ABSTRACT

Intermediate Japanese is designed for learners who have achieved a basic proficiency and wish to progress to more complex language. Each unit combines clear, concise grammar explanations with examples and exercises to help build confidence and fluency.

The book is divided into two parts. Part One outlines fundamental components of Japanese including particles, question words, verb types and tense while Part Two builds on this foundation by introducing grammatical patterns organised by the task they achieve.

Features include:

  • clear, accessible format
  • jargon-free explanations of grammar
  • many useful and culturally relevant examples
  • abundant exercises with full answer key
  • detailed index of grammar patterns.

Intermediate Japanese reviews the principal elements presented in its sister volume, Basic Japanese, and introduces more complicated structures. Suitable for both classroom use and the independent learner, the two books form a compendium of the essentials of Japanese grammar.

part |2 pages

Part 1 Basic building blocks

chapter |3 pages

UNIT 1

Indeterminate pronouns Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |4 pages

Indeterminate quantifiers with , , or

chapter |10 pages

UNIT 2

Types of verbs

chapter |6 pages

Unit 1 Indeterminate pronouns

More on particles Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |2 pages

Exercise 3.1

chapter |12 pages

UNIT 4

Tense and timing Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |6 pages

UNIT 5

Shifting perspectives Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |3 pages

Passive forms versus intransitive verbs

chapter |1 pages

UNIT 6

Gender Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |11 pages

Vocabulary

Honorific and humble verb forms

chapter |7 pages

UNIT 7

The plain non-past form of the copula Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |3 pages

Exercise 7.2

part |2 pages

Part 2 Grammar by tasks

chapter |11 pages

UNIT 8

Describing states

chapter |6 pages

UNIT 9

Listing things and events Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |1 pages

Exercise 9.5

chapter |9 pages

UNIT 10

Demanding actions Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |6 pages

UNIT 11

Expressing desire for others to do something

chapter |2 pages

Exercise 11.3

chapter |6 pages

Unit 2 Types of verbs

Expressing intentions Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |2 pages

Exercise 12.1

chapter |1 pages

Exercise 12.5

chapter |4 pages

UNIT 13

Expressing purposes and objectives Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |3 pages

non-past]

Basic pattern

chapter |1 pages

Exercise 13.6

chapter |7 pages

UNIT 14

Describing change Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |2 pages

past] versus [V-stem]

chapter |2 pages

Exercise 14.1

chapter |1 pages

Exercise 14.5

chapter |13 pages

UNIT 15

Estimating the likelihood of an event

chapter |2 pages

Exercise 15.1

chapter |1 pages

Exercise 15.6

chapter |1 pages

UNIT 16

Quotation

chapter |13 pages

Direct quotation

chapter |1 pages

Exercise 16.4

chapter |7 pages

UNIT 17

Describing notable experiences

chapter |15 pages

UNIT 18

Stipulating conditions Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |1 pages

Exercise 18.6

chapter |6 pages

UNIT 19

Indicating conformity to or deviation from expectations

chapter |2 pages

Exercise 19.2

chapter |12 pages

UNIT 20

Expressing influence over others Main target grammar in this unit

chapter |6 pages

APPENDIX A

Accent

chapter |4 pages

APPENDIX B

Basic conjugations

chapter |1 pages

APPENDIX C

Summary of grammatical contexts for plain forms, -forms, and stem forms

chapter |7 pages

KEY TO EXERCISES

Unit 1

chapter |13 pages

Unit 7

chapter |6 pages

Unit 17

chapter |7 pages

GLOSSARY OF GRAMMATICAL TERMS

chapter |8 pages

INDEX

chapter |1 pages

www.routledge.com/languages Basic Japanese

Also available…

chapter |1 pages

www.routledge.com/languages Advanced Japanese C o mmunication in Context

Also available… USA

chapter |1 pages

www.routledge.com/languages The Japanese S t age-Step Course

Also available… Wako Tawa, Amherst College,

chapter |3 pages

www.routledge.com/languages The Routledge Course i n Japanese Translation

Also available… Yoko Hasegawa, University of California, USA