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in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chris Kern at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/02/03 11:58 PM: > On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:24:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > posted the following: > >> >> 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. > > I assume the book is still virtually worthless for Japanese learners > (i.e. is basically just a kanji dictionary arranged by grade level > which tries to pass itself off as a kanji learning book)? I went through two copies of the book back in the 80s. Wore one right out. It depends on one's learning style, I guess. I like "A Guide to.." > What someone really needs to revise is A Manual of Japanese Reading > and Writing -- that is an incredible book that should at least be > updated to have the current 1006 grade school kanji, and would be even > better if they expanded it or made a 2nd part to cover the entire > Jouyou list. > > -Chris -- http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/seanhollandmusic.htm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove pants to email me.
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