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Dictionary of Japanese Collocations: Basic Verb and Noun Combinations

ISBN-13: 9784770023001

Contributor(s): Naoko Chino (author), Lucy North (author)

Subject: Grammar & Syntax

Publisher Imprint: Kodansha Books

Publication Date: 31-05-2005

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£13.99

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About the book

A collocation is 2 or more words that combine to form an expression of thought in vernacular language. This book offers a resource on verb-noun collocations, arranged in Japanese order linked to an alpha-sequence English index. All meanings are listed and defined, with usage notes, sample sentences and advice on particle usage where relevant. What is a collocation? It is 2 or more words that combine to form an expression of thought in vernacular language. E.g., middle management' is a collocation, though the foreign student may expect 'medium management' or 'central'