KOTOKO - 日本語 1

The Japanese language has two primary writing systems, kanji characters-which are based on Chinese characters and hiragana and katakana-a mnemonic based alphabet. This handy book teaches you a new mnemonics-based method to read and write the 430 highest-frequency kanji characters. Along with its s……続きを見る

Conversational Japanese is designed to prepare you for every situation you are likely to encounter when visiting Japan for travel or work. Author Anne Kaneko has five decades of experience as a translator, writer and businesswoman and her book is unique in presenting real-life communication advice……続きを見る

Long the standard in Japanese language education, it provides clear, jargon-free explanations of how Japanese grammar works and offers hundreds of example sentences. An essential handbook for self-study or the classroom, students will find that a strong foundation in grammar is vital to those wish……続きを見る

Learning Japanese is a complete language learning package designed for people who want to learn to communicate in Japanese quickly and easily-whether on your own or with a teacher. The book introduces all the basics of the language including pronunciation, vocabulary and sentence patterns-so you c……続きを見る

ショートストーリーで学ぶ日本語 「浦島太郎」「雪女」「蜘蛛の糸」(芥川龍之介)「溺れかけた兄妹」(有島武郎)「セロ弾きのゴーシュ」(宮沢賢治)と、昔話から現代小説まで全5篇のショートストーリーをバイリンガル、ふりがな付きで楽しく学ぶことができる1冊です。各ストーリの最後には翻訳者による詳細な解説、重要な語……続きを見る

JAPAN NOW! A Japanese Language Reader contains 17 fascinating stories and essays about contemporary Japanese society in parallel Japanese and English versions on facing pages. The stories are written by a number of experienced commentators on Japan, each with a distinctive style and point of view.……続きを見る

It is designed by an experienced language teacher to be useful and easy to use. Even if you have just a few minutes a day-while sitting on a train or subway, waiting for a bus, or spending time with your friends-you can open the book and learn a few useful phrases that you'll use over and over aga……続きを見る

2019 年に大阪大学出版会から刊行した『探索的コーパス言語学：データ主導の日本語研究・試論』の中核部分の英訳版。「データによってデータそのものを説明する」方式による新しいコーパス言語学を標榜し、日本語研究の新たな可能性について事例的研究と方法論的検討をもとに論じる。研究成果を英語で発表した書籍はまだ……続きを見る