{"id":2335,"date":"2017-12-06T23:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T04:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/blog\/japanesebookreview\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2017-12-06T23:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T04:35:00","slug":"%e3%81%93%e3%82%8c%e3%81%af%e4%bd%95%e3%81%ae%e6%95%b0%e5%ad%97%ef%bc%9f%e3%80%9c%e6%95%b0%e5%ad%97%e3%81%a7%e8%a6%8b%e3%82%8b%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e3%80%9c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/2017\/12\/06\/%e3%81%93%e3%82%8c%e3%81%af%e4%bd%95%e3%81%ae%e6%95%b0%e5%ad%97%ef%bc%9f%e3%80%9c%e6%95%b0%e5%ad%97%e3%81%a7%e8%a6%8b%e3%82%8b%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e3%80%9c\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3053\u308c\u306f\u4f55\u306e\u6570\u5b57\uff1f\u301c\u6570\u5b57\u3067\u898b\u308b\u65e5\u672c\u301c"},"content":{"rendered":"<span id=\"post-ratings-2335\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"228211b1ac\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_2335_1\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(2335, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; 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unfamiliar words could be figured out with context of surrounding words or of illustrations.\u00a0 Overall, the book was very educational and might prove helpful to students who struggle with numbers in Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u3053\u306e\u672c\u306f\u305f\u306e\u3057\u304f\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u304a\u3082\u3057\u308d\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002\u672c\u306f\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306f\u5c0f\u3055\u304f\u3066\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u4eba\u306f\u305b\u304c\u3072\u304f\u3044\u3060\u3068\u8a00\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3053\u306e\u672c\u306b\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u3070\u3093\u3054\u3046\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u308c\u3093\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3092\u3057\u3066\uff01 I would not recommend this book on the basis of the story, as it was more factual than plot-based and therefore a rather dry read.\u00a0 However, because this book contains so many numbers to discuss the statistics of Japan, including the country&#8217;s size and the average height of the Japanese population, I would recommend &hellip; 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