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Appendices:
Appendix 1 Answers to the Exercises.pdf
Appendix 2 Kanji Compilation.pdf
Appendix 3 Glossary of Onomatopeia.pdf
Appendix 4 Vocabulary Lessons 36 45.pdf
Appendix 5 Vocabulary Lessons 46 60.pdf
Appendix 6 Kage Episode 1.pdf
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Page 08-1 The booking
Page 08-2 Check-in
Page 09-1 Booking and check-in
Page 09-2 Services
Page 09-3 Requests and problems
Page 10-1 Check out
Page 10-2 Hotel and room
Page 11-1 At a ryokan
Page 11-2 Ryokan
Page 13-16 Manga Examples
Page 18-1 The particle wa
Page 18-2 Basic usages of wa
Page 19 Contrast and emphasis with wa
Page 20-1 The particle ga
Page 20-2 Further usages of ga
Page 21 Usages of ga with certain verbs and adjectives
Page 22-1 But
Page 22-2 The particle mo
Page 24-27_Manga Examples
Page 29-1 The particle ni
Page 29-2 Direction contact and time
Page 30 Indirect object change and grammatical constructions
Page 31-1 Usages of ni
Page 31-2 The particle de
Page 31-3 Time and manner
Page 32 The particle e
Page 33-1 Usages of de
Page 33-2 Usages of two particles at once
Page 33-3 Usage of demo
Page 34-37 Manga Examples
Page 39-1 Taxi
Page 39-2 Transport Taxi and bus
Page 40-1 Bus
Page 40-2 Subway and local trains
Page 40-3 More situations
Page 41 Long-distance trains and the shinkansen
Page 42-1 Train Vocabulary
Page 42-2 Problems of various kinds
Page 44-47 Manga Examples
Page 49 The particle no- as a noun modifier
Page 50-1 Indefinite pronoun and nominalizer
Page 50-2 Usages of no
Page 51-1 At the end of a sentence
Page 51-2 Usages of o
Page 51-3 The particle o
Page 52 Other usages of o
Page 53-1 The adverbs mo and mada
Page 53-2 The adverbs kurai and goro/a>
Page 54-57 Manga Examples
Page 59 KAGE episode 1
Page 60 Kage episode 2
Page 66 KAGE New vocabulary
Page 80 The particle to
Page 81 Usages of to
Page 82 The particle kara
Page 83-1 The particle made
Page 83-2 Usages of ya
Page 83-3 Usages of ka
Page 84-1 More usages of ka
Page 84-2 Something, someday
Page 84-3 Usages of kara, made, ya and ka
Page 85-88 Manga Examples
Page 90-1 Lets go shopping!
Page 90-2 Buying clothes
Page 90-3 Shopping
Page 91-1 Clothes
Page 91-2 Buying manga and books
Page 91-3 Buying souvenirs
Page 93-95 Manga Examples
Page 97-1 I think that
Page 97-2 Perhaps-maybe-might
Page 97-3 Apparently
Page 99-1 Apparently
Page 99-2 From what Ive heard
Page 100-1 Looks or seems
Page 100-2 Supposed to hazu da- and ni chigainai-
Page 101 Suppositions General summary table
Page 102-105 Manga Examples
Page 107 What are transitive and intransitive verbs
Page 108-1 Kikoeru and mieru
Page 108-2 More examples
Page 108-3 Compound verbs
Page 109 Pairs of transitive and intransitive verbs
Page 110-1 Easy to and hard to
Page 110-2 Start doing finish doing and keep on doing
Page 110-3 Compound verbs with taberu
Page 111 -114 Manga Examples
Page 116 The verb ageru
Page 117-1 The verb morau
Page 117-2 The verb kureru
Page 118-1 The concept of tate
Page 118-2 ageru, morau and kureru as auxiliary verbs
Page 119-1 Way of
Page 119-2 Not much
Page 120 - 123 Manga Examples
Page 125- 130 Kage episode 3
Page 131 KAGE New vocabulary
Page 144 The easiest linking method
Page 145-1 Another way of linking sentences in the negative
Page 145-2 Simultaneous actions
Page 146-1 A situation remains unchanged
Page 146-2 Non-exhaustive list of actions
Page 147-1 In case of
Page 147-2 Not only X also Y
Page 147-3 Compound Sentences General Summary Table
Page 148-1 Conjunctions
Page 148-2 Nominalizing adjectives
Page 149 - 152 Manga Examples
Page 154 Irasshaimase!
Page 155-1 Fast-food outlets
Page 155-2 To the restaurant! /a>
Page 156-1 Meals
Page 156-2 Itadakimasu!
Page 157-1 Paying
Page 157-2 Flavors and sensations
Page 157-3 Cooking styles
Page 158-1 Typical dishes
Page 158-2 Ingredients
Page 159-1 Vegetables
Page 159-2 Meat
Page 159-3 Fish
Page 159-4 Others
Page 159-5 Utensils
Page 159-6 Seasonings
Page 159-7 Drinks
Page 159-8 Fruit
Page 161-162 Manga Examples
Page 164-1 Cause-reason: kara
Page 164-2 Cause-reason: node
Page 165-1 Aim: tame ni
Page 165-2 Aim: no ni
Page 165-3 When: toki
Page 166-1 While: aida ni
Page 166-2 While: uchi ni
Page 167-1 Before and after
Page 167-2 Conjunctions
Page 168 Compound sentences General summary table
Page 169-172 Manga Examples
Page 174 But, however
Page 175-1 Although, despite
Page 175-2 Although, in spite of
Page 176-1 Even, even if
Page 176-2 Interrogatives
Page 176-3 Strong recommendation
Page 177-1 More usages of the conjugation
Page 177-2 Conjunctions
Page 178 Compound Sentences
Page 179 Summary Table Conjunctions
Page 180 - 183 Manga Examples
Page 185-2 How to form relative clauses
Page 186-1 Internal relative clauses
Page 186-2 Relative clauses chart
Page 187-1 External Relative clauses
Page 187-2 The many usages of yo
Page 188-1 In order to
Page 188-2 Soft command or request yo ni + Verb
Page 188-3 To get to the point of
Page 189-1 To try to do something
Page 189-2 Usages of yo chart
Page 190 -193 Manga Examples
Page 195- 200 Kage episode 4
Page 201 KAGE New vocabulary
Page 214-1 The role of the police
Page 214-2 Emergencies
Page 214-3 Theft
Page 215-1 Losing something
Page 215-2 What’s wrong with me, Doctor?
Page 216-1 Talking with the doctor
Page 216-2 Accidents
Page 217-1 Basic vocabulary
Page 217-2 Sickness
Page 217-3 Parts of the body
Page 217-4 Types of doctor
Page 217-5 Miscellaneous
Page 219 - 222 Manga Examples
Page 224-1 Sonkeigo The language of respect
Page 224-2 Special verbs
Page 225-1 The rareru form
Page 225-2 chart
Page 225-3 Important observation
Page 226-1 Kenjogo The language of modesty
Page 226-2 Observations
Page 227-1 Teineigo: Polite speech
Page 227-2 Formal language: Summary
Page 228 -231 Manga Examples
Page 233-1 Particles
Page 233-2 Imperative swearwords and dislocations
Page 234-1 Chart The most common contractions
Page 234-2 Contractions
Page 235-1 Shortenings
Page 235-2 Colloquial vocabulary
Page 236-1 Grammatical patterns
Page 236-2 Patterns in casual Japanese
Page 237-1 Questions in the negative
Page 237-2 Answering yes-no questions
Page 238 - 241 Manga Examples
Page 243 As…as
Page 244-1 More than
Page 244-2 Not as
Page 244-3 Adverbs of gradation
Page 245-1 The same…as; as…as
Page 245-2 Questions
Page 246 Superlatives
Page 247-1 Too much
Page 247-2 Comparative and superlative expressions
Page 248-251 Manga Examples
Page 253 Asking for directions
Page 254-1 Giving and receiving directions
Page 254-2 Taking photos
Page 254-3 At the museum
Page 255-1 In the city
Page 255-2 In the countryside
Page 255-3 At the museum
Page 256-1 Mailing things
Page 256-2 Post Office
Page 258-261 Manga Examples
Page 263-268 Kage episode 5
Page 269 KAGE New vocabulary
Page 282-1 The Conditional form with to
Page 282-2 The Conditional form with ba
Page 283-1 The Conditional form with tara
Page 283-2 table
Page 284-1 The Conditional form with nara
Page 284-2 Conditional forms chart
Page 284-3 Hypothetical conditions
Page 285-1 Whenever
Page 285-2 When; as soon as
Page 285-3 Idiomatic usage
Page 285-4 When; as a result of; after
Page 285-5 Regarding; as for
Page 286-1 You need to; you should
Page 286-2 Making suggestions
Page 286-3 Making soft proposals
Page 286-4 Showing annoyance
Page 286-5 Explaining and requesting idiomatic
Page 286-6 A final usage for sore nara and suru to
Page 287 - 290 Manga Examples
Page 292-1 koto and mono
Page 292-2 kotoas a nominalizer
Page 293-1 no as a nominalizer
Page 293-2 Differences between the nominalizers
Page 294 Expressions with koto
Page 295-1 Decisions
Page 295-2 Expressions with mono
Page 296 Expressions with koto and mono
Page 297- 300 Manga Examples
Page 302-1 The expression dake
Page 302-2 The expression shika
Page 303 The expression bakari
Page 304 The expression tokoro
Page 305-1 The expressions sei and okage
Page 305-2 A couple of conjunctions
Page 306 Grammar Scramble
Page 307 - 310 Manga Examples
Page 312-1 The Kansai dialect
Page 312-2 Kansai dialect_Vocabulary
Page 314 Kansai dialect_Grammar
Page 315-1 Proverbs
Page 315-2 Proverbs Chart
Page 315-3 Sayings Chart
Page 317 - 320 Manga Examples
Page 323-1 The victim passive
Page 324 Table
Page 325 The causative-passive
Page 326 Other constructions
Page 327- 330 Manga Examples
Page 332 - 337 Kage episode 6
Page 338 KAGE New vocabulary