Great product, however beginners of Japanese beware. This is made for English learners

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	• The Oxford Picture Dictionary English/Japanese: English-Japanese Edition (Oxford Picture Dictionary Program) Norma Shapiro, Jayme Adelson-Goldstein Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great product, however beginners of Japanese beware. This is made for English learners

I purchased this book since I have a fairly decent comprehension of basic Japanese but needed to expand my vocabulary.

If you are learning Japanese you need to know that the book is designed for English learners. This means that the Japanese word is given in Kanji without the furigana readings. Basically, you are expected to be able to read Japanese.

This book is, however, a great learning tool, in spite of this. The pictures are clear, and the phrases/words are very relevant and split up into sections. For example:

Under "job safety" there are things like ear muffs, hard hats, etc.

Under "plants" there are things like magnolia, birchwood, etc.

overall, this book is great for the learner of Japanese so long as you have a kanji dictionary handy and have a decent grasp of basic written Japanese.

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Great for Japanese learning English

I bought this book thinking it would b user friendly for English speakers learning Japanese, but it looks to be intended for Japanese learning English. Unless you have a good working knowledge of written Japanese, especially kanji, this may not be the book for you. I rated it at 4 stars because it is a very good book for it's intended auience.

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Great for studying intermediate-level Japanese

Great for learning kanji for words you know in Hiragana and for practicing katakana!

Definitely not for English-speaking beginning Japanese language learners, but if you're past that stage this should be pretty useful.

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wonderful!!! very useful for native English speakers too

This just arrived and I am sooo happy! Dont pay too much attention to reviewers here who claim this isnt useful for English speakers learning Japanese. I'm a rank beginner --- studied for 2 months so far and know only 175 kanji and very basic sentence structures --- yet I find this extremely useful. The kanji is easy to read and the illustrations are attractive. You could easily spend hours poring over this without getting bored. I can see myself referring to this handy dictionary for many years to come. Recommend this to all Nihongo students. It's worth far more than $16 IMHO. Do yourself a favor and buy this NOW!!!

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A comprehensive, flexible, and up-to-date vocabulary reference and teaching tool for English language learning. The Oxford Picture Dictionary and its components create a highly teachable programme that can be used as a complete, four-skills beginning course, or as a language development supplement and practical reference. h4span style="font-size: smaller; color: #ff0000"NEW /span Grammar Activity Book/h4

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