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Learn a year's worth of essential kanji in just minutes a day with this user-friendly practice pad. The pad teaches users 365 kanji with stroke-by-stroke instructions. Each sheet introduces a new kanji in bold, easy-to-read type, and includes readings, meanings, and stroke order. In addition, two sample compounds illustrate practical usage of the kanji and help build vocabulary.

Presented in a block format with 365 practice sheets - one per day for a year of learning - the practice pad uses basic instructions and has extra sheets of blank squared paper for further practice. The syllables are introduced in a logical order and the structured space around the edge of each page allows the user to first trace the shapes on top of the models, and then write the syllables and words independently.

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.

Learning Hiragana and Katakana is a systematic and comprehensive overview of the two kana systems needed to read and write Japanese. With expanded writing and preparation space, this revised edition offers ample provisions for practice, review and self-testing at several levels. It also includes a detailed reference section explaining the origin and function of kana and the various kana combinations. This book also includes a detailed pronunciation guide.

Making Out in Japanese is a fun and accessible guide to Japanese as it's spoken on the street. This classic phrase book has been updated and expanded for use in informal situations such as bars, parties, or anywhere else one needs to know slang to survive!

Set in Meiji-era Japan, this is the story of the sensitive, compassionate, and indomitable Mistress Oriku. Formerly involved in the pleasure trades of Tokyo, Mistress Oriku leaves that life behind to run an elegant teahouse on the city's outskirts. But despite her hopes for a quieter, less hectic life, she finds she can't escape her involvement in the city's creative, intellectual and political circles.

Often used to explain Japanese business competition, Musashi's Book of Five Rings is more properly a definitive treatise on mortal combat from one of Japan's most formidable warriors: the martial arts luminary Miyamoto Musashi. Famed martial artist Stephen Kaufman has translated this classic without the usual commercial bias, driving straight to the heart of Musashi's incisive martial arts stratagems.

More Making Out in Japanese is a fun and accessible guide to Japanese as it's spoken on the street. This classic phrase book has been updated and expanded for use in informal situations such as bars, parties, or anywhere else one needs to know slang to survive!

Ninja Attack! introduces dozens of unforgettable, real-life ninja straight out of the annals of Japanese history - many of whom are all but unknown outside their home country. Ninja masters. Solo assassins and operatives. Femme fatales as deadly as they were sexy. Swordfighters out of legend. The Shogun and warlords who commanded them. Each individual is profiled with a full-page manga-style drawing and a dossier brimming with top-secret information, including photos, anecdotes, and dramatic stories of the individuals in action.