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I wonder, if there is a Japanese-English dictionary (incl. vice versa), if the
word is formal or on the contrary informal. For example: if it is
口語的｛こうごてき｝、堅い｛かたい｝ etc. Hope there is such a dictionary...as I use **imiwa** ,
**denshi jisho** and **daijirin** dictionaries, but none of them has this info
for the words. Nor **weblio** internet dictionary tells anything about this.
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Dictionary which distinguishes formal and informal words
I am not aware of a dictionary that explicitly indicates this. As a general
rule to which I can think of no exceptions off the top of my head (some may
exist, but none come to me at the moment), words written in kanji are going to
be more likely to be used in written Japanese, while words that are all
katakana or all hiragana are more likely to be used primarily in spoken
Japanese.

Keep in mind that written vs spoken registers are entirely different from
informal (plain/辞書形) and humble (謙譲語) or honorific (敬語) forms. The である form of
the copula for example, is informal, but only used the written register...
unless you're a samurai, in which case I'm sure you meant でござる or similar.
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