false 2510668 1 The large, open format of <I>Writing Katakana: An Introductory Workbook </I>invites the student to start writing immediately. Written Japanese comprises two phonetic syllabaries, hiragana and katakana. This workbook has been carefully designed to facilitate easy mastery of the forty-six character katakana syllabary which is used to write words of foreign origin. Each character is introduced with brushed, handwritten, and typed samples. Entertaining illustrations and amusing examples of onomatopoeic usage of katakana in Japanese writings further reinforce memorization in a fun way.<br> 2518039 15 1 1997 Introduction to Written Japanese: Katakana (Tuttle Language Library) total:1|3:1| 1 3 3 0 0 0 false false Fri Dec 04 13:10:06 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 13:10:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:43:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 00:43:02 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 29 22:25:46 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 22:25:46 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2510668