Everyday Japanese [Paperback]

Edward Schwarz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 2000 | ISBN-10: 084428498X | ISBN-13: 978-0844284989 | Edition: 1

Not just a phrase book, this up-to-date introduction to Japanese language and culture is replete with information and cultural notes to give listeners that extra insight into the subtle nuances that inform the experienced foreign speaker.

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Text: English, Japanese --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (January 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 084428498X
• ISBN-13: 978-0844284989
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,256,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Succinct, engrossing handy-dandy encyclopedia-type paperback, June 1, 1999

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Susan E.M. Tanabe ([e-mail]) (Oregon,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everyday Japanese (Paperback)

While in university as an exchange-student-to-be, I rec'd this from my future homestay in Tokyo. It has since become on of my favorite quick references. Through college, five years in Japan, a Master's degree, and teaching Japanese�@13 years it is still useful. This book has anything and everything, albeit just introductions to each subject, very useful pictures (for visual learners like me), and quite an array of vocabulary. I would suggest it as basicfor anyone needing information about Japan.�@

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful!!!!!, December 6, 2003

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Emily "Emmy" (Bend, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everyday Japanese (Paperback)

This book was the very first book I ever got when I took the first big step of deciding I wanted to teach myself Japanese. I found the pronunciation guide helpful, although at a glance, it was hard to understand. For every subject they mention, however, they give great dialogue and explanations of certain words, cultural differences, etc. I was 14 when I began reading this book, and was able to understand it very well. However, being on my own with this language had its downfalls, for when I actually got into a classroom, I found I had the pronunciation a little off, but I was able to pick up very quickly on the hiragana and katakana writing systems, sentence structure, and vocabulary. This is a great beginner's book!!!!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not very useful at all., May 1, 2004

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Jesse A Stone (Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everyday Japanese (Paperback)

If you are a tourist traveling to japan for a short time this book would be useful, but there are several phase books avialable that are about one sixth the size with more information inside. When I first red this book I had been living in japan for 2 months and I found most of the information not very useful.

This book has pictures that you can easily do without and they are just a waste of space. The font size is almost three times too big so not much information is on each page even though this book is quite large. I found myself having to flip back pages constantly because discriptions of words where on a different page than the actual translation.

There is much better books avialable.

As someone wanting to learn Japanese I dont recommend this book.