250 Essential Kanji for Everyday Use, Volume 2 [Paperback]

University of Tokyo Kanji Text Research Group (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; 804th edition (August 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080482102X
• ISBN-13: 978-0804821025
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,792,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best book I have come across for kanji, June 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 250 Essential Kanji for Everyday Use, Volume 2 (Paperback)

I have tried a number of books for learning kanji, but this one is the most effective that I have used so far. It is good because it provides real-life examples of the very kanji that you are learning, such as housing applications, grocery store listings, and Japanese computer menus. I would highly recommend this book, along with Vol. 1.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall Excellent, February 15, 2000

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JRavey (Fairfax, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 250 Essential Kanji for Everyday Use, Volume 2 (Paperback)

There were a few minor issues with this book that border annoyances more than practicality. The information is excellently presented, large clear examples of the Kanji provide an easy to view example where the intricate portions are quite explicit.

The seperation of this book's chapters are presented in a logical manner, although the subject matter sometimes feels a little inane.

My particular favorite feature of this book is every Kanji is presented in several uses as part of the presentation of new Kanji. This helped my vocabulary and further reinforced the written word itself. In addition, the multiple use presentation of the Kanji provides hiragana readings, which displays the phonetic reading of the Kanji in different situations.

One very minor complaint is the provides several boxes which are left empty in the area displaying stroke order. This is a waste of space and in a somewhat compact book as this it could have been used much better, such as presenting a typed vs handwritten comparisons (which can sometimes seem unrelated with come handwriting).