A Useful Guide to Japanese Expression Sentence Patterns - Comparing and Understanding the Difference

This book is for Japanese language learners aspiring to reach an advanced level, learners who are already at an advanced level, Japanese language instructors involved in teaching advanced Japanese, and those interested in the Japanese language. One major key to mastering advanced-level Japanese is the acquisition of expressional sentence patterns that include postpositional particles. However, dictionaries and the like rarely cover such expressional sentence patterns. Additionally, not only learners but even Japanese language instructors have a difficult time distinguishing between expressions with similar forms or meanings. This book includes entries for 363 basic expressions. These expressions are sorted by meaning and include example sentences, making clear their conjunctive relationships. The book also makes reference to 402 derived expressions that are variations on these basic expressions. Along with the meaning of each expression, it is also compared and contrasted with others that have similar forms and meanings, explaining them in ways that allow you to understand the complicated differences in meaning. 1: The optimal dictionary of expressive sentence patterns for advanced Japanese learners and Japanese instructors. 2: Includes "basic expressions" that are the foundation of advanced Japanese. 3: Compares basic and derived expressions to other expressions so that you can master their use. 4: A wealth of example sentences that are easy for learners to understand and useful for instructors. 5: Acts as a preparatory book for the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test and Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students. Highlights 765 basic sentence patterns that form the basis of advanced Japanese. Users will learn correct meaning and usage by comparing items with similar sentence patterns. The variety of different example sentences, including incorrect usage will be helpful for users. -- (5/1/2020 12:00:00 AM)