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Japanese Particle Workbook

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It is a no-nonsense workbook ideal for anybody taking beginning Japanese. It divides the particle usage into different topics, making it easy or users to study. I use this for my Japanese class and it is helping me tremendously.

I am learning a lot from his workbook. I really like the workbook style. After every couple pages or so, there are 10-20 sentences in which you fill in the correct particle. I had already read almost all of Naoko Chino's book "How to Tell the Difference Between Japanese Particles," but I am still learning a lot from this workbook. I would even go further and say that I have learned more from Kamiya's workbook than from Chino's book. The particles in this workbook are presented/grouped in a way that makes them logical and helps you make sense of the rules behind their use. Also, you have so many opportunities to practice using the particles so it really helps you to learn them.

One advantage of this book over the Chino book is that with this book, the usage of particles that you learned in previous lessons are used in future problems so it helps you not forget what you learned in prior lessons. This book is really well done.

I would recommend it. I am a high beginner or low intermediate. I think that stage is the perfect time to use this book or the Chino book I mentioned. All the example and problem/practice sentences in this book are given in English and romaji and kana/kanji.

There are a couple of typos in this book but none of them seem to be in the answer key. Instead, they are minor misspellings of words. For example, in one place, 'takusan' (a lot) is written as 'takusen.' Chino's book has much worse mistakes because some of them are in the answer key.

Overall, I think you can learn a lot from both books, but if you plan to buy only one, I strongly recommend Kamiya's book (this one) over Chino's book (which I have also reviewed if you would like to read that review by me, too). But I don't think it is a bad idea to work through both books.

A good exercise book for beginner/intermediate level. However, some of the sentences are not very accurate (according to my Japanese wife). But all in all, a good book to have together with other reference books.

This is the workbook we use in my Japanese class. This has been the best one we have used (we have tried four others! ). No where else is all this info so organized and well-presented!

I am looking forward to knowing enough Japanese to be able to use this workbook. It is definitely not for beginners.

It does not break down words - and it uses kanji right from the start without any furigana to help out.

Does have explanations, exercises and answers.

I am trying to self learn - trying to figure out how to put books together to take me through the learning process.

Recommended without hesitation. Kanji and kana are used throughout but there is always a romaji version of the sentences also for those who want it. The particles and their uses are introduced according to a frequency criterion (more common particles and/or uses are given first), and the blocks of exercises (with answers at the back) are helpfully arranged after a group of particles have been explained and differentiated from one another if needed, e.g. number 1 exercise is (you guessed it) uses of wa vs. ga. If you are tired of getting it "more or less right", and want to learn Japanese particles, buy and use this book. Ganbatte.

this is so useful in my studies. when i don't understand something or just want to read something new i always

find a new word or something i didn't know in the beginning. the book is in great condition and it came on time.

I recieved this workbook a few hours ago, and did a cross comparison on university notes.

It's very useful, and practically explains all particle usages depending on context. This is extremely helpfull especially if you are studying for the JLPT in N5 or N4 levels.

I recommend this workbook to anyone that has a sincere interest studying Japanese, it is very useful as a reference and as a guide to discover how ideas are communicated.

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this book gave good examples and explains pretty weel. but the way of doing exercises is wrong. for example wa and ga are used in some specific ocassions but both mean the same thing. one is to introduce the other is to continue with a topic. the book uses as exercise problems sentences. but for wa and ga you need a paragraph to know when you properly should use them.