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The Everything Conversational Japanese Book: Basic Instruction For Speaking This Fascinating Language In Any Setting (Everything (Language & Writing))

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Although the content is helpful, this book leaves much to be desired. It had no index and unless you added a bookmark, it was almost impossible to go back and review anything without scanning through the book page by page. I would not recommend this for your Kindle.

This book, while helpful to a degree, is not about learning conversational Japanese.

It is more about the customs and mannerisms that are necessary when conversing in Japanese. Very little in vocabulary and grammar is covered, except only in how it relates to small talk and asking for directions and the like. You couldn't actually hold a CONVERSATION with the instruction in this book.

If you want a book to help you understand some of the intricacies of Japanese customs (such as what to say when you're the first employee leaving for the day, or what grammar article to include if you're asking an unknown person versus a friend), then this book may help.

If you're looking to have more of a long-term understanding of the language, and not intending just a stay of a few days in Japan, then you'll need something more.