Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- About This Book -- About the Japanese Language -- Word order and particles -- Postpositions -- Dropping pronouns -- Verb morphology -- Counters -- Honorifics -- Lesson 1 Sound It Out in Japanese! -- Basic Sentences -- Basic Vocabulary -- Structure Notes -- 1.1. Pronunciation -- 1.2. Rhythm -- 1.3. Syllables -- 1.4. Voicing -- 1.5. Vowels -- 1.6. Vowels in sequence -- 1.7. Consonants -- 1.8. Flapped r -- 1.9. Syllabic nasal -- 1.10. Accent -- Lesson 2 What? Where? Who? -- Basic Sentences -- Basic Vocabulary -- Structure Notes -- 2.1. Nouns and pronouns -- 2.2. Prenouns -- 2.3. Place words (relative location) -- 2.4. Adjectival nouns -- 2.5. Untranslated English words -- 2.6. Particles -- 2.7. は wa -- 2.8. が ga -- 2.9. か ka -- 2.10. の no -- 2.11. に ni -- 2.12. Words meaning 'is' -- 2.13. Inflected words -- 2.14. Dropping subject nouns -- 2.15. Words of relative reference and question words -- 2.16. Words for 'restaurant' -- 2.17. Words for 'toilet' -- 2.18. 何 nani/ nan 'what' -- Lesson 3 Actions! Actions! Actions! -- Basic Sentences -- Basic Vocabulary -- Structure Notes -- 3.1. Time words (relative time expressions) -- 3.2. Nouns with and without particles -- 3.3. Particles から kara, ま で made, and へ e -- 3.4. Particle ね ne -- 3.5. Particle で de -- 3.6. Particle を o -- 3.7. Particle と to, meaning 'with' and 'and' -- 3.8. Expressions for accompaniment -- 3.9 Verbs, polite moods -- 3.10. Use of the gerund (or te-form) -- 3.11. Use of the imperfect, perfect, and tentative moods -- 3.12. Negatives -- 3.13. Words for 'work' -- 3.14. Verbal nouns (…する …suru) -- 3.15. Going in vehicles -- 3.16. 'As soon as' -- Lesson 4 What's the Weather Like? -- Basic Sentences -- Basic Vocabulary -- Structure Notes -- 4.1. Adjectives -- 4.2. Plain and polite forms -- 4.3. Shapes of the plain forms -- 4.4. Learning the forms.

4.5. Irregular verbs -- 4.6. Adjectives and the copula -- 4.7. Uses of the plain imperfect and perfect -- 4.8. Uses of the infinitive -- 4.9. The plain negative -- 4.10. Particle も mo -- 4.11. Expressing the time of the event 'when …' (…と…to, …時…toki, … …aida) -- 4.12. Particle から kara meaning 'since' and 'because' -- 4.13. Multiple particles -- 4.14. こと koto -- 4.15. つもり tsumori -- 4.16. More adverbs -- 4.17. More gerund expressions -- 4.18. Gerund (te-form) + いる iru -- 4.19. あそぶ asobu -- Lesson 5 Because It's for Business -- Basic Sentences -- Basic Vocabulary -- Structure Notes -- 5.1. Modifiers -- 5.2. Modifier clauses made with adjectives -- 5.3. Modifier clauses made with a copula -- 5.4. Modifier clauses made with adjectival nouns -- 5.5. The noun の no -- 5.6. …の (ん) です …n(o) desu -- 5.7. Verb + でしょう deshō -- 5.8. …かね ka ne -- 5.9. ので no de -- 5.10. のに no ni -- 5.11. Plain negative …ない …nai -- 5.12. Negative infinitive …ず …zu -- 5.13. Imperfect negative + de …ないで …nai de -- 5.14. はず hazu -- 5.15. ところ tokoro -- 5.16. Verbs for leaving -- 5.17. …前に …mae ni and …後で …ato de -- 5.18. まで made and うち uchi -- 5.19. Verbs meaning 'know' -- 5.20. Talking a language -- Lesson 6 Going Shopping Again? -- Basic Sentences -- Basic Vocabulary -- Structure Notes -- 6.1. Numerals and numbers -- 6.2. Other quantity words -- 6.3. Use of numbers and quantity words -- 6.4. Primary and secondary numerals -- 6.5. Primary numerals -- 6.6. Arithmetic -- 6.7. Counters -- 6.8. Sound changes -- 6.9. Secondary numerals -- 6.10. Secondary counters -- 6.11. Counting people -- 6.12. Counting birds -- 6.13. Counting days -- 6.14. Names of the months -- 6.15. Giving dates -- 6.16. Telling time -- 6.17. -ぐらい -gurai/-ごろ -goro -- 6.18. Particle や ya -- 6.19. など nado, なんか nanka -- 6.20. Particle か ka meaning 'or' -- 6.21. Particles は wa and を o with い かがですか ikaga desu ka.

6.22. ひとつ hitotsu -- 6.23. Only: -だけ -dake and -しか -shika -- 6.24. Approximate numbers 174 -- 6.25. Fractions -- 6.26 Percentage -- 6.27. Multiples -- 6.28. -ずつ zutsu -- 6.29. ごとに goto ni, おきに oki ni -- 6.30. Stores that end in や ya -- Lesson 7 Have You Been in a Japanese House? -- Basic Sentences -- Basic Vocabulary -- Structure Notes -- 7.1. Quotations -- 7.2. と う to iu -- 7.3. The plain tentative -- 7.4. Tentative (volitional) + とする to suru -- 7.5. Noun + として to shite/にして ni shite -- 7.6. Gerund (te-form) + みる miru -- 7.7. Desideratives -- 7.8. Alternative questions -- 7.9. よう yō -- 7.10. Quoting requests -- 7.11. Particle よ yo -- 7.12. える mieru and こえる kikoeru -- 7.13. Prenouns + に ni -- 7.14. Gerund (te-form) + ある aru -- 7.15. The noun 方 hō -- 7.16. Comparisons -- 7.17. Questions with comparisons -- 7.18. 一番 ichiban -- 7.19. -目 me (ordinal numbers) -- 7.20. Particle ほど hodo -- 7.21. な るほど naruhodo -- 7.22. -ばかり -bakari -- 7.23. まま mama -- 7.24. 同じonaji -- 7.25. Clothing -- Lesson 8 Let's Keep in Touch! -- Basic Sentences -- Basic Vocabulary -- Structure Notes -- 8.1. Interrogatives + も mo or か ka -- 8.2. Gerund + も mo -- 8.3. Interrogative + gerund + も mo -- 8.4. The provisional mood (-れば -reba) -- 8.5. Obligation -- 8.6. Permission -- 8.7. Denial of permission = prohibition -- 8.8. Denial of obligation -- 8.9. Obligation, prohibition, permission: summary -- 8.10. Conditionals (forms) -たら/-だら -tara/-dara -- 8.11. Conditionals (uses) -- 8.12. Asking for advice -- 8.13. 'Had better' -- 8.14. …さ え…sae -- 8.15. The explicit use of に ni -- 8.16. …ば…i$[i$I… …ba…hodo 'the more… the more…' -- 8.17. …し …shi -- 8.18. Correlative compounds -- Lesson 9 Be Polite! -- Basic Sentences -- Basic Vocabulary -- Structure Notes -- 9.1. Status words: humble, neutral, exalted -- 9.2. Kinship terms -- 9.3. Other nouns -- 9.4. Honorific prefixes.

9.5. Honorific suffixes for people's names -- 9.6. Verbs: the honorific infinitive -- 9.7. Special honorific verbs -- 9.8. 申し上げる mōshiageru -- 9.9. Inflection of slightly irregular exalted verbs -- 9.10. Special inflections of ます -masu -- 9.11. Use of humble verbs -- 9.12. Adjectives and adjectival nouns -- 9.13. Formation of the adjective honorific infinitive -- 9.14. Summary of honorific predicates -- 9.15. ござ る gozaru -- 9.16. いらっしゃる irassharu -- 9.17. おいで oide -- 9.18. Verbs for giving and receiving -- 9.19. Favors -- 9.20. Requests -- 9.21. Answers to negative questions -- 9.22. The specific plural -- Lesson 10 What Is Your Take on That? -- Basic Sentences -- Basic Vocabulary -- Structure Notes -- 10.1. Hearsay そうです sō desu -- 10.2. Bound form -そう(な) -sō (na) 'appearance' -- 10.3. …らしい …rashii -- 10.4. Expressions meaning 'like' -- 10.5. The alternative -たり/-だり -tari/-dari -- 10.6. …ながら …nagara -- 10.7. ある aru with people -- 10.8. …ことにする/… ことになる …koto ni suru/…koto ni naru -- 10.9. …しまう shimau and …おくoku -- 10.10. …わけ …wake -- 10.11. Double negatives -- 10.12. …に いない…ni chigai nai -- 10.13. について ni tsuite and に よって ni yotte -- 10.14. Causative, passive, and causative passive verbs -- 10.15. Use of the causative -- 10.16. Uses of the passive -- 10.17. Use of the causative passive -- 10.18. The potential -- 10.19. かもしれない ka mo shirenai -- 10.20. かしら ka shira -- 10.21. Desiderative verbs …たがる … tagaru -- 10.22. …ものです…mono desu -- 10.23. The plain imperative -- Appendix I Other Styles of Speech -- Appendix II Accent Patterns -- Appendix III Verb Forms (Selected) -- Glossary -- Illustration and Photo Credits -- List of Culture Notes -- Back Cover.