Andrew Nelson, “Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Revised Edition), 1997 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Sue Kawashima, “Dictionary of Japanese Particles, 1999. CONTINUED.
Syntax elements’ of: 1. noun, 2. pronoun, 3. verb, 4. adverb, 5. adjective, 6. interjection, 7. conjunction, and 8. preposition are common to both Japanese and English.
Syntax element’ 9. “postposition” is an essential part of Japanese grammar. Essential Japanese kanji in stroke order was the topic of an earlier blog post.
“Essential Postpositions” are listed in the table BELOW. “Learning by rote” is a memorization technique based on repetition. “Postpositions” and 漢字 “kanji” by rote is essential for learning Japanese grammar. Some grammars refer to “postposition” as the “particle” 助詞 じょし “joshi” in the Japanese language.
