A Handbook of Japanese Grammar Patterns for Learners and Teachers

This hefty, bestselling handbook contains 3,000 unique grammar patterns including all of those found in the test content specifications for Levels 1 and 2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. And with additional grammar patterns compiled from Japanese novels, magazines, movie scripts, and more, this comprehensive handbook covers a variety of grammar patterns that intermediate-level Japanese language learners and above often find challenging.  The grammar patterns here are presented in clear and concise Japanese using illustrative examples and common-use kanji. Examples of incorrect usage are also provided, plus three separate indexes to facilitate fast searching of Japanese words and expressions: a Japanese phonetic syllabary index, a reverse order index, and an index of meaning and function groups. Although this handbook was designed with advanced Japanese language learners in mind, students of all levels will find useful grammar patterns that can be applied to JLPT test prepara