Synopsis

Essential Japanese Grammar is a clear, practical guide designed to help learners understand and use modern Japanese with confidence. Focusing on real, contemporary usage, the book explains key grammar points in a logical, easy-to-follow way, covering sentence structure, verb forms, particles, honorifics, and common expressions. Examples are presented in natural Japanese, showing how the language is actually written and spoken rather than relying on overly academic rules. Accessible yet thorough, the guide is ideal for students who want to improve both written and spoken Japanese and sound more natural in everyday communication.

About the Author

Masahiro Tanimori is Associate Professor of Japanese education at Tottori University in Japan. He is the author of Handbook of Japanese Grammar (Tuttle, 1994) and vice editor of New Edition of General Japanese (Xinbian Zonghe Riyu, China Astronautic Publishing House, 2011), and is a member of the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language. He lives in Awajo, Japan.

Eriko Sato is Associate Professor of Japanese and translation studies at the State of University of New York at Stony Brook, where she is also the Director of the Japanese Teacher Education Program. She has authored and co-authored over a dozen books, including Japanese Stories for Language Learners, and Learning Japanese Kanji.She has also authored or co-authored Contemporary Japanese, Japanese Demystified, Japanese for Dummies, Complete Japanese Grammar, Japanese Phrases for Dummies, and My First Japanese Kanji Book.