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Autor von Outrageous Japanese: Slang, Curses & Epithets
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Hara-Kiri--Japanese Ritual Suicide von Jack Seward
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AikiBib | May 29, 2022 | Bad writing and a completely predictable and far-fetched plot plague this thin thriller. However Seward must have put a fair amount of research into Hawiian and Japanese speech as he peppers the book with it liberally and seems to have it down, although I wouldn't be able to tell otherwise. Has many failings of its era (1969). The villain is a sexy woman and is called a b!tch at one point. The Hawaiian beach boys seemed stereotypical to me, but again I wouldn't know. Stays away from exoticising Japanese women by not really featuring any. The PI, Curt Stone, is as flat as a wafer; and exposition is offered through his purported thinking which is often repetitive and completely lacking in subtlety. I enjoyed learning a little about Hawaii; and the idea of a far right extremeist cult of Japanese Nationalists who want to be Samurai and kill whitey.
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kylekatz | Nov 1, 2010 | This book is hilarious. I don't remember that much of it because I read it sooooo long ago. Although I'm pretty sure I must have copied down every table of Japanese words in it, I have no idea where my Japanese notebook is. Great!
I really need to read it again.
Of course you know Jack Seward, don't you? Noo.... Not from Dracula. What's that? You don't? Oh come on! Gaijin extraordinaire, master of hilariousness, hero to all Japanophiles everywhere---Jack Seward!
He's written lots of great Japanese language books: "Easy Kanji (which I have copied down into my Kanji notebook), Outrageous Japanese (which I personally own and only rarely get the urge to copy).
Anyway, this book seamlessly blends the worlds of comedy and study of Japanese... oh who am I kidding? Like they were ever separate entities to begin with! It has hilarious anecdotes about his time in Japan. Jack Seward ruthlessly makes fun of Japanese people (in a good way) while explaining family honorifics and counters. It's hilarious and it makes learning Japanese even more fun than it already is.
I need to buy this book already.
I really need to read it again.
Of course you know Jack Seward, don't you? Noo.... Not from Dracula. What's that? You don't? Oh come on! Gaijin extraordinaire, master of hilariousness, hero to all Japanophiles everywhere---Jack Seward!
He's written lots of great Japanese language books: "Easy Kanji (which I have copied down into my Kanji notebook), Outrageous Japanese (which I personally own and only rarely get the urge to copy).
Anyway, this book seamlessly blends the worlds of comedy and study of Japanese... oh who am I kidding? Like they were ever separate entities to begin with! It has hilarious anecdotes about his time in Japan. Jack Seward ruthlessly makes fun of Japanese people (in a good way) while explaining family honorifics and counters. It's hilarious and it makes learning Japanese even more fun than it already is.
I need to buy this book already.
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shamille | 1 weitere Rezension | Feb 13, 2008 | This is a hilarious look at the Japanese language which is enlivened by the author's personal experiences in Japan. The anecdote on page 28 about the mispronunciation of the word "komon" is priceless. This book is essential for anyone who wants to learn Japanese--both the language and the people.
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Jamie638 | 1 weitere Rezension | Mar 16, 2007 | Not on the list but there is a second book ~ ' More About the Japanese '
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Baku-X | 1 weitere Rezension | Jan 10, 2017 | Not on the list but there is a second book ~ ' More About the Japanese '
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BakuDreamer | 1 weitere Rezension | Sep 7, 2013 | Diese Seite verwendet Cookies für unsere Dienste, zur Verbesserung unserer Leistungen, für Analytik und (falls Sie nicht eingeloggt sind) für Werbung. Indem Sie LibraryThing nutzen, erklären Sie dass Sie unsere Nutzungsbedingungen und Datenschutzrichtlinie gelesen und verstanden haben. Die Nutzung unserer Webseite und Dienste unterliegt diesen Richtlinien und Geschäftsbedingungen.