That's true of any textbook, but with genki it's even more so because the authors don't hold your hand and the book is written with the assumption that you are serious about learning japanese. be warned, this is not a learn-japanese-in-a-month style book, nor an ez-japanese style book. no shortcuts are taken here.. Learning japanese is an undertaking. learning as a beginner can feel near impossible. there's so much to the language. where do you start? if you ask students of japanese, the answer you'll almost unanimously get is "genki." genki is a two volume japanese textbook published by the japan times in 1999.. Genki 1: an integrated course in elementary japanese was the book was the first japanese textbook that i used to start doing japanese self study. it's also the textbook that made a real, lasting.
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Here’s a list of 7 best japanese textbooks for beginners. an integrated course in elementary japanese. genki is the mother of all japanese learning textbooks. colleges use this. self-learners use this. almost every japanese learner