A clear and easy-to-use textbook to master the essential kanji characters for beginners to intermediates.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. Volume 2 of the series introduces 250 more advanced basic kanji that focus on particular actions, adjectives, weather and positions breaking them down into chapters that introduce 10-15 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, building on and revising your initial knowledge of the 250 kanji in Volume 1, and letting you form more natural understanding of word structure and when to use certain similar words. More than suitable study for learning Japanese Language proficiency N4 level that requires understanding of about 300 kanji characters. Written by Chieko Kano, Yuri Shimizu and Hiroko Takenaka. ISBN: 9784893588838