Table of Contents

IntroductionA Note on Pronunciation1 The Fundamentals2 The Neighborhood3 The Telephone4 Shopping5 Banks and Delivery Services6 Business7 Traveling8 Entertaining9 Children10 Officialdom11 Gifts12 Weddings13 Funerals14 Speeches15 LettersAppendix 1 Table of Verbs (Respect language)Appendix 2 Calendar (Western calendar and Japanese era names, 1910 û 2010)

About the Author

Anne Kaneko is a graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Since 1972 she has lived and worked in Japan both as a translator and as a businesswoman.