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One Reason Why The Nintendo DS kicks arse

1. 漢字ã??ã?®ã?¾ã?¾ DS楽引辞典.

2. No, I don’t know what that actually says either, but that’s the name of a Japanese-English dictionary for the DS. Having dictionaries on game consoles aren’t exactly super exciting, but when you walk down the street and you can’t read anything it’s a very handy thing to have. And while you can get similar programs on the PSP, this has something no dictionary can match — you can use the touchscreen to write the kanji character and have the program look up the word. It’s brilliant! The biggest problem you face after memorising Kana is that you still can’t read the Kanji, and you can’t even look it up because you don’t know how the character should be read (with electronic dictionaries you have to type in how the word sounds, then choose the kanji character you are looking for). The dictionary will tell you how to read the word, and even if it doesn’t have the English definition (not all words in the dictionary have the English equivalent) you can use a better electronic dictionary (or the internet) to look up the definition.

3. My life here has just got that little bit easier. Rock.

• Posted in Japan, RightBrain on the 26.02.2007 @ 9:10:17 AM, Permanent Link
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