{"id":286760701,"title":"Practical Japanese through Comics: Book 2","handle":"practical-japanese-through-comics-book-2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAn incredibly good book for expanding vocabulary and your comprehension of Japanese.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's another great book from ASK Publishing, the same publishing company which produced the popular \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eJapanese Graded Reader \u003c\/span\u003eseries.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The focus is on essential words like \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"\u003edekiru\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"\u003emotsu\u003c\/span\u003e that most beginners are familiar with -- but this book teaches you ALL the various meanings and usages for each word. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For example, you might know that \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eakarui\u003c\/span\u003e means \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ebright\u003c\/span\u003e. It also means cheerful, or pleasant. And it means transparent - as in fair, free from dishonesty. On top of that, it also means to know a field, or a particular subject, well. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e If that sounds like a lot to remember, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003edon't worry\u003c\/span\u003e: everything is explained so clearly and easily, and with such good and memorable examples, that if you read it all just one time carefully, you will remember and really understand far more than with a typical textbook. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSee example pages below. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mini-essays about topics that are related to the text material are included. The student is encouraged to try and read each essay. An English translation is provided at the each of each section. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e(See images below)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"There is a growing number of people who, once they have passed the elementary levels of Japanese and are able to carry on everyday conversations, have stopped studying due to various reasons such as schedule conflicts with their jobs, only to find that they have trouble improving their linguistic abilities. The mother in the comic strip of this book is precisely one such person. Unlike her two daughters who have entered a Japanese primary school and are fluent in Japanese, the mother, with a busy work schedule at a foreign-affiliated company and English as her native language, has found that her environment is not conducive to the learning of the Japanese language, despite the fact that she now lives in Japan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e Many people who successfully pass Level 3 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test give up on their studies because they find the jump to Level 2 to be too difficult. I wrote this book with the hope that these people will be able to continue, and enjoy their study of the Japanese language as they work alone by taking it up and reading it at odd times such as on the train when traveling to and from work, and that in enjoying its contents they will have learned the many expressions and patterns contained therein. The book focuses on the particularly difficult study of vocabulary, and has been designed so that vocabulary can be mastered as interestingly, and effectively as possible \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHitoko Sasaki (author, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePractical Japanese through Comics\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2014-04-10T21:46:00","created_at":"2014-04-10T21:46:53","vendor":"ASK","type":"Language","tags":["advanced","blackfriday","intermediate","japanese language","Japanese Level_Advanced","Japanese Level_Intermediate","jlptr","jlptr10","printed-matter","Product Type_Graded Reader","Product Type_Textbook","Sakura2019","Subject_Vocabulary","textbook","vocabulary"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":1899,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":true,"all_variant_ids":[676492889],"variants":[{"id":676492889,"product_id":286760701,"product_handle":"practical-japanese-through-comics-book-2","title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9784872174052","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"image_id":null,"available":true,"name":"Practical Japanese through Comics: Book 2 - Default Title","options":["Default Title"],"price":1899,"weight":255,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":-22,"inventory_management":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","inventory_in_cart":0,"inventory_remaining":-22,"incoming":false,"next_incoming_date":null,"taxable":true,"barcode":"9784872174052"}],"available":true,"images":["\/\/omgjapan.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/practical-japanese-through-comics-book-2_4798.jpeg?v=1571438763","\/\/omgjapan.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/practical-japanese-through-comics-book-2_7642.jpeg?v=1571438763","\/\/omgjapan.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/practical-japanese-through-comics-book-2_3102.jpeg?v=1571438763","\/\/omgjapan.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/practical-japanese-through-comics-book-2_5915.jpeg?v=1571438763"],"featured_image":"\/\/omgjapan.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/practical-japanese-through-comics-book-2_4798.jpeg?v=1571438763","options":["Title"],"url":"\/products\/practical-japanese-through-comics-book-2"}