Characteristics of Japanese Grammar(日本語文法の特徴) 1. Word Order(語順) 2. Topic(主題) 3. Ellipsis(省略) 4. Personal Pronouns(人称代名詞) 5. Passive(受け身) 6. Politeness and Formality(敬語表現) 7. Sentence-final Particles(終助詞) 8. Sound Symbolisms--giseigo and gitaigo(擬声語・擬態語) 9. Viewpoint(視点)
Main Entries(本編) ageru ~ zutsu(あがる~ずつ)
Appendixes(巻末) 1. Basic Conjugations(動詞・形容詞の活用形) 2. Semantic Classification of Verbs(動詞の意味的な分類) 3. Pairs of Intransitive and Transitive Verbs(自他動詞ペアの種類) 4. Connection Forms of Important Expressions(主要な表現への接続形) 5. Ko-so-a-do(こそあど言葉) 6. Numerals and Counters(数の表現と助数詞) 7. Compound Words(複合語) 8. Improving Reading Skill by Identifying an 'Extended Sentential Unit'(拡大文節)