Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary
James Curtis Hepburn
- Mangaka
- James Curtis Hepburn
- First published
- 1873
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The first Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary was compiled by American medical missionary James Curtis Hepburn and published in 1867 in Yokohama. Created during the transformative Bakumatsu period, the work was a crucial tool for cultural and linguistic exchange as Japan began its rapid transition into the Meiji era and opened its ports to international trade and diplomacy.
Hepburn’s dictionary is famously credited with establishing the Hepburn romanization system, a method of transcribing Japanese sounds using the Latin alphabet that remains the most widely used standard today. The work was designed with a practical, pedagogical intent, intended to facilitate communication between foreign residents and the Japanese populace, and it eventually became the foundational reference for generations of scholars and students.
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