Bump Up Your Basics! Japanese Collocations - Associative Learning for Beginners On

Jumpstart your Japanese vocabulary using associative learning!

While many textbooks teach you words in isolation, Bump Up Your Basics! aims to boost your language proficiency by introducing common expressions — or “collocations” — associated with a new word. This learning system allows beginners to quickly grasp both the meaning of a word and its application to various situations common to daily life.

Bump Up Your Basics! is divided into 15 chapters that cover food, shopping, dating, hobbies, and more. Each lesson introduces new words with their collocations in a block diagram format. On the opposite page, you will learn a variety of practical expressions using a combination of these words. Additionally, each lesson includes interchangeable words, synonyms and antonyms, JLPT Level markings, and important notes to facilitate your Japanese learning. Test your knowledge at the end of every chapter with a two-page quiz designed for students preparing for the JLPT.

Finally, this handy textbook includes a download link to reference audio for each chapter, plus a red plastic sheet that makes collocations disappear to help you remember them while viewing their translations.

Structure

• 15 chapters covering daily life with over 140 Japanese words and their collocations
• Chapter checklists with practical expressions aimed at an N4/N5 level with furigana included for kanji
• Two-page chapter quizzes designed for students studying for the JLPT with answer sheet
• Translations in English, Chinese, and Vietnamese
• Red plastic sheet to hide collocations and facilitate memorization
• Audio download included for pronunciation

About this volume:

• Original Title: 基本語力アップ! 初級から学ぶ 日本語コロケーション
• Pages: 222
• Publishing Date: August 24th, 2020
• ISBN: 978-4874248416
• Languages: English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Furigana, and Kanji)