Japanese for Fun: Make Your Stay in Japan More Enjoyable - Softcover

This is a concise guide to learning basic Japanese.

This pocket book is intended for people who want to learn Japanese quickly. Whenever you have a few minutes waiting in a hotel lobby, riding on a train, or whateveropen this book and you can learn phrases you'll use again and again during your stay in Japan. The book is divided into twentyone chapters, each covering a specific topic. Each chapter includes the following three sections:

• Words & Expressions: This section introduces words and expressions needed in specific situations. Vocabulary is presented systematically for quick and easy understanding.
• Expressions in Context: This shows how to use in context the words and expressions given in the preceding section. Gives you confidence in using new words in original sentences.
• Additional Words & Expressions: This section enables you to create many new sentences using the patterns just learned. There's no need to memorize all the words or phrases presented here: concentrate on just those you want to use.

To use this book, start by reading the first three chapters of the book. These introduce many of the most commonly used words and phrases, and familiarize you with the basic sentence structures. After Chapter