This third revised edition of an integrated course in elementary Japanese features 11 lessons designed to complete the basic level of the language. Each unit focuses on a specific topic, allowing students to practice vocabulary and grammar while balancing all communication skills through listening and speaking exercises. The volume covers essential language forms, including potential, passive, and causative, along with linguistic patterns such as かもしれません and ないで. The beginner level consists of two volumes with a total of 23 lessons, enabling students to express themselves in Japanese, understand simple texts, and learn 300 kanji and 1100 vocabulary words. Additionally, students will be prepared for levels 4 and 5 of the Noken JLPT official exam. This volume can be enhanced with a supplementary exercise book. The third edition introduces several improvements: updated dialogues and vocabulary that reflect contemporary usage, clearer grammar explanations, better-aligned practice exercises, and new tasks that encourage simple investigations to apply learned content. Notably, the CD has been removed, and all materials are now downloadable via a mobile app, with instructions provided in the book.
Eri Banno Book order (chronological)




Genki II
- 385 pages
- 14 hours of reading
この統合的な初級日本語コースの第3版は、言語の基本レベルを完成させるために設計された11のレッスンを特徴としています。各ユニットは特定のトピックに焦点を当てており、学生は語彙や文法を練習しながら、リスニングやスピーキングの演習を通じてすべてのコミュニケーションスキルをバランスよく学ぶことができます。この巻では、可能形、受動態、使役形などの基本的な言語形式や、かもしれません、ないでといった言語パターンが扱われています。初級レベルは2巻から成り、合計23のレッスンを通じて、学生は日本語で表現し、簡単なテキストを理解し、300の漢字と1100の語彙を学ぶことができます。また、学生はNoken JLPT公式試験の4級と5級に備えることができます。この巻は補助的な演習帳で強化することができます。第3版では、現代の使用を反映した対話や語彙の更新、より明確な文法説明、練習問題の整合性向上、新しいタスクが導入され、学んだ内容を適用するための簡単な調査を促す内容が含まれています。特に、CDは削除され、すべての教材はモバイルアプリを通じてダウンロード可能であり、書籍内に指示が提供されています。
Kanji Look and Learn. 512 Kanji With Illustrations and Mnemonic Hints. イメージで覚えるげんきな漢字512
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
This kanji textbook uses illustrations and mnemonic hints to make it easy for learners to memorize the shapes and meanings of 512 basic kanji JLPT levels N5–N3. Also included are some 3,500 words incorporating the kanji studied.- The illustrations and mnemonic hints in English enable even learners new to kanji to readily master the shapes and meanings of the characters presented.- Users can quickly look up the basic information for each kanji (meaning, reading, and stroke count/order), plus approx. 3,500 essential beginning/intermediate words written with the kanji, and the meanings of those words.- Key elementary-level words are specially marked to facilitate self-study.- This book can also function as a kanji dictionary, as the various indexes provided at the end allow users to immediately find the characters and words they need.- The companion workbook (sold separately) helps users to learn kanji and words in the context of sentences and longer text.
Genki : An Integrated Course In Elementary Japanese: Workbook
- 152 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Supplementary learning material for textbook Genki I, including grammar practices and the Chinese characters (Kanji).