Rather than buy, download, convert, and install dictionaries yourself, you can buy them pre-installed, tested, and ready to use on a memory card for your device--and you can get a full package including Eijiro for much less than you'd pay for the card alone in a store.
All cards come with Edict, Enamdict, Kanjidic, and Readings installed and tested, in either PDIC (for Palm) or EPWING (for Windows Mobile, Palm, or other operating systems--possibly even Nokia N800) format. Add Eijiro, and you've got an excellent all-around dictionary package suitable for students and people living and working in Japan. Very high-level students may want to add either Daijirin or Koujien, the authoritative Japanese dictionaries (not English-Japanese dictionaries). See the prices for these dictionaries on the order form. Other commercial dictionaries are also available--Kenkyusha Intermediate is an English-Japanese dictionary at a reasonable price, though I don't think it adds anything if you already have Eijiro; the big Kenkyusha--known as the Green Goddess--is quite good but expensive and I don't think it adds enough to Eijiro to be worth the price (check with me if interested--last time I looked it would have been ¥26000). For specialized needs or interests, there are also quite a few other free dictionaries available. If there's any other dictionary you'd like to have installed on your card, inquire on the order/inquiry form--I can install any free EPWING format dictionary for no extra charge; commercial dictionaries are the total price of the dictionary plus 2200 yen (I charge extra because there's a little more conversion involved and ordering them is a pain in the neck).
Warnings: On this page, I'm selling dictionary files on memory cards. That's all. These dictionaries are ready to use, but they will work ONLY if you've got a device that's capable of displaying Japanese and ONLY if you've properly installed the right software to read the format of dictionary you've bought. It's up to you to make sure you've done that. Before you buy a card and dictionaries from me, I strongly recommend you download one of my free dictionaries in the format you intend to buy and try it out--if you can't make it work, then you won't be able to make the dictionaries you buy work, either. A good choice is the smaller version of Kanjidic: PDIC format, EPWING format. Just to be crystal clear: the normal English-language version of a Windows Mobile device does not support Japanese. To use these on a Japanese-language WM device, you merely have to install a simple, free program. Japanese-language Sharp Zaurus PDAs already have a compatible program built-in.
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2GB SD: High-quality, high speed SD card. In stock.
¥4000 4GB SD: high speed, high quality: ¥8000 |
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8GB CF: Great if you're also going to be carrying around a huge number of GPS maps, a few movies, and thousands of songs. 120X high speed.
¥13000 |
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| Other types of memory cards, other sizes of SD or CF cards--inquire on the order/inquiry form and I'll let you know what's available and for how much. | |||||||