Mastering Japanese: Level 1

Introduction to Japanese Pronunciation

Learn a little about Japanese pronunciation

Introduction to Japanese Grammar

Learn a little about Japanese grammar

Introduction to Japanese Writing

Learn a little about how to write

Basic Bootcamp

Hear about a Japanese learning boot camp

How to Introduce Yourself in Japanese

Learn how to introduce yourself

14 Minutes • Video

How to Introduce Yourself

Learn about how to tell who you are

How to Describe Where You're From in Japanese

Learn how to describe where you're from

14 Minutes • Video

Meet Kazunori

Hear Kazunori's introduction

Perfect Japanese Pronunciation Made Easy

Learn how to boost your confidence by making sure your Japanese pronunciation is on point

19 Minutes • Audio

Basic Japanese #9: Numbers 1-10

Learn about the numbers from one to ten

Basic Japanese #10: Numbers 11-19

Learn the Japanese numbers from eleven to nineteen

Basic Japanese #11: Numbers 20-100

Learn about the Japanese number system

Nihongo Doujou - In Japan, It's All in the Numbers

Learn about numbers 1-10 and 'what' questions

Nihongo Doujou - Talking About Dates in Japanese

Learn about asking about dates

Loving and Hating in Japanese

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

Nihongo Doujou - Your Love of Japanese Will Drive You to Common Grounds!

Learn about telling and asking one's preferences of liking and disliking

Nihongo Doujou - What Kind of People Will Japanese Help You Find?

Learn about describing people's personalities and physical qualities

Saying You Like (or Don't Like) Something in Japanese

Learn how to say you like and don't like something in Japanese using the adjectives suki and kirai

Being a Vegetarian is a Bit Difficult in Japan

Learn how to use Japanese verbs in the non-past negative form

The Japanese that Might Score You a Date!

Learn about asking someone out

Ice Hockey in Japan! Game on!

Learn about ice hockey game in Japan

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

Telling Time in Japanese

Learn about multiplying numbers, counting

Missing the Japanese Train

Learn how to ask about timetables

8 Minutes • Audio

Make Time for This Lesson!

Learn about usage of verb "to eat"

Using Verbs in Japanese

Learn how to create sentences using present-tense verbs, as well as

Nihongo Doujou - Where Can You Go in Japan That Leaves You Feeling More Beautiful Inside AND Out?

Learn about possessive no and -na adjective ending change with -desu form

Talking About Current Actions in Japanese

Learn how to talk about current actions using the -te iru / -te imasu construction

Introduction to Adjectives in Japanese

Learn all about the two types of adjectives, and how to use them

How to Ask What Things Are

Learn about asking questions and telling to whom the item belongs

Negative Forms of Adjectives in Japanese

Learn how to make and use both types of negative adjective

Is This Your Japanese House?

Learn how to say that something belongs to someone

8 Minutes • Audio

Nihongo Doujou - Style versus Function in Japan: Whose Umbrella is THAT?!

Learn about asking about origin

Nihongo Doujou - The Fortunes of Rain in Japan

Learn about asking for the price and asking about the origin

These Japanese Interjections Aren't Impolite!

Learn how to respond to someone in a conversation

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

Learn about useful expressions visiting someone's house

Asking Somebody's Age in Japanese

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

Using the Japanese Verbs Arimasu/Imasu

Learn how to use the verbs arimasu and imasu to talk about existence

For Here or To Go?

Learn about ordering drink

Often or Not at All?

Learn about talking about daily habit

Basic Japanese #6: 3 Useful Classroom Expressions

Learn three of the most valuable Japanese phrases you can learn either in the classroom or out

How is Everyone Feeling in Japan?

Learn how to ask "How are you?"

Review the Japanese You've Learned this Season

Review the series so far

If You're Going to Say It in Japanese, You Better Say It Right!

Learn how to interact with people using varying levels of politeness

Basic Japanese #3: Basic Greetings 2

Learn the difference between the casual and more polite forms of the phrases

Greeting an Old Friend

Learn how to greet an old acquaintance

18 Minutes • Video

I Love Learning Japanese Too!

Learn how to use the Japanese word that means "too"

How to Talk about the Weather

Learn about usage of adjectives(both na and i adjectives)

How to Exchange Contact Information in Japanese

Learn how to exchange contact information

17 Minutes • Video

Basic Japanese #8: Hiroko's Top 3 Casual Japanese Expressions

Learn about three of the informal or casual Japanese phrases you will likely hear native Japanese speakers use frequently

Nihongo Doujou - Japanese That Can Take You to the Four Corners of the World!

Review four cardinal points

Making the Grade

Learn about the negative of i-adjectives

Basic Japanese #25: Basic Japanese Course Review

Review all the previous Basic Japanese video lessons

Rise and Shine 2

Learn about talking about time

Being Polite Is Not Just a Formality in Japanese

Learn how to introduce yourself and others in a polite, formal way

That Japanese Model Isn't Just Pretty - She's Hot!

Learn how to create the negative form of na adjectives and nouns

Nihongo Doujou - The Curious Case of the Japanese Ramen Waiters

Learn about telling how many people and objects there are

The -Te Form of Class 1 Japanese Verbs

Learn how to make the -te form of Class 1 verbs to give commands

The -Te Form of Class 2 and 3 Japanese Verbs

Learn how to make the -te form of Class 2 and 3 verbs to give more commands

Making Requests in Japanese

Learn how to ask someone to do something using the -te kudasai construction

Basic Japanese #24: How To Ask If Someone Is There

Learn important Japanese for the telephone and other situations as well

Best Wishes for the Japanese New Year

Learn how to say "Mr" and "Ms"

Happy New Year (part 1)

Learn how to say "happy new year"

Bye For Now!

Learn about expressing farewell

Getting Enthusiastic about Japanese Games

Learn how to invite someone to do something in using the Japanese phrase -masen ka

Nihongo Doujou - You Are Going to Be Going in Japan Soon, too!

Learn about particle -de (in/at) and -to (with)

1 Minute • Audio

Nihongo Doujou - What You Don't Eat at Home, You Might Eat in Japan!

Learn about showing comparison

17 Minutes • Audio

Nihongo Doujou - The Key to Getting it for FREE in Japan!

Learn about telling existence for animated and inanimate objects

How to Visit Someone's House

Learn how to visit someone's house in Japan

9 Minutes • Video

How to Eat a Meal in Japan

Learn how to eat a typical Japanese meal at home

9 Minutes • Video

Make Your Japanese Colorful!

Learn about talking about someone's appearance and character

Suggestions and Invitations in Japanese

Learn how to invite someone to do something politely in two different ways

Do You Hate This, Too?

Learn about inviting someone to do something

Going to Japan by Way of Mexico

Learn how to ask when someone will go or come to a place

Basic Japanese #17: How to Say the Months and Days

Learn how to say the months and days of the calendar

Discussing Future Plans

Learn how to discuss future plans

17 Minutes • Video

Do You Know Where You're Going?

Learn how to form question and negative sentences

Where's the Party in Japan?

Learn how to ask where something is

Nihongo Doujou - In Japan, Flattery Will Get You Everywhere!

Learn about describing characteristics of a person or a thing

17 Minutes • Audio

Nihongo Doujou - Making Connections in Japanese!

Learn about describing personality

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

Learn about describing person and useful expressions greeting guests

The Most Colorful Japanese

Learn about talking about experience

Can I Get Some Ketchup for my Japanese Dinner?

Learn how to ask whether someone has something

Talking About the Japanese Weather

Learn how to talk about the weather and the air temperature

What you Need to Know about the Seasons in Japan

Learn about usage of [–kara –made]

How to Say Where Things Are

Learn about usage of adjectives(both na and i adjectives)

Asking What Something is in Japanese

Learn how to ask what something is

How to Take a Japanese-Style Bath

Learn how to take a Japanese-style bath

8 Minutes • Video

Nihongo Doujou - Make Sure You Have the Time of Your Life in Japan!

Learn about time, from __ until __

Basic Japanese #16: How to Tell Time

Learn how to tell time

Basic Japanese #12: Numbers 200-1000

Learn about Japanese numbers to one-thousand

Basic Japanese #13: Numbers 1001-10000

Learn about the Japanese number system

How to Buy Meal Tickets

Learn how to order food at a ramen restaurant

10 Minutes • Video

Would You Like to Try This?

Learn about inviting someone to do something

How to Order at a Restaurant

Review useful words and phrases at a restaurant

Check, Please!

Learn about paying bill at a restaurant

Allow Me to Recommend...

Learn about ordering sandwiches

Asking for Something in Japanese

Learn how to ask for something, and you'll also learn a phrase used for apologizing and excusing yourself

100

Which One Do You Prefer?

Learn about ordering food

101

Important Information About Allergies in Japan!

Learn about tell what you are allergic to

102

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

103

How to Use Chopsticks

Learn how to use chopsticks properly

9 Minutes • Video

104

Basic Japanese #21: Useful Expressions 2: How to Ask Where Something is

Learn how to ask where something is

105

Basic Japanese #20: Useful Expressions 1: How to Ask the Price of Something

Learn how to ask about prices

106

Buying Items at a Register

Learn how to buy items at a register

14 Minutes • Video

107

How Would You Like to Pay for This?

Learn about shopping conversation

108

Disaster Averted: What You Need to Know in Case of a Medical Emergency

Learn about talking about ailments

109

Basic Japanese #23: Useful Expressions 4: How to Ask if Something Exists

Learn to ask if the shop or restaurant has what you're looking for using the Japanese verbs meaning "to be," "to exist," or "to have"

110

Do you Know how to Get What you Want?

Learn about shopping conversation

111

Will You Make it in Japan?

Learn about asking location

112

Basic Japanese #14: General Counters

Learn about the Japanese general counter

113

Basic Japanese #15: Counters 2

Learn about the Japanese counters

114

Nihongo Doujou - You're Going, Going, Gone in Japan!

Learn about verbs with time expressions, polite negative form of verbs

115

Finding Your Way

Review the past action and learn how to form polite past tense of a verb

116

Make Change with Japanese!

Learn about confirming the price

117

A Trip to the Japanese Zoo

Learn how to talk about animate objects in Japanese using imasu

118

Where It's At

Learn about ko-so-a-do

119

How to Ride a Train in Japan

Learn how to ride a train in Japan

7 Minutes • Video

120

Using Particles "e" and "de" in Japanese

Learn how to use the direction particle "e" and the location particle "de" sentences

121

Let's Talk Tickets: Getting Around in Japan

Learn about useful expressions at the ticket counter at the station

122

Nihongo Doujou - Get Me to the Church, No, Make That the Hotel in Japan on Time!

Learn about duration of time

1 Minute • Audio

123

I'm Having a Taxi Emergency in Japan

Learn how to express that you have and don't have something

124

Taxi!

Learn about Japanese taxi system

125

Basic Japanese #22: Useful Expressions 3: How to Ask When Something Takes Place

Learn how to ask "When?"

126

Nihongo Doujou - What Have You Forgotten in Japan Today?

Learn about -i adjectives and -na adjectives

127

Nihongo Doujou - Don't Be Alarmed...Your Japanese Can Help You Find Everything You've Lost!

Learn about describing one's item

128

Nihongo Doujou - Are You in Control of Your Possessions in Japan?

Learn about how to say something is yours

1 Minute • Audio

129

Checking in at a Hotel

Learn how to check in at a hotel

26 Minutes • Video

130

Buying Tickets for Public Transportation

Learn how to buy tickets for public transportation

20 Minutes • Video

131

One of These Things is Not Like the Other One in Japan

Learn how to ask what something is

132

How to Navigate Passport Control in Japanese

Learn how to navigate passport control

15 Minutes • Video

133

How To Declare Items at Customs

Learn about how to ask what it is

134

Nihongo Doujou - Are You in Just the Right Place in Japan?

Learn about telling the location

135

Are You Hungry Enough to Eat That Unidentified Japanese Food?

Learn how to use demonstrative words that mean "this" and "that"

136

Beware of Japanese Monkeys

Learn how to explain your emergency

137

Nihongo Doujou - Are the Pangs of Hunger the Only Pains You Need to Worry About in Japan?

Learn about complaining about one's health condition

138

The Most Critical Japanese Questions

Learn about asking addresses, asking phone numbers

139

Learn This Japanese Before it's Too Late!

Learn about telling the time

140

I'm Sick! Here's How to Get Help at the Hospital in Japan

Learn about telling what you did, telling what you have, visiting a hospital