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A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese (Tuttle Language Library)
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #279762 in Books
- Published on: 2003-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 336 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
This book covers all of the 1,945 characters in the General Use set of Japanese characters, with particularly detailed coverage of the 1,009 Essential characters that Japanese children must learn in the first six years of grade school. And since Japanese publications must, by law, provide supplementary phonetic readings for any character not included in the General Use set, this invaluable reference contains everything you need to know to start reading Japanese.
Customer Reviews
Bad for Learning the Language
If you have a photographic memory then this may be the perfect book for you to learn Japanese reading and writing, however for the 99% of us out there who can't remember 1,009 symbols just by looking then this book is pretty useless. It seems to me to be closer to a dictionary than a learning aide - there are no excercises to put into practise what you've learnt, no explanations about meanings, not one thing that can make this a worth-buying study-aide. My advice is not to buy it, instead go for the 'learning by manga' books out there or the Teach Yourself series. This book is a waste of time, money and effort.
