HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: richie@ENGIN.UMICH.EDU
Subject: Re: MEIKO
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 19:40:17 GMT

In article <9204071037.AA04749@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> you write:
> There is a piece of parallel-computing hardware called a MEIKO-surface
> (although most people seem to pronounce it MAIKO). The name is supposed
> to be a real japanese word, but does anyone know what it could mean? I
> have heard that it may mean "well engineered" - is this so?
>
>                 Thanks.


It would be better if I can see the kanji.
However, "meikou" can mean a master-hand or an expert workman, a skillful
craftsman.
The "mei" in meikou is the kanji "na" in namae (name).
The "kou" is the same "kou" in kougaku (engineering).

Staney
From: rosenlof@milton.u.washington.edu (Karen Rosenlof)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re: Dictionaries, my opinions
Date: 14 Apr 92 16:30:00 GMT
Reply-To: rosenlof@milton.u.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <1992Apr13.194608.6999@hamblin.math.byu.edu> luke@koala.ee.byu.edu (David Luke) writes:
>In article <1992Apr12.045505.20991@u.washington.edu> rosenlof@milton.u.washington.edu writes:
>
>>dictionary. The Sanshoudou "Reikai shin kokugo jiten" ISBN 4-385-13317-4
>                 ^^^^^^^^^^
>>Sanshoudou Shin-meikai kanwa jiten 4th edition. ISBN 4-385-13700-5 Y2300
> ^^^^^^^^^^
>Shouldn't these be "Sanseido"?  Unless there's another publisher that I
>haven't heard of that uses extremely similar kanji...
>
yes, you're correct. every time I see that second character, "hansei no sei"
I first think of its reading as "mombushou no shou". sign

mike
rosenlof@milton.u.washington.edu
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: jwtlai@jeeves.waterloo.edu (Jim W Lai)
Subject: PC-98 to IBM PC?
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 20:52:48 GMT

I hope this isn't out of place, but does anyone have a reference to a method
for reading PC-98 disks on an IBM PC compatible disk drive?  Failing that,
does anyone have a reference to the format so that I can tinker with the
disk controller?

As an aside, has anyone an alternate font for the IBM PC so it can display the
kana instead of the IBM extended character set?
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: DTWIANOW@SUNRISE.ACS.SYR.EDU (Dan)
Subject: Re: Japanese language houses
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 05:37:00 GMT

Dan-

I went to Oberlin College, where there was an Asia House.  I believe it's
still there.  Oberlin is in Ohio, in the 216 area.  You can call information
for the number--  I no longer have it.  Sorry.

Dan Tinianow
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: jamie@f40.inmos.co.uk (Jamie Packer)
Subject: Re:  MEIKO
Organization: INMOS Limited, Bristol, UK
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 09:01:34 GMT

In article <9204071530.AA13705@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, SATO@MAXIMILLION.CP.MCC.COM (Sato Nishimura) writes:
|> The meiko-surface is a transputer based parallel computer originally from
|> the Alvey program. SGS-Thomson of France owns the company, which they bought
|> a couple of years ago. I don't know if it means anything in Japanese.
|> 
|> Satoshi Nishimura
|> International Liaison Office
|> Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
|> 3500 West Balcones Center Dr.
|> Austin, TX  78759

Close. The "Computing Surface' is a transputer based parallel computer made
by Meiko Ltd - the company was formed by a bunch of people who left INMOS (the
company that makes the transputer and is now owned by SGS-Thomson). Meiko
originally used the name because of the word meikou (yuumei no mei, koujichuu
no kou) meaning (something like) `skilled artisan'. However because most
Japanese seem to think of a girl's name, and anyway meikou doesn't have the same
connotations as the English phrase, I gather Meiko now deny that it means
anything.

Jamie.

P.S. If any entrepreneurs out there fancied trying to sell & support Meiko stuff
in Japan, then I guess the company might be interested to hear from you...
From: timd@ed.ac.uk (Tim Duncan)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re: MOKE
Keywords: MOKE
Date: 14 Apr 92 11:18:42 GMT
Reply-To: T.Duncan@ed.ac.uk
Organization: AI Applications Institute, University of Edinburgh

In article <zari.703176932@yacht>, zari@ee.fit.edu (Kevin Zari) writes:
|> Does anyone know the features that the new MOKE has?
|> If you have it, please let me know.
|> 	Domo Arigato,
|> 		zarisan

Does anyone know if version 2 of Moke will run on a laptop CGA?  The freely 
available version 1.1 unfortunately does not.

	-- Tim
From: mpoon@DESCARTES.WATERLOO.EDU (Michael Poon)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re: info. requ. on Japanese textbook
Date: 12 Apr 92 17:13:33 GMT
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet

In article <9204110205.AA08839@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> you write:
>This is a short survey.
>I am going to write a paper to evaluate the Japanese textbooks
>which is presently being employed in the classes. Could you please
>kindly tell me what kind of textbooks you (or around you) are using
>and how do you (or your friends) feel about them.
>Thank you for your cooperation. For replying your assistance, I
>will send you the result of this survey upon request.
>
>Xiao-jie Yang
>Assit. prof. of Japanese
>The Univ. of Calgary
>
>
>****A SHORT SURVEY****
>
>The name of your
>institution: University of Waterloo, Canada
>
>
>Class size and hours(per-week)
>Level I: 3
>Level II:3
>Level III:3
>
>
>The title and publisher of the textbook:
>(If you think the textbook is a little rare, please inclose
>details.)
>For level I: Japanese for today
>For level II: same
>For level III: same
>
>
>Any commonts on those textbooks:

Too much romajis
From: ysasaki@SCIENCES.SDSU.EDU
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Asahi-ya
Date: 9 Apr 92 00:36:02 GMT
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet

Could someone let me know the phone number of any Asahi-ya branch in the U.S.,
or some other bookstores dealing Japanese books (I already know the phone
numbers of Kinokyni-ya).

Y. Sasaki
SDSU
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: horne-scott@CS.YALE.EDU (Scott Horne)
Subject: Re: jiten FAQ?
Organization: Computer "Science" Dept, Yale University
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 06:17:25 GMT

In article <RWK.92Apr11103853@taunton.crl.dec.com>, rwk@crl.dec.com (Bob Kerns) writes:
<In article <molenda.702929026@msi.umn.edu> molenda@i1.msi.umn.edu (Jason Molenda) writes:
<
<Do you use the little table in the back that lists the optimizations
<they made?  If not, you'll find it saves you some time.

Actually, this has not been my experience.  That table works much of the time;
but then the only time I'd want to use the table is when I couldn't guess the
radical on my own, and then it seems of no help!

<As does
<marking the radicals on the outside edge, which is something you
<should do to any dictionary you use frequently.

Printing the radicals in the outer (side) margins is another big convenience.
Too bad so few dictionaries do this.

<The table of kanji at the front of each radical means I can generally
<make two stabs at finding the right radical in the time it takes me to
<make one try with most jiten.

The tables are very convenient indeed with a dictionary that uses this bizarre
indexing scheme, but I wouldn't even bother using such tables in 214-radical
dictionaries.  What's nice about the tables is that they give full character
numbers for characters listed under other radicals.

<If you notice, it's a bitmap font of only moderate resolution.

Oh, we noticed....  :-)

<It was computer typeset; I suspect this was the best font they
<had.

Actually, it's not bad for a bitmap font.  Still, we should get a bit more
from a dictionary.

					--Scott

-- 
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203 436-1848                Residence:  Rm 1848 Silliman College, New Haven, CT
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From: kumiko@WADALAB.T.U-TOKYO.AC.JP (TANAKA Sho)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: ankeeto
Date: 10 Apr 92 01:21:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: bloom-be.9204100114.AA13537
Reply-To: kumiko@wadalab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Organization: The Internet

>Namae: Tanaka Kumiko
>syussinti:Chiba
>nenreisou:23
>
>1. yokohama-kouzyou no seisanryou ga ninenkan hueta.
>1.1. kono bun o "seisanryou ga ninenkan huetuzuketa" to iu imi ni toremasuka?
>     sizen(x) husizen(x)
>     comments:

Usually huetuzuketa needs more longer time
such as 5 or 10 years. In this sense, it is "husizen"
1. would be enough to mean that the seisanryou has increased.

>
>1.2. kono bun o "seisanryou ga ninenkan moto no seisanryou o
uwamawatte ita" to
   You have to write "uwamawatta" here.
>     iu imi ni toremasuka?
>     sizen( )   husizen(x)
>     comments: No, I don't think so. Increase and its result to
yeild "moto no seisanryou ga uwamawaru" is logically different.
>
>2. yokohama-kouzyou no seisanryou ga huete iru.
>2.1. kono bun o "seisanryou ga zouka-situzuketeiru" to iu imi ni tukaemasuka?
>     sizen(x )   husizen( )
>     comments:
>
>2.2. kono bun o "moto no seisanryou o uwamawaru (ittei no) seisanryou ga
>     tamotarete iru" to iu imi ni toremasuka?
>     sizen( )   husizen(x )
>     comments:
    Also, logically it does not match.
>
>3. huzigawa no mizukasa ga 3-zikande hueta.
>   sizen( ) husizen( )
>   question: nani-ga 3-zikan kakattaka, omoiataru bamen o kaite kudasai.
>   comments:
      There was a storm and lots of rainfalls, wich caused the
amount of water in river increase. It took the "amount of river to
increase" for 3 hours.
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: miyazaki@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Takeshi Miyazaki)
Subject: Re: Japanese OS
Originator: news@ernie.Princeton.EDU
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 15:48:23 GMT

In article <9204132003.AA10203@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu writes:
>But, to me, the single most winning thing about it is that you get KanjiTalk
>but you still have English menus and panels.  Decyphering computerese is
>annoying enough without having to decypher Japanese computerese (and
>I'm a 20+ year computer veteran!).  The worst part of Japanese
>computerese is that a lot of it is simply the English rendered in
>katakana; I find it difficult to imagine that katakana `purinto'
>conveys more information than Roman `Print'. 

Interestingly enough, there is a Japanese word processor that was
designed with this concept. "Don't use straight-translated katakana." 

It is ZeroByWord by Minsoft. (Maybe also NibaiWord.) It adopts
"insatsu", instead of "print", "shotai" for "font", so on. Also the
dialog for confirmation has "soudesuka" as a button. It was funny.

But this idea was not appealing to me. Because, sometimes,
it is not clear to me what "shotai" means. Especially just after I
used the application that uses "font". Why I need to remember "font"
*and* "shotai"?

Also, katakana "printo" is sparse than kanji "insatsu", so it is easy
to read.

This software was designed by American, not Japanese. It is also
intreasing. Sometimes foreigners are more sensitive for the usage of
Japanese. :) I would say it is too sensitive.

The bottom line is that, if Apple Japan would have used "insatsu"
instead of "purinto", everyone should have used "insatus", too. But
for the people who have to use both English application and Japanese 
application, the choice of "purinto" is reasonable and easy to read.


-- 
Takeshi Miyazaki (miyazaki@ee.princeton.edu)
From: masseyj@NOVAVAX.NOVA.EDU (James Massey)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re:  info. requ. on Japanese textbook
Date: 12 Apr 92 02:47:00 GMT
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet

institution:  Polk Community College
class size/hours:  level 1, 18 people, 4 hr/wk
textbook:  Japanese for Busy People

Jim Massey
From: kimata@MAGNUM.CONVEX.COM (Hiroki Kimata)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re: ankeeto
Date: 9 Apr 92 17:38:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: bloom-be.9204091740.AA27212
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet

In sci.lang.japan you write:

>nihongo no imiron ni tuiteno project de ika no bun no tekisetusa ga mondai ni
>narimasita. ankeeto ni gokyouryoku kudasai. kaitousya wa nihongo no native
>speaker ni kagirasete itadakimasu.

>Namae:
>syussinti:
>nenreisou:

>1. yokohama-kouzyou no seisanryou ga ninenkan hueta.
>1.1. kono bun o "seisanryou ga ninenkan huetuzuketa" to iu imi ni toremasuka?
>     sizen( ) husizen(x)
>     comments:
"...ninenkan hueta."
         ^^^ It seems not natural.If the words "tsuzukete" or
	     "renzokude" is used instead of "kan",it seems O.K.

>1.2. kono bun o "seisanryou ga ninenkan moto no seisanryou o uwamawatte ita" to
>     iu imi ni toremasuka?
>     sizen( )   husizen(x)
>     comments:

Both of 1.1 and 1.2 seems not natural.But I would rather choose 1.1 than
 1.2.

>2. yokohama-kouzyou no seisanryou ga huete iru.
>2.1. kono bun o "seisanryou ga zouka-situzuketeiru" to iu imi ni tukaemasuka?
>     sizen(x)   husizen( )
>     comments:

>2.2. kono bun o "moto no seisanryou o uwamawaru (ittei no) seisanryou ga
>     tamotarete iru" to iu imi ni toremasuka?
>     sizen( )   husizen(x)
>     comments:
I feel former one is more suitable for the sentence,
though 2.2. also make sence.

>3. huzigawa no mizukasa ga 3-zikande hueta.
>   sizen(x) husizen( )
>   question: nani-ga 3-zikan kakattaka, omoiataru bamen o kaite kudasai.
3jikan mae madeha tsuujou no mizukasa de atta Huzigawa ga ,
miru miru utini genzai no mizukasa made ni natta.

>   comments:
Tsumari,'tuujou no mizukasa kara genzai no mizukasa ni hueru made ni
                                ^^^^^^
3jikan kakatta.' to iu imi desu.

>arigatou gozaimasita. kaitou wa kono e-mail goto
>           loebner@ze8.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
>ni oyose kudasai.

I hope this will help.

   --
   Hiroki Kimata
   kimata@convex.com
   CONVEX COMPUTER CORPORATION ,   Richardson Texas,USA
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: coops@engin.umich.edu (David John Cooper)
Subject: Kanji Guesser bug
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 11:34:24 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

Has anybody tried pressing <F2> while running KanjiGuesser in
MicroSoft Windows?  Try it, it's really cool!

dave
From: jtyrkko@vipunen.hut.fi (Juha-Petri Tyrkk|)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Escape sequences
Date: 14 Apr 92 08:57:55 GMT
Reply-To: jtyrkko@vipunen.hut.fi (Juha-Petri Tyrkk|)
Distribution: sci.lang.japan
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology


  Could anybody tell me the difference between the escape sequences
that appear in JIS Kanji files? In some files the sequence is

  ESC $ @

  and in some others

  ESC $ B

  Is there a difference in the Kanji -> binary mapping between these
two formats?

                                        Juha-Petri Tyrkko
From: SATO@MAXIMILLION.CP.MCC.COM (Sato Nishimura)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re:  MEIKO
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:30:25 GMT
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
X-Unparsable-Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 11: 29:30 TZONE

The meiko-surface is a transputer based parallel computer originally from
the Alvey program. SGS-Thomson of France owns the company, which they bought
a couple of years ago. I don't know if it means anything in Japanese.

Satoshi Nishimura
International Liaison Office
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
3500 West Balcones Center Dr.
Austin, TX  78759
From: schulman@MADMAX.HRL.HAC.COM
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re: Asahi-ya
Date: 10 Apr 92 04:49:57 GMT
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet

In article <9204090036.AA21076@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> you write:
>Could someone let me know the phone number of any Asahi-ya branch in the U.S.,

Asahiya, Los Angeles. 213-626-5650. Fax:213-626-1746.
Asahiay, Chicago. 708-228-9851. Fax:708-228-9606.
From: majmudar@das.harvard.edu (Kaushal Majmudar)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Wanted Sublet in Tokyo
Keywords: Sublet Wanted
Date: 12 Apr 92 19:38:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: das.1992Apr12.193850.19558
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University


Hello.

I am a student at Harvard Law School and I am going to be working
at a Japanese Law Firm for six weeks during the summer of 1992.
The firm is one of the largest in Japan, and is located in the Ginza
section of Tokyo.

Since I will be in Tokyo from June 1, 1992 to approx. July 12, 1992,
I was hoping to get a short term studio sublet within easy commute of the
Yurakucho station in the Ginza area.

I would like a sublet from June and maybe through July ( although preferably
6 weeks ). I am willing to pay up to between Yen 100,000 - 150,000 per month.
plus key money and real estate comission if necessary.

However, I was hoping that perhaps someone in the united states might
know of a student studying abroad or not using his/her apt. during that
period of time. In that case I would like to sublet such an apartment.

Also, I would like e-mail addresses of japanese university bulletin boards
where I might post this notice. I would also appreciate any information
that people might have regarding other sources of short-term (livable)
housing that would be furnished. Any addresses or phone #s would be greatly
appreciated.


Please call me at (617)493-9068 and speak to me (kaushal B. majmudar) or
leave a message on my machine.

Alternatively, write to majmudar@das.harvard.edu or post to this board, but
any reply would be greatly appreciated.

					Kaushal B. Majmudar
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: hinck@is.morgan.com (Jon Hinckley)
Subject: Re: Japanese on a Macintosh
Organization: Morgan Stanley & Company
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 01:43:17 GMT

In article <LmJXiB1w164w@aegis.or.jp> okushi@aegis.or.jp (Keiko Okushi) writes:
Path: is1.is.morgan.com!s5!uunet!sun-barr!sh.wide!astemgw!kuis!aegis!okushi
   From: okushi@aegis.or.jp (Keiko Okushi)
   Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
   Date: 8 Apr 92 20:47:56 GMT
   References: <1992Apr8.015640.8945@muddcs.claremont.edu>
   Sender: okushi@aegis.or.jp
   Organization: Aegis Society, Kyoto Japan
   Lines: 23

   dcrevier@jarthur.claremont.edu (Dan Crevier) writes:

   > Hi, I recently got an Mac II, and want to get some software to do some
   > Japanese word processing and kanji learning type stuff.  I have Kanji Talk.
   > I will soon be getting a laser printer, and I am interested in printing good
   > quality stuff.  I heard that Kanji Talk only prints at 72 dpi.  Has anyone
   > ported jenscript to the Mac?  Also, has someone written an interface to use
   > edict?  Are there any ftp sites with Macintosh japanese software?
   > 
   > Thanks.
   > 
   > Dan

   There are Japanese word processing such as EG Word, 
   MacWrite II, MacWrite, etc.  If you need price list
   of softwares for Mac sold in Japan, I may help you.
   And as for the printing stuff, TrueType Font will
   solve your problem.

   ---

I personally like nibaiwado from MinSoft. One of my favorite features
is that you get English menus by holding down the option key when you
start it. If you have interest or questions let me know.

Jon Hinckley                   
Morgan Stanley Japan Ltd.      
Information Services
Tokyo Japan                     Email:  hinck@is.morgan.com






--
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Morgan Stanley Japan Ltd.	Fax:	813 3286-9040
Information Services
Tokyo Japan			Email:  hinck@is.morgan.com
From: nelson@USAFA.AF.MIL (Capt Eric Nelson)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re:  FLEFO
Date: 17 Apr 92 13:51:58 GMT
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet

I would be very interested in subscribing to FLEFO as well.  Does anyone
know the list address?

Eric Nelson
USAF Academy, CO
nelson@usafa.af.mil
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: mgilula@MIASUN.MED.MIAMI.EDU (Marshall Gilula)
Subject: Japanese OS
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 02:24:31 GMT

Get yourself a -486 machine and purchase NeXTStep 3.0 for the
best Japanese language (all four alphabets) OS

not meaning to appear chauvenistic, but it's the truth

honto

Marshall Gilula
mgilula@miasun.med.miami.edu
From: xyang@ACS.UCALGARY.CA (Xiao-jie Yang)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: info. requ. on Japanese textbook
Date: 11 Apr 92 02:04:09 GMT
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet

This is a short survey.
I am going to write a paper to evaluate the Japanese textbooks
which is presently being employed in the classes. Could you please
kindly tell me what kind of textbooks you (or around you) are using
and how do you (or your friends) feel about them.
Thank you for your cooperation. For replying your assistance, I
will send you the result of this survey upon request.

Xiao-jie Yang
Assit. prof. of Japanese
The Univ. of Calgary


****A SHORT SURVEY****

The name of your
institution:


Class size and hours(per-week)
Level I:
Level II:
Level III:


The title and publisher of the textbook:
(If you think the textbook is a little rare, please inclose
details.)
For level I:
For level II:
For level III:


Any commonts on those textbooks:
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: asano@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (ASANO Yoshiteru)
Subject: Japan Night at U. of Colo.
Summary: Japan Night will be held at U. of Colo. on April 18.
Keywords: cultural event
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:35:24 GMT


D
Hi, everyone who is interested in Japan and living in Colorado -- Denver area.
Japanese Students Association at Boulder and Japan-U.S. Association (local
discussion group) sponsors a cultural event called "Japan Night" on Saturday,
April 18, 1992 at University of Colorado at Boulder.  For details, see "soc.culture.japan" under the title of Japan Night.  Thank you.   Y. Asano, PresidnentJsa.E
From: SHERWOO@mitvma.mit.EDU (MIT Japan Program)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Attention MATERIALS SCIENTISTS, PHYSICISTS, CHEMISTS
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:47:44 GMT
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet

We are still accepting applications for our intensive summer program
in Technical Japanese for Materials Scientists and Engineers.
Many individuals in physics and chemistry may also be eligible for
this course. The course will run during the eight-week period from
June 15 to August 7, and there is financial assistance available.
The goal of the course is to enable people in materials science and
related fields to read the technical Japanese literature in their
field of specialty. Applicants should have the equivalent of a minimum
of two years of college Japanese. A proficiency test will be administered
at or near the applicant's home institution to measure Japanese
language ability. Anyone who is interested should contact Sue Sherwood
at tel. 253-8095, fax. 258-7432, e-mail sherwoo@mitvma.mit.edu
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Les Hartzman)
Subject: Re: jiten FAQ?
Followup-To: hartzman@kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov
Summary: English->Japanese
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Distribution: sci
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 16:02:18 GMT

What should also be included is a list of English to Japanese dictionaries
for different skill levels.  I'm a new student of Japanese, and I've been
unable so far to find a good E->J dictionary with furigana.  I've got the
small Kenkyusha Furigana dictionary, but I'd like one that is more complete
and includes the translation of typical phrases (like other language
dictionaries that show for example: 'week', the word for week, and then some 
phrases like 'all week long' and its translation - all under the 'week' entry).

Does one exist?  I've been to Kinokuniya in L. A., but they only have small
pocket ones, or ones that are meant for people that are already 
experienced/native Japanese speakers.

Any help would be appreciated in tracking one down.  Thanks.

Les.


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