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Minna No Nihongo: Beginner 1, 2nd Edition Paperback – March 16, 1998

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Seconde édition du Manuel de Niveau 1 (débutant) du Minna No Nihongo. Cette méthode est l'une des plus utilisée en Europe et est considérée comme un standard pour l'apprentissage de la langue japonaise.

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March 16, 1998
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7.09 x 0.71 x 10.24 inches
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4883196038
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ 3A CORPORATION; 2nd edition (March 16, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 310 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 4883196038
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-4883196036
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.54 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.09 x 0.71 x 10.24 inches

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Akiko

This book is not for studying alone

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2019

I’m Japanese and teaching Japanese to foreigners. This book is for learning Japanese, not for studying alone. You know the difference. We Japanese teacher teach Japanese students through this book.
If you want to study Japanese alone, you can find other book written in your language and Japanese.
My English is not perfect but I hope my review will be helpful for you.

206 people found this helpful

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Nick

If you’re serious about learning Japanese.

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2019

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I’ve been studying this book for a while now. It’s a good textbook, I would say it’s on par with Genki to be the best Japanese textbooks. I personally think if you’re serious about learning the language then you need to have as many books as possible, so I own this and the Genki books and use them together.

A lot of people say that you need a teacher to use this book, as it’s 100% in Japanese. I don’t think that’s necessary. Of course it helps to have a native Japanese speaker help you out, but there are tons of English explanations on the internet of everything in the book. What I do is I attempt to read the chapter and then look up any grammar/vocab I don’t understand.

Ultimately this book will immerse you more in the language, more than Genki, and I think that is very important.

21 people found this helpful

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Aowyn

Need to Buy Grammer Notes Seperately!

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2020

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YOU NEED TO BUY THE ACCOMPANYING BOOK OF GRAMMAR NOTES FOR YOUR OWN NATIVE LANGUAGE!!!

This book is not good for super-beginners. I only purchased it because it's the required text for my fully immersive Japanese class. It's a good option for my class because each student can purchase the grammar notes seperately in their own native language, so native English speakers don't have an advantage over everyone else.

It really doesn't explain any grammar points, and you'll need to do a lot of research on your own using other sources to get through this text. If you're truly starting from scratch and learning on your own, you should try the Genki books or Tae Kim's Guide instead.

It also throws you straight into kanji in the first chapter without holding your hand, which personally I really liked. Don't worry, everything has furigana for pronunciation. It's tough, but you'll be thankfully later that you started kanji early.

If you have a little experience under your belt already, this can be an excellent practice book for you! I also learned a lot of words that were very useful in my fully immersive Japanese class (practice, example, polite, plain, present tense, past tense, object, subject, particle, verb, transitive, intransitive, etc.). This vocabulary isn't very useful for day to day communication, but it's invaluable in a classroom setting.

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Daniel Ilchishyn

Must-have for newcomers in Japanese

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2019

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Must-have book for newcomers in Japanese. May be tough to get through without a teacher who’d give you explanations of things since the whole book in entirely in Japanese

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Avram Dan Alexandru

Top Quality Product! 5*+.

Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2017

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Beautiful and very well made, this book introduces you into Japanese from the very first page 'till the last. I recommend using it in every way of learning as you want, but on the condition of doing it seriously because this book is not easy at all and it requires lots of studying time.
It contains a lot of bonus content and it's incredibly user-friendly (Japanese for everyone tho..).
I can't believe my eyes, but I am so happy that I bought it, and you will be as well!

5 Stars / 5!

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Book is entirely in Japanese, so if you are learning alone you will need the translation book.

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2018

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This is a great tool for learning Japanese! My teacher suggested I buy the book and I use it for all our lessons! The exercises at the end of the chapters help reinforce what I learned as well!

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Hyo

Not bad, but could be better

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2021

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The book is all I was expecting, and it arrived in decent condition, however, it was not completely sealed off, and the package could have been better. It arrived in a soft envelope too big for the book and since it was not sealed off, the book flicked constantly inside the package causing some bruises on the cover.

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Emma Em

Great for learning Japanese

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2021

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This book is only in Japanese, so it might be hard for self-studies. This be great if you know something or someone, so you can get through the book more easier.

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Juanito

Para dominarlos a todos

Reviewed in Spain on September 7, 2018

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Te encanta el anime, el manga y todo lo que tenga que ver con Japón. Estás sumido en una espiral autodestructiva de sesiones nocturnas enfermizas de maratones que hacen que rindas menos en tu vida laboral y hayas empezado a desconectar del mundo que te rodea. Estás fundiendo tu futura herencia para comprar figuras y tu cuenta bancaria no supera el saldo negativo en rojo. Tus familiares comienzan a ser desconocidos que te saludan cuando logran verte y ya ignoras qué tiempo hace fuera. Te has olvidado de cómo se llama tu madre y planeas llamar Kira al gato que quieres adoptar. Cuando te quedas sin internet sales a la calle y te sientes vacío/a, tratando de sobrevivir mientras descifras qué clase de Pokémon es ese que vuela y pía por encima del árbol que hay frente a ti. Decides ponerte a estudiar japonés, bien por hobby o porque realmente planeas visitar Japón y quieres impresionar a la gente con una fluidez soberbia mientras pides takoyaki en un puesto ambulante. Éste es tu libro, no le des más vueltas.

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Nick

Es gibt definitiv bessere Lernressourcen und Wege zum Japanisch!

Reviewed in Germany on May 23, 2019

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Sprachlehrbücher sind allgemein nur bedingt zu empfehlen, da sie oft nur sehr unnatürliche Sprache vermitteln und wer sich zu lange an sein Lehrbuch klammert, schafft nie den Sprung ins Fließende. Für den Einstieg (1. Lernjahr) sind Minna No Nihongo 1&2 ganz ok, vor allem wenn man mit einem Lehrer lernt, aber es gibt deutlich bessere Alternativen als dieses Werk mit seinem Fetisch für Höflichkeitssprache, oft umständlichen Grammatikerklärungen die vieles unzureichend behandeln und nahezu unbrauchbarem Hörverständnismaterial. In meinem Sprachkurs mussten stets viele wichtige Zusatzinformationen seitens der Lehrenden geliefert werden, vor allem zu Partikeln und dem Kontrast zwischen ähnlichen Konstruktionen mit unterschiedlicher Verwendungsweise. Wer Minna No Nihongo benutzt sollte auf jeden Fall noch 1-2 weitere Grammatikbücher und Internetressourcen parallel einsetzen um Lücken zu füllen und wichtige Punkte besser nachzuvollziehen. Ich empfehle vor allem "Making Sense of Japanese" von Jay Rubin und "Japanese Ammo with Misa" [YouTube].

Wenn es denn ein Lehrbuch sein soll, wäre Genki defintiv eher zu empfehlen. Oder am besten gleich in die unzähligen, kostenlosen Ressourcen eintauchen, die einem das Internet bietet (vor allem wenn man Englisch kann) wie z.B. Tae Kim oder IMABI. Man sollte sowieso nicht nur von einer Quelle lernen. Die gesamte japanische Grammatik kann online gut erklärt gefunden werden, sowie Vokabeldecks für Anki und verschiedene Kanjilernmethoden. Danach sollte man sowieso mit dem (täglichen!) Konsum japanischer Medien beginnen und echte Sprachverwendung kennenlernen.

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AMBAR

Great book, needs basic understanding first

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2013

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Advising everyone looking to buy this book: it's 99.9% in Japanese.

I recommend it, no doubt, to assist a class with a Japanese teacher who can tell you what everything means, because it is a very good study material. Having some basics already when I got to this manual, I had no problems with it so far. However, for all those who don't, get to learn the basic japanese alphabets beforehand - this book has them at the beginning, but not the translation of the sounds in rōmaji (latin letters) nor the sound of each character.

To avoid what I just described, you can also get the Translation & Grammatical Notes English ver. as a complement: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/4883196046/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_6

19 people found this helpful

Maximiliano Riveiro Silva

Book not meant for self-learning

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2020

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Is very hard to get used to it since for this one you will need a complimentary translation book in order to fully learn from it, which can be a huge pain as a learning experience.

This book works if you have a teacher or you're following a guide through YouTube, alongside with the translation notes version.

Can't really recommend it by self-learning purposes.

Mohammed Qureshi

Brilliant Textbook

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2016

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Excellent for learning. It promotes the sentence and grammar structures in the practice sections very well and makes you repeat them in different tenses as you work through the book. It is essential if you're starting to learn Japanese from this book that you are able to read hiragana and katakana and have the Minna no Nihongo English translation notes book also in case you need clarification on something. All in all a brilliant book to learn from.

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