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Maguro Sensei's In-Depth Japanese Study Intermediate Level 5: Japanese Architecture
Maguro Sensei's In-Depth Japanese Study Intermediate Level 5: Japanese Architecture
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Book Introduction
Studying Japanese, why didn't I do this sooner?!
Restart your Japanese studies by exploring Japan's iconic architecture and the Pritzker Prize winners, often called the Nobel Prize of architecture! Maguro-sensei and Yuri-ring will take care of your Japanese studies.
And it's so much fun!


Japan has the most Pritzker Prize winners in the world, known as the "Nobel Prize" of architecture.
As of 2025, there are a total of 9 winners, more than the United States with 8.
These winners have each achieved international recognition for their unique architectural philosophies and styles, most notably the most recent winner, Riken Yamamoto, who has been practicing social architecture that fosters communities and communities, including the Hiroshima Fire Station and a library with a wall of books.
Japan's ability to produce so many Pritzker Prize winners stems from the early efforts of the Japanese architectural community to engage in international exchange, the system of fostering excellent architects through the traditional apprenticeship system, and the architectural philosophy of reinterpreting and developing tradition from a modern perspective.
Japanese architecture is highly regarded worldwide for its design philosophy and technological prowess.

In this "Maguro Sensei's Full-Scale! Intermediate Japanese Study Volume 5: Japanese Architecture," you'll learn how to use Japanese verbs like conferral, conditional, conjugation, causative, passive, and causative passive while exploring beautiful and unique buildings designed by world-renowned architects.
It also introduces architectural spaces and travel destination accommodations that the general public can experience firsthand, making it a triple-educational book that allows you to study Japanese and gain valuable information on Japanese culture and travel.
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Author's Note
prolog

1.
The Nobel Prize of Architecture?! The Pritzker Prize and Japanese Architects
Verbs of Attribution 1 (objects, concepts, emotions, etc.)

2.
Representative buildings in eastern Japan 1
Verbs of award 2 (action, movement)

3.
Representative buildings in eastern Japan 2
Usage of Condition 1 (と, ば)

4.
Representative buildings in western Japan 1
Usage of condition 2 (tara, なら)

5.
Representative buildings in western Japan 2
Expression of change (ようになる/する, ていく/くる)

6.
Representative buildings of the Hokkaido region
Service type

7.
Representative buildings of the Kyushu and Shikoku regions
Passive

8.
Accommodation designed by a famous Japanese architect
Passive mission type

Appendix: 100 Essential JLPT N3 Vocabulary Words

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Publisher's Review
This time it's Japanese architecture!
Eastern Japan, Western Japan, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku!

You can have fun studying by looking at all the famous buildings from all over Japan.
"Maguro Sensei's Full-Scale Japanese Study" Volume 5 - Japanese Architecture!

Japan has produced a remarkable lineup of architects, including Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, Tadao Ando, ​​Toyo Ito, Kenzo Tange, and Fumihiko Maki—names that will awe anyone with even the slightest interest in architecture! "Maguro Sensei's Full-Scale! Intermediate Japanese Study Volume 5: Japanese Architecture" explores the characteristics and architectural philosophies of these six architects. It also allows readers to enjoy observing the locations and designs of the buildings they designed, while learning various Japanese expressions.

This book, the fifth in the "Maguro Sensei's Authentic! Japanese Study" series, covers intermediate-level Japanese language learning, but the entire series was written by Choi Yu-ri, a leading Japanese instructor at Siwon School, which specializes in online foreign language education. Readers who have studied with the previous four books in the series will be able to follow along without difficulty, as the writing is unified and user-friendly.
Additionally, author Yuri Choi, who has been active as an instructor for a long time, is currently lecturing on Japan through her personal YouTube channel. As an expert in Japanese language education, she is putting in effort in each volume to help Japanese learners study easily and systematically.

Award, condition, change, ministry, passive, ministry-passive?!
Learn and understand difficult Japanese expressions in an easy-to-understand way
Practice and check your answers to ensure you review what you've learned!

Challenge yourself to memorize 100 N3 words with this JLPT essential vocabulary book!

The greatest strength of "Maguro Sensei's Authentic Japanese Study" is that it makes it easier to understand and study Japanese expressions that can seem complicated and daunting just by hearing them, with a variety of example sentences and helpful explanations.
This volume 5 is also designed to allow you to study various expressions such as award, condition, change, ministry, passive, and ministry-passive.

First, you can understand the context of expressions in a fun way through the main text of the manga featuring the cute Maguro-sensei and Yuri Ring, study various sentence patterns with various examples, and after fully understanding them with the friendly explanations, you can review them with the practice and answer check corner at the end of each chapter to completely internalize the learning content.

At the end of the book, a JLPT N3 essential vocabulary list is included as an appendix, allowing learners to create richer sentences by substituting various words and even apply their learning.
Since vocabulary is power in language learning, you will be able to enjoy the increased confidence in Japanese by memorizing 100 essential words at the N3 level.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: June 13, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 256 pages | 446g | 152*225*13mm
- ISBN13: 9791169780551
- ISBN10: 1169780555

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