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| Japanese Phrasebook: A Language Survival Kit (Lonely Planet Language Survival Kits) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Kevin Chambers, Wesley Palmer
Creator: Kam Lau
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Category: Book
List Price: £3.50
Buy Used: £1.34
You Save: £2.16 (62%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Pages: 180
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 3.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 086442230X
Dewey Decimal Number: 495.683421
EAN: 9780864422309
ASIN: 086442230X
Publication Date: October 20, 1994
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Orders ship next business day from the USA. Orders ship next business day from the USA.
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 a good book November 25, 2007
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
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
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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