Japanese Workbook Vol.9

About this book

> YOU CAN BUILD SENTENCES. NOW MAKE THEM WORK IN REAL LIFE: 300 PRACTICAL EXPRESSIONS, 12 REAL DOCUMENTS, 12 WRITING TASKS. > > Finished Vol.1 through Vol.8? The next wall is not grammar — it is real life. The opening line of an email, the closing of a letter, the wording of a form, an apology that lands, a notice you must understand today. This is the volume that teaches the expressions real Japanese runs on, and makes you write with them. > > Inside: 300 practical expressions in 20 groups organised by scene — email openings and subjects, email closings, letter openings with their seasonal greetings, letter closings, postscripts and envelopes, thanking, apologising, requests, invitations and replies, visiting and hosting, telephone calls, appointments and changes, applications and forms, notices and signs, shopping and delivery, restaurants and hotels, travel and directions, housing and neighbours, health and emergencies, work and meetings, and celebrations and condolences. Every expression comes with its reading, romaji, meaning, a short usage note — the scene, the 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 landlord, your office, your child's school. > > Plus 12 graded writing tasks in three stages — short messages, letters and emails, then full practical documents (an absence message, a thank-you email, an apology letter, an invitation, a greeting after a move, a statement of purpose, a polite written request, a community notice) — 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 documents: a neighbourhood fee notice, a water shutoff notice, a delivery box guide, medicine instructions, a community course guide, a moving estimate, a repair slip, a train itinerary, a wedding invitation, a funeral notice, New Year card notes and a sample application email. Every reading in real Japanese, with a full English translation, key words and questions. > > 26,400+ 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.8: after this volume the series totals 4,200 words, 300 patterns, 300 expressions and 108 readings. > > Inside: 300 expressions with usage notes and example sentences · 12 graded writing tasks with models and checklists · 12 practical readings of real 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 daily life it teaches.