{"id":20,"date":"2019-10-20T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-03-31T07:54:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T12:54:11","slug":"challenge-elementary-school-dictionary-and-kanji-dictionary-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/20\/challenge-elementary-school-dictionary-and-kanji-dictionary-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge Elementary School Dictionary and Kanji Dictionary (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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General Details<\/h3>\n

Title: \u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8\u5c0f\u5b66\u56fd\u8a9e\u8f9e\u5178 \u7b2c\u516d\u7248(Challenge Elementary School Dictionary 6th Edition)<\/b>
Volumes: 1
Language: Japanese
Publisher: Benesse
Year: 2015
Pages: 1,439 <\/p>\n

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Title: \u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8\u5c0f\u5b66\u6f22\u5b57\u8f9e\u5178 \u7b2c\u516d\u7248(Challenge Elementary School Kanji Dictionary 6th Edtion)<\/b>
Volumes: 1
Language: Japanese
Publisher: Benesse
Year: 2015
Pages: 1,151 (+ separate 110 page quiz book) <\/p>\n

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\"\"This is a special double-entry, as my copy of these two dictionaries came together as a boxed set (with convenient carry handle). The set includes the compact 6th edition versions of both the \u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8\u5c0f\u5b66\u56fd\u8a9e\u8f9e\u5178 (Challenge Elementary School Dictionary<\/i>) and the \u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8\u5c0f\u5b66\u6f22\u5b57\u8f9e\u5178 (Challenge Elementary School Kanji Dictionary<\/i>); these are also available separately as well as in a larger size. The set came with an instructional DVD and brochure on Fukaya Keisuke's method for dictionary usage (see his website here<\/a>), which involves overloading the books with post-it-note bookmarks (see the image to the right, taken from Benesse's website<\/a>). I do like step 4 in the brochure, though: \u8f9e\u66f8\u3068\u53cb\u3060\u3061\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u3087\u3046<\/span> (become friends with your dictionary).<\/p>\n

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Both dictionaries feature cartoon angel characters - two which are kids learning how to use the dictionaries, and one like an elderly man, serving as their instructor. There are manga-style guides in the front and back of each dictionary covering dictionary usage and other language topics. The yellow volume, a monolingual Japanese-language dictionary intended for students in 1st through 6th grade, contains a number of special boxes and columns, covering idioms, meaning distinctions, and other linguistic topics. At the bottom of each page is a marginal note, either an idiomatic phrase or a book recommendation. In the back are appendices on sign language, braille, romaji, kanji radicals, seasonal words, time words, measures and counters, classical Japanese, and the \u767e\u4eba\u4e00\u9996, hyakkunin isshu<\/i><\/a>, or one hundred people, one poem each<\/i>. There are some posters included with the dictionary which include the elementary school kanji characters as well as the poems contained in the hyakkunin isshu<\/i>. All kanji have furigana<\/i> to assist with pronunciation. Beyond the angel characters, who appear in the special boxes and columns, the illustrations are sparse, but well-done when they appear, serving to illustrate specifics or classifications.<\/p>\n

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The blue volume, the kanji dictionary, presents information on 3,045 kanji characters and the compounds and idiomatic phrases they form. Like the other volume, this one features special columns and info boxes on the history of kanji, notes on specific characters, and homophone distinction. There are indexes for looking up specific characters by pronunciation or by stroke count, and the margins of the book feature the kanji radicals for finding characters that way. The dictionary comes with a laminated double-sided card which gives instruction for finding characters these three different ways. The appendices in the back of the dictionary cover the history of kanji characters, the system of radicals, how kanji are pronounced, stroke order, unusual readings, and a list of the kanji that students should learn by academic grade. Just like in the yellow volume, all kanji have furigana<\/i>. A quiz book is included as a separate volume; it features activities involving kanji radicals and compound word formation.<\/p>\n

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Sample Entries<\/h3>\n

I attempt to look up the same two entries, \"umbrella\" and \"Saint Louis,\" in all of the reference works featured on this site, in order to provide a fair basis of comparison between them. \"Saint Louis\" is not in either of these (nor would it be expected to appear), but I have looked up \"umbrella\" (\u5098) in both. The entry for umbrella in the yellow volume - the standard dictionary - is found on page 247:<\/p>\n

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\u304b\u3055<\/b> \u3010\u5098\u3011\u540d\u8a5e<\/span> \u96e8\u3042\u3081<\/rt><\/ruby>\u30fb\u96ea\u3086\u304d<\/rt><\/ruby>\u30fb\u65e5\u5149\u306b\u3063\u3053\u3046<\/rt><\/ruby>\u306a\u3069\u3092\u3088\u3051\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306b\u5dee\u3055<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3059\u3082\u306e\u3002\u4f8b<\/span> \u65e5\u3072<\/rt><\/ruby>\u5098<\/u>\u3002<\/p>\n

umbrella<\/b> [\u5098] noun<\/span> A thing held in order to avoid contact with rain, snow, sunlight, etc. example<\/span> sun-umbrella.<\/i><\/p>\n

The entry (image to the right) features illustrations showing the Japanese-style umbrella (\u304b\u3089\u304b\u3055, karakasa<\/i>) and the Western-style umbrella (\u3053\u3046\u3082\u308a\u304c\u3055).<\/p>\n

The kanji character for umbrella, \u5098, is not an elementary school character, but the blue volume - the kanji dictionary - is comprehensive enough to include it. It can be found on page 86. As kanji dictionary entries can be a bit challenging to represent in HTML, there is a picture of the entry sandwiched between the transcription and the translation.<\/p>\n

\ud840\udda2 10\u753b
\u3010\u5098\u3011<\/span>
\u7dcf\u753b12 \u5e38\u7528<\/span> \u97f3<\/span> \u30b5\u30f3 \u8a13<\/span> \u304b\u3055<\/p>\n

\u306a\u3089\u305f\u3061<\/b> \u8c61\u5f62<\/span> [image of ancient kanji form] ►\u304b\u3055\u3092\u3072\u3089\u3044\u305f\u5f62\u304b\u305f\u3061<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3092\u3048\u304c\u3044\u3066\u3001\u3064\u304f\u3063\u305f\u5b57\u3002\u300c\u304b\u3055\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u610f\u5473\u3044\u307f<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3092\u8868\u3042\u3089\u308f<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3059\u3002
\u610f\u5473<\/span> \u304b\u3055\u3002\u96e8\u3042\u3081<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3084\u65e5\u3072<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3056\u3057\u3092\u3075\u305b\u3050\u305f\u3081\u4e0a\u3046\u3048<\/rt><\/ruby>\u304b\u3089\u304a\u304a\u3046\u3082\u306e\u3002\u304b\u3055\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u5f62\u304b\u305f\u3061<\/rt><\/ruby>\u306e\u3082\u306e\u3002\u4f8b<\/span> \u96e8\u5098\u3042\u307e\u304c\u3055<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3002\u65e5\u5098\u3072\u304c\u3055<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3002\u843d\u4e0b\u5098\u3089\u3063\u304b\u3055\u3093<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3002<\/p>\n

\u5098\u304c\u4e0a\u306b\u3064\u304f\u3053\u3068\u3070<\/span>
\u3010\u00b0\u5098\u4e0b\u3011\u30b5\u30f3\u30ab<\/span> \u4e2d\u5fc3\u3061\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3093<\/rt><\/ruby>\u306b\u306a\u308b\u4eba\u3072\u3068<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3084\u7d44\u7e54\u305d\u3057\u304d<\/rt><\/ruby>\u306e\u3082\u3068\u306b\u96c6\u3042\u3064<\/rt><\/ruby>\u307e\u308a\u3001\u305d\u306e\u6307\u5c0e\u3057\u3069\u3046<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3084\u652f\u914d\u3057\u306f\u3044<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3092\u53d7\u3046<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3051\u308b\u7acb\u5834\u305f\u3061\u3070<\/rt><\/ruby>\u306b\u3042\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3002\u3000\u4f8b<\/span> \u5927\u4f1a\u793e\u3060\u3044\u304c\u3044\u3057\u3083<\/rt><\/ruby>\u306e\u5098\u4e0b<\/u>\u306b\u5165\u306f\u3044<\/rt><\/ruby>\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n

\u5098\u304c\u4e0b\u306b\u3064\u304f\u3053\u3068\u3070<\/span>
\u96e8\u5098\u3042\u307e\u304c\u3055<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3000\u65e5\u5098\u3072\u304c\u3055<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3000\u843d\u4e0b\u5098\u30e9\u30c3\u30ab\u30b5\u30f3<\/rt><\/ruby>\u3014\u30d1\u30e9\u30b7\u30e5\u30fc\u30c8\u3015<\/p>\n

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[person radical] + 10 strokes<\/i>
\u3010\u5098\u3011<\/span>
Total strokes: 12<\/i> General-use<\/i><\/span> On-reading<\/i><\/span> san<\/i> Kun-reading<\/i><\/span> kasa<\/i><\/p>\n

Origin<\/i><\/b> Hieroglyph<\/i><\/span> [image of ancient kanji form] ► This character was created by drawing the form of an opened umbrella. It expresses the meaning \"umbrella.\"<\/i>
Meaning<\/i><\/span> Umbrella. A thing which covers from above to defend against rain and sun. Things with the form of an umbrella. Example<\/span> Rain-umbrella. Sun-umbrella. Parachute.<\/i><\/p>\n

Words beginning with \u5098<\/span>
\u3010under the \u00b0umbrella of\u3011sanka<\/span> Being collected under a central figure or organization, from which guidance and control are received. Example<\/span> Entering under the umbrella of<\/u> a large corporation.<\/i><\/p>\n

Words ending with \u5098<\/span>
rain-umbrella\u3000sun-umbrella\u3000parachute<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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