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Re: Revision of A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese



<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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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