Japanese Kanji Power. John Millen

      

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      by

       JOHN MILLEN

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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      I would like to take this opportunity to thank the following people for their valued assistance: Ms. Sayuri Kawada, whose encouragement and advice relating to the text proved to be invaluable; Ms. Hana Shimada for her illustrations and the members of the foreign language department of Seikei High School for numerous consultations. Finally, allow me to express my gratitude to the editorial staff of Tuttle Publishing for their help in the development of this work.

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      Copyright © 2010 by Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

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      Contents

       Table of Characters

       Introduction

       Part I (Characters 1–108)

       Character Set 1 (Ch. 1–12 & Ex. 1)

       Character Set 2 (Ch. 13–24 & Ex. 2)

       Character Set 3 (Ch. 25–36 & Ex. 3)

       Review 1 (Ch.1–36)

       Character Set 4 (Ch. 37–48 & Ex. 4)

       Character Set 5 (Ch. 49–60 & Ex. 5)

       Character Set 6 (Ch. 61–72 & Ex. 6)

       Review 2 (Ch.1–72)

       Character Set 7 (Ch. 73–84 & Ex. 7)

       Character Set 8 (Ch. 85–96 & Ex. 8)

       Character Set 9 (Ch. 97–108 & Ex. 9)

       Review 3 (Ch.1–108)

       Part II (Characters 109–300)

       Character Set 10 (Ch. 109–120 & Ex. 10)

       Character Set 11 (Ch. 121–132 & Ex. 11)

       Character Set 12 (Ch. 133–144 & Ex. 12)

       Review 4 (Ch.1–144)

       Character Set 13 (Ch. 145–156 & Ex. 13)

       Character Set 14 (Ch. 157–168 & Ex. 14)

       Character Set 15 (Ch. 169–180 & Ex. 15)

       Review 5 (Ch.1–180)

       Character Set 16 (Ch. 181–192 & Ex. 16)

       Character Set 17 (Ch. 193–204 & Ex. 17)

       Character Set 18 (Ch. 205–216 & Ex. 18)

       Review