A. Kanji dictionaries
1. Daijiten, 大字典 compiled by Ueda
2. Shōkai Kanwa daijiten, 詳解漢和大字典 by Fuzanbō. This is the dictionary (1952 or later edition) referred to by the F-numbers in Nelson’s character dictionary.
3. Dai Kanwa jiten, 大漢和辞典 compiled by Morohashi, 13 vols. (RJ 5829/0453) Good for difficult-to-find kanji and compounds. The OED for Chinese learning.
4. Nihon sengokushi kan-wa jiten, 日本戦国史漢和辞典 Muraishi, Toshio, 1930-. Murata Shoten, Showa 62 [1987]
B. Kana Dictionaries
5. Kōjien, 広辞苑 by Shimmura Izuru (RJ 5830/0423). This can be used for contemporary language; say, for words that do not appear in the Kenkyōsha New Japanese English Dictionary.
6. Nihon kokugo daijiten, 日本國語大辞典 by Shōgakukan, 20 vols. (1972-76)
7. Dai Nihon kokugo jiten, 大日本國語辭典 5 vols.
8. Daigenkai, 大言海 5 vols. (RJ 5831/4400.1) The latter two have complete character indexes.
9. Iwanami Kogo jiten, 岩波古語辞典 Iwanami, 1974. Older words, 43,000 entries
10 Kadokawa Kogo Daijiten, 角川古語大辞典 Nakamura Yukihiko, Okami Masao and Sakakura Atsuyoshi.
Tokyo: Kadokawa shoten, 1982-. 5 vols.
11 Nihonshi yōgo daijiten, 日本史用語大辞典 The Editorial Committee. Kashiwa shobō, 1978.
12 Komonjo Kokiroku nankun yōrei daijiten, 古文書古記錄難訓用例大辞典 Kashiwa Shobo, 1989.
13 Nihon sengokushi kokugo jiten, 日本戦国史国語辞典 Miraishi, Toshio, 1930-. Murata Shoten, Heisei 3 [1991]
14 Hōyaku Nippo jisho， 邦訳日匍辞書 1 v. + index.Uniform title: Vocabvlario da lingoa de Iapam. Japanese. Morita Takeshi hen. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1989.
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