All About Particles (Power Japanese) (Paperback)

by Naoko Chino (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This volume presents the most common particles, brought together and broken down into some 200 usages, with many sample sentences. The Power Japanese series presents a selection of guides to difficult or confusing aspects of the Japanese language. The student can find a quick reference to particles, a guide to the myriad levels of politeness, books of idioms, vocabulary builders, emotive expressions and turns of speech - all with natural examples.

Language Notes
Text: English, Japanese

Product Details

• Paperback: 127 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha America; 1st edition (May 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870119540
• ISBN-13: 978-0870119545
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #918,361 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommanded for self-learner, July 26, 1998

By A Customer

A very handy reference on Japanese particles for self-learners (basic Japanese kana's and kanji's assumed, although romanizations are also given). Instead of perplexing users with a lot of technical details like other dictionaries did, this pocket size reference gives clear directions on how and when particles are used. An extreme amount of examples are given.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable reference, May 1, 2001

By	"airi2" (Bryn Mawr, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This book is an excellent reference for the student of Japanese, and especially for those who do any kind of Japanese-to-English translation. Particles are the most difficult aspect of Japanese to understand, and arguably one of the most important. This book sets itself the task of taking common particles in modern Japanese and explaining to the reader what they do in a sentence, with examples and elementary as well as advanced usages. It accomplishes this task, in my opinion, very well. It's one of the books I keep by my side as I do translation work; All About Particles is more helpful to me than my dictionaries in cases where a particle is confusing me (rightfully so; one can't expect a dictionary to fully explain all particles in such limited space).

12 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most useful book on particles I have ever seen., April 20, 1999

By A Customer

As the jacket says: "Particles can be difficult. Particles can be tiresome. But there is no denying it: they must be learned to speak decent Japanese." This book takes the pain out of particles and makes them interesting again.