# Common Japanese Collocations

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- Book: [Common Japanese Collocations](https://www.bookquiver.com/kakuko-shoji/common-japanese-collocations) ([Common Japanese Collocations.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kakuko-shoji/common-japanese-collocations.md))
- Authors: [Kakuko Shoji](https://www.bookquiver.com/kakuko-shoji)
- Publisher: kodansha_international
- ISBN: 978-15-6836-557-2
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2014-10-24
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...