Instant Japanese: How to Express Over 1,000 Different Ideas with Just 100 Key Words and Phrases! (a Japanese Language Phrasebook & Dicti

by Boyé Lafayette de Mente

Book Overview

It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication Do you want to speak simple Japanese but are too busy to study it? Are you visiting Japan for a short time and want a Japanese phrase book to help you communicate? If so, then this thoroughly revised second edition of Boye Lafayette De Mente's classic, bestselling phrase book and Japanese dictionary is for you. It's tiny 0.4 x 4.1 x 5.9 inches size makes it incredibly convenient...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4805313838
• ISBN13: 9784805313831
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.0" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

A Great Book that Fits in Your Pocket

I've been practicing Japanese lately with a tutor, and this book has been immensely helpful to me!

nice

nice little book. Most phrases and words here are common and used everyday.

Extremely useful little book!

I found this book to be extremely helpful in properly pronouncing japanese words and phrases. I've purchased several books on learning to speak Japanese and find myself constantly referring to "Instant Japanese" by Boye De Mente when I'm unsure of the correct pronounciation. In addition, the size is perfect to carry around in your purse or pocket!Highly recommended!

Get Started Quickly

This is one of the best beginning books on Japanese that I've seen. Mr. Demente's "learn 100 words" theory is fantastic. If you're going to Japan and don't intend to spend hours in serious study of Japanese but would like to communicate basic ideas, I'd recommend this book. Plus, like others noted, this book easily fits into your pocket.

Great book!

I just got back from a two-week vacation in Japan, where I used several books in an attempt to improve my miniscule knowledge of Japanese. This book was the best of a good lot; the word selection is excellent, and the book teaches sufficient grammar almost effortlessly; most important, it's small enough to finish fairly quickly. Of course, it's only a start--for a second book, I recommend "Japanese Made Easy" by Tazuko Ajiro Monane.Even if you thoroughly learn the content of this book, though, you still want to carry around a phrase book for those (frequent) times when 100 words just isn't enough. De Mente's book will teach you enough Japanese so that you can make simple sentences without looking up every word, but you will still need words not in this book.[Minor complaints: he spells the word "o" (pronounced "o") with the old spelling "wo" throughout the book, for no apparent reason. Also, an index would have been nice.]In short, the book is superb for its one intended purpose, which is teaching a very basic, careful selection of Japanese--an "instant" introduction.