Japanese GrammarA concise summary of Japanese grammar is presented for beginning students of the language. Topics include parts of speech, sentence structure, idioms, and pronunciation advice. All Japanese words are presented phonetically. Important points of grammar or vocabulary, as well as subject heads, are printed in a second color as a quick-reference aid for students. New to this edition is a Japanese-English vocabulary list. |
Contents
THE JAPANESE WRITING SYSTEM | 6 |
Parts of Speech | 21 |
PRONOUNS | 29 |
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adjectival nouns adverbs ageru arimasu ashita Ban gohan benkyō bookstore c-stem verbs Causative Passive clause consonant copula darō darō Polite dekimasu depāto dependent clauses deshita deshita Gerund deshō deshō Plain dewa dictionary form eigo English Examples Watakushi express gerund Gerund te form Ginza gohan Goji hanashite hiragana hito hodo Honorific honya ikimasen ikimasu imasen deshita imashita imasu ISBN Japan Japanese language Jon san kaeru kaimashita kanji Kanojo kara katakana keredo kiku kinō kirei kōhi Kono Kore kudasai Conditional kuru Kyō Kyōto mairu masu means Meri san miru nara Nihon Nihongo numbers o'clock particle person Plain Affirmative Potential plain form predicate probably pron pronouns romaji sensei shimashita shimasu shinai shizuka someone stem of v-stem suki desu suru suru/to tabemashita taberu tabeta Tanaka san te form tense Tōkyō topic marker uchi verb form verbal adjective vowel wakarimasu yomu yori