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Beyond Polite Japanese: A Dictionary of Japanese Slang and Colloquialisms |
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Rating: Summary: A little dated, but a good primer Review: As one of the other reviewers noted, many other books of "slang Japanese" focus primarily on vulgar vocabulary. While this book does have some pretty salty expressions, it has a great deal more depth than that, including expressions you might actually use. Also, many slang dictionaries are out-of-date before they hit the shelves. Being able to say the equivalent of "I'm a hep cat, daddy-o" in Japanese may have some humorous value, but in the grand scheme of understanding what is being said around you, it's not very useful. So this book has chosen to be quite conservative in the slang and colloquial expressions it uses. As a result, more than 80 percent of the expressions introduced in the book can be used today. It's a good first step out of the textbook and into the real world.
Rating: Summary: Another Opinion Review: I live in Japan and I find this book not too useful. Whenever I hear a slang word that I don't know, I would try to look it up in this book but 95% of the time it's not there. It's fun to read the entries on its own, but it's not very comprehensive and a bit outdated. Also, the sections are arranged in a not so easy to use format. I wished that I had spent my money on something else.
Rating: Summary: Not the best Review: I live in Japan and I find this book not too useful. Whenever I hear a slang word that I don't know, I would try to look it up in this book but 95% of the time it's not there. It's fun to read the entries on its own, but it's not very comprehensive and a bit outdated. Also, the sections are arranged in a not so easy to use format. I wished that I had spent my money on something else.
Rating: Summary: Another Opinion Review: I would like to respond to the review entitled "Not the Best." First, the reviewer says the book is not comprehensive. Well, I have looked around quite a bit, and I have yet to find a comprehensive dictionary of slang and colloquialisms even in the Japanese language, so it is a bit much to expect this book to be that dictionary; and then there is the question of whether this book was INTENDED to be comprehensive, which apparently it was not (according to the Preface). Second, the reviewer says that the book is outdated. Well, my understanding from the Preface is that this book is meant to cover traditional slang and colloquial expressions, those expressions which are long-lived and not likely to disappear very quickly. That is, it is meant as a solid foundation for further study but also meant for immediate use in a great variety of common situations. Third, the reviewer complains that the book is arranged "in a not so easy to use format." Here, I agree, but then I cannot think of any other better format, whether alphabetical or whatever; and there is also an index to be referred to. Overall, I wonder if the reviewer is judging the book not for what it was intended to be, but for what he was expecting, or hoping, it to be--two different things. In my experience, which has covered a good deal of time in Japan, the expressions in this book are those which you are likely to hear quite often, and therefore form a good foundation for the study of the language. If you want to go beyond this, you are left pretty much on your own at present, and good luck to you.
Rating: Summary: Fun and Informative Review: One of my favorites of the Power Japanese International Series. Like many of the other books in this series (Flip, Slither and Bang: Japanese Action Words, Communicating with Ki, etc.) this book provides creative and colorful example sentences to introduce words within a context. This book is a good resource for advanced students of Japanese. Some of the entries are somewhat obscure (to the point that Japanese friends leafing through it ask me "what does this mean?") and you may not have much occasion to use them unless you are a gangster. But you will improve your comprehension of comic books and yakuza movies.
Rating: Summary: teinei wo tsukaeba kono hon wo tsukete mo yoi da Review: This book is indeed funner than hell and even if you don't know a hint of japanese you can also find this book enjoyable. An important note is that some of the expressions that are used in this book are outdated or some region of Japanese people might not know what you're saying. In general Japanese people themselves are more open in their language you just got to crack their social sheel so they speak in more of a plain level. Excellent book!
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