The Teacher's Manual for teaching Japanese using Minna no Nihongo Second Edition I Main Text, it is divided into two parts: Part 1 provides a brief outline of the structure and content of each chapter, and how to proceed with a basic lesson and the review questions; Part 2 introduces the flow of teaching each specific chapter of the book.

The accompanying CD-ROM is packed with useful teaching resources such as a list of the grammatical items, vocabulary, particles and adjectives, a table of the verb forms, and illustrations for use with the conversations and Drill C found in the main text.

This book is for Japanese language teachers and so is only available in Japanese.