The Seiko SR-E9000 (full dictionary list information here) was released in February of 2005. The most attractive features are backlight available only in a few Seiko models and the 1,800,000 word Japanese/English (both ways) dictionary. This mammoth of a dictionary is also available in CD-ROM form on Amazon Japan for the enormous sum of 101,254 [...]
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The Canon Wordtank G70 was released on Friday, December 16. The main improvements over its predecessor the Wordtank G55 are a stylus pen for navigation and the huge Kenkyusha Japanese to English dictionary with 480,000 entries. The release price is also significantly higher though, so we’ll look at what Canon is offering for the expense [...]
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The Canon Wordtank G70 will be out in about a month. Canon so rarely puts out new models that it’s always exciting to see what they’ve added. (This is a distinctly different marketing strategy than Casio, Seiko, and Sharp, which only give each model a 6-month life, and are constantly putting out new models with [...]
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The Canon Wordtank G55 appeared on the scene on March 25, 2005 with little fanfare. While Casio and Seiko replace their electronic dictionary models every 6 months to one year, Canon tends to keep their models in circulation for a great deal longer. (Hence the Canon Wordtank IDF-3000, which is still a favorite among beginning [...]
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Kojien vs. Super Daijirin Many users of Japanese electronic dictionaries may not use the Japanese/Japanese dictionary included. It certainly may look intimidating to intermediate or even advanced students. Many intermediate students could stand to benefit from experimenting with the Japanese dictionary, as they may be surprised with how much they do understand. The Super Daijirin [...]
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(Though the V80 is a Japanese/English/Chinese dictionary, the Stylus Pen Kanji input feature makes it a very attractive dictionary to native English students of Japanese. This review is primarily directed at that group.) The Canon Wordtank V80 has perhaps the most sought after feature in any Japanese electronic dictionary: the ability to input Japanese (and [...]
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Bought the new Canon Wordtank G50 the day it came out. Maybe it’s a bit pathetic to get excited over a Japanese electronic dictionary, but I’ve been waiting for this one since last Fall. The Canon G50 was scheduled to be released last November, but the date kept getting pushed back and it didn’t actually [...]
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