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Hints for Learning Japanese

For students learning Japanese. Explained are Japanese language peculiarities, the differences in thinking between English and Japanese etc., including Japanese expressions that change according to the person you speak to, and regarding whether family name should come first or second. This is also popular for English-learning Japanese.

Japanese Perspectives

18 stories (24 pages) / ¥1,800
Published from April 2006 to September 2007.
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Contents

  • Japanese is the Easiest Language in the World!?
  • You can Learn Japanese without Studying Japanese Characters
  • Delicate Expressions Created from Japanese Characters
  • Japanese have ‘Fertile’ Expressions
  • Expressions in Japanese Differ According to Personal Relations
  • English is a Digital Language, while Japanese is an Analog Language
  • Japanese Verbs Follow Systematic Rules
  • The First Japanese Words Foreigners Should Learn
  • Numerous Japanese Unit Names are Changed Every Four Digits
  • Just Use “Ko” When you Don’t Know How to Count Correctly
  • More English Words are Being Used as Japanese!
  • Kanji Structure is Similar to Roots of English Words’
  • Which Comes First – First Name or Family Name?
  • Different methods of Expression Between Japanese and English
  • Japanese Tend to Shorten Words to Four Characters
  • Dialects Create Familiarity and Softens Speech
  • The Japanese Language has Characteristic Ways of Being Expressed
  • Knowledge of Japanese Culture is Necessary when Translating

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