Do You Remember? (Review Activities)

Chapter 1: Travel

Topics/Vocabulary

• Transportation and Schedules
• Sightseeing and Travel Planning

Grammar

1. Making a Suggestion
2. Deciding to Do Something: ...koto ni suru
3. Saying Whether Something Occurred Before or After: mae and ato
4. to Conditionals
5. Commands
6. Admonishment and Prohibition: ~te wa ikenai / ...na
7. The Adverbial Use of Adjectives
8. Expressing Obligation or Duty

...kan
tsureteiku, tsuretekuru
demo
...me
Sentence-Final no
made versus madeni
motteiku versus mottekuru
...to ieba

Culture Notes

• ryokan
• midori no madoguchi
• ekiben (Station Box Lunches)
• onsen

Reading and Writing

• Reading 1: Hokkaidoo no annai
• Reading 2: Toraberu gaido—Sapporo
• Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

• Making a Hotel Reservation
• Buying a Train Ticket

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 2: At Home

Topics/Vocabulary

• Houses
• Furnishings and Appliances
• Household Chores

Grammar

9. To Do Things Like Such and Such: ~tari...~tari
10. Expressing a Purpose: ...tame(ni)
11. Giving and Receiving
12. Expressing Permission: ~temoii
13. Negative Request: ~naidekudasai
14. Offering Advice: ...hoogaii
15. Expressing Different States of Actions: ...tokoro
16. Describing a Preparatory Action: ~teoku

bakari
zutsu
shika...nai

Culture Notes

• yooshitsu to washitsu
• manshon
• Describing Living Space
• Nihon no kagu
• giri
• Gift Giving
• Renting an Apartment in Japan

Reading and Writing

• Reading 1: Ishiguro-san no atarashii ie
• Reading 2: Koogen no bessoo
• Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

• Looking for a House
• Inviting People to Your Home
• Offering Food to a Guest
• Leave-Taking

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 3: Automobiles and Transportation

Topics/Vocabulary

• Cars and Driving
• Car Maintenance and Repairs
• Transportation and Traffic in the City

Grammar

17. How to Do Something: ~kata
18. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
19. Expressing Results and States of Being: ~tearu and ~teiru
20. Expressing an Attempt
21. Expressing a Just-Completed Action: The Ta-Form of the Verb + bakarida / tokoroda
22. Without Doing: ~naide

kashira (I wonder...)
karada ni warui wayo
The Conjunctive Form of the Verb as a Coordinating Structure

Culture Notes

• Driving in Japan
• Nihon no kookyoo kootsuu kikan Public Transportation

Reading and Writing

• Reading 1: Anzen unten
• Reading 2: Joozu na doraibu no shikata
• Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

• Asking for and Giving Instructions
• Cheering Up and Encouraging Others

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 4: The Body and Health

Topics/Vocabulary

• Body Parts
• Feeling and Emotions
• Health and Illness

Grammar

23. Analogy and Exemplification
24. Describing Attributes: The ...wa...ga Construction
25. Talking about Appearance: yoo, ~soo, ...rashii, and ...mitai
26. Causatives
27. Constructions Using Interrogatives
28. Expressing Expectation: ...hazu

Contractions in Colloquial Speech
~temo
Expressing the Frequency of Actions and Events
jibun (self, own)
san-ji juppun mae, san-ji juppun sugi

Culture Notes

• Attitudes toward Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs
• Health Care in Japan

Reading and Writing

• Reading 1: Kenkoo soodan
• Reading 2: Anata mo shiatsu shite mimasen ka
• Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

• At a Pharmacy
• At a Clinic

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 5: Life and Careers

Topics/Vocabulary

• From Cradle to Grave
• Careers and Occupations
• In the Workplace

Grammar

29. Describing a Change in State: ...yooninaru
30. Expressing Respect (1): Honorific Forms
31. Expressing Respect (2): Humble Forms
32. Passives

wakaru and shiru
Adjective + suru
Describing an Effort: ...yoonisuru
keego
Study Hint: Practicing Japanese Outside of Class

Culture Notes

• Nihon no kyooiku seedo--The Japanese Educational System (1): Elementary School
• Nihon no kyooiku seedo--The Japanese Educational System (2): Secondary Education
• shakaijin

Reading and Writing

• Reading 1: Watashi no eranda shigoto
• Reading 2: Sakuma-shachoo no oitachi
• Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

• At a Job Placement Center: Looking for a Job
• Job Interview: At One of Maiko Sushi’s Chain Stores
• Study Hint: Practicing Japanese Outside of Class

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 6: Communication and Media

Topics/Vocabulary

• Telecommunications
• Post Office
• Media

Grammar

33. ba- Conditionals
34. Wanting to Have Something Done: ~tehoshii
35. Expressing Respect (3): Honorifics
36. Causative-Passives
37. Expressing Concession

...dakede[wa]naku
Talking About Occasional Happenings: ...suru koto ga aru
...mama
Expressing Certain Conviction: ...ni chigainai

Culture Notes

• kooshuu denwa (Public Telephones)
• Special Services at the Post Office
• Television Stations and Newspapers
• Japanese Popular Culture (1): manga, anime
• Japanese Popular Culture (2): Popular Music

Reading and Writing

• Reading 1: Tegami no kakikata
• Reading 2: Rajio no bangumi annai
• Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

• Making a Phone Call
• At the Post Office

Listening Comprehension

Chapter 7: Nature and Culture

Topics/Vocabulary

• Geography
• Nature and Environment
• Culture and Customs

Grammar

38. Expressing a Speaker’s Emotional Involvement: ...monoda
39. Various Uses of yoo
40. It’s All Right Not to...: ~nakutemoii
41. Coming to a Conclusion: ...wakeda
42. Even Though: ...noni

Decisions Made by Others: ...kotoninaru
Study Hint: Writing

Culture Notes

• koogai (Pollution)
• Japanese Poetry
• Taboos

Reading and Writing

• Reading 1: Goruhujoo kensetsu hantai
• Reading 2: Shohyoo
• Kanji

Skills Practice

Language Functions and Situations

• Presenting One’s Opinion Clearly and Logically

Listening Comprehension

Appendices

1. Verb Conjugation
2. Adjective and Copula Conjugation
3. Numbers
4. Counters
5. Time, Days, Months, and Years
6. Ko-so-a-do Words
7. Japanese Accent
8. Kanji List