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Essential Japanese (Berlitz Essentials) (Japanese Edition) (English and Japanese Edition)

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Essential Japanese is a suitable book for those just starting to learn the language. The book contains:

English-Japanese, and Japanese-English Glossaries(with page numbers beside each word)
Appendix listing all verbs used in book, in dictionary, -masu, and -te form
Exercises and conversation examples(with audio cd) in every lesson
Answer Key included in the back of the book

**Words are all written in ROMAJI**
The only explanation of kanji, hiragana, and katakana is in Appendix 2, which is only 3 pages. So if you plan on writing in this language, get yourself a book, or books, on kana.

While this book gives an adequate amount of vocabulary and exercises(for a beginner), it is geared towards speaking, not writing.