Mizutani O., Mizutani N. Nihongo notes 3: understanding Japanese usage

Japan Times, 1990. — 81 p. Справочник грамматических конструкций, наиболее часто употребляемых в японском языке. Nihongo Notes 3 - Understanding Japanese Usage (70 columns from April 8, 1979 to August 3, 1980): The columns in this volume deal with such diverse aspects of Japanese usage as socially significant words and phrases, exchanges in professional situations, reserved-sounding speech, the speech of senior members towards younger members in a group, the speech of young people, and word play.