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Japanese lessons for beginners

Follow lessons from first introductions to everyday conversations, with explanations, examples and short comprehension checks.

Lesson 01 · How Japanese works 02 · Introducing yourself 03 · In the classroom 04 · Whose is this?05 · Where is it?06 · Ordering at the konbini 07 · What are you doing?08 · What did you do yesterday?09 · Where is the teacher?10 · The right floor 11 · How much is it?12 · What time is it?13 · The day of the test 14 · Talking about a date 15 · Making a list 16 · What do you like?17 · Describing things 18 · What kind of place is it?19 · Which one do you choose?20 · Joining two descriptions 21 · Looking back with い adjectives 22 · Looking back with な words and nouns 23 · Comparing with より 24 · Choosing with のほうが 25 · The most with 一番 26 · Having things and plans with あります 27 · Going to a destination with へ 28 · Going somewhere or nowhere 29 · An exact time with に 30 · Daily actions with を 31 · Something or nothing with 何か and 何も 32 · Place of an action with で 33 · A next step with それから 34 · Acting together or alone 35 · Transport and means with で 36 · Reasons with から and どうして 37 · Wishes with 欲しい and ～たい 38 · Understanding with 分かります 39 · How well do you understand it?40 · Already done with もう and まだ 41 · Inviting with ～ませんか 42 · Proposing together with ～ましょう 43 · Offering help with ～ましょうか 44 · Means and language with で 45 · Marking a recipient with に 46 · What is there, and where is it?47 · From dictionary entry to polite sentence 48 · Giving a simple instruction 49 · May I do this?50 · Understanding rules and prohibitions 51 · First this, then that 52 · What do you do before that action?The four polite verb endings

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