Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1

vi Table of Contents Accessibility Statement .......................................................................................................... iii Accessibility of Beginning Japanese I .................................................................................. iii Organization of content ...................................................................................................... iii Images ................................................................................................................................. iii Tables .................................................................................................................................. iii Multimedia ........................................................................................................................... iii Font Size and formatting .................................................................................................... iii Known Issues/Potential barriers to accessibility .............................................................. iv Hints .......................................................................................................................... iv About the Book .........................................................................................................................v About the Author .......................................................................................................................v Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................v Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................... vi Before We Begin.........................................................................................................................1 Lesson 0......................................................................................................................................4 Instructor’s Directions .......................................................................................................4 Greetings and Ritual Expressions .......................................................................................4 A. Greetings .............................................................................................................4 B. Offering and Accepting, Thanking .......................................................................5 C. Addressing Someone............................................................................................5 D. Apologizing .........................................................................................................6 E. Starting and Ending Eating/Drinking....................................................................6 F. Requesting ...........................................................................................................6 G. Entering a Room (Knock on the door TWICE).....................................................7 H. Leaving and Coming Back to Home /Office .........................................................7 I. Meeting People for the First Time ........................................................................7 J. Taking Leave .......................................................................................................8 K. Parting .................................................................................................................8 L. Retiring at Night ..................................................................................................8 Notes on Pronunciation ...........................................................................................................9 Syllables ............................................................................................................................9 Long Vowels .......................................................................................................................9 Long Consonants...............................................................................................................10