Abstract
This paper aims to construct a database of Lexical Phrases, in order to enable Japanese language learners to acquire adequate and natural expression. This work constitutes a preparatory step regarding our building an Internet-based language learning system of natural conversational expressions. There are quite a lot of intermediate-level learners that, departing from a beginners-level base, often have difficulties while trying to master natural expressions. Intermediate level textbooks are usually consist of prepared lexical phrases aimed at building the learner's language frameworks. However, we have noticed that is this approach is not effective enough for learners who want to communicate naturally and freely in various contexts, due to the fact that syllabus in the intermediate level of current textbooks lacks sufficient and useful lexical phrases. Hence we propose a Lexical Phrase database aimed at intermediate learners based phrases from various current intermediate textbooks, including sentence pattern lists of the Nihongo Noryoku Shutudai Kijun and others.
