Untangling Nihongo: Beginning Japanese

How to Improvise - a New Way of learning Japanese: Pictures for help in remembering Japanese sounds and letters. How to read: numbers, romaji, hiragana, katakana, kanji. Four easy sentence patterns for saying anything. How to write: hiragana, katakana, friendly letters. Ten differences between English and Japanese. How to say the: time, names of rooms, colors, sports, etc. What to say: at meal times, when shopping, at celebrations, in greeting people, to find your way, to thank people, etc. with indices, glossaries, answers and illustrations.