Lesson LibraryNihongo Dojo: Beginner

Nihongo Dojo: Beginner

The Nihongo Dojo will take you all the way to Intermediate Japanese. Continue your training!

100 Lessons • 23hrs 39min

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Meet The Parents 1

Learn the humble forms for "to speak" and "to do"

15 Minutes • Audio

Japanese Etiquette: Visiting a Home

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

15 Minutes • Audio

Tell Me More About Yourself

Learn how to talk about yourself in a polite manner

11 Minutes • Audio

Daddy is Home

Learn how to say what we want or want to do

15 Minutes • Audio

A Scheme is Hatched

Learn how to say what you don't want

18 Minutes • Audio

The Plot Thickens

Learn the attributive use of the particle ga

15 Minutes • Audio

An Opportunity Arises

Learn about talking on the phone

14 Minutes • Audio

A Second Chance to Make A First Impression

Learn how to extend invitations and how not to answer them when speaking with a potential mother-in-law

15 Minutes • Audio

Taking Orders

Learn to follow instructions in this Japanese lesson

15 Minutes • Audio

Bonding at Break Time

Learn how to understand more simple instructions

15 Minutes • Audio

Three's A Crowd

Learn about the critical Japanese phrases you need to get around

16 Minutes • Audio

Have You Seen Our Garden?

Learn how to ask for explanation using the Japanese phrase "Setsumei shite kudasai"

13 Minutes • Audio

The Perfect Japanese For a First Encounter

Learn how to discuss present continuing actions

14 Minutes • Audio

Using Polite Japanese: Your Key to Forming Relationships

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

11 Minutes • Audio

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

13 Minutes • Audio

Read, Learn and Speak: Combining Verbs in Japanese

Learn how to combine verbs

14 Minutes • Audio

What are you Going to Bring?

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

11 Minutes • Audio

Japanese that Might Save Your Life!

Learn the emergency numbers you need in Japan

12 Minutes • Audio

How Not to Take The Wrong Train in Japan!

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

13 Minutes • Audio

How Does Your Japanese Compare?

Learn to make comparisons

12 Minutes • Audio

Who are You Being Compared To?

Learn how to make affirmative comparisons

14 Minutes • Audio

“The Best” Japanese is Here!

Learn how to superlative sentences that compare quantity or quality

15 Minutes • Audio

Please Don't Do This!

Learn how to ask someone not to do something using -naide kudasai politely

14 Minutes • Audio

The Most Important Japanese Lesson Yet!

Learn how to change verbs into the past tense

15 Minutes • Audio

Japanese You Can Do Without?

Learn how to use sentences formed as "Do [clause 1] without doing [clause 2]"

13 Minutes • Audio

The Right Way to Sightsee in Japan

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

14 Minutes • Audio

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

17 Minutes • Audio

One Word You Can't Speak Japanese Without!

Learn about telling someone to do something

15 Minutes • Audio

Formal and Informal Japanese: Do you Know the Difference?

Learn about talking about something using adjectives

13 Minutes • Audio

Your First Trip to Japan

Learn about talking about past actions

12 Minutes • Audio

My Sincerest Apologies

Learn about saying that one did not do a certain action in the past

13 Minutes • Audio

The Most Meaningful Japanese Lesson Yet

Learn about describing how something was

13 Minutes • Audio

Get in on the Volitional Verb Action!

Learn about making a suggestion (let's ～)

14 Minutes • Audio

Is Your Japanese Too Much?

Learn about saying that something is too [adjective]

16 Minutes • Audio

Japanese That's Easy to Do

Learn about saying that something is easy or hard to do

13 Minutes • Audio

I Think You'll Like This...

Learn about expressing your opinion

14 Minutes • Audio

All You Have to do is Ask!

Learn about asking the reason for something

13 Minutes • Audio

Too Easy Japanese!

Review of lessons 34～37

12 Minutes • Audio

Where's Your Japanese Headed?

Learn about stating your purpose for going somewhere

14 Minutes • Audio

Yes or No?

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

15 Minutes • Audio

Have You Started This Yet?

Learn about talking about actions that have already happened or haven't happened yet

11 Minutes • Audio

Your Japanese Possibilities

Learn about talking about ability and asking permission

14 Minutes • Audio

Your Japanese Abilities

Learn about expressing that one can do something

11 Minutes • Audio

"Able-Bodied" Japanese

Learn about expressing that you can do something part ii

11 Minutes • Audio

What's Your Japanese Potential?

Learn about conjugating the potential forms of verbs

13 Minutes • Audio

Don’t Quote Me in Japanese on This

Learn about reporting what someone else has said

14 Minutes • Audio

It's Time For a Change!

Learn about talking about change and transformation

15 Minutes • Audio

Transform Your Japanese

Learn more about talking about change and transformation

15 Minutes • Audio

Do You Talk About Other People In Japanese?

Learn about using sentences to describe someone/something

14 Minutes • Audio

Need a Japanese Review?

Review of past lessons

16 Minutes • Audio

It's Always Sunny in Japan

Learn popular Japanese phrases you'll need to be able to describe the weather

17 Minutes • Audio

What Does Your Future Look Like in Japan?

Learn how to describe your future intentions and plans

16 Minutes • Audio

What's the Japanese Diagnosis?

Learn how to describe how you are feeling

14 Minutes • Audio

I Could Use Some Help Shopping in Japan!

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

15 Minutes • Audio

You Should Do What This Person Says in Japanese

Learn how to offer a strong suggestion or give advice

15 Minutes • Audio

I Want You to Visit Me in Japan!

Learn how to describe your desires and thoughts

13 Minutes • Audio

I'm Thinking about What to Do Later in Japan

Learn how to say that you "are thinking" about something

15 Minutes • Audio

Somebody Wants to Learn Japanese!

Learn how to describe the wishes of others

15 Minutes • Audio

Why Is That Japanese Phone Ringing off the Hook?

Learn the ways you should identify yourself when you call someone

14 Minutes • Audio

This Japanese Lesson Is Something Special!

Learn the Japanese words that mean "something" and "anything"

13 Minutes • Audio

If Only I Knew What to Call It in Japanese!

Learn how to say what something is named or called

14 Minutes • Audio

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

Learn how to explain a timeline using Japanese phrases

12 Minutes • Audio

I've Never Lied to You in Japanese!

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

13 Minutes • Audio

Now Hear This in Japanese!

Learn how to use the Japanese imperative tense

16 Minutes • Audio

Please Give Me a Discount on that Japanese Item!

Learn how to form polite requests

12 Minutes • Audio

Did You Have a Japanese Makeover?

Learn how to use a Japanese verb to indicate change

11 Minutes • Audio

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

Learn how to make a request using -younisuru

14 Minutes • Audio

Opening New Doors in Japan

Learn about transitive and intransitive verbs and how to use them

14 Minutes • Audio

Is Giving Gifts Better than Receiving Them in Japan?

Learn how to talk about the acts of giving and receiving in Japanese using the verbs ageru, kureru, and morau

13 Minutes • Audio

If You Wouldn't Mind, Would You Help Me with This Japanese Problem?

Learn about the verb kureru, which is used to talk about how someone does something for you, and is also used when making a request of someone

11 Minutes • Audio

Taking Baby Steps in a Japanese Kitchen

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

13 Minutes • Audio

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

13 Minutes • Audio

Did You Hear That Japanese Rumor?

Learn how to use the Japanese words that mean "I heard that

15 Minutes • Audio

I Don't Think This Japanese Restaurant Is That Kind of Place!

Learn humble language, which you can use when you want to be very formal

16 Minutes • Audio

Please Speak Respectfully to My Japanese Parents!

Learn the honorific form of the Japanese language

14 Minutes • Audio

You Can Never Be Too Polite in Japanese

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

14 Minutes • Audio

Impress Others with Your Formal Japanese

Learn about useful Japanese expressions for a job interview

12 Minutes • Audio

Finish Your Japanese Beans

Learn how to say "I've done something" in Japanese

12 Minutes • Audio

The Dog Ate My Japanese Homework

Learn how to accept the consequences of our actions

10 Minutes • Audio

Learn This Japanese Verb Ahead of Time

Learn how to say "I did something beforehand"

10 Minutes • Audio

Do Your Japanese a Favor

Learn how to say "to do something for someone"

11 Minutes • Audio

Express Your Gratitude in Japanese

Learn how to thank people for what they have done for you

12 Minutes • Audio

This Helping Verb Will Do a Lot for Your Japanese!

Learn how to say that someone is going to do something for you

14 Minutes • Audio

Making a Formal Request in Japanese

Learn how to make a request

13 Minutes • Audio

Skip These Sounds for More Natural Japanese

Learn about sound omission, which occurs in everyday Japanese conversation

15 Minutes • Audio

This Japanese is Easy to Say

Learn about contracted Japanese expressions

12 Minutes • Audio

Don't Text and Drive in Japan

Learn how to say "do something while doing another action"

13 Minutes • Audio

You Got a Japanese Call While You Were Out

Learn how to say "during" or "while"

13 Minutes • Audio

A Japanese Accident Just Waiting to Happen

Learn how to say "something has just happened" or "someone has just done something"

14 Minutes • Audio

A Series of Unfortunate Events in Japan

Learn how to give a reason for something formally

14 Minutes • Audio

Does Cold Weather Stop You Drinking Japanese Beer?

Learn how to describe the reason for something

16 Minutes • Audio

A Lonely Birthday in Japan

Learn how to say "even though"

16 Minutes • Audio

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

Learn how to say "if"

14 Minutes • Audio

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

Learn how to say "even if"

13 Minutes • Audio

Whenever You Have a Moment, Learn Some More Japanese!

Learn how to say "whenever"

14 Minutes • Audio

Seeing Ghosts in Japan

Learn how to say "it's supposed to be the case"

15 Minutes • Audio

A Japanese Proposal for your Consideration

Learn how to create the passive form of Japanese verbs

14 Minutes • Audio

Actively Learn This Passive Japanese

Learn how to create passive sentences

13 Minutes • Audio

Partying in a Japanese Haunted House

Learn how to say "looks like"

15 Minutes • Audio

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Desperate Times at the Japanese Bank

Review the grammar you learned so far

14 Minutes • Audio