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1	Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese by Eri Banno 4.32 avg rating — 1,823 ratings score: 774, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese, Vol. II by Eri Banno 4.35 avg rating — 702 ratings score: 668, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Minna no Nihongo I by 3A Network 4.12 avg rating — 452 ratings score: 466, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar 日本語基本文法辞典 (Japanese Grammar Dictionary #1) by Seiichi Makino 4.66 avg rating — 462 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar 日本語文法辞典【上級編】 (Japanese Grammar Dictionary #3) by Seiichi Makino 4.75 avg rating — 102 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar 日本語文法辞典【中級編】 (Japanese Grammar Dictionary #2) by Seiichi Makino 4.51 avg rating — 218 ratings score: 363, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary by Jack Halpern 4.50 avg rating — 287 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese by Akira Miura 3.91 avg rating — 161 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Basic Kanji Book, Vol. 1 by Chieko Kano 4.17 avg rating — 285 ratings score: 263, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	くもんの国語かんじ集中がくしゅう小学1年生 by 本堂寛 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	70 Japanese Gestures: No Language Communication by Hamiru-aqui 3.69 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Basic Japanese Kanji: High-Frequency Kanji at Your Command!: 1 by Timothy G. Stout really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Remembering the Kana: A Guide to Reading and Writing the Japanese Syllabaries in 3 Hours Each by James W. Heisig 4.11 avg rating — 328 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	1年生のかん字 (くもんの小学ドリル国語漢字 1) by あいげん社 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Making Sense of Japanese: What the Textbooks Don't Tell You by Jay Rubin 4.18 avg rating — 701 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Japanese Step by Step by Gene Nishi 3.83 avg rating — 103 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	KANJI THE JAPANESE WRITING SYSTEM by Marco Carestia it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Crystal Hunters (Japanese): Book 1 by Nathaniel French (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 126 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering 2300 Characters by Andrew Scott Conning (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 99 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Nihongo Notes 1: Speaking and Living in Japan (Nihongo Notes, #1) by Osamu Mizutani 4.17 avg rating — 54 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	みんなの日本語初級II 第2版本冊 by 3A Network (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 141 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Understanding Japanese Society (Routledge/Nissan Institute Japanese Studies Series) by Joy Hendry 3.69 avg rating — 222 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Japanese Verbs and Essentials of Grammar by Rita L. Lampkin 3.70 avg rating — 54 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Communicating with the Japanese by J. V Neustupný 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	A Japanese Reader: Graded Lessons for Mastering the Written Language by Roy Andrew Miller 3.43 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Sentence Patterns by Naoko Chino 4.19 avg rating — 59 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Japanese English Bilingual Visual Dictio by D.K. Publishing 4.12 avg rating — 95 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Elementary Japanese Vol 1 by Yoko Hasegawa (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Kodansha's Furigana Japanese-English Dictionary by Masatoshi Yoshida 4.60 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	日本語中級J301―基礎から中級へ― by 土岐哲 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Nihongo Chu Kyu J501 by 土岐哲 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	上級へのとびらきたえよう漢字力 - 上級へつなげる基礎漢字８００ by 岡まゆみ (Other) 4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Tobira: Gateway To Advanced Japanese Learning Through Content And Multimedia by Mayumi Oka 4.33 avg rating — 158 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Breaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text by Giles Murray 4.15 avg rating — 360 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Short Stories in Japanese: New Penguin Parallel Text by Michael Emmerich (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 354 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Japanese Grammar (Barron's Grammar Series) (English and Japanese Edition) by Nobuo Akiyama 3.81 avg rating — 205 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Let's Learn Kanji: An Introduction to Radicals, Components and 250 Very Basic Kanji by Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura 3.74 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	All About Particles: A Handbook of Japanese Function Words (Power Japanese Series) by Naoko Chino 4.23 avg rating — 270 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Kodansha's Furigana English-Japanese Dictionary by Kodansha 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Essential Kanji: 2,000 Basic Japanese Characters Systematically Arranged for Learning and Reference by P.G. O'Neill 4.18 avg rating — 211 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Kodansha's Essential Kanji Dictionary by Kodansha 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Authentic Japanese: Progressing from Intermediate to Advanced by Osamu Kamada 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Version includes CD by Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	日本語総まとめ N1 語彙 by Hitoko Sasaki 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	新完全マスター文法日本語能力試験N1 by 友松悦子 4.37 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Complete Japanese Verb Guide by Hiroo Japanese Center 4.12 avg rating — 86 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	小学１年の文章読解 by Gakken Education really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	小学１年のさく文 by Gakken Education really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	くもんの国語ことばと文ぽう集中がくしゅう小学1年生 by 本堂寛 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	1年生の文しょうの読解 (くもんの小学ドリル国語文章の読解 1) by あいげん社 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	日本語総まとめ問題集 2級読解編 [Nihongo Sōmatome mondaishū - Nikyū Dokkai hen] by Hitoko Sasaki 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Kanji Dictionary by Mark Spahn 4.57 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	トップクラス問題集こくご小学1年―中学入試をめざす徹底理解編 by 文理 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Version by Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT) 4.02 avg rating — 156 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	小学生のための漢字をおぼえる辞典 by 尾上　兼英 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Nihongo Drills for Intermediate Learners: Vocabulary by 松本節子 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Nihongo Drills for Intermediate Learners: Grammar by 松本節子 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Elementary Japanese Vol 2 by Yoko Hasegawa (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars