Learn Japanese From Etymology: Approach From Sound Symbolism

by Watanabe Masamichi

This book is a compilation of Japanese-specific vocabulary. This book focuses only on pure Japanese vocabulary excluding Chinese vocabulary which is shown by the kanji.
This book covers approximately 1,800 Japanese words in total, which 860 of them are explained with illustrations. It covers almost all Japanese words.
The Book is classifying Japanese in the unique method.The consistent idea throughout the book is “there is a relationship between vocal sounds and meanings in Japanese language”. The principle of Japanese word generation is shown.
The former linguistic theory of origin was a hypothesis. At the this book,
vocabulary is classified on the basis of Japanese origin theory.
It is useful actually, so the value of this thory will be demonstrated.

214 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 29, 2015

Reviews

[ThymeOperator · Rating 5 out of 5]

I spent a year searching for something like this and it exceeded my expectations. It is, in essence, a kind of dictionary, and yet I couldn't put it down. I honestly read every word, in just a few hours. They are all categorised by sound groups with clear explanations of how they relate, and I finally feel like I understand how this language works - vital when it is so foreign from English and other romance languages. I continue to feel that Japanese is so much more logical. This whole thing was fascinating.

[Liam Anthony · Rating 2 out of 5]

it's really interesting but just not...true or correct, which is the problem