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Todd Geers (Author), Erika Geers (Author)
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October 15, 2003
The books in the Making Out series are fun and accessible guides to languages as they're spoken on the street. These classic phrase books have been updated and expanded for use in informal situations such as bars, parties, or anywhere else one needs to know slang to survive! The books also now feature phrases written in their native script as well as in English, so the book can be shown to the person you are trying to communicate with. With transcriptions revised for easier pronunciation, these helpful books will have you making out in no time!

Making Out in Japanese is a fun, accessible and thorough guide to Japanese as it's really spoken. It has been updated and expanded to be even more helpful as a guide to modern colloquial Japanese for use in everyday informal interactions—giving access to the sort of catchy expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials. As well as the romanized forms, each expression is now given in authentic Japanese script (kanji kana with furigana pronunciation clues), so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Revised edition (October 15, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0804833966
  • ISBN-13: 978-0804833967
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.3 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #390,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars funny, but very dated, February 25, 2004
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This review is from: Making Out in Japanese Phrase Book, Revised Edition (Paperback)
this book is a very entertaining offshoot for an otherwise dry language course or self-study. but be warned if you intend to actually use any of the slang- its quite dated (not to mention that most slang is colloquial). and in a culture where the lexicon changes as rapidly as japanese, you will be exposing yourself (pun partially intended) to whomever you speak with instantly. and by dated i mean late 80's or early 90's at best. check the mullet & mustache on the author's picture on the inside back cover!
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The missing link in your Japanese conversation ability, March 23, 2006
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I strongly recommend this book to the Japanese learner who is somewhat advanced (JLPT level 3 or stronger ability), and who wants to improve their conversation ability. And pick up chicks.

Yes, there are good lines to use on women (or men), and most of them are not out of date slang or anything. Personally, I'm not one of the foreigners in Japan that lurks in the dark corners of bars, but I've found the book extremely helpful in filling in the gaps of my textbook Japanese knowledge. The book doesn't actually focus on cheesy lines for getting a date--there's useful expressions for all walks of daily life.

However, if you are a novice Japanese learner, or have studied less than a year, I really do not recommend picking up the book just yet. The book just has lines that help you start conversations, slang you otherwise wouldn't know, or fill in awkward pauses.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Making out? Not so much, April 21, 2007
This review is from: Making Out in Japanese Phrase Book, Revised Edition (Paperback)
This book is titled "Making Out in Japanese," but that's not really what it's about. This has the most basic phrases and words that you'll need to get by. I've been studying Japanese for 4 years in school and I've still been able to pull some good information out of this book. It has text written in Romaji (English letters of Japanese words) as well as Japanese kanakanji (with furigana).

This is a great, great book and I recommend it 100% to anyone less than fluent.

***Also, the last section of the book does talk about "romantic" relationships, so I guess the title sort of works ^_^
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