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October 5, 2005 10:47 AM Subscribe
Recommendations for workbooks on building Japanese vocabulary?
I have a number of books that teach kanji. I've noticed, however, that while kanji instructional books show the individual meanings of the characters, as well as vocabulary examples, they don't actually drill you too much on vocabulary.
I am looking for a vocabulary workbook of some sort, much like the vocabulary workbooks from grade school. I'm at a strange point with my familiarity with Japanese that I can pick out grammatical parts (that's an adjective; that's a verb) but have no idea what's being said, because I haven't learned the vocabulary. When I read, I can recognize what kanji means in English without knowing how to say it in Japanese.
I have a number of books that teach kanji. I've noticed, however, that while kanji instructional books show the individual meanings of the characters, as well as vocabulary examples, they don't actually drill you too much on vocabulary.
I am looking for a vocabulary workbook of some sort, much like the vocabulary workbooks from grade school. I'm at a strange point with my familiarity with Japanese that I can pick out grammatical parts (that's an adjective; that's a verb) but have no idea what's being said, because I haven't learned the vocabulary. When I read, I can recognize what kanji means in English without knowing how to say it in Japanese.
I ended up finding my college textbooks (the Genki series by the Japan Times) online at TheJapanShop.net, which specializes in a decent selection of japanese text and instruction books, as well as related readers, magazines, etc. You might find something useful there.
posted by p3t3 at 11:17 AM on October 5, 2005
posted by p3t3 at 11:17 AM on October 5, 2005
How to Sound Intelligent in Japanese is the only book I've seen marketed specifically as a "vocabulary builder"; however, it focuses on specialized, advanced, terminology.
The best thing I've found is just to find ordinary books written in the language (children's books being easiest, then light nonfiction, then contemporary realistic fiction) and write down the vocabulary. That's the way all my 3 years of university Japanese class were handled--read the article, write down all the unfamiliar vocabulary, take a test on it at the end of the week.
posted by Jeanne at 12:24 PM on October 5, 2005
The best thing I've found is just to find ordinary books written in the language (children's books being easiest, then light nonfiction, then contemporary realistic fiction) and write down the vocabulary. That's the way all my 3 years of university Japanese class were handled--read the article, write down all the unfamiliar vocabulary, take a test on it at the end of the week.
posted by Jeanne at 12:24 PM on October 5, 2005
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posted by dydecker at 10:55 AM on October 5, 2005