G70

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G70 Specs

English-Japanese Dictionaries:

• English-Japanese Kenkyuusha's English-Japanese Unabridged Dictionary and Collocation guide

(like the Oxford dictionary, it gives examples of English words that are often found together) 380,000 words

• Genius English-Japanese Unabridged Dictionary

255,000 words

• Reader's English-Japanese Dictionary

2nd Edition 270,000 words

• Reader's Plus

(new words, slang, place names and jargon are collected in this companion dictionary) 190,000 words

Japanese-English Dictionaries

• Japanese-English Kenkyuusha's Japanese-English Dictionary

5th Edition (A favorite among translaters! The original edition began nearly 30 years ago and has been constantly updated since) 480,000 Entries

Katakana Dictionaries

• Katakana Dictionary

3rd Edition, 55,200 Words

Kanji Dictionaries

• Kanjigen Kanji Dictionary

Revised Edition, 13,112 characters with 48,000 jukugo (kanji combinations)

Japanese-Japanese Dictionaries

• Super Daijirin Japanese-Japanese Dictionary

2nd Edition, 250,000 entries

• Japanese Synonym Dictionary

79,000 Entries

English Dictionaries:

• The New Oxford American Dictionary English-English

2nd Edition 250,000 Words

• The Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus

310,000 Entries

• New Oxford Dictionary of English

355,000 Words

• Oxford Thesaurus of English

2nd Edition 600,000 Words

• Oxford Guide to British and American Culture

2nd Edition 9,000 Entries

• Oxford - A Dictionary of Business

3rd Edition 6,500 Entries

• Oxford - A Concise Encyclopedia

12,000 Entries

• Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

6th Edition 80,000 Words

• Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English

9,000 Words/Linked words about 150,000 (9,000 words but a total of 150,000 examples are given of common compounds or words used together)

• Asahi's Colloquial English Dictionary

23,000 Entries

• USA Today's American Culture and History

12,000 Entries

Functions and Features

• Menu Messages in Japanese or English

You can change the messages on the screen to English

• Kanji stroke animation display

watch the correct stroke order stroke by stroke for most kanji

• Stylus On-screen tapping

Use the stylus to easily navigate through any menu. Makes jumping a snap (actually a tap)

• Real-Time Search

Possible 'hits' appear automatically as you type your query. This makes it possible to find the desired word rapidly

• Search multiple dictionaries
• Preview function

When searching and highlighting each hit, a 'pop-up' window appears that gives a brief explanation of that word. Your search list remains at the top while the pop-up window is used to quickly browse through the list to find the right word. See example to the right for the popup window.

• Super Jump Function

Allows you to jump from any dictionary to any dictionary. If you find an unknown kanji, simply select it and jump to the Japanese-English dictionary to discover its meaning and pronunciation.

• Example Sentence Search Function

You can search directly for example sentences using a word or words entered in English from the English-Japanese, Japanese-English, and Longman Essential Activator dictionaries.

• Word Book

Holds words for each dictionary mode

• History Function

Holds previously searched words can be kept in memory. You can review the list and jump to any previous search. Up to 50 past screens remembered

• Spell Checker

Very Yousfull. Entering a misspelled word in the English dictionary will give the correct spelling.

• Variant from Search Function

Entering a word's variant form will give the dictionary form

• Explanatory Notes

Explains all about each dictionary

• Hyperlink Function

(switching between dictionaries during operation)

Allows you to transfer a previously entered series of characters into another dictionary mode.

• Character Size

Makes the font size larger or smaller

• Basic Settings Function

The operational settings can be changed to make it easier for you to use the unit

• And yes, you can turn off the beep

(in the settings menu)

Product Specs
Size & Weight

148×104×19 mm (size when closed)

About 288g with Batteries
Battery

2 Standard AA Batteries

About 100 hours life.
Screen info Largest Font size 24 dot
30 characters x 14 lines at 16 dot
40 characters x 40 lines at 12 dot
Keyboard Full Keyboard

Kana or Romaji (recommended) input

User Comments/Reviews

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