 | Ultimate Japanese: Basic-Intermediate: Compact Disc Edition (LL(R) Ultimate Basic-Intermed) by Hiroko Storm
Buy used from: $37.50 Once you learn to write the kana, rewrite the dialogs, sentences, etc. in a notebook. Don't rely on the romaji! Advanced set also available, with new edition coming out October 2003.
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 | Remembering the Kana: The Hiragana / The Katakana by James W. Heisig
Buy used from: $17.77 Best way to really remember the kana. Great supplement for Ultimate Japanese. Heisig's "keyword images" weren't always the best for me, but you can always just make up your own!
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 | Easy Hiragana: First Steps to Basic Japanese Writing (Passport Books) by Fujihiko Kaneda
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.64 Use this after Heisig's book for practice. Lots of words for building vocabulary.
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 | Remembering the Kanji I: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters Vol. 1 4th Edition (Japanese Edition) by James W. Heisig
Buy used from: $39.98 Same idea as his kana book. It works; just follow instructions. Make up your own "image" if his doesn't suit you. This only teaches the writing and English meaning; book 2 teaches the readings.
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 | 13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese by Giles Murray
Buy new: $12.75 / Used from: $4.69 Just ordered this one. Looks promising. Check out the author's web site for a better idea of what it's about.
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 | Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-Japanese by Kodansha International
Buy new: $37.80 / Used from: $28.74 I need a better dictionary, and I think this'll be the first one I buy.
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 | Mangajin's Basic Japanese Through Comics (v. 1)
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $1.27 |
 | Mangajin's Basic Japanese Through Comics (Part 2)
Buy new: $13.45 / Used from: $3.65 |
 | Japanese Core Words and Phrases: Things You Can't Find in a Dictionary (Power Japanese Series) (Kodansha's Children's Classics) by Kakuko Shoji
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $9.00 |
 | All About Particles: A Handbook of Japanese Function Words (Power Japanese Series) (Kodansha's Children's Classics) by Naoko Chino
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $7.50 |
 | Making Sense of Japanese: What the Textbooks Don't Tell You (Power Japanese Series) (Kodansha's Children's Classics) by Jay Rubin
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $9.10 |
 | Basic Connections: Making Your Japanese Flow (Power Japanese Series) (Kodansha's Children's Classics) by Kakuko Shoji
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $8.50 |
 | Japanese Verbs at a Glance (Power Japanese Series) (Kodansha's Children's Classics) by Naoko Chino
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $5.99 |
 | Remembering the Kanji II: A Systematic Guide to Reading Japanese Characters (Vol 2) by James W. Heisig
Buy used from: $9.33 |
 | Easy Kanji by Fujihiko Kaneda
Buy new: $10.10 / Used from: $1.19 |
 | The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary by Jack Halpern
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $20.00 |
 | Kodanshas Essential Kanji Dictionary (Japanese for Busy People) by Kodansha International
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $9.98 |
 | Kinki Japanese by D. C. Palter
Buy used from: $23.94 |
 | A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Sentence Patterns (Kodansha Dictionary) by Naoko Chino
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $6.73 |
 | The Handbook of Japanese Verbs by Taeko Kamiya
Buy new: $12.92 / Used from: $10.60 |
 | Easy Katakana by Tina Wells
Buy used from: $1.77 |
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