Table of contents : Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction I. Classical Kana Orthography and Pronunciation II. The Conjugations in Classical Japanese Verbs Adjectives Adjectival verbs Auxiliary verbs III. Honorific Language and its Use The types of honorific language The auxiliary verbs used in respect language Words used either as verbs or as special auxiliary verbs in respect language Other important verbs Prefixes, suffixes and other words used in respect language IV. Indeclinable Words in Classical Japanese Particles Case particles Conjunctive particles Emotive particles Final particles Adverbial particles Exclamatory particles Adverbs Fixed modifiers Conjunctions Interjections Important prefixes and suffixes Prefixes Suffixes A note about onbin V. Sentence Structure and Style Omissions and abbreviations Sentence structures requiring careful attention Special points to be noted Special rhetorical devices Texts Ise Monogatari (Section 9) Makura no Soshi (Chapter 1 and 184) Genji Monogatari (Selected from Chapter 1) Kokin Wakashu (22 poems selected) Romanized transcription of the texts Index 1. Finding list for example sentences 2. Important words and compounds