Author: Ornella Civardi
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921957
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
As its title suggests, this book captures the essence of Japanese life and culture in 100 words. From well-known concepts like zen, kawaii and anime to their lesser-known counterparts waiting to be discovered by the West, Japan in 100 Words covers it all. Readers will learn more about: Chochin--decorative lanterns seen everywhere from shrines and temples to izakaya Fugu--the very carefully prepared delicacy of poisonous blowfish J-pop--the now widely popular musical genre Karoshi--literally translated as "overwork death" Omiai--the Japanese version of an arranged marriage And much more! The beautiful full-color illustrations bring these ideas, places and objects to life--making it the perfect addition to any Japanophiles library or a fun and useful introductory guide for a first-time visitor to Japan.
Japan in 100 Words
Author: Ornella Civardi
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921957
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
As its title suggests, this book captures the essence of Japanese life and culture in 100 words. From well-known concepts like zen, kawaii and anime to their lesser-known counterparts waiting to be discovered by the West, Japan in 100 Words covers it all. Readers will learn more about: Chochin--decorative lanterns seen everywhere from shrines and temples to izakaya Fugu--the very carefully prepared delicacy of poisonous blowfish J-pop--the now widely popular musical genre Karoshi--literally translated as "overwork death" Omiai--the Japanese version of an arranged marriage And much more! The beautiful full-color illustrations bring these ideas, places and objects to life--making it the perfect addition to any Japanophiles library or a fun and useful introductory guide for a first-time visitor to Japan.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921957
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
As its title suggests, this book captures the essence of Japanese life and culture in 100 words. From well-known concepts like zen, kawaii and anime to their lesser-known counterparts waiting to be discovered by the West, Japan in 100 Words covers it all. Readers will learn more about: Chochin--decorative lanterns seen everywhere from shrines and temples to izakaya Fugu--the very carefully prepared delicacy of poisonous blowfish J-pop--the now widely popular musical genre Karoshi--literally translated as "overwork death" Omiai--the Japanese version of an arranged marriage And much more! The beautiful full-color illustrations bring these ideas, places and objects to life--making it the perfect addition to any Japanophiles library or a fun and useful introductory guide for a first-time visitor to Japan.
Japan in 100 Words
Author: Ornella Civardi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780804858762
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover Japan in 100 Words! This book captures the essence of Japanese life and culture through 100 carefully selected words. From familiar concepts like zen, kawaii, and anime to lesser-known gems, "Japan in 100 Words" covers it all. What You'll Learn About: Chochin: Decorative lanterns seen everywhere from shrines and temples to izakaya Fugu: The delicacy of carefully prepared (and poisonous) blowfish J-pop: The now globally popular musical genre Karoshi: Literally translated as "overwork death" Omiai: The Japanese version of an arranged marriage And much more! Beautiful full-color illustrations bring these ideas, places, and objects to life. Whether you're a seasoned Japanophile or a first-time visitor, this book is a perfect addition to your library and a fun, informative guide to Japanese culture.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780804858762
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover Japan in 100 Words! This book captures the essence of Japanese life and culture through 100 carefully selected words. From familiar concepts like zen, kawaii, and anime to lesser-known gems, "Japan in 100 Words" covers it all. What You'll Learn About: Chochin: Decorative lanterns seen everywhere from shrines and temples to izakaya Fugu: The delicacy of carefully prepared (and poisonous) blowfish J-pop: The now globally popular musical genre Karoshi: Literally translated as "overwork death" Omiai: The Japanese version of an arranged marriage And much more! Beautiful full-color illustrations bring these ideas, places, and objects to life. Whether you're a seasoned Japanophile or a first-time visitor, this book is a perfect addition to your library and a fun, informative guide to Japanese culture.
Japan's Cultural Code Words
Author: Boye Lafayette De Mente
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462900623
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Japan's Cultural Code Words offers a study of Japanese society through analysis of key terms and concepts that define Japanese attitudes and behaviors. Japan's traditional culture is so powerful that it continues to be the prevailing force in molding and tuning the national character of the Japanese, resulting in a society that simultaneously emphasizes both the modern and the traditional. The best and fastest way to an understanding of the traditional, emotional side of Japanese attitudes and behavior is through their "business and cultural code words"--key terms that reveal, in depth, their psychology and philosophy. The book features 233 essays, arranged alphabetically from "Ageashi / Tripping on Your Own Tongue" to "Zenrei / Breaking the Molds of the Past," that dive into these code words. Long-term expatriate and internationally-renowned Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente offers personal insights into the extremes of Japanese behavior and the dynamics of one of the world's most fascinating societies.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462900623
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Japan's Cultural Code Words offers a study of Japanese society through analysis of key terms and concepts that define Japanese attitudes and behaviors. Japan's traditional culture is so powerful that it continues to be the prevailing force in molding and tuning the national character of the Japanese, resulting in a society that simultaneously emphasizes both the modern and the traditional. The best and fastest way to an understanding of the traditional, emotional side of Japanese attitudes and behavior is through their "business and cultural code words"--key terms that reveal, in depth, their psychology and philosophy. The book features 233 essays, arranged alphabetically from "Ageashi / Tripping on Your Own Tongue" to "Zenrei / Breaking the Molds of the Past," that dive into these code words. Long-term expatriate and internationally-renowned Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente offers personal insights into the extremes of Japanese behavior and the dynamics of one of the world's most fascinating societies.
My First Book of Japanese
Author: Bushel & Peck Books
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781638190455
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Introduce your child (or yourself!) to the incredible language of Japanese! Featuring 200 first words with bright, bold illustrations, My First Book of Japanese provides each word in English, Japanese (hiragana/katakana), and a romanization that makes pronunciation a breeze. Words are divided into handy sections like kitchen, travel, and more, with a special emphasis on including foods and customs you'll find in Japan itself.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781638190455
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Introduce your child (or yourself!) to the incredible language of Japanese! Featuring 200 first words with bright, bold illustrations, My First Book of Japanese provides each word in English, Japanese (hiragana/katakana), and a romanization that makes pronunciation a breeze. Words are divided into handy sections like kitchen, travel, and more, with a special emphasis on including foods and customs you'll find in Japan itself.
Speak and Read Japanese
Author: Larry Herzberg
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1611729289
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
A handy supplement for learning 300 of the most common Japanese words, works with any textbook! Modeled on the same winning format as his Speak and Read Chinese, teacher Larry Herzberg's latest book offers simple, fun, and imaginative ways to remember essential Japanese words and characters. Mastering basic vocabulary and kanji is one of the first challenges any Japanese learner faces. This book addresses this task head-on, complementing the content of all major Japanese textbooks and providing valuable tips to independent students. Includes three hundred essential words and kanji from the first two years of study, indexed for quick reference.
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1611729289
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
A handy supplement for learning 300 of the most common Japanese words, works with any textbook! Modeled on the same winning format as his Speak and Read Chinese, teacher Larry Herzberg's latest book offers simple, fun, and imaginative ways to remember essential Japanese words and characters. Mastering basic vocabulary and kanji is one of the first challenges any Japanese learner faces. This book addresses this task head-on, complementing the content of all major Japanese textbooks and providing valuable tips to independent students. Includes three hundred essential words and kanji from the first two years of study, indexed for quick reference.
Japan from Anime to Zen
Author: David Watts Barton
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1611729459
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This friendly guide offers concise but detailed demystifications of more than 85 aspects of ancient and modern Japan. It can be read in sequence, or just dipped into, depending on the moment’s need. Explanations go much deeper than a typical travel guide and cover 1,500 years of history and culture, everything from geisha to gangsters, haiku to karaoke, the sun goddess to the shogunate . . . and anime to Zen.
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1611729459
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This friendly guide offers concise but detailed demystifications of more than 85 aspects of ancient and modern Japan. It can be read in sequence, or just dipped into, depending on the moment’s need. Explanations go much deeper than a typical travel guide and cover 1,500 years of history and culture, everything from geisha to gangsters, haiku to karaoke, the sun goddess to the shogunate . . . and anime to Zen.
Fifty Words for Rain
Author: Asha Lemmie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 152474638X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller! From debut author Asha Lemmie, “a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Nightingale Kyoto, Japan, 1948. “Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist.” Such is eight-year-old Noriko “Nori” Kamiza’s first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents’ imperial estate. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her skin. The child of a married Japanese aristocrat and her African American GI lover, Nori is an outsider from birth. Her grandparents take her in, only to conceal her, fearful of a stain on the royal pedigree that they are desperate to uphold in a changing Japan. Obedient to a fault, Nori accepts her solitary life, despite her natural intellect and curiosity. But when chance brings her older half-brother, Akira, to the estate that is his inheritance and destiny, Nori finds in him an unlikely ally with whom she forms a powerful bond—a bond their formidable grandparents cannot allow and that will irrevocably change the lives they were always meant to lead. Because now that Nori has glimpsed a world in which perhaps there is a place for her after all, she is ready to fight to be a part of it—a battle that just might cost her everything. Spanning decades and continents, Fifty Words for Rain is a dazzling epic about the ties that bind, the ties that give you strength, and what it means to be free.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 152474638X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller! From debut author Asha Lemmie, “a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Nightingale Kyoto, Japan, 1948. “Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist.” Such is eight-year-old Noriko “Nori” Kamiza’s first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents’ imperial estate. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her skin. The child of a married Japanese aristocrat and her African American GI lover, Nori is an outsider from birth. Her grandparents take her in, only to conceal her, fearful of a stain on the royal pedigree that they are desperate to uphold in a changing Japan. Obedient to a fault, Nori accepts her solitary life, despite her natural intellect and curiosity. But when chance brings her older half-brother, Akira, to the estate that is his inheritance and destiny, Nori finds in him an unlikely ally with whom she forms a powerful bond—a bond their formidable grandparents cannot allow and that will irrevocably change the lives they were always meant to lead. Because now that Nori has glimpsed a world in which perhaps there is a place for her after all, she is ready to fight to be a part of it—a battle that just might cost her everything. Spanning decades and continents, Fifty Words for Rain is a dazzling epic about the ties that bind, the ties that give you strength, and what it means to be free.
My First Book of Japanese Words
Author: Michelle Haney Brown
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462913474
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
My First Book of Japanese Words is a beautifully illustrated book that introduces young children to Japanese language and culture through everyday words. The words profiled in this book are all commonly used in the Japanese language and are both informative and fun for English-speaking children to learn. The goals of My First Book of Japanese Words are multiple: to familiarize children with the sounds and structure of Japanese speech, to introduce core elements of Japanese culture, to illustrate the ways in which languages differ in their treatment of everyday sounds and to show how, through cultural importation, a single word can be shared between languages. Both teachers and parents will welcome the book's cultural and linguistic notes and appreciate how the book is organized in a familiar ABC structure. Each word is presented in Kanji (when applicable), Kana, and Romanized form (Romaji). With the help of this book, we hope more children (and adults) will soon be a part of the 125 million people worldwide that speak Japanese!
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462913474
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
My First Book of Japanese Words is a beautifully illustrated book that introduces young children to Japanese language and culture through everyday words. The words profiled in this book are all commonly used in the Japanese language and are both informative and fun for English-speaking children to learn. The goals of My First Book of Japanese Words are multiple: to familiarize children with the sounds and structure of Japanese speech, to introduce core elements of Japanese culture, to illustrate the ways in which languages differ in their treatment of everyday sounds and to show how, through cultural importation, a single word can be shared between languages. Both teachers and parents will welcome the book's cultural and linguistic notes and appreciate how the book is organized in a familiar ABC structure. Each word is presented in Kanji (when applicable), Kana, and Romanized form (Romaji). With the help of this book, we hope more children (and adults) will soon be a part of the 125 million people worldwide that speak Japanese!
Conversational Korean Dialogues
Author: Lingo Mastery
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781951949297
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Are you finding it tough to follow dialogues on your favorite Korean series and movies? Do you want to have conversations with Korean speakers like a native? If your answer to any of the previous questions was 'Yes', then this book is for you! One of the most crucial skills you will gain as a language learner is the ability to speak like a native. Using the right words, tone, and formality is key to mastering the language, and Korean is no different! Because of this, we have compiled OVER ONE HUNDRED conversational Korean stories for Beginners along with their translations, allowing new Korean speakers to obtain the necessary tools to know how to set a meeting, rent a car or tell a doctor that they don't feel well. If speaking the language like a native is your goal, this book is for you! How Conversational Korean Dialogues works: - Each new chapter will have a fresh, new story between two people who wish to solve a common, day-to-day issue that you will surely encounter in real life. - A Korean version of the conversation will take place first. Here, we will challenge your skills by allowing you to read the dialogue in its original tongue, before moving on to the English translation. - Accurate English translations follow each Korean conversation, providing you with the opportunity to understand everything that has been said. - A helpful introduction and conclusion that will offer you important strategies, tips and tricks to allow you to get the most out of this learning material. We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your online and offline social circles! So, look no further! Pick up your copy of Conversational Korean Dialogues and start learning Korean right now!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781951949297
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Are you finding it tough to follow dialogues on your favorite Korean series and movies? Do you want to have conversations with Korean speakers like a native? If your answer to any of the previous questions was 'Yes', then this book is for you! One of the most crucial skills you will gain as a language learner is the ability to speak like a native. Using the right words, tone, and formality is key to mastering the language, and Korean is no different! Because of this, we have compiled OVER ONE HUNDRED conversational Korean stories for Beginners along with their translations, allowing new Korean speakers to obtain the necessary tools to know how to set a meeting, rent a car or tell a doctor that they don't feel well. If speaking the language like a native is your goal, this book is for you! How Conversational Korean Dialogues works: - Each new chapter will have a fresh, new story between two people who wish to solve a common, day-to-day issue that you will surely encounter in real life. - A Korean version of the conversation will take place first. Here, we will challenge your skills by allowing you to read the dialogue in its original tongue, before moving on to the English translation. - Accurate English translations follow each Korean conversation, providing you with the opportunity to understand everything that has been said. - A helpful introduction and conclusion that will offer you important strategies, tips and tricks to allow you to get the most out of this learning material. We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your online and offline social circles! So, look no further! Pick up your copy of Conversational Korean Dialogues and start learning Korean right now!
Reasonable Men, Powerful Words
Author: Laura Hein
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520243471
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520243471
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Publisher Description