Making Out in Japanese (Making Out Books) [Paperback]

Todd Geers (Author), Erika Geers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0804833095 | ISBN-13: 978-0804833097 | Edition: Revised

A great book for those who want to learn how to speak the way the actual native Japanese people speak. Shows you how to express yourself the way you always wanted without sounding too grammatical. Softcover.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Revised edition (February 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804833095
• ISBN-13: 978-0804833097
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,366,858 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!

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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B. Bly "Japan expat7" (Eden Prairie, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making Out in Japanese Phrase Book, Revised Edition (Paperback)

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Yes, there are good lines to use on women (or men), and most of them are not out of date slang or anything.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.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Making out? Not so much, April 21, 2007

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Jeremy Robertson - See all my reviews
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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 ^_^