Animal Idioms (Power Japanese) Review

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Animal Idioms (Power Japanese) ReviewI think Animal Idioms (Power Japanese) is probably the book I use the least in the Power Japanese series. There is nothing wrong with it, in my opinion, and I am glad I purchased it. It simply has a narrow focus.
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The book contains roughly 300 idiomatic expressions related to animals. The authors have divided the book into sections on different animals such as "fish and shellfish." Within each section are entries on an animal in that category, like a sardine. They begin by providing the general image of the creature. For sardines they say, "Appreciation for this lowly regarded but always numerous plebe of the ocean is growing asa other more highly prized delectables vanish from the plundered seas....The fact that iwashi [sardines] expire almost immediately after being removed from water is part of their image in the Japanese mind (not that the right side of character for iwashi means "weak")" (page 105). The writing is good, right?
The explanation of the animal is followed by examples of usage in idiomatic expressions. They give a literal gloss followed by a looser one that provides you with a sense of what it means. Iwashigumo is glossed as "sardine cloud" and explained as "a small, white, fleecy cloud; a cirrocumulus; a mackerel of cloud; (of a sky in which such clouds appear) a mackeral sky" (page 105). Helpful, right?
Then, they follow up with examples of the phrase used in sentences. "Kyou wa iwashigumo ga dete ita" is transltated as "There was a mackerel sky today" (page 105). I cannot say I have ever used the sentence, but your friends who like to fish might be suitably impressed if you produced it!
SUMMARY
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This book is really meant to be read. Put it in your bookbag and take it out when you have some free time on the bus, on the train, or hanging out in the airport. If you want a reference work with comprehensive coverage of more than animals, you can buy that and leave it on your bookshelf. You may want to read this in conjunction with Kanji Idioms (Power Japanese).
See my Listmania List ("The Power Japanese Series") for more books in the series.Animal Idioms (Power Japanese) OverviewThis explanation of idioms deals with animals. The volume is organized by zoological category with background notes and sample sentences. The Power Japanese series presents a selection of guides to difficult or confusing aspects of the Japanese language. The student can find a quick reference to particles, a guide to the myriad levels of politeness, books of idioms, vocabulary builders, emotive expressions and turns of speech - all with natural examples.

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