250 Essential Kanji Volume 2: For Everyday Use

by Yoshiko Yamazaki, Akiyo Nishino, Kanji Text Research Group (University of Tokyo), et al.

Whether you live in Japan or are just passing through, an everyday task like finding a street address, buying a train ticket, or doing business in a bank can be an ordeal if you do not read kanji. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804836388
• ISBN13: 9780804836388
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Thanks, I learn from it every day!

It came as expected and now I enjoy it, thank you for the offer of the product.

practical and fun

The explanation of each kanji's origin really stuck in my mind. Practical applications in this volume include: washing instructions (clothes) and writing New Years postcards. Even though Ive learned all kanji for JLPT 4 and 3, a lot of the kanji in this volume was new to me.

250 Essential Kanji: Volume 2

Really Simple to use book for Kanji. Nice Big Print and pages with examples and tests written into the book. If your a beginner into Kanji you might want to pick up this book. Simple to Use.

Overall Excellent

There were a few minor issues with this book that border annoyances more than practicality. The information is excellently presented, large clear examples of the Kanji provide an easy to view example where the intricate portions are quite explicit.The seperation of this book's chapters are presented in a logical manner, although the subject matter sometimes feels a little inane.My particular favorite feature of this book is every Kanji is presented in several uses as part of the presentation of new Kanji. This helped my vocabulary and further reinforced the written word itself. In addition, the multiple use presentation of the Kanji provides hiragana readings, which displays the phonetic reading of the Kanji in different situations.One very minor complaint is the provides several boxes which are left empty in the area displaying stroke order. This is a waste of space and in a somewhat compact book as this it could have been used much better, such as presenting a typed vs handwritten comparisons (which can sometimes seem unrelated with come handwriting).

This is the best book I have come across for kanji

I have tried a number of books for learning kanji, but this one is the most effective that I have used so far. It is good because it provides real-life examples of the very kanji that you are learning, such as housing applications, grocery store listings, and Japanese computer menus. I would highly recommend this book, along with Vol. 1.