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Yookoso!: Continuing with Contemporary Japanese, 3/e

Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, University of California, San Diego

ISBN: 0072408162
Copyright year: 2006

Contents



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
Japanese-English Glossary
English-Japanese Glossary
Yookoso!

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