Seigo Nakao is the head of Japanese Studies at Oakland University

Oakland University

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 in Rochester, Michigan

Rochester, Michigan

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, United States

United States

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. He is the author of many books relating to Japan

Japan

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 including The Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese dictionary and the Japanese Reference Dictionary published by Berlitz, the Langenscheidt's Japanese dictionary : Japanese-English, English-Japanese, and several smaller dictionaries. He is a translator of such classical Japanese works as Daidoji Yuzan's Code of the Samurai, and is a published literary critic with pieces available dealing with Akira Yoshimura, and others.

He teaches several courses in Japanese at Oakland University including JPN 316, JPN 318, and JPN 355.

He was born in Nagasaki, received his Ph.d. from New York University

New York University

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, and first taught in America in New York City before coming to Oakland University where he now resides.

List of Literary Works

• Berlitz Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary

Langenscheidt Pub Inc, ISBN 2831571243 (2-8315-7124-3)

• Daidoji Yuzan's Code of the Samurai:

A Contemporary Dual-Language Edition of the Bushido Shoshinshu
Seigo Nakao(translator)

• Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!

by Seigo Nakao, Lindsay Mack (Illustrator)
Ulysses Pr, ISBN 1569755655 (1-56975-565-5)

• Langenscheidt's Pocket Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-Japanese

by Seigo Nakao
Langenscheidt Pub Inc, ISBN 0887291716 (0-88729-171-6)

• Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary

by Seigo Nakao
Ballantine Books, ISBN 034540548X (0-345-40548-X)

• Random House Webster's Pocket Japanese Dictionary: Japanese, English, English, Japanese

by Seigo Nakao
Random House Inc, ISBN 0679773738 (0-679-77373-8)

• Random House Webster's Pocket Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-Japanese

by Seigo Nakao
Random House Inc, ISBN 0375721959 (0-375-72195-9)

• Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary

by Seigo Nakao
Random House Information Group, ISBN 0679441492 (0-679-44149-2)

Essays

• Akira Yoshimura. One Man's Justice.: An article from: World Literature Today

by Seigo Nakao

• Snakelust.(Review): An article from: World Literature Today

by Seigo Nakao

External links

• Official Web page at Oakland.