“Linguist Majime completes massive Japanese dictionary, finding love, friendship, and purpose through words.”
The Great Passage
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Linguist Majime completes massive Japanese dictionary, finding love, friendship, and purpose through words.
Kohei Araki believes that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years of creating dictionaries, it's time for him to retire and find his replacement. He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime--a young, disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguistics--whom he swipes from his company's sales department. Along with an energetic, if reluctant, new recruit and an elder linguistics scholar, Majime is tasked with a career-defining accomplishment: completing The Great Passage, a comprehensive 2,900-page tome of the Japanese language. On his journey, Majime discovers friendship, romance, and an incredible dedication to his work, inspired by the words that connect us all. (Source: Amazon)
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 1 vol ch × vol
- Published Jan 2011 – ongoing
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M54043 catalog