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The Handbook of Japanese Verbs
Taeko Kamiya (Kodansha International) This small book in Kodansha’s series of handbooks takes a more textbook approach. It systematically covers verb conjugations and usage. Each section also has a series of excercises so you can check your understanding.
Japanese Verbs at a Glance
Naoko Chino (Kondansha International) Yet another title in Naoko Chino’s series. This is as clear and useful as the others.
Basic Japanese Sentence Patterns
Naoko Chino, (Kondansha International) Another small book by Naoka Chino. This one gives formulae for sentence construction. At its most simple this is Noun1 は Noun2 です。Noun1 is Noun2. Insert your own nouns and make lots of sentences. As there … Continue reading
All About Particles
Naoko Chino, (Kondansha International) This is a small book describing 69 different particles. The entries are roughly in order of how frequent they appear in speech and are loosely grouped by usage. Each entry lists the different usages of a … Continue reading
Lets Learn Kanji
Mitamura, (Kondansha International) This book takes a more scholarly approach to kanji. The first half of the book concentrates on components, radicals and strokes, with an emphasis on reading and deriving meanings by educated guesses from the structure. The second … Continue reading
Basic Kanji Book vol 1
Chieko Kano et al. (Bonjinsha Co. Ltd.) To be literate in Japanese you need to know kanji. And to read at university level you need to know about 2000 of them. This is where to begin with a first 250. … Continue reading