____________________________ MacRose.Joyo96.README.brief ____________________________ REQUIRES: Macintosh DOES NOT REQUIRE: Japanese Language Kit or KanjiTalk What's New??? As of Joyo 96 v1.2, this Kanji study system comes equipped with the Progressive Kanji Study Dictionary (PKS Dict). PKS Dict adds new comprehensive power to Joyo 96. Now after you master the 15 Kanji of any given Lesson, not only can you search the example compounds dictionary (EC Dict) for all of the entries which contain the Kanji of that Lesson, but you can vastly expand your vocabulary with the PKS Dict. Like the Example Compounds Dictionary (EC Dict), you can select by group number to call up vocabulary words which match the Lesson# from the Joyo 96 Kanji dictionary you have just mastered. The operation of this dictionary is essentially the same as for the Example Compounds Dictionary for the 1st Grade, but there is no "cmpd" tag. With just the free 1st Grade PKS Dict, you'll have a vocabulary of over 1,000 Japanese words at your disposal, and you will understand the Kanji used in every single entry. _________________________________________ Your going to love the new Joyo 96, as you discover how easy it is for you to master written Japanese with The free Joyo 96 comprehensive Kanji Study System. Joyo 96 delivers results with proven techniques. You will save both time and money. Joyo 96 contains 5 parts: 1) a free etymological Kanji dictionary for the Japanese WordMaster, with multimedia instructional attachments including etymology, stroke order, On-yomi and Kun-yomi readings, example compounds, Nelson references, pictorial evolution, and a mnemonic phrase. This dictionary contains an easy to learn first Grade education in the Japanese Ministry of Education's Joyo or "General Use Characters". 2) a free Compounds dictionary for the Japanese WordMaster, coordinated with the Kanji dictionary to allow you to study compounds which always use previously mastered Kanji. 3) a free information file called "About Joyo 96" file that provides a primer on Kanji, the Ministry of Education's Joyo set, stroke order, a Kana printout, lots of other stuff, and ordering information. This document requires no other software to view. 4) a free Kanji Practice Paper maker, that lets you print out Japanese paper to properly practice your Kanji calligraphy skills with the very same Kanji of the Japanese Ministry of Education's 1st Grade character set. This document requires no other software to view. 5) the free PKS Dict. The second Grade is available for you when it is time to matriculate forward. Questions concerning the use of Joyo 96 should be directed to: Joyo96@aol.com ROSE CORP BOX 585 PRUDENTIAL TOWER BOSTON, MA 02199 See the Joyo 96 Web site and add it to your Hotlist: http://members.aol.com/rosecorp/index.html This first grade portion of the Joyo 96 Kanji Study System may be freely distributed everywhere, and freely used to study the Japanese Ministry of Education's 1st Grade Kanji, so long as the entire original documentation and dictionaries and other documents are distributed together in their original form. KEYWORDS: Language Japan Japanese WordMaster Kanji Etymology Stroke Order ROSE Joyo 96