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Lesson LibraryLessons for Your Flight To Japan
Absolute Beginner
Lessons for Your Flight To Japan
Preparing for a trip to Japan? Here are the lessons you will need to get the most out of your trip.
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Contents
13 Audio Lessons
21 Video Lessons
1

Greetings

Learn how to greet someone in Japanese

Audio
 • 2 Minutes
2

Manners

Learn how to say thank you in Japanese

Audio
 • 2 Minutes
3

Top 5 Things You Need to Know About Japanese Society

Learn about the most important aspects of Japanese society, including things to see and do in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
4

Basic Japanese #4: Japanese Manners (1)

Learn about the Japanese phrases for "I'm sorry," and "Thank you"

Video
 • 3 Minutes
5

Basic Japanese #5: Japanese Manners (2)

Learn some of the proper Japanese phrases to use while you're dining with friends or associates in Japan

Video
 • 1 Minute
6

Self Introduction

Learn how to introduce yourself

Audio
 • 3 Minutes
7

How to Introduce Yourself in Japanese

Learn how to introduce yourself

Video
 • 14 Minutes
8

How to Navigate Passport Control in Japanese

Learn how to navigate passport control

Video
 • 15 Minutes
9

Top 5 pop culture things/icons you need to know about Japan

Learn about Japanese pop culture

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
10

Checking in at a Hotel

Learn how to check in at a hotel

Video
 • 26 Minutes
11

Basic Japanese #9: Numbers 1-10

Learn about the numbers from one to ten

Video
 • 4 Minutes
12

Basic Japanese #10: Numbers 11-19

Learn the Japanese numbers from eleven to nineteen

Video
 • 5 Minutes
13

Basic Japanese #11: Numbers 20-100

Learn about the Japanese number system

Video
 • 5 Minutes
14

Buying Items at a Register

Learn how to buy items at a register

Video
 • 14 Minutes
15

Buying Tickets for Public Transportation

Learn how to buy tickets for public transportation

Video
 • 20 Minutes
16

A Visit to the Mall

Learn how to post comments about going shopping

Audio
 • 6 Minutes
17

How to Ride a Train in Japan

Learn how to ride a train in Japan

Video
 • 7 Minutes
18

A Sightseeing Trip

Learn how to post comments about visiting a landmark

Audio
 • 5 Minutes
19

How to Use Chopsticks

Learn how to use chopsticks properly

Video
 • 9 Minutes
20

Out at Dinner

Learn how to post comments about having dinner with friends

Audio
 • 5 Minutes
21

How to Buy Meal Tickets

Learn how to order food at a ramen restaurant

Video
 • 10 Minutes
22

Top 10 Must-Know Vocabulary for the Restaurant

Learn top 10 must-know vocabulary for the restaurant

Video
 • 2 Minutes
23

How to Take a Japanese-Style Bath

Learn how to take a Japanese-style bath

Video
 • 8 Minutes
24

The 25 Most Common Phrases that We Use in Japan

Learn 25 phrases that are used every day in Japan

Video
 • 6 Minutes
25

Basic Japanese #7: 3 Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid

Learn how to say "Nice to meet you"

Video
 • 3 Minutes
26

Making Apologies

Learn how to apologize yourself and say that you are sorry

Audio
 • 2 Minutes
27

Making a Simple Sentence By Linking Two Nouns

Learn how to use the sentence pattern "A is B"

Audio
 • 4 Minutes
28

Top 10 Most Common Tourist Vocabulary

Learn top 10 most common tourist vocabulary

Video
 • 3 Minutes
29

Using Adjectives to Describe

Learn how to use the sentence pattern "A is [adjective]"

Audio
 • 4 Minutes
30

20 Travel Phrases You Should Know

Learn 20 travel phrases you should know

Video
 • 5 Minutes
31

Asking for Information About Something

Learn how to use the sentence pattern "What is A?"

Audio
 • 4 Minutes
32

10 Survival Questions for Traveling in Japan

Learn 10 survival questions for traveling in Japan

Video
 • 12 Minutes
33

Asking About Location or Position

Learn how to use the sentence pattern "Where is A?"

Audio
 • 4 Minutes
34

Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Japan

Learn top 10 tourist attractions in Japan

Video
 • 4 Minutes