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by Helen Gilhooly (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (Mar 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0844226866
  • ISBN-13: 978-0844226866
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Caution, 3 Nov 2005
This review is from: Teach Yourself Beginner's Japanese Script (TY Beginner's Scripts) (Paperback)
First the good points. For learning kana (the phonetic scripts of hiragana and katakana) this book has good sections and exercises. It also has the best system for learning Kanji I've seen, not that i've seen them all. It builds up with simple nature derived Kanji and gruadually builds up. You won't find this an any textbook.

However, you will not learn the readings for Kanji which is a very important point. You will also not have very good ability at identifying the parts within kanji, vital to understand more complex ones.

Another point of note is that this book does not, nor pretend to, teach any Japanese. By using this book, even by the end you will not be able to produce even a simple sentence.

While I do reccommend this book, it is not by itself but as part of a wide range of books to use.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing book to get you started!, 4 Sep 2006
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If like me you have always been interested in learning japanese but did not have a clue how to start, get this book!!

I was really suprised at how quickly I rememberd the kanji. this book really is fascinating, and I could not put it down! I feel much more confident in my approach to learning kanji now as this book explains the idea behind the kanji which i have found other books dont.

all i can say really is BUY THIS BOOK!! its so interesting and suprisingly easy!!! to understand and learn and actually remember!!
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive guide to the basics, 12 Jul 2003
By Stephen Perry (Faringdon, Oxon United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Teach Yourself Beginner's Japanese Script (TY Beginner's Scripts) (Paperback)
As a novice speaker and writer of Japanese, I thought that learning the script would be either very difficult, very time consuming, or both. This is not the case! With limited but regular study and a notebook to write down all new kanji and kana, I was very pleasantly surprised to find myself remembering how to read and write a variety of kanji. The hiragana and katakana sections were also very useful, as many tips are given to help remember similar looking characters. Obviously the book cannot go into great depth because of the huge number of kanji that exist, but the basics are covered and the introduction of the use of radicals in later lessons paves the way for further study. There are also helpful suggestions throughout to aid learning, and many exercises to improve kanji recogniion. Overall, a worthwhile purchase!
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