Japanese for Busy People II (Revised 3rd Edition)

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Association for Japanese-Language Teaching
AjALT
KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL
Tokyo - New York ^ London
The Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT) was recognized
as a nonprofit organization by the Ministry of Education in 1977. It was
established to meet the practical needs of people who are not necessarily
specialists on Japan but wish to communicate effectively in Japanese.
In 1992 AJALT was awarded the Japan Foundation Special Prize. AJALT
maintains a website at www.ajalt.org.
Illustrations by Shinsaku Sumi.
CD narration by Yuki Minatsuki, Aya Ogawa, Yuri Haruta, Koji Yoshida,
Tatsuo Endo, Sosei Shinbori, and Howard Colefield.
CD recording and editing by the English Language Education Council, Inc
PHOTO CREDITS: © Sachiyo Yasuda, 1, 49, 99, 128, 149, 199.
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Kingdom and continental Europe by Kodansha Europe Ltd.
Published by Kodansha International Ltd., 17-140towa 1-chome, Bunkyo-
ku, Tokyo 112-8652, and Kodansha America, Inc.
Copyright © 2007 by the Association for Japanese-Language Teaching.
All rights reserved. Printed in Japan.
ISBN 978-4-7700-3010-8
First published 1990
Second edition 1995
Third edition 2007
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CONTENTS
PREFACE XII
INTRODUCTION xiil
QflMfir ill SOUVENIR SHOPPING
iWrral BUILDING RAPPORT WITH COLLEAGUES
iQMrifgl RETURNING TO JAPAN FOR WORK
imW^I PLANNING A VACATION
|IM0Ïϧ| SOLVING PROBLEMS
SUPPLEMENTTO THE TEXT 253
TRANSLATIONS OF READING TASKS 255
ANSWERS TO EXERCISES AND QUIZZES 261
JAPANESE-ENGLISH GLOSSARY 276
ENGLISH-JAPANESE GLOSSARY 287
INDEX 298
GRAMMAR
I. Referring to Indefinite Places, Things, or People
^ >^^Z^\ tLMC^\ fiJtl^-
ASKING FOR ADVICE ABOUT A GIFT
II. Stating and Asking Preference and Soliciting
Suggestions
III. Making Comparisons (1): Expressing the
Comparative Degree
IV. Making Comparisons (2): Expressing the
Superlative Degree
V. "Doing Something to See How It Goes"
I. Getting Information or Advice: "I'd Like to . ., 20
But. . . ?"
CHOOSING A YUKATA 18
II. Making-Comparisions (3): Singling Out an Item 21
for Comparison
^ ~ l± ^^^l±X - T -f
III. Stating Decisions 23
^ ~ |C L it
I. Connecting Related Sentences
34
SEARCHING FOR A LOST ITEM 32
II. Describing Ongoing Actions or States in Effect 36
III. "Going Somewhere to Do Something" 38
QUIZ 1 (Lessons 1-3) 46
GRAMMAR
I. Plain Forms of Verbs (1): Present-affirmative and 53
Preseat-negative Tenses
CLOCKING IN EARLY 50
II. Asking for and Offering Explanations (1) 55
|=> Verb (Plain Form) + ^ T -t
III. Expressing Frequency 58