Effective Japanese Usage Guide: A Kodansha Dictionary [Paperback]

Masayoshi Hirose (Author), Kakuko Shoji (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 477001919X | ISBN-13: 978-4770019196 | Publication Date: September 1994

Explains differences between hundreds of Japanese words and phrases, and provides examples of common conversational usage. This text is a fully bilingual reference for students of Japanese.

Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd (September 1994)
• Language: English, Japanese
• ISBN-10: 477001919X
• ISBN-13: 978-4770019196
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,883,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Expensive but worth it!, January 25, 2001

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This review is from: Effective Japanese Usage Guide: A Kodansha Dictionary (Paperback)

As both a high school and college teacher of Japanese, I use this book with all my students! You can look up words and grammar terms in the index (in hiragana - yay!) and then read an English explanation, with examples in Japanese. All kanji in the examples has furigana for the non-native teacher and student. The neat thing about this book is that it also compares terms that seem similar (like iru, kakaru, and hitsuyou). Regular dictionaries don't do this, and this book has 708 synonymous terms! Woo! No wonder Japanese is hard.