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Japanese Verbs at a Glance (Power Japanese Series) Paperback – November 2, 2001

ISBN-13: 978-4770027658 ISBN-10: 4770027656

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 180 pages
  • Publisher: Kodansha International (November 2, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 4770027656
  • ISBN-13: 978-4770027658
  • Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,165,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"... of great use to the beginner who is seeking a deep and correct understanding of verbs.... of great use to the beginner ... from the get-go.... also a good refresher for the intermediate-level student...." -The Hawaii Herald


From the Publisher

[The following summary of the book's contents reproduces the section "About This Book."]

This book provides useful information about verbs for beginning and intermediate students of Japanese. It's a handy reference to turn to when you have questions about Japanese verbs and how to use them.

Charts and tables make the key points understandable at a glance, and the many example sentences show how to use verbs correctly in context. This book does not attempt a complete exposition of Japanese grammar. Instead, it provides a wealth of practical information in one specific area for people who need to speak or write Japanese.

The book is organized according to how verbs are used. If you want to know how to ask a person to do something, for example, just check the Index for "Asking Favors and Making Requests" and go to that page.

Special sections are devoted to areas of Japanese verbs that often cause difficulty for students, including polite forms, causatives, passives, and transitive/intransitive pairs. Each of these areas is covered clearly and in detail with charts, explanations, and example sentences.

[Previously published under the same title in the Power Japanese series.]

Customer Reviews

Again, Naoko has outdone herself with this book, and I look forward to all her new Japanese learning books!
Cyberia
In short, I recommend it for every English speaking Japanese student learning on his or her own, or even as supplementary material at college.
Reuben Koutal
The forms are 100% predictable, but the reason you need a book on them is so you can learn the predictable forms.
Web.Terrestrial

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful By A. Walderveen on July 4, 2005
Format: Paperback
Although Chino adds a lot of information and forms about how to approach in Japanese with verbs but with some issues she's totally different comparing to other books. For example she claims that the conditional form "ba" cannot be used to express suggestions, commands or orders, and you should use "tara" instead while other writers in books published by Kodansha claim it can and "tara" is the colloquial form. Just check "A dictionary of Japanese particles" and "The handbook of Japanese adjectives and adverbs". Plus she makes mistakes by dropping out the Copula "da" in certain important subjects while it is important to mention it and to mention for example that in the formal past tense the ending "su" changes into "shi", like she mention it with ending "tsu" and does with both in the present tense. She also leaves in certain subjects the past tenses such as the progressive past tense while it's so important to know that as well.

This book is good at some point but can also be very confussing, especially for beginners in studing Japanese language.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful By Ned Watson on September 26, 2000
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I like this book, and it does a good job of what it sets out to do, but there are a few little things that bother me. I dislike roma-ji, and I'd prefer to see Kana in their place. This book has examples sentences in Japanese(using Kanji) follow by roma-ji, and then an English translation. I am assuming it is this way because the book is geared towards beginners, but it is still very useful for intermediate level students. The only other problem is that it doesn't teach you about compound verbs.
I think most people will be happy with this book. The power Japanese series is a good series, even if they do use roma-ji.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful By Reuben Koutal on May 29, 2007
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Before describing the book, a word or two has to be mentioned regarding the publisher, Kodansha International. I don't know if it's because of the policy within Kodansha, or the Japanese culture in general, but you can feel the tidiness, accuracy, and meticulous nature of each author, and the effort expended in order to convey information to the reader the best possible way.

When first starting to learn Japanese on my own, I had tried grammar texts and dictionaries from two other publishers. I found out after a couple of months, that they only cause the reader great confusion, lack a lot of important concepts, the print is often ineligible, and the sentences are in Romaji and not in the native alphabet (Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji), which is so necessary in order to learn the language properly. Other Kodansha publications which I found useful for learning Japanese are Kodanshas Essential Kanji Dictionary (Japanese for Busy People)The Kodansha Kanji Learners Dictionary (Japanese for Busy People)Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-JapaneseAll About Particles: A Handbook of Japanese Function Words (Power Japanese Series) (Kodansha's Children's Classics)
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful By A Customer on July 24, 1998
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A reference book for those who know basic Japanese and would like to have a more solid understanding on Japanese verbs (including different forms of verbs and their usage). A must for self-learner.
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful By Cyberia on April 13, 2001
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I found out that one of the most important things in learning the Japanese language is vocabulary and proper verb conjugation! This book helps so much with the verb conjucgation, that it will easily become one of your more useful reference books. Another plus is the use of both Japanese text and romanji. However, I would rather see NO romanji...since in learning Japanese, romanji does nothing in helping you advance. Again, Naoko has outdone herself with this book, and I look forward to all her new Japanese learning books!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful By Web.Terrestrial on July 14, 2008
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I read this a few years ago (4 years, maybe?) The one problem i remember having with this book was that it didn't tell me the negative form of some conjugations. At the time i was hopeless unable to figure it out, for example, how to say "I don't want to go". So i asked a Japanese friend.

I put this as a comment in response to someone but i'll reiterate here.

The forms are 100% predictable, but the reason you need a book on them is so you can learn the predictable forms. In addition you learn the passive and causative forms which are used a LOT in written Japanese. You also learn how to say things like "I want to do", "started to do," "finished doing", "was about to do", "just did", etc. You learn the difference between "I'm *doing the dishes*" and "I like *doing the dishes*" these are things that are used often.

Admittedly, after a while you don't reference the book, but there is a while when you do. I found it to be valuable.

Someone mentioned Ms. Chino's rule about using -eba, and -tara with suggestions. I followed that rule for 4 years and was not in error. It wasn't until a few days ago, that i heard -tara used with a suggestion (by a Japanese friend). I don't say that this discounts her rule, because as English speakers, we use double negatives, and "ain't" all the time, though it's not technically correct.

Also, I enjoy looking at this book too. It is delightful. I always wanted to read it.
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