100 Useful Kanji in Japanese

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Kanji 100: Learn the Most Useful Kanji in Japanese

NOW with Stroke Order! This book will guide you through the first and most important kanji 100 essentials. More difficult kanji are built from this foundation. Learning these first 100 hundred kanji well will greatly help your Japanese in the future. Yes, this is true even if your main goal is conversational Japanese.

100 essential kanji
FREE MP3s of all the readings and examples found in the book
Mnemonic and helpful comments throughout
Every kanji has its correct stroke order shown
Each has multiple examples and an example sentence showing usage
PDF for use on ANY device (including PC and Mac)
Plus, Kindle and ePub (Nook and Sony) ebook versions for your reading device
ePub works on Android devices with FBReader and possibly other EPUB book reader apps

Learn the most common readings, useful example jukugo (kanji combinations), and understand usage with an example sentence for each kanji. Best of all, download the 100 sound files from our server and listen while you learn. We are also including a PDF version in the download so you can optionally study from your computer as well.

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