Learning Japanese

All 448 kanji in this set are those prescribed by the Japanese Ministry of Education for the first three grades of school. This thorough revision of the 1995 language learning book is designed for travelers and beginning learners of Japanese.

Tuttle Flash Cards is a comprehensive series of flash cards designed to help travelers and beginning learners of Asian languages. The 448 kanji in this set are those prescribed by the Japanese Ministry of Education for the first three grades of school.

Kanji Cards provide ease of use, efficient organization and a large amount of data packed into compact cards. An integral and essential element for anyone serious about the study of Japanese, Kanji Cards Volume 3 picks up where Volumes 1 and 2 left off. There is still a focus on fundamental characters, but Volume 3 covers the more advanced characters learned thereafter, thus completing the study of kanji in the Japanese language.

Kanji Cards Volume 4 is the fourth and final installment in the Kanji Cards series. It presents the student with the most advanced and complex kanji. Contains 537 cards and a 32 page reference book in a 6" x 9" box.

Japanese characters (kanji) blend form and line to convey words and ideas in pictographs. Learning them takes time, practice, and sometimes... imagination! Here are 150 of the most basic kanji (school grades 1–4) in a completely reimagined and fanciful format to make memorization and recognition fun, or just to delight anyone who loves how words and language can be transformed into playful visual art.

Between Kanji Starter volumes 1 and 2, students can learn a quarter of the 2,000 characters designated for "daily use" by the Japanese government. This volume concentrates on pictographs and contains some 200 kanji with memory aids, explanatory drawings, examples of kanji formation by combining elements, and common-use word compounds. It comes in a handy size and contains a complete stroke-count index.

Between Kanji Starter volumes 1 and 2, students can learn a quarter of the 2,000 characters designated for "daily use" by the Japanese government. This volume contains 300 more kanji, including those of more abstract construction. It comes in a handy size and contains a complete stroke-count index.

The Kanji de Manga series uses original comic artwork to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs. Volume 1 introduces 80 basic kanji that all Japanese schoolchildren are required to learn before entering the third grade. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

This is the second volume in the Kanji de Manga series, which uses original comic artwork to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs. Volume 2 introduces 80 basic kanji that all Japanese schoolchildren are required to learn before entering the third grade. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

Kanji de Manga moves forward with an all-new selection of 80 kanji geared toward intermediate learners of the language. Upon completion of this and the previous three volumes, students will have learned a total of 320 kanji, enough to prepare them for the advanced levels of the official Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

Another 80 kanji are featured in this fifth volume of Kanji de Manga. Upon completion of this and the previous four volumes, students will have learned a total of 400 kanji, enough to prepare them for the advanced levels of the official Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

Kanji in MangaLand 2 picks up where the first volume left off, with 34 lessons covering 400 new kanji characters (the first book had 240 kanji). Each lesson presents 8-12 kanji and exercises, as well as a one-page manga story in which all the new kanji are used; an answer page; translation of the manga; and a summary of the new drawing-compounds that will appear in the next lesson. The book also includes indexes of kanji and readings.