A clear and easy-to-use textbook to master the essential kanji characters for beginners.The best selling Basic Kanji Book series is 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, this Volume 1 easily breaks them down into chapters that introduce 10 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, unique reading and writing exercises. With each chapter given a modern, enjoyable theme and larger fonts in this revised 2nd edition, this book gradually builds your authentic use of everyday Japanese vocabulary by introducing relevant language habits and phrases. Provided with a answer booklet and free downloadable app to review and practice everything studied.Written by Chieko Kano, Yuri Shimizu, Hiroko Yabe and Eriko Ishii. Paperback, 254 pages. ISBN: 9784893589736