Learn Japanese with Manga – Japanese Conversation for Beginners

This is a really helpful book that is perfect for beginner-level students wanting to build up their Japanese conversation phrases.  The textbook is in the style of a story, and the main character is John Smith, an engineer who is transferred to the Japan branch of his company for an assignment. The story begins with his arrival at Narita Airport and follows his journey of living in Japan for one year and a half.  The primary objective of learning Japanese – as well as any second language – is to have the ability to communicate in Japanese at work, at school, or in everyday life. This book understands that, and it offers a more flexible approach to studying Japanese, with the premise of “using the language first” and “the more you speak, the more fluent you become”. It gives you lots of important words and phrases in romaji (English alphabet) — so you can read it without learning how to read Japanese — and has full English translations throughout the book, as well as providing the hirag