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I want to learn Japanese and found these books on amazon. Are they any good?

• Well firstly I hardly know much about japanese language only that there are three sections to it, being Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana. But aside from that I have a great interest in the language and culture. The following books are what I have considered getting but I would like the advice of those who are learning or have learned Japanese. I also considered Genki but apparently it lacks a lot in Kanji which is pretty important. These are links to the books from AMAZON and they all have the 'click to look inside': An Introduction to Modern Japanese:Volume 1, Grammar Lessons: Grammar Lessons Vol 1 by Richard John Bowring http://www.amazon.co.uk/An-Introduction-Modern-Japanese-Grammar/dp/052154887X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336256552&sr=8-1 An Introduction to Modern Japanese: Volume 2, Exercises and Word Lists: Exercises and Word Lists Vol 2 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0521548888/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE The Two above are for Japanese GRAMMAR mainly. to help more with the Kanji I have considered this: Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary by Jack Halpern http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/4770028555/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Read and Write Japanese Scripts: Teach Yourself http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1444103903/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_g14_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0CXFV54CCTTYHYD2XC2V&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294 For some pronunciation at the begining I have considered: Berlitz Language: Essential Japanese http://www.amazon.co.uk/Berlitz-Language-Essential-Japanese/dp/981268459X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336490400&sr=8-1 To cover some aspects of pronunciation I have decided to watch anime (in Japanese rather than english dub) and Japanese shows, etc. I am willing to spend 15-20 hours a week learning japanese. Well would you consider the mentioned books above any good? I would reaallly appreciate your help. NOTE there is another book called 'An Introduction to Modern Japanese' by the Mizutani brothers but the sellers ratings is not good as some people did not recieve the book.

• Answer:

  The "Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary" is also on the list of recommendations by Omniglot : http://www.omniglot.com/books/language/japanese.htm Here's what japanese.about.com/ has to say about it : http://japanese.about.com/library/reviews/aapr_kanjidictionary.htm They also recommend "Kodansha's Communicative English-Japanese Dictionary", " Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary" and "Kenkyusha's Japanese English Learner's Dictionary" as dictionaries : http://japanese.about.com/od/dictionaries/tp/topdictionaries.htm