Basic Japanese Lessons for Beginners - The Best Affordable Online Japanese Course
Speaking Practice by Yourself
If you are NOT confident in speaking, do you agree with one of these?
a) You don't have a chance to practise speaking.
b) You don’t want to make mistakes in front of the native speakers.
c) You feel the limitation of your seif-study materials.
If so, you will start speaking with a smile in 4 weeks through the video lessons.
Of course, you will understand the grammar clearly with the culture aspects behind it.
My incredibly popular teaching materials and speaking tasks among my private students are finally available for you for low tuition fees with unlimited access. You will also equip Japanese etiquettes and body language.
a) You don't have a chance to practise speaking.
b) You don’t want to make mistakes in front of the native speakers.
c) You feel the limitation of your seif-study materials.
If so, you will start speaking with a smile in 4 weeks through the video lessons.
Of course, you will understand the grammar clearly with the culture aspects behind it.
My incredibly popular teaching materials and speaking tasks among my private students are finally available for you for low tuition fees with unlimited access. You will also equip Japanese etiquettes and body language.
The Steps to Achieve Your Goal
Spend just 10 minutes everyday on the course.
Where to Start?
Please check your current level from the chart.
Please check your current level from the chart.
Click here for the course contents of each PART.
3 Features of the course
1 Natural Approach
You learn Japanese as you picked up your mother tongue through the real life settings. I applied this process into a foreign langauge acquision.
You learn Japanese as you picked up your mother tongue through the real life settings. I applied this process into a foreign langauge acquision.
Please experience the natural process of learning on the FREE Taster Lessons below.
2 Effective Materials
You speak through images of real life settings.
a) Grammar & Expressions
- clear understang of the situation and its usage though images
- active learning though culture questions
- building up step by step
b) Speaking Tasks
- in various useful situations for your motivation
- practice on what you actually want to say
- extensive amount of practice for taking in
You speak through images of real life settings.
a) Grammar & Expressions
- clear understang of the situation and its usage though images
- active learning though culture questions
- building up step by step
b) Speaking Tasks
- in various useful situations for your motivation
- practice on what you actually want to say
- extensive amount of practice for taking in
3 Learning Supports
You practise extensively and can receive feedback.
a) You can access for the video materials unlimitedly.
b) You can learn on your own pace.
c) You can choose to practise with a professional native teacher and receive feedback.
You practise extensively and can receive feedback.
a) You can access for the video materials unlimitedly.
b) You can learn on your own pace.
c) You can choose to practise with a professional native teacher and receive feedback.
FREE Taster Lesson
Please experience the natural approach and effective materials from the taster lesson below.
PART 1 Lesson 1 - 'How to Order Food' on the Phone & at a Restaurant
PART 1 Lesson 1 - 'How to Order Food' on the Phone & at a Restaurant
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION - Grammar / Expressions / Cultural Understanding (video length: appx 7 minutes)
STEP 2 PRACTICE - Practical Speaking Tasks (video length: appx 6 minutes)
STEP 3 HOMEWORK - Practical Speaking Tasks as Consolidation (video length: appx 3 minutes)

Weekly plan
Pace for busy person
- One lesson per week
- 10 minutes per day
Course Contents
PART 1 'At a Restaurant & Shop'
Part 1 Lesson 1 appears at the bottom of the platform page.
Grammar: X wa Y desu.
Lesson 1 - How to Order Food (on the Phone & at a Restaurant)
Lesson 2 - How to Order Take-away
Lesson 3 - How to Shop
Lesson 4 - Say slowly & Say it again
Lesson 5 - How to Find an Item
Lesson 6 - How to Ask the Price & 1-10
Lesson 7 - Self-Introduction & 10-90
Lesson 8 - Daily Greetings & 100-900
Lesson 9 - Item Location & 1000-9000
Lesson 10 - Possessive & 10000-90000
PART 1 'At a Restaurant & Shop'
Part 1 Lesson 1 appears at the bottom of the platform page.
Grammar: X wa Y desu.
Lesson 1 - How to Order Food (on the Phone & at a Restaurant)
Lesson 2 - How to Order Take-away
Lesson 3 - How to Shop
Lesson 4 - Say slowly & Say it again
Lesson 5 - How to Find an Item
Lesson 6 - How to Ask the Price & 1-10
Lesson 7 - Self-Introduction & 10-90
Lesson 8 - Daily Greetings & 100-900
Lesson 9 - Item Location & 1000-9000
Lesson 10 - Possessive & 10000-90000
PART 2 'Events / Sightseeing spots / Date'
Grammar: There is X. arimasu & imasu
Lesson 1 - Sightseeing spots in a place
Lesson 2 - People/animals in a place
Lesson 3 - Date of events/plans
Lesson 4 - Venue of events/plans
Lesson 5 - How to Ask Where & When
Lesson 6 - How to find a Location
Lesson 7 - Positions
Grammar: There is X. arimasu & imasu
Lesson 1 - Sightseeing spots in a place
Lesson 2 - People/animals in a place
Lesson 3 - Date of events/plans
Lesson 4 - Venue of events/plans
Lesson 5 - How to Ask Where & When
Lesson 6 - How to find a Location
Lesson 7 - Positions
PART 3 'To Go, Come & Go Back'
Part 3 Lesson 6 appears at the top of the platform page.
Grammar: Time Expressions + iku / kuru / kaeru
Lesson 1 - Talking about where you go/come & go back home
Lesson 2 - Non-Specific Time Expressions + go/come/go back home
Lesson 3 - Specific Time Expressions (Days of the Week) + go/come/go back
Lesson 4 - Specific Time Expressions (Clock Time) + go/come/go back
Lesson 5 - Frequency Expressions + go/come/go back
Lesson 6 - Past Time Expressions + go/come/go back
Part 3 Lesson 6 appears at the top of the platform page.
Grammar: Time Expressions + iku / kuru / kaeru
Lesson 1 - Talking about where you go/come & go back home
Lesson 2 - Non-Specific Time Expressions + go/come/go back home
Lesson 3 - Specific Time Expressions (Days of the Week) + go/come/go back
Lesson 4 - Specific Time Expressions (Clock Time) + go/come/go back
Lesson 5 - Frequency Expressions + go/come/go back
Lesson 6 - Past Time Expressions + go/come/go back
Instruction for Each Lesson
Please follow the steps as an example. You can use the materials however you would like.
Please follow the steps as an example. You can use the materials however you would like.
Step 1 - Introduction Video - Input shower is essential as the first step for you speaking.
Step 2 - Practice Video - Extensive output is essential for your fluency.
Step 3 - Homework Video - Speak out more freely.
- Watch an introduction video and take notes.
- Watch it many times until you understand the grammar and expressions and remember these fully.
- Play the video whenever you can in your daily life. For example, while brushing your teeth and having breakfast.
- Repeat the expressions many times until you can say these smoothly. Please pause the video at any time if necessary.
Step 2 - Practice Video - Extensive output is essential for your fluency.
- Watch a practice video when you remember the new expressions from the introduction video.
- Take your time in order to create a sentence by yourself before listening to the answers. Please pause the video at any time if necessary.
- Check your expressions by listening to the answer followed by your speech.
- Repeat after the answer sentences that you found difficult to output until you can speak smoothly.
Step 3 - Homework Video - Speak out more freely.
- Watch homework video when you can say the sentences in practice video.
- You will make sentences in more personalised situations.
- Listen to the questions or tasks first. Answer these straight away if you can. If you don't know certain words that are more related to your personal interest, please check the words and try again.
- Check the answers. However, more personalised tasks only have example answers. If you would like, you can check with your Japanese friend and a teacher.
- Say these corrected personalised expressions regularly before you move on to the next lesson.
Membership Levels
Choose the most suitable membership for your self-study!
Membership 1 : Step Forward!
- Grammar/Culture Introduction - Speaking Practice $8/month (+VAT) |
Membership 2 : Achieve High!
- Grammar/Culture Introduction - Speaking Practice - Speaking Homework *Consolidation $15.50/month (+VAT) |
Membership 3 : Master Japanese!
- Grammar/Culture Introduction - Speaking Practice - Speaking Homework with a proffesional experienced native teacher - Questions to the teacher * Up to four contacts per month $32.50/month (+VAT) |
I would recommend you to try for a month and decide if you continue or not.
You can change the membership level after starting your course.
Please do not hesitate to contact me, if you have any questions.
You can change the membership level after starting your course.
Please do not hesitate to contact me, if you have any questions.