Reviews by Allan Brewster

Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary.

Claims to have 50,000 entries. I can't vouch for their accuracy. Includes gairago. US and UK English spellings. Entries in romaji and kanji or kana, or both as appropriate. Entries are just word to meaning plus phrasal some combinations of words but there are no examples of usage. It's small, ... read more

A Dictionary of Japanese Food

An absolute gem of a book, comprehensive and obviously painstakingly researched. It is unique as far as I know.

The main body is a J-E dictionary of Japanese foodstuffs. Items go: Japanese name in romaji, kana, kanji, (some of which are quite obscure), then the English translation, then any ... read more