Anyone know of any good Japanese-English electronic dictionaries out there? Something that can translates kanji to english, easy to use, has example sentences and price around $200?
Is that even possible? Links would also be appreciated. Thanks!
I know a free online Japanese to English translation: http://translation.babylon.com/?affID=12042, another choice is Google translate: http://translate.google.com/?hl=en
Besides dictionaries and phrase books, is it possible to find Japanese books written in both Kanji and Romaji?
I cannot read Kanji.
What about Japanese books written in Romaji alone?
Unless they are actually meant for Japanese learners, then probably not.
If you can read hiragana and katakana, though, then there are book written with kanji, but with furigana (little hiragana by the kanji telling you the pronunciation) as well.
The problem with stripping away kanji and having only romaji is that many words are pronounced the same, and the kanji is where the meaning cones from.