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IN n in ther E s n un s di s are us Japa , as o a ter co trie , two alect ed simul n us one for s kin o for wri in ur ta eo ly , pea g , the ther t g p os s s ok n or o o ui di i s to whi h p e . The p e c ll q al alect that c on su s m n s mission ri s an d o rs are rou c l , ercha t , a e , the who b ght n dai i n s wi an s mus d ir s i to ly relat o th the Jap e e , t evote the fir t ' efiorts ir n s s ou d uir i n . The ext tep h l be to acq e the wr tte n u u kn w d f i r ook r la g age , witho t a o le ge O wh ch eve y b , eve y n s os - r r r i m n r no i ew paper , every p t ca d , eve y adve t se e t ; eve y t ce in i - i n r r m m n s m s r a ra lway stat o o on boa d a stea er re ai a y te y , n w n r r s m of eve he t anslite ated into Roman character . So e n f r B ut on s n the differe ces a fect the vocabula y . the c ta tly ur in dif u i s r mm r an d m a rec r g fic lt e are rathe in the gra a , y be mastered in a few weeks by thos e t o whom the colloquial is mi ia n f fa l r . The great ob stacle hitherto has been the abse ce o any book Specially devoted to the elucidation of the m odern ’ orm of i n n u Mr s n s dmir r is f the wr tte la g age . A to a able t eat e o rs mu wid r d us s had n s c ve a ch e fiel . Previo writer left Japa e e amm ‘ os . Mr s n u i an d d r in it s gr ar a cha . A to bro ght l ght or e to e B very part . ut most person s have n either time n or in clin a ion n s i r r i n n is n ot wi t to i ve t gate eve y pa t . The r co cer , th n s i but i the the Japa ese cla s cs and philological res earch , w th lan guage as commonly written n ow an d they weary o f se arching through the pages of a learn ed work for the e very - day m s The o of o i ar us ul . f r , wh ch alone to them e ef bject the n i r su son s in as sim e prese t l ttle book is to p ut befo e ch per , pl m nn s us u n m r a a er as pos ible , j t so m ch as Will e able the to ead VI PREFA CE o m s contemporary literature an d correspondence . All f r that or i a are obsolete or purely classical have been omitted . The et c l di n se d wi h s a in in s an s discus sions have been spe t , ve a few t ce n o as si r w er kn ow d of or is for ( tably the p ve ve b) , h e a le ge the y , i n r the on ro d t o orre r i e . a fore g e , ly a c ct p act c w rd as t th is r a n i ie s an d w i n s s m of A o o e h t o y , ffi t , r tte y te ‘ n ua n e ar s of kin to n s on the Japanes e la g ge . The e t Japa e e main n d Of ia is K or n the s ru ur r s m n the la A s ea , t ct al e e bla ce between the two t on gues reachin g down even to minutiae of i i m The ik n e s s Of o u r i s m u in r b ut d o . l e the v cab la y ch fa te , i r e he r o h a n e s an d K or an are t o st ll eal . Wh t b t J pa e e be s s d wi i n u s m us d n d on cla e th the Alta c to g e , t epe the exact ud d rom the oin s en s e given to the word Altai c . J ge f p t i w f s n an d n r s ru ure h ha as of v e o y tax ge e al t ct , t ey ve good a right to be in cluded in the A lt aIc group as M on gol “ M n h r i n b i or u . r s of law of o w a c T ace the att act , y h ch ow s of su ssi s s n d to un i o mi as in the v el cce ve yllable te f r ty , o totoshi for a totos hi the r or s oin in s m , , yea bef e la t , p t the a e dir i n ect o . If the term Altai c be held to include Korean and Japan n n s s sum s rim im r n as in f r ese , the Japa e e a e p e po ta ce be g by a o d s i in r r s n i of in ui i u the l e t l v g ep e e tat ve that great l g st c gro p , it s literature an tedating by m any cen turies the most an cient rodu ion s of M n us M on o s u ks Hun ri n s p ct the a ch , g l , T r , ga a , or F in I ir n s . t s earliest extan t do cuments go back in the present shape t o the begin nin g of the eighth century Of our e ra an d its i r ur h r dl r m h , l te at e has flouris ed uninte rupte y f o t at tim d wn rd h e e r o w . a an es as wri n n ow di ff rs ow e a J p e tte e , v , on sid r r m h n r Whi c e ably f o t e language of the eighth ce tu y . le the m e agre n ative vocabulary has been enriched by thou s ands of words an d phras es borrowed from the more ex r ss i s m n he ol i min i p e ive Ch ne e , a y of t d nat ve ter at ons have PRE FA CE VII us ne on se u n of i s on an d ri d fallen in to di s e .