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Sound Words
Onomatopoeia and imitative words describing persons, actions or things are
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Japanese Syllabaries
Learn two forms of Japanese writing, Hiragana and Katakana.
INDEX
LESSON
4 TADAIMA 8
7 SHKURMU WA ARIMASU KA 11
10 ZEN-IN IMASU KA 14
15 NETE IMASU 19
19 YOKATTA 23
21 IIE, SOREHODODEMO 25
22 OSOKU NARIMASHITA 26
23 OKSAN NI SHIKARAREMASHITA 27
24 TSUKAWANAIDE KUDASAI 28
26 TSUGI WA GANBAR 30
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28 SHIZUOKA E YKOSO 32
33 ANNA-SAN NI AGEMASU 37
38 KASHIKOMARIMASHITA 42
39 KAZE DA TO OMOIMASU 43
43 DSHITE DESH KA 47
45 OTANJBI OMEDET 49
[Appendix] Adjectives/Counters 53
Verbs 54
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LESSON 1
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How do you do?
Im Anna.
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LESSON 13
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LESSON 19
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No, not really.
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Look! It is already so late.
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A friend in Shizuoka.
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On the 20th of next month.
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LESSON 37
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It was good.
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Kenta KORE, HONNO KIMOCHI DESU.
I would like to thank you very
Anna DMO ARIGAT GOZAIMASU. much.
What did you get?
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May I open this?
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Lastly, please tell us your
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I want to travel around Japan.
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AKANE TOKUNAGA
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Tokunaga has been active in various roles as a Japanese language
teacher since the 1990s. From the year 2000, she has been teaching
Japanese to foreign students in the Japanese Language and Culture
Program at Kanda University of International Studies. She has also
been involved in developing teaching materials. She has a friendly
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