Re: Please recommend books for Intermediate+ Japanese

jim101 wrote:
On 23 Jun, 00:36, muchan <muc...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
jim101 wrote:
Thanks for the recommendation. I almost entirely rely on furigana...
However I still feel
that it would help to have an advanced grammar text book to help
reinforce new material.

No doubt, but it's time to learn to read. I'm a big fan of learning to write by hand as well, but I won't go into that now. Your next step is to take all that knowledge from 3 volumes of JFBP, arm yourself with a few references (I'm a big fan of "A Basic Dictionary of Japanese Grammar", "An Intermediate Dictionary of Japanese Grammar", "All About Particles", and "Japanese Verbs at a Glance"), and start reading stuff in real live form until it starts to make sense. Ditch the furigana ... it's a useful crutch for starting out, but it is still a crutch.

KWW
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