A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar by Seiichi Makino (PDF)

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A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar conveniently summarizes introductory grammar knowledge into dictionary format. Student acquires a knowledge of basic grammar in more than provided by textbook descriptions, learning the difference between similar grammatical representations, and a review of basic grammar.

User’s Reviews

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐This is purely for the “Basic” Japanese grammar dictionary, I’m hoping the Intermediate leaves the romaji behind entirely. This is not a textbook, most of the bad reviews were people looking for textbooks and being confused. This is the book to get when you find your textbooks unhelpful about a grammar point. For example, the Genki and Minna No Nihongo series both do a really good job of explaining the simplest grammar forms. But they don’t do a good job of preparing people for the JLPT tests (except N5). So if you’re independently studying and trying to follow the JLPT levels as a development goal, and you are trying to follow any kind of linear study path for grammar, you’ll find a dearth of books – text or work – out there to help you. That’s where this book comes in, to help with plenty of examples and excellent deconstruction of each grammatical usage. This, combined with a single grammar workbook, will get me through the grammar for the next levels with adequate examples and explanations in English (something the textbook I’m using pretends to have but doesn’t). Once I have the grammar down, I’ll then move to the vocabulary and reading workbooks that otherwise are non-linear and best used for review.If you don’t need a linear path for grammar study independent of the classic textbooks (Minna No Nihongo and Genki), you might not actually need this book. But otherwise… it’s fairly necessary.Only nit to pick is the romaji, which is honestly a huge nit to pick. Anybody who has studied Japanese with actual intent for longer than two weeks needs to ditch the romaji and you don’t need even the basic grammar book in your first two weeks. Hiragana could have been used instead. Furigana could have been used instead. Seriously, romaji is usually a disqualifier for me in any text as it implies that one can possibly learn Japanese using it – you can’t. It’s not necessary and is usually harmful. It has no place in a serious JSL text, this included. I hope in later editions they learn their lesson. It also means you can organize the text not according to the English alphabet, which makes no sense, but according to the leading hiragana, which makes way more sense especially since grammar forms are usually in hiragana anyway.TL/DR: This isn’t a textbook, don’t use it like one. If you need more/different grammar than your texts, get this, it’s fantastic for that. Romaji is obnoxiously pervasive in the Basic book.

⭐The Dictionary of Japanese Grammar series is simply the best grammar series I’ve ever come across in any language. The authors do an excellent job of combining complicated linguistic explanations replete with examples of both correct and incorrect sentences. Everything is easy to handle, even for beginners. Japanese grammar does not seem as foreboding and complicated with this excellent book at hand.The only real criticism I have is that some of the English language explanations aren’t as clear as they could be. However, this book more than makes up for those occasional dictionaries through its extensive use of examples.Fortunately, the vocabulary used in this book is quite simple and easy to understand. That point alone sets this book apart from most textbook explanations of grammar, in which the authors usually feel the need to use whatever vocabulary was most recently introduced. Here the vocabulary words are simple and at an easy beginner level, allowing the student to focus on the grammar and not on the vocabulary.Seriously – this is the best you’ll find in any language. I wish that this series existed for other languages. The key to effective grammar teaching is repetition and extensive full-sentence examples. Others should take note.

⭐Along with the intermediate and advenced books, you’ll have everything covered. Really appreciated the plastic cover, saved it in my wet weather delivery.

⭐Great reference book, owned the paper copy for years, decided to get the Kindle version and sell the paper copy as I no longer have a place to store real-world books. The Kindle version appears to be a PDF version – it looks great on my Kindle Fire, and kinda crappy on my Kindle reader. And the Kindle version is more expensive?!The PDF is non-searchable by term, but, for instance, on the Fire you can select to go to the “K” group and then scroll to find “kedo”. And of course, you can’t go to a specific page number (which is right there at the top of the page), but can only go to a “location”, which makes the Index at the back pretty useless.Also, good luck reading the complicated kanji – the print is really small. I know I’m supposed to be hip and cool and use “gestures” to magnify, but it doesn’t really make the font larger, it just blows up that portion of the screen, and then good luck trying to move it around to see the whole sentence. I sometimes had to use a magnifying glass with the original paper copy, but one would expect the digital version to be easier to deal with. Oh well….These issues seems to be a problem with all eBooks that aren’t prepared specifically to be read on an eReader, i.e., scanned or converted PDFs. Whether this is Amazon’s problem or the publisher’s, _somebody_ needs to fix it, rather than just scan in the paper copy and charge more for it. [grumble]

⭐This is very much a reference book and not a textbook, but it’s invaluable for those who want a deeper understanding of Japanese grammar.It says “basic grammar” but it is far more in-depth than my textbook which claimed to be “complete”.The main part of the book is the dictionary itself: ordered in (romaji) alphabetical order. Each entry has a definition, translation(s), model and example sentences, explanatory notes and references to similar entries. It also has some helpful “Characteristics of Japanese Grammar” at the beginning and Appendices and Indices at the end.This book is not for everyone; for one thing it’s written in academic language which can be off-putting to those who are unfamiliar with it. If you’re just starting out learning Japanese, you probably don’t need this book just yet. But if you find your textbook doesn’t go into enough detail for you, if you’re genuinely interested in all the details or you just want to become really good at grammar, this is a great book.

⭐Despite my utter laziness in going to get the book from the post office after Royal Mail missing delivery, I am absolutely thrilled to say that it was sent much earlier than I expected. Long shipping time from Japan but the book was extremely well packaged, engulfed in bubble wrap and snugly tucked into something suitable for its size. No deformation of the book itself, no creases on the paper, it’s in perfect condition!This book is a beast. It’s much larger than I initially thought it might be and after a good couple of hours perusing several concepts that I had a little trouble grasping, I can confidently say that the amount of detail in this book is perfect for filling those gaps of knowledge that tend to crop up whenever your knowledge is limited to more Western text books.Though it is a dictionary it offers plenty of in situ examples and has a very clear format. As an English speaker, it also helps being able to look for particles/grammatical tools alphabetically via their romaji transcription, and although the feature can seem obvious, the shaded degradation to indicate the alphabetical segments just makes using it that much easier.I’d read this out of sheer fascination the whole way through, but it really is a useful reference point – coming from a beginner-intermediate Japanese user who is still learning – for any questions that have been like an itch in the back of your mind.I look forward to getting the other two in the set soon.

⭐Amazing book that will teach you A LOT about Japanese grammar points as well as some important notes on casual and formal speech, abbreviations and particles, and even more than that! Exceeded all of my expectations, a must have no matter how far you’ve come with your Japanese studies.

⭐Better grammar books are free it’s called the internet, don’t blow 40 pounds like I did save your money example sentences are what you need. Read either the AJATT | All Japanese All The Time, DONT waste you’re money.

⭐It’s a little confusing on how to use or find the word you’re looking for, but overall this content is quality.

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