Kanji de Manga Special Edition: Yojijukugo

by Glenn Kardy, Chihiro Hattori (Illustrator)

Overview

Manga University's award-winning "Kanji de Manga" series is the fun, easy way to learn Japanese!

This special edition gives students their first look at yojijukugo—idioms that are written with just four kanji characters. Learn the Japanese equivalents of such familiar phrases as "Time is Money," "In Perfect Harmony," "High on the Hog" and dozens more. Each page features an original comic illustration, as well as a easy-to-follow breakdown of the four kanji, explaining how they work together to represent these timeless expressions.

Recipient of the Saitama Japan Prefectural Government Innovation Award.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013000049
Publisher:	Manga University
Publication date:	09/09/2011
Series:	Kanji de Manga
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	19 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Glenn Kardy is the founder of Japanime, an award-winning creative agency and publisher of Manga University's acclaimed lineup of educational materials. He lives in the Tokyo suburb of Kawaguchi City with his wife, their daughter and a collection of Oakland A's bobblehead dolls.

Chihiro Hattori has been the featured artist in all nine volumes of the "Kana de Manga/Kanji de Manga" series, and she also illustrated Manga University's "Manga Cookbook." Chihiro, her husband and their son and daughter live in Yokohama, where they enjoy fine food, fast cars and high chairs.

Editorial Reviews

These cute, little books use manga-style graphics to help English speakers learn the Japanese writing systems. "Japanese Sound FX!" is likely to be the most useful of these books, with Romanizations, cultural explanations, and illustrations for many of those untranslated sound effects sprinkled tantalizingly throughout manga. This last is recommended for libraries where manga is popular. — Martha Cornog, LIBRARY JOURNAL

LIBRARY JOURNAL