Hello, do you recommend any good japanese-english dictionaries? I mean physical copies and where to buy them. I’m looking for one with kanji stroke order and I don’t know if all of them have it. I’m barely level N5, but I want to learn as many kanji as possible:)
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https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/how-to-use-a-kanji-dictionary/
I have Nelson (see the article) and it’s absolutely amazing, but I heard pretty good things about Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary too (see the article again). KKLD is probably more suitable for the beginner.
The only thing is that stroke order is not usually a part of the kanji dictionary and can be found in “let’s learn some kanji” resources, so you might need to decide what you really expect from the book.
While I think it might be out of print, my guide was this one:
https://books.google.com/books/about/Kanji_Kana.html?id=3xdkAAAAMAAJ&source=kp_book_description
For what it was back in the day, I found it very useful and used it until the cover came off. I think there’s an updated or modified edition, but I’ve never used or read it.
try jisho.org if you’re on pc and ‘shirabe jisho’ if you have iphone/ ipad. i use both but shirabe jisho is better as it can show you how to write the kanji stroke one by one, voice over of how to pronounce foreach word, examples of the kanji usage in multiple sentences with translated sentences ( although most of the examples often use high level grammars ). you can also make folders for every word/kanji you want to compile. it’s also very convenient as it has search history of every last words you type.
overall 9/10 would recommend