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Contents
95 Audio Lessons
21 Video Lessons
22 Assessments
1

Meet The Parents 1

Learn how to introduce yourself in polite Japanese

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
2

Japanese Etiquette: Visiting a Home

Learn how to enter Japanese home respectfully and show that you're sensitive to the culture

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
3

Talking About Your Family in Japanese

Learn how to talk about your family

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
4

Tell Me More About Yourself

Learn how to talk about yourself in a polite manner

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
5

Daddy is Home

Learn how to say what we want or want to do

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
6

Impress Others with Your Formal Japanese

Learn about useful Japanese expressions for a job interview

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
7

Nihongo Doujou - Combining Adjectives in Japanese: They Are Lively and Funny!

Learn about describing person and useful expressions greeting guests

Audio
 • 16 Minutes
8

Nihongo Doujou - What Will They Say if You Come Bearing Gifts in Japan?

Learn about useful expressions visiting someone's house

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
9

Nihongo Doujou - What Great Things Is Your Japanese Cooking Up?

Learn about offering food in casual speech

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
10

Nihongo Doujou - How Do You Get More of the Best in Japan?

Learn about offering food in casual speech

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
11

The Perfect Japanese For a First Encounter

Learn how to discuss present continuing actions

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
12

Using Polite Japanese: Your Key to Forming Relationships

Learn to use Japanese verbs like iku, kuru, and kaeru

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
13

Cans and Can'ts: Asking for and Giving Permission

Learn to use these Japanese words to ask all sorts of questions and give appropriate responses

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
14

Read, Learn and Speak: Combining Verbs in Japanese

Learn how to combine verbs

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
15

What are you Going to Bring?

Learn about Mottekite (to bring) and Motteiku (to take)

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
16

The Plot Thickens

Learn the attributive use of the particle ga

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
17

Your Japanese Abilities

Learn about expressing that one can do something

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
18

Talking About Your Long Weekend in Japanese

Learn how to greet a co-worker on a Monday morning after a long weekend

Audio
 • 8 Minutes
19

Nihongo Doujou - Talk About Your Past in Japanese.

Learn about talking about the past activity

Audio
 • 17 Minutes
20

Nihongo Doujou - Did Japanese Ever Taste This Good?!

Learn about talking about the past activity

Audio
 • 18 Minutes
21

Nihongo Doujou - Did You Get Everyone Japanese Souvenirs?

Learn about talking one's experience

Audio
 • 25 Minutes
22

Do Your Japanese a Favor

Learn how to say "to do something for someone"

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
23

What's Your Japanese Potential?

Learn about conjugating the potential forms of verbs

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
24

After This Japanese Lesson, Nothing Will Ever Be the Same!

Learn how to explain a timeline using Japanese phrases

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
25

I've Never Lied to You in Japanese!

Learn how to tell someone that you have or don't have some particular experience

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
26

The Right Way to Sightsee in Japan

Review two verb forms, which are the dictionary form and the masu form

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
27

Are You Ready for a Visit to Japan?

Review the counters for hours and minutes, and how to form the negative form of a verb

Audio
 • 17 Minutes
28

One Word You Can't Speak Japanese Without!

Learn about telling someone to do something

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
29

Basic Japanese #25: Basic Japanese Course Review

Review all the previous Basic Japanese video lessons

Video
 • 2 Minutes
30

What Will It Take for You to Visit Me in Japan?

Learn how to use the Japanese conjunction kara to provide a reason or cause for something

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
31

A Lonely Birthday in Japan

Learn how to say "even though"

Audio
 • 16 Minutes
32

What Does Your Future Look Like in Japan?

Learn how to describe your future intentions and plans

Audio
 • 16 Minutes
33

Cancelling an Appointment at the Last Minute

Learn how to cancel an engagement at the last minute

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
34

Three's A Crowd

Learn about the critical Japanese phrases you need to get around

Audio
 • 16 Minutes
35

How Not to Take The Wrong Train in Japan!

Learn how to ask for directions and use public transportation in Japan

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
36

How Does Your Japanese Compare?

Learn to make comparisons

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
37

Yes or No?

Learn about saying you haven't done a certain action yet

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
38

SS16: Asking for Directions

Learn about talking about streets

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
39

What Should You Do If You Lose Something on a Japanese Train?

Learn how to report a lost item

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
40

Reporting Lost Property in Japanese

Learn how to report a lost item on a train

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
41

I Could Use Some Help Shopping in Japan!

Learn how to form some basic Japanese expressions you can use while shopping

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
42

Is Your Japanese Too Much?

Learn about saying that something is too [adjective]

Audio
 • 16 Minutes
43

Japanese That's Easy to Do

Learn about saying that something is easy or hard to do

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
44

Asking For a Different Size at a Clothing Shop

Learn how to talk to a shop clerk about trying on and choosing clothes

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
45

Asking to See an Item in a Showcase

Learn how to ask to see an item in a showcase

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
46

The Bargains are Yours if You Listen to this Japanese Announcement

Learn about the usage of the Japanese word kudasaru, which you can use to extend an extra-formal thank you in Japanese

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
47

"Able-Bodied" Japanese

Learn about expressing that you can do something part ii

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
48

Which One Do You Prefer?

Learn about ordering food

Audio
 • 9 Minutes
49

Check, Please!

Learn about paying bill at a restaurant

Audio
 • 9 Minutes
50

A Not So Regular Restaurant 1

Learn about useful phrases for ordering at a restaurant and asking for items left off

Audio
 • 17 Minutes
51

Making Substitutions at a Japanese Sushi Restaurant

Learn how to ask for a substitution at a sushi restaurant

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
52

Taking Baby Steps in a Japanese Kitchen

Learn how to use two Japanese words that mean "only" - dake and shika

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
53

If You Don't Try This Japanese Activity, How Will You Know Whether You Can Do It?

Learn how to use the Japanese verb that means "to try

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
54

Changing Seats in a Japanese Restaurant

Learn how to ask to sit at a different table in a restaurant

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
55

Your Japanese Possibilities

Learn about talking about ability and asking permission

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
56

Telling a Friend You're Running Late

Learn how to tell a friend you're running late

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
57

Confirming a Meeting Location

Learn how to confirm a meeting location

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
58

Partying in a Japanese Haunted House

Learn how to say "looks like"

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
59

The Most Critical Japanese Questions

Learn about asking addresses, asking phone numbers

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
60

Learn This Japanese Before it's Too Late!

Learn about telling the time

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
61

What's the Japanese Diagnosis?

Learn how to describe how you are feeling

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
62

You Should Do What This Person Says in Japanese

Learn how to offer a strong suggestion or give advice

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
63

Explaining Symptoms to a Doctor

Learn how to tell a doctor your symptoms

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
64

Getting Instructions for Prescription Medicine

Learn more about how to tell a doctor your symptoms

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
65

Getting Medicine at a Drugstore

Learn how to ask for the right medicine

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
66

The Last Day of the Year in a Japanese Office

Learn what to say when you leave the office at the end of the year

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
67

Greeting Your Boss on the First Day of the Japanese New Year

Learn how to greet someone when you see them at the beginning of the work year

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
68

Farewelling Your Japanese Coworker When They are Being Transferred

Learn what to say when you are not going to see someone for a long time

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
69

The Japanese that Might Score You a Date!

Learn about asking someone out

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
70

Please Accept This...

Learn about expressing gratitude

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
71

It Has Come to Be that I Am Addicted to Japanese Food!

Learn how to make a request using -younisuru

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
72

You Can Never Be Too Polite in Japanese

Learn about New Year's customs and greetings while reviewing humble expressions

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
73

Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Introduction

Learn about talking about giving and receiving

Audio
 • 18 Minutes
74

Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Kureru

Learn about expressing that someone does something for the speaker

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
75

Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Ageru

Learn about expressing that someone does something for someone else

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
76

Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Morau

Learn about talking about benefiting from someone else's actions

Audio
 • 1 Minute
77

Would You be Able to Move After Running a Japanese Marathon?

Learn how to say "if"

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
78

Do You Gain Weight Even if You're Just Eating Japanese Salad?

Learn how to say "even if"

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
79

Whenever You Have a Moment, Learn Some More Japanese!

Learn how to say "whenever"

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
80

These Passive Sentences Will Actively Improve Your Japanese

Learn how to use the passive voice

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
81

Express Your Annoyance in Japanese

Learn about the Japanese indirect passive voice

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
82

Are There Monster Parents at This Japanese School?

Learn how to say "to let/to make someone go somewhere" or "to let/to make someone do something"

Audio
 • 17 Minutes
83

Having a Bad Hair Day in Japan

Learn continue learning about Japanese causative verbs

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
84

You May Not Wear a Miniskirt to a Japanese Funeral

Learn how to use the causative to ask for permission to do something

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
85

New JLPT N4 Prep Course

Learn the essentials so you are ready to pass the JLPT test, or even just so you can impress your friends with your vast knowledge of Japanese

Audio
 • 9 Minutes
86

New JLPT N4 Prep Course #2

Learn the essential information you'll need to know for the vocabulary and kanji portion of the Japanese proficiency exam

Audio
 • 9 Minutes
87

New JLPT N4 Prep Course #3

Learn about Japanese words including words that seem similar but that have different meanings

Audio
 • 9 Minutes
88

New JLPT N4 Prep Course #4

Learn about the next part of the Japanese proficiency exam: grammar and reading comprehension

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
89

New JLPT N4 Prep Course #5

Learn about the next part of the language knowledge and reading comprehension section on the Japanese proficiency exam

Audio
 • 9 Minutes
90

New JLPT N4 Prep Course #6

Learn about the third part of the grammar and reading comprehension section on the Japanese proficiency exam

Audio
 • 9 Minutes
91

New JLPT N4 Prep Course #7

Learn how to use the conditional to give instructions or directions, and we'll also show you how to form and use embedded questions

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
92

New JLPT N4 Prep Course #8

Learn how to prepare for this section of the exam

Audio
 • 8 Minutes
93

New JLPT N4 Prep Course #9

Learn about the listening comprehension portion of the Japanese proficiency exam

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
94

New JLPT N4 Prep Course #10

Learn how to prepare for Question 2 of the listening comprehension section of the JLPT N4

Audio
 • 9 Minutes
95

New JLPT N4 Prep Course #11

Learn about the third section of the listening comprehension portion of the Japanese proficiency exam

Audio
 • 8 Minutes
96

New JLPT N4 Prep Course #12

Learn about the fourth section of the listening comprehension portion of the Japanese proficiency exam

Audio
 • 8 Minutes
97

At the Jewelry Store in Japan

Listen to a conversation in a jewelry store

Video
 • 2 Minutes
98

Rearranging the Office in Japan

Listen to a conversation about rearranging an office

Video
 • 2 Minutes
99

Getting Some Groceries in Japan

Listen to a conversation about grocery shopping

Video
 • 2 Minutes
100

Listening to a Japanese Forecast

Listen to a weather report

Video
 • 1 Minute
101

Discussing a New Design in Japanese

Listen to a conversation about redesigning a business card

Video
 • 2 Minutes
102

Getting Japanese Directions

Listen to a conversation about getting directions

Video
 • 1 Minute
103

Choosing a Drink in Japan

Listen to a conversation about choosing drinks for a meeting

Video
 • 1 Minute
104

Shopping for a Computer in Japan

Listen to a conversation set in a computer store

Video
 • 2 Minutes
105

Talking About Your Schedule in Japanese

Listen to a conversation about a travel schedule

Video
 • 1 Minute
106

Ordering a Pizza in Japanese

Listen to a conversation about ordering pizza

Video
 • 2 Minutes
107

Asking about a Restaurant's Opening Hours in Japanese

Listen to a conversation about a restaurant's opening hours

Video
 • 2 Minutes
108

Choosing a Delivery Time in Japan

Listen to a conversation about choosing a delivery time

Video
 • 2 Minutes
109

Talking About Medicines in Japanese

Listen to a conversation about when and which medicines to take for an illness

Video
 • 2 Minutes
110

Talking About Your Family in Japanese

Listen to a conversation about someone's family

Video
 • 2 Minutes
111

Choosing a Pair of Glasses in Japan

Listen to a conversation about choosing a pair of glasses

Video
 • 2 Minutes
112

Rescheduling a Dentist Appointment in Japan

Listen to a conversation about changing a dentist appointment

Video
 • 2 Minutes
113

Finding A Friend's Apartment in Japan

Listen to a conversation about locating a friend's apartment

Video
 • 2 Minutes
114

Renting a DVD in Japan

Listen to a conversation about renting DVDs

Video
 • 1 Minute
115

What Time is it Now in Japan?

Listen to a conversation about the time

Video
 • 1 Minute
116

Choosing a Seat on a Flight in Japan

Listen to a conversation about choosing a seat on a plane

Video
 • 2 Minutes