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Absolute Beginner Season 1
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Lesson LibraryAbsolute Beginner Season 1

Absolute Beginner Season 1

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 • 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