A Handbook of Common Japanese Phrases by Sanseido
English, Japanese | ISBN: 4770027982 | 2002 | 320 pages | scan PDF | 9 MB
Words don't exist as independent units, to be inserted into grammatical slots by a speaker exercising absolute authority over their placement. Rather, they tend to come in neatly bound packages - in fixed phrases or entire sentences - ready to communicate an idea that cannot be expressed economically in any other way.