| Introduction | ix |
| About the course | ix |
| Pronunciation guide | xvi |
| 1 | How do you do? | 1 |
| Saying excuse me and thank you | 2 |
| Introducing yourself | 6 |
| Saying hello and goodbye | 7 |
| Introducing a friend or business colleague | 7 |
| 2 | I'm British | 12 |
| Useful objects and loanwords | 13 |
| Countries, languages and nationalities | 14 |
| Asking for a word in Japanese | 18 |
| Numbers 1-12 | 19 |
| Months | 19 |
| 3 | What is your occupation? | 25 |
| Saying what your job is | 28 |
| Saying I am not... | 29 |
| Different ways of counting | 30 |
| Talking about your interests | 31 |
| Numbers 13-20 | 31 |
| 4 | There are five people in my family | 36 |
| Numbers 21-99 | 39 |
| Saying your age | 40 |
| Talking about your family | 40 |
| Dates and birthdays | 41 |
| 5 | What time is it? | 46 |
| Shopping phrases | 50 |
| Saying this and that | 50 |
| Telling the time | 52 |
| Opening and closing times | 53 |
| 6 | How much is it? | 59 |
| Counting in units of 100 and 1000 | 60 |
| Asking about and saying prices | 64 |
| Ways of counting objects | 65 |
| Asking for something in a shop | 65 |
| More shop names | 69 |
| 7 | Where is the post office? | 75 |
| Asking for directions | 76 |
| Giving directions | 79 |
| Saying where places are | 80 |
| 8 | What do you do on Sundays? | 87 |
| Describing your day | 89 |
| Saying when you do something | 92 |
| Asking about someone's schedule | 93 |
| Question words | 93 |
| Days of the week | 95 |
| 9 | Let's have a party! | 99 |
| Time expressions | 100 |
| Saying you are going or returning from somewhere | 101 |
| Making suggestions, accepting and refusing | 103 |
| Inviting someone to do something | 104 |
| Dates 1st-10th | 106 |
| 10 | Last week I went to Kyoto | 110 |
| Past tense | 110 |
| Saying where something took place | 113 |
| Means of transport | 114 |
| Saying you want to do something | 115 |
| More time expressions | 116 |
| 11 | It's nice weather, isn't it? | 121 |
| Describing people, objects and places | 122 |
| The weather and the seasons | 124 |
| Different types of describing words | 125 |
| Making a comment, agreeing with someone | 126 |
| 12 | The sport I like is tennis | 132 |
| Negative of masu words | 132 |
| Talking about likes | 136 |
| Talking about dislikes | 137 |
| Saying what you or someone else is good at | 137 |
| Describing locations of people and objects | 138 |
| 13 | Let's read Japanese! | 148 |
| The Japanese writing system | 149 |
| Days of the week and numbers in Japanese characters | 153 |
| Reading food and drink words on a menu | 161 |
| 14 | Shopping | 165 |
| More about Japanese shops | 166 |
| Buying clothes and other goods | 169 |
| Japanese souvenirs and presents | 176 |
| 15 | A bottle of beer, please | 179 |
| Eating out in Japan | 181 |
| Ordering drinks and snacks | 182 |
| Reading a coffee shop menu | 185 |
| Ordering a meal | 191 |
| 16 | Money | 193 |
| Review of Japanese money and prices | 193 |
| Changing traveller's cheques at a bank | 195 |
| Sending a parcel | 198 |
| Using an international telephone | 200 |
| 17 | I want to make a reservation | 204 |
| Asking for information at the tourist office | 205 |
| Asking about accommodation | 208 |
| Making a reservation over the phone | 209 |
| Accommodation in Japan | 209 |
| Checking in and out of a hotel | 213 |
| 18 | Is this the train for Sapporo? | 216 |
| Buying train and underground tickets | 217 |
| Asking where the platform is | 224 |
| Food on trains | 225 |
| Taking a taxi and giving the driver directions | 227 |
| 19 | Let's go skiing! | 230 |
| Asking for information about sightseeing | 231 |
| Finding out about places, leisure activities | 231 |
| Hiring sports equipment | 235 |
| Booking a theatre ticket by phone | 237 |
| Traditional Japanese theatre | 239 |
| 20 | Please come and visit | 243 |
| Visiting a Japanese home | 244 |
| Japanese houses | 247 |
| Inviting a Japanese person to your home | 248 |
| Introducing yourself in a business or formal situation | 250 |
| Exchanging business cards | 251 |
| Making a phone call to a Japanese home and office | 252 |
| Key to the activities and tests | 257 |
| Japanese-English vocabulary | 273 |
| Index of Grammatical Structures | 282 |
| Appendix | Numbers | 284 |
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