01744cam a2200265 i 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036008004100055020001800096035002200114040006000136041001300196050002500209245010600234250002800340260004100368300006600409520075300475650004101228650003901269650006401308650006101372710004501433on1349467847OCoLC20251003100413.0m o d 221101s2022 nyu o 000 0 eng d a9781568366197 a(OCoLC)1349467847 aN$TbengerdaepncN$TdN$TdOCLCFdOCLCOdOCLCLdOCLCO0 aengajpn 4aPL539.5.E5bJ36 202200aJapanese for busy peoplenI,pRomanized versionc/ Association for Japanese-Language Teaching, AjALT. aRevised fourth edition. aNew York, NY :bKodansha USA,c2022. axx, 266 pages :billustrations, tables (some color) ;c28 cm. a4th Revised Edition of JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE, the most popular Japanese language textbook series in the world. Since it was first published in 1984, the focus of the Japanese for Busy People series has always been to teach Japanese for effective communication. As suggested in the title, this is a concise course for busy students who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as efficiently as possible in a limited amount of time. The new Japanese for Busy People: Revised 4th Edition is made up of three volumes: Book I, Book II, and Book III. Book I is available in both romanized and kana versions, similar to the Revised 3rd Edition. The Romanized Version uses romanized Japanese throughout, with kana in the Target Dialogues of each lesson.  0aJapanese languagevSelf-instruction. 0aJapanese languagexSpoken Japanese 0aJapanese languagevTextbooks for foreign speakers xEnglish 0aJapanese languagevSound recordings for English speakers aKokusai Nihongo Fukyū Kyōkai (Japan)