Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTES; CHAPTER 1: PRONUNCIATION; Exercise; Japanese Romanized Alphabet; CHAPTER 2: BASIC SENTENCES; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; CHAPTER 3: BASIC SENTENCES; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; SUPPLEMENT I Numerals; CHAPTER 4: KYOOSHITSU--CLASSROOM (1); Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; CHAPTER 5: ARIMASU--THERE IS; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; SUPPLEMENT II Numeral Classifiers; SUPPLEMENT III Counting and Designating the Number of Various Time Units. SUPPLEMENT IV Counting and Designating the Number of Various Time UnitsSUPPLEMENT V Various Names of Time Units; CHAPTER 6: KYOOSHITSU--CLASSROOM (2); Fluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; CHAPTER 7: RYOKOO--TRAVEL; Fluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; SUPPLEMENT VI In Reference to Various Time Units; SUPPLEMENT VII Designating an Indefinite Number of Units with; CHAPTER 8: KEMBUTSU--SIGHTSEEING; Fluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; SUPPLEMENT VIII Telling Time; Exercises; Useful Expressions. CHAPTER 9: HOTERU--A HOTELFluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; CHAPTER 10: KAIMONO--SHOPPING; Fluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; CHAPTER 11: GORAKU--ENTERTAINMENT; Fluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; CHAPTER 12: YUUBINKYOKU--POST OFFICE; Fluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; CHAPTER 13: SUKIYAKI O TABE NI IKU--; GOING OUT FOR SUKIYAKI; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; CHAPTER 14: NIHON--JAPAN; Fluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises. SUPPLEMENT IX Shinrui (Family Relations)CHAPTER 15: ABRAHAM LINCOLN; Fluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; CHAPTER 16: TEISHAJOO--STATION; Fluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Useful Expressions; CHAPTER 17: MOMOTARO; Fluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; Miscellaneous Useful Expressions; CHAPTER 18: MOMOTARO (continued); Fluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; CHAPTER 19: SUPERPOLITE AND HUMBLE FORMS; Exercises; Useful Expressions; SUPPLEMENT X Use of KA and DEMO; USE OF KA AND DEMO WITH INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS; Exercises. CHAPTER 20: DENWA NO KAIWA--TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONFluency Drill; Substitution Drill; Exercises; APPENDIX I: VERB BASES AND SUFFIXES; FIVE BASES AND SUFFIXES; APPENDIX II: POSTPOSITIONS; APPENDIX III: CONNECTIVES; VOCABULARY; VOCABULARY-VERBS; INDEX; BACK COVER.
Colloquial Japanese, a systematic study, is based on the idea that a language is composed of fundamental paton the idea that a language is composed of fundamental patterns in the same way a building is constructed of bricks. Instead of theoretical rules of grammar, patterns of usage are systematically introduced to create live, useful language. These patterns are presented as they are used in daily speech by Japanese, then reinforced with additional examples and explanations. Just as each brick must be placed one after the other to construct a building, each pattern of Japanese is taught one b.