Books for Learning Japanese

   
   General Learning:
   Japanese for Busy People - by the Association for Japanese Language
   Teaching - Kodansha International - ISBN 0-87011-599-5
     
   Japanese for Busy People II - same as above - ISBN 4-7700-1419-8
   
   Japanese for Busy People: The Workbook; Drills for Oral Fluency - same

   as above - ISBN 4-7700-1709-X
     
   Japanese Made Easy - by Tazuko Ajiro Monane - Charles E. Tuttle Co. -
   ISBN 0-8048-1219-5
     
   A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters - by Kenneth G. Henshall -
   Charles E. Tuttle Co. - ISBN 4-8053-0509-6
     
   BarronÕs Talking Business in Japanese - by Nobuo and Carol Akiyama -
   Barron's Educational Series Inc. - ISBN 0-8120-3848-7

   Japanese Naturally (Nihongo Rashii Nihongo) - idiomatic expressions -
   by
   Mizue Sasaki - Kenkyusha - ISBN 4-327-45075-8 
   
   Japanese Business Glossary - by Mitsubishi Corp. - Toyo Keizai
   Shinposha
   - ISBN 2852-0137-5214
   
   Japanese Vocabulary for Speakers and Readers - vocabulary arranged by
   topic - by Seton, Matsumoto and Hayashi - Hokuseido Press - ISBN
   4-590-00706-1
   
   A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese - by Florence Sakade - Charles

   E. Tuttle Co. Inc. - ISBN 0-8048-0226-2
   
   Let's Learn Katakana - by Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura - Kodansha - ISBN
   30-87011-719-X
   
   Let's Learn Hiragana - same as above - ISBN 0-87011-709-2
   
   Reading Your Way Around Japan: The Traveller's Sign Book - by Boye De
   Mente - Lotus Press Ltd.0-914778-20-X

   The Complete Japanese Verb Guide - Compiled by The Hiroo Japanese
   Center   
   - Charles E. Tuttle Co. - ISBN 0-8048-1564-X

   Nihongo Notes Series and Communication Cues Series - by Osamu and
   Nobuko
   Mizutani - Japan Times Ltd. - Two different series of a number of
   volumes discussing conversational, colloquial Japanese.
   
   Power Japanese Series - various authors - Kodansha International -
   separate volumes on vocabulary, particles, colloquial expressions,
   katakana, etc.
   
   Barron's Japanese Vocabulary - by Carol and Nobuo Akiyama - Barron's
   Educational Series Inc. - ISBN 0-8120-4743-5
   
   Talking Business in Japanese - by Doi, et al - Japan Times Ltd. - ISBN
   
   7890-0596-8

   A Japanese Reader: Graded Lessons for Mastering the Written Language -
   
   by Roy Andrew Miller - Tuttle - ISBN 0-8048-1647-6

   Reading Newspapers:
   An Introduction to Newspaper Japanese - by Osamu and Nobuko Mizutani -
   
   The Japan Times Ltd. - ISBN 4-7890-0150-4

   Japanese Newspaper Compounds: The 1,000 Most Important in Order of
   Frequency - compiled by Tadashi Kikuoka - Tuttle - ISBN 0-8048-0919-4
   
   Reading Japanese Financial Newspapers - Kodansha - ISBN 4-7700-1456-2

   Grammar:
   Handbook of Modern Japanese Grammar - by Yoko McClain - Hokuseido
   Press
   - ISBN 4-590-00570-0
   
   Essential Japanese Grammar - by Everett F. Bleiler - Dover - ISBN
   0-486-21027-8

   Barron's Japanese Grammar - by Carol and Nobuo Akiyama - Barron's
   Educational Series Inc. - ISBN 0-8120-4643-9
   
   Colloquial and Slang:
   Making Out in Japanese - by Todd and Erika Geers - Yenbooks - ISBN
   0-8048-1541-0

   More Making Out in Japanese - same as above - ISBN 0-8048-1592-5  
   
   Japanese Street Slang - by Peter Constantine - Tengu Books - ISBN
   0-8348-0250-3
   Technical Japanese:
   Comprehending Technical Japanese - by Daub, Bird and Inoue -
   University
   of Wisconsin Press - ISBN 0-299-06680-0

   Basic Technical Japanese - same as above - ISBN 0-299-12730-3
   
   Dictionary of Computer and Data-Processing Terms
   (English-Japanese/Japanese-English) - by Gene Ferber - Tuttle Language
   
   Library - ISBN 0-8048-1662-X
   
   Kanji Dictionaries and Flash Cards:
   Japanese-English Character Dictionary - by Andrew N. Nelson - Charles
   E.
   Tuttle Co. - ISBN 0-8048-0408-7. The ÒbibleÓ of kanji dictionaries but

   you can only look up compounds by the first kanji. Includes lots of
   obscure readings.
   Japanese Character Dictionary; With Compound Lookup via Any Kanji - by
   
   Mark Spahn and Wolfgang Hadamitzky - Nichigai Associates - ISBN
   4-8169-0828-5.

   Kodansha's Compact Kanji Guide - ISBN 4-7700-1553-4

   Kanji Study Cards - compiled by James W. Heisig - Japan Publications -
   
   ISBN 0-87040-885-2
   
   Books on Living and Working in Japan
   
   Jobs in Japan - by John Wharton - The Global Press - ISBN
   0-911285-00-8
   
   Job Hunter's Guide to Japan - by Terra Brockman - Kodansha
   International
   - ISBN 0-87011-984-2
   Teach English in Japan - by Charles Wordell and Greta Gorsuch - Japan 
   Times Ltd. - ISBN 7890-0633-6
   
   Living and Working in Japan - by Ron Davidson - Yohan Publications -
   ISBN 4-89684-203-0
   
   Working in Japan: Insider's Guide for Engineers - by Hiroshi Honda -
   American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ISBN 0-7918-0025-3

   Gaijin's Guide: Practical Help for Everyday Life in Japan - by Janet
   Ashby - Japan Times Ltd. - ISBN 4-7890-0263-2
   
   Housing in Tokyo - Hiragana Times ÒHow ToÓ Magazine - 1993 - 500 yen
   or
   $6.50
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