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Erin Ga Chousen

08/07/2009 20:46
Erin ga Chosen (Erin's Challenge) - Nihongo Dekimasu is the brand new DVD series for mid to senior Secondary. Produced by the Japan Foundation, Urawa in conjunction with NHK Japan. Over three volumes,  this DVD series contains skits focusing on grammatical structures, as well as cultural...

Departures (2008)

08/07/2009 20:30
Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an...

Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar

08/07/2009 01:32
  by Seiichi Makino & Michio Tsutsui   The long-awaited follow-up to the bestselling Japanese language book. In order to advance beyond beginning-level Japanese, students must develop facility in handling a variety of language issues both in written and in spoken Japanese, e.g... This...

Colloquial Japanese - The complete course for beginners

08/07/2009 01:29
  by H. D. B. Clarke   The new edition of this popular course in Japanese for beginners has been completely rewritten, to make learning Japanese as easy as possible. The course teaches Japanese script, though romanization is also included throughout for those who prefer to conentrate on...

All About Particles

08/07/2009 01:23
by Naoko Chino   All students of Japanese, whether they have studied physics or not, know the word "particle," and they realize that particles, like English prepositions, require a special effort to master. Thus the high evaluation of the previous edition of this small handbook, which...

A Handbook of Japanese Grammar

08/07/2009 01:21
by Masahiro Tanimori   A compact guide to Japanese grammar. Each entry is written clearly explained in layman's terms, and all possible usages are illustrated in colloquial sample sentences.   https://www.megaupload.com/?d=3LGJ7NDD  

A Dictionary of Japanese Particles

08/07/2009 01:16
by Sue A. Kawashima   For English-speaking students of Japanese, particles are perhaps the most difficult aspect of the language to learn. It would be no exaggeration to say that, for most people, they can never be completely mastered. Thus, the study of particles is a lifetime undertaking,...

A Guide to Learning Hiragana & Katakana

08/07/2009 01:13
by Kenneth G. Henshall & Tetsuo Takagaki   This book presents 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...

6000 Chinese Character With Japanese Pronunciation

08/07/2009 01:05
by J. Ira Jones   Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork....

70 Japanese Gestures: No Language Communication

08/07/2009 01:02
By Hamiru-aqui   Who needs to speak Japanese? There's a lot you can say with traditional hand gestures and body motions that are universal as well as uniquely Japanese. This whimsical look at "the language of no language" will teach you to hurl insults, flirt, agree, excuse yourself, cross the...