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Colloquial

Japanese

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Colloquial

Japanese

The Complete Course for Beginners

Second edition

Hugh Clarke and Motoko Hamamura

First published 2003 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.

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? 2003 Hugh Clarke and Motoko Hamamura

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Contents

Preface

vii

Introduction to the Japanese language

1

1 Meishi no kookan

11

Exchanging business cards

2 Jiko-shookai

28

Introducing yourself

3 K?zoku no hanashi

41

Talking about families

4 Kaimono

58

Shopping

5

75

Getsuy?obi ni aimash?o.

Let's meet on Monday!

6

90

Suzuki san no kaisha e d?o

yatte ikim?su ka.

How do I get to your office, Mr Suzuki?

7

111

D?nna kanji no hito d?su ka.

What does he look like?

8

130

Shinai-k?nkoo ni ikimash?o.

Let's take the city tour!

9 H?teru de

145

At the hotel

10

160

Keiba o m? ni ikimas?n ka.

Would you like to come to the races?

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11

178

Nih?n ni ik? nara, d?no k?setsu

ga ?i deshoo ka.

If you're going to Japan, which is the best season?

12

193

D?omo kaze o hiita y?o desu.

Somehow I seem to have caught a cold.

13

211

Kuruma ni butsukerareta.

Another car ran into me!

14

229

M?shimoshi, Akimoto sensei

irasshaim?su desh?o ka.

Hello, may I speak to Professor Akimoto?

15

248

Jootatsu no hiketsu wa kore desu.

The secret road to progress!

Key to the exercises

258

Grammar summary

289

Appendix: hirag?na, katak?na and kanji 306

Japanese?English glossary

312

Index of grammar and language functions 383

Preface

In this completely new edition of Colloquial Japanese, we have integrated the writing system into the course from Unit 1. This has resulted in the unusual, dare we say unique, feature of combining romanised transcription and the Japanese script in the first five units. Instead of learning hirag?na and katak?na syllabaries mechanically by rote before embarking on your study of Japanese, running the risk of losing your enthusiasm before you have begun, you are introduced gradually to the Japanese writing system as you acquire useful phrases and expressions you can use immediately. From the beginning we introduce the three components of the Japanese script ? kanji, hirag?na and katak?na ? within a context of partly romanised, natural spoken Japanese. We hope this innovation will help you learn how to read and write Japanese as quickly and painlessly as possible. From Unit 6 the basic conversations and dialogues are given in kana and a restricted number of kanji. Students who apply themselves diligently to the study of the Japanese script should be able to learn the 200 kanji introduced in the fifteen units. For those who cannot afford the time to master all the kanji, however, it will be possible to complete the course with a knowledge of the script introduced in the first seven units.

In addition to the introduction of the Japanese script, the new edition adopts a more interactive, communicative approach to the learning of Japanese. The language is introduced through a series of practical dialogues simulating the actual situations a learner of Japanese is likely to encounter. We have been careful, however, not to sacrifice the comprehensive coverage of grammar and vocabulary which were the hallmarks of earlier editions of Colloquial Japanese.

We have received encouragement and advice from many friends and colleagues, too numerous to mention here. We are particularly grateful to our copy editor, Diane Stafford, whose excellent command of Japanese and meticulous eye for detail has purged the manuscript of many typographical errors and inconsistencies. Special thanks must also go to

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