Learn Japanese
The first level. Read hiragana, katakana and basic kanji, and understand simple everyday phrases spoken slowly.
5 lessons
Count from 0 to 10,000, read prices in yen and say phone numbers. Learn the numbers with two readings (4, 7, 9), the sound changes in 300, 600 and 800, and the number kanji 一 to 十, 百, 千, 万 and 円.
Tell the time with 〜時 and 〜分, say the days of the week and the months, and learn the special readings for the dates — ついたち, ふつか, はつか and more — with the kanji for time and the days of the week.
Count things the Japanese way with counters: 〜つ for general things, 〜人 for people (ひとり, ふたり), 〜本 for long things, 〜枚 for flat things, 〜個 for small items and 〜台 for machines — including the sound changes like いっぽん, さんぼん and ろっぽん.
Everything you need at the shop counter: understand いらっしゃいませ, ask for things with 〜をください and 〜はありますか, ask いくらですか, talk about sizes and colours, pay with カードでいいですか, ask for a receipt — with two full model dialogues.
Japanese for your first weeks at work as a Specified Skilled Worker or technical intern trainee: greetings through the day, asking for help (すみません、〜をおしえてください), safety words (あぶない, 気をつけて, とまって), reporting (おわりました, 分かりません) and ほうれんそう — with a model dialogue with a supervisor.
