Designed by an expert team of linguists and educators especially for the foreign student, this all-new kanji dictionary contains 2000 different kanji entries and 12,5000 word entries. It arranges the kanji entries in order of encounter frequency/importance; shows clearly the meanings, pronunciations, variant writings, and syntactic functions for each kanji entry; is cross-indexed by readings and features profuse introductory notes. More than a dictionary, it is an encyclopedic reference work invaluable to both the experienced specialist and the novice student.