General Guides
This shelf opens with Mainstream
titles, and ends with some fun Colloquial
Japanese books.
MAINSTREAM
101 Japanese Idioms: Understanding Japanese Language and Culture Through Popular Phrases Paperback
13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese by Giles Murray Paperback
192 pages
"A kind of 'anti-textbook' 13 Secrets uses mini graphic novels, charts, manga, and quizzes to teach DIFFICULT Japanese (hypothetical forms, big numbers), PLAYFUL Japanese (jokes and puns, wordgames), SLANG Japanese (prefixes & suffixes, abbreviations), Japanese THOUGHT-PROCESSES (generating synonyms, explanatory phrases) and RISQUE Japanese (the language of love).
2001 Japanese-English Idioms by Nobuo Akiyama, Carol Akiyama Paperback
699 pages
All About Particles: A Handbook of Japanese Function Words by Naoko Chino Paperback
128 pages
All About Particles covers 69 particles, the most common ones along with the less frequent. The particles are shown to have some 200 usages -- sufficient to keep most students hard at work for a good many years. The book can be approached as a textbook and studied religiously from beginning to end. It is as a reference book, however, that All AboutParticles shines: light enough to carry around, slim enough to fit into the corner of a shoulder bag, concise enough to take one quickly to the crux of the matter, it combines the best of several worlds and is priced to be affordable.
Beginner's Japanese: An Easy Introduction Paperback
Beginner's Japanese Paperback
Beginner's Kana Workbook by Fujihiko Kaneda Paperback
96 pages
This beginner's workbook helps students learn both hiragana and katakana writing systems. After learning hiragana writing, students move on to katakana. Then they write sentences containing both hiragana and katakana.
"Body" Language by Jeffrey G. Garrison Paperback
127 pages
Breaking into Japanese Literature by Giles Murray Paperback
239 pages
Interesting "learn how to read" book. Seven graded stories, including Natsume Soseki's "Ten Nights of Dreams," Akutagawa Ryunosuke's "The Nose", and the classic "Rashomon". The original Japanese story is in large print, followed by an English translation and a dictionary.
Business Japanese: A Complete Course for Beginners Paperback
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conversational Japanese with CD-ROM by Naoya Fujita Paperback
432 pages
Complete Japanese Expression Guide Paperback
The Complete Japanese Verb Guide Paperback
352 pages.
Essential Japanese Grammar by Everett F. Bleiler Paperback
A Handbook of Common Japanese Phrases by Sanseido Paperback
320 pages
This handbook lists 600 phrases and explains when, where, and how to use them, providing alternatives for slightly varied circumstances and revealing their underlying psychology.
The Handbook of Japanese Adjectives and Adverbs by Taeko Kamiya Paperback
304 pages
Reference manual introduces the basic (and basics of) adjectives and adverbs. The first half deals with adjectives, the second with adverbs. The section on adjectives is divided into two parts: Part 1 covers the conjugations of i- and na-adjectives and some basic auxiliary adjectives, and Part 2 presents common sentence patterns in which adjectives appear. The adverb section is arranged by topic. Among the types of adverbs explained here are those used to express time, quantity, degree, circumstance, and natural sounds or actions (the ubiquitous onomatopoeic adverbs). Each entry in this book is given a simple, concise English explanation and two or more example sentences to illustrate its usage.
A Handbook of Japanese Grammar (Tuttle Language Library) by Masahiro Tanimori
Paperback
313 pages. Beginner to intermediate level.
How to Sound Intelligent in Japanese: A Vocabulary Builder by Charles De Wolf Paperback
160 pages
An Introduction to Modern Japanese: Book 1, Grammar Lessons by Laurie Bowring Hardcover
Intensive introductory course with fifty-two lessons.
An Introduction to Modern Japanese: Book 2: Exercises and Word Lists by Richard Bowring Hardcover
Japanese Beyond Words: How to Walk and Talk Like a Native Speaker by Andrew Horvat Paperback
180 pages
Japanese for All Occasions: The Right Word at the Right Time by Anne Kaneko Paperback
247 pages
Japanese for Beginners Super Review by Carl Fuchs Paperback
304 pages
Japanese for Busy People, Book 1 Paperback
232 pages
Very popular series, can either be used in the classroom, or for self-study.
Japanese for Busy People, Book 2 Paperback
232 pages.
Japanese for Busy People, Book 3 Paperback
242 pages
Japanese for Busy People Vol. I: Kana Version by Association for Japanese-Language Teaching Paperback
Japanese for Busy People (Kana version) Vol. II by Association for Japanese-Language Teaching Paperback
Japanese for Busy People - Kana Workbook by Association for Japanese-Language Teaching Paperback
Japanese for Busy People: The Workbook: Drills for Oral Fluency Paperback
184 pages
Japanese for Busy People II: The Workbook Paperback
Japanese for Busy People I (3 Audio Cassette Version)
Japanese for Dummies Paperback
408 pages
Beginner's guide to learning Japanese. CD included.
Japanese for Everyone: A Functional Approach to Daily Communications Paperback
Textbook.
Japanese Fundamentals: Basic Grammar & Vocabulary Essential Verbs Common Idioms/Expanded Folding Card by R. Mebane Atwood Boyd, Tessa Krailing Paperback
Japanese Grammar by Carol Akiyama Paperback
216 pages
A concise summary of Japanese grammar for beginning students of the language. Topics include parts of speech, sentence structure, idioms, and pronunciation advice. All Japanese words are presented phonetically. Important points of grammar or vocabulary, as well as subject heads, are printed in a second color as a quick-reference aid for students. New to this edition is a Japanese-English vocabulary list.
Japanese in 10 Minutes a Day by Kristine K. Kershul Paperback
134 pages
Japanese: Level 1 (Foreign Service Institute Language Learning Series)
Book and Cassette edition
Japanese Made Easy by Tazuko Ajiro Monane Paperback
202 pages
Japanese the Easy Way Paperback
Exercises with answer key.
Japanese, the Spoken Language by Eleanor Harz Jorden, Mari. Noda Paperback
365 pages
Japanese: The Spoken Language, Part 1: A Question and Answer Supplement by Eleanor Harz Jorden, Mari Noda Paperback
132 pages
Japanese: The Spoken Language, Part II by Eleanor Harz Jorden Paperback
Japanese: The Spoken Language, Part III by Eleanor Harz Jorden, Mari Noda, Eleanor Harz Jordon Paperback
Japanese Step by Step: An Innovative Approach to Speaking and Reading Japanese by Gene Nishi Paperback
256 pages
This self-study text offers a breakthrough approach for beginning learners of Japanese, as well as an indispensable reference for intermediate students. The unique study method in Japanese Step By Step teaches how to construct Japanese sentences, from the simplest to the most complex, using an easy-to-follow, step-by-step method. Also contains flow charts for verb conjugations and derivations.
Japanese Verbs at a Glance by Naoko Chino Paperback
192 pages
Japanese: Visual Verbs (Flash Cards) by Penton Overseas
100 basic Japanese verbs. On the front of each card is an illustration and the verb in English. On the back is the corresponding Japanese verb in 3 useful forms. Visual Japanese Verbs are bound together by a small ring with a plastic cover on the front and back.
Japanese: Visual Vocabulary Connections (Flash Cards) by Penton Overseas
400 useful vocabulary words. English words are on the front of each card and are related by a central theme. The theme, or category, is symbolized by an icon. The back of the card shows the Japanese translations. Bound together by a small ring with a plastic cover.
Jimi's Book of Japanese: A Motivating Method to Learn Japanese (Hiragana) by Peter X. Takahashi Paperback
72 pages
Gr. 3-6. This colorful book will appeal to children who want to learn Japanese, particularly those who are studying how to speak the language but want to know how to write it as well. As the introduction states, "Instead of an alphabet Japanese uses kana." Each page features one large figure of a kana, a symbol representing a syllable, with directional arrows showing how to make each stroke. Also on the page is a pronunciation key, a vocabulary word that includes the kana, a description of the word's meaning within the context of Japanese culture, and a few small illustrations. The closing pages feature a chart of the kana and their sounds, a chart of numbers, and a word list with translations. Recurring, cartoonlike characters, including a simply drawn monkey called Jimi, give the pages child appeal, but even older students beginning to learn Japanese may find this well-designed book useful.
Jimi's Book of Japanese: A Motivating Method to Learn Japanese (Katakana) Paperback
76 pages
This second interactive book in the "Jimi's Book of Japanese" series is a publishing rarity: a sequel that is every bit as good as the original. So many sequels come off like a side dish nobody ordered. But "Jimi's Book of Japanese: A Motivating Method to Learn Japanese(Katakana)" is just as fresh and entertaining as the original. The lessons pick up seamlessly from where the first book left off, and don't feel forced at all. There are dozens of fresh, entertaining illustrations and new characters like Dizzy Fugu. Plus, the bonus material is simply genius! After all, any book that has monkeys, robots, and assorted other creatures teaching you how to speak Japanese has to be cool.
Kana Cards: Japanese (Flash Cards) by Penton Overseas
All the basic Kana characters. On the front of each card is a Kana, including stroke order description. On the back is the corresponding pronunciation. Bound together by a small ring with a plastic cover.
Learn Japanese: New College Text, Book 1 by John Young, Kimiko Nakajima, Kimiko Nakajima-Okano Paperback
284 pages
Learn Japanese: New College Text, Book 2 by John Young, Kimiko Nakajima-Okano, Kimiko Nakajima Paperback
Learn Japanese: New College Text, Book 3 by John Young, Kimiko Nakajima Paperback
Learn Japanese: New College Text, Book 4 by John Young, Kimiko Nakajima Paperback
Let's Learn Japanese II : A Practical Conversation Guide Paperback
Love, Hate and Everything in Between: Expressing Emotions in Japanese by Mamiko Murakami Paperback
176 pages
400 phrases that are useful when talking about personal experience and nuances of feeling. All entries are defined and then amplified with two or three sample sentences.
Magical Power of Suru: Japanese Verbs Made Easy Paperback
Making Out in Japanese Paperback
96 pages
Making Sense of Japanese Grammar: A Clear Guide Through Common Problems by Zeljko Cipris Hardcover
199 pages
Explains basic principles that underlie a wide range of phenomena in Japanese. Organized as short units, each focused on explaining a distinct problem and illustrated with examples. The units are cross-referenced and contain brief comprehension exercises to test and apply newly acquired knowledge. A glossary and keys to the exercises are at the back of the book.
Oxford Japanese Grammar And Verbs by Jonathan Bunt Paperback
256 pages
Pocket Japanese Paperback
Read Real Japanese: All You Need to Enjoy Eight Contemporary Writers Janet Ashby Paperback
176 pages
Reference Grammar of Classical Japanese Prose by Dr Vovin Alexander Hardcover
608 pages
This work is the first complete description of the language of the golden Heian period (794-1185) to be published in English. It presents an innovative morphological analysis arranged so as to facilitate reference usage and at long last provides a comprehensive reference work for learners and advanced students of classical Japanese. Each linguistic aspect and function, from particles to verb forms, is described in full and illustrated with copious examples. Free of linguistic jargon, the book is accessible not only to students of the language, but also to specialists in literature, history and culture. It features introductory sections on the historical and literary background, and on writing and phonology, a cross-referenced appendix of classical Japanese verb forms, and a detailed index.
Survival Japanese : How to Communicate Without Fuss or Fear Instantly Paperback
160 pages
Teach Me Japanese Audio Cassette
"Musical journey through the day with Marie and her family. Sing "The More We Get Together", "Mary Had a Little Lamb", and "Sakura Sakura."
Teach Yourself Beginner's Japanese Audiopackage: An Easy Introduction by Helen Gilhooly Paperback
224 pages
Dialogues and exercises; pronunciation section; vocabulary list; glossary of grammar terms; and language and cultural information.
Vest Pocket Japanese Paperback
COLLOQUIAL JAPANESE.
Japanese in Mangaland: Learning the Basics by Marc Bernabe Paperback
263 pages
Master the basics of Japanese with thirty lessons, including drills, and a glossary of 160+ basic kanji.
Japanese Slang by Peter Constantine Paperback
Japanese Street Slang by Peter Constantine Paperback
190 pages.
Kinki Japanese The Dialects & Culture of the Kansai Region by Kaoru Horiuchi, D. C. Palter Paperback
176 pages. Japanese as it is spoken in southern Japan.
Making Out in Japanese by Todd Geers, Erika Geers Paperback
104 pages.
Just don't get your hopes up!
More Making Out in Japanese by Todd Geers Paperback
123 pages.
Mangajin's Basic Japanese Through Comics Paperback
158 pages.
The language used in manga (comics) often reflects what people really sound like.
Outrageous Japanese Slang, Curses & Epithets by Jack Seward Paperback
156 pages.
Using Japanese Slang: A Comprehensive Guide Paperback
245 pages.
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