{"product_id":"remembering-the-kana-james-w-heisig-9780824831646","title":"Remembering the Kana: A Guide to Reading and Writing the Japanese Syllabaries in 3 Hours Each","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing on the phenomenal success of Remembering the Kanji, the author has prepared a companion volume for learning the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries of modern Japanese. In six short lessons of about twenty minutes, each of the two systems of \"kana\" writing are introduced in such a way that the absolute beginner can acquire fluency in writing in a fraction of the time normally devoted to the task. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing the same basic self-taught method devised for learning the kanji, and in collaboration with Helmut Morsbach and Kazue Kurebayashi, the author breaks the shapes of the two syllabaries into their component parts and draws on what he calls \"imaginative memory\" to aid the student in reassembling them into images that fix the sound of each particular kana to its writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow in its third edition, Remembering the Kana has helped tens of thousands of students of Japanese master the Hiragana and Katakana in a short amount of time . . . and have fun in the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James W. Heisig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0824831640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824831646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.93h x 6.20w x 0.39d","brand":"James W. Heisig","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043926569215,"sku":"9780824831646","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_645e20a1-0ab0-4dd1-8dca-3ea7107ebe77.jpg?v=1684969924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/remembering-the-kana-james-w-heisig-9780824831646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}