

In fact, it covers almost as much as Genki I. Japanese for Everyone is an inexpensive alternative to Genki. Japnese for everyone Japanese for everyone

Clear grammar explanations at the beginning of each chapter.Dialogues are more realistic, less like “classroom talk”.Quizzes at the end of each lesson and an accompanying answer key.I guess they named it “Kana Version” for a reason. And at the end of each chapter, there’s a quiz you can use to self-evaluate.Īn interesting quirk: there’s no kanji at all in this book. Each chapter introduces target grammar and vocab gradually. Japanese for Busy People Japanese for busy peopleĪs long as you get the Kana Version of this textbook (there is an all-romaji version), you’ll learn some valuable things. Grammar taught through example sentencesĤ.Real-world conversations with accompanying vocabulary words.

Though short, the grammar explanations do a fine job of teaching you. This focus on example sentences is a great way to get a feel for Japanese in its native habitat and will give you a strong collocation background. But there are a lot of example sentences, tables, and other material to flesh out target concepts. What sets Yookoso! They’re academic and brief to the point of being a little unclear. Yookoso! An invitation to contemporary Japanese Yookoso Japanese book
