Author: John Millen
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Keywords: tuttle, language, library, characters, japanese, power, workbook, mastering, kanji
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1993-05-15
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0804817251
ISBN-13: 9780804817257

This text presents advice on how to read, write and use 240 of the most commonly-used characters in Japanese.

Authors:Paraluman S. Aspillera, Yolanda C. Hernandez, Le
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Keywords: tuttle, language, library, tagalogs, non, tagalog, foreigners, basic
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-07-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0804838372
ISBN-13: 9780804838375

Includes Audio CD.The 2007 edition of Basic Tagalog for Foreigners and Non-Tagalogs contains more than 500 new words and expressions spread throughout 50 lessons and vocabulary lists; a succinct introduction to the language and a description of the character of Filipinos; and a MP3 audio CD containing a voice recording of the 50 lessons to facilitate the correct pronunciation of Tagalog words and phrases.

Authors:Kenneth Hanshall, Christropher Seeley, Florence
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Keywords: third, japanese, writing, reading, guide
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2003-06-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0804833656
ISBN-13: 9780804833653

This book covers all of the 1,945 characters in the General Use set of Japanese characters, with particularly detailed coverage of the 1,009 Essential characters that Japanese children must learn in the first six years of grade school. And since Japanese publications must, by law, provide supplementary phonetic readings for any character not included in the General Use set, this invaluable reference contains everything you need to know to start reading Japanese.

Authors:Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno,
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Keywords: japanese, culture, contemporary, understanding, mind
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2002-03-15
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0804832951
ISBN-13: 9780804832953

In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what really makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explored: aimai (ambiguity), amae (dependence upon others? benevolence), amakudari (the nation?s descent from heaven), chinmoku (silence in communication), gambari (perseverence), giri (social obligation), haragei (literally, "belly art"; implicit, unspoken communication), kenkyo (the appearance of modesty), sempai-kohai (seniority), wabi-sabi (simplicit

Author: Richard Hosking
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Keywords: culture, ingredients, food, japanese, dictionary
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1997-01-15
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0804820422
ISBN-13: 9780804820424

At last, what every Westerner in a Japanese restaurant or market needs: the first truly comprehensive dictionary of Japanese food and ingredients. Standard dictionaries can often mislead us--with akebia for akebi, sea cucumber for namako, plum for ume. Hosking’s dictionary includes not only dishes and ingredients, everything from the delicate mitsuba leaf to the dreadful okoze fish: colorful appendices disclose such aspects of Japanese culture as the making of miso to the tea ceremony and the influence of vegetarianism. With Japanese-English and English-Japanese sections, A Dictionary of

Authors:Todd Geers, Erika Geers, Glen McCabe,
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Keywords: revised, japanese, making
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 2004-04-15
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0804833451
ISBN-13: 9780804833455

A great book for those who want to learn how to speak the way the actual native Japanese people speak. Shows you how to express yourself the way you always wanted without sounding too grammatical. Softcover.

Author: Ray Daniel
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Keywords: making, books, chinese, revised
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2003-09-15
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0804833907
ISBN-13: 9780804833905