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Conversational Japanese - The Right Word at the Right Time: This Japanese Phrasebook and Language Guide Lets You Learn Japanese Quickly! (Paperback, Original ed.)
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Conversational Japanese - The Right Word at the Right Time: This Japanese Phrasebook and Language Guide Lets You Learn Japanese Quickly! (Paperback, Original ed.)
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This book is a user-friendly language guide for basic spoken
Japanese.
More than a phrase book, "Conversational Japanese" provides basic
material for practical day-to-day communication. Through hundreds
of example sentences and dialogs, as well as thorough explanations
of the customs involved, learners will know what to say and do
when: Meeting new people. Reserving a hotel room. Buying a train
ticket. Offering a gift. Writing email, business letters, cards and
thank-you notes.This book is about communication. As we all know
communication is more than just language. Our body language is just
as important, as we all brng a host of personal and cultural
baggage to each conversation we have. To communicate successfully
in another culture and speak Japanese we need more than the bare
bones of the language. We need to understand the given norms of
that society, how people interact, how things work, what the system
is, how to navigate and manipulate those systems--in short, how to
use the language in context. This book aims to prepare you for
situations you are likely to find yourself in if you go to Japan to
visit or to work. Every chapter starts with a short introduction
giving background knowledge for that topic; then there are
dialogues based on real-life situations which give you you the
words and phrases you need to manage a wide range of daily tasks
from getting on with the neighbors, to buying a phone, shopping on
the internet, sightseeing, visiting clients or giving a speech.
This is not a programmed language course; rather it is aimed at
people who have taken such a course or have otherwise mastered the
basics of the language, though even beginners picking up this book
will gain confidence and proficiency in interacting with the
Japanese in many ordinary situations. This book fills a gap, is
interesting and fun to read, and serves as a stimulus to further
study. The Japanese language is kept simple and clear and strikes a
balance between Japanese textbook language and colloquial Japanese
language. Real life Japanese conversations are untidy and
elliptical. Unlike most language books, "Conversational Japanese"
does not restrict the use of kanji ("Chinese characters"), and the
sentences are written in the usual Japanese combination of kana
("hiragana" and "katakana") and kanji. Since learning kanji is a
difficult task, "Conversational Japanese" includes romanji
(Romanized Japanese) for each word or phrase. As you progress,
using kanji and kana will become easier to remember and you should
be able to pick up new kanji over time. Soon you your abilities to
speak Japanese, comprehend Japanese, read Japanese and write
Japanese will be improved.
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