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Making sense of Japanese : what the textbooks don't tell you / Jay Rubin

This guide explores Japanese grammar, challenging the perception that the language is inherently vague. It provides techniques for identifying subjects and analysing complex sentence structures to help learners understand difficult grammatical forms.

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