Review by Tom Gally

Published in 1992. Based on a Japanese-English dictionary for Japanese students, but completely rewritten for foreign users. 666 pages, no illustrations, usage notes, 3,800 yen, tax included. All entries in romaji with kana/kanji and English equivalents. Headwords marked for accent. Complete grammatical information. Very similar in size and quality to The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Dictionary.

Review by Allen Childs (MistaKefka)

While not as complete as I would like, this dictionary would be great for beginners. It's moderately expensive ($25 when I bought it), but it's small so it's easy to travel with (unlike my favorite J-E Dictionary, Merriam Webster's) and also has a nice, durable, floppy leather-esque cover. Features include 16,000 vocabluary, easy to understand definitions, and alphabetical romized entries. It would be perfect if not for the slightly small word count.