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updated 9-21-99 Japanese (Ural-Altaic), long thought to be unrelated to any other language, is now recognized by most linguists as belonging to the Koreo-Japanese branch of the Ural- Altaic family of languages. It is the national language of the country of Japan, and is of increasing interest around the world as Japan's recent growth as an economic power is recognized; also many aspects of Japanese culture attract people who seek to learn the language, from art to religion to martial arts. Traditional Japanese is written in the Japanese writing system, which is a combination of Chinese characters and Japanese syllabaries, or "kana" (there are 2, both developed from Chinese). The Japanese names for Chinese characters is "kanji," while "hiragana" are used for adding inflective endings and particles, and "katakana" for transliterating foreign words. The combination of kanji and kana make written Japanese one of the most difficult scripts to master. (The Japanese call romanized Japanese "romaji".) Sometimes, Japanese is written entirely in kana, although, due to the many homonyms in the language, this makes comprehension difficult. Japanese can also be written in the Latin alphabet, but this is rare, and, like writing entirely in kana, makes understanding difficult. Historically, before a Japanese writing system was invented, early Japanese texts were written either in Chinese, or in Chinese characters chosen for their Japanese pronunciation, regardless of meaning. The Chinese characters are ideographs; there are between 40,000 and 60,000; in order to read a modern Japanese newspaper, one needs to know about 10,000. To further complicate reading Japanese, it may be written in columns, reading down one and then down the next; this is the most traditional style. Or it may be written across the page as are Western languages. Either horizontal or vertical writing may be read from either right to left or left to right -- but the paragraphing will be an indication of which way to read a page. Luchuan is a dialect of Japanese spoken in the Ryukyuan Islands off Japan. Note that Ainu, probably the indigenous language of Japan, is not related to Japanese. Q Abe, Shigeo 589.23 The penicillin. -- Tokyo : A138p RID: a59-4665 ITEM #: jpn00275 495.683421 Abraham, Richard David A159c Cortina's conversational Japanese / by Richard 1956 D. Abraham and Sannosuke Yamamoto. -- New York : R. D. Cortina Co., 1956 RID: 56-58607 ITEM #: jpn00417 051 Aera (Tokyo, Japan) A252 Aera RID: sn89-29716 ITEM #: jpn00001 338.4791 Agenda 21 for the travel & tourism industry. -- Oxford, A265 England : World Travel & Tourism Council, 1995 RID: --- ITEM #: por00111 305.8956 Aida, Yuji, 1916- A2884n Nihonjin no ishiki kozo. -- Tokyo : Kodansha, 1972 RID: wln92-290038 ITEM #: jpn00418 510.952 Ajima, Naonobu A312c Complete works. -- Yamagata : RID: --- ITEM #: jap00256 895.634 Akutagawa, Ryunosuke, 1892-1927 A315b.Ep A fool's life. -- New York : RID: 75-112596 ITEM #: jpn00232 495.682421 Alfonso, Anthony A388j Japanese language patterns RID: 74-498383 ITEM #: jpn00002 952.02 Amino, Yoshihiko, 1928- A517c Chusei saiko : retto no chiiki to shakai. -- Tokyo : Nihon Edita Sukuru Shuppanbu, 1986. RID: 86-217340 ITEM #: jpn00170 551.49 Anderson, Mary P A548a.Jf [Applied groundwater modeling, simulation of flow and advective transport. Japanese] Chikasui moderu / Mary P. Anderson, William W. Woessner cho. -- Tokyo : Kyoritsu Shuppan, 1994 RID: wln96-62018 ITEM #: jpn00419 330.1220592 Ando, Yoshio, 1917- A5529n Nihon shihonshugi no ayumi. -- Tokyo : Kodansha, 1990 RID: wln91-837251 ITEM #: jpn00420 015.52 Annotated catalogue of books published in Japan A615 Ref. RID: --- ITEM #: jpn00003 495.683421 Aoki, Haruo A638j.E Rules for conversational rituals RID: wln90-153824 ITEM #: jpn00004 895.645 Aragaki, Hideo, 1903- A659m Medaka no iru kawa. -- Tokyo : Spl. Coll. RID: wln84-124323 ITEM #: jpn00240 079.52 Aragaki, Hideo, 1903- A659v Vox populi, vox Dei Spl. Coll. RID: --- ITEM #: jpn00005 495.631 Arakawa, Sobe, 1898- A659k Kadokawa gairaigo jiten. -- Shohan. -- Tokyo : Kadokawa Shoten, 1967. RID: wln94-381072 ITEM #: jpn00276 929.4 Araki, Ryozo A659n Nanori jiten /Araki Ryozo hen. -- 8-han. 1967 -- Tokyo : Tokyodo, 1967. RID: --- ITEM #: jpn00277 523.01 Araki, Toshima, 1897- A659a Araki Toshima rombun shu. -- Kyoto : RID: 81-809460 ITEM #: jpn00258 521.1 Araki, Toshima, 1897- A659t Tentai rikigaku. -- Tokyo : RID: 81-809582 ITEM #: jpn00257 895.60900203 Araki, Yoshio, 1890- C5639 Chusei Kamakura Muromachi bungaku jiten. -- Tokyo : Shunjusha, 1966 RID: j67-2991 ITEM #: jpn00651 700.952 Art treasures from Japan. -- Tokyo : Kodansha A784 International, 1965 Includes romanized Japanese in glossary. RID: 65-23948 ITEM #: san00046 320.952 Asai, Motofumi, 1941- A798s Shin hoshu shugi. -- Tokyo : Kashiwa Shobo, 1993 RID: 94-146263 ITEM #: jpn00421 321.309522 Asakawa, Kan'ichi, 1873-1948, ed. and tr. A798i.E [Iriki bunsho. English & Japanese] 1955 The documents of Iriki. -- Tokyo : Spl. Coll. RID: 59-24424 ITEM #: jpn00006 026.952 Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast annual A832n conference (1986 : Monterey, Calif.) Ref. Notable Japanese collections on the Pacific Coast RID: --- ITEM #: jpn00007 495.67 Atarashii Kogugo eno ayumi / henshu komon, Doi A862 Tadao, Morimatsu Yoshiaki. -- Tokyo : Heibonsha, 1965 RID: wln96-52452 ITEM #: jpn00422 895.635 Atoda, Takashi, 1935- A8818n.Ej [Selections. English] Napoleon crazy and other stories. -- Tokyo : Kodansha, 1986 Some Japanese in notes. RID: wln92-346572 ITEM #: jpn00652 895.630108 Autumn wind : and other stories / translated A941 by Lane Dunlop. -- Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle, 1994. Has Japanese glossary. RID: 94-60314 ITEM #: jpn00278 302.350952 Bacarr, Jina B116h How to succeed in a Japanese company. -- Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub. Group, 1994 Includes Japanese glossary. RID: 93-45559 ITEM #: jpn00423 495.6309 Bailey, Don Clifford B154r The Rakuyoshu and its place in the history of dictionaries in Japan. -- 1960. RID: wln95-21551 ITEM #: jpn00279 495.6321 Basic Japanese-English dictionary = Kiso Nihongo K61.E gakushu jiten / the Japan Foundation. -- Ref. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1989. RID: 88-30642 ITEM #: jpn00150 495.682421 Basic structures in Japanese B311 RID: 85-226581 ITEM #: jpn00008 294.3082 Batchelor, Martine B328w Walking on lotus flowers : Buddhist women living, loving, and meditating. -- London : Thorsons, 1996 RID: gb96-42727 ITEM #: san00042 495.6321 Beginner's dictionary of Chinese-Japanese R797b characters. -- Tokyo : Meiseisha, 1961 1961 RID: --- ITEM #: jpn00424 952 Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948 B465c.t The chrysanthemum and the sword. -- Rutland, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle, 1974 Includes Japanese in glossary. RID: wln97-310362 ITEM #: jpn00653 304.2 Berque, Augustin B532m.Js [Mediance. Japanese] Nihon no fukei, Seio no keikan. -- Tokyo : Kodansha, 1990 RID: --- ITEM #: jpn00425 294.30952 A Bibliography on Japanese Buddhism / edited by X Bando Shojun. -- Tokyo : CIIB Press, 1958 B582 RID: a59-8335 ITEM #: jpn00426 384.51 Bijinesu terebijon. -- Tokyo : Denpa Shinbunsha, B5947 1990 RID: 92-148321 ITEM #: jpn00427 495.65 Bloch, Bernard, 1907-1965 B651b Bernard Bloch on Japanese. -- New Haven : Yale University Press, 1970 RID: 72-99834 ITEM #: jpn00428 495.683421 Bloch, Bernard, 1907-1965 B651s Spoken Japanese / Bernard Bloch and Eleanor Harz Jorden. -- New York : H. Holt, 1945- Japanese romanized according to a slightly- modified version of Kokutei Romazi, the national romanization of the Japanese. RID: wln94-9511 ITEM #: jpn00429 294.3443 Blofeld, John Eaton Calthorpe, 1913- B652g Gateway to wisdom. -- London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1980 RID: 87-672102 ITEM #: chi00169 495.632 Brinkley, F. (Frank), 1841-1912 B858b [Unabridged Japanese-English dictionary] 1960 Brinkley's Japanese-English ... Ref. RID: wln85-18280 ITEM #: jpn00009 495.683421 Brockett, Chris B864c A communicative framework for introductory Japanese language curricula in Washington state high schools. -- Olympia, WA : Assessment and Integrated Curriculum, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1994 RID: --- ITEM #: jpn00431 294.303 Bukkyo daijiten = Buddhica / kanshu Furuta Shokin B932 ... [et al.]. -- Tokyo : Shogakkan, 1988. Ref. RID: 88-149546 ITEM #: jpn00133 294.303 Bukkyo jiten / kanshu, Ui Hakuju. -- Juhan. -- B9322 Tokyo : Daito Shuppansha, 1965. RID: wln94-381206 ITEM #: jpn00280 895.6 Bungaku (Tokyo, Japan : 1933) B942 Bungaku. -- Tokyo : Iwanami Shoten, 1933-1989 RID: sn86-9860 ITEM #: jpn00433 895.6 Bungaku (Tokyo, Japan : 1990) B942 Bungaku. -- Tokyo : Iwanami Shoten, 1990- RID: sn92-28313 ITEM #: jpn00432 495.68 Bunsho hyogen to kaiwa / Chiba Kyozo ... et al. B942 -- Tokyo : Sobunsha Shuppan, 1983. RID: --- ITEM #: jpn00171 952.003 Bush, Lewis William, 1907- B978j Japanalia. -- Tokyo : Tokyo News Service, 1965 1965 RID: --- ITEM #: jpn00434
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