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Member Since: Aug. 08, 2010

Clay Boutwell

Biography

In the late 1990s, Clay Boutwell moved from sunny Florida to Japan. He soon experienced the coldest--and snowiest--winter Fukui Prefecture had known in decades. Despite the cold, he soon warmed up to the

Japanese culture and language.

Within a week of moving there, he met his future wife,Yumi. Together, they have created many ebooks, audio products, and software for learning Japanese.

In 1999, Clay started TheJapanesePage.com partly to help him prepare for the Japanese Language

Proficiency Test. It soon grew to become one of the most popular websites for learners of Japanese. It boasts of thousands of pages of lessons, videos, audio podcasts, and a thriving forum for learners of all levels to ask questions.

Shortly before moving back to the States, Clay and Yumi created what would become Hiragana, the Basics

of Japanese--a booklet for learning the Hiragana syllabary. From that start, they began creating and

importing hard-to-find books and materials for learning Japanese and selling them on their website.

Their online bookstore is http://www.TheJapanShop.com.

They also maintain the free Japanese language learning site, http://www.TheJapanesePage.com.

Currently, Clay and Yumi reside in Florida with their two children and two dogs.

Where to find Clay Boutwell online

Website: http://www.thejapanshop.com
Twitter: thejapanshop

Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/clay-boutwell/1/74/141
Blog: http://thejapanesepage.com

Where to buy in print

http://www.thejapanshop.com

Books

Learn Japanese through Dialogues: at the Restaurant by Clay Boutwell
Price: $4.99 USD. 5600 words. Published on May 24, 2012. Nonfiction.
Japanese Dialogues: at the Restaurant Plus FREE MP3s (link on last page) Each and every dialogue is broken down to make it understandable for even those new to Japanese. After each sentence, a literal translation is provided. That is followed by a full list of every vocabulary word found within that sentence.

Learn Japanese with Dialogues: Asking Directions by Clay Boutwell
Price: $4.99 USD. 2410 words. Published on May 16, 2012. Nonfiction.
Finally, a fun and easy way to learn REAL conversational Japanese! We are including at no extra charge, MP3s for the seven dialogues found in this ebook. Create play-lists to study on the go or burn the sound files to a CD to listen at home. The download link is found on the last page.

Learn Japanese with Dialogues: Greetings and Meetings by Clay Boutwell
Price: $4.99 USD. 3930 words. Published on May 16, 2012. Nonfiction.
Finally, a fun and easy way to learn REAL conversational Japanese! We are including at no extra charge, (CD quality) MP3s for all the dialogues found in this ebook. Create play-lists or burn the sound files to a CD to listen at home. The download link is found on the last page.

Japanese Sentences: Haiku by Clay Boutwell
Price: $4.99 USD. 6820 words. Published on May 15, 2012. Nonfiction.
Learn twenty famous haiku in Japanese. Every word and line is broken down and thoroughly explained. Every kanji has furigana and romaji (romanized Japanese) is also provided so beginners and advanced alike can enjoy. It also includes a full Japanese-English glossary. Download MP3s of the poems absolutely free--the link is listed on last page.

Kanji 100: Learn the Most Useful Kanji in Japanese by Clay Boutwell
Price: $4.99 USD. 4430 words. Published on May 15, 2012. Nonfiction.
For Beginners of the Japanese language. Includes FREE MP3s (download link found on the last page) Learn the most common readings, useful example jukugo (kanji combinations), stroke order, and understand usage with an example sentence for each kanji. Best of all, download the 100 sound files from our server and listen while you learn. We are also including a PDF version in the download to print.

Katakana, the Basics of Japanese by Clay Boutwell
Price: $4.99 USD. 3100 words. Published on May 7, 2012. Nonfiction.
Learn katakana on your Kindle fast and painlessly. For Beginners of Japanese. If you want to learn Japanese, learning hiragana and katakana should be one of the first things you do. Many textbooks begin assuming the student knows the kana. This ebook is designed to help you master katakana quickly. Plus, this ebook includes a Free Download of printable PDFs and MP3s

200 More Japanese Idioms by Clay Boutwell
Price: $3.80 USD. 10370 words. Published on October 25, 2011. Nonfiction.
Once one zooms beyond the basics of a language, idiomatic expressions, proverbs, and slang can provide the spice to keep motivation up and progress going forward. This ebook will introduce 200 of the most common Japanese idioms.

100 Japanese Grammar Points in Plain English by Clay Boutwell
Price: $4.99 USD. 10350 words. Published on July 26, 2011. Nonfiction.
Recommended for Beginners of Japanese. This ebook is intended to introduce important grammatical points in a structured way. We will introduce only the 100 most useful grammatical points ordered by how common they are in beginner level textbooks.

101 Common Japanese Idioms in Plain English by Clay Boutwell
Price: $4.80 USD. 7240 words. Published on June 10, 2011. Nonfiction.
Once one zooms beyond the basics of a language, idiomatic expressions, proverbs, and slang can provide the spice to keep motivation up and progress going forward. This ebook will introduce 101 of the most common Japanese idioms.

Hiragana, the Basics of Japanese by Clay Boutwell
Price: $4.99 USD. 4310 words. Published on August 12, 2010. Nonfiction.
Many teachers recommend learning hiragana as a first step toward Japanese proficiency. This book was designed by the people at TheJapanesePage.com to help beginners quickly master hiragana. Helpful mnemonics and illustrations help the student quickly learn the characters painlessly. You can learn hiragana in less than two weeks using this book if you can set aside a few minutes a day to study.

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