Books like Basic Kanji Book, Vol. 1 = 基本漢字５００
Chieko Kano, Hiroko Takenaka, Eriko Ishii, Yuri Shimizu
Basic Kanji Book, Vol. 1 = 基本漢字５００ is 232 pages, about 4 hours 15 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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