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"Michael Cash" wrote ... > On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:58:40 +0900, Chris Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > belched the alphabet and kept on going with: > > >I assume the book is still virtually worthless for Japanese learners > > Actually, it is the only thing I used for getting a start on learning > kanji. > > After getting this far into this reply, I pause and reflect, "Yeah, > Cash, and look how lousy your kanji knowledge is". But I have managed > to make it through three trips to Japan somehow, so maybe the book > didn't serve me so poorly. Reviews seem to be mixed. I think a point to consider is > >(i.e. is basically just a kanji dictionary arranged by grade level > >which tries to pass itself off as a kanji learning book)? Is a kanji dictionary arranged by grade level really /that/ bad a way of learning kanji? I don't know what "A Manual of Japanese Reading and Writing" contains, but I feel rather suspicious of kanji learning books that have handy mnemonics*, pictorial iconography things, spaces to write the kanji in with handy squares etc. If it's got the kanji, the readings, how to write it and some words using it - isn't that all you need? * Partly because I can't spell mnemonics.
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