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Kanji Dictionary: Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten | 
| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $48.88
Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 1426
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 4 x 0.5 x 5
MPN: NTR-ARJJ-JPN
Model: Nintendo DS
ASIN: B000O2S9VQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Nintendo DS (Import) | | • | Japanese-English and English-Japanese translation | | • | Word search by Kanji | | • | English Pronunciation | | • | World clock, quiz games, and more! |
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Product Description
A must-have for Japanese language students. Why drop $200-300 on a fancy electronic dictionary when you can have the same funtionality PLUS the ability to input characters by DRAWING them on the touch screen? Other features include: Japanese to English dictionary, English to Japanese dictionary, English pronunciation, search history, quiz mode, word clock and calendar.PS Like easter eggs? Try looking up 'Manhole' or 'Judge' (in katakana) on your new Sonomama Kanji Dictionary... Game & Watch in the house!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
superb educational software! September 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had this a few weeks now and I am so amazed by it. On my desktops I use JWPce, StarDict, and so on, but it's frustrating even with all those tools at times to look up stuff. Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten is so amazing, it even recognizes my poorly written kanji, almost every time! I have had to rewrite a couple, but no big deal and hooray for practice. And so many of the dictionary entries have voice files that play! Neat! I am absolutely delighted with this product.
In fact, I am seriously considering buying another DS just to run this program. It would be much cheaper than a handheld electronic Japanese dictionary, and then I could use it to look up stuff in my other Japanese software. That's my only real beef, that I can't swap between this and my other DS software while they're running!
Oh, and if you do a search on the Web, you can find the instructions in English, very helpful!
Again, this is an excellent software/tool/resource. I'd highly recommend buying this & the DS even if you don't want any other games, just to have Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten, if you're into studying Japanese. Now I'm using it to look up all the kanji on the screen!
 Most cost-effective electronic dictionary out there August 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Pros
- Cheap: even if you do not already own a DS this is largely cheaper than getting an equivalent standalone electronic dictionary
- Look up words by writing the kanji or inputting the kana. Also, English to Japanese.
- Kanji recognition is very good, provided you know the stroke order
- Large word selection & also some standard phrases / word combinations
Cons
- Does not have many onomatopoeias or psychonyms
- Sometimes gives only a contextual example and not a definition.
- English to Japanese only gives kanji, not the reading
Nihongo Wakari Masuka ? *Do you understand Japanese* June 23, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I originally bought this for my Mom to use but I started to tinker with it myself. It would of been great if they added a feature that read the Japanese words like they do for English words. But overall it's a great tool for learning both English and/or Japanese. I'd recommend it !
Terribly handy March 17, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When you consider how much a dedicated electronic dictionary from SHARP or CASIO costs, this is a great bargain. Use the Nintendo DS you already have and turn it into a Japanese dictionary. Writing kanji using the stylus is very natural.
Excellent self study tool! A must-have for DS owners and Japanese students February 8, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I lived in Japan for 3 years and wish the DS and this dictionary were developed earlier! They would've made my life easier and helped my Japanese tremendously.
I looked at many options for an affordable, portable dictionary that accepted writing input, but nothing met my needs. The dictionaries from Casio, Seiko, and others cost upwards of $300 and almost all of them didn't have stylus inputs. I tried a Sony Clie PDA, but the included dictionary was minimalist and terrible as a study tool, providing only basic translations and occasionally, examples.
The biggest problem for students of Japanese is seeing a word and not knowing how to pronounce it. Not knowing the yomikata means you have to count strokes and look up by radical, which is often a giant and time-consuming pain in the butt. Writing is invariably faster, and this software is a godsend! It provides plenty of example sentences and usage, and I recommend this highly. If you already have a DS, this is the cheapest and most functional electronic dictionary on the market, in my opinion.
If you don't have a DS, buy one and buy this dictionary. It will pay for itself very shortly in time saved and language skills acquired.
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