This is a thoroughly revised edition of Tuttle's best-selling Japanese kanji flash cards.Flash cards have long been a great way to learn Japanese. The 448 kanji in this set are those prescribed by the Japanese Ministry of Education for the first three grades of Japanese language school. These Japanese flash cards are a convenient way of gradually increasing the number of kanji you can recognize and use. Their compact format makes learning Japanese easy and fun as you go about your daily routine and Indexes allow you to sort and use the cards in various ways. The front of each card shows a single kanji character in a large, clear typeface, primary and listing radicals, commonly used kanji compounds Cross-references. On its reverse are the basic readings and English meanings for the character. Contains 448 Kanji flashcards plus an index booklet. Learn 448 main words plus 1,792 related terms and 2,240 basic vocabulary items. Romanized pronunciation and English meanings given for all vocabulary items. Both Japanese kanji words and romanizations given.

Translator and freelance writer Alexander Kask lives in Tokyo, Japan.