Next week I will attend a new Japanese class in my university and they use Minna no Nihongo as textbook (I & II). Do you think it’s possible to study on it without buying the “Translation and Grammar” book? Consider I already studied on my own on Genki I and I have already bought Genki II.
Thanks to everyone who will answer 
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I used the Minna no Nihongo books, and I didn’t even know there was a Translation and Grammar book. 
I found it simple enough, and since you will have a teacher, there shouldn’t be a problem.
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I second @Kazzeon, i also have a copy of both books and they’re easy to follow and understand.
Minna no Nihongo are actually a collection of books per level
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Thank you both, I also have japanese people I can ask question if I don’t understand something. That’s 4000 yen saved xd
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I do think that the translation book is worth it for 4000 JPY (or around 30 EUR). However, I could also argue that it’s a waste of money.
The translation book consists of these items per chapter:
- vocab and translation of vocab (you can use WK or Jisho for this)
- translation of sentence patterns, example sentences, conversation (the teacher will probably translate this for you)
- useful words & information (this is the only thing you’d be missing, including stuff such as proverbs or cultural information)
- grammar notes (again, the teacher will explain you this; or you can use Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar)
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Hi, how did you get the PDF version of this book? I’m interested in acquiring it myself.
Have them scanned at college. There is a big library only for languages where I studied.
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I used Minna no Nihongo for class as a beginner and had no problems figuring out what I needed to do. My teacher also only spoke Japanese and no English, but it still wasn’t an issue.
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