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Kana Flashcards (Japanese and English Edition)
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| Part No: | 0974869430 |
| Manufacturer: | White Rabbit Press |
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| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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- ISBN13: 9780974869438
- Condition: New
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Each of our Kana Flashcards includes a memorable verbal and visual mnemonic, provided by award-winning illustrator Michael Rowley. Along with stroke-order diagrams and hundreds of vocabulary building example words, Kana Flashcards is sure to become the most desirable product on the market for kana learners. Each stroke-order-diagram includes arrows to indicate stroke direction. Each example word is written in kana on the card front with the English reading and definition on the flipside. Along with the Audio Companion, these cards include all the information you need to recognize and remember, to read and write, and to pronounce hiragana and katakana in no time at all. Master hiragana and katakana with visual and verbal mnemonics.
Learn 450 basic Japanese words.
Includes stroke-by-stroke diagrams. Varnished cards with rounded corners. Boxed with plastic tray and shrink-wrapped.
| Very good flash cards, with some faults. | 2010-08-25 | 4 / 5 |
| For starters, these are very nice, they have every kana, plus a little chart showing all the kana, although they do not come with combined kana, but they do tell you the "changed" kana, such as Pa and Po.
The main problem is that they are color coded, so you instantly know if it's katakana or hiragana, this can be overcome if you scan them to your computer and change the colors to black and white (like i did)
It works well, but it would be nice if they chose just one color for both, as kana are not color coded for tourists convenience.
5 stars if you change the colors, 4 stars if you don't.
These are very well made and high quality cards. |
| Wonderful Learning Tool!! | 2010-08-19 | 5 / 5 |
| | These flashcards are amazing! When I got them, I had mostly mastered hiragana, but these are still great for a refresher. I hadn't yet come even close to learning katakana and with these, I learned ridiculously fast! I also got two very reasonably priced flashcard cases from White Rabbit Press's website (the same company that produced these flashcards). I would definitely order the cards from , though, not from WRP's site--they are far cheaper. ;) |
| Missing cards | 2010-07-23 | 3 / 5 |
| Two hiragana cards are missing (wa and wo, #44,45) not sure if this was intended. In katakana, those are present. Otherwise pleasant cards to play around with.
I now tend to agree with other reviewers that the missing Dakuon & Handakuon (voiced Hiragana) and Yoon (2-character Hiragana) is not very helpful- they are separate different characters and should have had dedicated cards. The author should add those for a new edition. Because I had already learned the basic 46 Hiragana before getting those cards, they are pretty useless for me (for the Hiragana part).
The cards should not be used alone- I recommend Let's Lern Hiragana as a book with some useful background info. |
| Best flashcards! | 2010-06-16 | 5 / 5 |
| The question every potential buyer is probably asking himself is, "Should I buy the White Rabbit or the Tuttle flash cards?" Well, my personal answer is: White Rabbit.
The White Rabbit cards have a few things I favor over the Tuttle versions. First, the kana characters themselves are displayed in a large format. Also, four other 'fonts' are given which display the character (in a smaller size, too--some characters may look different to you when scaled down). These things are a HUGE advantage and would help you read big signs to newspaper print effectively. Tuttle cards have the character shown only once in a large size on the front and a smaller size on the back.
Five vocabulary words are given for each kana with White Rabbit, versus four from Tuttle. This isn't a huge deal, but it adds up: With ROUGHLY 100 cards total, your gaining an extra ~100 vocabulary words with White Rabbit. However, White Rabbit provides vocabulary words which start with the given kana AND include the kana (somewhere) in the vocabulary. Tuttle provides only words which begin with the given kana. To me, this really doesn't matter.
Stroke order is shown on both versions, but to me the White Rabbit version is a bit more 'clear.' This is probably also subject to opinion.
White Rabbits BIGGEST help are the mnemonics. Okay, so if you read the introduction cards they admit that not all the mnemonics are great. They urge you to buy the accompanying audio lessons, but a quick search for "hiragana pronunciation" on any search engine will yield you audio clips of correct pronunciation. Youtube has some good results too. Point is: The visual mnemonics especially can be very helpful for any kana you have particular trouble in remembering. Yes, some of the mnemonics suck, but I challenge you to do better. Plus, if you need a mnemonic to remember every single kana, maybe Japanese isn't for you!
Cons? I only have one: White Rabbit insists on numbering the cards on the kana side. For me, this is bad news! Some difficult to remember kanas can be remembered simply by their number. For example: to the novice, 'i' and 'ri' may look similar, but i is number 2 and ri is number 40. Me, ne, nu, wa, and re also have (superficially) similar symbols. My best advice if your subconscious likes to cheat is to cover the numbers with your thumb (they aren't really important).
TIPS FOR LEARNING JAPANESE: Immerse yourself. Watch movies in Japanese with Japanese subtitles. Buy flash cards for kana AND kanji (especially kanji!). Buy a college level textbook. And whatever you do, don't just buy one textbook, buy multiple books that teach in different ways! |
| I just started learning Japanese and today I received my Kana cards in the mail. I've already learned 32 of the Hiragana writing system, but I kind of wish I would have had these cards sooner. The clever drawings and phrases to remember the characters is very effective! I'm glad that I still have to learn Katakana too, because this time around I'll be able to use the cards as an easier way to remember the characters.
The cards are smaller than I expected, the size of a regular deck of playing cards. But the words are still big enough to easily read. They are a bit slippery, so they're a little tricky to mix and keep a hold onto. Even so, they are definitely worth getting. I wouldn't suggest any other flash cards, I now want the kanji cards too! |
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