 Since the "Nihongo daijiten" gives brief English annotations rather than translation equivalents, it is not an actual Japanese-English bilingual dictionary, but it is useful as an all-in-one dictionary.Most monolingual Japanese dictionaries only include English words as loanword sources, for instance, noting "" as the origin of Japanese "tai" ( "tie, necktie; tie, equal score").In distinction, the "Nihongo daijiten" entry for "tai" ( "sea bream; porgy") gives three English glosses.