Dictionary of Japanese and English Idiomatic Equivalents

This book will lead you into the rich, expressive world of the Japanese language as no other reference can. A new concept in the study of idioms, it will quickly help you use the words and phrases that accurately and effectively express your English thoughts in Japanese. The Dictionary is not a mere alphabetical listing in dictionary style--it is a monumental organization of over ten thousand of the most frequently spoken Japanese idiomatic words and phrases under an ingenious system of 222 General Thought Categories that will guide you in the use of good idiomatic speech. Students of Japanese everywhere will welcome the Dictionary as a long-needed and invaluable reference to the words, idioms, and syntactical forms that have, till now, defied systematic arrangement.