Language and Cultural Patterns Author:Herbert Passin This book helps the reader enhance their reading comprehension in Japanese while explaining in English. Note that this book is designed for intermediate Japanese students and above due to the use of more advanced kanji that's rampant throughout the book. Inside you have articles in both Japanese and English to compare the translation and your ow... more »n reading comprehension, as well as notes in the back and explanations by the author.« less