Whether you live in Japan or are just passing through, an everyday task like finding a street address, buying a train ticket, or doing business in a bank can be an ordeal if you do not read kanji. Unfortunately, kanji taught in most textbooks are not always those most commonly encountered in everyday situations. To fill this gap, a group of Japanese-language lecturers from the prestigious University of Tokyo have pooled their talents to create '250 Essential Kanji For Everyday Use, Volume 1', workbook that teaches 250 of the kanji characters most frequently seen in daily life in Japan.
All entries include the readings, meaning, stroke orders, common compounds, and derivations of the kanji. Actual use of kanji is illustrated in sample materials, forms to fill out, and photos taken in public places in Japan, where the ability to read characters is indispensable, Quizzes and review exercises reinforce the lessons, making the text ideal for either classroom use or self-study. By the end of the course, you will have learned 250 of the most important characters in Japanese and thousands of vocabulary words in which they appear.
