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Grant, Glen Nolan.

Mastering Japanese kanji : the innovative visual method for learning Japanese characters / by Glen Nolan Grant ; illustrations by Ya-Wei Lin

     v. <1-> ; cm.

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  ISBN 978-4-8053-0992-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  ISBN 978-1-4629-1483-8 (ebook)

1. Chinese characters--Study and teaching. 2. Japanese language--Orthography and spelling. I. Lin, Ya-Wei. II. Title.

  PL528.G73 2009

  495.6'82421--dc22

                                                                      2008045831

ISBN: 978-4-8053-0992-6

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