Introduction<br/>1 Introducing Japanese sounds, word order, and writing systems<br/> Basic sounds<br/> Pitch<br/> Basic hiragana<br/> Katakana<br/> Kanji<br/> Basic word order and particles<br/> Speech styles<br/>2 Nouns<br/> Proper nouns<br/> Respectful titles<br/> Common nouns<br/> Compound nouns<br/> Demonstrative pronouns<br/> Personal pronouns<br/> The particle no<br/> Kinship terms<br/>3 Numbers<br/> Bare numbers based on the Chinese system<br/> The native Japanese number system<br/> Class counters<br/> Ordinal counters<br/> Expressing time<br/> Expressing months and days<br/> Unit counters<br/> me<br/>4 Basic verb forms<br/> Dictionary form<br/> Masu form<br/> Nai form<br/> Stem form<br/> Ru verbs and u verbs<br/> Irregular verbs<br/> Conjugation patterns<br/> Te form<br/> Ta form<br/> Nakatta form<br/> Conjugating verbs in the plain form<br/> Conjugating verbs in the polite form<br/> Progressive form<br/> Potential form<br/> Conjugating the copular verb desu<br/>5 Verb types<br/> suru verbs<br/> Existential verbs aru and iru<br/> Transitive and intransitive verbs<br/> Inherently potential verbs<br/> Verbs with hidden become/get<br/> Verbs of giving and receiving<br/>6 Auxiliaries that follow verbs in the te form<br/> te + ageru, etc. (helpfulness)<br/> te + iru (progressive, resulting, and habitual states)<br/> te + shimau (completion)<br/> te + oku (preparation)<br/> te + miru (trial)<br/> te + iku and kuru (progress)<br/> te + aru (resulting state)<br/> te + hoshii (desire)<br/>7 Particles<br/> o (direct object)<br/> ga (subject)<br/> ni (at, in, to)<br/> de (at, by, in, with)<br/> e (toward, to)<br/> kara (from)<br/> made (until)<br/> no (of, ’s)<br/> to, ya, and ka (listing nouns)<br/> wa (topic)<br/> mo (addition)<br/> bakari (nothing but . . . )<br/> shika (only)<br/> dake (just/only)<br/> demo (even)<br/>8 Adjectives and adverbs<br/> Adjective types<br/> Basic adjective forms<br/> Multiple subjects<br/> Te forms of adjectives<br/> Degree adverbs<br/> Frequency adverbs<br/> Adverbs derived from adjectives<br/> Adverb + naru (change)<br/> Adverbs made from onomatopoeia and mimetic words<br/> Comparing two items<br/> Equivalent-degree comparison<br/> Comparing activities<br/> Superlative comparison<br/>9 Sentence types<br/> Statements<br/> Questions<br/> Sentences with indefinite pronouns<br/> Enriching statements<br/> Suggestions, requests, and commands<br/>10 Complex words and phrases<br/> sugiru, etc. (verbal compound)<br/> yasui / nikui (toughness)<br/> tai (to want to do . . . )<br/> garu (to show the signs of . . . )<br/> Noun + rashii (typical)<br/> Noun + no yō na (simile)<br/> Noun + mitai na (simile)<br/> Stem form + sō na (appearance)<br/> Volitional form + to omou (intention)<br/> Volitional form + to suru (attempt)<br/> yō ni suru/naru (change)<br/> koto ni + suru/naru (decision)<br/> koto ga dekiru (potential)<br/> koto ga aru (experience)<br/>11 Clauses<br/> to and ka (verb complement clause)<br/> mae ni (adverbial clause before . . . ) and ato ni (adverbial clause after . . . )<br/> aida ni (adverbial clause during/while . . . )<br/> uchi ni (adverbial clause during/while/before . . . )<br/> toki ni (adverbial clause at the time when . . . )<br/> nagara (adverbial clause simultaneously)<br/> kara and node (adverbial clause because . . . )<br/> ga and noni (adverbial clause although . . . )<br/> Noun modifier clauses (which/that . . . )<br/>12 Conjunctions<br/> Listing nouns with to (exhaustive), ya (partial), ka (disjunctive), and mo (addition)<br/> Listing verbs with te forms<br/> Listing adjectives with te forms<br/> Listing verbs and adjectives as examples using the tari form<br/> Listing verbs and adjectives emphatically using shi<br/> Sentence conjunctions<br/>13 Conditionals<br/> tara (whenever, when, if)<br/> ba (whenever, when, if)<br/> to (whenever, when)<br/> nara (if it is the case that . . . .)<br/> te mo (even if/though, no matter . . . )<br/> Permission and prohibition<br/> Obligation and discretion<br/>14 Passives and causatives<br/> Passive verbs<br/> Direct passive<br/> Indirect passive<br/> Causative verbs<br/> Make-causative and let-causative<br/> Causative with auxiliary verbs of giving and receiving<br/> Causative passive<br/>15 Honorifics<br/> Special honorific verbs<br/> (r)areru (respectful form of verbs)<br/> o . . . ni naru (respectful)<br/> o . . . suru (humble)<br/> Asking for permission very politely<br/> Making a request very politely<br/> Using go before a noun<br/> Family terms<br/> Honorific forms for adjectives<br/> Honorific/polite question words<br/>16 Review Exercises<br/>Appendix A: Basic verb forms<br/>Appendix B: Basic sentence predicate forms<br/>Japanese–English glossary<br/>English–Japanese glossary<br/>Answer key<br/>
