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    <title> Japanese from zero! book 1</title>
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    <namePart>Trombley, George</namePart>
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    <namePart>Takenaka, Yukari</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Hatanaka, Kanako</namePart>
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    <publisher>From Zero</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2015</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2023</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>376 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>Japanese From Zero! is an innovative and integrated approach to learning Japanese that was developed by professional Japanese interpreter George Trombley, Yukari Takenaka and Kanako Hatanaka and was continuously refined over eight years in the classroom by native Japanese professors. Using up-to-date and easy-to-grasp grammar, Japanese From Zero! is the perfect course for current students of Japanese as well as absolute beginners.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Welcome
Pronunciation guide &amp; basics
Basic counting
First meeting
Coming and going
Typing Japanese
Creating simple sentences
Working with a topic
Possession
Colors and adjectives
Likes and dislikes
Wanting and not wanting
Locations
Dates and past tense
Days, weeks, and years
Asking for things
Counting objects
Japanese verbs
Telling time
Appendices. Everyday phrases. Last names. Girls' given names. Boys' given names</tableOfContents>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">George Trombley, Yukari Takenaka, Kanako Hatanaka</note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
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    <topic>Japanese language</topic>
    <topic>Conversation and phrase books</topic>
    <topic>English</topic>
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    <topic>Japanese language</topic>
    <topic>Self-instruction</topic>
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    <topic>Study and teaching</topic>
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    <topic>Language and languages - - Study and teaching - - Bilingual method</topic>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9780976998129</identifier>
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