The easy way to learn the Japanese writing system!In this beginner's workbook, students of Japanese will learn to read and write the Hiragana and Katakana alphabets, as well as 50 basic Kanji characters. A step-by-step approach moves from tracing letters to reading and writing complete words quickly and effectively.
In this comprehensive guide, language learners will find:- The 92 Hiragana and Katakana letters
- 50 Kanji characters
- Illustrations to help you remember each letter and its associated sound
- An extensive bidirectional dictionary
- Hundreds of drills suitable for self-study or classroom use
- An answer key for all exercises
- Useful everyday vocabulary and phrases&;from numbers and colors to food and social media
- Free printable flashcards to help you review what you've learned
- Online audio recordings by a native speaker to help with pronunciation
Instead of dealing with separate Hiragana and Katakana workbooks, as is common, this comprehensive guide provides an efficient way to learn both with the help of one book.
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PART ONE The Hiragana Alphabet |
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Lesson 11 Voicing mark and p-mark |
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Lesson 12 Long vowels and double consonants |
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Lesson 13 Palatalized sounds |
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Lesson 14 Reading and writing basic words |
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Lesson 15 Writing sentences and paragraphs |
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PART TWO The Katakana Alphabet |
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Lesson 26 Approximating foreign sounds |
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Lesson 27 Reading and writing basic words |
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Lesson 28 People's names in katakana |
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Lesson 29 Foreign place names |
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Lesson 30 Writing sentences and paragraphs |
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Chart of 50 common kanji characters |
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Lesson 32 Parts of the landscape |
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Lesson 33 Parts of the body |
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Lesson 34 Relative location |
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Lesson 35 Large numbers and money |
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Lesson 36 Days of the week |
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Lesson 42 People's names in kanji |
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Lesson 43 Place names in kanji |
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Lesson 44 Reading basic words |
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Lesson 45 Writing sentences and paragraphs |
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| Review |
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| Appendix I Examples of commonly used radicals |
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| Appendix II Handwritten characters |
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| Appendix III Photocopiable practice sheet |
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Eriko Sato is Associate Professor of Japanese and translation studies at the State of University of New York at Stony Brook, where she is also the Director of the Japanese Teacher Education Program. She has authored and co-authored over a dozen books, including Japanese Stories for Language Learners, Essential Japanese Grammar, and Learning Japanese Kanji.She has also authored or co-authored Contemporary Japanese, Japanese Demystified, Japanese for Dummies, Complete Japanese Grammar, Japanese Phrases for Dummies, Basic Japanese, and My First Japanese Kanji Book.
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