
Essential Japanese
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If you only want to purchase one Japanese language book--Essential Japanese is the way to go. Part of Tuttle Publishing's Essential Series, it is a great first introduction and beginner guide to the language of Japan and is also designed as a Japanese phrasebook, making it the most versatile Japanese language learning tool on the market.
Perfect for business people or tourist traveling to Japan or for students who want to supplement their learning, this book's easy indexing feature allows it to act as a Japanese phrase book or as an English-Japnese Dictionary. A clever "point to" feature allows you to simply point to a phrase translated in Japanese without the need to say a word. You will soon find yourself turning to Essential Japanese again and again when visiting Japan and working or interacting with Japanese speakers.
In this book you will find:
- Over 1500 practical sentences for everyday use.
- A glossary of over 200 terms and expressions.
- Latest Japanese vocabulary and Japanese phrases for smartphones, social media and more.
- Japanese characters (kana and kanji) as well as Latin script (romanji).
- Extensive information about Chinese grammar and pronunciation.
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Content
- Frontcover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Pronunciation guide
- Basic grammar
- 1 The Basics
- 1.1 Personal details
- 1.2 Today or tomorrow?
- 1.3 What time is it?
- 1.4 One, two, three...
- 1.5 The weather
- 1.6 Here, there...
- 1.7 What does that sign say?
- 1.8 Legal holidays
- 2 Meet and Greet
- 2.1 Greetings
- 2.2 Asking a question
- 2.3 How to reply
- 2.4 Thank you
- 2.5 I'm sorry
- 2.6 What do you think?
- 3 Small Talk
- 3.1 Introductions
- 3.2 I beg your pardon?
- 3.3 Starting/ending a conversation
- 3.4 A chat about the weather
- 3.5 Hobbies
- 3.6 Invitations
- 3.7 Paying a compliment
- 3.8 Intimate comments/questions
- 3.9 Congratulations and condolences
- 3.10 Arrangements
- 3.11 Being the host(ess)
- 3.12 Saying good-bye
- 4 Eating out
- 4.1 At the restaurant
- 4.2 Ordering
- 4.3 The bill
- 4.4 Complaints
- 4.5 Paying a compliment
- 4.6 The menu
- 5 Getting Around
- 5.1 Asking directions
- 5.2 The car
- 5.3 The gas station
- The parts of a car
- 5.4 Breakdowns and repairs
- 5.5 Bicycles/mopeds
- 5.6 Renting a vehicle
- The parts of a bicycle
- 5.7 Hitchhiking
- 6 Arrival andDeparture
- 6.1 General
- 6.2 Customs
- 6.3 Luggage
- 6.4 Questions to passengers
- 6.5 Tickets
- 6.6 Information
- 6.7 Airports
- 6.8 Trains
- 6.9 Taxis
- 7 A Place to Stay
- 7.1 General
- 7.2 Hotels/B&Bs/apartments/holiday rentals
- 7.3 Complaints
- 7.4 Departure
- 7.5 Camping
- 8 Money Matters
- 8.1 Banks
- 8.2 Settling the bill
- 9 Mail, Phoneand Internet
- 9.1 Mail
- 9.2 Telephone
- 9.3 Internet/email
- 10 Shopping
- 10.1 Shopping conversations
- 10.2 Food
- 10.3 Clothing and shoes
- 10.4 Cameras
- 10.5 At the hairdresser
- 11 TouristActivities
- 11.1 Places of interest
- 11.2 Going out
- 11.3 Booking tickets
- 12 SportsActivities
- 12.1 Sporting questions
- 12.2 By the waterfront
- 12.3 In the snow
- 13 HealthMatters
- 13.1 Calling a doctor
- 13.2 What's wrong?
- 13.3 The consultation
- 13.4 Medications and prescriptions
- 13.5 At the dentist
- 14 Emergencies
- 14.1 Asking for help
- 14.2 Lost items
- 14.3 Accidents
- 14.4 Theft
- 14.5 Missing person
- 14.6 The police
- 15 English-JapaneseWord List
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- Backcover
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