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Collocations are word combinations that occur in natural speech more frequently than can be explained by chance. In English, we say, take a bath (or have a bath in British English), but in Japanese the equivalent is get in a bath, o-furo ni hairu. The verb hairu is the one that collocates with o-furo. It has long been recognized that the study of collocations can lead to more natural language production, and yet until now there has been no book on the subject for learners of Japanese. Common Japanese Collocations will be the first resource to introduce the most frequently used noun-and-verb and noun-and-adjective combinations. The book is divided into six thematic chapters centering on daily life. Each chapter presents more than a hundred key entries, which consist of a noun and a selection of words that go with that noun. Some collocations come with example sentences that demonstrate how the word pair can be used in a sentence. In addition, throughout the book there are notes on common usage errors.Product Identifiers
PublisherKodansha America, INC International Concepts
ISBN-139781568365572
eBay Product ID (ePID)212613091
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Book TitleCommon Japanese Collocations: a Learner's Guide to Frequent Word Pairings
AuthorKakuko Shoji
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
Number of Pages258 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height188mm
Item Width134mm
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Title_AuthorKakuko Shoji
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States