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JAPN 302: Japanese Reading & Conversation II

Translation Reference

A Useful Guide made by Michigan State University Librarian Terri Miller

From: Japan Style Sheet

Dictionaries (Japanese and English)

Weblio

Eijiro

Linguee

Jisho

Kotobank

John Breen’s WWWJDIC

Dictionary of Buddhism 

Dictionaries and Thesauruses (English)

Websters online

Thesaurus online

Romanization and Conversions

Library of Congress guide to romanization of Japanese

NengoCalc

Translation Reference Tools

Architecture and arts: JAANUS

Art editing: http://www.artedit.org/style-guide.php

Tokyo Metropolitan Government 国内外旅行者のためのわかりやすい案内サイン標準化指針

Buddhism and Buddhist art: Onmark Productions

Encyclopedia of Shinto

Online Glossary of Japanese Historical Terms (University of Tokyo, Historiographical Institute)

Law: http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/

Dialect: 方言辞典

Editing

Chicago Manual of Style

Editors Canada

MLA Manual

Monumenta Nipponica Style Sheet

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