Kanji Vol 1

I bought this as a Kindle download for use with the Amazon Cloud reader and it's great. I have the book in one window and an online dictionary in the other ([...] Add a piece of scrap paper to practice writing and you're ready to learn some kanji, AND, if you're up for it, a lot of interesting little tidbits of vocabulary and colloquial speech from the manga panels if you're willing to parse them out on your own with the online dictionary.I agree with others that it would be great if they used previously learned kanji in the context of subsequent chapters, but they don't and that's the way it is. This is not a deeply thought-out system of integrated learning by any means, but as one resource among many, it's a lot of fun and very helpful. 'Yes' to needing other books as well, 'yes' to using flashcards, online resources of all types, speaking with natives and other students, listening to Pimsleur on the way to work and so on and so on. This book should in no way be considered your one stop solution for learning Japanese!Learning is pro-active, and something we have to persue for ourselves, as doggedly as we can. There is really no simple or effortless way to learn Japanese. Given that understanding, you can have a lot of fun with this book.For the price of a fancy Starbuck's latte, I've got to say 'give it a try'!

This book may be great as a paperback, and maybe when I get over my anger at the eBook, I’ll try the paperback, but as many people have said, it won’t display on kindle. I’ve tried the paper white and the kindle app on my iPad Pro. As an added ‘feature,’ there is no option to return the accursed thing.EDIT: I've modified my original rating, since I discovered it WILL open on Kindle for PC. Clearly the image files are incorrectly sized for actual Kindles, and should be adjusted. This is something that should have been noted when this book was uploaded and tested, but clearly wasn't.

My daughter is learning Japanese on her own and so we picked this up. It's good for learning some basic kanji, but I wish it explained more of the vocabulary and grammar. However, it is possible that was addressed in the kana de manga book, which we don't have yet. We hadn't gotten that one because she already knows the hiragana and some katakana, but I think we'll pick that one up and see if it helps with this book, too.

The book is a nice size had nice images. I just really wish it gave a little more explanation and an English pronunciation to some. About maybe half of the book it gives you space to practice writing what you've learned. I did wish that some one the sentences would have characters from other pages in the book but, oh well.

This is not an easy book to follow. Actually its easy to follow - its hard to execute. You have to really want to learn Kanji and the chinese symbols.I have the whole series - it is accurate - I drew all the different symbols, but I am certainly not fluently able to read an write Japanese by any stretch - you have to want it!

I use this in conjunction with several other study aids and I like that I can flip though quickly and name the kanji. It's well worth the money and I'll be buying the others in the series.

Great format. However you must be familiar with hiragana and katakana before purchasing this helpful book. I have already learned 20 of the 80 kanji symbols.

Purchased this as a gift for a teen. She was very happy with it.

This book contains the 80 kanji required for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 4 (the lowest.) It is NOT meant to teach Japanese. The manga are there to help you understand the use of each Kanji in NORMAL usage.Only get these books when you have completed a beginners level course. The kana are meant to run continuously, as that's how the Japanese use them (they rarely break kana into separate words and have little punctuation.) Each book is self-contained and covers the kanji required for each level of the JLPT (IE, vol 1 covers level 4, Vol 2 adds the next 80 required for level 3, etc..). The tests comprise a series of multiple choice questions. Each question requires either a knowledge of particles or kana to kanji transcription (or the reverse). There is NO romanji (what I'm using here), just Kana and Kanji.If you're thinking of seeking employment in japan, you really need JLPT level 3 or higher, as these qualifications are actually recognised (and run) by the Japanese themselves.If you just want to translate kanji, then buy a kanji dictionary (Kodansha do several). If you want to pass the JLPT then buy these (AND a dictionary^_^)PXB^_^

I would recommend this product to anybody interested in learning a few characters in a fun, accessible way. Nobody who is serious about learning in depth, or basic, Japanese. Good fun, nice product.

a good book very easy to understand and to learn from a good read highly recomended a good study aid

Great little book to learn some basic Kanji!

Very helpful. Thankyou :)