Nihongo no Hon: 赤
The grammar book for beginners and those new to learning Japanese. The Red Book will take you from zero to understanding Japanese in no-time.JLPT N5 and CEFR A0 to A1
Scroll down for more
Syllabus
This is "にほんご の ほん" which will help you understand the Japanese grammar through plenty of rich example sentences with concise instructions in English developed through interactions with students, developed over many years of teaching.
Lesson 0
Learn about the writing system and the two alphabets, Hiragana and Katakana.
Lesson 1
An introduction to making sentences and asking basic conversational questions
Lesson 2
An introduction to bigger numbers along with basic questions words plus の.
Lesson 3 Part 1
An introduction to the これ, それ, あれ, どれ concepts and going shopping in Japanese.
Lesson 3 Part 2
An introduction to ここ, そこ, あそこ, どこ with more shopping conversations.
Lesson 4
An introduction to the time expressions to tell time in Japanese and asking questions related to time.
Lesson 5
An introduction to the days of the week and です, でした.
Lesson 6 Part 1
An introduction to basic verbs in Japanese in the present and the past along with the basic particles.
Lesson 6 Part 2
An introduction to the direction verbs with more particles.
Lesson 7
An introduction to more verbs and particles in Japanese.
Lesson 8
An introduction to the dates in Japanese along with いつ and other time sequencing words.
Lesson 9 Part 1
An introduction to います and あります and the difference between は and が and か and も.
Lesson 9 Part 2
An introduction to ほしい, すき, きらい and talking about reasons why.
Lesson 10
An introduction to たいです with が, を, degrees of understanding and where things are.
Lesson 11
An introduction to どう and basic adjectives.
Lesson 12
An introduction to どんな with more adjectives along with そして, でも.
Get Started
You're in good hands. This is the first book in the Nihongo no Hon (The Japanese Book) series and is built to get you started from zero knowledge to holding basic converstions in twelve, interesting lessons.
Digital First
Take your book with you, whereever you are. Save your place without bookmarks and always have the latest information where you need it.
Particle Chart
Get to grips with the unique grammar patterns with mnemonics
Additional and Downloadable Content
We're a tech-first platform. Our e-books are always up-do-date and registering them online gives you access to downloadable copies.
Automatic Updates
Knowledge is always relevent
Thanks to Amazon, we keep our books up-to-date whenever content needs refreshing so you always have the latest copy, for free.
Quick Quizzes
Recap what you've learnt
Post-lesson quiz sheets are a helpful snippet to look back at what you've just mastered.
Real Conversations
Only the useful parts
We use conversation practice in every lesson for you to practice your speaking and comprehension only using the useful parts.
Online Content
Register for more!
Our books have even more content available online! You can register your book for access to the quizzes and references on our online platform.
Videos
Accompanying conversations
Listen to what you covered in your exercises to comprehend the pronunciations and sounds like a natural.
Always Yours
Take the book with you on your devices
Once you purchace the book, it's yours to take with you whereever you go. Study on the train, plane whenever you have the time.
Vocabulary Lists
Learn helpful words at a glance
Your own private dictionary at the end of the book is a great place to keep track of all the Japanese words and Kanji we use.
Activities
Not just quizzes
We have a few other charts and worksheets to help you remember finer points of Japanese which are availabe online to print out at home.
Register
Books in the series
The Ultimate Experience
Get your book, tailored to your skill level, now.
