
Practice essential Japanese greetings for everyday life, from ohayo gozaimasu to konnichiwa and konbanwa, and learn meal phrases like itadakimasu and gochisousama deshita.
Explore real Japanese phrases for everyday life by practicing greetings, meals, and day-to-day interactions with classmates and friends, using itadakimasu, ohayo gozaimasu, konbanwa, and sayonara.
Master practical Japanese greetings and common phrases for everyday life conversations. Learn essentials like konichiwa, arigato gozaimasu, sumimasen, gomen nasai, and do itashimashite.
Practice essential everyday life Japanese phrases for real-life interactions, including arigato gozaimasu, sumimasen, and gomen nasai, and introducing friends in a restaurant context.
Learn to introduce yourself in Japanese through a guided self-introduction, including greetings like hajimemashite and yoroshiku onegai shimasu, and practice dialogues that cover name order and basic phrases.
Practice self-introductions in Japanese by introducing yourself to Otsuka and to this woman, and use hajimemashite and yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
Learn self-introduction phrases in japanese, such as hajimemashite and yoroshiku onegaishimasu, and practice through dialogues and situational greetings with names like Suzuki san.
Practice self-introductions in Japanese, using hajimemashite, jikoshoukai, and yoroshiku onegai shimasu, with phrases like sumimasen and kudasai while greeting Tanaka-san and Omura-san.
Explore everyday Japanese nouns through familiar objects such as sumaho, tablet, mado, isu, and table, with practical phrases to use in daily life.
Practice real everyday japanese phrases through step-by-step activities, repeating vocabulary such as sumaho, persocom, and mado, with prompts and Jisho references for the next quiz.
Master everyday Japanese nouns and phrases by practicing items like car, wallet, backpack, and textbook dialogues, and asking 'what is this' with polite expressions such as arigato gozaimasu and kudasai.
Learn real phrases for everyday life in Japanese, including asking what something is in Japanese, shopping at konbini, and naming items like milk, battery, device, and tablet.
Learn Japanese numbers from zero to ten and practice real phrases, including ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, nana, hachi, kyuu, juu, with guidance on pronunciation and daily usage.
Explore practical Japanese phrases for everyday life, building familiarity with real expressions and numbers through a stream of common words and polite forms like kudasai and mata.
Practice everyday Japanese phone number phrases through a practical dialogue, including asking for a denwa bango, and confirming numbers with nan desu ka, and using kudasai in context.
Learn how to ask for and give phone numbers in japanese through practical dialogue, using denwa bango nan desu ka, kudasai, and joshi particle usage.
Practice real-life Japanese phrases for everyday communication by asking for and giving phone numbers, library contact numbers, and related dialogue using denwa bango and kudasai.
Practice common Japanese phrases for asking locations, such as where is the camera, and polite expressions like arigato gozaimasu, sumimasen, and kudasai for everyday interactions.
Activity 1 introduces real everyday japanese phrases and a quick vocabulary quiz, covering nihongo de mono kudasai and common terms like smartphone and table.
Learn real Japanese phrases for everyday life, from kimono and daily routines to practical vocabulary, reinforced through practice and course quizzes.
Learn practical, everyday Japanese phrases for requests, directions, and casual conversation, including how to say please, ask where something is, and greet others in daily life.
Practice real everyday Japanese phrases and prompts, including choosing and location, through engaging activities and quizzes to reinforce practical communication.
Explore everyday Japanese through real phrases, including greetings, asking the time, please and apologies, and expressions for daily interactions.
Develop practical Japanese for everyday life through activity 1, featuring kiite kudasai, ima nanji deska, kudasai, nanji desuka, and daijobu.
Learn practical Japanese phrases for everyday life, including greetings, asking the time, polite requests, meals, and city vocabulary to boost conversational fluency.
Practice real Japanese phrases for online meeting systems, including asking what time it is, where someone is, and making polite requests to Tanaka san and Saito san.
Learn practical Japanese phrases for everyday life, including greetings and meals like asa gohan and yoru gohan. Practice basic interactions at work and school with kudasai, shigoto, gakko, and daigaku.
Learn real everyday Japanese phrases for dining and daily conversations, including asking 'what is this?', ordering foods like tsukemono, okazu, sakana, tofu, miso soup, and basic dialogue.
Learn real phrases for dining in Japan, including ordering dishes like oyakodon and tamago kake gohan, asking what something is, and using polite requests like sumimasen and kudasai.
Practice real Japanese phrases for everyday life through dialogue, including konnichiwa, toshokan, ginko, and yubin kyoku.
Learn real phrases for everyday places in Japanese, including cafe, kissaten, konbini, toshokan, ginko, daigaku, restaurant, and post office, with practical usage for daily life.
Learn real phrases for everyday life in Japan, covering travel, dining, and common conversations. Explore places like Kyoto and Kinkakuji, ask about temples, and practice ordering soba and gyoza.
This is a conversational Japanese course taught by a veteran University lecturer. It covers the same, or similar, material as a beginner’s college Japanese course. Each lesson consists of a short, easy-to-follow lecture, quiz, and activity session using real-world contexts. Every lecture has downloadable handouts. So, you can start speaking in Japanese from Day 1. This course also explains the cultural contexts that are related to the topics - i.e., food, money, and manners. After completion of this course, you will be able to have a good range of basic conversations.
Course Outlines and Objectives:
Lesson 1 Greetings
- Be able to greet in a wide range of situations in a culturally appropriate manner.
- Be able to properly use common phrases such as “thank you”, “I am sorry”, “Excuse me”, etc.
Lesson 2 Self-introduction
- Be able to do a self-introduction in several situations.
Lesson 3 Nouns + Asking What Something is in Japanese
- Be able to say the names of objects around you.
- Be able to ask what something is in Japanese.
Lesson 4 Numbers (up to 10)
- Be able to count up to 10.
Lesson 5 Asking for and Giving Phone Numbers
- Be able to exchange phone numbers h to count up to 10,000.
Lesson 12 Asking for Prices
- Be able to ask what this (thing) or that (thing) is.
- Be able to explain how people exchange money in Japan.
Lesson 13 Ordering
- Be able to order a meal at a restaurant or café.