Learning Japanese can be easier than you think Spend 30 minutes each day studying and practicing from this book, and you will quickly master basic spoken Japanese well enough to make your time in Japan more enjoyable with productive conversation. By developing basic principles throughout the book, pronunciation and grammar tips, exercises, practical vocabulary, and cultural foundations, "Japanese Quick and Easy" offers a comprehensive alternative to typical textbooks to help serious students master the mysteries of spoken Japanese. Years of living and studying in Japan led author Joan F. Kelly to seek out the often hidden or overlooked ways the language is used. Based on those day-to-day experiences, Kelly came to realize that fluent teachers, especially those of Japanese descent, often bypass basic elements that make the language work because it so culturally ingrained in them that they don't even think to mention them. For English speakers visiting or living in Japan, learning to have real conversation can be fun and intriguing by discovering how native speakers actually talk, and why. Many study methods can take so long to master even the basics, and be so frustrating, that foreigners often give up after a few months. And while the time-consuming study of Japanese kana and kanji writing may ultimately be rewarding, it is not a prerequisite to first learning to speak with Japanese people - so this course is written entirely in the Romanized alphabet familiar to English speakers.