Hop, Step, and Jump for Beginner Japanese 1 (Ippo Nihongo Sanpo)This book is for people who want to start learning Japanese at the most basic level, and can be used even if you have not yet mastered hiragana and katakana. The first 10 of the 20 chapters come with Romaji (Roman letters) just above all the vocabulary and sentences, so you will naturally learn hiragana katakana as you progress through them. The book contains basic sentence patterns based on everyday situations so that you can take what you have