Learn to Communicate in Japanese

Who is this course for?
• Anyone who wants to communicate confidently in Japanese
• Anyone who wants to build their own Japanese sentences
• Anyone who doesn't know where to start learning Japanese
• Anyone interested in Japanese language and culture
• Travelers to Japan
• Beginners and Complete Beginners

What will you achieve?
• Build your own Japanese sentences
• Communicate confidently in Japanese
• Understand more when listening to Japanese content What you'll learn
• Essential beginner Japanese grammar
• Essential beginner vocabulary
• Hiragana and Katakana
• Practical phrases that you can adapt to many different situations
• Effective study methods and learning tools
• Comprehensible Input

Course Overview
This course is designed with one main goal: to be able to communicate in Japanese.
You'll start from the very beginning by learning Hiragana, essential vocabulary, and beginner grammar. You'll also learn practical phrases that can be adapted to many different situations by simply changing the words you use.

However, this course is about much more than memorizing vocabulary and grammar. The main goal is to help you use Japanese in real communication. Every lesson is carefully designed to help you actively build your own sentences and express your own ideas using the grammar, vocabulary, and phrases you learn.

Along the way, you'll also discover useful information about Japan, including recommended restaurants, tourist attractions, and Japanese culture. These topics will not only make learning more enjoyable but also give you great conversation topics when speaking with Japanese people.

By the end of this course, you'll be able to introduce yourself, ask and answer basic questions, order food, shop, and enjoy simple conversations in Japanese.

Don't just study Japanese—learn to use it in real conversations and start communicating with Japanese people with confidence.

Curriculum

Lesson 0 — Start Your Japanese Journey (FREE)

You will learn what this course is about and how it helps you communicate in Japanese.

You’ll learn:
- How to study Japanese effectively
- How this course improves your listening input
- How Japanese writing works
- Useful everyday expressions

Lesson 1 — Introduce Yourself

You will learn how to make your first Japanese sentences and introduce yourself.

You’ll learn:
- Basic sentence structure
- Self-introduction
- Simple yes/no questions
- How to connect words

Lesson 2 — Ask Basic Questions

You will learn how to ask simple questions and talk about basic information.

You’ll learn:
- Japanese numbers
- How to say your age
- Basic question words
- How to talk about everyday objects
- How to ask for directions

Lesson 3 — Build Your First Action Sentences

You will learn how to talk about simple actions in Japanese.

You’ll learn:
- How to tell the time
- Basic action verbs
- How to say what you eat, drink, and speak
- How to ask prices
- Simple shopping phrases

Lesson 4 — Talk About the Past and Locations

You will learn how to talk about what you did and where things are.

You’ll learn:
- Negative verb sentences
- Past tense
- Location words
- Weather expressions

Lesson 5 — Add Time and Place to Your Sentences

You will learn how to make your sentences longer and more natural.

You’ll learn:
- How to say when something happens
- How to say where something happens
- How to combine time, place, object, and action
- Natural conversation-ending phrases

Lesson 6 — Ask Better Questions

You will learn how to ask more useful questions in everyday conversations.

You’ll learn:
- Questions with verbs
- How to ask what, where, when, and what time
- How to talk about destinations
- How to talk about where you are from, where you live, and your job

Lesson 7 — Understand Japanese Verbs

You will learn how Japanese verbs work and how to recognize common patterns.

You’ll learn:
- Verb groups
- How to make polite verb forms
- Common verb patterns
- How to say “from” and “to”

Lesson 8 — Describe People and Things

You will learn how to describe food, places, people, and things.

You’ll learn:
- Frequency words
- Basic adjectives
- Positive and negative adjective sentences
- How to describe nouns

Lesson 9 — Talk About Frequency and the Past

You will learn how to talk about habits, frequency, and past experiences more clearly.

You’ll learn:
- How to say “once a week” and “twice a month”
- Past tense with adjectives
- How to talk about likes and dislikes
- How to talk about your favorite things

Lesson 10 — Use the Te-form

You will learn one of the most important verb forms in Japanese.

You’ll learn:
- How the te-form works
- How to make requests
- How to talk about actions happening right now
- Useful convenience store phrases

Lesson 11 — Speak More Naturally

You will learn common patterns that make your Japanese sound more natural.

You’ll learn:
- How to say “there is” and “there are”
- How to talk about activities you like
- How to say “also” and “too”
- More natural Japanese sentence patterns

Lesson 12 — Final Comprehensible Input Lesson

You will use what you learned to understand beginner-friendly Japanese in context.

You’ll learn:
- How to understand Japanese without direct translation
- How Comprehensible Input works
- How much Japanese you can understand now
- How to keep improving after the course



Bonus Learning Materials

Everything you need to review and keep improving after each lesson.

You'll get:
- 12 Quizlet vocabulary flashcard sets (one for each lesson)
- A PDF of essential Japanese travel phrases
- A PDF of useful self-introduction and conversation phrases
- A complete guide to downloading and using Anki to master hiragana