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Absolute Beginner Season 1
Learn how to greet someone both formally and informally
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Lesson LibraryAbsolute Beginner—Fun and Easy

Absolute Beginner—Fun and Easy

If you are completely new to Japanese, start here! In this series, Jessi and Naomi will walk you through the absolute beginner basics of the Japanese language.

25 Lessons, 2 Assessments • 3hrs 42min
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1

Say Hello in Japanese No Matter What the Time of Day

Learn how to greet someone both formally and informally

7 Minutes • Audio
2

Introducing Yourself in Japanese

Learn how to greet someone for the first time and say your name

6 Minutes • Audio
3

Show Your Appreciation in Japanese

Learn how to say "Thank you" and "You're welcome" in Japanese

6 Minutes • Audio
4

Being Sorry in Japan

Learn how to apologize

6 Minutes • Audio
5

Can You Take My Japanese Order?

Learn how to ask for something

7 Minutes • Audio
6

Catching Up With an Old Friend in Japan

Learn how to greet someone you haven't seen in a long time

5 Minutes • Audio
7

Can You Tell Me What This is in Japanese?

Learn how to say what something is ("A is B")

8 Minutes • Audio
8

This is a Japanese Gift For You

Learn how to identify things, give someone things, and say some polite Japanese phrases

8 Minutes • Audio
9

Asking a Japanese Question

Learn how to ask questions

6 Minutes • Audio
10

Is This Your Japanese House?

Learn how to say that something belongs to someone

8 Minutes • Audio
11

What is This Delicious Japanese Dish?

Learn how to ask what something is

7 Minutes • Audio
12

Can You Eat This Japanese Meatloaf?

Learn how to ask whether something or someone is okay

9 Minutes • Audio
13

Where's the Party in Japan?

Learn how to ask where something is

9 Minutes • Audio
14

Being Really Clumsy in Japan

Learn how to add emphasis to Japanese phrases that you have already learned

8 Minutes • Audio
15

A Long, Hot Japanese Summer

Learn how to describe what something is like

9 Minutes • Audio
16

These Japanese Interjections Aren't Impolite!

Learn how to respond to someone in a conversation

9 Minutes • Audio
17

Asking Somebody's Age in Japanese

Learn how to use numbers to ask someone's age or tell someone your age

11 Minutes • Audio
18

Loving and Hating in Japanese

Learn how to say that you like or don't like something

9 Minutes • Audio
19

Is There Any Japanese Fried Chicken Left?

Learn how to talk about inanimate objects in Japanese using arimasu

9 Minutes • Audio
20

A Trip to the Japanese Zoo

Learn how to talk about animate objects in Japanese using imasu

9 Minutes • Audio
21

Do You Eat Sushi in Japan?

Learn how to talk about doing an action

11 Minutes • Audio
22

Do You Drink Japanese Beer?

Learn how to ask questions in Japanese using -masu ka

9 Minutes • Audio
23

Hoping for a Lucky Streak in Japan

Learn how to talk about going places

10 Minutes • Audio
24

What's the Japanese Word for This?

Learn how to ask what something is in the Japanese language

10 Minutes • Audio
25

Do You Remember the Japanese Grammar You've Learned in this Series?

Review some of the different grammar points we have learned throughout this series

12 Minutes • Audio