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.

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..

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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:


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.

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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