Making Out in Japanese - (Making Out Books) by Todd Geers & Erika Hoburg (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The books in the Making Out series are fun and accessible guides to languages as they're spoken on the street. These classic phrase books have been updated and expanded for use in informal situations such as bars, parties, or anywhere else one needs to know slang to survive! The books also now feature phrases written in their native script as well as in English, so the book can be shown to the person you are trying to communicate with. With transcriptions revised for easier pronunciation and numerous notes on points of language use and culture., these helpful books will have you making out in no time!<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>Making Out in Japanese</i> is a fun, accessible and thorough Japanese phrase book and guide to the Japanese language as it's spoken in real-life.</b> <p/><i>Sugoku suki! Mata aeru?</i>--(I'm crazy about you! Shall we meet again?) Answer this correctly in Japanese, and you may be going on a hot date. Incorrectly, and you could be hurting someone's feelings or getting a <i>slap!</i> Japanese classes and textbooks tend to spend a lot of time rehearsing for the same fictitious scenarios, but chances are while in Japan you will spend a lot more time trying to make new friends or start new romances--something you may not be prepared for. <p/>If you are a student, businessman or tourist traveling to Japan and would like to have an authentic and meaningful experience, the key is being able to speak like a local. This friendly and easy-to-use Japanese phrasebook makes this possible. <i>Making Out in Japanese</i> has been updated and expanded to be even more helpful as a guide to modern colloquial Japanese for use in everyday informal interactions--giving access to the sort of catchy Japanese expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials. As well as the Romanized forms (<i>romanji</i>), each expression is now given in authentic Japanese script (<i>kanji and kana</i> with <i>furigana</i> pronunciation clues), so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to a native Japanese-speaker. <p/>This Japanese phrasebook includes: <ul><li> A guide to pronouncing Japanese words correctly.</li><li> Explanations of basic Japanese grammar, such as, intonation, word stress, and particles.</li><li> A guide to male and female usage.</li><li> Romanized forms of words and phrases (<i>romanji</i>).</li><li> Complete Japanese translations including Japanese characters (<i>kanji</i>) and the Japanese alphabet (<i>kana</i>).</li><li> Useful and interesting notes on Japanese language and culture.</li><li> Lots of colorful, fun and <b>useful</b> expressions not covered in other phrasebooks.</li></ul>Titles in this unique series of bestselling phrase books include: <i>Making Out in Chinese, Making Out in Indonesian, Making Out in Thai, Making Out in Korean, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Japanese, Making Out in Vietnamese, Making Out in Burmese, Making Out in Tagalog, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Arabic, Making Out in English, More Making Out in Korean, and More Making Out in Japanese</i>.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Entertaining, well-organized, and relatively up to date. Expressing emotion in Japanese has been the hardest thing so far, and this definitely helped out. —<b><i>Goodreads</i></b><br><br>One of the things that I most like about the books is that they include the English translations of the phrases as well as the sentences and words in the writing system of the language alongside the transliteration. This is great both for those who are interested in a more conversational approach and for those interested in more in-depth learning. --<b><i>Eurolinguiste</i></b><br><br>This book is great if you'll be conversing with young Japanese people or already have Japanese friends to speak with. I also love the easy to read layout and fun tone of the book. It's definitely a must if you'll be using Japanese primarily in casual social situations. I'd have to say the size is also an advantage, as it would fit into a bag without weighing you down. --<b><i>Lindsay Does Languages</i> blog</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Original edition by Todd and Erika Geers. Todd Geers is a graduate in Japanese studies from the University of Maryland and met his wife, Erika, in 1984 in Yokohama, Japan. He conceived the idea for a book on colloquial Japanese when he realized that what he was studying in his textbooks wasnAEt what he heard being spoken around him. <BR>Revised by Glen McCabe, a Ph.D. student in Japanese at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, with additional assistance from several young native speakers of Japanese.
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