Passport to Japanese (English and Japanese Edition)

Passport to Japanese (English and Japanese Edition) by Berlitz, Charles. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780451153340.

The purpose of this book is to provide instant communication in Japanese. The phrases are short, geared to situations of daily life, and pinpointed for easy reference, so that you can find the exact section you need at any moment. Instead of learning about "the pen of my aunt," you learn to use the right phrase at the right time, in the very way a Japanese person would use it. And, so that Japanese people will understand your accent, all you have to do is read the phonetic line under each Japanese phrase as if it were English. Further practice and listening to Japanese people speaking will constantly improve your accent. You can speak and understand current everyday Japanese with comparatively few words and phrases – perhaps 1500 to 1800 – which is less than the number given in the special dictionary at the end of this book. By using the same short constructions over and over, in the various situations where they normally occur, you will acquire them without conscious effort. They will become a part of your own vocabulary and of your memory bank, and that is, after all, the only secret of learning a language.