Japanese for Travelers. Scott Rutherford

      

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      THE INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO JAPAN

      Scott Rutherford

      TUTTLE PUBLISHING

       Tokyo • Rutland, Vermont • Singapore

      Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., with editorial offices at 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, Vermont 05759 U.S.A.

      Copyright © 2009 by Scott Rutherford

       Cover photograph by Hans H. Krüger

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Rutherford, Scott.

       Japanese for travelers : useful phrases, travel tips, & etiquette / by Scott Rutherford.

       p. cm.

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-1059-5 (ebook)

       1. Japanese language--Conversation and phrase books--English. I. Title.

       PL539.R87 2009

       495.6'83421--dc22

      2008038714

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      Contents

       Map

       Basics

       Grammar

       Numbers

       Talking

       Utilities

       Telephone and Internet

       Weather

       Laundry and Dry Cleaning

       Photography

       Money

       Mail

       Public Signs and Notices

       Getting Around

       Where?

       Travel

       By Air

       By Rail

       Getting Along

       Eating

       Lodging

       Leisure

       Problems

       Illness

       Police

      Basics

      BASICS

       Grammar

       Orientation

       Pronunciation

       Sentence Subject

       Verbs

       Essential Verbs

       Questions

       Asking A Question

       The Written Word

       Japanese Syllabaries

       Numbers

       Basic Numbers

       Counting Things

       Essential Verbs

       The Clock

       Amount of Time

       Calendar

       Talking

       Politeness and the Group

       Basic Expressions

       Greetings

       Good-bye

       Encounters

       Apologies

       Saying No

       Thank You

       Aizuchi

       Invitations

       Family

       My~

       Yours/His/Her~

       People

       Religion

       Names

       Work