Nihongo Vocabulary Drills - Kanyoku & Jukugo (Idioms & Common Phrases)This book is an excellent introduction (or review!) of the idioms and phrases that Japanese language students so often elude. Sure, you can have a conversation, but can you express yourself like the Japanese? This book makes it easy and interesting each of the 41 chapters of the first part of the book focuses on a common word that every student knows for example, "kuchi [mouth]," and teaches you a number of phrases based around the word in question.