Handbook of Japanese GrammarAn invaluable reference for students and scholars alike. Part 1 explains and illustrates the uses of hundreds of particles, key vocabulary, and other function words. Each entry includes many sample sentences in Japanese, romaji, and English. Free of dense grammatical jargon, Part 2 provides concise overviews of all Japanese parts of speech, polite language (keigo), counters, and other facets of everyday language. |
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Contents
| 7 | |
| 11 | |
Grammatical Explanations | 247 |
Adjectival Noun | 248 |
Adjectives | 252 |
Adverbs | 262 |
Conjunctions | 265 |
Counters | 268 |
Euphonic Changes | 272 |
Intransitive and Transitive Verbs | 274 |
Nouns | 276 |
Polite Language | 278 |
Prepositions | 282 |
Pronouns | 292 |
Verbs | 293 |
Common terms and phrases
adjectival noun adjective ADVERB ADVERB MEANING aida amari Anata arimasen arimasu benkyo clause conjunctive form Consonant-stem verbs da/desu dake de/ni dekiru demo denwa Depato deshita desho dewa dewa arimasen DICT dictionary form dictionary form ends doko Euphonic Changes followed form of verb form of verb/adjective hayaku hazu hito hodo hoshii ikenai ikimasen ikimasu imasen imasu interrogative word ISBN itta Japanese Japanese language kaban kamera kanji Kanojo kara Kare keredo(mo kimashita koko Kono Kore koto ku-form kudasai kuru kuruma Kyoto masu mitai mo kakawarazu mono nai-form of verb nakatta nakereba nani nara naranai naru negative nihongo noun expressing o-kane omoimasu PARTICLE MEANING PREDICATIVE PHRASE MEANING rashii Replace the final ryoko sentence shigoto shimashita shimasu shinai shinkansen shita shitemo Sonna sore sureba suru ta-form ta-form of verb/adjective te-form of verb toki tokoro Tokyo totemo uchi Watashi yasui yd desu yoku yori yoroshii
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Handbook of Japanese Grammar Tuttle language library |
| Author | Masahiro Tanimori |
| Editor | Masahiro Tanimori |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Tuttle Publishing, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0804819408, 9780804819404 |
| Length | 313 pages |
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