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All About Particles: A Handbook of Japanese Function Words (Paperback)

by Naoko Chino (Author)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Kodansha Europe; New Ed edition (1 Jan 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 4770027818
  • ISBN-13: 978-4770027818
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 13 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 18,012 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is an easy-to-use student's reference guide to the 70 common particles used in the Japanese language. Each and every particle usage is covered and exemplified through sample sentences, and presented in English, Japanese orthography and romanized Japanese.

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58 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dont be scared of the title, buy it :), 6 Mar 2004
This is probably not a book for the absolute beginner, but I have only been studying Japanese for 4 months and this is now one of my favourite texts. In my class we are often asked “what particle goes here?” by our teacher. 9 times out of 10 we are guessing, Ni being the most common choice :p

This was my motivation to buy this book

This book is quite compact, a little smaller than A5. I have taken to carrying this around in my bag, and pulling it out for the occasional read. It does seem a little “geeky” to be reading a book about such a specific thing when I am still really just a beginner myself, but if you can get up the courage to buy it you wont regret it

WA for example (first in the book) is explained over the course of 3 pages. Presenting 5 ways in which the particle can be used within sentences, with 2 or 3 examples for each usage. Each example is presented in kana/kanji, romanji and English. So theres little need to refer to other texts whilst trying to comprehend the examples. As such, this makes the book very easy to read and not “heavy” at all, despite the subject matter

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great purchase!, 21 Jan 2009
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From what I have read so far it seems like this is a great book.

The information is well structured (i.e. shows the more common particles/uses first and then the less common ones), it provides a brief, but clarifying, description of each particle, followed by examples presented in kana, kanji and roma-ji, aside from the english translation.

It also makes reference to particles which are used together and explanations on why this happens on some situations.

Overall a great, lightweight book and a must have especially if you are a serious student of Japanese.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Function of parts, 2 Jun 2009
The first main aspect of this book that was found useful was the amount of example sentences, particles are much easier to understand when used in context.
Although I did not like the use in romaji over hiragana, it will help a beginner look up each word.
For a solid foundation in Japanese grammar, few books can be more highly recommended.
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