title: Basic Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook (Grammar Workbooks)
author:  Shoko Hamano 
description: Shoko Hamano is Professor of Japanese and International Affairs in The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at The George Washington University.<br /> <br />Takae Tsujioka is Teaching Assistant Professor in Japanese at The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at The George Washington University.
zlib_text: Japanese Grammar Guide
  Tae Kim
  November 21, 2012
  
  Contents
  1
  Introduction
  11
  1.1
  The problem with conventional textbooks
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  11
  1.2
  A Japanese guide to learning Japanese grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  12
  1.3
  Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  13
  2
  The Writing System
  15
  2.1
  The Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  15
  2.2
  Intonation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  16
  2.3
  Hiragana
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  16
  2.3.1
  The Muddied Sounds
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  18
  2.3.2
  The Small 「や」、「ゆ」、and 「よ」 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  19
  2.3.3
  The Small 「つ」
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  20
  2.3.4
  The Long Vowel Sound
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  20
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