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Japanese (Lonely Planet Phrasebook) | 
 enlarge | Author: Yoshi Abe
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Category: Book
List Price: £4.50
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 4619
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4Rev Ed
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 3.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 1740591631
Dewey Decimal Number: 915
EAN: 9781740591638
ASIN: 1740591631
Publication Date: September 1, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New. Shipped from UK Mainland. Delivery is usually 4 - 5 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail.
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 a good book November 25, 2007
happyberry (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this phrasebook really useful. It was small enough to put in my bag and I used it everyday. Even when I could not pronounce certain things I would just show whomever I needed help from and they understood straightaway. It has both English and Japanese dictionary and it came in handy when I fell ill and had to go to the doctors. This is great for anyone who is going to Japan for the first time.
 Poor indexing and unbalanced coverage November 12, 2007
S. King (Edinburgh, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having used this in Japan for a couple months, I find this phrasebook fairly useless. We don't even bother carrying it around anymore.
The indexing is poor: meaning that you cannot easily find what you are looking for.
The coverage is unbalanced: why does it spend so much space on phrases for talking to the opposite sex? If you need a phrasebook to ask someone to marry you, then you have a problem! Yet the coverage of useful phrases, food items, etc, is quite weak, with many useless things included and the basics missed out.
The romanization scheme used is non-standard, making it annoying to use in conjunction with other books.
Excellent Resource October 3, 2002
Brian Tse (England)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this little gem of a book, it contains many phrases which can help even a child to get through Japan. It contains alot of other information too! Buy it! buy it now! :)
handy for everyday use in japan November 2, 2001
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I have basic knowledge of written and spoken Japanese and found this book very helpfull in getting by in day to day things. I lent it to my brother when he visited me in tokyo and he coulnd't have gotten by without it. As most of the Japanese's English is abominable you really need a small pocket dictionary or a phrase book.
Size makes this particular book very handy. I would have liked some more young persons words and catchy phrases.
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