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Meet the three scripts, the sound-based nature of kana, and the basic Japanese sentence pattern used in beginner reading.
Learn the vowel row and the か row so you can begin sounding out simple hiragana words.
Add the さ and た rows and keep building fluency with short hiragana words.
Finish the rest of basic hiragana so you can read the full core syllabary.
Learn voiced sounds, p sounds, contracted sounds, and the small っ that appears in many common words.
Begin katakana by learning the main symbol set and reading simple borrowed words.
Build katakana fluency with long vowels, common word shapes, and everyday imported vocabulary.
Learn how particles help you spot meaning and word boundaries in Japanese sentences that usually have no spaces.
Use です to make polite noun-based statements and read very simple beginner sentences.
Turn simple statements into polite questions by adding か at the end.
Learn the basic standalone words for this, that, and that over there.
Use this, that, and that over there before a noun, and learn how they differ from これ, それ, and あれ.
Use の to show possession and link one noun to another in simple reading.
Learn how は marks the topic and frames what the sentence is about.
Use が to mark the grammatical subject and notice how it often highlights the item being identified.
Learn how を marks the direct object of an action in simple verb sentences.
Use に for specific times and many destinations, and へ to emphasize direction toward a place.
Use で to mark the place where an action happens.
Learn the core existence verbs and tell the difference between things that are animate and inanimate.
Learn common position words such as うえ, した, まえ, うしろ, and なか so you can read location phrases smoothly.
Ask and answer where people and things are using どこ, ここ / そこ / あそこ, and location phrases.
Describe what something or someone was using でした and ではありませんでした.
Use i-adjectives to describe people, places, things, and experiences in present-tense sentences.
Use na-adjectives to describe nouns and make polite sentences with common descriptive words such as きれい and しずか.
Use i-adjectives and na-adjectives in negative and past forms to describe things more precisely.
Read and use basic Japanese numbers for prices, quantities, ages, and simple counting tasks.
Understand and use months, days of the week, and calendar dates in common daily situations.
Tell time and describe simple daily schedules using common time expressions and sequence words.
Build a practical bank of everyday verbs for school, home, meals, travel, and communication.
Use the polite ます-form to talk about present and future actions in everyday beginner Japanese.
Recognize the plain dictionary form of verbs and connect it to polite forms you already know.
Use polite negative verb forms to say that something does not happen or did not happen.
Use common frequency expressions such as いつも, よく, ときどき, and あまり〜ません to talk about habits.
Combine time words, particles, and common verbs to describe a daily routine in connected sentences.
Express preferences with 好き and きらい and ask other people about what they like.
Express that you want a thing or item using ほしい in simple polite sentences.
Express what you want to do using the たい form with common beginner verbs.
Invite someone politely with 〜ませんか and respond naturally to invitations.
Make friendly suggestions and propose shared actions using the polite volitional-style form ましょう.
Learn how to form the て-form of common verbs so you can use key beginner grammar that builds on it.
Connect two or more actions in order with the て-form, and let the final verb carry the tense and politeness.
Make polite everyday requests with the て-form plus ください.
Ask for and give permission with 〜てもいいですか and 〜てもいいです.
Express rules and prohibitions with 〜てはいけない and the polite form 〜てはいけません.
Use 〜ている to talk about actions that are happening now or around the present time.
Learn the second major use of 〜ている: states and results such as living somewhere, being married, or wearing something.
Use 行く, 来る, and 帰る naturally with destinations and understand the speaker's point of view.
Express purpose of movement with the verb stem plus に and a movement verb such as 行く, 来る, or 帰る.
Count people, general objects, and books with the core N5 counters and ask simple quantity questions.
Handle basic shopping interactions by asking prices, stating quantities, and understanding totals.
Use core family words naturally and talk about people with basic descriptions such as age, job, and school year.
Describe places and objects clearly by combining nouns with い-adjectives and な-adjectives.
Compare two things with より and のほうが in clear, natural N5 sentences.
Use いちばん to say that something is the most, best liked, or highest within a group.
Use から and まで to express ranges in time and place, and understand when only から is needed.
Connect short sentences smoothly with それから and そして to show order and addition.
Use も to add 'also' and 'too' to subjects, objects, and simple lists.
Give clear reasons with から and connect a cause to a result in everyday conversation.
Use んです to add explanation, background, or a soft personal reason to what you say.
Ask for background, reasons, and situational explanation with んですか in a natural way.
Learn what the plain form is, where it appears, and how it changes the tone from polite speech to neutral or casual Japanese.
Use plain affirmative forms for verbs, nouns, and adjectives so you can follow casual dialogue and simple written Japanese.
Build and read plain negative forms for verbs, nouns, and adjectives so casual Japanese feels much more readable.
Ask and answer simple questions naturally in casual Japanese without relying on ですか every time.
Understand how small sentence endings change tone, confidence, and shared feeling in everyday conversation.
Use と to quote exact words or thoughts and to recognize quoted content in simple spoken and written Japanese.
Move beyond exact quotation and report speech or thoughts naturally with と言う and と思う.
Show non-exhaustive lists naturally and avoid the common mistake of using と when you only mean examples.
Use たり〜たりする to describe several representative actions without presenting them as a strict sequence.
Connect two actions by the same subject and express that one happens while the other is in progress.
Place actions in time clearly by using 前に and 後で with verbs and nouns.
Use とき to say when an action happens and read timing relationships more accurately.
Express obligation clearly and understand one of the most common patterns for saying something must be done.
Tell learners how to say something is optional and how to avoid confusing this pattern with prohibition.
Express what someone can do with できる and get a guided first look at common potential-style forms seen in beginner reading.
Understand the perspective behind giving and receiving so simple exchange sentences become much easier to read and create.
Use 〜てみる to express trying an action and understand its common encouraging tone in real beginner Japanese.
Describe how something looks or seems from immediate evidence using one of the most common beginner-friendly appearance patterns.
Handle uncertainty with confidence by learning two core patterns for possibility and probability in N5-level reading and conversation.
Pull the N5 wrap-up grammar together by reading short connected passages and tracking tone, time order, and speaker intent.
Review short-form verbs, adjectives, and copula patterns so learners can read casual narration, quotations, and noun-modifying clauses with confidence.
Learn the volitional form for casual invitations, self-directed decisions, and common dialogue patterns built around “let’s” and “I’ll do it.”
Use つもりです to express personal intention, planned refusal, and a clear sense of what the speaker means to do.
Learn 予定です for scheduled plans, expected arrangements, and future events that are more fixed than personal intention alone.
Use ことにする to show that the speaker makes a decision after choosing among options, reflecting on a situation, or setting a course of action.
Learn ことになる for decisions, rules, and outcomes that are determined by outside circumstances rather than by the speaker alone.
Use 〜にする to choose one option from several possibilities in conversations about food, plans, purchases, and everyday decisions.
Learn how Japanese expresses change with 〜になる, including becoming something new and changes in state over time.
Use 〜たことがある to talk about life experience, things you have and have not done, and broad experience up to now.
Learn 〜すぎる to describe excessive actions and qualities, including forms attached to verbs, い-adjectives, and な-adjectives.
Use 〜やすい and 〜にくい to describe how easy or hard an action feels to perform, understand, remember, or use.
Learn verb-combination patterns that show when an action begins, continues, or finishes in narratives and everyday descriptions.
Use 〜ておく for preparation, advance action, and intentional steps taken before a future need or event.
Learn 〜てある to describe a present state that exists because someone intentionally did something earlier.
Use 〜てしまう both for total completion and for actions or results the speaker regrets, notices, or sees as unfortunate.
Learn 〜たばかり to describe actions that feel recent from the speaker’s point of view, even when the exact clock time may vary.
Master ところ to describe three different stages of an action: just before it begins, while it is happening, and right after it ends.
Use ために to express goals, purposes, and reasons for doing something, especially when the goal is important or long-term.
Learn 〜ように when the speaker aims for a state or result, especially with potential verbs, negatives, and outcomes not fully under direct control.
Use 〜ようにする to describe making an effort to keep a habit, follow a rule, or change behavior over time.
Learn how 〜ようになる marks a change in ability, habit, or usual behavior over time.
Learn how ほうがいい gives practical advice and how affirmative and negative advice are formed naturally.
Learn how ように言う reports instructions, requests, and advice that one person gives to another.
Learn the written rule pattern 〜こと and how it appears in notices, school rules, and workplace instructions.
Learn how ので gives a softer, more explanatory reason than から in both spoken and written Japanese.
Learn how が and けど connect contrasting ideas and soften statements in natural conversation.
Learn how し lists supporting reasons and builds a natural explanation without sounding too final.
Learn how 〜ても expresses concession and how it differs from ordinary conditionals like たら.
Learn how 〜のに expresses an unexpected result or contrast, often with a feeling of surprise or disappointment.
Learn the flexible conditional 〜たら and how it is used for future conditions, discovery, and sequence.
Learn how 〜なら picks up a topic or assumption and often leads to advice, suggestions, or judgments.
Learn how the conditional と expresses automatic results, regular sequences, and general truths.
Learn the conditional ば and how it expresses hypothetical conditions, especially in judgments and general statements.
Compare たら, なら, と, and ば so you can choose the most natural conditional for each situation.
Learn how Japanese clauses come before nouns and how to read basic noun-modifying structures smoothly.
Build confidence with longer noun-modifying clauses that include time, place, and multiple details.
Learn how の and こと turn actions and events into noun-like expressions used in many core grammar patterns.
Learn how の can replace an understood noun, creating natural expressions like 'the red one' or 'the one I bought yesterday.'
Learn how って works as a casual quotation marker in conversation and everyday informal writing.
Learn how hearsay そうだ reports information from another source and how it differs from appearance そうだ.
Use 〜そうです to describe how something appears based on what you can see or sense right now.
Learn みたいです for soft similarity and informal-sounding inference in everyday Japanese.
Use ほど to compare degree, especially in the common N4 pattern A は B ほど ... ない.
Use だけ to limit quantity, choice, or action in a neutral way.
Use しか with a negative predicate to express “only” with stronger emphasis than だけ.
Use ばかり to express repeated excess, strong concentration, or “nothing but” in everyday contexts.
Build the potential form correctly for godan verbs, ichidan verbs, and the irregular verbs する and 来る.
Apply the potential form in real situations, including rules, visibility, and personal ability.
Use 〜てもらう and 〜てくれる to describe receiving help from someone and to track speaker perspective.
Read and build short narratives that combine て-form links with giving and receiving expressions.
Learn the first set of common transitive and intransitive verb pairs and how they change sentence focus.
Expand your control of transitive and intransitive pairs with more common verbs used in narratives and notices.
Build and understand the passive form for direct passive sentences and simple formal descriptions.
Use passive grammar in daily situations, including affected-passive sentences and neutral event reports.
Learn the causative form to express making someone do something or letting someone do something.
Learn how context changes the causative meaning from permission to pressure, instruction, or control.
Use the causative-passive to say someone was made to do something, often with a feeling of burden or lack of choice.
Understand direct commands, softer casual requests, and strong prohibitions in speech, signs, and manga-style dialogue.
Learn the most useful everyday honorific and humble verbs for service encounters, polite conversation, and basic workplace reading.
Review the N4 wrap-up patterns in connected everyday texts, including notices, messages, and polite interaction.
Learn to recover omitted subjects, objects, and topics by using context, discourse flow, and speaker viewpoint.
Learn to notice when a text keeps the same topic, shifts to a new one, or sets up a contrast between two ideas.
Learn how 〜ていく shows movement away from the present point or change that continues from now into the future.
Learn how 〜てくる shows movement toward the speaker or change that has developed up to the present point.
Learn to compare 〜ていく and 〜てくる by tracking direction, time, and viewpoint.
Learn how はずだ expresses a confident expectation based on evidence, logic, or reliable information.
Learn how わけだ marks a natural conclusion, explanation, or realization based on earlier information.
Learn how 〜わけではない softens or limits a statement by saying that something is not necessarily or not completely the case.
Learn how 〜ことはない tells someone there is no need to do something or that a strong reaction is unnecessary.
Learn how 〜べきだ expresses what someone ought to do based on judgment, responsibility, or principle.
Learn the main N3 uses of 〜ものだ for general truths, common tendencies, and remembered habits.
Learn how ようだ expresses inference based on visible evidence or available information.
Learn how らしい expresses hearsay, typicality, and the sense of being characteristic of something.
Learn how 〜に違いない expresses a strong conclusion or firm certainty based on evidence or conviction.
Learn how 〜について introduces a topic, field, or issue that someone thinks, talks, writes, or studies about.
Learn how 〜によると cites a source and how 〜によって shows variation, method, or agency depending on context.
Learn how 〜として marks a role, qualification, or category from which someone or something is viewed.
Learn how 〜にとって marks whose viewpoint or interests are used to evaluate a person, thing, or situation.
Learn how 〜に対して marks contrast, a target, or an attitude directed toward someone or something.
Learn how 〜という names, defines, and rephrases information in order to make explanations clearer in N3 reading.
Learn how to report information you heard, read, or received from another source in a natural N3 register.
Use 〜だけでなく to add a second point smoothly in both conversation and explanatory writing.
Master the more formal and emphatic pattern 〜ばかりか for advanced comparison and expansion.
Use こそ to create strong focus, contrast, and emotionally marked emphasis in reading and formal speech.
Study the flexible N3 pattern 〜さえ for meanings such as even, if only, and as long as.
Use でも in advanced everyday ways to suggest options, indicate broad inclusion, and express “even” in context.
Deepen your command of 〜しか〜ない, especially in longer sentences where it can imply limitation, lack of choice, or emotional pressure.
Learn how 〜くらい and 〜ほど express degree, extent, approximation, and comparison in natural N3 sentences.
Use 〜にしては to express that something is surprising when judged against a standard, category, or expectation.
Study 〜わりに as a flexible way to say that the result does not match what would normally be expected.
Use 〜かわりに to express exchange, substitution, and trade-offs in explanations and comparisons.
Learn the positive and negative cause patterns 〜おかげで and 〜せいで, which are common in explanation and narrative writing.
Master ため as an N3 connector for formal purpose and formal reason in notices, essays, and written explanation.
Learn the difference between ongoing duration and one-time action within an interval using 〜あいだ and 〜あいだに.
Use 〜うちに for actions done while a condition still holds or before a change happens.
Use 〜たびに to express repeated reactions, results, or memories triggered by a recurring event.
Learn how 〜最中に highlights an action or event happening right in the middle of an ongoing situation.
Use 〜次第 for formal “as soon as” statements in notices, business communication, and structured writing.
Compare the common spoken pattern 〜ないで with the more formal written pattern 〜ずに.
Use 〜まま to describe an unchanged state that continues into another action or situation.
Read ～ようとする as an attempt, an effort in progress, or an action that is just about to happen.
Understand ～ことになっている in rules, procedures, schedules, and official arrangements.
Use ～ように to read soft instructions, warnings, and desired outcomes in context.
Review decision, result, and arrangement patterns so you can tell who decided what in context.
Read ばかり as imbalance, excess, or negative evaluation rather than a neutral 'only.'
Master ところ across three time frames so you can read actions right before, during, and right after they happen.
Read honorific language accurately so you can track respect, status, and subject reference in formal text.
Understand humble language in emails, service messages, and business text so you can see who lowers themselves and why.
Read formal connectors accurately so you can follow contrast, surprise, and consequence across sentences.
Use discourse markers to follow summary, illustration, and contrast at the paragraph level.
Learn to track cause, result, reason, and response even when they are split across multiple sentences.
Learn how to unpack long noun-modifying clauses without losing the head noun or the main meaning.
Handle の, こと, and ということ so you can read clauses that behave like nouns.
Track who said what, how certain it is, and how the report is framed in connected text.
Decode spoken shortcuts like てる, ちゃう, じゃ, and なくちゃ when they appear in dialogue.
Use sentence-ending expressions to read confidence, softness, hesitation, and character voice in dialogue.
Learn to tell written-style Japanese from spoken-style Japanese so you can switch reading expectations quickly.
Integrate grammar, register, and tone while reading short dialogues, chats, and practical messages.
Practice reading short explanatory texts by tracking structure, examples, contrast, and conclusion.
Finish the core path by reviewing the grammar and reading habits that unlock most N3-level text.