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# Japanese Hiragana & Katakana for Beginners: First Steps to Mastering the Japanese Writing System (Includes Online Media: Flash Cards, Writing Practice Sheets and Self Quiz)

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Review: Learning What Important - If you are learning Japanese, this is the book to pick up. Nothing is more important then learning the basics first. And this book gives you everything basic you can hold in your hand. In the beginning of the book, it gives you a back story of the man who invented TUTTLE. As soon as I stumbled upon the Tuttle Collection, it has been a blessing. And so far, learning Japanese has been a blast! After reviewing the man behind the name in a paragraph or two. It gives you information on how to use the book, vowel pronunciations and even the past of the character sets themselves. Don't worry, it doesn't overload you with textbook definitions. It gives you brief and to the point back story's. Trust me, none of it is a waste of your time. All of it is useful and interesting information. The Hiragana Chart is then introduced and you learn how to write them. This is important. If you are going to write in Japanese , you need to know the stroke order and stroke types. It keeps it neat and legible. When I first started using it I immediately wanted to buy another one. So I suggest, buy two or copy the pages so you can keep practicing off paper. The book provides wonderful practice as well as memorable mnemonics and vocabulary. When you're done with learning how to write them, there's an activity section. Where you are putting what you learned into use. It helps you remember the characters as well as their stroke order. Then when you're done with Hiragana, the exercise begins again with Katakana. Though I would not recommend this to someone to learn Katakana and Hiragana straight out. But if it is what you want to try, go for it. I would offer this book to someone to learn how to write them and make their memory of the characters concrete. If you want to use something to help you learn them, there are many resources on your Nintendo DS (I DON'T recommend Japanese Coach). And there are many free options on your Android Phone like JA Sensei, Kana Mind, Qwiz-Hiragana and more. You won't know until you start looking. The more fun it becomes for you, the easier it will become to learn. The CD has a large number of names in katakana so you can look up your name in japanese. It even has flash cards with the same mnemonics images that are in the book. This is a great tool, get it while its still cheap and they don't realize what they're selling.
Review: EXCELLENT Study material - I am about to begin formal Japanese classes for the first time and set a personal goal for myself to at least be able to read Hiragana and Katakana before classes began. I had seen how highly rated this book is and it is NOT an exaggeration. I carved out a minimum of 30 minutes a day (sometimes more, however because I got carried away with learning), and set out on my own. Within a week or so, I could recognize and write in Hiragana. Another week set me up in Katakana. I have already read 2 Japanese children's books as a result. The CD that comes with this book has two really basic, but useful, sets of flash cards for the two alphabets as well as handy vocabulary sheets that let you practice writing. NOTE - this book is not meant to teach you vocabulary or grammar as its primary focus. It does cover the uses of "ha" vs. "wa", and the use of particles "e," and "o" but this is as far it goes in that regard. Keep in mind, however, that while you're practicing stroke order and writing you are practicing writing actual words, and there are tons of words in this book. Since this isn't a vocab training focus, they aren't organized into any particular categories for the most part, but if you list them (as I did) you'll have a hefty set of words you can learn. The same author wrote a very well rated beginning Kanji book which I have already purchased but not yet started using (don't want to be TOO ahead of the class), however I know I have a very solid foundation to begin formal studies now. I feel so much more empowered that I don't have just a passing understanding of the two alphabets but can absolutely get myself through reading a book, several Japanese tweets and websites, and more. Once I learn the grammatical structure of sentences, I will be one step closer to simply learning the vocabulary necessary and not bogged down by remembering characters. This is a must own.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #38,933 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #21 in Alphabet Reference #41 in Vocabulary Books #49 in Foreign Dictionaries & Thesauruses |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,648 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Learning What Important
*by L***E on April 29, 2012*

If you are learning Japanese, this is the book to pick up. Nothing is more important then learning the basics first. And this book gives you everything basic you can hold in your hand. In the beginning of the book, it gives you a back story of the man who invented TUTTLE. As soon as I stumbled upon the Tuttle Collection, it has been a blessing. And so far, learning Japanese has been a blast! After reviewing the man behind the name in a paragraph or two. It gives you information on how to use the book, vowel pronunciations and even the past of the character sets themselves. Don't worry, it doesn't overload you with textbook definitions. It gives you brief and to the point back story's. Trust me, none of it is a waste of your time. All of it is useful and interesting information. The Hiragana Chart is then introduced and you learn how to write them. This is important. If you are going to write in Japanese , you need to know the stroke order and stroke types. It keeps it neat and legible. When I first started using it I immediately wanted to buy another one. So I suggest, buy two or copy the pages so you can keep practicing off paper. The book provides wonderful practice as well as memorable mnemonics and vocabulary. When you're done with learning how to write them, there's an activity section. Where you are putting what you learned into use. It helps you remember the characters as well as their stroke order. Then when you're done with Hiragana, the exercise begins again with Katakana. Though I would not recommend this to someone to learn Katakana and Hiragana straight out. But if it is what you want to try, go for it. I would offer this book to someone to learn how to write them and make their memory of the characters concrete. If you want to use something to help you learn them, there are many resources on your Nintendo DS (I DON'T recommend Japanese Coach). And there are many free options on your Android Phone like JA Sensei, Kana Mind, Qwiz-Hiragana and more. You won't know until you start looking. The more fun it becomes for you, the easier it will become to learn. The CD has a large number of names in katakana so you can look up your name in japanese. It even has flash cards with the same mnemonics images that are in the book. This is a great tool, get it while its still cheap and they don't realize what they're selling.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ EXCELLENT Study material
*by E***H on January 27, 2014*

I am about to begin formal Japanese classes for the first time and set a personal goal for myself to at least be able to read Hiragana and Katakana before classes began. I had seen how highly rated this book is and it is NOT an exaggeration. I carved out a minimum of 30 minutes a day (sometimes more, however because I got carried away with learning), and set out on my own. Within a week or so, I could recognize and write in Hiragana. Another week set me up in Katakana. I have already read 2 Japanese children's books as a result. The CD that comes with this book has two really basic, but useful, sets of flash cards for the two alphabets as well as handy vocabulary sheets that let you practice writing. NOTE - this book is not meant to teach you vocabulary or grammar as its primary focus. It does cover the uses of "ha" vs. "wa", and the use of particles "e," and "o" but this is as far it goes in that regard. Keep in mind, however, that while you're practicing stroke order and writing you are practicing writing actual words, and there are tons of words in this book. Since this isn't a vocab training focus, they aren't organized into any particular categories for the most part, but if you list them (as I did) you'll have a hefty set of words you can learn. The same author wrote a very well rated beginning Kanji book which I have already purchased but not yet started using (don't want to be TOO ahead of the class), however I know I have a very solid foundation to begin formal studies now. I feel so much more empowered that I don't have just a passing understanding of the two alphabets but can absolutely get myself through reading a book, several Japanese tweets and websites, and more. Once I learn the grammatical structure of sentences, I will be one step closer to simply learning the vocabulary necessary and not bogged down by remembering characters. This is a must own.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Basic Necessity Of Learning Japanese
*by F***3 on September 21, 2011*

Just for clarification purposes I haven't goten to use the book YET. I will be doing so when my college class / holidays at work slow down some. This book will greatly augment any learning program or class you are taking. I highly recomend it. Try and remember what it was like to learn curssive back in 4th or 5th grade. Are you picturing it. Ahh yes that's right you had that mean teacher that made you re-draw those weird symbols that you were never going to use again in your life over and over again in between those extra big lines just like you were an Elementry student. Which of course you were. That's what this book is like. There's a big cursive "a" at the top of the page and boxes for you to draw them in. Only they're not "a's" they're japanese character symbols. Each page also has a pronociation guide in the upper right corner. They're around 77 pages in this format. These include numbers, basic characters, & other important characters. In the back of the book there is flash cards. So no you don't have to buy the book & flash cards. This books has you covered. There is 96 pages all chuck full of learning. the back third of the book is questions and anwers that you can fill in with your newfound skillz. This is also very useful as it practices you writing & improves knowlege of the country. For example on question looks like this: "2. How much is a rice ball (o ni gi ri)? _______________". EX # 2: There is also a map of Nippon (Japan) at the back of the book with cities on it. it states the name of the city and the english translation for it's name. You must use hiragana to fill in the proper characters. The first few pages are dedicated to explaing the book, system, and process. We have all used these types of books at one point or another in our life, and yes they DO work. If they didn't I wouldn't be able to sign checks, or my name. granted I don't know all of my cursive because I'm a programmer and type really really fast. So I don't need cursive much, but as I will be using hiragana this book will be indespencible.

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