My Main Activities 1. Kanji Anyone? For sixteen years I compiled the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (NJECD) , and am now building a comprehensive database of Chinese characters, called DESK. This is being used as a source of data for compiling dozens of lexicographic works and linguistic research. On February 26, 1999, the Learner's Edition of the NJECD was published. I am also the chief editor of the world's first CJK Unicode Dictionary. Find out why NJECD is the most effective kanji dictionary on the market Read what scholars and users say about NJECD The long-awaited Learner's Edition is ready! Book Review of NJECD written by Ken Lunde Detailed decription of NJECD features.. Description of DESK Description of Unicode dictionary So you want a copy of NJECD? Japanese Market Edition New Japanese-English Character Dictionary, published by Kenkyusha. Here is an overview of its features.You can get your copy here. International Edition NTC's New Japanese-English Character Dictionary, published by National Textbook Company. To order on-line, we recommend Amazon.. 　 Electronic Book Edition New Japanese-English Character Dictionary, published by Nichigai Associates. For more information, see Sentius in English and Sentius in Japanese, and the NJECD EB page .You can get your copy here. 2. One Wheel Joys I am the principal founder and vice president of the International Unicycling Federation, Inc. (IUF), founder of the Japan Unicycling Club and a director of the Japan Unicycling Association. For more than 20 years I have promoted the sport of unicycling throughout the world. Here's a picture of me riding one of the weirdest unicycles invented by humankind. For more information on unicycling go to: The Unicycling Page. This is the main home page for unicycling. The International Unicycling Federation's page. Hayashi's Home page, one of the only in Japan. 3. I Love Languages One of my main hobbies is studying languages: I speak or read 14 languages, which are listed below more or less in order of proficiency. The first ten languages (in blue) I can speak. The ones in green I can only read. 1 English 2 Japanese 3 Hebrew 4 Yiddish 5 Portuguese 6 Spanish 7 German 8 Chinese 9 Esperanto 10 Arabic 11 Interlingua 12 Ladino 13 Papiamento 14 Aramaic I also have also a little knowledge of Italian and Korean. For a humorous (I hope) description of these languages, including links and sounds, by all means check out Jack's Language Chart. 4. Sweet Mame-Loshn Sholem aleykhem, reb yid. Yiddish is my mother tongue, and I love that language. I am the founder and director of the Japan Yiddish Club, and editor of Der Yapanisher Yid, the only Yiddish publication in the Far East. I teach Yiddish and am involved in promoting it. For more information, see my Yiddish page or go to the Yugntruf and UYIP home pages. 5. A little writing, too I have dabbled in writing over the years -- a total of some 16 books so far, mostly about Japan and kanji. Here is a brief list of some of my books and articles.

Go to To top My activities Language Chart Unicycling Yiddish My family DESK Unicode Dictionary Reviews Overview Details Learner's Electronic Order Now Features Core Ordering Meanings Compounds Formation Synonyms Usage SKIP Lookup Labels Importance Others Go to To top My activities Language Chart Unicycling Yiddish My family DESK Unicode Dictionary Reviews Overview Details Learner's Electronic Order Now Features Core Ordering Meanings Compounds Formation Synonyms Usage SKIP Lookup Labels Importance Others