Reading & Writing Japanese: A Workbook for Self-Study: A Beginner's Guide to Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji (Free Online Audio and Printable Flash Cards)

Eriko Sato

Oct 2021 · Tuttle Publishing

About this eBook

The easy way to learn the Japanese writing system!

In this beginner's workbook, students of Japanese will learn to read and write the Hiragana and Katakana alphabets, as well as 50 basic Kanji characters. A step-by-step approach moves from tracing letters to reading and writing complete words quickly and effectively.

In this comprehensive guide, language learners will find:

• The 92 Hiragana and Katakana letters
• 50 Kanji characters
• Illustrations to help you remember each letter and its associated sound
• An extensive bidirectional dictionary
• Hundreds of drills suitable for self-study or classroom use
• An answer key for all exercises
• Useful everyday vocabulary and phrases—from numbers and colors to food and social media
• Free printable flashcards to help you review what you've learned
• Online audio recordings by a native speaker to help with pronunciation

Instead of dealing with separate Hiragana and Katakana workbooks, as is common, this comprehensive guide provides an efficient way to learn both with the help of one book.

About the author

Eriko Sato is Associate Professor of Japanese and translation studies at the State of University of New York at Stony Brook, where she is also the Director of the Japanese Teacher Education Program. She has authored and co-authored over a dozen books, includingJapanese Stories for Language Learners, Essential Japanese Grammar, andLearning Japanese Kanji. She has also authored or co-authored Contemporary Japanese, Japanese Demystified, Japanese for Dummies, Complete Japanese Grammar, Japanese Phrases for Dummies, Basic Japanese, andMy First Japanese Kanji Book