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This is the core of the book. The 55 grammar points are introduced with clear structural formulas, showing how to conjugate verbs, nouns, and adjectives to form the pattern. This is followed by fill-in-the-blank and sentence-creation exercises. 4. Listening and Speaking (Kiku / Hanasu) chuukyuu e ikou 55 pdf
| Lesson (課) | Title (Title) | Key Grammar Points and Topics Covered | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Fast Food (ファストフード) | Grammar: N1 to iu to N2 da (typical examples), (suuryou) mo (large quantities), N wa ~koto, ~koto da (reasons/causes), V-masu hajimeru / owaru (start/end doing). | | 2 | Earthquake (地震) | Grammar: ~no deshou ka (polite questions), transitive/intransitive verbs, V-(y)ou to shite mo ~nai (attempted action fails), ~no wa ~da (emphatic construction). | | 3 | Children Nowadays (最近の子ども) | Grammar: V [dictionary form] you na N (exemplification), N bakari / V-te bakari iru (always doing), N o hoshigaru / V-masu tagaru (expressing wants of others), tsu V-te shimau (doing something unintentionally), ~(no)wa ~kara da (reason), N no you da / N no you ni / N1 no you na N2 (resemblance/similarity). | | 4 | Japan's Image (日本のイメージ) | Grammar: V-te iku / V-te kuru (temporal uses), information from charts/graphs, N1 no you na N2 (example), X wa Y hodo ~nai (not as much as), comparative review. | | 5 | Sleep (睡眠) | Grammar: A/Na sa (nominalization of adjectives), conjunctive adverbs (ren'you chuushi), ~mono da (general knowledge/common sense), mono / koto review, ~to iu koto da (hearsay). | | 6 | Japanese Inventions (日本人の発明) | Grammar: N ni yotte [passive], ~tame (ni) (reason/cause), ~tame (ni) review (reason/cause vs. purpose), ~mama (state of doing). | | 7 | Recycling & Flea Markets (リサイクルとフリーマーケット) | Grammar: V-ta mono da (reminiscing), ~toshite (status/qualification), ~to ittemo (even if one says), V1-ru yori V2-ru hou ga ~ (comparing actions), ~nara (topic), nara / to / ba / tara review, V-te hoshii / V-nai de hoshii (wanting someone to do/not do). | | 8 | Aizuchi (あいづち) | Grammar: ~aida / ~aida ni (during), ~wake de wa nai (partial negation), V-ru / V-nai koto ga aru (occasional actions), V1-ru made, V2 (until), N ni yotte (by; according to), N toshite / N ni tsuite / N ni yotte review. | | 9 | Men's Work, Women's Work (男の仕事・女の仕事) | Grammar: ~ni tomonatte (along with), connectors (tsumari, ippou), Na / N dearu (written language), causative passive, causative/causative passive/passive review, V-te hoshii mono da. | | 10 | Word Usage (ことばの使い方) | (Specific grammar for this lesson was not detailed in the table above.) | : You can usually download the audio even