Conversational Japanese: The Right Word at the Right Time: This Japanese Phrasebook and Language Guide Lets You Learn Japanese Quickly!
Anne Kaneko, illustrated by Sally Motomura

Conversational Japanese gives you the language and the cultural information you need to handle a wide variety of situations. More than a 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, you'll know what to say and do when: Meeting new people, reading a travel brochure, reserving a hotel room, buying a train ticket, offering a gift, writing emails, business letters, cards and thank-you notes.