Textbook Contents

  • Japanese for Busy People Courses


    • JBP-1

      Hiragana and Katakana (Japanese phonetic alphabets)
      Introductions
      Time, day of week, date
      Numbers and counting
      Adjectives -i and -na
      Verbs present and past tense
      Give a brief reason
      Giving and receiving
      Making, accepting, and declining an invitation or suggestion
      Successive actions
      Making a request
      Asking and giving permission
      Prohibition
      Progressive form / present condition
      Preference and desire

    • JBP-2
      160 basic kanji
      Asking preference / Getting suggestions
      Comparative degree / Superlative degree
      Stating decisions
      Progressive form
      Plain forms
      Asking for and giving explanations
      Expressing frequency
      Past experiences
      Describing a change in state
      Direct and indirect quotation
      Giving a reason
      Potential form
      Expressing uncertainty
      Hypothetical statements
      Conditional statements
      Expressing necessity