--- product_id: 128897609 title: "A Guide to Japanese Grammar: A Japanese approach to learning Japanese grammar" price: "25.76 DT" currency: TND in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/128897609-a-guide-to-japanese-grammar-a-japanese-approach-to-learning store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Comprehensive grammar guide Powerful in-book search Highlight & note-taking enabled A Guide to Japanese Grammar: A Japanese approach to learning Japanese grammar **Price:** 25.76 DT **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 📖 Unlock Japanese fluency with the grammar guide everyone’s talking about! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Guide to Japanese Grammar: A Japanese approach to learning Japanese grammar - **How much does it cost?** 25.76 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/128897609-a-guide-to-japanese-grammar-a-japanese-approach-to-learning) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Highly Rated & Trusted:** Ranked #3 in Japanese Language Instruction on Kindle, a must-have for serious learners. - • **Interactive Study Tools:** Highlight, annotate, and instantly search key grammar points for efficient learning. - • **Portable & Durable Design:** Compact size with wax-coated cover perfect for on-the-go study in any Tokyo weather. - • **Beginner-Friendly Grammar Flow:** Starts with plain forms before polite, making complex grammar intuitive and approachable. - • **Master Japanese Grammar Your Way:** Tailored for self-learners craving clarity beyond classroom textbooks. ## Overview Tae Kim's 'A Guide to Japanese Grammar' is a compact, durable, and highly practical textbook designed for self-learners. It offers a unique, beginner-friendly approach by introducing grammar in a logical order, supported by interactive features like highlighting, note-taking, and search. Perfect for studying anywhere—from Tokyo parks to trains—this best-selling guide is a top choice for mastering Japanese grammar efficiently. ## Description NOTE: The website (www.guidetojapanese.org) has the SAME content for free. This book is for those who prefer to have it on the kindle. My guide to Japanese grammar has been helping people learn Japanese as it's really spoken in Japan for many years. If you find yourself frustrated that you can't understand Japanese movies or books despite having taken Japanese classes, then this book is for you. It will help you finally understand those pesky particles and break down grammatical concepts that will allow you to comprehend anything from simple to very complex sentences. You will also learn Japanese that's spoken by real people including casual speech patterns and slang, stuff that's often left out in most textbooks. Don't take my word for it, just check out my website and order this book to have it handy wherever you go. Review: Blue book - I purchased the blue book version, printed in 2014, and it is smaller than the orange one (2012). It is easy to carry around in my purse around Tokyo. I've been studying using this textbook in Tokyo parks, restaurants, coffee shops, on the densha (JR train), while walking.... It has a wax-like coated cover (which is great given that Japan rains a lot) and gives it a nice, soft feel on the hands. I just wish there was a kindle formatted version too. Please, Mr. Kim, onegaishimasu. Personally, my core set for learning Japanese, the cream-of-the-crop best items, is as follows: 1. Genki I and II, including the workbooks, 2nd edition - the textbook for UCLA Japanese classes. Absolute gem of a book. This is your go-to "traditional" textbook. 2. Heisig's Remembering the Kanji - Remember 2000 kanji in 2 months? Yes. It's amazing. 3. Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese Grammar (my cliff notes) - Great refresher for stuff you learned. This book is like the golden notebook that you stole from that A+ student in your college Japanese class. 4. "Japanese" app by Renzo Inc. from the Apple Store. Includes wwwjdic dictionary, all conjugations for every word (volitional, transitive, past, present, polite form, etc.) , a built in flashcard builder, kanji stroke order videos for all kanji, and more from this sweet app. Absolute must purchase. This is like a super-dictionary. Don't have an iPhone? Buy an iPod Touch 5th gen. and get this app. It is worth buying an iPod Touch just for this app. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Optional study supplementals which are great for learning Japanese: s1. White Rabbit Press - Kanji Flashcards 1, 2, 3 - best Japanese flashcards around with all the Joyou Kanji. s2. NihonShock's Cheat Sheet Pack - 10 laminated colorful notes of all the vital Japanese grammar s3. Anki - a flashcard program that lets you download shared cards created by other users & allows you to make your own flashcards on the computer. Review: Excellent book for studying Japanese - Excellent book for learning basic Japanese grammar! It starts at the very beginning, and though it's definitely a bit confusing at first, it makes sense to learn grammar the way he teaches it: the hard way. By starting with the basic building blocks, it's much easier to learn how more complex Japanese grammar works. Begins with basic state-of-being grammar, particles, past tense/negative verbs, then goes on to the rest of the more difficult stuff. It makes heavy use of kanji from the very beginning, but don't let that worry you; it uses many of the same words over and over again, and hopefully you're using another source to learn kanji properly (Heisig, Wanikani, etc.) since it definitely doesn't teach them properly. A good guide to be used in conjunction with Genki (or your textbook of choice) for vocabulary; this guide can be used as a backup for grammar explanations or you can choose to entirely ignore what your textbook says and go off of this. It present everything in a pretty straightforward way, the only confusing parts are the example sentences: the English translations are always literal, with no regular English translation that makes sense. A lot of the literal sentences make no sense, and sometimes makes it difficult to understand what the sentence in Japanese (which you already don't understand) means. Overall, it's a great grammar guide. Clear, concise, and thorough. ## Features - Highlight, take notes, and search in the book ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #47,622 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #1 in Japanese Language Instruction (Kindle Store) | ## Images ![A Guide to Japanese Grammar: A Japanese approach to learning Japanese grammar - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71eueJpJjCL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blue book *by L***T on April 22, 2014* I purchased the blue book version, printed in 2014, and it is smaller than the orange one (2012). It is easy to carry around in my purse around Tokyo. I've been studying using this textbook in Tokyo parks, restaurants, coffee shops, on the densha (JR train), while walking.... It has a wax-like coated cover (which is great given that Japan rains a lot) and gives it a nice, soft feel on the hands. I just wish there was a kindle formatted version too. Please, Mr. Kim, onegaishimasu. Personally, my core set for learning Japanese, the cream-of-the-crop best items, is as follows: 1. Genki I and II, including the workbooks, 2nd edition - the textbook for UCLA Japanese classes. Absolute gem of a book. This is your go-to "traditional" textbook. 2. Heisig's Remembering the Kanji - Remember 2000 kanji in 2 months? Yes. It's amazing. 3. Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese Grammar (my cliff notes) - Great refresher for stuff you learned. This book is like the golden notebook that you stole from that A+ student in your college Japanese class. 4. "Japanese" app by Renzo Inc. from the Apple Store. Includes wwwjdic dictionary, all conjugations for every word (volitional, transitive, past, present, polite form, etc.) , a built in flashcard builder, kanji stroke order videos for all kanji, and more from this sweet app. Absolute must purchase. This is like a super-dictionary. Don't have an iPhone? Buy an iPod Touch 5th gen. and get this app. It is worth buying an iPod Touch just for this app. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Optional study supplementals which are great for learning Japanese: s1. White Rabbit Press - Kanji Flashcards 1, 2, 3 - best Japanese flashcards around with all the Joyou Kanji. s2. NihonShock's Cheat Sheet Pack - 10 laminated colorful notes of all the vital Japanese grammar s3. Anki - a flashcard program that lets you download shared cards created by other users & allows you to make your own flashcards on the computer. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book for studying Japanese *by M***I on July 2, 2014* Excellent book for learning basic Japanese grammar! It starts at the very beginning, and though it's definitely a bit confusing at first, it makes sense to learn grammar the way he teaches it: the hard way. By starting with the basic building blocks, it's much easier to learn how more complex Japanese grammar works. Begins with basic state-of-being grammar, particles, past tense/negative verbs, then goes on to the rest of the more difficult stuff. It makes heavy use of kanji from the very beginning, but don't let that worry you; it uses many of the same words over and over again, and hopefully you're using another source to learn kanji properly (Heisig, Wanikani, etc.) since it definitely doesn't teach them properly. A good guide to be used in conjunction with Genki (or your textbook of choice) for vocabulary; this guide can be used as a backup for grammar explanations or you can choose to entirely ignore what your textbook says and go off of this. It present everything in a pretty straightforward way, the only confusing parts are the example sentences: the English translations are always literal, with no regular English translation that makes sense. A lot of the literal sentences make no sense, and sometimes makes it difficult to understand what the sentence in Japanese (which you already don't understand) means. Overall, it's a great grammar guide. Clear, concise, and thorough. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Just Press”, so what? It is a great book. *by S***R on October 5, 2020* New thought: After I have completed this book, I can tell the most important reason why I recommend it. The book shines new lights. For example, usually Te-form is treated as a "separated" conjugation, but the author of this book divides Te-form into smaller elements: the stems of verbs, and the suffixes. Therefore, almost all conjugations could be derived from the more basic units. Once you master what the stems of verbs are, you could easily conjugate verbs to Te-form, Ta-form and so forth. For me, it is much more methodic than treating each conjugation form as a separated one. It is helpful to construct the impression that all conjugations actually have connections, therefor avoid confusions. Previous thoughts: I have GENKI books and another Japanese grammar book, but I still bought this one. As described, the book is a printout for who prefer having a physical one (or dead trees) in hands. It was printed once I placed order, considering the cost of printing and binding and shipping, I think it is dirty cheap and totally disagree someone giving 3 stars because it is “just press” of free content from the author's website, especially the description has already clearly indicated that. I like the book because it doesn’t have ignoring Roma phonetic notions for whole sentences. I have browsed several Japanese grammar books, and really don’t like their clumsy phonetic notions. If someone even doesn’t want to grasp Hiragana, why bothers to learn grammar? By the way, in addition to assumption that potential readers have already mastered Hiragana, the author would expect they have know the most common Kanji, at least, learning. Otherwise, you may find it is a kind of challenge to begin with the "Basic Grammar". The book is organized in a clear structure of "grounding up", I agree it may make more sense than learning simple expressions first. I'm trying to master a language, not just go to Japan and order some dishes in a Japanese restaurant. Well, the GENKI books begin with a scenario of two students meeting each other, and most books teach this way, but I want to change the point of view, as the author stated, to the point of view of Japanese, because many Japanese expressions don't have direct counterparts in English. I also think that introducing masu-form expressions first is wired in other books, I do want to learn dictionary form of verbs first, then advance to conjugations. Since I have learned some, I mainly take this book as a quick reference easy to shuffle and write down notes, yeah, there are a lot of blank spaces in pages because of layout design. Oh, one more thing, the font size of the book I have suddenly becomes smaller from page 37 (section 3.4 Adjectives). Although I don't care about this issue, I hope the author could modify. And, I prefer to have a wider line space. Anyway, I really appreciate Tae Kim composed such a useful book. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/128897609-a-guide-to-japanese-grammar-a-japanese-approach-to-learning](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/128897609-a-guide-to-japanese-grammar-a-japanese-approach-to-learning) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-06-23*