Japanese Law Translation - Dictionary Search

You can search and display the Standard Legal Terms Dictionary by entering entries contained in the dictionary (keywords) or their first letter.

	Standard Legal Terms Dictionary (Latest version.,Mar. 2013 v8.0: PDF)
	Standard Legal Terms Dictionary (Old versions)	Ver.

	Data of Standard Legal Terms Dictionary (Latest version v8.0)
	You can download DTD from here.

Each dictionary entry in downloadable data of the Standard Legal Terms Dictionary is described in the order: entry, reading, translation number, translation, difference standards for translation, example (Japanese), example (English), example source, and note (derivatives, etc.)
Regarding the revision history of the Standard Legal Terms Dictionary, see here.

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