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Talk about what you have and haven’t done with 〜たことがあります, give examples of activities with 〜たり〜たりします, say you will try something with 〜てみます and list examples casually with 〜とか — plus the kanji 旅, 写, 真, 映 and 画.
November 8, 2026 4 min read
Understand and ask about the rules at work: 〜てはいけません (must not), 〜なければなりません and 〜なくてはいけません (must), 〜なくてもいいです (don’t have to) and 〜てもかまいません (it’s fine to) — plus the kanji 仕, 事, 員, 工, 場 and 業.
November 8, 2026 6 min read
Explain your symptoms at a clinic with 〜んです, start a request with 〜んですが, understand advice with 〜たほうがいいです and 〜ないほうがいいです and read medicine instructions — plus the kanji 医, 病, 院, 体 and 心.
November 8, 2026 5 min read
Learn the family kanji 私, 家, 族, 兄, 弟, 姉 and 妹, the two sets of family words — for your own family and for someone else’s — and how to talk about your family with coworkers and read the family fields on Japanese forms.
November 8, 2026 5 min read
Say what you can and can’t do with the potential form — 話せる, 食べられる, 来られる and できる — and with ことができます, tell 見える from 見られる, and describe your skills in a job interview — plus the kanji 英, 漢, 習, 勉 and 強.
November 8, 2026 5 min read
Talk about change with 〜くなる and 〜になる, change things with 〜くする and 〜にする, describe new abilities and habits with 〜ようになる, 〜なくなる and 〜ようにする — plus the colour kanji 赤, 青, 黒 and 色.
November 8, 2026 5 min read
Read the messages you get at work and in daily life — a chat between coworkers, an email from a manager and a dormitory notice — find who, when and what to do, and reply in the right style — plus the kanji 始, 終, 帰 and 歩.
November 8, 2026 5 min read
Review N4 lessons 1–9 with three new texts about a first month at work in Japan — a diary, a rules sheet and a clinic notice — and check every pattern and all 45 kanji from those lessons. No new kanji.
November 8, 2026 4 min read
Talk about plans for holidays and trips home with the volitional form (行こう, 食べよう), 〜ようと思っています, 〜つもりです and 〜よていです, guess with 〜でしょう and 〜かもしれません, and read a departure board with the kanji 特, 急, 発 and 着.
November 8, 2026 5 min read
Say who gives what to whom with あげる, くれる and もらう, talk about favours with 〜てあげる, 〜てくれる and 〜てもらう, ask politely with 〜てくれませんか and 〜てもらえませんか — plus the kanji 親, 切, 送, 持 and 物.
November 8, 2026 5 min read
Shop for food and cook in Japan: say “too much” with 〜すぎる, “easy / hard to” with 〜やすい and 〜にくい, “how to” with 〜かた and decide with 〜にします, read supermarket labels and check for pork — plus the kanji 料, 理, 肉, 牛, 鳥, 飯 and 茶.
November 8, 2026 5 min read
Learn the kanji of the four seasons — 春, 夏, 秋, 冬 — plus 去, 同, 多 and 少, compare with 〜ほど〜ない and 同じ, and make small talk about the weather and how Japan’s seasons feel compared with home.
November 8, 2026 4 min read
