A History of Japanese Literature/List of Dictionaries

by William George Aston

 

A LIST OF DICTIONARIES, GRAMMARS, AND OTHER WORKS OF REFERENCE USEFUL TO STUDENTS OF JAPANESE

A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary, by J. C. Hepburn (fourth edition, 1888).

A Dictionary of Chinese-Japanese Words, by J. H. Gubbins (1889).

A Chinese-English Dictionary, by H. A. Giles (1892).

A Native Chinese-Japanese Dictionary, such as the Gioku-hen.

One of the following native dictionaries of the Japanese language: Nippon Daijirin; Genkai; Nippon Daijisho. Of these, the first-named is the fullest and most elaborate. But even in the best dictionaries, whether by Japanese or foreigners, vast numbers of words are not to be found.

A Grammar of the Japanese Written Language, by W. G. Aston (second edition, 1877).

A Grammar of the Japanese Spoken Language, by W. G. Aston (fourth edition, 1888).

Or, A Handbook of Colloquial Japanese, by B. H. Chamberlain (third edition, 1898).

A Romanised Japanese Reader, by B. H. Chamberlain (1886).

A Manual of Japanese Writing, by the same author, is in preparation.

Japanese Chronological Tables, by E. M. S. (Sir Ernest Satow), (1874), or a similar work by W. Bramsen (1880), will be found necessary.