Japanese Workbook Vol.7

About this book

YOU KNOW 1,520 KANJI. NOW MAKE THEM WORK: 600 COMPOUNDS AND 24 READINGS, ZERO OVERLAP.

Finished Vol.1 through Vol.6? Single kanji are no longer the wall — compounds are. Real Japanese carries its meaning in two-, three- and four-kanji words, and in documents that never appear in textbooks. This is the volume that trains both.

Inside: 600 new compounds in 20 themes of real Japanese life — politics and policy, economy and finance, science, technology, environment, medicine, law, education, arts and media, history, geography and disaster prevention, food and farming, work and industry, feelings, four-character idioms, nature, sports, religion and philosophy, language and literature, and the compounds of daily life. Every compound comes with its reading, romaji, meaning, a breakdown of its parts — so the next unfamiliar compound starts explaining itself — a natural example sentence in Japanese and English, and three guided writing passes (trace, copy, write from memory).

Plus a part that is new to the series: 12 practical readings of the documents Japan actually runs on — station announcements, a city-hall notice, a weather advisory, a hospital reception guide, a letter from school, a job posting, train delay information, a disaster-prevention email, a library guide, a delivery notice, a town newsletter article and a museum exhibition panel — and 12 new culture readings, a sixth set: a castle-town morning market, indigo dyeing, the mountain post, a port-town fish market, washi paper, a pass teahouse, kintsugi, satoyama charcoal, the town-factory lathe, the ukiyo-e printer, the snow storehouse and the village that protects the starry sky. Every reading in real Japanese, with a full English translation, key words and questions.

25,400+ guided practice squares. Review quizzes close every theme, with a full answer key and a compound index at the back. A 12-week study plan in the front matter (50 compounds and 2 readings a week) takes you through the whole book. Nothing repeats Vol.1–Vol.6: after this volume the series totals 4,200 words and 96 readings with zero overlap.

Inside: 600 compounds with breakdowns and example sentences · 12 practical readings · 12 culture readings (Japanese + translation + questions) · quizzes and answer key · 12-week plan.