2nd Editon of A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar

The 2nd Edition of A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar has just been released in Japan

Yah, that’s been sending ripples through the WaniKani community of late. Did you buy it? Any comments on it? :slightly_smiling_face:

This edition is much better than the previous one though not perfect.

The paperless version is available on Apple Books:

https://books.apple.com/gb/book/a-dictionary-of-basic-japanese-grammar-日本語基本文法辞典/id1467862990

In what way is it better? What am I missing out on?? :tired_face:

Is it worth buying the new edition? Are the Grammar Points of the new edition already in vol. 2 and 3 or are they completely new?

Huh, not available for my region :sweat_smile: Where you looking from japan?

It’s also on amazon.co.jp and on kobo and at least in my case those platforms are cheaper than apple books!

Here’s a video advertisement for it:

Originally published in 1986!

Shame furigana hasn’t been implemented in it (looking at pages in the video) :laughing:

Hope they update the Intermediate and Advance versions soon! :grinning_face:

has anyone personally compared the first edition to the second one? if so, what did you guys think? i’m debating if it’s worth purchasing cause I have the first edition one.

The Intermediary and Advanced volumes were written more recently than the Basic one. I think it was from 1995. So I think they won’t be updated soon.

You can buy the electronic version of A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar in the excellent Dictionaries App on iOS :