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(š)(1.Memorizing kanji -Japanese written characters- and their thousands of shapes, sounds, and meanings might drive anyone crazy. And hereLs something crazier : a whole book about kanji -where they come from, why they look the way they do, what they say about Japan, and how to learn them faster. The perfect book for students and teachers,LCrazy for KanjiLis filled with facts, examples, cultural clues, charts, dozens of photographs of kanji in action, and games and puzzles to challenge and entertain. 2.Eve Kushner, based in Berkeley, California, is a freelance writer and incurable kanji-holic. She writes Kanji Curiosity, a weekly blog about kanji, for JapanesePod101.com. Her Japan-related writing has also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Monthly, East Bay Express, Japanophile, Persimmon, Rain Taxi Review of Books, Hyde Park Review of Books, Bright Lights Film Journal, Ameridreams, NACLA Report on the Americas, and the Jewish Magazine. Vist her website at www.evekushner.com.) |