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The Language of Osaka, Kyoto, and Western Japan: This Japanese Phrasebook and Language Guide Teaches the Kansai Dialect

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Finally, a systematic approach to learning the language of Kansai's boardrooms, shops, bars, a and boudoirs."Kansai time OutKansai Japanese contains everything you need to know about Kansai-ben, the most important dialect of the Japanese language. Spoken in the Kansai region, which includes the well-known cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe, Kansai-ben has long been considered a cryptic dialect even by Japanese. Thus it is no wonder that foreigners who speak only standard Japanese are baffled when they find themselves surrounded by the 21 million Japanese speaking the Kansai dialect.Kansai-ben is said to be earthier and more direct than standard Japanese, but it has its own system of polite language that is not taught in books or schools. In fact, Kansai-ben is rarely taught anywhere, and until now there has been no English text that explains the workings of this colorful dialect. Entertaining and very practical, Kansai Japanese has hundreds of sample sentences and dialogues with both English and standard-Japanese equivalents, covering topics like:Traditional Kyoto dialectMale and female speechLovers' languageKansai honorifics land insultsTV and movie samurai languageAnd much more!

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A Chapbook of Oriental Poetry and Sumi-e Painting

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This book of classic Asian poetry and ink brush paintings is an important piece of cultural history and a wonderful addition to any collection of Asian art and poetry.With the creation of the Asian poetry and sumi-e paintings within this volume, the artist and author have attempted to convey their interpretation of the variety, beauty, and novelty of nature and human endeavor.
They would argue that the power of their work lies not only in what is explicitly conveyed, but what is implicit as a consequence of interpretation and extrapolation by the viewer. The latter must be receptive and interactive to achieve enlightenment and self-actualization.
It is their hope that through this work, the viewer also would become one with nature, as exemplified by the Japanese term kensho ("contemplation," or to "turn a Zen light on things"), as part of the process of their personal development toward complete insight and enlightenment. They wish for the viewer enrichment and ennoblement.

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This book is about emptiness and silencethe mind-expanding emptiness of Zen painting, and the reverberating silence of haiku poetry. Through imaginative participation in the visions of painters and poets, its readers are led to the realization that, in the author's words, "emptiness, silence, is not nothingness, but fullness. Your fullness."

This cultural tradition has informed many distinguished lives and works of art. The work of painters like Niten, Liang K'ai, and Toba, and of painters like Basho, Buson, and Issa reflects the wholeness, spontaneity, and humanity of the Zen vision. Those who desire a glimpse into the world of intuitive contact with nature offered by Zen meditation will find these paintings, commentaries, and haiku poems especially rewarding. They enable the reader to experience the unique power of Zen artit's capacity to fuse esthetic appreciation, personal intuition, and knowledge of life into one creative event.

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Make a Complete Zoo of Origami Animals!: Origami Book with 15 Projects Plus Downloadable Paper Patterns & Stickers

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Children and beginners will love folding origami animals of every kind with this easy origami-for-kids ebook.<br>Origami Zoo is designed to stimulate your child's imagination and creativity through the age-old art of paper folding. It contains instructions and patterned folding papers for thirteen adorable animals along with life-like trees and people (zoo visitors) who together form a complete zoo. Each character comes with simple folding instructions and the colorful papers can be folded up in just a few minutes.This origami ebook contains: Full-color 48 page booklet Clear, step-by-step diagrams and instructions Free downloadable content 15 fun origami projectsOrigami projects include: Python Lion Crocodile Panda Peacock Sear LionElephant And many more!The Origami Zoo Kit will provide hours of enjoyment for your kids while at the same time teaching them a valuable new skill!

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Rosalind Creasy's Recipes from the Garden

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200 Exciting Recipes from the Author of The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping

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"Rosalind Creasy's Recipes from the Garden is not just another pretty-face cookbook. This one has depth. This is a cookbook to be trusted and used again and again."
The American Gardener

Luscious, perfectly ripe tomatoes. Crisp, sweet melons. Sharp onions and mellow garlic. Everyone knows that nothing tastes better than fresh organic food from the garden. Rosalind Creasy's Recipes from the Garden will help you celebrate the incredible flavors of garden-fresh vegetables, fruits, and herbs.

This collection of mouthwatering garden recipes from Rosalind Creasy, a pioneer of the edible landscaping movement, is the perfect gift for anyone looking to find new and tasty uses for their kitchen gardens. In these pages, you'll find delicious, fresh salads ranging from the classic to the extraordinary. Indulge with Rhubarb and Strawberry Cobbler, Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce, and Savory Bread Pudding with Sorrel and Baby Artichokes. But most of all, you'll come to a new appreciation for the countless healthy possibilities that await right in your garden, farmer's market, or produce section.

Featuring delectable recipes perfect for both vegetarians and meat eaters; for family breakfasts, solo lunches, and grand, celebratory dinners; this indispensable cookbook will broaden your food horizons and inspire countless delicious and healthy meals.

Delicious and healthy recipes include:Watermelon Spicy SaladFrench Onion Soup GratineeWonton Dumpling Soup with Oriental ChivesGudi's Potato Pancakes with ChivesSunny Delight Squash Blossom OmeletZucchini Pancakes with Tomato SalsaPork Shoulder Sandwiches with TomatillosGrilled Swordfish with RosemaryBraised Belgian EndiveBrussels Sprouts with Cream and NutsBaked BeetsLavender Shortbreads

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Origami Paper in a Box - Abstract Patterns

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Origami Book with Downloadable Patterns for 10 Different Origami Papers

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This origami paper pack contains 192 sheets of high-quality paper printed with 10 different traditional patterns.

Japanese patterns are elegant, colorful and unique. Origami Paper in a Box takes exciting, abstract patterns and transforms them into origami folding paper. These paper packs make a great resource for all different kinds of folding, crafting and scrapbooking projects. The package includes folding sheets as well as a booklet with instructions so that folders can start right away.

This origami paper pack includes: 192 sheets of high-quality origami paper Double-sided color Small size 6x6 inch squares Origami basics introduction Folding techniques Instructions for several easy origami projects

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Eco Living Japan presents the contemporary Japanese homes which best exemplify the recent trends in sustainable design and green architecture in Japan.

Japan is equally as well known for its ecologically-sensitive traditional homes as it is for cutting-edge technology. This book brings you 19 contemporary Japanese houses which epitomize the state of sustainable architecture in Japan. With over 250 high-definition color photos, drawings, and floor plans, alongside lively, informative text, this Japanese design book offers a picture of green living in contemporary Japan and provides inspiration and practical ideas for those creating homes in North America and beyond. Each project presents different aspects of Japan's current movement toward a more environmentally friendly living environment, as well as its world-renowned emphasis on excellent craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology.

Eco Living Japan is informative and enjoyable for both professional architects and designers and forward-thinking homeowners. Anyone with interest in Japanese design or new concepts in sustainable living will find fresh ideas for their home projects. Thanks to a highly insightful text from Deanna Macdonald, a leading expert on Japanese architecture, this book offers a comprehensive look at the Japanese take on green design. It provides new inspiration and ideas for architects and homeowners around the world who wish to create an ecologically-minded home.

These homes work in harmony with the environment and with the people who inhabit them representing green design at its finest.

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Learn to plan, plant and maintain a bountiful garden of brightly colored vegetables and then enjoy your harvest on the dinner table with this illustrated vegetable cookbook and gardening guide.With brilliant photos, plant information, and technical how-to, author Rosalind Creasy explains how to plan gardens with an eye for color. She takes us on a walking tour through The Hidden Villa, where she designed a 2,000 square-foot rainbow gardenwith the help of Josephine and Frank Duveneck, among othersto the delight and amusement of thousands of school children from northern California.A section full of savory, deliciousand colorfulrecipes gives fabulous suggestions on what to do with the great vegetables you can find in a rainbow garden. Some of these bright and tasty dishes include:Golden CazpachoPickled Golden BeatsRomano Bean Salad with Grilled TunaRainbow Party Slaw with ChardRed, White, and Blue Potato SaladBraised Red CabbageYellow Tomatoes Stuffed with Shrimp and SalsaTechnicolor nachosTrue-Blue PancakesAnd many more!

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Spirits, Hauntings and Paranormal Phenomena

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Since time immemorial, tales of the spooky, paranormal, and mysterious have been staples of folklore across the world. Japan is no exception, and its unique position as a melting pot for cultures from around Asia gives it a particularly rich heritage of supernatural legend and tradition.To write this book on Japan's ghosts and other freaky phenomena, author Catrien Ross collected accounts of the eerie and terrifying from around Japan. Along the way, she braved frightening locales including the unquiet grave of the beautiful, betrayed Oiwa, and sacred Mount Osore, a gateway for communicating with the dead. The result of her journeys is a glimpse into hidden aspects of the Japanese world of the paranormal: a world of blind, women shamans, trees that grow human hair, weeping rocks, and even a graveyard where Jesus is reputed to have been buried.<br>Covering ancient and modern times, Supernatural and Mysterious Japan offers not only some good, old-fashioned scary stories, but some special insights into Japanese culture and psychology. It delivers terrific entertainmentand some good chillsfor the Japanophile and the aficioniado of the supernatural, alike.

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With beautiful photography and region-specific growing tips, The Edible Asian Garden features delicious recipes and gardening techniques from China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia.With plant information and practical how-to, author Rosalind Creasy takes us on a tour of three of her own successful Asian gardensone suitable for cool weather, another for warmer weather, and a stir-fry gardento show the variety of vegetables that can be grown in a range of climates and for a variety of purposes.In "The Asian Garden Encyclopedia," Creasy gives information for 108 distinct varieties of Asian vegetables. Looking for a novel ingredient to add to Friday night stir-fry supper? Why not grow itthe Resources section offers many seed sources for Asian vegetables that are easier to plant than to find at your local market.Finally, in the Recipes section, Creasy presents common Asian ingredients and cooking methods.Featured Asian recipes include:Pickled GingerLemon Grass TeaCarrot and Garlic Stir-fryPea Shoots with Crab SauceThai Chicken Soup with Pigeon PeasVietnamese Salad RollsWinter Squash, Japanese StyleThai Red Vegetable CurryVegetable TempuraAnd many more!

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Origami Paper in a Box - Japanese Patterns

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Origami Book with Downloadable Patterns for 10 Different Origami Papers

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Make unique papercraft models with this beautiful origami paper pack.

Japanese patterns are elegant, colorful and unique. Origami Paper in a Box takes traditional Japanese designs and transforms them into origami folding paper. These paper packs make an excellent resource for all different kinds of folding, crafting and scrapbooking projects. The package includes folding sheets as well as a booklet with instructions so that folders can start right away.

This origami paper pack includes: 192 sheets of origami paper Double-sided color Small size 6'' squares Origami basics introduction Folding techniques Instructions for several projects

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(JLPT Levels N5 - N2) Learn 1,000 Kanji and Kana the Fun and Easy Way (Online Audio Download Included

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This highly-visual book introduces an effective new method to learn over 1,000 Japanese kanji characters using visual stimuli and pictographs.

Learning the fundamental kanji characters used to write Japanese can be challenging, but this book is designed to speed up learning by presenting the 1,000 most common characters using a mnemonic approach. In a fun and accessible way to learn Japanese, each kanji is associated with memorable visual and verbal clues. For example, the Japanese character for person is superimposed over a sketch of a smiling man. The visual clue is "a person standing on two legs." By seeing the distinctive shape of the kanji, learners create a mental image of its meaning.

Each character is presented as part of a group of characters which share similar traits. These groups use common root symbols known as radicals; they are also categorized by themes such as colors, numbers, animals, or body parts. Pronunciations, meanings and common vocabulary compounds are provided for each character in the group. Mnemonic clues are also given for the basic 92 hiragana and katakana phonetic symbols. The free audio download available online helps you learn pronunciation for all of the characters and vocabulary in this book. The introduction explains the basic history and structure of the kanji.

Key feature of this Japanese kanji book include: Hiragana and katakana phonetic symbols Easy-to-remember drawings and stories for ALL characters Thousands of vocabulary words Online audio for pronunciation practice

All audio content is alternatively accessible on the Tuttle Publishing website

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Complete Kendo is a thorough introduction to the Japanese martial way of the sword and a guided tour of the principles and philosophy upon which the art is founded.This martial arts guide covers everything from the care and handling of hakama, the pleated trousers worn by kendoka (practitioners of kendo), all in an easy conversational dialogue that is a great pleasure to read.Structured to echo the organization of the Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, Complete Kendo is a modern version of the swordsman's primer by a martial artist skilled not only in the art of kendo but, like Musashi, in many traditional Japanese arts, and with a superb understanding of the martial tradition and culture of Japan. The author uses lessons learned from a long career of teaching martial arts and academic subjects to impart clearly and concisely the fundamentals of kendo and the martial way.With explanatory line drawings by Kathleen Sweeney illustrating significant points of discussion, a handy glossary of kendo terminology and related concepts, and an unusually helpful bibliography, Complete Kendo is an essential volume for every kendoka's personal library.

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John J. Donohue, Kathleen Sweeney, Matthew Donohue

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This complete step-by-step instruction manual provides an introduction to yoga for all women.More and more women are discovering the benefits and joys of yoga practice: it makes them feel better, look better, and live better. This book is the perfect starting place for any woman of any age who is interested in yoga but is not sure where to start. A step-by-step instruction manual that is fully illustrated, The Woman's Book of Yoga offers a clear, jargon-free introduction to the basic yoga positions; the physiological, psychological and spiritual benefits of each position; and daily progress charts and journal-entry pages to encourage the reader to explore her own progress.<br>Each chapter presents a new yogic concept and new poses or asanas that build into a complete program. As a special feature, there are also journal pages for recording your physical and spiritual progress.A book for any woman of any age who wants to improve her health, The Woman's Book of Yoga comes at a time when even mainstream health clubs are recognizing that yoga isn't for alternative lifestyles anymore-it's for everyone.

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English Made Easy Volume One: British Edition

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A New ESL Approach: Learning English Through Pictures

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This is a fun and user-friendly way to learn English

English Made Easy is a breakthrough in English language learning--imaginatively exploiting how pictures and text can work together to create understanding and help learners learn more productively. It gives beginner English learners easy access to the vocabulary, grammar and functions of English as it is actually used in a comprehensive range of social situations. Self-guided students and classroom learners alike will be delighted by the way they are helped to progress easily from one unit to the next, using a combination of pictures and text to discover for themselves how English works. The pictorial method used in this book is based on a thorough understanding of language structure and how language is successfully learned. The authors are experienced English language teachers with strong backgrounds in language analysis and language learning.

English Made Easy, Volume 1 consists of a total of 20 units arranged in groups of five. The first four units present language and provide learners the opportunities to practice as they learn. The first page of each unit has a list of all the words and phrases to be learned in that unit, together with a pronunciation guide. At the end of each unit, an interesting story which uses the language that has just been learned is presented. The fifth unit in each group contains exercises designed to reinforce the language learned in the first four units.

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Engineered for Extreme Performance, These Paper Airplanes are Guaranteed to Impress: Origami Book with Downloadable Video

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Engineered for extreme performance, these paper airplanes are fun to fold and guaranteed to impress.
Noted paper engineer Sam Ita has deconstructed and reengineered a collection of paper airplane projects to create a series of innovative, never-before-seen folding patterns. Sam kept the step-by-step folding instructions straightforward enough for even beginners to get in on the fun. With the instructional downloadable material and enough custom-designed folding paper to make 56 planes, this ebook has everything you need to get these fresh flyers soaring in no time at all.
This paper airplanes ebook contains: Full-color 48 page booklet Clear, step-by-step diagrams and instructions 12 airplane models 56 pre-printed, high-quality origami paper sheets

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Batik, Traditional Textiles of Indonesia

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From The Rudolf Smend & Donald Harper Collections

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Batik occupies a special place in Indonesian culture. Each fabric has a rich story to tell--as a reflection of the nation's religious beliefs, sophisticated court cultures and cosmopolitan history.

The extraordinary textiles in this book are from the collections of Rudolf Smend and Donald Harper. Most date from the period 1880 to 1930 when the art of batik reached its apogee. Having collected historical batik for over thirty years and published two books on the subject, Rudolf Smend has invited his friend and fellow batik specialist Donald Harper to contribute his fine collection to this publication as well. None of the batik in this book have been published before. They represent an exquisite cross-section of the batik production of Java--the most important batik-producing region in the world.

The cloths are complemented by vintage photographs from the first quarter of the 20th century demonstrating how the batik were worn at court and at home. Three are from museums in Dresden and Cologne, while three are from the private collection of Leo Haks. The others have been collected over the past 30 years from private sources in Java. The captions are by Maria Wronska-Friend, an ethnologist and batik expert who frequently visits Indonesian batik centers and has worked for many years as an anthropologist in Papua New Guinea. Her contributions provide fundamental knowledge for lovers of this art form while at the same time providing new insights for experts.

Rudolf Smend has invited other batik aficionados of his generation to share their passion for batik in this book. Inger McCabe Elliott, author of the bestselling Batik: Fabled Cloth of Java has contributed her lifelong experience. Other authorities like Annegret Haake, Brigitte Khan Majlis and Jonathan Hope share their views and expertise in these pages. This book represents a labor of love and a lifetime of friendship for the two authors, who hope it will provide inspiration to a whole new generation of batik lovers.

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St. Nadie in Winter is a spiritual autobiography that includes Zen poetry, memoir, and raw insight.

There are no easy answers to be found, no easy prescriptions in this stunning twenty-first century Buddhist book. Keenan's world-his boyhood Catholicism, his alcoholism, his struggle to maintain honest relationships with his wife and children, his work as a poet and librarian, his Zen practiceoffers a road map for any reader grappling with the dark night of the soul.

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Modern Healing & Traditional Buddhist Practice

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In Jizo Bodhisattva, Zen teacher and practicing pediatrician Jan Chozen Bays explores the development of traditional Buddhist practices related to Jizo, as well as the growing interest in Jizo practice in modern American Zen Buddhism.She also shows how you can incorporate this rich tradition into your own life, through meditations, mantras and chanting.In traditional Buddhist belief, a bodhisattva is an enlightened being who has forsaken entry into nirvana until all beings are saved.  Jizo, one of the four great bodhisattvas of Mahayana Buddhism, is know as "the Bodhisattva of the Greatest Vows."  He is regarded as the protector of travelerswhether their journeys in the physical world, or in the spiritual reams.  Jizo also has special significance for pregnant women and parents whose children have died.

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This comprehensive translation of the Bubishithe ancient manual of karateis the most complete available.Karate historian and authority Patrick McCarthy spent over ten years researching and studying the Bubishi and the arts associated with it. The English translation of this remarkable tome includes numerous explanations and notes. McCarthy's work also includes groundbreaking research on Okinawan and Chinese history, as well as the fighting and healing traditions that developed in those countries, making it a goldmine for researchers and practitioners alike.<br>For the final word on the true origins and spirit of classic Okinawan martial arts, one need look no further. No other classic work has had as dramatic an impact on the shaping and development of karate as the Bubishi.