Complete Japanese Verb Guide

by Hiroo Japanese Center

No other book about Japanese verbs contains as much useful information as The Complete Japanese Verb Guide. Besides introducing over 600 verbs and their meanings, this authoritative reference and study aid lists each verb in Roman letters, hiragana, and Japanese characters; indicates whether a verb is transitive or intransitive; and presents all the conjugated forms.

Genres: Japanese Literature, Language, Reference, Nonfiction, Japan, Textbooks, Education

352 pages, Hardcover

First published December 15, 1989

Reviews

[Gerald Kinro · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very handy reference. It begins with the basics of the various verb forms of the Japanese language. The main body consists of 600 common verbs with their various forms in tabular form, followed by examples in a sentence. The list of verbs (Japanese) is in alphabetical order (romanized). It has to be used with an English to Japanese dictionary so that one may search for the appropriate verb in Japanese.

[Nicki Markus · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book arrived this morning and I can tell it's going to be an awesome resource for my Japanese learning and it lists conjugations for 600 verbs without the need to go back to check the rules for each conjugation. Great for a beginner like me until I become more familiar with the rules and vowel/consonant changes.

[Ari Augustine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a helpful book, especially when you're in first year Japanese and struggling with verb conjugations. It's really helped me!

[Milissa Morales · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mom is from Okinawa and we lived on Okinawa several times. I even took Japanese at a local community college, but none of my textbooks were ever as good as 600 Basic Japanese Verbs! From the very beginning, in the introduction, the verbs are broken down into easy to understand categories: u-dropping conjugation, ru-dropping conjugation, and irregular conjugation. Never has anyone taken the time to explain this to me before and now I am finally starting to understand Japanese when I watch anime with my kids, watch J-drama, or listen to my mom speaking Japanese. The explanation of differentiating between the verb endings was even simple enough for my high school girls to understand and apply to their basic Japanese that they are learning in school. With the Japanese script, Romanized forms, and English translations, practicing verb usage correctly is a breeze while improving my reading skills. I just told the teacher about this but the other day and he is just as excited!

[Reina · Rating 5 out of 5]

If only I could damn well program all the blasted verbs and their English meaning into my brain for life.
Since that isn't happening anytime soon, this book serves as a very good study aid, definitely check it out :)

(As other students of the Japanese language will know, verb conjunction is quite a bitch in its entirety)

[Chris Feldman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must-have for students of Japanese. If only I could program these listings into my 電子字書 (electronic dictionary).

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for the Japanese language learner. It explains all the different verb forms & how to make them.