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Lesson LibraryNihongo Dojo: Beginner
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Nihongo Dojo: Beginner
The Nihongo Dojo will take you all the way to Intermediate Japanese. Continue your training!
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Contents
100 Audio Lessons
1

Meet The Parents 1

Learn how to introduce yourself in polite Japanese

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 • 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

Tell Me More About Yourself

Learn how to talk about yourself in a polite manner

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 • 11 Minutes
4

Daddy is Home

Learn how to say what we want or want to do

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 • 15 Minutes
5

A Scheme is Hatched

Learn how to say what you don't want

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 • 18 Minutes
6

The Plot Thickens

Learn the attributive use of the particle ga

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
7

An Opportunity Arises

Learn about talking on the phone

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 • 14 Minutes
8

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

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 • 15 Minutes
9

Taking Orders

Learn to follow instructions in this Japanese lesson

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 • 15 Minutes
10

Bonding at Break Time

Learn how to understand more simple instructions

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 • 15 Minutes
11

Three's A Crowd

Learn about the critical Japanese phrases you need to get around

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 • 16 Minutes
12

Have You Seen Our Garden?

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

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 • 13 Minutes
13

The Perfect Japanese For a First Encounter

Learn how to discuss present continuing actions

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 • 14 Minutes
14

Using Polite Japanese: Your Key to Forming Relationships

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

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 • 11 Minutes
15

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

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 • 13 Minutes
16

Read, Learn and Speak: Combining Verbs in Japanese

Learn how to combine verbs

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 • 14 Minutes
17

What are you Going to Bring?

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

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 • 11 Minutes
18

Japanese that Might Save Your Life!

Learn the emergency numbers you need in Japan

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 • 12 Minutes
19

How Not to Take The Wrong Train in Japan!

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

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 • 13 Minutes
20

How Does Your Japanese Compare?

Learn to make comparisons

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 • 12 Minutes
21

Who are You Being Compared To?

Learn how to make affirmative comparisons

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 • 14 Minutes
22

“The Best” Japanese is Here!

Learn how to superlative sentences that compare quantity or quality

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 • 15 Minutes
23

Please Don't Do This!

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

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 • 14 Minutes
24

The Most Important Japanese Lesson Yet!

Learn how to change verbs into the past tense

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 • 15 Minutes
25

Japanese You Can Do Without?

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

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
26

The Right Way to Sightsee in Japan

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

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 • 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

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 • 15 Minutes
29

Formal and Informal Japanese: Do you Know the Difference?

Learn about talking about something using adjectives

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 • 13 Minutes
30

Your First Trip to Japan

Learn about talking about past actions

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 • 12 Minutes
31

My Sincerest Apologies

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

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 • 13 Minutes
32

The Most Meaningful Japanese Lesson Yet

Learn about describing how something was

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 • 13 Minutes
33

Get in on the Volitional Verb Action!

Learn about making a suggestion (let's ～)

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 • 14 Minutes
34

Is Your Japanese Too Much?

Learn about saying that something is too [adjective]

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 • 16 Minutes
35

Japanese That's Easy to Do

Learn about saying that something is easy or hard to do

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 • 13 Minutes
36

I Think You'll Like This...

Learn about expressing your opinion

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 • 14 Minutes
37

All You Have to do is Ask!

Learn about asking the reason for something

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 • 13 Minutes
38

Too Easy Japanese!

Review of lessons 34～37

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 • 12 Minutes
39

Where's Your Japanese Headed?

Learn about stating your purpose for going somewhere

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 • 14 Minutes
40

Yes or No?

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

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 • 15 Minutes
41

Have You Started This Yet?

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

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 • 11 Minutes
42

Your Japanese Possibilities

Learn about talking about ability and asking permission

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 • 14 Minutes
43

Your Japanese Abilities

Learn about expressing that one can do something

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 • 11 Minutes
44

"Able-Bodied" Japanese

Learn about expressing that you can do something part ii

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 • 11 Minutes
45

What's Your Japanese Potential?

Learn about conjugating the potential forms of verbs

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 • 13 Minutes
46

Don’t Quote Me in Japanese on This

Learn about reporting what someone else has said

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 • 14 Minutes
47

It's Time For a Change!

Learn about talking about change and transformation

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 • 15 Minutes
48

Transform Your Japanese

Learn more about talking about change and transformation

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 • 15 Minutes
49

Do You Talk About Other People In Japanese?

Learn about using sentences to describe someone/something

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 • 14 Minutes
50

Need a Japanese Review?

Review of past lessons

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 • 16 Minutes
51

It's Always Sunny in Japan

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

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 • 17 Minutes
52

What Does Your Future Look Like in Japan?

Learn how to describe your future intentions and plans

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 • 16 Minutes
53

What's the Japanese Diagnosis?

Learn how to describe how you are feeling

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 • 14 Minutes
54

I Could Use Some Help Shopping in Japan!

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

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 • 15 Minutes
55

You Should Do What This Person Says in Japanese

Learn how to offer a strong suggestion or give advice

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 • 15 Minutes
56

I Want You to Visit Me in Japan!

Learn how to describe your desires and thoughts

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 • 13 Minutes
57

I'm Thinking about What to Do Later in Japan

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

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 • 15 Minutes
58

Somebody Wants to Learn Japanese!

Learn how to describe the wishes of others

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 • 15 Minutes
59

Why Is That Japanese Phone Ringing off the Hook?

Learn the ways you should identify yourself when you call someone

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 • 14 Minutes
60

This Japanese Lesson Is Something Special!

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

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 • 13 Minutes
61

If Only I Knew What to Call It in Japanese!

Learn how to say what something is named or called

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 • 14 Minutes
62

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

Learn how to explain a timeline using Japanese phrases

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 • 12 Minutes
63

I've Never Lied to You in Japanese!

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

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 • 13 Minutes
64

Now Hear This in Japanese!

Learn how to use the Japanese imperative tense

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 • 16 Minutes
65

Please Give Me a Discount on that Japanese Item!

Learn how to form polite requests

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 • 12 Minutes
66

Did You Have a Japanese Makeover?

Learn how to use a Japanese verb to indicate change

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 • 11 Minutes
67

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

Learn how to make a request using -younisuru

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 • 14 Minutes
68

Opening New Doors in Japan

Learn about transitive and intransitive verbs and how to use them

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 • 14 Minutes
69

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

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 • 13 Minutes
70

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

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 • 11 Minutes
71

Taking Baby Steps in a Japanese Kitchen

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

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 • 13 Minutes
72

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

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 • 13 Minutes
73

Did You Hear That Japanese Rumor?

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

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 • 15 Minutes
74

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

Audio
 • 16 Minutes
75

Please Speak Respectfully to My Japanese Parents!

Learn the honorific form of the Japanese language

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
76

You Can Never Be Too Polite in Japanese

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

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
77

Impress Others with Your Formal Japanese

Learn about useful Japanese expressions for a job interview

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 • 12 Minutes
78

Finish Your Japanese Beans

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

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 • 12 Minutes
79

The Dog Ate My Japanese Homework

Learn how to accept the consequences of our actions

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 • 10 Minutes
80

Learn This Japanese Verb Ahead of Time

Learn how to say "I did something beforehand"

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 • 10 Minutes
81

Do Your Japanese a Favor

Learn how to say "to do something for someone"

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 • 11 Minutes
82

Express Your Gratitude in Japanese

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

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
83

This Helping Verb Will Do a Lot for Your Japanese!

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

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 • 14 Minutes
84

Making a Formal Request in Japanese

Learn how to make a request

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 • 13 Minutes
85

Skip These Sounds for More Natural Japanese

Learn about sound omission, which occurs in everyday Japanese conversation

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
86

This Japanese is Easy to Say

Learn about contracted Japanese expressions

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
87

Don't Text and Drive in Japan

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

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 • 13 Minutes
88

You Got a Japanese Call While You Were Out

Learn how to say "during" or "while"

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 • 13 Minutes
89

A Japanese Accident Just Waiting to Happen

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

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
90

A Series of Unfortunate Events in Japan

Learn how to give a reason for something formally

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
91

Does Cold Weather Stop You Drinking Japanese Beer?

Learn how to describe the reason for something

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 • 16 Minutes
92

A Lonely Birthday in Japan

Learn how to say "even though"

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 • 16 Minutes
93

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

Learn how to say "if"

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 • 14 Minutes
94

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

Learn how to say "even if"

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 • 13 Minutes
95

Whenever You Have a Moment, Learn Some More Japanese!

Learn how to say "whenever"

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 • 14 Minutes
96

Seeing Ghosts in Japan

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

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
97

A Japanese Proposal for your Consideration

Learn how to create the passive form of Japanese verbs

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 • 14 Minutes
98

Actively Learn This Passive Japanese

Learn how to create passive sentences

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
99

Partying in a Japanese Haunted House

Learn how to say "looks like"

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 • 15 Minutes
100

Desperate Times at the Japanese Bank

Review the grammar you learned so far

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 • 14 Minutes