Take notes of your Japanese lectures while practice REAL top-to-bottom writing of Japanese alphabets at every page turn Japanese practice makes perfect And, this very book, "Japanese Composition Notebook for Language Study with Genkouyoushi Paper for Notetaking & Writing Practice of Kana & Kanji Characters: Memo Book with Lines & Square Grids, Beginner & Intermediate," is giving you its cool features more than any common notebooks could give: Inspiring design: With the cover of the Japanese renowned artist's, Hokusai's (1760-1849), painting called "Tokaido Shinagawa Goten'yama no Fuji" and the design theme of composition notebook, this book is sure to inspire Japanese language learners to write what they learnt about the language, to journal their Japanese learning, or to even compose their own stories, in Japanese
Learners' companion: Lined pages allow you to journal or take notes in English or in any of your native languages, while the square grids on the page next to it allows you to really practice writing them during learning. Moreover, the book provides stroke order charts of hiragana & katakana characters on its final page, so the book consists of characters that you've learnt & will learn, with the practicing milestones of yourself learning and writing them
Do as Japanese do: Genkouyoushi in this book are in proper size & format. The same as they are used in Japan. You can also use this book either from left to right or from right to left. The back cover was designed with a blank subject box so that you can use the book either way. Plus, you can practically write letters both in the traditional top-to-bottom way (on the square grid pages), and in the modern left-to-right way (on the ruled pages), in this one same book
Easier writing & reading: Each genko yoshi page contains 9 columns of 1/2inch-wide squares, with the space nearer to the spine left blank, to avoid unstable strokes. Each ruled page is wide ruled, which have 11/32 in (8.7 mm) spacing between lines, spaces are therefore big enough for writers of any skill levels & of any ages. Also, all lines are in dark grey, instead of pure black, so the lines are less distracting while writing & reading. Moreover, they have ample space on top & bottom of page to make sure letters won't be too cluttered to read. The space can also wisely accommodate foot notes for your study, if need be
Functional size: Dimension 8.5"x11" (21.6x28cm) is just about the size of an A4 p