Kodansha's Effective Japanese Usage Dictionary

by Masayoshi Hirose and Kakuko Shoji

One of the principal reasons for the difficulty foreign students have in mastering Japanese is the language's extensive use of words that seem similar in meaning, but are used very differently in practice. This 768-page dictionary both explains the differences between hundreds of words and provides examples of how they are used in conversational Japanese.
Explanations are given in Japanese with English translations; sample sentences are written...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4770028504
• ISBN13: 9784770028501
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 753 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 4.9"