Tuttle publishing sep 2016 (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \*\*2017 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award Winner\*\* \*\*2017 Moonbeam Children's Book Award Gold Medal Winner\*\* A book for comic lovers and Japanophiles of all ages, Diary of a Tokyo Teen presents a unique look at modern-day Japan through a young woman's eyes. Born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an American father in 1997, Christine Mari Inzer spent her early years in Japan and relocated to the United States in 2003. The summer before she turned sixteen, she returned to Tokyo, making a solo journey to get reacquainted with her birthplace. Through illustrations, photos, and musings, Inzer documented her journey. In Diary of a Tokyo Teen, Inzer explores the cutting-edge fashions of Tokyo's trendy Harajuku district, eats the best sushi of her life at the renowned Tsukiji fish market, and hunts down geisha in the ancient city of Kyoto. As she shares the trials and pleasures of travel from one end of a trip to the other, Inzer introduces the host of interesting characters she meets and offers a uniqueand often hilariouslook at a fascinating country and an engaging tale of one girl rediscovering her roots. \*\*Listed as a 2016 Great Graphic Novel for Teens by the Young Adult Library Services Association\*\*.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a complete and easy-to-use guide for reading and writing traditional Chinese characters. Reading and Writing Chinese has been the leading text for foreign students and teachers of the Chinese writing system since it was first published. This completely revised edition draws on the lessons learnt from the use of the book in classrooms so as to provide a more convenient and up-to-date introduction to written Chinese. Over 1,100 new combinations of characters have been added, increasing the total vocabulary significantly to about 4,500 items. There are also new notes on usage to give students insight into the contemporary state of the Chinese language. The student's ability to read Chinese and write Chinese are reinforced throughout. For each of the basic 1,062 characters, the pronunciation, definition and derivation are given, with examples of the use of most words and a chart showing how to write each character. Memorization tips and cautionary cross-reference to look-alike characters are also provided, as well as notes to help clarify those overlooked aspects of the Chinese writing system. Key features of this book:- The Student's 1,020 List and the Official 2,000 List.- Over 2,000 characters and 4,500 vocabulary items.- Pronunciations given in standard Hanyu Pinyin Ronamized form- Memorization hints and stroke-order diagrams.- Hong Kong/Taiwan and China/Singapore forms.- Traditional and modern radical systems.- The best-selling student's guide.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an invaluable study guide for learning Japanese characters. The major struggle facing all beginning Japanese language students is to learn to recognize, read and write hundreds of Japanese characters. The Second 100 Japanese Kanji adopts a structural approach that helps students to overcome the initial difficulty of reading kanji and writing kanji and quickly master the basic Japanese characters that are fundamental to this language. This beginner kanji guide is intended for beginning students and teaches characters that have been carefully selected and sequenced for rapid and effective learning. Each kanji is shown separately on a single page, along with its different readings, its English meanings, romaji (romanization), a stroke-order guide and ample space for writing practice. This book includes:- Step-by-step stroke order diagrams for each character.- Special boxes with grid lines to practice writing characters.- Words and phrases using each kanji.- Romanizations (romanji) to help identify and pronounce every word.…