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Works Cited


Works Cited for Fresh Leaves, Pale Fruit, or my Japanese Study Personal Library (sorted by MLA Standards, so I don’t get rusty at it. Reviews forthcoming)

Berlitz. Essential Japanese. London: Berlitz Publishing Company,  1994. Print.

Bernabe, Marc. Japanese in Mangaland. Expanded ed. New York: Kodansha America, inc. through Oxford University Press, 2004. Print.

---. Japanese in Mangaland 2. New York: Kodansha America, inc. through Oxford University Press, 2005. Print.

---. Japanese in Mangaland 3. New York: Kodansha America, inc. through Oxford University Press, 2006. Print.

Constantine, Peter. Japanese Street Slang. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1992. Print.

Cunningham, Phillip J. Zakennayo!: The Real Japanese You were Never Taught in School. New York: Penguin Group, 1995. Print.

DeMente, Boye LaFayette. Japanese Business Dictionary. North Clarenton: Tuttle    Publishing, 2008. Print.

Murray, Giles. Breaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Classics   in Parallel Text. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2003. Print.

---. 13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1999. Print.

Oxford University Press. Pocket Kenkyusha Japanese Dictionary.     Oxford: Kenkyusha ltd., 2003. Print.

Sato, Eriko. Japanese for Dummies. Indianapolis: Wiley    Publishing, 2002. Print.

---. Japanese Demystified. USA: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008.   Print.

Watanabe, Masakazu., and Gilbert, Kent S. Toward Better Japanese: 日本語がうまくなる本. 2 vols. Provo: Bunkyosha, 1979. Print.

Walsh, Len. Read Japanese Today: A New Approach to Mastering Written Japanese. North Clarenton: Tuttle Publishing,   1969.     Print.

Yonekawa, Akihiro. Beyond Polite Japanese: A Dictionary of    Japanese Slang and Colloquialisms. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1992. Print.