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Shogakukan has compared its Nikkoku dictionary to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) because the Nikkoku represents the largest and most thorough dictionary of the Japanese language, and also provides etymologies and historical citations for its entries. Most entries contain citations from early known usages of the word in a text.
Daijirin (Japanese: 大辞林, lit. ' Great Forest of Words ') is a comprehensive single-volume Japanese dictionary edited by Akira Matsumura (松村明, Matsumura Akira, 1916–2001), and first published by Sanseido Books (三省堂書店, Sanseidō Shoten) in 1988.
Dictionary was introduced in OS X 10.4 with the New Oxford American Dictionary and Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus (as well as the Wikipedia and Apple Dictionary sections). 10.5 added Japanese dictionaries, 10.7 added the British Oxford Dictionary of English , and 10.8 added French, German, Spanish and Chinese.
general-purpose dictionary of Japanese history, 15 volumes The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary: 1962, 1974: Andrew Nelson's kanji dictionary, 5,446 entries Moji: 2011: open source, cross-platform extension for using Japanese and Chinese dictionaries The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary: 1997
9th Edition (Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary Ninth edition): Includes over 185000 words, phrases, explanations (with 700 new words and definitions, over 6000 revisions); 52 pages writing guides, 16 pages oral language guides, 74 pages illustrations.
The Daijisen followed upon the success of two other Kōjien competitors, Sanseido's Daijirin ("Great forest of words", 1988, 1995, 2006) and Kōdansha's color-illustrated Nihongo Daijiten ("Great dictionary of Japanese", 1989, 1995). All of these dictionaries weigh around 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) and have about 3000 pages.