Page 6 - Easy Japanese - Learn to Speak Japanese Quickly! (TUTTLE)

Contents

INTRODUCTION

LESSON 1 Greetings and Everyday Expressions

LESSON 2 Meeting People
Dialogue 1: How Do You Do?
Cultural Note: Introduction
Dialogue 2: Are You American?
Grammar Note: The Phrase Particle Mo
Cultural Note: Foreign Words in Japanese
Cultural Note: Aizuchi: How to be a Good Listener
Dialogue 3: Introducing yourself
Dialogue 4: Who is That Person?
Cultural Note: Senpai-Kōhai “Senior-Junior” Relationship

LESSON 3 Schedule and Daily Activities
Dialogue 1: Taking a Bus Tour
Cultural Note: The Japanese Sense of Time
Dialogue 2: Practicing Japanese
Cultural Note: Virtue of Ambiguity
Dialogue 3: It’s Lunch Time
Dialogue 4: Texting Someone

LESSON 4 Eating and Drinking
Dialogue 1: Visiting an Izaka-ya restaurant
Cultural Note: Eating out
Cultural Note: Drinking
Dialogue 2: At a Ramen Shop
Dialogue 3: Traditional Japanese Cuisine
Cultural Note: Tea
Dialogue 4: My Favorite Foods

LESSON 5 Where is It?
Dialogue 1: Going Shopping
Dialogue 2: Driving in Town
Cultural Note: Konbini (Convenience Store)
Dialogue 3: In the Department Store
Cultural Note: Depa-chika (Department Basement)
Dialogue 4: Taking a Break in a Café