BTL (Between the Lines)

ACT 1

1. Japanese Script
2. Kanji Readings
3. 縦書きと横書き Tategaki and Yokogaki
4. 振り仮名 Furigana
5. 原稿用紙 Genkooyooshi

ACT 2

1. 平仮名 Hiragana
2. Punctuation (句読点)
3. Handwritten vs. Print Forms of Characters
4. Diacritics (tenten/daku-on)
5. Long Vowels
6. Tips for Writing Practice

ACT 3

1. Particle wa は
2. Soku-on (small っ)
3. Yoo-on (small ゃ　ゅ　ょ)
4. Handakuon: Maru (ぱ　ぴ　ぷ　ぺ　ぽ)
5. Fonts
6. Japanese Names

ACT 4

1. About the Written Language じゃ vs. では
2. Particle を
3. Keyboard Input

ACT 5

1. Long Vowels (長音)
2. Borrowed Words
3. Syllables Ending in Consonants
4. /ar/, /er/, /ir/ and /ur/
5.  /th/
6. Syllables Ending in Consonants (2)
7.  /w/
8.  Voiced Consonants (濁音 or 点々)
9. 促音 (small ッ)

ACT 6

1.  /v/
2.  /l/ and /r/
3.  /th/
4.  /wh/
5. Yoo-on (拗音: Small ャ、ュ、ョ)
6. ヲ

ACT 7

1. Expanded Spelling
2. Written Forms of んです
3.  /f/
4.  /w/
5.  /sh, /j/, and ch/
6. /t/ and /d/
7.  /v/
8.  /kw/
9.  /ts/
10. Introduction to Kanji
11. Stroke Order
12. 送りがな
13. How many Kanji?
14. Keyboard Input
15. Radicals

ACT 8

1. Conventions vs. Actual Use ラーメン・らぁめん・拉麺
2. Numerals and Dates in Kanji
3. Kanji Readings: きょう・今日

ACT 9

1. Quotation Marks
2. Small っ at the End of a Word or Phrase
3. 漢語

ACT 10

1. Punctuation in Long Sentences

ACT 11

1. Business Emails: お世話になっております、お疲れ様です、よろしくお願いいたします

ACT 12

1. Joining Sentences in Written Style

ACT 13

1. Kanji used in names/places
2. Expressions for closing a letter or email
3. である・でない
4. Dialects in Japanese: 方言
5. More on family terms
6. Multiple characters for one word

ACT 14

1. 開 and 閉
2. Internet language and abbreviations

ACT 15

1. Repetition of symbols

ACT 16

ACT 17

1. Noun や Noun
2. More on embedded questions: だれだか分かる？
3. 和語（お年寄りvs. 高齢者vs. シルバー)
4. Minimizing significance: カゼぐらい

ACT 18

1. 四字熟語
2. クールビズ
3. 俳句と川柳
4. Kanji associated with temperature

ACT 19

1. Script choice
2. Innovative vocabulary
3. Listening to and reading news stories
4. Becoming proficient in reading by using multiple reading strategies
5. Using online resources and apps

ACT 20

1. 起承転結
2. Onomatopoeia in manga
3. Creative sentence endings: キャラ語尾
4. Ending with noun
5. Identifying and describing kanji:部首
6. Choosing words to refer to yourself
7. Usernames
8. Reading manga and watching anime

ACT 21

1. Including 平仮名 and カタカナ as part of search words
2. Using online resources to study Japanese
3. Composing catchy headlines and titles in Japanese
4. キラキラネーム
5. How to use 原稿用紙
6. Compositions and papers: 作文、小論文
7. More on written style

ACT 22

1. にて・まで in business writing
2. Japanese addresses
3. 履歴書
4. Talking about your strengths in Japanese
5. Using the appropriate terms of address: 当社 vs. 弊社 and 御社 vs. 貴社
6. Verb stem 〜得る

ACT 23

1. Sorting trash: ゴミの分別
2. Job hunting
3. More on より
4. のみ

ACT 24

1. 恩と義理