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Common Japanese Collocations: A Learner's Guide to Frequent Word Pairings Bilingual Edition

by Kakuko Shoji (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Kodansha USA; Bilingual edition (October 24, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1568365578
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568365572
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.7 x 5.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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4.0 out of 5 starsGood but not enough.
By スティーブン on July 25, 2010
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This is a pretty good book for the most part. It gives lots of words for different situations and shows their common connections. I just wish there was more example sentences as well as an index for what pages the words are on. The words are still easy to find given the situations of Home, Daily life, People, School & Work, Travel and Entertainment in the contents. Overall I would recommend this book to any one who can read hiragana and katakana the formatting is much nicer than the authors other titles and you can just flip through any section when your board since there is no structure to follow.
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery Useful for serious learners.
By Kousuke on October 26, 2012
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This book is geared towards more serious learners and not for someone whose just wanting to learn something for a short trip to japan, so if you're interested in only learning something minor or not continuing your studies, then this book is not for you. That being said, it's a extremely useful book for hardcore learners of the Japanese language. This book is more of a reference book but it gives detailed explanations on how exactly a word should be said so you know how and when to use it. It'll definitely make you sound and feel more natural in the Japanese language.

This book does not have a index but the well organized table of context does make up as a good substitute. Also, there is no romanji (which is good thing), so you do need to know hiragana and katakana before picking up this book. This book does use furigana so you don't have to know the kanji right off. I would suggest this book for upper-beginner to intermediate learners. One neat feature is that there is a Appendix at the end of the book that visually shows you correct and incorrect collocations (word pairings).

I already love this book and can see me using it for a long time to come.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat study aid!
By C. Kerr on September 5, 2011
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Book is very helpful in displaying the information needed on how common phrases should be worded in Japanese. The sections are well thought out. I use this as a reference many times through studying and to help translate.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGood for thorough learners
By mischanix on May 20, 2014
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I was looking for a book of this nature for a while. Most of the time textbooks teaching a language will only go by a few mundane expressions such as "take a bath," or "put on clothes." That is fine and all, but for those people who actually want to know as much of the language as a native, knowing and understanding mundane expressions is an absolute must. The only complaint that I have about this book, however, is that it sometimes provides some atypical expressions that you'll probably never hear/see used in Japanese. But despite that fact, the book by itself is absolutely wonderful.
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4.0 out of 5 starsFun book
By CapnShorty on October 29, 2012
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This book is full of useful information.
This book works both ways and I can use it in my English tutoring sessions.
My only complaint is that I want more explanation or more examples for each pattern.
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery useful book!
By Diane on December 30, 2013
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I've been learning Japanese for a while and found that I need some kind of resources when writing or making conversation. This book fills this gap. I've taken Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1 (still waiting for December 2013 result) and do not have much trouble reading or listening. Previously, I found this book in a bookstore and was not impressed. At that time, I thought it's just a mindless collection of Japanese phrases. However, now that I'm in a stage where I need it, I find that it's really helpful and essential in my growth as an advanced Japanese learner. I wholeheartedly recommend this book.
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4.0 out of 5 starsUseful!
By Elaine Martinez on November 17, 2013
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I think the terms in this book can be quite useful to know for any intermediate or advance learner of Japanese.
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5.0 out of 5 starslearn to speak natural japanese!
By rebecca on April 18, 2014
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this book provides excellent coverage of a widely overlooked grammar topic - frequent word pairings. if you want to learn more natural and less awkward Japanese, this topic is critical. i highly recommend this book
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Really good organization, and I love that there's furigana so that I can learn kanji as I learn these phrases.

Published 21 months ago by Cassidy Pair
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A 4 only bc for my particular needs it didn't help. I felt the words and forms given were hard for me to put into sentences/formulate thoughts. Read more

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Published on April 16, 2014 by Phillip Callaway
4.0 out of 5 starsGood phrases

Pretty interesting to read. I haven't gotten to use it very much, but I think it will be very helpful in my doujinshi translation attempts.

Published on December 10, 2013 by Teresa
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This phrase book is very good for people who want to visit Japan and be social or maybe even live there, there are a decent amount of useful phrases in this book. Read more

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