A
Handbook
of
Colloquial
Japanese
Written
by
Basil
Hall
Chamberlain
1898
580
pages
of
information
on
the
Japanese
Language.
How
can
I
learn
to
speak
Japanese
?"
This
question
has
been
so
often
addressed
to
the
present
writer
that
he
has
resolved
to
put
his
answer
into
a
permanent
shape.
He
is
persuaded
that
no
language
was
ever
learnt
solely
from
a
grammar,
least
of
all
a
language
like
Japanese,
whose
structure
and
idioms
are
so
alien
from
all
that
we
are
accustomed
to
in
Europe.
The
student
is
therefore
recommended
only
to
glance
through
the
Theoretical
Part
at
first,
in
order
to
obtain
a
general
idea
of
the
territory
he
has
to
conquer.
He
can
pick
up
by
the
way
such
of
the
examples
as
strike
him,
committing
them
to
memory
and
seeking
opportunities
for
using
them
to
his
servants
and
his
native
teacher.
He
should
then
go
on
to
the
Practical
Part,
and
attack
the
"Fragments
of
Conversation"
and
the
"Anecdotes"
as
soon
as
possible,
however
baffling
it
may
seem
to
be
confronted
with
such
long
sentences.
This
book
is
in
Pdf
file
format
and
is
a
NOT
a
hard
copy.
Make
sure
your
postal
address
is
correct
as
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mailed
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you.
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not
buy
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great
CD
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postage?