02864nam 2200541 450 991046446180332120200520144314.01-4629-1398-9(CKB)3710000000078986(EBL)1580614(SSID)ssj0001171348(PQKBManifestationID)11654558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001171348(PQKBWorkID)11175870(PQKB)11718977(MiAaPQ)EBC1580614(Au-PeEL)EBL1580614(CaPaEBR)ebr10821377(CaONFJC)MIL608920(OCoLC)880412491(EXLCZ)99371000000007898620140103h20052005 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWriting Japanese Katakana an introductory Japanese language workbook /Jim GleesonTokyo :Tuttle Publishing,[2005]©20051 online resource (166 p.)The title was first published in 1996 as Introduction to written Japanese Katakana.0-8048-3621-3 Cover; Copyright; Preface; Contents; How to Use This Book; The Evolution of Katakana; Katakana; a, i, u; e, o, Lengthening Character, Special Combinations; ka, ki, ku; ke, ko, Voiced Counterparts, Practice; sa, shi, su; se so, Voiced Counterparts, Special Combinations; Revision 1; ta, chi, tsu; te, to, Glottal Stop, Voiced Counterparts, Special Combinations; na, ni, nu; ne, no, Practice; ha, hi, fu; he, ho, Voiced and Semi-Voiced Counterparts, Special Combinations; Revision 2; ma, mi, mu; me, mo, Practice; ra, ri, ru; re, ro, Practice; ya, yu, yo; wa, o, n; Revision 3; Special CombinationsNon-English LoanwordsIdiomatic Terms; Sounds; Menu; First Names; North America; Europe; Asia; Oceania; Glossary; The Origins of Katakana; Back CoverThis is an introductory guide and workbook to writing Japanese Katakana.Anybody who is able to master English, with its irregular spellings and idiosyncratic pronunciations, is more than equipped to master written Japanese. The hiragana and katakana syllabaries are purely phonetic characters, which function much like the letters of the English alphabet. In this respect, kana are quite different from kanji characters, which are based on Chinese ideographs and which represent ideas. The katakana syllabary is used primarily to represent borrowed words (from languages other Japanese languageWritingKanaElectronic books.Japanese languageWritingKana.84Gleeson Jim870209MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464461803321Writing Japanese Katakana1942716UNINA