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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I see that a revision of the venerable "A Guide to Reading and > Writing Japanese" has just been released by Tuttle. About time - > the original was 1959 and the last revision was 1961. Now it covers the > 常用漢字 and not just the 当用漢字. > > The revision has been done by Ken Henshall and Chris Seeley. Back when I first started studying it didn't take me long to understand that I should steer away from Tuttle. They hadn't taken the time or trouble to update any of their books from the occupation era. I guess I'm thankful now for having such a diverse vocabulary but I did not need to be learning words like 蓄音機 or 女中 during my first year of studying Japanese...
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