Oxford Collocation Dictionary Online

[Abigayle Laurenitis]

A completely new type of dictionary with word collocation that helps students and advanced learners effectively study, write and speak natural-sounding English. This onlinedictionary is very helpful for the education of the IELTS, TOEFL test.

This study examined how Vietnamese advanced language learners used and perceived the effectiveness of the Oxford online collocation dictionary as a supportive tool in their L2 writing. Eighty-one English major students were asked to do a writing task and were encouraged to use this dictionary to search for collocations that they want. Their use of the dictionary to look-up collocations while doing the writing was observed by using the recording sheets. Immediately after completing the writing, the participants were asked to do the questionnaires. Eight of the participants were then invited to participate in semi-structured interviews. The results of the recording sheets showed that learners approach the dictionary for help with collocations of adjective-noun and verb-noun grammatical patterns most frequently. They made very limited use of the dictionary to look-up collocations of noun-noun and adverb-adjective pattern. The results of the questionnaires and thematic analysis revealed that learners are very positive towards the use of the dictionary. However, non-plentiful content, lack of pronunciation and suggestions of look-up words are drawbacks and are expected to be improved.

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In this case, I think "of" is the correct one but I am not sure because they all sound quite okay to me. I know some dictionaries give sentence examples, which show the prepositions. But the problem is not every word in the dictionary has sentence examples.

This online dictionary has some usage examples for most words. While a small handful of examples won't definitively answer your question every time, you can at least gain some assurance that you're not using the wrong preposition.

The Pattern Dictionary of English Prepositions ( ) provides a complete sentence dictionary for all prepositions, including all single-word prepositions (such as of) and phrasal prepositions (such as in spite of or because of).

Kim Ahlstrom is a good friend of Tofugu and the creator of the esteemed online Japanese dictionary Jisho.org. Through maintaining Jisho, Kim has naturally become a Japanese dictionary nerd, and thus one of the best people to talk to about the subject.

Collecting Japanese dictionaries has become, in my wife's words, an obsession. I like to see how different dictionaries approach different things: design, words included, explanations, and target audience, to name a few. Each one has its own personality, built by different editorial processes and individual writers. This makes dictionaries a fun way to gaze into the Japanese language from different perspectives.

Dictionaries are also an important part of my study routine. I read and listen to things that interest me, writing down words and grammar I want to study later. Then I look up each word in different dictionaries to get a wider sense of the meanings. Rinse and repeat.

You can also use this method, even if you only have a few dictionaries on-hand to compare and contrast your amassed vocabulary list. But you don't want to just add random Japanese dictionaries to your Amazon cart. You need to know which ones are best for what uses. Good thing you have this article!

I should say, this is by no means an exhaustive list of the best Japanese dictionaries ever, but rather these are the ones I find myself reaching for most often (or simply ones that are the most fun). By the end I hope you're inspired to dive into the wonderful world of Japanese dictionaries yourself.

For example, using both a kokugo 国語こくご (Japanese-Japanese) dictionary and a waei 和英わえい (Japanese-English) dictionary can provide more context on how a word is used. Even different dictionaries of the same type can give you multiple perspectives.

In addition to the types above, dictionaries can vary in other ways. For example, target audience (native speakers or learners, kids or adults) and how they explain the headwords (simple translations or longer explanations). When choosing a dictionary it's important to consider these aspects to make sure it suits your particular situation.

The best Japanese dictionary is the one you can always carry with you, so I'm starting this list with a few good Japanese dictionary apps for your smartphone. These are usually what I turn to first, after consulting Jisho.

Several of these are available on multiple platforms from different vendors, so check your device's app store for availability. All of them are also available as physical books, so keep that in mind too.

This is a bundle of two dictionaries, English-Japanese and Japanese-English. You get headwords in both languages with explanations and translations in the other. This makes it better for looking up what an English word is in Japanese compared to Japanese-English dictionaries like Jisho. It's marketed towards Japanese speakers, but it's a great resource for Japanese learners too.

The explanations are clear with example sentences showing how words are used in context. For some Japanese headwords you also get collocations that show what particles and words go with the headword, complete with English translations.

This is a really cute Japanese dictionary! It's a digital adaptation of a 国語辞典 (Japanese to Japanese dictionary) originally intended for elementary school kids and a great first step into native Japanese dictionaries for intermediate level students.

The selection of words is smaller than a regular dictionary, but the explanations are clear and simple. And the kanji come with furigana so you don't have to look up the reading of the words in the explanations. This makes it very handy for looking up words in another Japanese-English dictionary because you won't have to figure out the reading on your own. It also comes with a basic kanji dictionary that covers everything Japanese kids learn in elementary school.

Because the explanations are all in Japanese, you're going to struggle a bit at first. It might take a long time to read a word's explanation because you'll have to keep looking up the words in the explanations themselves. But it's well worth the effort and a fantastic way to practice your reading ability.

Another thing I really appreciate about this app is it comes with a way to browse by categories like "important words," "expressions," "four character compounds," and "part of speech." This is a fun way to explore the language and learn new words and expressions at the same time.

As if all that's not enough, take a look at the screenshot above. They even use a kyoukasho 教科書きょうかしょ font, the kind you see in school textbooks. It makes the dictionary feel like an immersive learning environment.

Just like Koichi, I am a big fan of studying collocations to improve my Japanese. This book is the Japanese translation of the Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English. It's intended for Japanese people studying English, but it also works really well for Japanese learners too.

The entries are grouped by part of speech and theme, so you can find similar expressions right next to each other. All the collocations are in English with Japanese translations, which are sometimes collocations themselves and sometimes single words. I'm a big fan of the entry layout in this app because it's so easy to read.

The above apps are all made by monokakidou 物書堂ものかきどう. They make high quality iOS apps that are well-designed with great feature sets, including kanji handwriting recognition and the ability to drag-select words to jump to their definition. If you have more than one of their apps installed, searching in any of their apps will give you buttons to search the other 物書堂 dictionaries for that word!

These are all physical book dictionaries, but some of them are also available as apps too. The app market is constantly changing, so if one of these books looks interesting to you make sure to check your app store to see if a digital version was recently released.

The author of this dictionary, Shirakawa Shizuka 白川静しらかわしずか, was a well-known kanji scholar who wrote several books targeted at kanji enthusiasts. And even better, it's intended for Japanese middle and high schoolers so upper intermediate Japanese learners can benefit too.

It works as a regular kanji dictionary for the Jōyō kanji; it has stroke counts, readings, meanings and example uses. But what sets it apart is the entries focus heavily on the origin and development of the meaning of the kanji. The explanations can be hard to understand at times, but if you're a kanji maniac, it's a very rewarding book.

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