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First Thousand Words in Japanese

By Heather Amery
Series: First Thousand Words
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First Thousand Words in Japanese is a classic bilingual word book designed to help children build their Japanese vocabulary. Illustrated with engaging, detailed scenes by Stephen Cartwright, each picture is labelled with Japanese words in kana and their Romanised transliterations. The book includes a simple introduction to kana with a pronunciation guide and an English-Japanese word list. Additionally, readers can access native speaker pronunciations online via the Usborne Quicklinks website.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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First Thousand Words in Japanese

The classic bi-lingual Japanese/English word book, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright.



A thousand everyday words illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key Japanese vocabulary.

• Fully revised and updated for 2014 and beyond, with new words added and redundant words removed.

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The classic bi-lingual Japanese/English word book, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright.
A classic bilingual English/Japanese word book illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key Japanese vocabulary. Next to each picture, the Japanese word is written in kana, the Japanese syllabic signs often used for beginners, along with a transliteration in Roman letters. Includes a short introduction to kana with a simple pronunciation guide and an English/Japanese list of all the words in the book. Readers can hear how to pronounce all the words by listening to a native speaker on the Usborne Quicklinks website.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781409570370

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Stephen Cartwright
  • Illustrated by Stephen Cartwright
  • Illustrated by Stephen Cartwright

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 64

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Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Heather Amery Series: First Thousand Words

About the Author

Heather Amery was born and brought up in Bath, Somerset. Heather has written over a hundred books for children, including alphabet books, science and history books, craft books, classical fairy tales, a series for beginner readers called Farmyard Tales, Bible stories, and Greek Myths. She has also compiled word books, song books, and books of poetry.

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