About This Book
1 What’s Quartet?
Quartet: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills is a comprehensive intermediate learning resource for Japanese-language learners who have completed around 250
to 300 hours of elementary study. It is designed to provide well-balanced development of
the four language skills —reading, writing, speaking and listening—through the study ofgrammar, expressions and strategies needed to communicate at the intermediate level.
Quartet is divided into two textbook volumes, each with a supplement, a workbook, anddownloadable audio material. Volume I presents Lessons 1–6, and Volume II covers Lessons
7–12. Together, the two volumes are intended to help learners advance to level B1 of theCommon European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
The material in Volume I is roughly equivalent to level N3 of the Japanese Language
Proficiency Test, while that in Volume II is on par with N2 and N1. Each lesson focuses onapproximately ten grammatical patterns and expressions, around 45 kanji, and one or two
reading strategies. In total, Volume II presents 65 grammatical patterns and expressions, 330
kanji, and ten reading strategies.

（Supplement）

Workbook I

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Volume I（Textbook）

Volume II（Textbook）（Supplement）

Workbook II

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2 Structure and Content of Volume II
Every textbook lesson has four sections for the four language skills — 読む , 書く , 話す and聞く—with each sharing the same theme. The sections are interconnected in various ways.
For instance, the topic of the readings in 読む is taken up in the compositions of 書く , thedialogues of 話す , and the listening comprehension material of 聞く. As another example, thegrammatical patterns and expressions used in the readings are also encountered in the listening
comprehension tasks. This interlinking enables you to build up the four skills in a natural, wellbalanced manner. The vocabulary and kanji lists have been compiled into a separate supplement（別冊）so that they can be viewed alongside the textbook material. The textbook’s six lessons areべっさつ［ 13 ］

followed by a section entitled ブラッシュアップ , which offers activities for expanding your rangeof expression and a section on kanji.
The structure and content of Volume II are as follows.

（ 1 ）Lessons 7–12
読む

Study grammatical patterns expressions and reading strategies throughtwo readings■ 読む前に・読んだ後で読む前に prepares you for each reading with schema activation in theform of questions on the reading’s topic. 読んだ後で involves tasks such as summarizing
the reading in your own words, comparing the content with the situation in yourhomeland, and discussing your experiences and opinions in relation to the reading.
■ 読み物 Each lesson has two readings（読み物 1／読み物 2）. The readings gradually become
more challenging with each new lesson, and generally focus on topics concerning Japaneseculture and society that are of interest to many students. All the readings in Volume IIother than the first one in Lesson 8 are real-world passages that haven’t been watereddown for learners. This is intended to give learners a greater sense of accomplishment
after they complete each passage, and thus be more strongly motivated to advance theirreading skills.
■ 読みのストラテジー This part presents reading strategies that not only are useful fordeveloping a better understanding of the readings, but can also be effectively applied toreading comprehension in general. As with Volume I, the strategies covered in Volume II
offer tips on how to parse sentences and follow the structure of compositions.
■ 文型 ・表現ノート Commentary is provided on the grammatical patterns and expressions
ぶんけい
used in the readings. Volume II covers mainly intermediate patterns and expressions,centering on JLPT N2 and N1 grammar. This section is designed to foster your ability tounderstand difficult words and sentences from context, offering explanations in English
and numerous example sentences to assist you. Items marked withare ones that you
should strive to master for spoken/written communication, while those not so marked areones that you just need to understand the meaning.
書くWrite compositions based on the model text

This section challenges you to use what you learned in 読む to write short compositions
on subjects related to the readings. Before that, you go over モデル作文 and 書くポイント toacquire a better understanding of text structure and writing pointers, and you respond to thequestions in 書いてみよう to brainstorm for your composition.
話す

Practice conversation patterns using a model dialogue

This section is divided into two parts, 会話 1 and 会話 2. Each part offers conversation practicethat is based on a model dialogue and progresses from input to output. 会話 1 presents taskbased dialogues, such as inquiring about a lost article or making a suggestion. 会話 2 focuseson monologues such as speeches or presentations.

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1. やってみよう Before going through the model dialogue, you do a little role-playing in thedialogue’s context to see how well you can communicate in that situation.
2. 聞いてみよう As you listen to the model dialogue, you try to understand its content andflow.
3. モデル会話 Next, you read a script of the dialogue to check your understanding. フローチャート serves as a visual aid for gaining a handle on the overall flow of the dialogue.
4. 練習しよう You then practice creating output in your own words, following patterns ofexpression drawn from the dialogue.
聞く

Practice two types of listening comprehension

聞く is also divided into two parts, 聴 解 1 and 聴解 2, both of which offer content related to theちょうかいreadings. 聴解 1 provides listening comprehension practice that requires you to identify specificinformation from a lecture, explanation, or other material that you listen to while looking as
figures or charts. 聴解 2 presents conversations in which an international student discusses social
topics with a friend. The subject matter lends well to discussion, so this material can also be used
for discussion after listening comprehension practice.

（ 2 ）Brush-ups（ブラッシュアップ）Lessons 7–12 are followed by a separate section that provides activities for expanding yourrange of expression, and handy strategies for mastering kanji.
上級へのチャレンジ

This part presents composition-enriching expressions from the readings to help you further
build your vocabulary and expression skills. Some of these items can be reviewed more
effectively when studied along with certain parts of the lessons. The table below lists thosepairings. The last one, ⑧インタビュープロジェクト , is a project that challenges you to utilize what
you learned in Lessons 8, 10 and 12.
上級へのチャレンジ

Corresponding sections of lessons① 視点

第 7 課：書く② 四字 熟 語

第 8 課：読み物 1③ ことわざ

第 8 課：読み物 2④ オノマトペ

第 9 課：読み物 1・読み物 2・会話 2⑤ カタカナ語

第 10 課：読み物 1⑥ 接続詞

第 11 課：読み物 1・読み物 2⑦ 慣 用句第 12 課：読み物 2⑧ インタビュープロジェクト第 8 課：書く／第 10 課：書く／第 12 課：書く

よ じ じゅく ご

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漢字チャレンジThis section presents 12 strategies essential for kanji studies at the intermediate level andbeyond, including strategies concerning radicals and phonetic indicators providing clues
to the kanji readings. By equipping yourself with these strategies, you’ ll have an easier timesurmising the meaning and reading of unfamiliar kanji and tidy up your knowledge of kanji
already learned. This, in turn, will enable you to efficiently expand the kanji knowledge andskills that will become all the more important from the intermediate level onward.

（ 3 ）Appendices（巻末）■ 聴 解 解答・スクリプトThis appendix contains the answers to the two listening comprehension
tasks in each 聞く section and full scripts of the audio material. It provides the correct answers
to multiple-choice and true/false questions, and model answers for the writing problems.
■ 文型・表現さくいん This is a list of the items presented in 文型・表現ノート , arranged in a-iぶんけい
u-e-o order.
■ 単語さくいん This lists the words included on the supplement’s vocabulary list, in a-i-ue-o order.
ちょうかい（ 4 ）Supplement（別冊）
べっさつ
The supplement accompanying the textbook contains vocabulary lists, lists of words thatshould be memorized and sample sentences using them, and kanji lists.
■ 単語リスト

These list the vocabulary in the readings that have not yet been studied. The
words in each list that should especially be learned are presented again in the subsequent
覚える単語と例文 list, along with sample sentences using them.
■ 漢字リスト These lists contain the target kanji found in the reading material, along with
their readings, meanings, stroke orders, compounds and English translations. Shaded characters are essential kanji that you need to learn how to write.

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読み物 1 「日本一の旅館」加賀屋の女将に聞く

第課［単語リスト］◆

漢行

Kagayaおかみ

proprietress

100 選

ひゃくせん

a selection of 100 (hotels)

総合

そうごう

overall

一位

いちいthe first place

おもてなし

おもてなし

hospitality; service

とうちゃく（する）

to arrive

お迎え

おむかえ

welcoming

9

館内

かんない

inside of the building

10

肩かたshoulder

線

せん

line

浴衣

ゆかた

yukata; informal cotton kimono

後ほど

のちほど

later

頭に入れる

あたまにいれる

to keep something in mind

おしぼり

おしぼり

small wet towel

13

抹茶まっちゃpowdered green tea

14

少なくとも

すくなくともat least

8 ［〜に］到着（する）

◆

11
12

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4.

◆5.

◆15

16
17

［〜に］出入り（する） でいり（する）

to go in and out

状態

じょうたいcondition

召し上がる

めしあがる

to eat; to drink (honorific form)

心がける

こころがける

to be careful to do something

上げ膳据え膳あげぜんすえぜんtaking care of everything (about meals)

至れり尽くせり

いたれりつくせり(service is) perfect; leaving nothing to be desired
unusual

漢字リスト

かがや

単語リスト

◆意味

女将◆

3.

新出漢字

読み加賀屋

4
◆

単語Japanese style hotel

◆

2.

おかみ

新出漢字がある単語（読みだけ）

りょかん

21.

◆旅館0❶❷❸

か が や

新出漢字がある単語（読み書き）

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◆

20.

21.

56

絶やさずにたやさずにcontinuously; constantly

58

宿屋やどやinn59

延長線上でえんちょうせんじょうでby extension62

重視（する）じゅうし（する）

to emphasize;
to consider something to be important63

お叱りを受ける

おしかりをうける

to receive complaints

65

日々

ひび

daily

磨き上げる

みがきあげる

to polish up◆［覚える単語と例文］▶ 第 8 課・読み物 1

❸

▶▶▶▶▶

覚える単語と例文

1. おもてなし

5.Tango-L8-1

家に来た客にお茶とお菓子を出すのは「おもてなし」の一つだ。
か し

2. ［〜に］到着（する） 飛行機が時間通りに空港に到着した。
3. 肩

息子は私の肩ぐらいの背の高さだ。

4. 状態

あのピザ屋は、家までピザを温かい状態で届けてくれる。

5. 召し上がる

これ、少しですが、どうぞ召し上がってください。

9. 要望（する）

客からの要望をよく聞く店は人気が出るだろう。

むすこせ❶ These numerals represent the number of the line where each word first appears in the reading.

Zero indicates the title.
6. 都会舎に住みたい。
❷ Words
containing a kanji 都会ではなく田studied in thatいなか
lessonare marked with ◆ or ◆ . ◆ indicates that you should◆
that just learning the reading will suffice. Thelearn
read and write theword, while indicates
7. to
癒やす
かわいい犬を見ると癒やされます。
いやunderlined kanji in the vocabulary list are the ones studied in the lesson.
8. 精神
成功する人の多くは、チャレンジ精神を持っている。
こう❸ This is the number of the せい
entry
as listed in 覚える単語と例文 .

810. 基本第課［漢字リスト］
読み物

11. 常に

総到
迎肩線
態
召都精基

どんなことでも、まず基本から始めるべきだ。
373❺ 382❻❼▶▶▶▶▶

［読み物にある単語］ ◆ 読み書き ◆ 読みだけ常に笑顔でお客様に接することが大切だ。

◆general;ソウ
総合（そうごう）overall
overall 警察に犯人の情報を提供した。
12. ［〜に］提供（する）
総理大臣（そうりだいじん）prime minister

けいさつ

1 策を練る13.
14. 喜ぶね

はんにん

サッカーの試合で勝てるように策を練った。

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か単語リスト❹373

ね厥 母にプレゼントを渡したら、厮 厰 厶 參 簒 雙 叟 とても喜んでくれた。
曼 燮 叮 叨 叭 叺◆ 到着（とうちゃく）arrival
374
reachトウ15. ［〜に］満足（する） 今の生活に満足しています。
到達（とうたつ）attainment

16. ［〜に］感激（する） 友人の優しさに感激しました。
17. 形375（8）虧 りんごをウサギの形に切ってみました。
虱 蚓 蚣 蚩 蚪 蚋 蚌welcome

ゲイ歓迎（かんげい）welcome◆ お迎え（おむかえ）welcoming
むか are essential
008 kanji Shaded characters❹ Targetkanji that you should learn how to write.

❺ Meanings

漢字リスト（7） 棣 椥 棹 棠 棯 椨 椪❻ Readings On-yomi
are given in katakana, kun-yomi in hiragana.
376❼ Words containingshoulder
the kanjiケン◆ and ◆肩甲骨mark（けんこうこつ）
words that shoulder
appearblade;in scapula
the reading material and the◆ 肩（かた）shoulder
かたvocabulary list. ◆ indicates words that you should learn how to read and write; ◆ indicates thatjust learning the reading will suffice.
（8）泝 沮 沱 沾 沺 泛 泯 泙線（せん）line
セン（ 5 ）Audio files
延長線上で（えんちょうせんじょうで）by extension
Downloadable audio material is offered forfollowing
These
sections are marked
線路the（せんろ）railway sections.
下線（かせん）
underline（15）with a headphone symbol（岌 ）the妛textbook.
岑in岔岫 岻 岶 岼 岷 峅 岾 峇 峙 峩 峽377

■ 読む378line◆◆figure;タイ◆

状態（じょうたい）condition

Text of 読み物attitude
1 and 2; the first sample
sentence of each entry in 文型 ・表現ノート
態度（たいど）attitude
ぶんけい■ 話す The model dialogues of 会話 1 and事態2（じたい）situation; matters■ 聞く 聴解 1 and 2 （14） 囈 囎 囑 囓 囗 囮 囹 圀 囿 圄 圉 圈 國 圍■ 別冊べっさつちょうかい379
summon
覚える単語と例文

ショウ
め召集（しょうしゅう）call to duty
召し上がる（めしあがる）to eat; to drink (honorific form)◆（5） 織 職 色 食 信
How to download thefiles
380city;(iOS / Android)
ト都会（とかい）city; town
▶ Smartphone/ Tabletall
みやこ
都（みやこ）capital
Install the Japan Times Publishing’s
OTO Navi
app and use it todownload the audio material.
（11） 叺 吁 吽 呀 听 吭 吼 吮 吶 吩 吝▶ Personal computer381
spirit;セイ download
精神（せいしん）spirit; mind
Access thefollowing webpage
andthe
Zip files containing
energyショウ
精進（しょうじん）devotion
this textbook’s audio material.
https://bookclub.japantimes.co.jp/en/book/b546856.html

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僉 僊 傳 僂 僖 僞 僥 僭 僣 僮 價 僵 儉 儁foundation

キもと（11）

基本（きほん）basis; foundation
基準（きじゅん）standard
基づく（もとづく）to be based on◆［ 17 ］股 胡 菰 虎 跨 鈷 伍 吾 梧 檎 瑚039

（ 6 ）Study app
QUARTET Vocab & Kanji (iOS/Android)
The app for studying vocabulary and kanji covered in the textbook is available.

3 Structure and Content of Workbook IIThe workbook offers practice exercises related to each textbook lesson’s 読み物 and 文型・表現
ぶんけい
ひょうげん
ノート .
This section provides three types of exercises for 読み物 1 and 2 — (A) true/
false questions on the readings, (B) reading strategy exercises, and (C) questions that delve
into the readings’ content in greater detail.
■ 文型 ・表現ワーク Two sets of exercises are provided for the items covered by 文型・表現ノー
ぶんけい
ト— (A) basic problems on items that require output (marked within the textbook),and (B) exercises covering all grammatical patterns and expressions presented in thelesson.
■ 読み物ワーク

The workbook also includes practices for the 上級へのチャレンジ and 漢字チャレンジ sections of ブ
ラッシュアップ in the textbook. The worksheets should be used after studying the corresponding
part of the textbook in order to check your mastery of the kanji.

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