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| Type | Affirmative | Negative | |------|-------------|----------| | い | おおきいです (big) | おおきくないです (not big) | | な | しずかです (quiet) | しずかじゃないです (not quiet) |

For the past two decades, one title has dominated the landscape of Japanese language education, sitting on the bookshelves of university students, self-learners, and language hobbyists alike. If you walk into a Japanese 101 classroom at a university in North America, Europe, or Australia, the chances are incredibly high that the textbook on the desk is .

It won’t be easy. There will be days you stare at the Te-form conjugation chart and want to cry. But thousands of successful Japanese speakers have walked that path before you. The book works—if you work the book.