Learning through puzzles. ‘You like doing puzzles in English, so why not Japanese?’ (these were my initial thoughts). I’m not sure it really worked out that way…

Some good crosswords:

• 反対の意味の言葉
• 似た意味の言葉
• 漢字の書き
• 漢字の読み

Crosswords that weren’t so useful:

• 動物
• 植物
• 秋の言葉
• 花の名前

Ultimately, this book was never aimed at me. It’s for children in primary school years 1-3. Whilst I might not be very interested in learning what different insects are called in Japanese, children in Japan certainly are and would have no trouble naming them. As I don’t know many insects (in Japanese or English), I would need ...