600 Basic Japanese Verbs: The Essential Reference Guide: Learn the Japanese Vocabulary and Grammar You Need to Learn Japanese and Master the JLPT

by Hiroo Japanese Center (Compiler)

600 Basic Japanese Verbs is a handy, easy-to-use guide to one of the building blocks of language learning—verbs.

This book will come to the rescue as it shows learners how to conjugate the 600 most common Japanese verbs quickly, and with very little effort. This is the only guide to list all verb forms in both Japanese script and romanized form, while giving an accurate English translation for each conjugated form, making this book far more comprehensive than any other book on the subject.

Compiled by Japanese language experts at The Hiro Japanese Center, more than 30 different verbal forms are given for each verb including all forms used in contemporary spoken, written, formal and conversational Japanese—making this the ideal reference when reading any sort of Japanese printed materials including manga, newspapers, magazines and books. 600 Basic Japanese Verbs places an expert resource at your fingertips, giving you the information you need to speak, read, and write Japanese sentences correctly.

Key features of this book are:

-Includes all the most useful verbs and Kanji (logographic Chinese characters) in Japanese, including less common ones
-A wealth of example sentences are given to demonstrate correct verb usage
-Over 30 forms are given for each verb including polite or formal, plain, negative, potential, conditional, passive, causative, and many more
-Both Kana, Japanese script, and romanized forms are given for each entry
-An ideal study guide for the standard Advanced Placement college test and the Japanese Language Proficiency Exam
-Special sections are devoted to compound verbs and suru verbs such as -Kaimono suru (to shop), benkyo suru (to study), and much more

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

352 pages, Paperback

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.