Kaneko Anne. Conversational Japanese

Tuttle Publishing, 2013. — 320 p.This book is a user–friendly language guide for basic spoken Japanese.To effectively learn Japanese and communicate in another culture you need more than the bare bones of the language. You need to understand the given norms of that society, how people interact, how things work, what the system is, how to navigate and manipulate those systems—in short, how to use the language in context. More than a Japanese phrase book, Conversational Japanese provides basic material for practical day-to-day communication. Through hundreds of example sentences and dialogs, as well as thorough explanations of the customs involved, learners will know what to say and do when:Meeting new people.
Reserving a hotel room.
Buying a train ticket.
Offering a gift.
Writing emails, business letters, cards and thank-you notes.