Kana Can Be Easy

by Kunihiko Ogawa

Book Overview

The 92 hiragana and katakana characters are all presented with illustrations and mnemonic descriptions designed to enable learners to intuitively memorize the shapes and readings of the characters.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4789005178
• ISBN13: 9784789005173
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Japan Times,The,Japan
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.

Customer Reviews

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The Best

I tried a few other books and had a really tough time remembering the kana. Writing them over and over agin just wasn't working. But this little book was terrific and helped me associate the kana with images and phrases.

CUTE BOOK!

"Kana Can Be Easy" is a book that teaches one how to write and recognize various forms of hiragana and katakana. I really like this book because the drawings really fit the characters and helps one remember what each of the letters stand for. It's a very good book for beginners who are interested in learning Japanese. I'd definitely recommend it and I'm usually very picky about books. I learned a lot from this book, but it is also very important to practice writing characters repeatedly on paper because there isn't enough room in this book. Although this book isn't very recent, the content of it is still very relevant and great. Buy it :) Japanese is fun.

Flippin' brilliant!!!!

BUY IT, BUY IT, BUY IT,This is the best little book you'll find in order to teach yourself Katakana and Hiragana. If you have struggled before (like I did) to teach yourself, then do yourself a favour and buy this book. I taught myself both alphabets within a week and was reading Kana after my first day of using this book (luckily I live in Tokyo, so had lots of practical practice). This book doesn't have any additional reading exercises which is one disadvantage; however you'll quickly learn and memorise and most importantly remember the individual Kana. Most of all it's really fun to use and learn and to see immediate results! Quite simply Brilliant!

This book is amazing

I bought this as a supplemental book for my beginner's Japanese college course. I have been studying the Kana for about a week now and this technique has proven to be effective for me. The technique used for teaching the Kana in this book is through the use of pictures. The pictures used are extremely helpful for memorizing the Kana characters. I highly recommend this book for college students who are enrolled in beginner Japanese courses.