A clear and easy-to-use textbook to master the essential kanji characters for beginners.The best selling Basic Kanji Book series are widely recognised as one of the most helpful steps into the wide world of the kanji alphabet. Containing the initial 250 basic kanji that cover days of the week, numbers, common actions and locations, Volume 1 easily breaks them down into chapters that introduce 10 of these kanji at a time, taking you through both stroke pattern and word examples of how they are used in Japanese, before testing you on their use with fun and curious reading and writing exercises. Each chapter is given an enjoyable and well laid-out theme, made to gradually build you into authentic use of everyday Japanese vocabulary by introducing relevant language habits and phrases.Written by Chieko Kano, Yuri Shimizu and Hiroko Takenaka. ISBN: 9784893588821