Remembering the Kana: The Hiragana / The Katakana
 

Remembering the Kana: The Hiragana / The Katakana

by James W. Heisig, Helmut Morsbach, Kazue Kurebayashi, Kazue Kurebayashe

This book will help you teach yourself the writing and reading of all 46 characters each of Japanese hiragana and katakana syllabary from memory. By making use of a method of "imaginative memory," introduced in this book, you will be saved from the order of repetition. Following the method, you will be able to write and read all Japanese Kana in three hours and retain them by means of the... (read more)

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James Heisig's system of mnemonics is THE way to learn the kana for English speakers. It really works. In addition, I have been working through his Kanji system on and off for about a year, and it has been working for me as well. A truly unique approach to teaching Japanese to Westerners.

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