Written Japanese consists of three scripts: the phonetic hiragana and katakana syllabaries, each comprised of 46 characters (collectively known as kana); and kanji, a complex set of characters based on Chinese ideographs. Hiragana and katakana are the true "ABCs of Japanese," as they can be used to write complete sentences.Kana de Manga, the first book in Manga University's award-winning Kanji de Manga series, makes learning kana easy and fun for students who alre...

Learn how to read and write Japanese the fun and easy way—with Kanji de Manga!Manga University's award-winning series uses original comic artwork to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs.Volume 1 introduces 80 of the most common kanji, including those for numbers, days of the week, directions, relatives and sizes. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

Here it is, the exciting second volume in Manga University's award-winning Kanji de Manga series!These books use original comic artwork to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs. Volume 2 introduces 80 kanji that Japanese students are required to learn by the time they graduate from sixth grade. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

Now available, the exciting third volume in Manga University's award-winning Kanji de Manga series!These books use original comic artwork to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs. Volume 3 introduces 80 more kanji that Japanese students are required to learn by the time they graduate from sixth grade. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

Manga University's award-winning Kanji de Manga series continues with this sixth volume of original comic artwork designed to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs.Like the previous volumes, this one is packed with 80 essential kanji that Japanese students are required to learn by the time they graduate from sixth grade. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

Manga University's award-winning Kanji de Manga series continues with this fourth volume of original comic artwork designed to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs.Like the previous volumes, this one is packed with 80 essential kanji that Japanese students are required to learn by the time they enter middle school. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

Manga University's award-winning Kanji de Manga series continues with this fifth volume of original comic artwork designed to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs.Like the previous volumes, this one is packed with 80 essential kanji that Japanese students are required to learn by the time they graduate from sixth grade. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji pronunciation guide, stroke order, and English explanations.

Manga University's award-winning Kanji de Manga series is the fun, easy way to learn Japanese! This special edition gives students their first look at yojijukugo—idioms that are written with just four kanji characters. Learn the Japanese equivalents of such familiar phrases as "Time is Money," "In Perfect Harmony," "High on the Hog" and dozens more. Each page features an original comic illustration, as well as a easy-to-follow breakdown of the four kanji, explaining how t...

Have you ever wondered what a cat's meow sounds like in Japanese? How about the grumble of an empty stomach, the wail of a police car's siren or the crash of an ocean wave?Japanese manga artists rely heavily upon onomatopoeia—sound-effect words—and this special entry in Manga University's award-winning Kana de Manga / Kanji de Manga language-learning series is jam-packed with illustrated examples of those sounds (and more!) in action.Featuring more than 100 Japanes...

How much Japanese do you know? Probably a whole lot more than you think, even if you've barely studied the language ... or haven't tried to at all!Japanese is rich in vocabulary borrowed from other languages, especially English. These loanwords offer you a little shortcut on the long road toward mastery of the language. And many of the words have been turned into simple abbreviations, contractions, and acronyms, which makes them even easier to memorize.For instance, we watc...

From the kitchens of the Manga University Culinary Institute comes the critically acclaimed The Manga Cookbook, a fully illustrated step-by-step guide to making the same sorts of foods you see in your favorite manga and anime series—including popular bento (boxed lunch) recipes!Food appears frequently in Japanese comics, but what exactly is it that the characters are eating? Featuring more than two dozen homestyle recipes, The Manga Cookbook shows you how...

This book is a beginner's guide to conjugating verbs and adjectives in Japanese, with examples, and discussion on sentence structure. Knowledge of written Japanese is not required to make use of this book, although it is strongly recommended as part of your study.