Part 1 · Lessons 1 to 10
Meeting people
Greet people, introduce yourself, say where you’re from, talk about your family and your job, count, and ask where places are in town.
- 1Greetings – Konnichiwa! こんにちは！
- 2Introducing yourself – Hajimemashite はじめまして
- 3Nationalities – Watashi wa Nihon-jin desu. 私は、日本人です。
- 4Family members – Kochira wa watashi no kazoku desu. マークさん、こちらは、私の家族です。
- 5Talking about your family – Kochira wa dare desu ka？こちら は、誰ですか？
- 6Jobs and counting
- 7More on numbers and family
- 8Talking about places in the town
- 9Talking about language
- 10End-of-unit review – Kochirakoso こちらこそReview
Part 2 · Lessons 11 to 20
Eating out and getting around
Order in cafés and restaurants, learn food vocabulary, tell the time, talk about dates, go shopping and use public transport.
- 11Ordering drinks in a café – Kōhī o hitotsu kudasai. コーヒーを一つください。
- 12Ordering a meal in a restaurant – Tēburu ga arimasu ka? テーブルが、ありますか？
- 13Japanese food vocabulary – Watashi wa sushi o tabemasu. 私は、寿司を食べます。
- 14Telling the time – Nan-ji desu ka? 何時ですか？
- 15More about time – Hiru-gohan wa nan-ji desu ka? 昼ご飯は、何時ですか？
- 16Talking about dates – Kyō wa nan-gatsu nan-nichi desu ka? 今日は何月何日ですか？
- 17Shopping vocabulary – Kore wa ikura desu ka? これは、いくらですか？
- 18Public transport – Kono shinkansen wa Kyōto ni ikimasu ka? この新幹線は京都に行きますか？
- 19Getting around town – Michi ni mayoimashita. 道に迷いました。
- 20End-of-unit review – Tanjōbi omedetō! 誕生日おめでとう！Review
Learning with the podcast?
Tips for learning a language, and news when there’s something new for Japanese learners.
Language-learning tips by email