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Much more than a Japanese phrasebook, this entertaining guide to Japanese slang is full of interesting and hilarious anecdotes and advice. Japanese Slang Uncensored reveals in vivid detail the richness of Japanese slang in all its amusing, bizarre, and shocking forms. The book dives unblushingly into Japan's fascinating secret languages, the ingo (hidden words) used by thieves, prostitutes, sushi chefs, pickpockets, Buddhist monks, and other colorful characters.

The Complete Japanese Expression Guide enables students to speak and understand idiomatic Japanese with the ease and fluency of a native speaker. For the first time ever, over 600 of the most commonly used idiomatic expressions in the Japanese language have been brought together and alphabetized in a single, convenient volume. No longer will the student have to rely on stuffy academic-sounding phrases and expressions. Mizue Sasaki has successfully taken stilted formality out of Japanese, and made natural, idiomatic communication readily possible.

Bridge the gap between what you learn in Japanese class and what you actually need to converse! Onomatopeoeia-words such as "glug glug," "pow," and "splash" in English-are an integral part of the Japanese language. Japanese people draw on a wealth of onomatopoeia to express subtle feelings, images, sounds, and actions. With this book you too can become pera pera-fluent-in Japanese, speaking with clarity and flair. Four hundred entries covering everything from food to weather provide clear definitions and helpful example sentences.

It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication! Do you want to speak simple Thai but are too busy to study it' Are you visiting Thailand for a short time and want a Thai phrase book to help you communicate' If so, this is the book for you. It includes all the necessary information to speak basic Thai. The idea of Instant Thai is simple-learn 100 words and phrases and say 1,000 things.

A handy introduction to the Korean language that is concise, simple, and useful. This book has been written to fill a specific need: that of the hundreds of thousand of people now visiting Korea for business or holidays or even living there for a year or two, who wish to learn something of the spoken Korean language around them. The grammatical structure of Korean is particularly complex, and difficulties plague foreign students learning Korean. Samuel E.

It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication! Do you want to speak simple Korean but are too busy to study it' Are you visiting Korea for a short time and want a Korean phrase book to help you communicate' If so, this Korean phrasebook for you. It includes all the necessary information to speak basic Korean. The idea of Instant Korean is simple-learn 100 words and phrases and say 1,000 things.

It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication! Do you want to speak simple Indonesian but are too busy to study it' Are you visiting Indonesia for a short time and want an Indonesian phrase book to help you communicate' If so, this is the book for you. It includes all the essential content necessary to speak basic Indonesian. The idea of Instant Indonesian is simple-learn 100 words and phrases and say 1,000 things.

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to German Phrases is a handy, informative, and fun guide to all the phrases readers need to enjoy a visit to Germany, complete with the basics of German grammar and syntax and a compact German-English/English-German dictionary.

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Italian Phrases, Second Edition, is truly the only Italian phrasebook readers will ever need. It employs language-immersion principles similar to 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Italian', a distinctly unique approach in Gabrille Euvino's books. Now with more phrases than ever, it also includes extensive word lists and verb charts. Nearly five million Americans travel to Italy for business and pleasure each year. Completely revised and updated with the most current Italian idioms and phrases.

Learn the language of la dolce vita! For anyone who wants to learn and enjoy the most expressive and romantic of languages, the third edition of 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Italian' is the first choice for a whole new generation of enthusiastic students of Italian. This updated edition includes two new quick references on verbs, grammar, and sentence structure; two new appendixes on Italian synonyms and popular idiomatic phrases; and updated business and money sections. First two editions have sold extraordinariy well.