Japanese for Busy People III (Revised 3rd Edition)

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negative
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affirmative
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negative
affirmative
pprreesseenntt
negative
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affirmative A-^^^-ofz
ppaasstt
negative ±^ < ^X^^-^fz
affirmative
pprreesseenntt
negative
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affirmative imti-^fz
ppaasstt
negative
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affirmative :^tz
pprreesseenntt
negative
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affirmative
ppaasstt
negative
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preceding conjunctive and sentence-final expressions.
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noun
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JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE M

J A P A N E SE
FOR
R e v i s ed 3 rd E d i t i on
BUSY
P E O PL
Association for Japanese-Language Teaching
AlALT
KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL
Tokyo o 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, through which they can be contacted with questions regarding
this book or any of their other publications.
Illustrations by Shinsaku Suml.
CD narration by Yuki MinatsukI, Takako Suzuki, Yuri Haruta, Kojl Yoshida,
Tatsuo Endo, Sosei Shinbori, and Howard Colefield.
CD recording and editing by the English Language Education Council, Inc.
PHOTO CREDITS: © Sachiyo Yasuda, 2, 47, 231, 244.
Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, Inc., and in the United
Kingdom and continental Europe by Kodansha Europe Ltd.
Published by Kodansha International Ltd., 17-14 Otowa 1-chome, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyp 112-8652, and Kodansha America, Inc.
Copyright © 2007 by the Association for Japanese-Language Teaching.
All rights reserved. Printed in Japan.
ISBN 978-4-7700-3011-5
First published 1990
Second edition 1995
Third edition 2007
15 14 13 12 1110 09 08 07 10987 6543 2 1
www.kodansha-intl.com
C O N T E N TS
PREFACE XII
INTRODUCTION xiii
HUMANS & PETS
HUMANS & NATURE
CRIME & EDUCATION
BUSINESS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
APPENDIX 275
ANSWERS TO EXERCISES AND QUIZZES 276
JAPANESE-ENGLISH GLOSSARY 286
ENGLISH-JAPANESE GLOSSARY 295
INDEX 303
GRAMMAR
I. Expressing Suppositions & Wondering Aloud
^ TL J; 7. f : 6i
A LOST PET 2
II. Expressing Impressions (1) 10
III. Conveying Information Gained Elsewhere 12
^ ^9
IV. Describing Actions Done or to Be Done in Preparation 14
for the Future
^ ~Tfe <
I. Expressing Certainty 31
DISAPPEARING COOKIES 26 II. Expressing Beliefs or Expectations Based 32
on Information Gained Elsewhere
III. Expressing Impressions (2) 33
IV. Expressing Ideas that Run Contrary to Expectation (1) 35
Expressing Causes of or Reasons for Situations 49
or Outcomes
^ tz^
(IC)
THE PET INDUSTRY 46
. Describing Change (1): Changes Coming into Effect 50
^ Xl \'m>
I. Describing Change (2): Continuous Changes 51
|=> ~ To <
QUIZ 1 (Lessons 1-3) 60
GRAMMAR
I. Nominalizing Sentences 69
A VISIT TO MR. NAKANO'S FARM, II. Indicating Means or Attendant Circumstances 70
PART 1 64
^ ~ T / ~ T\ - ^ X ^ T / ^ - f lC
III. Describing Deliberate Effects 71
^ -T^.'S
IV. Expressing Purpose (1) 72
^ Xl\Z