Contemporary Japanese: A Text for College Students is designed for beginning students of Japanese language at the university level, intended for use in the classroom as well as for self-study. Each lesson is based on a single communicative objective and uses a "guess and try" approach to learning, which encourages problem-solving instead of rote learning.

The lessons in this book take you beyond rudimentary Japanese in more advanced dialogue. For example, topics include exchanging opinions, customary language used in giving and receiving, and describing the appearance of people and things.

Contemporary Japanese Workbook Volume 1 serves as supplementary material for Contemporary Japanese: A Textbook for College Students Volume 1, as well as a self-sufficient comprehensive workbook for practicing and reviewing Japanese. Focusing on four language skills, it contains 13 chapters of worksheets and activities on vocabulary and grammar usage, and conversations in the context of formal and informal college daily life, business and traveling.

Contemporary Japanese Workbook Volume 2 serves as supplementary material for Contemporary Japanese: A Textbook for College Students Volume 2, as well as a self-sufficient comprehensive workbook for practicing and reviewing Japanese. Focusing on four language skills, it contains 12 chapters of worksheets and activities on vocabulary and grammar usage, and conversations in the context of formal and informal college daily life, business, and travel.

Memorizing kanji - Japanese written characters - and their thousands of shapes, sounds, and meanings would drive anyone crazy. And here's something crazier: a whole book about kanji: where they come from, why they look like they do, how to tell husband from prisoner, where to find kanji in Wales, and how to learn kanji faster. Scattered throughout are nearly one hundred large-type "exhibits" of kanji madness, including puzzles and even kanji sudoku.

This book helps the student to overcome this problem of kissing cousins and spitting images, to become aware of the subtle differences that distinguish one kanji from another. With numerous exercises and charts, the tell-tale signs that give each kanji away are indelibly imprinted on the mind.

Elementary Japanese Volume One is designed for people beginning their study of the Japanese language at the basic level. It covers the first semester of college-level beginner's Japanese, and contains 14 lessons, each representing one week's instruction.

Elementary Japanese Volume Two covers the second semester of college-level beginner's Japanese. It contains 13 lessons, each representing one week's instruction over multiple sessions. Student will be able to read and write short, simple compositions by the end of the book.

Essential Kanji is an integrated course for learning to read and write the 2,000 basic Japanese characters. It introduces the kanji that are now in everyday use, a mastery of which makes it possible to read most modern Japanese. Devised for either home or classroom use, the book has been tested and refined by years of use in university classes taught by the author.

A Guide to Writing Kanji & Kana Book I provides a thorough and systematic approach to learning how to write Japanese characters. An indispensable volume for self-learners and beginners to Japanese, it teaches the correct writing of kanji and kana. This book, together with A Guide to Writing Kanji & Kana Book II, features all 1,945 of the officially recognized Joyo Kanji, the basic set of kanji needed to read a newspaper.

A Guide to Writing Kanji & Kana Book 2 continues Book 1's systematic approach to learning how to write Japanese characters. With 1,166 entries, this workbook completes the study of all 1,945 characters prescribed for everyday use by the Japanese Ministry of Education.

Even at the intermediate level, students of the Japanese language are often continually scratching their heads over the usage of verbs. It is no wonder that they should feel the need for a solid reference book, one they can continually turn to throughout their studying careers. The introduction takes the first step toward comprehension by pointing out the features of Japanese verbs that stand in contrast to their English counterparts.