'sup r/LearnJapanese? It's that time of the year again where Monokakido entices you to step into the wonderful world of Japanese dictionaries through their new school year sale. Since last year, they've also added MacOS support, meaning your purchases now work cross-platform between iOS, iPadOS and MacOS, also helping you keep some coins in your wallet for some late-night Famichiki.

Sale ends on April 24th

Also, there's a new entry on sale this year, the "Contemporary Japanese Style", which looks pretty useful if you consume Japanese media.

Note about updates/upgrades

Depending on the dictionary (and presumably Monokakido's deals with publishers), when new versions come out, you may have a free update (presumably for corrections) or upgrade-pricing available (new editions).

Note about the listing

I worked my way through the Dictionaries app's store to get proper translations before then getting the prices from Monokakido's 2023 sale page. As currently owned dictionaries aren't displayed, it's possible I skipped one or two.

There are also two English-Chinese dictionaries that appear on sale in the actual store but don't appear in Monokakido's listing for whatever reason.

Copy-pasta disclaimer from last year:

I (still) don't work for, nor am I afiliated with Monokakido. I wish I was — I just spent an hour formatting this thing and translating in English because seriously these cost less than an actual electronic dictionary and much less than their paper equivalents (and save you weight in your bags) and they stay on your phone so you don't forget them. They're quality dictionaries, the real deal.

Thanks

Thanks to u/zombieshavebrains for the reminder it's yearly-sale time. I might've otherwise missed it as I don't go on Twitter much anymore. Also thanks to Monokakido for making sense of the mess that is Japanese dictionaries publishing and bringing us those quality dictionaries in a much more manageable (financially and physically) package.

Japanese / Kokugo Dictionaries

Daijisen

• Sale price: ¥2,200 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,400 (incl. tax)

Daijirin 4

• Sale price: ¥2,900 (incl. tax), regular price ¥4,400 (incl. tax)

Shinmeikai Japanese Dictionary 8th edition

• Sale price: ¥2,600 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,400 (incl. tax)

Sanseidou Japanese Dictionary 8th edition

• Sale price: ¥2,600 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,200 (incl. tax)

Meikyo Japanese Dictionary 3rd edition

• Sale price: ¥2,800 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,400 (incl. tax)

Nihon Kokugo Daijiten - Shorter edition

• Sale price: ¥5,200 (incl. tax), regular price ¥8,000 (incl. tax)

Contemporary Japanese Style (Unofficial TL: Contemporary Japanese You Can Use | A dictionary of Japanese found in mass media)

• Sale price: ¥2,000 (incl. tax), regular price ¥2,400 (incl. tax)

Kanji Dictionary

Kanken Kanji Dictionary 2nd edition

• Sale price: 1,200 yen (incl. tax), regular price 1,500 yen (incl. tax)

Japanese-English / English-Japanese Dictionaries

Genius 6 English-Japanese (6th edition) Japanese-English (3rd edition)

• Sale price: ¥3,200 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,800 (incl. tax)

Wisdom Japanese-English (4th edition) / English-Japanese Dictionary (3rd edition)

• Sale price: ¥2,800 (incl. tax), regular price ¥4,100 (incl. tax)

OLEX Japanese-English English-Japanese 2nd edition

• Sale price: ¥3,900 (incl. tax), regular price ¥5,200 (incl. tax)

Compass Rose English-Japanese Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥2,400 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,400 (incl. tax)

Ace Crown English-Japanese Japanese-English 3rd edition

• Sale price: 1,200 yen (incl. tax), regular price 2,000 yen (incl. tax)

One-way English-Japanese Dictionaries

COBUILD Advanced American/Japanese Dictionary

• Sale price: 1,800 yen (incl. tax), regular price 2,600 yen (incl. tax)

Shogakukan Random House English-Japanese Dictionary 2nd edition

• Sale price: ¥4,000 (incl. tax), regular price ¥6,200 (incl. tax)

Taishukan's Genius Unabridged English-Japanese Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥7,800 (incl. tax), regular price ¥10,800 (incl. tax)

Kenkyusha's New English-Japanese Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥10,800 (incl. tax), regular price ¥14,800 (incl. tax)

The Kenkyusha Dictionary of English Collocations

• Sale price: ¥8,000 (incl. tax), regular price ¥11,800 (incl. tax)

Kenkyusha's English-Japanese Dictionary for the General Reader

• Sale price: 9,800 yen (incl. tax) [regular price 12,800 yen (incl. tax)

One-way Japanese-English Dictionaries

Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥10,800 (incl. tax), regular price ¥14,800 (incl. tax)

Guide to Quantitative Expressions in English

• Sale price: ¥2,900 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,800 (incl. tax)

Thesauruses

Roget's Japanese Thesaurus

• Sale price: ¥4,100 (incl. tax), regular price ¥5,200 (incl. tax)

Kadokawa's New Japanese Thesaurus

• Sale price: 1,200 yen (incl. tax), regular price 1,600 yen (incl. tax)

Pronunciation Dictionary — Make Dogen Proud

NHK Japanese Pronunciation Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥3,900 (incl. tax), regular price ¥5,600 (incl. tax)

Archaic Japanaese Dictionaries

Sanseidou's Dictionary of Archaisms 5th edition

• Sale price: 1,500 yen (incl. tax), regular price 2,000 yen (incl. tax)

Oobunsha's Dictionary of Archaisms 5th edition

• Sale price: 1,900 yen (incl. tax), regular price 2,400 yen (incl. tax)

Kadokawa's Dictionary of New Characters, New and Revised edition

• Sale price: ¥2,200 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,200 (incl. tax)

Specialised Dictionaries

Yuhikaku Dictionary of Psychology

• Sale price: ¥5,600 (incl. tax), regular price ¥7,000 (incl. tax)

Yuhikaku Dictionary of Legal Terms

• Sale price: ¥4,600 (incl. tax), regular price ¥5,800 (incl. tax)

KPMG Chinese-Japanese-English/Japanese-Chinese-English Dictionary of Investment, Accounting, and Tax Terms

• Sale price: ¥2,400 (incl. tax), regular price ¥2,800 (incl. tax)

English Dictionaries

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 10th edition

• Sale price: ¥3,600 (incl. tax), regular price ¥5,000 (incl. tax)

Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

• Sale price: ¥3,200 (incl. tax), regular price ¥4,800 (incl. tax)

Oxford Learner's Thesaurus

• Sale price: ¥2,900 (incl. tax), regular price ¥4,200 (incl. tax)

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥3,600 (incl. tax), regular price ¥5,200 (incl. tax)

COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary 9th edition

• Sale price: ¥2,200 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,000 (incl. tax)

COBUILD Advanced American English Dictionary 2nd edition

• Sale price: ¥2,200 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,000 (incl. tax)

Shogakukan-Oxford English Thesaurus

• Sale price: 1,900 yen (incl. tax), regular price 2,900 yen (incl. tax)

Shogakukan-Oxford English Collocations Dictionary

• Sale price: 1,900 yen (incl. tax), regular price 2,900 yen (incl. tax)

Chinese-Japanese / Japanese-Chinese Dictionaries

Shogakukan Chinese-Japanese Japanese-Chinese Dictionary 3rd edition

• Sale price: ¥2,900 (incl. tax) [regular price ¥4,100 (incl. tax)

Super Crown Chinese-Japanese Crown Japanese-Chinese Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥2,800 (incl. tax), regular price ¥4,200 (incl. tax)

English-Chinese Dictionaries

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary

• Not present on Monokakido's sale listing, but it's listed in my app's store at CAD$19.99 (excl. tax)

Collins COBUILD Advanced American/Chinese Dictionary

• Not present on Monokakido's sale listing, but it's listed in my app's store at CAD$14.99 (*excl. tax)

French / Français

Oobunsha's Nouveau Petit Royal French-Japanese Dictionary (Dictionnaire Français-Japonais) 5th edition

• Sale price: ¥2,800 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,600 (incl. tax)

Oobusha's Nouveau Petit Royal Japanese-French Dictionary (Dictionnaire Japonais-Français) 3rd edition

• Sale price: ¥3,000 (incl. tax), regular price ¥4,000 (incl. tax)

Shogakukan-Robert French-Japanese Dictionary (Grand Dictionnaire Français-Japonais)

• Sale price: ¥4,100 (incl. tax), regular price ¥5,900 (incl. tax)

Spanish / Español

Shogakukan's Spanish-Japanese / Japanese-Spanish Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥2,900 (incl. tax), regular price ¥4,100 (incl. tax)

Shogakukan's Pocket Pro Spanish-Japanese Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥2,200 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,000 (incl. tax)

Other Languages

Shogakukan Korean-Japanese Japanese-Korean Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥2,900 (incl. tax), regular price ¥4,100 (incl. tax)

Progressive Thai-Japanese Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥2,200 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,200 (incl. tax)

Shogakukan-Grosses German-Japanese Dictionary 2nd edition

• Sale price: ¥4,100 (incl. tax), regular price ¥5,900 (incl. tax)

There's a new German-Japanese dictionary release that isn't currently on sale

• It's the "Access German-Japanese 4th edition / Japanese-German 1st edition dictionary" and shows up in the store for CAD$69.99 (excl. tax)

Shogakukan's Italian-Japanese / Japanese-Italian Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥3,600 (incl. tax), regular price ¥4,900 (incl. tax)

Hakusuisha's Contemporary Portuguese-Japanese Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥3,200 (incl. tax), regular price ¥4,400 (incl. tax)

Shogakukan's Progressive Russian-Japanese Dictionary

• Sale price: ¥2,200 (incl. tax), regular price ¥3,000 (incl. tax)