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Learning Japanese

Learn to Speak, Read and Write Japanese Quickly! (Free Online Audio Recordings & Printable Flash...

Emiko Konomi

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Tuttle Publishing
09 June 2026
Everything you need to learn Japanese quickly!

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 can engage in simple conversations right from the start!

Useful explanations of the Japanese script, greetings and requests, verb conjugations, honorific forms and etiquette dos and don'ts are all included. A dictionary of commonly-used words and phrases is provided at the back.

The carefully-constructed lessons in this book all relate to useful everyday topics such as:

Introducing yourself and meeting people Numbers, counting money and telling time Going to a restaurant and ordering food Talking about your family, hobbies and personal interests Shopping, getting around and asking directions Dealing with phones and IT issues

Hours of free native-speaker online audio recordings accompany the dialogues, vocabulary and exercises

enabling you to practice pronouncing and understanding all the Japanese words and sentences! Free downloadable flashcards available online are also a great help in memorising the vocabulary and phrases, and memorable manga-style comic strips provide helpful visual prompts for the dialogues.

This ultimate language has everything you need

at a fraction of the price of expensive language kits!
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Imprint:   Tuttle Publishing
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   544g
ISBN:   9784805317549
ISBN 10:   480531754X
Pages:   288
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Emiko Konomi received her PhD from Cornell and taught Japanese language at Portland State University at all levels for many years. She also trained Japanese-language instructors at various teacher-training programs in the U.S. Her passionate teaching style and dedication earned her the John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Award in 2011 and 2015. She is the author of Reading and Writing Japanese Hiragana and Reading and Writing Japanese Katakana.

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