Learn Japanese
9 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.
Talk about your day and your shifts: 〜た後で (after doing), 〜ながら (while doing) and 〜までに (by a deadline), with words for early, day and night shifts — plus the first N4 kanji 朝, 昼, 夜, 夕 and 起.
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.
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.
Learn the words for registering a new address at the ward or city office, say why you do something with 〜ために and 〜ように, talk about decisions with 〜ことにしました and 〜ことになりました, and read the kanji 住, 建, 公, 館 and 堂.
