ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We wish to thank the following people for their help with the publication of this book: first, our students, who in one way or another have both guided and prodded us to seek new and better approaches to teaching Japanese; and second, Richard Ryan, Peter Moore, Ross Story, and Erick Homsher, who were all kind enough to help out with the tedious job of proofreading. Special gratitude is due to the Charles E. Tuttle Company for offering editorial guidance and personal encouragement.

Hiroo Japanese Center:
      Kazuo Ishii, Michiko Kono,
      Yuko Miyazawa, Naomi Nagano,
      Hitoshi Watanabe, Naomi Watanabe

Tokyo, Japan