An Electronic Dictionary: A Formidable Ally 電子辞書は友達

plum_mei

Aug. 23, 2025

An Electronic Dictionary: A Formidable Ally 電子辞書は友達

They might think electronic dictionaries are only for high school students, but as an English learner, I use mine ardently.
I started using it again because the online dictionary I had relied on began bombarding me with ads, which slowed me down and irritated me. Eventually, I gave up and looked for another option. That’s when I remembered I still had an electronic dictionary I hadn’t touched for years. I wasn’t sure if it would work, but after replacing the batteries, it turned out to be perfectly fine.

It’s been a great tool for quickly checking meanings and pronunciations, and it even provides plenty of example sentences. Another feature I love is that it keeps a record of the words I’ve looked up.

There was also an unexpected bonus: it includes a Japanese dictionary. Even though I’m a native Japanese speaker, there are words I know but can’t explain clearly, or kanji I recognize but can’t write, such as “傀儡 (puppet)” and “灌漑 (irrigation).”

I’m glad that a tool I had forgotten about is now back in use. For language learners, a user-friendly dictionary is truly a formidable ally

電子辞書は高校生が使うものという思われているかもしれないが、英語学習者の私は電子辞書を愛用している。
電子辞書を使い始めたのは、それまで使っていたオンライン辞書が頻繁に広告を差し込み始めたせいだ。調べるのに手間がかかり、イライラした。非常に使いづらくて、別の方法を探していたとき、電子辞書を持っていることに気づいた。何年も放置していたものだが、電池を入れ替えたらすぐに使えた。単語の意味や発音をさっと調べたいときにピッタリだし、用例も豊富でとてもよかった。以前調べた単語の記録が残るのもいい。さらに、期待していなかった良さもあった。それは、電子辞書には日本語の辞書も入っているため、日本語の意味や漢字を調べられることだ。私は日本語のネイティブだが、「傀儡」や「灌漑」など、知っているけれどもうまく説明できない言葉や漢字で書けない言葉もある。もう何年も使ってなかった道具がこうして活躍するようになってうれしい。言語学習者にとって使いやすい辞書は強い味方だ。

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An Electronic Dictionary: A Formidable Ally 電子辞書は友達

I started using it again because the online dictionary I had relied on began bombarding me with ads, which slowed me down and irritated me.

Eventually, I gave up and looked for another option.

That’s when I remembered I still had an electronic dictionary I hadn’t touched for years.

I wasn’t sure if it would work, but after replacing the batteries, it turned out to be perfectly fine.

It’s been a great tool for quickly checking meanings and pronunciations, and it even provides plenty of example sentences.

Another feature I love is that it keeps a record of the words I’ve looked up.

There was also an unexpected bonus: it includes a Japanese dictionary.

Even though I’m a native Japanese speaker, there are words I know but can’t explain clearly, or kanji I recognize but can’t write, such as “傀儡 (puppet)” and “灌漑 (irrigation).” I’m glad that a tool I had forgotten about is now back in use.

For language learners, a user-friendly dictionary is truly a formidable ally

plum_mei

Aug. 24, 2025

noahgodard

Eventually, I gave up and looked for another option.

That’s when I remembered I still had an electronic dictionary I hadn’t touched for years.

I wasn’t sure if it would work, but after replacing the batteries, it turned out to be perfectly fine.

It’s been a great tool for quickly checking meanings and pronunciations, and it even provides plenty of example sentences.

Another feature I love is that it keeps a record of the words I’ve looked up.

There was also an unexpected bonus: it includes a Japanese dictionary.

For language learners, a user-friendly dictionary is truly a formidable ally

plum_mei

Aug. 24, 2025

Even though I’m a native Japanese speaker, there are words I know but can’t explain clearly, or kanji I recognize but can’t write, such as “傀儡" (puppet)” and “灌漑" (irrigation).” I’m glad that a tool I had forgotten about is now back in use. Even though I’m a native Japanese speaker, there are words I know but can’t explain clearly, or kanji I recognize but can’t write, such as “傀儡" (puppet) and “灌漑" (irrigation). I’m glad that a tool I had forgotten about is now back in use.