Japanese for Busy People I: Text (Japanese for Busy People Series)

In the ten years since its publication, Japanese for Busy People has won acceptance worldwide as an effective, easy-to-understand textbook, either for classroom use or for independent study. In this new edition, numerous revisions and additions have been made, taking into account the comments and responses of both students and teachers who have been using the course. In Book I, the revisions are directed at making the grammatical explanations easier to understand, while adding further explanations of points that students have difficulty with. Changes have also been made in favor of more natural practice sentences and dialogues. In addition, new appendices list the particles, interrogatives, and sentence patterns in the book, as well as the kanji introduced. More fundamental revisions have been made to Book II, which has been expanded and divided into two volumes, Book II and Book Ill. The changes result in a smoother transition from Book I, make new grammatical elements clearer, and present more natural practice dialogues and exercise sentences. This concise course in natural Japanese is ideal for such students as businessmen whose aim is a working knowledge of the spoken language in everyday life. "Survival Japanese for Adults," as it might be called, gets to the heart of the language without recourse to childish or classroom-only Japanese. Vocabulary and grammar have been limited to about one-third that usually encountered in beginner courses, and words and patterns that students will find immediately useful are emphasized. The thirty lessons are composed of dialogues, notes on grammar, and vocabulary, exercises and quizzes. In addition to developing verbal fluency, by the time the student is one-third the way through Book I he will have mastered the two phonetic syllabaries of Japanese. JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE 1......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 3 Preface to the Revised Edition......Page 5 Introduction......Page 6 Writing and Pronunciation......Page 9 Characteristic of Japanese Grammar......Page 12 Useful Daily Expressions......Page 13 Signs in Daily Life......Page 14 1 - Introductions......Page 17 2 - Address and Telephone Number......Page 23 3 - Day and Time......Page 29 4 - How Much?......Page 36 5 - Counting Objects......Page 42 6 - Going and Coming......Page 50 7 - Going by Taxi......Page 58 8 - Existence of People and Things......Page 63 9 - Place, Location......Page 70 10 - Tickets Bought......Page 76 11 - Reading Review......Page 83 12 - Telephoning......Page 85 13 - Delicious Cakes......Page 92 14 - Yesterday's Enjoyable Kabuki......Page 101 15 - Giving and Receiving......Page 106 16 - Asking Preferences......Page 111 17 - Invitation to a Party......Page 117 18 - Ownership and Events......Page 121 19 - Doing This and That......Page 127 20 - Requests and Orders......Page 134 21 - Having Things Done......Page 139 22 - Public Transportation......Page 142 23 - Asking Permission......Page 147 24 - Refusal......Page 152 25 - Now in Progress......Page 156 26 - Reading Review......Page 161 27 - Present Condition......Page 165 28 - Expressing Preferences......Page 171 29 - Dining Out......Page 180 30 - Reading Review......Page 185 A - Particles......Page 189 B - Interrogatives......Page 191 C - Sentence Patterns......Page 192 D - Adjectives......Page 193 E - Verb Conjugations......Page 194 F - Ko-so-a-do......Page 197 I - Counters......Page 198 J - Extent, Frequency, Quantity......Page 199 K - Time Expressions......Page 200 M - Kanji......Page 202 Quiz Answers......Page 204 Japanese-English Glossary......Page 209 English-Japanese Glossary......Page 217 Index......Page 224

The bestselling series Japanese for Busy People has guided hundreds of thousands of students to a fluent, natural, and precise use of the Japanese language. Volume I teaches the absolute minimum amount of Japanese to live in Japan and handle everyday situations.

In the ten years since its publication, Japanese for Busy People has won acceptance worldwide as an effective, easy-to-understand textbook, either for classroom use or for independent study. In this new edition, numerous revisions and additions have been made, taking into account the comments and responses of both students and teachers who have been using the course.

In Book I, the revisions are directed at making the grammatical explanations easier to understand, while adding further explanations of points that students have difficulty with. Changes have also been made in favor of more natural practice sentences and dialogues. In addition, new appendices list the particles, interrogatives, and sentence patterns in the book, as well as the kanji introduced.

Vocabulary and grammar have been limited to about one-third that usually encountered in beginner courses, and words and patterns that students will find immediately useful are emphasized.

The thirty lessons are composed of dialogues, notes on grammar, and vocabulary, exercises and quizzes. In addition to developing verbal fluency, by the time the student is one-third the way through Book I he will have mastered the two phonetic syllabaries of Japanese.

JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE 1 1 CONTENTS 3 Preface to the Revised Edition 5 Introduction 6 Writing and Pronunciation 9 Characteristic of Japanese Grammar 12 Useful Daily Expressions 13 Signs in Daily Life 14 BOOKMARK - for your use 17 LESSONS 17 1 - Introductions 17 2 - Address and Telephone Number 23 3 - Day and Time 29 4 - How Much? 36 5 - Counting Objects 42 6 - Going and Coming 50 7 - Going by Taxi 58 8 - Existence of People and Things 63 9 - Place, Location 70 10 - Tickets Bought 76 11 - Reading Review 83 12 - Telephoning 85 13 - Delicious Cakes 92 14 - Yesterday's Enjoyable Kabuki 101 15 - Giving and Receiving 106 16 - Asking Preferences 111 17 - Invitation to a Party 117 18 - Ownership and Events 121 19 - Doing This and That 127 20 - Requests and Orders 134 21 - Having Things Done 139 22 - Public Transportation 142 23 - Asking Permission 147 24 - Refusal 152 25 - Now in Progress 156 26 - Reading Review 161 27 - Present Condition 165 28 - Expressing Preferences 171 29 - Dining Out 180 30 - Reading Review 185 APPENDICES 189 A - Particles 189 B - Interrogatives 191 C - Sentence Patterns 192 D - Adjectives 193 E - Verb Conjugations 194 F - Ko-so-a-do 197 G - Country, Nationality, Language 198 H - Common Japanese Names 198 I - Counters 198 J - Extent, Frequency, Quantity 199 K - Time Expressions 200 L - Parts of the Face and Body 202 M - Kanji 202 Quiz Answers 204 Japanese-English Glossary 209 English-Japanese Glossary 217 Index 224 This concise course in natural Japanese is ideal for such students as businessmen whose aim is a working knowledge of the spoken language in everyday life. "Survival Japanese for Adults," as it might be called, gets to the heart of the language without recourse to childish or classroom-only Japanese. Vocabulary and grammar have been limited to about one-third that usually encountered in beginner courses, and words and patterns that students will find immediately useful are emphasized. The thirty lessons are composed of dialogues, notes on grammar, and vocabulary, exercises and quizzes. In addition to developing verbal fluency, by the time the student is one-third the way through Book I he will have mastered the two phonetic syllabaries of Japanese. The changes made in this revised edition have been made in favour of more natural practice sentences and dialogues, and to make the grammatical explanations easier to understand. In addition, new appendices list the particles, interrogatives, and sentence patterns in the book, as well as the kanji introduced This concise course in natural Japanese is targeted at students such as businessmen whose aim is a working knowledge of the spoken language in everyday life. Vocabulary and grammar have been limited to about one-third that usually encountered in beginner courses, and words and patterns that students will find immediately useful are emphsized. The thirty lessons are composed of dialogues, notes on grammar and vocabulary, exercises and quizzes.--From publisher description Looks at the marketing aspects of a business, from corporate image, brand names, sales and distribution networks to supplier customer relation. It shows how marketing becomes a powerful machine for developing those crucial assets