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Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar
Authors Stefan Kaiser, Yasuko Ichikawa, Noriko Kobayashi, Hilofumi Yamamoto
Publisher Routledge
ISBNs041509920X [COPAC, Webcatplus, Wikipedia]
0415099196 (hardcover) [COPAC, Webcatplus, Wikipedia]

Review by Josh Hale

It has several useful indices. I started reading Manga with the help of this grammar guide. Every now and again there is some grammar you might expect to find in it missing, but there are so many contractions and peculiarities in Japanese that you could never hope to find a *complete* reference. ... read more

Review by Gerald B. Mathias

I considered the strengths of the book to be (not necessarily in strength order) its 19 pages of indexes (one an English one for "How to say ... (e.g. "you")?" questions, the other grammatical, for "What does ... mean?" questions; I estimated that each has about 1500 entries), its frequent ... read more


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