Search results for ""Author Jack Halpern""
Kodansha America, Inc The Kodansha Kanji Synonyms Guide
Jack Halpern is a renowned expert in East Asian linguistics and author of Kodansha's best-selling written Japanese resource The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary. He has been working for many years on this ground-breaking new reference work which enables intermediate and advanced learners to explore the nuances of closely related characters by studying them together, rather than as isolated units.
£31.50
Kodansha America, Inc Kodansha Kanji Dictionary, The: The World's Most Advanced Japanese-english Character Dictionary
Answers the need for an easy-to-use kanji dictionary that is compact enough to be easily carried around, yet detailed enough to satisfy the practical needs of the serious learner. The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary answers the need for an easy-to-use kanji dictionary that is compact enough to be easily carried around, yet detailed enough to satisfy the practical needs of the serious learner. Its basic goal is to give the learner a thorough understanding of how kanji are used in contemporary Japanese by providing instant access to a wealth of information on the meanings, readings and compounds for the most frequently used kanji. Thanks to the author's ground-breaking locator system SKIP (System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns), the user can locate characters as quickly and as accurately as in alphabetical dictionaries.
£72.00
Kodansha America, Inc The Kodansha Kanji Usage Guide: An A to Z of Kun Homophones
The first-ever guide to native-Japanese words that sound the same but are written with different characters, often with subtly different meanings. The KODANSHA KANJI USAGE GUIDE enables learners to deepen their understanding of how script is used in contemporary Japanese. The first Japanese-English resource devoted exclusively to kun homophones, the book presents detailed usage articles that show the differences and similarities for 675 homophone groups, or 1590 kanji headings - the vast majority of single-character kun homophones in current use.
£20.70
Kodansha America, Inc The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary: Revised & Expanded: 2nd Edition
With The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary: Revised and Expanded, learners finally have at their fingertips accurate and in-depth information on all the kanji prescribed by the Japanese government. In all, 3,002 characters 772 more than in the first edition fill its pages, making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of its kind. The main goal of the dictionary is to give the learner instant access to a wealth of useful information on kanji, including their meanings, readings, stroke order, and usage in compounds.
£40.50
Kodansha America, Inc The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering 2,300 Characters
This is an innovative and highly effective system for learning and remembering kanji, or Sino-Japanese character. It contains all 2,136 common 'joyo' kanji, and 164 useful non-joyo kanji. They are specially arranged to maximise efficiency of acquisition. One of the title's key features is mnemonic devices - orginal stories for each kanji that teaches learners to associate graphical components with images linked to the character's meaning.
£30.60
