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This is an invaluable study guide for learning essential Japanese characters.The First 100 Japanese Kanji is intended for beginning students or experienced speakers who need to practice writing Japanese characters. Kanji are an essential part of the Japanese language and together with kana (hiragana and katakana) comprise the written components of Japanese.This book presents the kanji characters that are most commonly used. They h...

2021 SABR Baseball Research Award2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Silver Medal WinnerBaseball has been called America’s true melting pot, a game that unites us as a people. Issei Baseball is the story of the pioneers of Japanese American baseball, Harry Saisho, Ken Kitsuse, Tom Uyeda, Tozan Masko, Kiichi Suzuki, and others—young men who came to the United States to start a new life but found bigotry and discrimination.In 1905 they formed a baseball cl...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In 1868, Japan is a nation tearing itself apart. The age of the samurai is ending. The Emperor's modern, rifle-wielding army marches to erase 700 years of warrior tradition, and their final target is the fiercely loyal Aizu clan, the last bastion of the old world. Based on the extraordinary true story of the Boshin War, this novel brings to life one of history's most remarkable and little-known figures: Nakano Takeko. A woman trained fr...

A court lady of the Heian era, an early modern philologist, a novelist of the Meiji period, and a physicist at Tokyo University. What do they have in common, besides being Japanese? They all wrote zuihitsu—a uniquely Japanese literary genre encompassing features of the nonfiction or personal essay and miscellaneous musings. For sheer range of subject matter and breadth of perspective, the zuihitsu is unrivaled in the Japanese literary tradition, which may explain why few examples ...

Auggie is starting his first year at Wroxall College. It’s a punishment, and he’s determined to make his way through the year, prove himself, and earn the right to go back home.Theo is a grad student recovering from a terrible car accident. He’s lost his husband and their daughter, and he’s trying to figure out how to keep going.When both are tangled up in a murder, though, they have to set their personal problems aside and work together—first to clear their names, and then...

The book consists of Beginner and Elementary courses with parallel Japanese-English texts. The author maintains learners' motivation with funny stories about real life situations such as meeting people, studying, job searches, working etc. The method utilizes the natural human ability to remember words used in texts repeatedly and systematically. The author composed each sentence using only words explained in previous chapters. The second and the following chapters of the Beginner course h...

Rain Black is the only Indian in St. John's Creek, a rustic settlement in the American Midwest. Despite being the town's only schoolteacher, he's seen as an outsider, and he's no stranger to prejudice. Rain's world revolves around Lily, his ailing niece. He can't imagine life without her, but Lily's days are numbered, and he knows it.Set, a runaway from the Pleiades star cluster, crashes her spaceship on Rain's property. Set is a shapeshifter who can morph into human form, and that...

The second novel in the wildly popular First Law Trilogy from New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie.Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It's enough to make a torturer want to run—if he could even walk without a stick.Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fir...

The final novel in the First Law Trilogy by New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie.Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him—but it's going to be a big one. Battle rages across the North, the king of the Northmen still stands firm, and there's only one man who can stop him. His oldest friend, and his oldest enemy: it's time for the Bloody-Nine to come home.With too many masters and too little time, Superior Glokta is fighting a dif...

Many books in Japanese have been devoted to the poet and critic Ishikawa Takuboku (1886–1912). Although he died at the age of twenty-six and wrote many of his best-known poems in the space of a few years, his name is familiar to every literate Japanese. Takuboku's early death added to the sad romance of the unhappy poet, but there has been no satisfactory biography of his life or career, even in Japanese, and only a small part of his writings have been translated. His mature poetry was bas...

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu is widely considered the world's first novel and one of the greatest achievements in global literature. Written in 11th-century Japan, this richly detailed narrative explores court life, romance, aesthetics, and impermanence through the life of Prince Genji. Elegant, introspective, and emotionally complex, the novel offers deep psychological insight and cultural richness. A cornerstone of Japanese literature and world classics, this work is es...

"Japan" is a multifaceted anthology that delves into the complexities of Japanese culture, history, and modern society through the lenses of various contributors, each bringing their unique perspectives and expertise. The book expertly weaves together literary essays, photography, and cultural critiques, illustrating Japan'Äôs rich traditions juxtaposed with contemporary challenges. The collection spans diverse themes including the historical evolution of Japanese aesthetics, the impact of...