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Reviews by John Reeves

Colloquial Japanese

All romaji. Exercises with answers.

Good textbook for group study. Useful for individual study but should be supplemented by other materials. Covers almost all basic grammatical structures and morphology. Assumes readers are adults and treats them as such. Sound and detailed explanations. ... read more

Philips Language System - Japanese

Six levels, from elementary to advanced. Exercise book, picture book, text and tapes. Roughly 100 hours worth of study material per level. Generally, each lesson contains a brief narrative, colloquial expressions and question/answer sections. Kana/kanzi or romazi.

An extremely valuable source ... read more

Read Real Japanese

Eight short essays by contemporary authors, together with notes, romazi transcription and phrase-by-phrase translations.

One of the few books available that concentrate on reading texts as opposed to simply learning kanzi. The translations prevent time being wasted on dictionary searches, ... read more


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