Easy Japanese. Samuel E. Martin

      

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      Easy Japanese

      The Tuttle Story: “Books to Span the East and West”

      Most people are surprised to learn that the world’s largest publisher of books on Asia had its beginnings in the tiny American state of Vermont. The company’s founder, Charles E. Tuttle, belonged to a New England family steeped in publishing. And his first love was naturally books— especially old and rare editions.

      Immediately after WW II, serving in Tokyo under General Douglas MacArthur, Tuttle was tasked with reviving the Japanese publishing industry, and founded the Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Company, which thrives today as one of the world’s leading independent publishers.

      Though a westerner, Charles was hugely instrumental in bringing knowledge of Japan and Asia to a world hungry for information about the East. By the time of his death in 1993, Tuttle had published over 6,000 books on Asian culture, history and art—a legacy honored by the Japanese emperor with the “Order of the Sacred Treasure,” the highest tribute Japan can bestow upon a non-Japanese.

      With a backlist of 1,500 titles, Tuttle Publishing is more active today than at any time in its past— inspired by Charles’ core mission to publish fine books to span the East and West and provide a greater understanding of each.

      Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

       www.tuttlepublishing.com

      Copyright © 1957 Charles E. Tuttle Co.

       Copyright © 2006 by Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

      All rights reserved.

      Library of Congress Catalog No. 57006763

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-1308-4 (ebook)

      First edition, 1957

       Second edition (revised and enlarged), 1959

       Third edition (revised), 1962

       Fourth edition, 2006

      15 14 13 12 8 7 6 5 4 1201CP

      Printed in Singapore

      TUTTLE PUBLISHING® is a registered trademark of Tuttle Publishing, a division of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

      Distributed by:

       Japan

       Tuttle Publishing

       Yaekari Building, 3rd Floor 5-4-12 Osaki,

       Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032

       Tel: [phone]

       Fax: [phone]

       [email protected]

       www.tuttle.co.jp

      North America, Latin America & Europe

      Tuttle Publishing

       364 Innovation Drive

       North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436

       Tel: [phone]

       Fax: [phone]

       [email protected]

       www.tuttlepublishing.com

      Asia Pacific

      Berkeley Books Pte Ltd

       61 Tai Seng Ave #02-12, Singapore 534167

       Tel: [phone]

       Fax: [phone]

       [email protected]

       www.periplus.com

      Contents

       Introduction

      PART 1

       Say It With a Word—or Two

       Lesson 1. Hello and Goodbye

       Lesson 2. Excuse Me, Thank you, and Please

       Lesson 3. Who?

       Lesson 4. What?

       Lesson 5. Have You Got Any?

       Lesson 6. Where?

       Lesson 7. Whose?

       Lesson 8. When?

       Lesson 9. How Much?

       Lesson 10. How Many? How Old?

       Lesson 11. How Many People?

       Lesson 12. What Time?

       Lesson 13. How Long?

      PART 2

       Add a Bit of Action

       Lesson 14. Did You?.

       Lesson 15. Do You? Will you?

       Lesson 16. Shall We? Let’s.

       Lesson 17. What Kind?

       Lesson 18. Is, Am, and Are.

       Lesson 19. What’s Doing?

       Lesson 20. Please Do!

      PART 3

       Sprinkle in a Few Particles

       Lesson 21. Where From? Where To?