The puzzles in this book focus on the 200 kanji that are taught in the third year of compulsory education in Japan.
These kanji are essential for daily life and therefore appear in the JLPT examinations (new levels 4 and 3 upwards).
In addition to 100 puzzles and their solutions, the book contains clearly set out examples for each of the kanji, with on and kun readings for each character. There are also detailed word lists which give examples of at least 400 commonly used words, with readings in hiragana and translations in English. ...
Read, Write and Remember Kanji.
The puzzles in this book focus on the 200 kanji that are taught in the third year of compulsory education in Jap...
The puzzles in this book focus on the 200 kanji that are taught in the fourth year of compulsory education in Japan.
In addition to 100 puzzles and their solutions, the book contains clearly set out examples for each of the kanji, with on and kun readings for each character. There are also detailed word lists which give examples of at least 400 commonly used words, with readings in hiragana and translations in English.
Kanji-Kan are not complicated to do and everyone who has completed a Sudoku puzzle should feel instantly at home.
Each...
Read, Write and Remember Kanji.
The puzzles in this book focus on the 200 kanji that are taught in the fourth year of compulsory education in Ja...
Taketori Monogatari is the classic tale of the mysterious moon-child Kaguyahime and the unsettling effect that she has on the lives of all those around her.
The story is one of the earliest surviving works of Japanese literary fiction and in this edition it has been interpreted for modern readers by a specialist in ancient texts, Dr. Mankichi Wada.
It is written in a straightforward, elegant style and although the premise of the tale is fantastic, the characters and the situations in which they find...
JAPANESE - ENGLISH EDITION
A Gentle Introduction to Japanese Literature
Taketori Monogatari is the classic tale of the mysterious moon-chil...
The puzzles in this book focus on the 185 kanji that are taught in the fourth year of compulsory education in Japan.
In addition to 100 puzzles and their solutions, the book contains clearly set out examples for each of the kanji, with on and kun readings for each character. There are also detailed word lists which give examples of at least 400 commonly used words, with readings in hiragana and translations in English.
Kanji-Kan are not complicated to do and everyone who has completed a Sudoku puzzle should feel instantly at home.
Each...
Read, Write and Remember Kanji.
The puzzles in this book focus on the 185 kanji that are taught in the fourth year of compulsory education in Ja...
Two tales from the master storyteller Kenji Miyazawa
"Matsuri no Ban" - Ryoji goes to the autumn festival that takes place in the village near his home. There he encounters a giant man with eyes the colour of "grubby gold." Is he, as the villagers claim, the Mountain Man of legend and is Ryoji wise to try to help him?
Kenji Miyazawa is well known for his tales of fantasy, but this story, although it contains an element of the supernatural, is firmly based in reality.
"Futari no Yakunin" - Very early one Sunday morning, two young boys set out to...
JAPANESE - ENGLISH EDITION
Two tales from the master storyteller Kenji Miyazawa
"Matsuri no Ban" - Ryoji goes to the autumn festival that t...