Getting Started

Part One

Meeting Others and Introducing Yourself

Everyday Greetings

Classroom Expressions

The Japanese Writing System (1): Introduction

Part Two

Numbers up to 20

Asking and Giving Telephone Numbers

Asking and Telling Time

Asking What Something Is

The Japanese Writing System (2): Hiragana (1)

Part Three

Talking About Daily Activities

Talking About Future Activities and Events

Talking About Likes and Dislikes

The Japanese Writing System (3): Hiragana (2)

Part Four

Talking About Activities and Events in the Past

Inviting Someone to Do Something

Talking About Weekly Schedules

Talking About the Weather

The Japanese Writing System (4): Katakana (1)

Part Five

Asking Location

Numbers from 21 to 10,000

Asking About Existence

Asking About Price

Talking More About Likes and Dislikes

The Japanese Writing System (5): Katakana (2)

Introduction to Kanji

Introduction to Yookoso!

Language Notes and Culture Notes are not listed here.

Chapter 1: Classmates

Topics/Vocabulary

Nationalities and Languages

Personal Information

Around Campus

Study Hint: Learning New Vocabulary

Grammar

1. Identification: The Copula desu

2. Possessive Particle no

3. Personal Pronouns and Demonstratives

4. Asking Questions: InterrogativesParticles ha and ga

Culture Notes

shusshin (Origins)

Japanese Universities and Colleges

Asking Personal Questions

Reading and Writing

Reading 1: Huransu-jin no kurasumeeto

Study Hint: Learning Kanji

Reading 2: penparu o sagashite imasu!

Kanji

The Six Types of Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

Introducing Friends

Introducing Yourself

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 2: My Town

Topics/Vocabulary

Commuting

Cities and Neighborhoods

Buldings and Places Around Town

Grammar

5. Adjectives and Adverbs

6. Expressing Existence: The Verbs arimasu and imasu

7. Indicating Location

8. Positional Words

9. Numerals and Counters

10. Expressing Likes and Dislikes: suki and kirai

Sentence-Final yo

Study Hint: Learning

Grammar

Polite Form Versus Plain Form

Culture Notes

Long Commutes

kooban(Police Boxes)

Japanese Addresses

Reading and Writing

Reading 1: Buraun-san no apaato no kinjo

Reading 2: Hayashi-san no hurusato

Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

Making Communication Work

Showing Location on a Map

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 3: Everyday Life

Topics/Vocabulary

Schedules

Daily Activities

Weekends and Holidays

Grammar

11. The Basic Structure of Japanese Verbs

12. The Nonpast, Polite Form of Verbs

13. The Past, Polite Form of Verbs

14. Particles Showing Grammatical Relationships

15. Making Suggestions: ~mashoo

16. Conjoining Nouns: to and ya

Adverbs Used in Negative Sentences

Connecting Disjunctive Sentences

Approximate Numbers

Culture Notes

Part-Time Jobs for College Students

nengoo

kokumin no shukujitsu(National Holidays)

Reading and Writing

Reading 1: Buraun-san no nichijooseikatsu

Reading 2: Buraun-san no shuumatsu

Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

Making a Phone Call

Extending an Invitation

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 4: Weather and Climate

Topics/Vocabulary

Weather Reports

Enjoying the Four Seasons

Forecasting

Grammar

17. Conjugating Adjectives

18. Comparatives and Superlatives

19. The Past, Plain Forms of Verbs

20. Explaining a Reason: ...noda

21. The Te-Form of Adjectives and the Copula

22. The Te-Form of Verbs

23. Adverbs Used with Comparatives

Linking Disjunctive Clauses with keredomo

Conjoining Sequential Actions

Culture Notes

°C

Types of Rain

How to Write a Letter in Japanese

Reading and Writing

Reading 1: Buraun-san e no tegami

Reading 2: Toraberu gaido: Iroha-machi no kikoo

Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

Asking Questions About the Japanese Language

Asking for Assistance with Kanji

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 5: Hobbies and Leisure Activities

Topics/Vocabulary

Hobbies and Pastimes

Sports

Family

Grammar

24. Interrogatives + ka / mo / demo

25. Describing Abilities

26. Nominalizers: koto and no

27. More Uses of the Particle mo

28. Potential Form of Verbs

29. The Te-Form of Verbs + imasu

30. Relative Clauses

31. Describing a Change in State: naru

Nominal Verbs

ka(or)

Words Expressing Respect and Politeness

Have You Already Eaten?

Some Time Expressions

Culture Notes

go, shoogi, maajan, pachinko: Japanese Games

When You Are Praised

Nihon no supootsu: Japanese Sports

The Japanese Family

Reading and Writing

Reading 1: Sanraizu Karuchaa Sentaa no oshirase

Reading 2: Gakusee to sarariiman no yoka choosa

Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

Responding to Compliments

Introducing a Family Member

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 6: Food

Topics/Vocabulary

Foods and Beverages

Flavors and Tastes

Cooking Terms

Grammar

32. Expressing Experience: The Ta-Form of Verbs + koto ga aru

33. Expressing a Desire: hoshii, hoshigaru, ~tai, and ...tagaru

34. Expressing an Opinion: ...to omou

35. ~sugiru

36. Quoting Speech: ...to iu

37. Expressing Intention: tsumori and the Volitional Form of Verbs

38. The Te-Form of Verbs + miru, shimau, iku, and kuru

39. Expressing Simultaneous Actions: ~nagara

~garu

soo

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Study Hint: How to Remember Verb Conjugations

moo and mada

Culture Notes

ocha

What Do Japanese Eat?

Reading and Writing

Reading 1: Baikingu ryoori ‘Murasaki’

Reading 2: Anata no shokuji chekku

Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

Asking and Expressing Opinions

At a Restaurant

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 7: Shopping

Topics/Vocabulary

Shops and Stores

Shopping

Clothes

Grammar

40. When Something Happens: Temporal Clauses Ending in toki

41. Indefinite Pronoun no

42. Making If-Then Statements: The tara Conditonal

43. Going Somewhere with a Purpose: Using the Particle ni to Express Purpose

44. Reporting Hearsay: ...sooda

45. Saying Whether or Not Something Is True: ...kadooka

46. Giving Reasons with ...shi, ...shi

dake

~yasui, ~nikui

Culture Notes

iro(Colors)

Handling Japanese Money

Metric System

Reading and Writing

Reading 1: ‘San Roodo’ gurando oopuningu seeru

Reading 2: mai fasshion

Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

Shopping

Saying Whether Two Things Are the Same or Different

Listening Comprehension

Appendices

1. Verb Conjugation

2. Adjective and Copula Conjugation

3. Numbers

4. Counters

5. Time, Days, Months, and Years

6. Ko-so-a-do Words

7. Japanese Accent

8. Kanji List

Japanese-English Glossary

English-Japanese Glossary

Index

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