☆This book is for you if: ◆You are taking the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N2 level (JLPT N2). ◆You are not taking the test, but you want to add some ability in practical Japanese. ◆You have insufficient strength in grammar so your speaking and reading abilities do not improve. ◆You have studied basic grammar but lack confidence. ◆You are studying advanced grammar.
☆Special Features of this book <You can gain the ability to answer the new style problems in the JLPT N2.> Explanations are given by groups showing what kind of expressions follow nouns, verbs and plain forms. This means you can easily learn continuations of sentences. <You can practice repeatedly the new problems in JLPT N2.> The new “Sentence Construction” problems are ones which are solved by correctly making a meaningful sentence. If you study this book you will understand continuations and obtain the ability to make correct sentences. <You can check whether or not you have learnt the sentence correctly.> English translations of the Japanese are provided so you can test whether or not you learn correctly by making a Japanese sentence from the English. <Many conversational style examples.> The examples, problems, etc., are often used in conversational style so while you are doing the drills and reading the examples at the same time you are enhancing your conversational ability and improving your practical Japanese. <Detailed explanations of continuations> In the Tsukurikata, “Making” section, the way of making continuations is clearly written so you will gain the ability to make correct sentences. <In all the example sentence problems English is provided.> English translations are provided with all the example sentences so you can understand the explanation well. <Many example problems> There are many problems such as practice problems for each item and general problems, so you will improve your ability by repeating these.
There are so many fun, relevant example and practice questions in this book. I would have loved even more chances to be quizzed on what was in the book, but I found what was there sufficient. The limited grammar explanations might stump some folks, but I found it a good chance to exercise my existing knowledge of Japanese and do a little more outside studying.