Breeze Into Japanese: Practical Language for Beginners

Kazuko Imaeda

Cheng & Tsui, 2003 - Foreign Language Study - 323 pages

Breeze into Japanese eases the task of learning Japanese with its simple, logical, and fun approach.

Contents

• LETS PRONOUNCE JAPANESE I: 1
• Bowing: 6
• FOOD FOOD AND MORE FOOD: 9
• INTRODUCE YOURSELF: 15
• This That and That Over There for Places: 21
• The Japanese Home Bath and Toilet: 27
• ASKING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS: 31
• Gift Giving: 41
• IS IT YOURS OR MINE?: 43
• VERBS: 53
• The School System: 62
• Would You Like to _?: 65
• Chopsticks and Eating Manners: 68
• The Particle De: 69
• The Particle To: 76
• Hiragana for na ni nu ne and no: 81
• NUMBERS DATES AND TIMES: 83
• Time of Day: 90
• Hiragana for ha hi fu he and ho: 98
• The Particle Mo: 100
• More Transitive Verbs: 108
• Hiragana for ma mi mu me and mo: 111
• What Begins Must End: 115
• Hiragana for ya yu and yo: 120
• Onegai Shimasu: 132
• Hiragana for ra ri ru re and ro: 135
• IAdjectives: 138
• IAdjectives as Complements: 144
• Hiragana for wa wo and n: 150
• WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DO YOU LIKE?: 153
• Have a Headache: 160
• Katakana for a i u e and o: 162
• Comparison of Adjectives: 169
• Katakana for ka ki ku ke and ko: 174
• THAT DARNED CAT IS IN MY GARDEN: 175
• Katakana for sa shi su se and so: 185
• Go Right Left or Straight Through?: 192
• Katakana for ta chi tsu te and to: 197
• IT WILL RAIN TOMORROW: 199
• What Follows a Subject? Wa or Ga?: 206
• Katakana for na ni nu ne and no: 210
• It All Happened Yesterday: 212
• Katakana for ha hi fu he and ho: 220
• TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY: 223
• Katakana for ma mi mu me and mo: 233
• SHALL I SUGGEST? OR SHALL I DEMAND?: 235
• Do As I Say or Else: 243
• Katakana for ya yu and yo: 246
• Katakana for ra ri ru re and ro: 252
• DESIRES: 253
• Wanted To: 259
• Japanese Adjectives Have Tenses: 266
• Katakana for wa wo and n: 270
• LETS READ JAPANESE: 273
• How to Read Japanese Sentences: 280
• THOSE DARNED IMPORTED WORDS: 287
• PICTURES TELL IT ALL: 295
• English GrammarA Summary: 309

Bibliographic information

• Title: Breeze Into Japanese: Practical Language for Beginners
• Author: Kazuko Imaeda
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Cheng & Tsui, 2003
• ISBN: 0887274226, 9780887274220
• Length: 323 pages
• Subjects: Foreign Language Study / Japanese; Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching