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is a comprehensive single-volume Japanese dictionary edited by , and first published by in 1988. This title is based upon two early Sanseido dictionaries edited by Shōzaburō Kanazawa (金沢庄三郎, 1872–1967), ''Jirin'' (辞林 "Forest of words", 1907) and the revised ''Kōjirin'' (広辞林 "Wide forest of words", 1925). ==History== Sanseido specifically created ''Daijirin'' to compete with Iwanami's profitable ''Kōjien'' dictionary, which was a longtime bestseller through three editions (1955, 1969, and 1983). Two other contemporary dictionaries directed at the ''Kōjien'' market share were Kōdansha's color-illustrated ''Nihongo Daijiten'' (日本語大辞典 "Great dictionary of Japanese", 1989) and Shōgakukan's ''Daijisen'' (大辞泉 "Great fountainhead of words", 1995, also edited by Akira Matsumura). ''Daijirin'' has gone through three editions. *1988, 1st edition, ISBN 4-385-14001-4 *1995, 2nd edition, ISBN 4-385-13900-8 *2006, 3rd edition, ISBN 4-385-13905-9 The first edition of ''Daijirin'' (1988) had 220,000 headword entries and included encyclopedic content in numerous charts, tables, and illustrations. While ''Kōjien'' was printed in black and white, Sanseido included 19 two-color illustrations for topics like the seasons (with ''kigo''), linguistics (synonymy), and Japanese language (''Man'yōgana''). According to Matsumura's preface, the process of editing the first edition took over 28 years. The second edition (1995) increased the number of entries to 233,000 and augmented the number of illustrations (including 31 pages of full-color maps and charts). Sanseido published the second edition in printed, CD-ROM, e-book, and Web versions. They additionally bundled the so-called "Super" version ''Sūpā Daijirin'' (スーパー大辞林) CD-ROM with other Sanseido Japanese and English dictionaries, plus pronunciation sound files. In 1997, Sanseido published a reverse dictionary of the second edition, entitled ''Kanji-biki, Gyaku-biki Daijirin'' (漢字引き・逆引き大辞林, ISBN 4-385-13901-6), with two indexes. The first lists ''kanji'' by ''on-yomi'' and stroke count, the second indexes headwords both by first and last ''kanji'' (for example, it lists ''jisho'' 辞書 "wordbook; dictionary" under both ''ji'' 辞 "word" and ''sho'' 書 "book"). According to Sanseido, total sales of the first two editions totaled over one million copies in 2003. The third edition (2006) added new headwords, such as the English loanword ''intarakutibu'' (インタラクティブ "interactive"), for a total of 238,000 entries. Japanese dictionary publishers have an ongoing dilemma, the increasing popularity of Internet and electronic dictionaries is decreasing the sales of printed ones. Kono (2007) notes, "According to Jiten Kyokai, an association of dictionary publishers, total annual sales of printed dictionaries, including popular Japanese and English, and specialized ones, such as technical dictionaries, halved to 6.5 million copies in the past decade." To promote the third edition, Sanseido launched a novel "Dual" service, the ''Dyuaru Daijirin'' (デュアル大辞林), allowing purchasers of the printed version to register for free online dictionary access. The online version is being regularly updated (currently including over 248,000 entries) and allows keyword searching for synonyms and related expressions. In 2006, collective ''Daijirin'' sales exceeded 1.5 million copies. ''Daijirin'' is also available on the Internet. Sanseido's Web Dictionary offers Web and mobile phone subscription access to numerous dictionaries, including ''E-jirin'' (e辞林).〔(Sanseido Web Dictionary ) 〕 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone's "Goo Lab" provides a server that allows free online searching of the second edition ''Sūpā Daijirin''.〔(goo 辞書 ) 〕 Yahoo also provides access to the second edition of the dictionary.〔(Yahoo! Japanese Dictionary ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daijirin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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