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Dekiru Nihongo – Upper Beginner to Lower Intermediate Level
“Dekiru Nihongo” is the title of a new comprehensive Japanese textbook that will meet the needs of instructors and their students.
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Dekiru Nihongo – Upper Beginner to Lower Intermediate Levell: A Teaching Guide with Illustrations on CD-ROM
This is for teachers. All 1,042 illustrations in “Dekiru Nihongo – Upper Beginner to Lower Intermediate Level” are contained in PDF format on the CD-ROM that comes with this teaching guide.
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A Learner’s Dictionary of Multi-sense Japanese Words: Verbs
A selection of 104 basic verbs with multiple meanings is included in this dictionary. The multiple meanings of each tagigo are shown in a “network” chart and every meaning is explained with an illustration to help learners fully understand the nuances of the tagigo.
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An Exercise Book to Boost Your Score in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N2: Grammar
This exercise book idoes not start by explaining the grammar but with exercise questions to test your current understanding. After identfying any grammaticl points you have not fully grasped, you will will the point summary to fill the gaps in your knowledge.
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An Exercise Book to Boost Your Score in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N2: Listening Comprehension
This exercise book is designed for self-study and will enable you to identify points that allow you to answer the question and that can also be applied to other areas of the Test, rather than just letting you unproductively sit listening to aural texts.
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Japanese Conversation Training Book
This text is designed to improve learners’ JSST level with a lot of practice exercises using different methods. (JSST is Japanese Standard Speaking Test developed by ALC in 2009.)
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Learning with Manga: A Usage Guide for 100 Advanced Japanese Expressions
15 sets of two similar expressions with different meanings and 35 sets of two different expressions with similar meanings are listed in sections One and Two respectively.
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A Learner’s Dictionary of Multi-sense Japanese Words: Adjectives & Adverbs
Eighty-four basic adjectives and adverbs with multiple meanings are presented here. The way that each meaning derives from the core meaning is shown with arrows in a network diagram. Every meaning is explained with illustrations, to help learners fully understand the target tagigo word.
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A Learner’s Dictionary of Multi-sense Japanese Words: Nouns
A selection of 121 nouns with multiple meanings is included in this beginner-level dictionary. The multiple meanings of each tagigo are shown in a “network” chart and every meaning is explained with an illustration to help learners fully understand the tagigo.
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A Guide to Correct Usage of Key Sentence Patterns 500 – The New Edition
Learners can effectively study the difference of similar functional words and their appropriate usage in a sentence and thereby avoid miscommunication.
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A Guide to Correct Usage of Key Sentence Patterns 500 The Exercise Book – The Revised Edition
This exercise book supplements the 2010 revised edition of “A Guide to the Correct Usage of Key Sentence Patterns 500.”
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Essential Japanese Expressions – The New Edition
This dictionary is carefully designed to make it easy for learners to find the sentence pattern they are looking up.
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A Guide to Correct Usage of Key Sentence Patterns 200
The purpose of this book is to help beginners and early intermediately learners to clearly understand the subtle difference among similar expressions.
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Quick Training for the EJU – Reading Comprehension
EJU stands for The Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students. The purpose of this book is to get students to prepare for the Reading Comprehension section of the EJU.
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Quick Training for the EJU – Listening Comprehension
EJU stands for The Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students. The purpose of this book is to get students to prepare for the Listening Comprehension section of the EJU.
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Quick Training for the EJU – Listening and Reading Comprehension
EJU stands for The Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students. The purpose of this book is to get students to prepare for the Listening and Reading Comprehension section of the EJU.
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Quick Training for the EJU – Written Test
EJU stands for The Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students. The purpose of this book is to get students to prepare for the Written section of the EJU.
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Preparation for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N3: Listening Comprehension
This book enables learners to obtain the listening comprehension skills required to pass Level N3 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) by developing three skills: basic, applied and practical.
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Preparation for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N3: Grammar
Readers can master the Japanese grammar required to pass the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N3.
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Preparation for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N3: Vocabulary
Readers can master the Japanese words required to pass the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N3.
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Workbook for Success in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N3
This workbook includes 663 xercises presented in the same format as the questions in the real N3 test and gives tips on how to solve the questions.
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The Complete Exercise Book for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N3
By solving the same type of questions repeatedly, learners will get accustomed to the question patterns of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N3.
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A Super Book of Mock Tests for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N3
This book contains three mock tests in the same format and at the same difficulty level as the actual test.
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A Super Book of Mock Tests for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N2
This book contains three mock tests in the same format and at the same difficulty level as the actual test.
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Preparation for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N2: Vocabulary
Readers can master the Japanese vocaburary required to pass the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N2.
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Preparation for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N2: Listening Comprehension
This book enables learners to obtain the listening comprehension skills required to pass Level N2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) by developing three skills: basic, applied and practical.
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Preparation for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N2: Grammar
Readers can master the Japanese grammar required to pass the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N2.
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Workbook for Success in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level N2
This workbook includes 663 exercises presented in the same format as the questions in the real N2 test and gives tips on how to solve the questions.
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The Complete Exercise Book for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N2
By solving the same type of questions repeatedly, learners will get accustomed to the question patterns of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N2.
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Kanji Handbook for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Revised Edition
The 2,136 kanji covered in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, N1 through N5, are included in this book, with all sorts of information on them such as their readings, meanings, usage and more.
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Using Manga to Understand Japanese Expressions and Culture, with the Tabeta Family!
This book features 24 episodes about Japanese seasonal customs and topics, all in a manga format.
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Using Manga to Improve Your Japanese Conversation Skills
Readers can learn common expressions as well as Japanese culture and customs both visually and aurally.
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Intensive Training in the Japanese Language
This is a Japanese textbook serving as a bridge between the beginner and intermediate levels.
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Japanese for Business – Basic Telephone Conversations
Learners of Japanese can study common words and phrases as well as the basic manners required for telephone conversations in a business setting in Japan.
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Japanese for Business – For Writing E-Mails
Learners can acquire basic skills in writing business e-mails in Japanese effectively through three sections: basic, practice and application.
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Japanese For Business – For The Information Technology Industry
This text is written from the perspective of non-Japanese engineers who have difficulty expressing themselves in Japanese effectively.
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Japanese for Business – For Business Manner
This textbook explains the Japanese business manner concisely for those foreigners working for Japanese companies or for those wishing to get a position with them.
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The Japanese Reading Workbook for Intermediate-Advanced Learners
This book consists of two sections, STEPS 1 and 2, with 52 pieces of reading in 13 different fields. In STEP 1, reading materials of 400 to 600 words each are presented with a number of multi-choice questions.
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Intermediate Japanese Reading Skill Builder – The New Edition
This is a textbook designed for mid-intermediate learners to further enhance their reading skills.
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Introduction to Japanese Reading Skills
This book is good for beginners who can read short sentences and are about to go on to intermediate level.
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Learning Intermediate Japanese Conversation With 360 Cards
The purpose of this book is to get learnerto acquire practical skills to use the grammatical items in N2 and N3 levels in actual settings.
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Successful Communication in Japanese – The Revsied Edition
This book provides the solution for those intermediate learners who do well on tests but cannot speak well in actual settings.
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Learnig Intermediate to Advanced Japanese Conversation Through Role-Playing
This book introduces a task-oriented role-playing method for intermediate learners, which lets them try to speak Japanese in practical settings first.
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Japanese Through the Seasons – the Revised Version
Each of 12 chapters of this book talks about seasonal topics and events with relevant color photos and illustrations.
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Building Advanced Level Japanese Vocabulary and Expressions Using the News
This book is organized to familiarize learners with Japanese society while teaching them those words and expressions used especially in the news.
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Kanji Isn’t That Hard! – Kanji Can Be Mastered with the “24 Rules”
This textbook shows the innovative method of mastering Kanji.
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A Practical Guide to Mimetic Expressions Through Pictures
One of the characteristics of the Japanese language is its abundant number of mimetic expressions and this book explains them.
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Learning Japanese From Songs
The selected 21 Japanese pop songs from children’s, folk to “Enka” (traditional ballad) songs that people of all ages can enjoy are listed in this book and on CD.















































