About this title: Introduces the 2000 basic Japanese characters that are now in everyday use, a mastery of which makes it possible to read most modern Japanese. This book has been tested and refined by many years of use in university classes.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Shambhala Pubns
Date Published: 1981-03-01
ISBN-13:9780834802223ISBN:0834802228
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780834802223. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780834802223ISBN:0834802228
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Binding: Softcover; Seventh Printing
Publisher: Weatherhill, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780834802223ISBN:0834802228
Description: G+/NONE. 0834802228. Light rubbing and soiling, light edgewear, creasing down middle of spine. Top and fore edge lightly foxed, bottom edge scratched and soiled. Former owner's name to title page. Interior clean.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 325 pages; Foreign language-other, red/black, leisartcat tf. read more
Description: New. "Essential Kanji " is an integrated course for learning to read and write the 2, 000 basic Japanese characters. It introduces the kanji " "that are now in everyday use, a mastery of which makes it possible to read most modern Japanese. Devised for eit... read more
Edition: Seventh Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Weatherhill, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780834802223ISBN:0834802228
Description: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4" Book is near fine in white, beige trimmed soft covers with Japanese characters and title lettering in black, gray and beige...only slightest shelfwear to covers...text is tight and clean...appears unread...this is 1996 printing...325 pages, crisp with sharp edges and corners...no annotations or markings observed...a good find in this very nice condition. read more
"Yes! If you need to know 2,000 basic japanese characters, these are Systematically Arranged For Learning And Reference. Some of the illustrative phrases are perhaps not entirely necessary for the beginning learner - for example, number 23 (miru: 'to see') teaches the phrase tsuki o miru hito: 'a person who looks at the moon'. Yes, so he constructs phrases using only the kanji covered to that point, but still...
You should see my ki - I cut it out and stuck it on a piece of paper if anyone wants to see it. Thankyou, Essential Kanji 2,000 Basic Japanese Characters Systematically Arranged For Learning And Reference!"
"The 2000 most often used kanji presented in the traditional learning order with stroke-order and often used compounds. Doesn't address radicals or the thousands of other kanji and compound words you will need to be able to read, but its a great start. Highly recommended to beginner through intermediate."
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