"Free online audio"--Cover. "A complete language course and pocket dictionary in one"--Cover.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Dialogue 4 Clothing. Lesson 2 Meeting People -- Dialogue 1 How Do You Do? -- Cultural Note: Introductions -- Dialogue 2 Are You American? -- Cultural Note: Foreign Words in Japanese -- Cultural Note: Aizuchi: How to be a Good Listener -- Dialogue 3 Introducing Yourself -- Dialogue 4 Who is That Person? -- Cultural Note: Senpai-Kohai "Senior-Junior" Relationship -- Lesson 3 Schedule and Daily Activities -- Dialogue 1 Taking a Bus Tour -- Cultural Note: The Japanese Sense of Time -- Dialogue 2 Practicing Your Japanese -- Cultural Note: Virtue of Ambiguity -- Dialogue 3 It's Lunch Time -- Dialogue 4 Texting Someone -- Lesson 4 Eating and Drinking -- Dialogue 1 Visiting an Izaka-ya Resturant -- Cultural Note: Eating out -- Cultural Note: Drinking -- Dialogue 2 At a Ramen Shop -- Dialogue 3 Traditional Japanese Cuisine -- Cultural Note: Tea -- Dialogue 4 My Favorite Foods -- Lesson 5 Where is It? -- Dialogue 1 Going Shopping -- Dialogue 2 Driving in Town -- Cultural Note: Konbini "Convenience Store" -- Dialogue 3 In the Department Store -- Cultural Note: Depa-chika The "Basement of a Department Store" -- Dialogue 4 Taking a Break in a Cafe -- Lesson 6 Leisure Activities and Hobbies -- Dialogue 1 Invitation to Kabuki -- Cultural Note: Do -- a Spiritual Path to Mastery -- Dialogue 2 Vacations -- Cultural Note: Religions in Japan -- Dialogue 3 Going Sightseeing -- Dialogue 4 At a Nomi-kai [After-work Drinking] -- Cultural Note: After Work Parties -- Lesson 7 Getting Around -- Dialogue 1 Commuting -- Cultural Note: Taking Trains -- Dialogue 2 Meeting at Hachiko, the Dog Statue -- Cultural Note: Apology First -- Dialogue 3 Taking a Taxi -- Dialogue 4 Going to the Airport -- Lesson 8 Family and Personal History -- Dialogue 1 Birthday -- Cultural Note: Hanami "Flower-Viewing Picnic" -- Cultural Note: Japanese Calendar and Birthday Celebrations -- Dialogue 2 Personal History -- Dialogue 3 Family -- Dialogue 4 Marriage -- Lesson 9 Opinions and Feelings -- Dialogue 1 A Good Idea -- Dialogue 2 Being Sick -- Dialogue 3 Emotions -- Dialogue 4 Politeness -- Cultural Note: Politeness in Japanese Culture -- Cultural Note: Gift-Giving -- Lesson 10 Do's and Don'ts -- Dialogue 1 Please Enter Your Password -- Dialogue 2 No Smoking -- Cultural Note: The Virtue of Holding Back -- Dialogue 3 Recycling -- Cultural Note: The Concept of Mottainai and Recycling in Japan -- Dialogue 4 Clothing.
Summary:
A great introduction to the Japanese language for travel, business, traditional learning or fun! This book introduces you to the basics of Japanese, and teaches practical daily conversations and vocabulary. Useful notes and explanations on the Japanese script, pronunciation and accent, greetings and requests, sentence structure, vocabulary, verb conjugations, honorific forms, expressions and etiquette dos and don'ts are included, as well as a useful dictionary of commonly-used Japanese words and phrases. Native-speaker audio recordings of all the dialogues, vocabulary and exercises are available for free online.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.