Bump Up Your Basics! Japanese Collocations - Associative Learning for Beginners On

Jumpstart your Japanese vocabulary using associative learning! While many textbooks teach you words in isolation, Bump Up Your Basics! aims to boost your language proficiency by introducing common expressions — or “collocations” — associated with a new word. This learning system allows beginners to quickly grasp both the meaning of a word and its application to various situations common to daily life. Bump Up Your Basics! is divided into 15 chapters that cover food, shopping, dating, hobbies, and more. Each lesson introduces new words with their collocations in a block diagram format. On the opposite page, you will learn a variety of practical expressions using a combination of these words. Additionally, each lesson includes interchangeable words, synonyms and antonyms, JLPT Level markings, and important notes to facilitate your Japanese learning. Test your knowledge at the end of every chapter with a two-page quiz designed for students preparing for the JLPT. Finally, this handy textb