Breaking into Japanese Literature
by Giles Murray · first published 2003
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Thanks! Yes I've read his stuff and basically all discourse online since ~2005 when I wrote my first web app version of Manabi. I was also heavily influenced by the Breaking into Japanese Literature book and similar ones which had translations of words and pages, sometimes additional explanations, for short stories from Akutagawa etc. (as I've included in the Rashomon EPUB in Manabi Reader) I don't…
on “Increasing Retention Without Increasing Study Time [pdf]” ↗…(however, it looks like you still need to understand basic grammar and vocabulary). As to pricing, the comma is in the American sense. So that would make it about $10/month. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-into-Japanese-Literature-Cla...
on “Show HN: Learn Japanese through classic short stories” ↗…definitions in Japanese. That is something I had not thought of, so thanks for the suggestion! To begin with, I’m going to work on refining it as it is in English since I figured that what keeps people from breaking into Japanese literature is largely the intimidation of a page of completely Japanese text (e.g. navigating Aozora Bunko for the first time). > Also, do you explain the nuances of the kanji themselves? There is a lot of connotation(?)…
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