Japanese Workbook Vol.12

About this book

> YOUR JAPANESE WORKS ON PAPER, ON SCREEN AND ON THE ROAD. NOW MAKE IT WORK WHERE IT MATTERS MOST: 300 EXPRESSIONS FOR CLINICS, HOSPITALS AND PHARMACIES, 12 MEDICAL DOCUMENTS, 12 WRITING TASKS. > > Finished Vol.1 through Vol.11? Your Japanese handles daily life, devices and journeys. But health is where it is truly tested: the reception desk that needs your insurance card and your answers, the symptoms you must describe so a doctor can act, the test result you must understand, the pharmacist whose instructions keep you safe, the night your fever will not come down. This is the volume that teaches the expressions care in Japan runs on, and makes you write with them. > > Inside: 300 practical expressions in 20 groups organised by scene — staying healthy day to day, the first signs of illness, choosing a doctor and booking, the reception desk, insurance cards, costs and payment, describing your symptoms, describing pain, colds, fever and flu, the stomach and digestion, cuts, sprains and first aid, tests, scans and results, the dentist, eyes, ears, nose and skin, allergies, medicine history and chronic conditions, the pharmacy, taking medicine safely, hospital stays and operations, emergencies and the ambulance, checkups, screening and vaccinations, and recovery, rest and follow-up visits. Every expression comes with its reading, romaji, meaning, a short usage note — the scene, the desk or person it suits, the level of politeness, the trap to avoid — three natural example sentences in Japanese and English, and a practice space for three sentences of your own: your clinic, your symptoms, your medicine. > > Plus 12 graded writing tasks in three stages — short messages, messages that handle a situation, then full pieces (a sick-day message to your workplace, moving a clinic appointment, writing the free-text box of the medical questionnaire, explaining how your symptoms developed, asking about test results, an explanation for a medical expense procedure, a plan for getting healthier, a consultation letter to your regular doctor, a recovery record and letter of thanks) — each with a model answer that really uses this volume's expressions, a self-check list and a full writing grid. And 12 readings of real medical documents: a clinic appointment confirmation email, a questionnaire notice, a workplace health checkup results notice, pharmacy medicine instructions, a city vaccination notice, a hospital stay guide, blood test instructions, a dental checkup reminder, a night emergency desk guide, an insurance card renewal notice, a rehabilitation plan and a referral letter explanation. Every reading in real Japanese, with a full English translation, key words and questions. > > 26,500+ guided practice squares. Review quizzes close every group, with a full answer key and an expression index at the back. A 12-week study plan in the front matter (25 expressions, one writing task and one reading a week) takes you through the whole book. All 300 expressions and all 12 readings are entirely new — zero overlap, no exceptions, against Vol.1–Vol.11: after this volume the series totals 4,200 words, 300 patterns, 1,200 expressions and 144 readings. An honest note: this book teaches the language of medical scenes, not medicine — the sentences for describing, declaring and asking, with diagnosis and treatment left to the professionals in front of you. > > Inside: 300 expressions with usage notes and example sentences · 12 graded writing tasks with models and checklists · 12 readings of medical documents · quizzes and answer key · 12-week plan. > > Made in Japan: this workbook was written by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu and produced and published in Japan by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC — a Japan-made workbook, written from inside the clinics, hospitals and pharmacies it teaches.