JAPANESE FOR EVERYONE
As
far as a beginner to intermediate book goes, this one is great. I
really like how it gets down to business with out the frills and
wasted space found in other language learning books. My favorite part
is how several kanji are introduced in each lesson to eventually build
a large kanji vocabulary by the end of the book.
 

Japanese
for Busy People (Volume 1 KANA version)
Japanese for Busy People is made for,
well, busy people. It is ideal for the business person who needs a
grounding of Japanese quickly. This is a revised edition based on
comments by students and teachers around the world. This was my first
textbook. It is not intimidating at all!

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A
Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese
This little book
contains all of the 1,850 essential kanji characters. I
use this nearly every time I study kanji. The first 881
kanji (until 6th grade) are clearly drawn in stages to
show the correct stroke order. All of the ways to
pronounce the kanji are given and there are at least 3
kanji combos (jukugo) for examples. One drawback is that
some of the examples are a little old. But keeping that
in mind, I have had no problems. IT'S SMALL, USEFUL
EVERYDAY, AND CHEAP!
 

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A Dictionary of Basic Japanese
Grammar
This book takes
important grammatical points and lists them in easy to
find alphabetical order. The explanations and examples
are superb. It covers each grammatical point's various
meanings in a clear-cut and orderly way. Great for
reference as well as for going straight through. Click
here to buy from Japan


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FOR BEGINNERS:
This was my first dictionary. For beginners, it's great.
The entries are written in both romaji and Japanese
characters.
FOR NON-BEGINNERS
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'wagahai wa neko
de aru...' (I am a cat.) - so begins Natsume Soseki's masterpiece. His
face (Natsume's not the cat's) is on the 1000 yen note. A fun book!
I Am a Cat I
by Natsume Soseki, Aiko Ito (Translator), Graeme Wilson (Translator)
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Pimsleur's Japanese Tapes
I have used the abridged
versions of both the basic and the intermediate. They both were great!
The very day I decided to learn Japanese, I bought the Basic abridged
version. Within one week I was speaking Japanese
and stunning my Japanese friends!
The abridged version is
the first 4 tapes of the complete 15 tapes (30 thirty
minute lessons) I highly recommend the cheap,
abridged version for the beginner. The full
version is a bit (VERY) expensive but I am sure it is
worth it - I haven't personally used it.
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THIS
IS THE VIDEO! shichi
nin no samurai (7 Samurai) is beyond masterpiece! If you haven't
seen this video, buy it, rent it, see it!!! Mifune Toshiro is
great!
Amazon.com essential video
Unanimously hailed as one of the
greatest masterpieces in the history of the motion picture, Seven
Samurai has inspired countless films modeled after its basic premise.
But Akira Kurosawa's classic 1954 action drama has never been surpassed
in terms of sheer power of emotion, kinetic energy, and...
Read more
or see CLAY'S
FULL REVIEW...
 

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FIRST
BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL ON JAPAN'S GREATEST SAMURAI -- SAKAMOTO RYOMA
RYOMA - Life of
a Renaissance Samurai (by Romulus Hillsborough, Ridgeback Press)
(RYOMA is the only English-language biographical novel of samurai
Sakamoto Ryoma, the founder of Japan's first modern corporation and
the most colorful figure in Japanese history.)

SAMURAI
SKETCHES -
From the Bloody
Final Years of the Shogun (by Romulus Hillsborough, Ridgeback Press)
(SAMURAI SKETCHES are short stories of actual people and events never
before portrayed in English.)

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