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Japanese (Lonely Planet Phrasebook) (Paperback)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 4th Revised edition edition (1 Sep 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1740591631
ISBN-13: 978-1740591638
Product Dimensions: 14 x 9.7 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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'Lonely Planet Phrasebooks. Portable, pocket-size, cheap, and available for almost any country you might want to visit...'

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With a comprehensive pronunciation and grammar section, reinforced with tips on protocol and culture, this phrasebook provides all the survival words and phrases required by the traveller in Japan.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, 2 Oct 2002

By	Brian Tse (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet : Japanese Phrasebook (Paperback)

I highly recommend this little gem of a book, it contains many phrases which can help even a child to get through Japan. It contains alot of other information too! Buy it! buy it now! :)

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4.0 out of 5 stars handy for everyday use in japan, 1 Nov 2001

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I have basic knowledge of written and spoken Japanese and found this book very helpfull in getting by in day to day things. I lent it to my brother when he visited me in tokyo and he coulnd't have gotten by without it. As most of the Japanese's English is abominable you really need a small pocket dictionary or a phrase book.
Size makes this particular book very handy. I would have liked some more young persons words and catchy phrases.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Poor indexing and unbalanced coverage, 12 Nov 2007

By	S. King (Edinburgh, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having used this in Japan for a couple months, I find this phrasebook fairly useless. We don't even bother carrying it around anymore.

The indexing is poor: meaning that you cannot easily find what you are looking for.

The coverage is unbalanced: why does it spend so much space on phrases for talking to the opposite sex? If you need a phrasebook to ask someone to marry you, then you have a problem! Yet the coverage of useful phrases, food items, etc, is quite weak, with many useless things included and the basics missed out.

The romanization scheme used is non-standard, making it annoying to use in conjunction with other books.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Phrasebook
I got the Chinese one before I went to China and it was very useful. I haven't been to Japan yet, but it looks like it has a very comprehensive selection of phrases. Read more

Published 15 days ago by K. L. Hermanson

4.0 out of 5 stars Quiet nice book to carry...
I used to study Japanese before so I just needed the simple one to review. The size of book is very small but I guess it got pretty much everything. Read more

Published 18 days ago by H. Cho

4.0 out of 5 stars An average phrasebook.
This isnt the easiest phrasebook to use, but does contain useful tourist and cultural info/tips. it contains a menu reader, a dictonary and grammar rules. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Louis

5.0 out of 5 stars a good book
I found this phrasebook really useful. It was small enough to put in my bag and I used it everyday. Even when I could not pronounce certain things I would just show whomever I... Read more

Published 24 months ago by happyberry

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