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Oxford Japanese Grammar And Verbs

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This book performs exactaly as advertised, it is an extremely valuable and concise suppliment to your perfered metheod of mastering japanese.

This book will really help fill the gaps in your education left behind by professors who insist on spoonfeeding you little bits of information without explaining the whole story.

It is well organized and delivers in plain easy to understand english, information on many (if not most) japanese gramatical concepts. I've used several more expensive books on topics like particals and verbs and I like this book much better.

It's also small, inexpensive and contains less romanji than many other references.

This book does a good job laying out the grammatical rules, and explains them fairly clearly, but it is definitely geared toward those who already know some Japanese. A great deal of the book is in kanji, including some of the words they're explaining to you. Some of the examples have kanji and romanji to help you, but the author expects you to already have a solid grasp of the writing system. He leaves many words and examples untranslated, which makes it harder to grasp the concept for those who don't know any kanji, like myself. Even so, it's fairly understandable, and those who don't know kanji can still learn from it, albeit with a little more difficulty. I think it is a good resource, but I would recommend it for people who have already learned some Japanese.

This is one of those books that promises a lot but falls short of its target. How Oxford Press expect you to believe that such a slim volume can cover ALL the key points of Japanese grammar is laughable. Certainly, it does cover many points, but half of of these are skimmed over, and examples are very limited. Plus, spelling mistakes (both in English and Japanese) abound to such an extent that I began to wonder if the proof readers for this book were the author's pet koi carp.

The pro's of this book are that when it gets it right, it's bang on. The language is very clear and understandable, and when something is explained, you know exactly where you are. What is more, the more complicated grammar that is covered is done so in such a way that it doesn't seem difficult. Also, if you simply want to get a feel for Japanese grammar in general, so that you can research it further through other books or websites, then this book is perfect. It may only provide you with a basic grasp of the language, but it's certainly enough to get you started.

this book i just got it, but the cover is totally different with what i saw on the website,page is only 273 in total, not 288, same ISBN number though. i have no idea why that could be happened.
but inside the detail, i would say i'm kinda like it.very simple but understandable.
so, beside the cover and pages, it's a good book for helping learn japanese.

This book was a pretty good add to my collection. I've been learning Japanese for the past 4.5 years, however. While I found it semi-informative and rather easy to navigate, I'm not exactly sure how well a beginner might accept this. I say `Give it a try anway!' You might like it.

This book really helps to futher explain things in clear language that maybe sensei didn't cover so well. Much better than the old grammar books that weigh a few pounds, this is small and goes everywhere with me. Highly recommended.

Between this book and my Kanji-a-Day newsletter, I've GREATLY improved my Japanese in just a month. This book provides information on verbs, particles, and all the tricky bits that often don't get really broken down by the sensei. This is definitely best used as a reference, but I'm reading it straight through and it's clearing up a lot of misconceptions and questions I had about the language. One caveat though: the Japanese itself has some typos (mostly extra hiragana characters scattered throughout a sentence). However, it doesn't detract from the learning experience (these problems aren't in the romaji). Highly recommended!