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