Boost Your Japanese Speaking Skills: Conversational Course

Practice basic conversation by exchanging greetings, self-introductions, and personal details about nationality and age. This dialogue models casual cross-cultural exchanges among biracial speakers.

Learn to greet strangers with Hello, glad to meet you, and deliver a Japanese self-introduction using patterns like 'Noun1 が ～で、Noun2 が ～です' about origins and age.

Learn essential Japanese vocabulary for self-introductions, including origin, university life, international and graduate students, professions, family roles, hobbies, and traits like indoor versus outdoor and mixed race.

Learn a culture note on self-introduction across casual, youth, and business settings in Japan, including eye contact, bowing, handshakes, business cards, and common mistakes to avoid.

Explore Japanese gestures: pointing to nose for I, a passing motion for excuse me, palms together for please or apology, bowing for greeting and respect, and beckoning to come here.

Practice polite Japanese greetings by using eshaku, a slight bow, instead of saying hello when you have already met, and learn its meaning in social context.

Master everyday Japanese expressions and honorifics through practical dialogue, including っていう, んです, and でしょう, and learn eshaku, slight bow, and respectful responses.

Master common Japanese greetings and polite phrases for introductions, responses, and daily interactions. Learn how to say hello, how are you, long time no see, and you are welcome.

Explore how Japan names years by imperial eras, from Heisei to Reiwa, including Reiwa Gantan, and how era names appear in daily life and public spaces alongside the western calendar.

Practice everyday Japanese conversation about weather, snow forecasts, and travel planning, including Tokyo, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido, plus discussing crowds and hotel bookings at the Sapporo Snow Festival.

Master three grammar points from the lesson—かな, noun + によると, and にしても—and learn そう usage to report information and express future possibilities with practical examples.

Build weather vocabulary by learning terms for weather conditions, temperature, sun, clouds, snow, rain, wind, humidity, forecast, typhoon, earthquake, thunder, the rainy season, and scenic views.

Explore the Sapporo snow festival in Hokkaido, with snow and ice statues across Odori Park and the Susukino venue, plus skating and local cuisine.

Engage in a practical conversation about winter plans, comparing Korea and Taiwan, discussing travel, food, budgeting, and souvenirs to strengthen speaking skills.

Explore practical Japanese grammar for expressing intentions and schedules with ～つもり, ～するつもり vs ～する予定, and comparisons using ～より～ほうが and ましだ, with everyday dialogue examples.

Learn essential verbs and phrases for everyday situations—from vacation, rest, and going out to exercising, practicing, skiing, planning, earning, regretting, and deciding. Explore feelings and warnings to boost speaking.

Learn about the Japan Rail Pass, a budget-friendly ticket provided by six JR Group companies for foreign visitors, offering travel from Kantō to Kyushu, with purchase conditions for short-stay tourists.

Learn practical Japanese conversation as you discuss coming-of-age ceremony, photo shooting, kimono rental, and the high cost of participating in a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Learn four Japanese grammar patterns—verbて form + もらう/いただく, noun + も, ～しかない, and verbて form + でも—through a conversation about plans for Monday, a coming-of-age ceremony, and a 100,000 yen photo shoot.

Learn essential vocabulary for talking about adulthood, ceremonies, clothing like furisode and hakama, festivals, photos, relationships, living arrangements, independence, drinking, and reunions and parties.

Learn about Japan's coming-of-age ceremony for 20-year-olds, its postwar origins, and the kimono tradition, including furisode and related vocabulary like adult, to reject, and be rejected.

Learn Japanese gestures for conversational cues, such as tongue-clicking for annoyance, covering the mouth when laughing, tilting a sake cup to invite drinking, and sniffing or sneezing norms.

Practice everyday Japanese conversation about Valentine's Day traditions, gift giving, and relationships in Japan, including cookies, chocolate, and White Day.

Learn how to ask what someone wants using grammar and express degree with ～ぐらい. Practice week 6 dialogues on gifts and opinions with ～たらいい, ～ので, and ～はもちろん.

Learn vocabulary for valentine traditions, gifts, and dating, including heartfelt chocolate, obligatory gifts, friend chocolates, and gift wrapping, plus phrases about inviting, plans, dates, and relationships.

Explore Valentine’s Day in Japan and its origins in the confectionery industry, Morozoff, and Western influence. Learn the gift types—true feeling, friend, and obligation chocolate—and their price ranges.

Engage in practical Japanese conversation through a casual dialogue about a movie, overtime, last train, pottery making, and planning via Line.

Learn how to judge what you see or hear using らしい／らしくない and how to signal topic changes with そういえば、あるいは、ちなみに in everyday conversation.

Master practical Japanese vocabulary for relationships, dining, moods, and social events by exploring terms like partner, preference, all-you-can-drink, last train, and girls party.

Japan's pet cafes let visitors interact with dogs, cats, and other animals in urban spots like Shibuya and Harajuku, where pets are trained to be quiet and well behaved.

Learn about White Day on March 14, when men give white chocolate to ladies and receive chocolate in return, and explore who participates.

Learn how to express consent and emphasis in Japanese with ～じゃない and ～じゃん. Use ～というか to express 'not everybody, but those who want to celebrate will' in White Day.

Build practical Japanese vocabulary for gratitude and appreciation, one-sided love, being moved, and doing one's best to challenge oneself, plus making sweets and wrapping gifts.

Explore White Day, a uniquely Japanese gift-return tradition on March 14, where men return Valentine’s Day chocolates and sometimes double or triple the value, born in Japan in 1978.

Practice asking for an overnight stay at a quiet, affordable inn in Hakone, including price, Japanese-style room, and in-room bathroom, then make a reservation under the name Hayato.

Learn how Japanese honorifics and polite language convey respect toward customers, superiors, and bosses, using o and go prefixes and phrases like でございます, おります, and kekkou desu.

Boost your Japanese speaking skills by mastering travel vocabulary for sightseeing, travel agency interactions, reservations, luggage, departures, customs, and hotel stays.

Discover Japanese lodging options—from compact business and capsule hotels to inns, guest houses, vacation rentals, and Airbnb, with couchsurfing less popular and ryokan offering authentic hospitality.