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Introduction IX Pronunciation and Romanization Xl 1. Abbreviationsand contractions 2. Addresses and street names 3. Arts and crafts4. Asking directions 5. Bathing and bathhouses 6. Body language andgestures 7. Borrowed words and acronyms 8. Bowing 9. Brand namesand brand-name goods (burando-hin) 10.Business cards (",ish.)11.Calendar 12.Cherry blossoms and /lower viewing 13.Compliments14.Conversation 15.Crime and safety 16.Dating and marriage17.Death, funerals, and mourning 18.Dialects 19.Dining out20.Dinner invitations 21.Directness 22.Discussion and consensus23.Dress 24.Drinking 25.Driving 26.Earthquakes 27.Education28.English-language study 29.Family 30.The /lag and the nationalanthem 31.Flowers and plants 32.Food and eating 33.Footwear34.Foreigners 35.Gender roles 36.Geography 37.Gifts38.Government 39.Hellos and good byes 40.Holidays and festivals41.Honorific speech (keigo) 42.Hotels and inns 43.Housing andfurnishings 44.Humor 45.The Imperial Family 46.Individuals andcouples 47.Introduct ions and networking 48.Karaoke 49.Leisure(rejii) 50.Letters, greeting cards, and postal services 51.Love andaffection 52.Lucky and unlucky numbers 53.Male/Female speech54.Money 55.Mt. Fuji 56.Music and dance 57.Myths, legends, andfolklore 58.Names, titles, and forms of address 59.Numbers andcounting 60.Oriental medicine 61.Pinball (pachinko) 62.Politenessand rudeness 63.Population 64.Privacy 65.Reading material66.Religion 67.The seasons 68.Shopping 69.Shrines and temples70.Signatures and seals 71.Social structure 72.Sports 73.Tableetiquette 74.Telephones 75.Television /radio/movies 76.Thank-yousand regrets 77.Theater 78.Time and punctuality 78.Toilets81.Travel within Japan 82.Vending machines 83.Visiting private homes84.Weights, measures, and sizes 85.Working hours 86.The writtenlanguage 87."Yes" and "no" 88."You first" 89.Zoological calendarSources and related readings Index