 1994)

Jidaibetsu Nihon bungakushi jiten
時代別日本文学史事典
6 v. Tōkyō :Yūseidō,1987-1997.
(Main: PL707.J53)

Ōe Kenzaburō bungaku jiten :zenchosaku nenpu bunken kanzen gaido
大江健三郎文学事典 :全著作〮年譜〮文献完全ガイド
Tōkyō: Morita Shuppan :Hatsubaimoto Sutajio VIC,1998.
(Main: PL858.E14Z459 1998)

Sekai bungei jiten.Tōyō hen
世界文藝辭典.東洋篇
Tōkyō :Tōkyōdō,Shōwa 25 [1950].
(Main Reference: PJ307.S45 1950)

Koji kotowaza jiten
故事ことわざ辞典
Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, Shōwa 38 [1963].
(Main Reference: PN6519.J3K65 1963)

Military Science

Nihon Rikugun shōkan jiten
日本陸軍將官辞典
Tōkyō :Fuyō Shobō Shuppan,2001.
(Main Reference: U54.J3F86 2001)

Nihon Riku-Kaigun jinmei jiten
日本陸海軍人名辞典
Tōkyō :Fuyō Shobō Shuppan,1999.
(Main Reference: U54.J3F862 1999)

Shiraberu sensō iseki no jiten
しらべる戦争遺跡の事典
Tōkyō: Kashiwa Shobō,2002.
(Main: DS838.7.S55 2002)

Political Science

Nihon seitōshi jiten :1868-nen--1989-nen
日本政党史辞典 :一八六八年--一九八九年
3 v. Tōkyō :Kokusho Kankōkai,Heisei 10 [1998].
(Main Reference: JQ1698.A1M87 1998)

Tainichi kankei o shiru jiten =Cyclopedia of relations with Japan
対日関係を知る事典
Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2001.
(Main: DS881.96.T35 2001)