Collocations are word combinations that occur in natural speech more frequently than can be explained by chance. In English, we say, "take a bath" (or "have a bath" in British English), but in Japanese the equivalent is "get in a bath," o-furo ni hairu. The verb hairu is the one that collocates with o-furo.
It has long been recognized that the study of collocations can lead to more natural language production, and yet until now there has been no book on the subject for learners of Japanese.
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Lots and lots of word lists
This is pretty much as advertised: a list of 3200+ common word collocations; i.e. natural-sounding noun + verb pairs used in Japanese. This should be a useful reference book for those looking to expand their everyday vocabulary; there are no exercises or practice questions, however, so the learner will be on their own on how they want to consume the content in the book.
Each topic is divided into subsections and then sub-subsections (e.g. Home > Body & Hygiene > Soap), and each sub-subsection