Kodansha's Effective Japanese Usage Dictionary

A comprehensive dictionary explaining the differences between frequently confused words and phrases in the Japanese language, by using; sample sentences in romanized and standard Japanese followed by English; easy-to-use indexes; and short narratives and dialogues. One of the principal reasons for the difficulty foreign students have in mastering Japanese is the language's extensive use of words that seem similar in meaning, but are used very differently in practice. This 768-page dictionary both explains the differences between hundreds of words