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Instant Japanese: How to Express Over 1,000 Different Ideas with Just 100 Key Words and Phrases! (Japanese Phrasebook) (Instant Phrasebook): How to … Revised Edition
Author(s): Boye Lafayette De Mente (Author)
- Publisher: Tuttle Shokai Inc
- Publication Date: 8 April 2016
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 128 pages
- ISBN-10: 4805313838
- ISBN-13: 9784805313831
Book Description
“It’s amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication! Do you want to speak simple Japanese but are too busy to study it? Are you visiting Japan for a short time and want an Japanese phrase book to help you communicate? If so, than this thoroughly revised second edition of Boye Lafayette De Mente’s classic, bestselling phrase book is for you. It’s tiny 0.4 x 4.1 x 5.9 inches size makes it incredibly convenient to travel with but without losing the most essential content for communication. This new, expanded edition contains 15% more content, fun manga-style illustrations, and additional information on which destinations, personalities and trends are hot in Japan right now! The idea of Instant Japanese is simple; learn 100 words and phrases and say 1,000 things. The trick is knowing which 100 words to learn, but the author, De Mente has solved the problem, choosing only those words you’ll hear again and again. Even with a vocabulary this small, you’ll be surprised how quickly and fluently you too can communicate in the Japanese language. Words are repeated in different combinations, building familiarity without effort. A brief guide to pronunciation allows the user to say the phrases correctly. Here’s a sample of what you’ll be able to do with this Japanese phrasebook: Meet people Go shopping Ask directions Ride the subway Order food and drinks And much more.”
Editorial Reviews
Review
The Instant series from Tuttle, however, is not your usual phrasebook. Rather than focusing on phrases to help you order food, go to the hospital, rent a hotel room, or buy a train ticket, it provides you with more than 100 key words and phrases to help you express more than 1,000 unique ideas based on general conversation topics. –Eurolinguiste
This is a great phrasebook geared towards tourists and business people traveling to Japan. –The Japanese Page blog
About the Author
“Boye Lafayette De Mente has been involved with Japan, China, and Korea since the late 1940s as a member of a U.S. intelligence agency, student, trade journalist, editor, and author working out of Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He is a graduate of Jochi University in Tokyo and The American Institute for Foreign Trade (now Thunderbird: The School of Global Management). His 70-plus books include Japan’s Cultural Code Words, Business Guide to Japan, and Japan Unmasked. “
