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Gone Fishin': New angles on perennial problems
Author Jay Rubin
Publisher Kodansha
SeriesPower Japanese
CategoryGeneral grammar
ISBN4770016565 [COPAC, Webcatplus, Wikipedia]

Anonymous review

Note: a new edition of this book under a different title has come out.

Review by Ben Bullock

This book, by a professor of Japanese literature, aims to teach a few difficult to understand parts of Japanese grammar such as the "sasete itadakimasu" form, the difference between "wa" and "ga", past tense of verb + tsumori and so forth.

I remember after reading the book "Gone fishin'" I made ... read more


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