A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar.

This is the first in a series of book reviews based on my own experiences with the book. Each book will have a star rating from ★ - ★★★★★.
The first book is 'A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar' by Seiichi Makino and Michio Tsutsui:



It is 600+ pages of Japanese grammary goodness which is one of the reasons why I love and yet I am so frustrated with Japanese. As the title suggests, this 600+ page dictionary only shows the basics. Infact there is also an intermediate dictionary and an advanced dictionary by the same publisher. From what I've read so far, the book is great. There is general information about Japanese at the front such as it's word order, verb tenses, i-adjectives and na-adjectives and then there is a main section' which takes particles and individual words with grammatical importance from A-Z and gives the usage of each word and some example sentences written both using the Japanese script and in romaji and then the English meaning. If a word is similar to another word, it tells you which word that is so you can look it up and observe the similaries and differences.



This above is a snippet of an entry for the word 方. Click on the photo to get a closer and clearer view.

This book is so thorough and in depth that I would have to rate this book as ★★★★★.