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THE INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO JAPAN
Scott Rutherford
TUTTLE PUBLISHING
Tokyo • Rutland, Vermont • Singapore
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., with editorial offices at 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, Vermont 05759 U.S.A.
Copyright © 2009 by Scott Rutherford
Cover photograph by Hans H. Krüger
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rutherford, Scott.
Japanese for travelers : useful phrases, travel tips, & etiquette / by Scott Rutherford.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-1-4629-1059-5 (ebook)
1. Japanese language--Conversation and phrase books--English. I. Title.
PL539.R87 2009
495.6'83421--dc22
2008038714
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Contents
Grammar
Numbers
Talking
Telephone and Internet
Weather
Laundry and Dry Cleaning
Photography
Money
Public Signs and Notices
Where?
Travel
By Air
By Rail
Eating
Lodging
Leisure
Illness
Police
Basics
BASICS
Grammar
Orientation
Pronunciation
Sentence Subject
Verbs
Essential Verbs
Questions
Asking A Question
The Written Word
Japanese Syllabaries
Numbers
Basic Numbers
Counting Things
