Japanese Numbers 1 to 9 | Learn Counting in Japanese
Hello dorsok! My name is Fumito Emi, Japanese language tutor. Today I explain very simple but very important topic: how to say numbers 1 to 9 in Japanese. Many students ask me, “Sensei, how to count in Japanese?” So let’s study together. What is 1 2 3 4…
Free Hiragana Practice Sheets Printable – Worksheets, Tracing & Stroke Order
Download free printable hiragana practice sheets for beginners. Includes tracing worksheets, stroke order guides, and a printable hiragana chart PDF. Start writing hiragana today! If you are looking for hiragana practice sheets you can print right now…
How To Say Monday Tuesday In Japanese (ja nakatta desu meaning)
This lesson covers Dialogue 4 from Lesson 2 — a quick workplace exchange where Michael and Honda are checking a schedule and realise they’ve mixed up which day an appointment is on. Its a short dialogue, but it introduces three grammar points that…
Kono Sono Ano Dono in Japanese Explained – Echo Questions, Languages and Orientation Dialogue for Beginners
In this lesson we continue through Lesson 2 with Dialogue 3 — an orientation scene for new employees where Michael meets a staff member and then spots a well-known professor across the room. Its a natural, realistic slice of Japanese workplace and social…
What time is it in Japanese? Nanji desu ka (hachi ji desu yo meaning)
Welcome to Lesson 2 of this beginner Japanese series. In Lesson 1 we covered verb forms, particles, pointing words, What time is it in Japanese and invitations. Now we move into a different type of sentence structure — noun sentences — which are used to…
1000 Most Common Japanese Words Anki Deck (Core) – Free PDF Download
If you’re using Anki to learn Japanese, you already know the secret: spaced repetition is the fastest, most scientifically proven method to build a lasting vocabulary. But the deck you study matters just as much as how you study it. This guide…
Japanese Grammar Review: Masu forms, Hai/Iie, Wa/Mo, Chotto & Kedo (Beginner Lesson 1)
This post is the full review and drill reference for everything covered in Lesson 1 of this beginner Japanese series. If you’ve been working through the dialogues and grammar notes, this is where it all comes together — a complete grammar review…
Japanese Past Tense -Mashita: Kinou Tsukurimashita, Benkyou Shimashita & Drills
One of the most satisfying moments in learning Japanese is when you realise how regular and predictable the verb forms are. In this lesson we take the masu / masen pattern you already know and extend it into the past tense — which turns out to be just as…
Ikimasen Ka? Meaning & Practice: Japanese Negative Questions, Chotto & Aizuchi
One of the things that surprises beginners the most about Japanese is how much communication happens between the words — through hesitation, tone, small filler phrases, and the way you listen as much as how you speak. This lesson gets into…
Japanese Particle Kore Sore Are Dore For Beginners
Once you’ve got Japanese verbs down in their basic masu / masen form, the next big step is learning how to point at things and talk about them — and how to connect ideas in the same sentence. That’s exactly what this lesson covers.…