Over 220,000 words including archaic words, technical terms, geographical and personal names, and other proper names as well although focus is on modern words, are in this easy-to-use dictionary. Numerous examples of usage, explanation of delicate difference in the usage of each words, abundant inclusion of synonyms, and 6,000 all-color illustrations are a few of its strengths. One of the unique features of this dictionary is a listing of last elements, which functions as reverse-order dictionary. Includes detailed color charts. This works as "kokugo jiten" dictionary, "kanwa jiten" "kanji" dictionary, "kogo jiten" Japanese dictionary, "katakanago jiten" ["katakana" loanword dictionary], and encyclopedia.