{"product_id":"essential-japanese-grammar-a-comprehensive-guide-to-contemporary-usage-write-speak-japanese-like-a-native-9784805311172","title":"Essential Japanese Grammar: A Comprehensive Guide to Contemporary Usage: Write \u0026 Speak Japanese Like a Native!","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssential Japanese Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable study guide for students of the Japanese language at all levels.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong the standard in Japanese language education, it provides clear, jargon-free explanations of how Japanese grammar works and offers hundreds of example sentences. An essential handbook for self-study or the classroom, students will find that a strong foundation in grammar is vital to those wishing to learn Japanese. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssential Japanese Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e presents many unique features. First, grammatical terminology has been kept to a minimum so that extensive prior knowledge of grammar is not required. Second, abundant example sentences are written in Japanese characters (\u003ci\u003ekana and kanji\u003c\/i\u003e) followed by \u003ci\u003eromanji\u003c\/i\u003e and English translations. Third, the authors have tried to reveal aspects of grammar that may not be found in comparable grammar books--such as rare Japanese verbs, adjectival nouns, clauses, adverbs, etc. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Japanese grammar book contains: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Parts of speech.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sentence constructions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conjugations forms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeech styles and tones.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccentuation rules.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssential words and functional elements.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn appendix for referencing and cross-referencing Japanese words.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasahiro Tanimori\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Japanese education at Tottori University in Japan. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Japanese Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e (Tuttle, 1994) and vice editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Edition of General Japanese (Xinbian Zonghe Riyu\u003c\/i\u003e, China Astronautic Publishing House, 2011), and is a member of the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language. He lives in Awajo, Japan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEriko Sato\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Japanese and translation studies at the State of University of New York at Stony Brook, where she is also the Director of the Japanese Teacher Education Program. She has authored and co-authored over a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003e Japanese Stories for Language Learners, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e Learning Japanese Kanji.\u003c\/i\u003eShe has also authored or co-authored \u003ci\u003eContemporary Japanese, Japanese Demystified, Japanese for Dummies, Complete Japanese Grammar, Japanese Phrases for Dummies, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy First Japanese Kanji Book\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725568250130,"sku":"9784805311172","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0b77bbd5-42f2-4c2d-b55d-442cf10243d0.jpg?v=1734834472","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/essential-japanese-grammar-a-comprehensive-guide-to-contemporary-usage-write-speak-japanese-like-a-native-9784805311172","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}