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| Whisky Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 5936 days ago 63 posts - 64 votes  Speaks: German, French*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 1 of 6 15 August 2008 at 2:10pm | IP Logged |
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Hello all,
First post here, hopefully not breaking the etiquette. I have searched the forum for my question, but found nothing. I'm beginning to study Japanese with the Assimil and an old Berlitz I found. I'd love to complement this with simple Japanese books written in Kana (or Kanji with Kana complements). Books for kids might be OK, but if someone knows of a book which can be intrinsically fun for an adult, please point me to the reference. It' OK if the book requires more than my (maybe) 500+ words of vocabulary, I can wait till I don't need to look up a word on every line :-) Something I can order from Europe would be great (I may be pressing my luck, hehe) Thanks in advance ! W 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Felixelus Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6829 days ago 237 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 6 16 August 2008 at 6:59am | IP Logged |
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Well, if you're ever in London I highly recommend a book store called Foyles (Website here). I remember browsing there once and they had loads of books in Japanese from kids stuff right up to adult literature. I hope you can find them on the website!
If that fails there is ALWAYS amazon... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Whisky Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 5936 days ago 63 posts - 64 votes Speaks: German, French*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 3 of 6 16 August 2008 at 10:47am | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the reply - any titles in mind ? I'm not sure "Japanese" is going to be the most useful of keywords :) I'll see if I can get anything out of the site though.
Re: Amazon, I'm better served with the .de version, I'm in Germany and the service and prices are waaaay better than on .fr. W. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6430 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 4 of 6 16 August 2008 at 11:45am | IP Logged |
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There's "Japanese Children's Favorite Stories". Be careful not to get it in English by mistake. It's a collection of 15 stories, written in hiragana.
The first one is Issunboushi / いつすんぼうし. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Whisky Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 5936 days ago 63 posts - 64 votes Speaks: German, French*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 5 of 6 17 August 2008 at 9:32am | IP Logged |
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Hello,
This seems to be the kind of book I'm looking for. Haven't had any luck yet, as I could not track down a Japanese version from European sources yet, though I must admit I haven't spent a lot of time on it yet. Thanks ! Anyone with more suggestions of the kind, keep'em coming :-) ! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| karashi Tetraglot Groupie Japan Joined 6568 days ago 81 posts - 81 votes Speaks: French*, English, Japanese, German Studies: Russian | Message 6 of 6 17 August 2008 at 4:05pm | IP Logged |
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I liked "この子誰の子？" by 宮部みゆき, it's a collection of short stories.
I think that this edition: (amazon link) had furigana on all kanjis. Edited by karashi on 17 August 2008 at 4:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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