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Progressive Japanese lessons
Let yourself be guided, especially if you are a beginner, by these rich and entertaining Japanese lessons. Texts, vocabulary lists, grammatical and cultural explanation, everything is here to learn Japanese step by step. A quiz at the end of each lesson lets you check what you've learned.
Japanese lessons 1 Introduction to the Japanese Language |
Japanese lessons 2 Japanese pronunciation |
Japanese lessons 3 Nice to meet you |
Japanese lessons 4 My nationality, my address and my job |
Japanese lessons 5 My family |
Japanese lessons 6 Introduction to Kanji |
Japanese lessons 7 Going to town |
Japanese lessons 8 Asking one's way |
Japanese lessons 9 At the clothes shop |
Japanese lessons 10 At the library |
Japanese lessons 11 Fruits at the supermarket |
Japanese lessons 12 Taking a bath |
Japanese lessons 13 What I like and what I don't |
Japanese lessons 14 Human body |
Japanese lessons 15 Reading: Mr. Matsumoto's day |
Japanese lessons 16 My house |
Japanese lessons 17 Ticket office at the station |
Japanese lessons 18 Reading: Mark goes to the library |
Japanese lessons 19 How is the weather? |
Japanese lessons 20 At the hotel |
Japanese lessons 21 Reading: How was your trip? |
Japanese lessons 22 Getting ready before learning Japanese verbs |
Japanese lessons 23 Japanese verbs - part 1 |
Japanese lessons 24 Japanese verbs - part 2 |
Japanese lessons 25 Japanese verbs - part 3 |
Japanese lessons 26 Going to the restaurant |
Japanese lessons 27 Sushi with family |
Japanese lessons 28 Reading: Lets Go and Play Tennis |
Japanese lessons 29 Thief! Part 1 |
Japanese lessons 30 Thief! Part 2 |
Japanese lessons 31 Going to the cinema |
Japanese lessons 32 Reading: Mothers Day |
Japanese lessons 33 Coming of age ceremony |
Japanese lessons 34 Do your homework! |
Japanese lessons 35 Preparing Takuya's bento |
Japanese lessons 36 Reading: Making an appointment |
Japanese lessons 37 Karaoke tonight |
Japanese lessons 38 Year-end cleaning |
Japanese lessons 39 Ski holidays |
Japanese lessons 40 Earthquake |
Japanese lessons 41 New Year in Japan |
Japanese lessons 42 New Year Card |
Japanese lessons 43 The Japanese floral art |
Japanese lessons 44 Looking for a flat |
Japanese lessons 45 To be on a diet |
Japanese lessons 46 Traditional festival |
Japanese lessons 47 Kyoto, the historical city |
Japanese lessons 48 Trip to Osaka |
Japanese lessons 49 Chocolate only for men |
Japanese lessons 50 Theater tickets |
Japanese lessons 51 Preparing for moving out |
Japanese lessons 52 Initial administrative procedures |
Japanese lessons 53 Moving into the new apartment |
Get introduced to the Japanese writing systems
Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, here are the three Japanese writing systems! Start by learning the Hiragana and Katakana at the very beginning of your Japanese learning. Once this first step is finished, learn the Kanji. Interactive exercises let you win learning points and progress: you start as a white belt, 0 points. Do you have what it takes to become a Sensei?
Listen and read Japanese easily
Japanese audiobooks! Yes, but not only audiobooks. The Assisted Reading tool is exceptional: click any sentence to listen to it, and get a list of all the words used in the sentence along with grammatical info, verb conjugation, and much more. Much better than a Japanese lesson, a real immersion into the Japanese language.
Japanese Audiobook 1 Usagi-san: An Unexpected Hero 1 |
Japanese Audiobook 2 Usagi-san: An Unexpected Hero 2 |
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Japanese Audiobook 3 Usagi-san: An Unexpected Hero 3 |
Japanese Audiobook 4 Usagi-san: An Unexpected Hero 4 |
Japanese Audiobook 5 Usagi-san: An Unexpected Hero 5 |
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Japanese Audiobook 6 Usagi-san: An Unexpected Hero 6 |
Japanese Audiobook 7 Usagi-san: An Unexpected Hero 7 |
Japanese Audiobook 8 The Strange Encounter of Kenta 1 |
Japanese Audiobook 9 The Strange Encounter of Kenta 2 |
Japanese Audiobook 10 The Strange Encounter of Kenta 3 |
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Japanese Audiobook 11 The Strange Encounter of Kenta 4 |
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Japanese Audiobook 12 The Strange Encounter of Kenta 5 |
Japanese Audiobook 13 Don't be late for the meeting! |
Japanese Audiobook 14 Tomoko's Diary |
Japanese Audiobook 15 City or Country? |
Japanese Audiobook 16 Barbecue with Friends |
Japanese Audiobook 17 Yumi 1: Not easy to be a father... |
Japanese Audiobook 18 Yumi 2: I want a tablet! |
Japanese Audiobook 19 Cultural Experience in Japan 1 |
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Japanese Audiobook 20 Cultural Experience in Japan 2 |
Enrich your Japanese vocabulary
Japan Activator contains thousands of words with audio pronunciation to train your ear and help you to speak Japanese the right way from the beginning. Also listed here are the words that you will come across in the Progressive Japanese Lessons. The interactive tools let you learn and repeat your Japanese vocabulary. Learning vocabulary is one of the most important factors in mastering a foreign language.
Complete Japanese grammar
A real gold mine for anyone willing to learn Japanese and go beyond the beginner level. This section uses examples and audio samples to explain numerous grammatical Japanese patterns. These documents on Japanese grammar are sorted by ranks (belts), and JLPT levels (Japanese Language Proficiency Test).
Japanese grammar 1 ARU and IRU (ある / いる) |
Japanese grammar 2 Suffix SAN (さん) |
Japanese grammar 3 Particle KA (か) |
Japanese grammar 4 Particle NO (の) |
Japanese grammar 5 Basic construction |
Japanese grammar 6 Particle MO (も) |
Japanese grammar 7 Interrogative pronoun NANI / NAN (何) |
Japanese grammar 8 Basic personal pronouns |
Japanese grammar 9 How to count in Japanese |
Japanese grammar 10 -MASU (-ます) -MASEN (-ません) -MASHITA (-ました) |
Japanese grammar 11 Interrogative pronoun DOKO (どこ) |
Japanese grammar 12 Japanese adjectives |
Japanese grammar 13 Copula DA / DESU (だ / です) |
Japanese grammar 14 MOU and MADA (もう / まだ) |
Japanese grammar 15 SUKI and KIRAI (好き / 嫌い) |
Japanese grammar 16 vConj + TAI (-たい) |
Japanese grammar 17 vConj + TAGARU (たがる) |
Japanese grammar 18 Intensity of adjectives |
Japanese grammar 19 CHUU and JUU (中) |
Japanese grammar 20 vDic + KOTO GA DEKIRU (ことができる) |
Japanese grammar 21 DAROU and DESHOU (だろう / でしょう) |
Japanese grammar 22 TO OMOU (と思う) / DOU OMOU (どうおもう) |
Japanese grammar 23 vTe + WA + IKENAI (いけない) |
Japanese grammar 24 vDic + MAE NI (前に) |
Japanese grammar 25 vDic + TSUMORI (つもり) |
Japanese grammar 26 vConj + HAJIMERU (始める) |
Japanese grammar 27 vConj + SUGIRU (すぎる) |
Japanese grammar 28 YORI / NO HOU GA / TO ONAJI NI (より / の方が / と同じように) |
Japanese grammar 29 vTe + KUDASAI (ください) |
Japanese grammar 30 Particle omission |
Japanese grammar 31 KYOUMI GA ARU (興味がある) |
Japanese grammar 32 vConj + NI IKU / NI KURU (に行く / に来る) |
Japanese grammar 33 vTe + MO II (もいい) |
Japanese grammar 34 JOUZU and HETA (上手 / 下手) |
Japanese grammar 35 vTa + KOTO GA ARU (ことがある) |
Japanese grammar 36 vTe + IRU (いる) |
Japanese grammar 37 Obligation IKENAI / NARANAI / DAME |
Japanese grammar 38 vTari + vTari + SURU (たり...たりする) |
Japanese grammar 39 vConj + DASU (出す) |
Japanese grammar 40 TOKUI and NIGATE (得意 / 苦手) |
Japanese grammar 41 Adj + KU/NI NARU (なる) |
Japanese grammar 42 NO DA and NO DESU (のだ / のです) |
Japanese grammar 43 HOU GA II (ほうがいい) |
Japanese grammar 44 Connecting clauses |
Japanese grammar 45 ICHIBAN (一番) Superlative |
Improve your skills in Japanese
Because some aspects of the Japanese language are specific to that language and harder to learn, Japan Activator offers specific modules. Modules for Japanese counters and Japanese numbers teach you how to count in Japanese, and you'll be quick to realize that it's not always the same as in English. Get introduced to the Japanese particles, Japanese adjectives and Japanese verbs, too.
So you can finally visit Japan?
No time to dive into all the ins and outs of the Japanese language? Are you soon leaving for Japan, but you'd still enjoy getting by a little in Japanese? The phrasebook holds more than 900 common phrases grouped by everyday life's themes. To help you learn these Japanese phrases and sentences, an exercise is used that keeps you focused by asking you written or oral questions.