
Learn to read hiragana, the phonetic script of Japanese, and master all 46 characters and basic words, while exploring katakana, kanji, furigana, and romaji.
Learn the five basic hiragana vowel sounds and master stroke order, a general pattern across all Japanese characters, to memorize faster and improve handwriting.
Learn ka ki ku ko and other kana by distinguishing short and long vowel sounds, recognizing long vowels from double vowels, and identifying each character's forms.
Learn how the ductus marks on hiragana change consonant sounds, turning ka into ga and introducing the 20 hiragana with duct variations ga, gi, gu, ge, go.
Learn the Japanese syllables sa, shi, su, se, so and how dropped vowel sounds affect pronunciation. Practice identifying each character with examples like sa, soo, set, and suki.
Learn the characters za ji zu ze zo and review their dakuten forms and pronunciations, exploring how each character corresponds to its spoken sound in this japanese for beginners lesson.
Learn the ta chi tsu te to kana in this lesson. Identify each character's sound and how a small tsu creates a sokuon with a brief glottal stop, like uh-oh.
Learn the da, gi, zu, and doh characters with ductin marks and practice their pronunciations using examples like daigaku and tsuzuku.
Master the kana na, ni, nu, ne, no by identifying characters and matching sounds with examples like sakana, inu, unagi, and kinoko.
Identify the Japanese characters ha, hi, fu, he, ho and practice recognizing them through playful examples in this Japanese for beginners course bundle.
Learn to recognize Japanese characters and practice pronunciation with repeated prompts and examples from the lesson, including words like bakuhatsu, tsubasa, fubuki, and ibiki.
Learn the handakuten mark, a circle at the top right corner of a character that turns h sounds into p sounds, like ha to pa and ho to po.
Learn to identify and pronounce the kana ma, mi, mu, me, and mo in the Japanese for beginners course, using examples like me, moo, sashimi, tomodachi, and kimono.
Learn to recognize the ya, yu, and yo characters through guided identification with examples such as ya, yu, yo, Yuki, and Ube.
Master the ra ri ru re ro kana by recognizing each character and matching sounds to words like da, dee, karada, abura, kujira, matsuri, taberu.
Learn the hiragana characters wa, wo, and n, how wo marks direct objects, and practice reading words like ichigo taberu and kanpei while noting n’s nasal sounds.
Learn how adding small ya, yu, and yo to 12 base characters creates new syllables. Note romanization omits a y after sh, c, or j.
Learn all 46 katakana characters, their variations, and how loanwords, foreign names, and emphasis use katakana alongside hiragana, with practical reading practice.
Identify and match the Japanese vowel characters a, i, u, e, o with their sounds through interactive prompts.
Learn how to create long vowels in katakana and understand vowel extension, using ka ki ku ke ko as examples and identifying the corresponding characters.
Practice the kana sounds ga, gi, gu, ge, go and review the related characters. Identify each character with its shown words, such as Kaido, Gado, Ki, GU, Git, Camu.
Learn the Japanese characters sa, shi, su, se, and so through guided identification and practice with example words like sa, shi, su, set, and so.
Learn the za ji zu ze zo Japanese characters and review each one through prompts like what is this character, reinforcing recognition with examples such as so, zu, and susume.
Learn to recognize the kana ta, chi, tsu, te, to and identify each character, including how a small tsu creates a double consonant sound.
Learn the katakana characters with dakuten—da, ji, zu, de, do—and how their pronunciations align with hiragana sounds. Explore the scarcity of loanwords using zu with dakuten.
Master the Japanese kana set na, ni, nu, ne, no and practice identifying which character matches given sounds and example words.
Explore the ha hi fu he ho character set by identifying each character, determining which is ha, he, or ho, and practicing example names and sounds.
Learn the バビブベボ characters and practice recognizing and pronouncing sounds with example words like buh, ha, hee, boot, banana, Bedale, avocado, and snowball.
Explore the pa pi pu pe po characters and their handakuten forms, review with examples like pasta, piano, pikuniku, soup, hip hop, pia, petto, ho, port, postal, pokito.
Learn the ma mi mu me mo characters by identifying each sound with everyday examples like ma, me, moo, and moe, and distinguishing similar syllables.
Identify the ya, you, and yo characters and practice recognizing which symbol represents ya, you, or yo. Learn to distinguish ya, you, and yo among the presented characters.
Recognize and name the characters, identify which one is da, dee, or duh, and practice with examples like Ruby, America, Alabama, and Cordoba.
Learn the kana wa, wo, and n, and recognize each character's use. Note that katakana wo is rarely used as a particle, with examples like Hawaii and orange.
Learn small ya, yu, yo in the Japanese for beginners course bundle, and how the small ya works in katakana like hiragana while reading the 12 ya, yu, yo combinations.
Explore how small versions of the vowels in アイウエオ modify the preceding vowel and form common combinations, with examples like tissue, wedding, photo, fuku, and sweden.
Practice speaking Japanese from day one in this online beginner course, where you learn through speaking, with lesson summaries, practice exercises, and romaji-supported instruction of hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
Learn Japanese greetings from ohayo gozaimasu to konbanwa, with practice dialogues, vowel rules including long vowels, and polite forms using san and sensei, plus bowing etiquette (ojigi).
Learn polite Japanese greetings for morning, afternoon, and evening—ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, and konbanwa—as demonstrated by Tanaka sensei in level 1 lesson 1 review.
Learn to introduce yourself in Japanese by saying your name and desu. Practice greetings such as hajimemashite, ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, konbanwa, and yoroshiku with last names Suzuki, Sato, Takahashi.
Learn polite Japanese greetings for morning, afternoon, and evening, including ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, and konbanwa. Practice hajimemashite, yoroshiku, and I look forward to working with you.
In level 1 lesson 3, learn how to ask for a name in Japanese and introduce yourself with hajimemashite, using last-name, first-name order and examples like Suzuki, Kenji.
Learn essential Japanese greetings and introductions. Master phrases like ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, konbanwa, hajimemashite, and how to say I am called or please call me Kenji.
Learn to talk about your occupation in Japanese by using wa as the topic marker, describing roles like company worker, nurse, and English teacher with watashi wa and Nihongo.
Master basic Japanese greetings and self-introductions, including ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, konbanwa, hajimemashite, yoroshiku, and stating your name and occupation.
Learn to say where you're from in Japanese by adding jin to a country. The word for country is kuni, and kara marks came from; example watashi wa nihon kara.
Learn basic Japanese greetings and self introduction phrases, including ohayo gozaimasu, konbanwa, hajimemashite. Practice introducing yourself, asking about occupation, and stating nationality.
Learn to say where you live in Japanese using the plain verb sumu and polite sumimasen, with ni for location, through examples like Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya in Japan.
Practice polite greetings and self introductions in Japanese, including ohayo gozaimasu, hajimemashite, konbanwa, and watashi wa, with focus on occupation, names, and residence.
Learn to talk about your hometown in Japanese by saying where you live, using shushin for birthplace, and attaching shi, shu, or ken to city, state, or prefecture.
Practice essential japanese greetings and self-introduction phrases, including ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, konbanwa, hajimemashite, yoroshiku, and self-descriptions like watashi wa sensei or watashi wa kaisha.
Learn to talk about hobbies in Japanese, using to for and, ka to form questions, and phrases for sports, music, and games through a guided dialogue.
Master basic Japanese greetings and introductions, including good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, with practical phrases for names and occupations. Learn to state country and hobbies.
Master how to say your favorite food in Japanese using suki and ichiban mono, with ramen, sushi, and curry rice examples.
Practice polite Japanese greetings and introductions, using ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, konbanwa, hajimemashite; introduce yourself, discuss occupation, nationality, residence, hometown, hobbies, and ramen.
Learn how to say I am a student in Japanese with examples like watashi wa gakusei and watashi wa daigakusei, and ask are you a student desu ka.
Learn essential Japanese greetings and self-introduction phrases, including ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, konbanwa, hajimemashite, watashi wa, watashi wa sensei, and how to say your name, occupation, and where you live.
Learn to say what you are studying in Japanese using benkyō suru and benkyō shimasu, with examples of shugaku (math) and bungaku (literature), and how to state your major.
Master essential Japanese greetings and self introductions, using ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, konbanwa, hajimemashite, and watashi wa phrases for occupation, nationality, residence, hobbies, and major.
Learn to identify languages in Japanese and practice asking what language this is, while saying English, German, Russian, and Hindi in Japanese, and using demonstratives for near and far.
Level 1 Lesson 12 Review teaches essential Japanese greetings and self-introduction phrases. Learn to say good morning, good afternoon, good evening, names, occupations, nationalities, residences, hobbies, and favorites.
Identify book types in Japanese, including jisho for dictionaries, kyokasho for textbooks, and noto for notebooks, while practicing questions and negation with janai.
Practice polite Japanese greetings for morning, afternoon, and evening, introduce yourself with hajimemashite, say your name and occupation, and ask about hobbies in Level 1 Lesson 13 review.
Learn to request school supplies in Japanese with sumimasen kudasai, using pen, notebook, kyokasho, gomu, and kami; understand pitch accent and casual versus polite gratitude.
Practice essential japanese greetings and self introduction phrases, from ohayo gozaimasu to konbanwa, hajimemashite, and yoroshiku, and learn to state your name, occupation, nationality, and hometown.
Learn to request actions in Japanese by practicing how to turn on the TV, lights, and air conditioner, using phrases like Sumimasen and Wakarimasen in dialogue.
Master essential polite phrases for greetings, introductions, occupations, nationalities, residence, hobbies, languages, and courtesy expressions in Japanese.
Learn to express personal possessions in Japanese using no particle, with examples of keitai, kasa, and kaban, and practice asking whose item it is and how to say it's mine.
Learn polite Japanese greetings and self introductions through phrases like ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, konbanwa, and hajimemashite. Practice stating name, occupation, nationality, residence, and hobbies using watashi wa and related expressions.
Master how to express item positions in Japanese using doko for where, with examples like kyokasho doko and tsukue no naka for inside the desk and kaban no naka.
Learn essential Japanese greetings and self-introduction phrases, including ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, hajimemashite, watashi wa, yoroshiku, and basic questions about occupation, residence, country, and hobbies.
Learn to say and read Japanese phone numbers, count from 1 to 10, and use dash notation and area codes. Understand emergency numbers 110 and 119 and international code 81.
Review level 1 common greetings and self-introductions, including good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and essential phrases like hajimemashite and yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
Learn to count objects in Japanese using counters like mai for flat items, satsu for books, and ko for small objects through dialogues such as three papers and three textbooks.
Learn essential Japanese greetings and self-introduction phrases, including ohayo gozaimasu, konnichiwa, konbanwa, hajimemashite, watashi wa, and basic questions about name, occupation, and nationality.
Learn to say page numbers in Japanese and count to 100 using the pattern from 1 to 10 and beyond. Practice with pg for page and skudai for homework.
Practice polite Japanese greetings, self introductions, occupations, residences, nationalities, hobbies, and basic questions like what is your name and where are you from through level 1 lesson 20 review.
Practice speaking Japanese from day one through 20 lessons in order on food, shopping, and ordering at a restaurant, guided by structured summaries, exercises, and vocabulary.
Learn to order French fries in Japanese at a fast food restaurant using the tsu counter, irasshaimase, sumimasen, and kudasai to say potato and please give me.
Master basic Japanese phrases for greeting and ordering, including irasshaimase for welcome, sumimasen for excuse me, and requesting two orders of french fries.
Learn to say prices in Japanese, ask how much a hamburger costs, and count yen amounts from 1 to 1000, recognizing coins, bills, and the cash society.
Learn basic Japanese greetings and dining phrases, including irasshaimase for welcome, sumimasen for excuse me, ordering fries, and asking prices like how much is a hamburger and ¥450.
Learn how to suggest dining options in Japanese, including family restaurants (famitsu), izakaya, and ramen shops, with phrases for what we will do for dinner.
Practice common Japanese phrases for greetings, requests, and meals, including irasshaimase, sumimasen, asking prices, and dining decisions with items like hamburger and fries.
Learn to check in to a restaurant in Japanese, practice the welcome Irasshaimase, count party size with nin, and say this way please using dozo and kochira in guided dialogue.
Practice essential Japanese for dining, greetings, ordering items like fries and hamburgers, asking prices such as ¥450, counting people, and guiding to a nearby family restaurant.
Learn to order drinks in Japanese using different levels of polite forms, and practice a restaurant dialogue with common beverages like water mizu, beer biiru, and green tea ocha.
Practice essential Japanese restaurant phrases, including irasshaimase, sumimasen, ordering burgers and fries, asking prices, party size, and drinks for dining situations.
Learn how to ask for recommendations in Japanese using osusume, discuss popular dishes with ninki, and form meal phrases like tempura teikoku, tonkatsu teikoku, and gyudon.
Practice essential Japanese dining phrases, including irasshaimase and sumimasen, ordering items like hamburger and fries, asking prices such as ¥450, discussing drinks, and noting popular tempura meals for three people.
Learn to order food in Japanese through a restaurant dialogue, using polite phrases for deciding and placing an order, with dishes like omurice and hambagu and set meals.
Master essential dining phrases in Japanese, from greetings and getting attention with irasshaimase, to asking prices, counting party size, and ordering items like beer, tempura, and omurice.
Learn to order dessert in Japanese, using phrases like parfait wo onegai shimasu and dessert wa kokugo yoroshiku, and practice saying cake, pudding, and parfait in context.
Learn Japanese restaurant dialogue: greetings like irasshaimase and sumimasen, order food, ask prices, party size, drinks, and popular dishes such as tempura and omurice.
Learn to describe taste in Japanese, using phrases like oishi for delicious and sudoku for very delicious, along with karai for spicy and amai for sweet, plus itadakimasu before meals.
Practice essential restaurant dialogues in japanese, from greetings and asking for menus to ordering, prices, and expressing enjoyment. Review common phrases such as irasshaimase, sumimasen, omurice, tempura, itadakimasu, and oishi.
Learn essential restaurant dialogue in japanese, including greetings, ordering items like omurice and tempura, asking prices, parties, and expressing preference with phrases such as itadakimasu and oishi.
Practice essential restaurant phrases in Japanese for beginners, including greetings like irasshaimase, ordering food, asking prices, and confirming orders to navigate dining conversations confidently.
Learn to check out at a restaurant in Japanese, count yen, state the total, handle change and receipt, and use polite phrases like arigato gozaimasu, with notes on dropping wa.
Master practical Japanese phrases for greetings, ordering food, asking prices, and dining etiquette, including irasshaimase, sumimasen, hamburger, omurice, tempura, and itadakimasu.
Learn to say you are going to a shop in Japanese using iku and kuru, with ikimasu, kimasu, and ittekimasu for going and returning to places like supa and konbini.
Practice essential Japanese dining phrases for greetings, ordering, and meals, including irasshaimase and sumimasen. Master itadakimasu, arigatou gozaimasu, and phrases for popular dishes like tempura and omurice.
Learn to say what groceries you will buy in Japanese, including pan, gyu, niku, and tamago, using present and future forms and simple dialogues.
Practice essential Japanese for dining and travel, including greetings like irasshaimase, polite requests with sumimasen, ordering items such as omurice and fries, price expressions, and gratitude.
Learn to say what fruit you will buy in Japanese in level 2 lesson 14, with dialogues and vocabulary for apple (dingo), strawberry (ichigo), banana, and melon (medan).
Practice essential dining Japanese phrases, including irasshaimase and sumimasen, for ordering, asking prices, and counting guests. Learn menu items and expressions like omurice, tempura, and itadakimasu to navigate meals confidently.
Learn how to say the vegetables you’ll get in Japanese, with examples like onion (tamanegi) and carrot (ninjin), and practice polite phrases such as sumimasen and arigatou gozaimasu.
Master essential Japanese dining phrases from level 2 lesson 15 review, including irasshaimase, sumimasen, ordering omurice and tempura, and asking about prices.
learn to ask for the location of condiments in a supermarket in japanese using phrases like sumimasen, doko, doko deska, and terms such as shoyu, miso, and wasabi.
Practice practical Japanese for dining and shopping from level 2 lesson 16 review, including greetings, ordering, prices, quantities, and polite phrases like itadakimasu and arigatou gozaimasu.
Learn to say which household products you need in Japanese, practice buying tissues, toilet paper, shampoo, and trash bags through everyday dialogue in level 2 lesson 17.
Level 2 lesson 17 review reinforces essential dining and shopping phrases in Japanese, including greetings, ordering food, asking prices, quantities, and polite expressions like itadakimasu and arigatou gozaimasu.
Learn to ask to try on clothes in Japanese, using phrases like shikaku suru and shikaku shimasu, express desire with shikaku shitai, and navigate changing rooms with shikaku shitsu, dozo.
Review essential Japanese phrases for dining and shopping, including ordering food, asking prices, requesting items, and expressing preferences in polite conversations.
Learn to talk about accessories in Japanese, including buying glasses, necklaces, and hats, using demonstratives kono, sono, ano, and dono in practical dialogue about which to buy.
Practice essential Japanese dining phrases—from greetings like irasshaimase to ordering, asking for prices, drinks, and enjoying menu items such as tempura, omurice, and parfait.
Master checking out at a Japanese cash register, including listing prices and totals in yen, counting with the man unit, and phrases about bags and point cards.
Review essential dining Japanese phrases for ordering, prices, quantities, drinks, and items like omurice in level 2 lesson 20 review. Practice phrases like irasshaimase and itadakimasu.
Begin speaking Japanese from day one with this beginner course, featuring 20 progressive lessons on time, date, and weather, plus speaking cues, summaries, reviews, and vocabulary.
Learn to tell hours in Japanese, practice saying times from 1:00 to 11:00 and 11:30, and use am/pm and military time for daily planning and travel.
Practice asking for the time and saying 'it is 11:30' in Japanese. Review level 3 lesson 1 to master these time-telling phrases.
Learn to say minutes in Japanese, use noru for ride, densha for train, and the ni particle to talk about what you ride, with timed dialogue practice.
Practice asking for the time and saying it in Japanese, including 11:30, and plan train rides, such as the 10:21 train, with examples from Nanjing, China.
Learn to talk about the time of day in Japanese, using asa for morning and yoru for night, with hikoki as an example and the ni particle for time points.
Practice asking time, train schedules, and travel details in Japanese, including saying 1130, the 1021 train, and arrival in Nanjing, China.
Learn to tell the time of events in Japanese in level three lesson four events, using dialogues about from 13:00 until 15:00 for movies, meetings, and classes.
Practice asking about time and schedules in Japanese, learn how to say the time, and express durations like 13:00–15:00 with trains, planes, and travel contexts from Nanjing.
Learn to describe daily activities in Japanese using ochiru and ochimasu, undo suru for exercise, taberu and tabemasu, with ni and nanji time phrases and asa gohan and itsumo.
Learn how to ask and tell time in Japanese, practice phrases for trains, flights, and movie times, and express wake-up times like 7:30 and a 13:00-15:00 window.
Learn to say what sports you play in Japanese, including soccer (saka suru / saka shimasu), basketball, and tennis, with phrases for often, not very often, and sometimes.
Practice asking what time it is and how to say times, travel phrases for trains and planes, and daily activities like waking up, sports, and understanding in Japanese.
Learn how to express how often you do things in Japanese using iku and ikimasu, with mainichi for every day and dono gurai ikimasu ka.
Level 3 lesson 7 review reinforces forming questions about time, daily routines, travel, sports, and basic facts in Japanese, with phrases for asking times and describing schedules.
Explore talking about chores in Japanese with shoji suru (to clean), araw (to wash), and sentaku suru (laundry), using the te form to list actions and discuss kyō.
Explore forming questions and expressing time, travel schedules, daily routines, and sports in Japanese, including telling time, train and plane arrivals, and daily planning.
Learn the days of the week in Japanese, including getsuyobi, kinyobi, mokuyobi, and nichiyobi, and practice asking what day the test is with benkyo suru.
Practice asking and saying times, plans, using phrases about trains, the airplane arriving at night, movie times, wake-up times, and tasks like laundry, cleaning, and shopping.
Learn to say the months in japanese and practice a dialogue about planning to move in april, october, or july, using the ni particle to indicate time.
Master how to ask about time, schedules, and daily routines in Japanese, focusing on trains, flights, wake-up times, movies, and daily tasks.
Learn to say the days in a month in Japanese and form dates like July 6th and July 24th, while practicing how to ask when someone's birthday is.
Practice asking and stating times, dates, and schedules in Japanese, with travel and daily activity phrases. Build basics like how to say train times, movie times, and daily routines.
Learn to say years in Japanese using the nen counter, count from 1 to 10 with the irregular yonen, and discuss birth-year phrases and traditional eras like Showa and Heisei.
Learn to ask and say times, plan daily routines, and discuss travel schedules in Japanese, including train times, flights arriving at night, and daily tasks like waking up and shopping.
Learn to talk about Japanese holidays by saying it is Christmas, Christmas Eve, New Year's, and more, using vocabulary like kurisumasu, omisoka, shogatsu, tanoshimi, and ne for confirmation.
Practice asking for times and schedules in Japanese, including 13:00 until 15:00 and train or movie times. Learn daily routines, like waking at 730 and planning laundry, cleaning, and shopping.
Learn to talk about future dates in Japanese in level three lesson fourteen relative time future, with dialogue for leaving ahead and seeing you next time using otsuka sama.
This level 3 lesson review reinforces how to ask for times and schedules in Japanese, covering train and plane arrivals, daily routines, sports frequency, and plans for today and beyond.
Learn to talk about past dates in Japanese using relative time expressions like last week senshu and yesterday kino, with dialogue practice on watching that movie.
Learn to ask about schedules and times using phrases like what time is it and from 13:00 until 15:00, with daily routines like I wake up about 7:30.
Learn to express duration in Japanese by counting months and weeks. Use aru for objects and iru for people, and polite imasu/arimasu to say you will be in Japan.
Review level 3 lesson 16 of the Japanese for beginners course bundle with phrases for asking and saying times, trains and flights schedules, dates, and daily activities.
Explore how to describe weather in Japanese through a dialogue about rain, clear and cloudy conditions, and timeframes like from Monday until Wednesday, including references to Sapporo.
Practice asking time, travel schedules, daily routines, and dates in Japanese, including train times, flight arrivals, wake up times, tests, and birthdays.
Learn to interpret a Japanese weather report and practice practical dialogue on turning on the TV, discussing rain, clouds, temperature, and the current conditions.
Learn to ask time, state schedules, and describe daily routines in Japanese, including travel times, days, and meal phrases from the level three lesson eighteen review.
Explore how to talk about climate in japanese, learning key terms like atsui for hot, samui for cold, and tsuyoi for strong wind, with practical dialogue practice.
Practice asking and telling time in Japanese, review train and flight schedules, and express daily plans and durations like 13:00 to 15:00.
Learn to discuss natural disasters in Japanese, saying there was an earthquake, a typhoon, or a blizzard, and how to ask were you all right using daijobu.
Explore practical Japanese phrases for asking time, schedules, travel, weather, and daily routines. Learn examples of trains, flights, plans, sports frequency, and birthdays in context.
Practice speaking Japanese from day one across a 20-lesson beginner course that covers travel, animals, and directions, with lesson summaries after each video, review exercises, and vocabulary lists.
Learn to discuss weekend plans in Japanese using suru, miru, iku, and benkyo suru with polite forms and phrases like koen ni ikimasu and toshokan de benkyo shimasu.
Practice asking about plans and expressing future actions, such as 'I will watch a movie,' while exploring agar and mimas in level 4 lesson 1 review.
Learn to discuss Japanese plans, using arimasu for have and ikimasu for go, and say tomodachi to Osaka ni ikimasu to express I will go to Osaka with a friend.
Explore how to ask questions in Japanese, discuss weekend plans, and express future actions like watching a movie, going to Osaka with a friend, and mentioning Golden Week.
Learn to talk about places you will visit in Tokyo using iku and ikimasu. Explore Shibuya, Harajuku, Asakusa, and Skytree with dialogue on visiting, questions, and wa and niwa usage.
Practice asking questions and expressing future plans in Japanese, including weekends, watching a movie, and traveling to Osaka, Shibuya, and Harajuku during Golden Week.
Extend and decline invitations in Japanese by practicing invites to the amusement park, aquarium, and hot springs, using tara for 'if you like' and issyo for 'together'.
Practice practical Japanese basics by asking about weekend plans, expressing future intentions like watching a movie, and visiting Osaka, Shibuya, Harajuku, and an amusement park during Golden Week.
Learn to talk about visiting Kyoto using ikitai, with examples Kinkakuji ni ikitai, Arashiyama ni ikitai, and Fushimi Inari ni ikitai, and use doko for where.
Practice asking about plans, expressing future actions, and using places like Osaka, Shibuya, Harajuku, and Kinkakuji to discuss Golden Week and movie plans.
Master Japanese floor numbers and location phrases, including in front of the second floor escalator and first basement floor, while noting escalator etiquette and Osaka differences.
Practice practical Japanese prompts for asking weekend plans, stating future actions, and visiting places like Osaka, Shibuya, Harajuku, and Kinkaku ji, with example meet-up phrases.
Learn to ask where things are in a Japanese train station using doko and sagashi, and sagashi ni ikimasu to go look for the bathroom, vending machine, or public phone.
Practice asking and expressing future plans in Japanese, including visiting Osaka with a friend, Shibuya, Harajuku, Golden Week, and Kinkaku ji, plus meeting points and common questions.
Builds skills to say where buildings are in Japanese, with phrases for bank, post office, and supermarket, and how to say between, including mansion for apartment buildings.
Practice asking questions and expressing plans in Japanese, from weekend and Golden Week plans to trips to Osaka, Shibuya, Harajuku, Kinkakuji, and asking where is the bathroom.
Learn how to say the location of landmarks in Japanese, and practice a dialogue about parks, shrines with torii gates, and police boxes nearby using arimasu.
Practice essential asking forms and travel phrases for planning weekends and golden week, visiting places like Shibuya, Harajuku, Osaka, and Kinkakuji, and asking about meeting spots.
Learn to give simple directions in Japanese through a post office dialogue, using iku, ikitai, and the no particle, with sumimasen, kono hashi, and kaidan to navigate.
Practice asking about weekend plans and Golden Week travel to places like Shibuya, Harajuku, Osaka, and Kinkakuji, while learning how to meet locations and handle everyday phrases.
Learn how to describe objects in Japanese with practical dialogue, using takai for expensive, necktie, big, old, true (honto), and mixing casual and polite forms.
Ask and answer weekend plans, express future intentions, and navigate popular locations like Osaka, Shibuya, Harajuku, and Kinkakuji with practical phrases for meetings, directions, and shopping.
Learn to name zoo animals in Japanese and describe distance, including far, not far, close, relatively close, and practice a zoo dialogue featuring monkeys, giraffes, and kangaroos.
Level 4 lesson 12 review covers essential travel and daily conversation in Japanese, including asking about plans, expressing future actions, and naming places like Osaka, Shibuya, Harajuku, and Kinkakuji.
Learn to identify farm animals in Japanese and practice seeing phrases, saying yes, and describing animals as kawaii, using duck (ahiru), pig (buta), and sheep (hitsuji).
Explore sea creatures in Japanese, including iruka for dolphin and kujira for whale, and practice buying shirt dialogues like I will buy dolphin shirt and which shirt will you buy.
Practice essential Japanese phrases for asking and stating plans, directions, and preferences, including visiting Shibuya, Harajuku, Osaka with a friend, Kinkaku ji, Golden Week, meeting points, and common daily expressions.
Learn to talk about nature in Japanese by using na adjectives like kirei, describe rivers (kawa) and waterfalls (taki), and invite someone to take a picture with sumimasen shashin.
Practice practical Japanese phrases for planning weekends, asking about places like Shibuya, Harajuku, and Kinkakuji, and making requests, meetings, and confirmations in everyday outings.
Describe colors in Japanese using nouns and adjectives; red is akai, yellow is kido with -e, purple is murasaki with no noun marker.
Level 4 lesson 16 review teaches practical Japanese for travel, shopping, and daily questions—from weekend plans and Golden Week to visiting Osaka, Shibuya, Harajuku, and Kinkakuji.
Learn to discuss past travel experiences in Japanese, including asking how the trip was and describing it as very fun or pretty using totemo, mechakucha, kirei, umi, and ga.
Level 4 lesson 17 review covers practical Japanese phrases for asking questions, planning weekends, travel destinations like Osaka, Shibuya, Harajuku, Kinkaku-ji, and everyday interactions such as directions and shopping.
Learn to describe travel by vehicle in Japanese with kuruma, basu, hikoki, and shinkansen, and practice phrases like did you go by bullet train.
practice practical japanese travel questions. use phrases like how would you say I will go to Osaka and where will we meet in Shibuya.
This level four lesson shows how to say where you stayed in Japanese, using hotel and ryokan examples, the verb tomaru, its polite and past forms, and haiku night counts.
Level 4 lesson 19 review helps learners practice practical questions and statements for travel, shopping, meeting points, and everyday outings in Japanese, from asking directions to discussing plans.
Learn how to give a souvenir in Japanese and name common omiyage items like dormayaki, daifuku, taiyaki, and wagashi, with dialogues for what is it and here you are.
Practice asking questions and making travel plans in Japanese, including golden week, level 4 lesson 20 review, and destinations like Osaka, Shibuya, and Harajuku, plus directions and shopping phrases.
Learn Japanese from day one with an online beginner course featuring 20 lessons on family, health, and home, with speaking practice and vocabulary after each video.
Learn to describe your household in Japanese by using kazoku, sannin kazoku for three people, watashi, chichi, haha, ototo, and to form family dialogues.
Learn to ask how many people are in your family and say 'we are a family of three' using basic family vocabulary in japanese.
Explore talking about family in Japanese through a dialogue on identifying relatives, using terms like oniisan, otousan, chichi, emoto, and the ne to agree 'you look alike'.
Explore how to ask about family size, describe a family of three, and use greetings and questions about siblings and likeness in beginner Japanese.
Learn to talk about siblings in Japanese, including counting yonin kyodai, asking how many siblings you have, and using birth order terms like ichiban and toriko.
Master essential Japanese phrases for family and siblings, including asking how many people are in your family, saying we're a family of three, and asking what number are you?
Learn how to talk about where you work in Japanese, using hataraku and shigoto, with examples like hospital, factory, and computer company.
Learn basic Japanese phrases for asking about family size, identifying relatives such as father, mother, and older brother, and simple self-introduction like I am in Level 5 Lesson 4 review.
Explore how to talk about pets in Japanese, including inu for dog and usagi for rabbit, and practice a dialogue with seeing shashin and using miru and mimasu forms.
Explores basics of asking about family, siblings, and numbers, plus describing family roles and work. Includes phrases about owning a dog and wanting to see a picture.
Identify people in Japanese in level five lesson six by asking who is this man, who is this woman, and who is this girl, and express my cousin using itoko.
Learn how to ask about family size, siblings, and relatives in Japanese, with phrases for 'it's my cousin,' 'he works at a hospital,' 'I own a dog,' and more.
Learn to talk about extended family in Japanese, including cousin itoko, aunt obaasan, and nephew oico, and practice asking who is this person with kono hito in dialogues.
Learn basic Japanese for beginners with family vocabulary and kinship terms, plus numbers and relatives. Practice phrases about siblings, parents' occupations, and asking who is this person.
Learn to say how old someone is in Japanese using the side counter, with dialogue examples for 18, 20, and 24 years old and how to discuss a cousin.
Level five lesson eight reviews basic Japanese for family, numbers, and kinship; learn to ask about family size, siblings, and cousins using watashi wa sanban and itoko.
Level five lesson nine teaches how to describe a person's appearance in Japanese, using dialogue about Julie and phrases for tall, long hair, and blue eyes.
Practice basic family terms, numbers, and simple questions in Japanese, including asking about siblings, family composition, jobs, pets, and cousins, with example phrases.
Learn to describe a person’s personality in Japanese using core terms like hito, Donato, yasashi (kind), majime (serious), totemo (very), and omoshiroi (funny), with practical dialogue about your younger brother.
Practice essential Japanese phrases for asking about family, siblings, numbers, cousins, occupations, and possessions, and for identifying people and describing traits as covered in level 5 lesson 10 review.
Explore clothing expressions in Japanese, learn how to say what you will wear, and practice vocabulary for items like sweater, hat, and skirt, plus color terms such as black.
Practice asking about family size, siblings, and relatives, describing family members and occupations, and using everyday vocab for food, pets, and introductions in Japanese.
Practice level five communication expressions in a Japanese dialogue about calling, contacting, and meeting your mother, using denwa suru, dengaku suru, ne, kudasai, and yoroshiku.
Explore essential Japanese basics in level 5 lesson 12 review, focusing on family terms, numbers, asking who is this, describing people, and simple sentences about work, pets, and outfits.
Learn to talk about body parts in Japanese, including atama, ashi, onaka, and itai, with polite and casual phrases and honorifics like Sakura chan.
Learn to ask about family size and relations, describe siblings and cousins, and discuss work such as your father's hospital job, plus pets, outfits, and basic greetings.
Learn to express health symptoms in Japanese through a dialogue about cold, headache, diarrhea, and cough, with polite and casual forms for go and hospital.
Review practical Japanese phrases for family, relatives, ages, and asking about people, plus health and daily actions like going to the hospital, calling my mother tomorrow, and giving her regards.
Learn to discuss illnesses in Japanese through level five lesson 15, practice dialogues with a doctor, use Sensei and yokatta, and express what was said and what’s not.
Master basic Japanese conversational prompts for family, numbers, kinship terms, and everyday questions, including asking about siblings, relatives, occupations, and health, with sample phrases.
Learn to say toys in Japanese, practice gift giving with the indirect object particle ni, and review vocabulary for stuffed animals, ningyo dolls, and Christmas present exchanges.
Practice asking about family, siblings, and cousins, describe relatives, and discuss occupations and daily activities in practical Japanese phrases.
Learn to talk about furniture in Japanese, using sofa, curtain, and mirror terms and describe items as kakoi or kakui while practicing polite and casual speech, including arigato gozaimasu.
Practice essential japanese for daily conversations, including family questions, numbers, cousins and siblings, and describing roles like father at a hospital. Use phrases for photos (shashin), greetings, and polite responses.
Learn polite Japanese for home visits, including asking is your father here, saying please come in, and noting living spaces like living room, kitchen, and bedroom, plus genkan shoe etiquette.
Learn to ask about family size and relatives, describe people and ages, discuss siblings and occupations, and use everyday health and greeting phrases in Japanese.
Explore Japanese snacks and practice offering and thanking with snacks, using phrases like dozo, yokatta, arigatou gozaimasu, and senbei.
Learn how to congratulate someone in Japanese, including birthday tanjo bi with gozaimasu and casual ometto. Cover sotsugyo graduation, kekkon marriage, arigato and minna for thanking everyone, with review prompts.
Master essential Japanese phrases for asking about family size, identifying relatives, and describing occupations, while practicing everyday greetings, health, and possessions.
In this module, you'll find downloadable practice sheets, quizlet sets, and reading passages to solidify the kanji you learn in this course.
Explore the kanji writing system with a brief history, how kanji function as logograms, kun and on readings with furigana, and the 2136 joyo kanji, plus stroke order.
This lecture presents the characters for one, two, and three, explains kun and on readings, and offers example words like hitotsu, hitori, ichigatsu, nigatsu, futatsu, mitsu, and sankaku.
Master the kanji for four, five, and six (四、五、六) and their kun readings yon and go, with on readings shi and doku, plus shigatsu and rokunin.
Explore the seven, eight, and nine characters with kun and on readings, including nana nano, shichi, and hachi. See example words nanatsu, nanoka, hachigatsu, yoka, kugutsu, kokonotsu, kusai.
Learn the kanji for ten, hundred, and thousand, exploring kun readings and on readings, with examples like October, the 10th, the 10th floor, 100, and 1000.
Learn the kanji for moon, fire, and water, along with kun readings tsuki, ka, mizu, and example words such as tsuki, getsu yobi, ju shigatsu, and hanabi.
Explore the kanji for tree, gold, and soil, and learn their kun and on readings with example words such as ki, moku, kin, and tsuchi.
Explore 日, 上, and 下, their kun and on readings, and example words such as day or sun, Sunday, weekday, and up or down actions.
Learn the kanji for left and right with kun readings hidari and migi, and the name kanji, noting that stroke order differs: left begins bottom left, right begins top right.
Explore the kanji for big, middle, and small, with kun reading and its own reading, and see example words like daigaku, taisetsu, naka, chugakusei, and chugoku.
Explore three kanji: person, hand, and foot, explaining their meanings and kun/on readings, with example words like hito, ninki, and nihonjin.
Learn the kanji for eye, ear, and mouth—their shapes, kun readings, and on readings. See example words such as mezamashi, mimi, soramimi, kosa, and jinko to connect form with meaning.
Explore the kanji for woman, man, and child, including kun readings and example words like onna no hito, otoko no hito, kodomo, onnanoko, and danshi.
Learn the kanji for year, mountain, and river with kun readings and example words. Explore terms like Toshiyori, Kotoshi, Yama, Fujisan, and Kawa to see these shapes in context.
Explore kanji for grove and forest (林) and rice field (田) with kun readings hayashi and mori and on readings lin and shin, with examples like tambo and Tanaka.
Distill three kanji concepts—sky, rain, and stone—through their readings and sample vocabulary, such as sora, aku, kouki, and ishi, showing how each character represents the sky, rain, and stone.
Explore the kanji for heaven 天, spirit 気, and evening 夕, their kun and on readings, and sample words like ten, ki, yukata, amanogawa, and Yu-han.
Explore the kanji for grass, bamboo, and flower, including their meanings and kun readings, with example words like kusa, kusaki, chiku, chikurin, takenoko, hana, and hibana.
Learn dog, insect, and shellfish characters in Japanese for beginners, with kun readings inu, mushi, and kai, plus example words such as inu, mushi, and kai.
Explore three kanji concepts: king 王 meaning king or rule with o-sama and o-koku; 玉 meaning jewel or ball with tama; 力 meaning power with chikara.
Explore three kanji meanings: thread, car, and sound, with kun readings ito, kuruma, and oto, on'yomi notes, and example words such as ito, kuruma, densha, jinrikisha, oto, hatsune.
Explore kanji for study (gaku) and school, with kun readings mana and maru, and example words like manabu, gakusei, gakko, and yen.
Explore kanji: ahead or future with saki and sen readings; life or birth with ikiru and nama tamago; and correct or justice with tadashi, featuring sensei and senpai as examples.
Learn three core kanji for beginners: moji (character or letter), bungaku (literature), and hon (book), with kun readings and examples like romaji, suji, bungaku, nihon, and kawamoto.
Explore how 村 village and 町 town relate to kun readings and on readings, with example words like muda, murabito, Kimura, maki, Shitamachi, tonichi, hayai, and sozo.
Learn the kanji for red, white, and blue, with kun and on readings, and practice example words like aka, sekihan, shiro, aozora, and seishonen.
Explore the kanji for stand, rest, and look—立, 休, 見—and their kun and on readings. See example words like tatsu, dokuritsu, kyujitsu, natsuyasumi, miru, ken, and kenkaku.
This lecture introduces the kanji for enter or insert and exit or go out, with example words such as haydu (inside), dadu (leave), dasu (put out), and chugaku (school admission).
Explore elementary kanji grade two, video explanations of 160 kanji characters and 480 vocabulary words, including meanings, readings, stroke orders, radicals, plus a Quizlet set and printable practice sheets.
Discover radicals, the base components that convey the core meaning of kanji, and okurigana, the endings that indicate verb or adjective conjugation, with examples like nomu.
Explore the four seasonal kanji and their kun readings haru, natsu, aki, with winter terms toki and shunkashuto, plus examples haru yasumi, natsu matsuri, akikaze, shubin, and seishun.
Learn the kanji for clear, cloud, snow, and wind, focusing on kun readings and radicals, with example words like kumo, yuki, and casa.
Explore four kanji: 岩, 谷, 海, 池, with kun readings iwa, tani, umi, ike, on readings gan, kai, and examples like Shibuya, Taniguchi, Ikebukuro, and Ikeda.
Explore kanji for bright, star, field, and original, including kun readings and radicals, with example words like akari, hoshi, and gen.
Learn the kanji for talk, write, read, and listen, including kun readings and radicals. Examine example words like hana, yomu, shinbun, and kiku to see how these characters are used.
Explore the kanji for go, come, walk, and run, with kun readings and radical notes. See example words like iku and aruku, plus run-related terms such as hashiru and tosu.
Explore kanji for come home, stop, eat, and say, with kun and on readings, radicals, and examples like kaoru and taberu.
Learn kanji for sell, buy, pull, and cut, including kun readings and radicals such as samurai and katana, with example words like shopping and to cut.
Learn beginner kanji for teach, wisdom, record, and measure, with readings such as oshi, shi, ki, and haka, and examples like kyokasho, kyokai, chishiki, kiroku, and hikaru.
Explore the kanji for calculate, number, country, and language, including their kun readings and radicals. See example words such as sansu, soroban, kuni, and kogaku.
Explore four kanji—company, meet, reason, and course—learning their kun and on readings, radicals, and example words like shakai, shacho, kagaku, and kamoku.
Explore the kanji for construction, make, map, and picture, including kun and on readings, radicals, and example words like kozo, kogaku, tsukuru, saku, and kakuzu.
Explore the characters for fun, song, drawing, and shape, including kun readings, own readings, radicals, and example words like tanoshi, ongaku, uta, chi e, and katachi.
Explore four kanji: 点 (spot/point), 丸 (round), 線 (line), 角 (corner), with their kun readings, own readings, radicals, and example words like dot, circle, line, and corner.
Explore four kanji in this lesson: 直 (straight and honest), 答 (solution and answer), 合 (fit), and 才 (age). Learn their kun readings, radicals, and example words to reinforce meaning.
Explore characters for color, yellow, black, and tea, focusing on kun and on readings, radical identity, and example words like iro, ki, kuro, shiro, kimidori, ogon, kokujin, and tea ceremony.
Explore four Japanese characters for morning, daytime, night, and noon, with kun readings asa, hiru, yoake/yoru, gozen, and their own readings cho, chu, ya, go.
Explore kanji for time and hour, minute, week, and weekday, with readings toki and ji, radical sun/day and katana, and example words like juji, toki, wakaru, gohan, kibun.
Master four essential kanji: now, origin, interval, and half, by learning their kun and on readings, radicals, and example words like ima, kyo, genki, aida, jikan, and han.
Explore the kanji 毎, 回, 万, and 何 with their readings, radicals, and examples like mainichi, mitoshi, mawaru, and yorozu to build beginner kanji understanding.
Learn kanji for before, after, inside, and outside, including readings and radicals, with example words like mai, ato, uchikawa, sunouchi, sotto, and gaikokujin.
Explore the four cardinal kanji for north, south, west, and east, with their kunyomi Kita, Minami, Nishi, Higashi, radicals, and example words such as Kita, Kitaguchi, Minami, Namba, and Higashi.
Explore kanji for mixing and association, passing through and commuting, street and road, and place in this module, including kun and on readings and related vocabulary.
Introduce kanji for ground, direction, city, and village/place of origin with readings chee chee, kata, shi, and sato, plus example words chika, chidi, ichiba, and yamazato.
Explore the kanji for capital, temple, gate, and home, including their kun and on readings and real-world examples like Tokyo, Kyoto, Kinkakuji, and Yamadera.
Explore kanji for oneself, parent, father, and mother, including kun readings, own readings, radicals, and example words such as jibun, oya, chichi, and haha.
Discover beginner Japanese family terms: older brother ani and oniisan, older sister ani, younger brother ototo, and younger sister imoto, with key readings and example words like kyodai.
Explore four core kanji—friend 友, same 同, public 公, garden 園—covering kun readings, radicals, and example words such as tomodachi, shi yu, yu jin, shujinko, and gakuen.
Explore the kanji for body, head, face, and neck (体, 頭, 顔, 首) with kun readings karada, atama, cao, and Cubi, noting radicals Nin Ben and Ogai.
examine the kanji for voice, heart, and think in the japanese for beginners bundle, including kun readings ko, kokoro, and omo, with examples like psychology, comfortable, and to think.
Explore the kanji for cow, horse, fish, and bird, including kun readings ushi, yuma, sakana, tori, and example words like wagyu, niku, kingyo, ningyo.
Explore characters for fur or hair, feather, meat, and cry, and learn kun and on readings. See example words ket, hain, niku, and naku to reinforce meanings.
Explore four kanji—bow 弓, arrow 矢, sword 刀, and light 光—and their kun readings, such as yumi and ya, plus example words like katana, bokuto, hikari, and Nico for sunlight.
Learn four kanji for rice, wheat, lively, and use, with kun readings kome, muji, e, and mochi, and vocabulary such as mugicha, seikatsu, katsuyo, and katsu.
Learn kanji for store, room, door, and paper, with kun and on readings and their radicals. See examples like mi se, ten nai, kyoshitsu, toh, kami, tegami, koseki, and amado.
Explore kanji for hit, turn, association, and electricity, and learn their kun and on readings along with the radical meanings. Recognize example words like ataru, ichiban, koban, futagami, and denki.
Introduces kanji meaning steam, ship, pedestal, and wide, with their readings, radicals (water, ship, mouth, roof), and example words like steam train, steamboat, ship's captain, balloon, typhoon, and plaza.
Explore the kanji for far 遠 and near 近, with kun readings, the Shinyo radical, and examples for many 多 and few 少 such as toi and chikai.
Explore kanji for old, new, thick, and thin, including kun readings and radicals, with example words like huarui, chuko, kodai, atarashi, arata, shinjin, kotui, and hosoi.
Explore four kanji meanings—strong, weak, long, and tall—focusing on kun readings tsuyoi, yowa, naga, and takai, their bow and high radicals, and example words like tsuyoi, yowamushi, nagai, and takai.
This course include 9 courses that will teach you the basics of the Japanese language. This bundle covers the equivalent of TWO college semesters of Japanese.
- Hiragana Crash Course
- Katakana Crash Course
- Japanese for Beginners Level 1
- Japanese for Beginners Level 2
- Japanese for Beginners Level 3
- Japanese for Beginners Level 4
- Japanese for Beginners Level 5
- Elementary Kanji Grade 1
- Elementary Kanji Grade 2
Whether you're just starting to learn Japanese or you want to review the basics, this course is the perfect place to start!
Learning a language requires PRACTICE, just like when learning how to play a sport or instrument. Most courses and textbooks focus on teaching ABOUT the language and don't give enough opportunities to actually USE the language. The interactive videos in this course bundle will have you speaking Japanese from Day 1.
Each course also includes downloadable practice sheets and online flashcards so you can practice on the go!
This course covers reading, writing, listening, speaking, and everyday conversations in Japanese. You will also learn grammar, vocabulary, and cultural facts about Japan. With over 35 hours of video content, you'll develop the necessary foundation to become fluent in Japanese. This is the ultimate course for beginners!
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