Webster's New World Compact Japanese Dictionary (1997, Paperback, Revised)

so I have been using this dictionary for sometime now and i must say it was worth the money.

i wanted it for it's size and it's perfect in that regard.

but there are some things that bothers me in this dictionary.

first the translations are often off.
"aspiration" is considered "tsuyoku nozomu" (which is more like "strongly wishing")

another problem is that in many definition the dictionary gives you translations of "similar" words.
say in the word "appropriate" it will also give you the definition of "value" and "worthy" (not exact but this type of thing) which i don't understand why it is needed.
if i want to look up the definition of a "similar" word i'll look for THAT word and it shouldn't appear with other definitions only because it's somewhat close in meaning.

so these two points lowers it's quality for me.

other than that it's quite reasonable useful.
it lacks the definition for the word "archer" but has "arch" (strange).

if you want a small, compact, cheap dictionary you might want to buy it.
but i would look up others if possible that don't have the drawbacks that i mentioned.

still it's worth it's money without a doubt.

have fun studying!