A situation-based guide designed to get you speaking simple Japanese from the very first day!
Japanese
Made Easy
Revised and Updated
Tazuko Ajiro Monane
Updated and revised by Yumi Matsunari
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(Previously published as ISBN: 978-4-8053-0963-6)
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CONTENTS
Lesson 1: Ordering at a Coffee Shop
Lesson 3: Ordering at a Restaurant
Lesson 4: Shopping at a Department Store
Lesson 5: Letting Others Know What You Want
Lesson 6: Asking Questions and Saying “Yes”
Lesson 8: Asking “What?” and “Which One?”
Lesson 10: Eating at a Sushi Shop
Lesson 11: Asking “Where?” and “Which Way?”
Lesson 12: Asking What it is When You Don’t Know
Lesson 13: Finding Out What it Is (and Isn’t)
Lesson 14: Asking about the Family
Lesson 15: Making Suggestions
Lesson 16: Asking for Suggestions
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