Learn Japanese with a proven method designed for English speakers
a self-study guide that helps you come prepared to Japanese class
step-by-step examples
To show you how to get from an English structure to the equivalent Japanese structure.
All the essentials
Straightforward lessons that focus more on the rules than the exceptions. Covers the grammar taught in beginning college courses.
Study Tips
Tips to help you learn Japanese vocabulary and word forms, and to remember them.
one point per chapter
In each bite-sized lesson, author Mutsuko Endo Hudson explains one grammar concept and illustrates it with English and Japanese examples.
Explained in English
To help you learn the grammar from the point of view of a language you already speak.
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Learn The Grammar Terms Your Textbook Assumes You Know
Parts Of Speech
Learn how to identify English and Japanese nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions so you can choose the correct equivalent to an English word.
“Leaves” : sale or hojas? Depends on its part of speech: verb → sale; noun → hojas
Functions Of Words
Learn how to identify English and Japanese subjects, direct and indirect object so you can choose the correct equivalent to an English word.
Learn to identify the function of words in English and Japanese so you can choose the correct equivalent in English.
“Him” : lo or le? Depends on its function: direct object → lo; indirect object → le
English and Japanese Grammatical Terms
Learn of conjugation, gender, number, agreement so you’ll understand these terms that play an important role in Japanese
Learn grammatical terms such as conjugation, gender, number, and agreement that play a minor role in English, but an important role in Japanese.
“Red” : rojo or roja? Depends on what is described: a car → rojo; a dress → roja
Step-By-Step Analysis Of Examples
Learn how to get from an English structure to an equivalent Japanese structure. Our examples will take you every step of the way.
“This is the book I was talking about.” → series of steps → Este es el libro de que hablaba. (word-for-word: this is the book about which I was talking
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