Japanese at a Glance

An indispensable pocket reference with over 1500 expressions for every travel situation! This Japanese phrasebook for travelers has been revised with vocabulary that pertains to people with special needs, those traveling with kids, Olympic athletic events, dietary concerns (dairy free, gluten free, etc), social media, cell phones, Wi-Fi, and more. Perfect as a take-along guide for visitors, it also features information on public transportation systems, general information for visitors to Japan, and bilingual lists of more than 1,500 most-often-used words and expressions for travelers, in the form of phonetic spellings of Japanese words with their English translations. The book's page edges are color-coded by topic for quick and easy reference.

Nobuo Akiyama is a professorial Lecturer of Japanese Language at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.