Kana Master - Hiragana/Katakana Practice book-
15 hours to perfect KANA ~ best suited for beginner's level Hiragana and Katakana!!

[Publisher] Senmon Kyoiku Shuppan
[Author] ARC Academy Board of Educational Material Development 5th Edition released 25/3/1999
ISBN:4-88324-343-5 C0081　1,575 Yen B5 Size 119 pages

*This book helps you master by each straight syllables in Japanese within only 5 lessons. And, it will help you complete the 50 sounds. After that it will produce the enlarged table of 50 sounds by including the contracted sounds. In the end, the book will instruct you to be able to write simple compositions utilizing punctuations and writing paper. By using this book, you will be able to master all of the Hiragana and Katakana in 10 lessons (15 hours).

Kanji Master Vol. 1 Level 4 100 Kanji "100 Kanji in 10 Days, the easy way"
~ Master the most basic Kanji of beginner's level Japanese!! ~

[Publisher] Senmon Kyoiku Shuppan
[Author] ARC Academy Board of Educational Material Development 2nd Edition released 10/10/1997
ISBN:4-88324-347-8 C0081 1,575 Yen B5 Size 130 pages

*This is the most appropriate for first half of beginner's level lessons. The example sentences are also structured, so students can effectively learn beginner's level sentence pattern. There are sample illustrations and quizzes in the book so that students to do not feel that the difficulty. The book also ensures that students will recognize the stroke orders, which are very important at this stage. There are a lot of Japanese language teachers who use this book in their lessons.

Kanji Master Vol. 2 Level 3 300 Kanji "300 Kanji, fun & easy"
~ The level you need to succeed in Japanese Language Proficiency Exam Level 3! Most appropriate for last half of beginner's level lessons. ~

[Publisher] Senmon Kyoiku Shuppan
[Author] ARC Academy Board of Educational Material Development 2nd Edition released 1/10/1997
ISBN:4-88324-358-3 C0081　1,890 Yen B5 Size 168 pages

*This book assumes that students have acquired basic 100 Kanji from "Kanji Master Vol. 1" and is structured by adding new 200 Kanji so students will reach the 300 Kanji required by Japanese Language Proficiency Test level 3. In addition, the book features Kanji's make up and component to help students with their later study.

Kanji Master Vol.3　Level 2 1000 Kanji "Super Kanji 1000, the effective way"
~ Follow up on Japanese Language Proficiency Exam Level 2 Kanji~

[Publisher] Senmon Kyoiku Shuppan
[Author] ARC Academy Board of Educational Material Development Released 1/5/2000
ISBN:4-88324-379-6 C0081　2,310 Yen B5 Size 207 pages

*This book features the kun readings, on readings and strokes count of Level 2 Kanji. You will learn by examples of each Kanji's reading in context. At this level, self study element of Kanji learning will become more important, so students will need to have sufficient Kanji skills now in order to be able to read more extensively at level 1.

Kanji Master Vol. 4 Level 1 2000 Kanji "Perfect Kanji 2000, for comprehensive mastery of Kanji"
~Following up on Kanji needed to succeed in Japanese Language Proficiently Exam Level 1~

[Publisher] Senmon Kyoiku Shuppan
[Author] ARC Academy Board of Educational Material Development First edition released 1/7/2003
ISBN:4-88324-396-6 C0081　1,890 Yen B5 Size 164 pages


*This book features the 907 Kanji outside of all 1000 Kanji presented up to "Kanji Master Vol. 3 1000". Here the 907 Kanji's meanings are categorized into chapter/sections, including, kun reading, on reading, strokes count and each reading's example in sentence context.
Word's example in context will include the vocabulary for Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1. The words which are used frequently will be prioritized; however, in order to present all the readings, the book includes words that are not in level 1 and some more difficult phrases, too. At the end of each chapter, there will be an achievement test which is half the number of the questions and in the same format as Japanese Language Proficiency Exam Level 1's questions.