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by Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura (Author) "As you know, there are two types of writing in Japanese: Kanji and Kana ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 88 pages
  • Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc (Dec 1985)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 087011719X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0870117190
  • Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.3 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 27,808 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Teaches katakana, used for borrowed foreign words and other special phrases. The book includes guides to pronunciation and usage.
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4.0 out of 5 stars More than just italics!, 28 Aug 2003
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This is a slimmish textbook which focusses on both how to draw katakana, including stroke order, and when to use them- they're not just for foreign loan words as I had believed. It also mentions how the katakana were derived and why. It does NOT, however, include mnemonics or pictures to help you commit them to memory, and will not assist you in learning the alphabet quickly except by repetition and exercises. It also refers fairly often to its sister book on hiragana, which it recommends you study before katakana. This author is obviously respected as it's a recommended text for my university course. Good for more in-depth study of katakana- I didn't realise they were so useful!
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best out there, 17 Feb 2004
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before I started to read this book I only though that Katakana was used for words borrow for other countries. so with that in mind I was quite shock to find out how wrong I actually was. it is use for many more things then you would expect like names on animals and plantes. I would recomment though that you at least know Hiragana before you read this one, to get a more easy way to understand it, and it has all what you need to know like it's sisterbook "Let's learn Hiragana"
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Sequel, 3 Feb 2009
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This is a great follow up book from Mitamura's first book "Lets Learn Hiragana". This teaches the Katakana writing system in the same way the fisrt book taught Hiragana. That considered if you liked the first book then you will like this one too. The book is slightly thicker than the first and truth be told it didnt need be. Once i was Three Quarters through the book i had already mastered Katakana. However this book also teaches the uses of katakana (onomatapeia,telegrams,foriegn words etc.) which is also very important.
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