Duration of the online course: 5 hours and 15 minutes
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Build real Japanese skills fast with a free online course on writing systems, pronunciation, and everyday grammar—learn to speak and read with confidence.
In this free course, learn about
Read/write hiragana & katakana; understand vowels and basics of Japanese pitch accent
Use first- and second-person pronouns appropriately by politeness and context (often omitted)
Say core greetings/thanks/introductions; choose honorific morning greeting for superiors
Build X is/is not Y sentences; use の for noun modification/possession and も for “also”
Use existential verbs ある/いる and honorific いらっしゃる to say something exists/is present
Master location particles で/に/へ, objects/indirect objects with を/に, and instrument で
Use sentence-ending particles ね/よ for confirmation/softening vs emphasis/informing
Conjugate verbs: dictionary form, ます-stem, polite past (た), negative forms, and て-form
Express proposals/invitations: ましょう/ましょうか and ませんか; interpret questions like 〜を見ましょうか
Use motion + purpose: Vます-stem+に+行く/来る/帰る; express from/until with から/まで
Express ability and intention: V辞書形+ことができる and V+つもり
Handle negative yes/no questions the Japanese way (agreeing with the question’s polarity)
Use adjectives (-い/-な), adverbs, and contrastive が (“but/however”); ask “How is X?”
Express likes/dislikes, good/bad at, deciding on, requesting with ください, and past experience たことがある
About the free online course
Learning Japanese can feel overwhelming at first, especially when you discover there are multiple writing systems, unfamiliar sounds, and sentence patterns that don’t behave like English. This free online Japanese course is designed to make the early steps clearer and more motivating, helping you move from curiosity to practical ability. You will start by building a strong foundation in the core scripts and sound patterns so you can read what you learn and pronounce it with confidence, rather than memorizing isolated phrases.
As you progress, the course guides you into the grammar that powers real communication. You will learn how Japanese sentences are built through particles and simple structures that let you identify who and what a sentence is about, where actions happen, and how ideas connect. You will also practice expressing existence, location, and everyday relationships between nouns, which are essential skills for navigating descriptions, directions, and basic conversations.
Instead of treating politeness as an afterthought, you will get comfortable with speaking appropriately in different contexts, including how Japanese handles pronouns, formality, and responses that can differ from English logic. The lessons help you understand why native speakers often omit certain words, and how to sound natural without overusing “I” and “you.” You will also build core verb skills: moving between dictionary and polite forms, forming the past and negative, asking and inviting, describing ongoing actions, and expressing plans, ability, preferences, and experience.
Throughout the course, quick check-in exercises reinforce what you’ve learned and make it easier to notice the patterns that repeat across Japanese. By the end, you’ll be able to read and produce beginner-level Japanese with better accuracy, ask and answer common questions, and build sentences that go beyond memorized lines—giving you a solid base for travel, study, anime and media, or future language certifications.
Course content
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? Intro to Japanese - The Hiragana Syllabary, Vowels, Pitch Accents, and More19m
Exercise: _What is the first set of characters used in Japanese language?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? The Katakana Syllabary31m
Exercise: What is the purpose of the Katakana syllabary in Japanese language?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? First Person Pronouns, or, Ways to Say I in Japanese10m
Exercise: _What is the difference between Japanese and English in terms of pronoun usage?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? Second-Person Pronouns, or, Ways to Say You in Japanese07m
Exercise: Which pronoun is most formal in addressing 'you' in Japanese?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? Basic Phrases (How-to Greet, Thank, Introduce Yourself and More)15m
Exercise: _What is the Japanese phrase for "good morning" when speaking to someone of superior status?
Video class: Learn Japanese: X ? Y (X is/is not Y), Noun Modification with ?, ? as also09m
Exercise: What is the role of the Japanese particle "no"?
Video class: Learn Japanese: Existential Verbs (Aru, Iru, Irassharu)04m
Exercise: _Which verb would you use to say "there exists a book on the table" in Japanese?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese?Locational Marking Particles ?, ?, ?08m
Exercise: Which Japanese particle is used to denote action locations?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? The Particle ? as an Object Marker and Indirect Object Marker06m
Exercise: _What is the difference between the particle "knee" as an object marker and a direct object marker?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? The Particle ? as an Instrument Marker05m
Exercise: What is the function of the particle 'de' in Japanese sentences?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? ? and ? as Final Particles06m
Exercise: _What is the purpose of the final particle "net" in Japanese?
Video class: Learn Japanese: Introduction to Verbs, Dictionary Form, ?-Form22m
Video class: Learn Japanese: VERBing Alone with (hitori de) and Together with (to issho ni)06m
Exercise: _What is the literal translation of the particle "tow" when used in the grammar structure of expressing doing an action with other people in Japanese?
Video class: Video Lesson 1405m
Exercise: How do you express 'from' and 'until' in Japanese using particles?
Video class: Learn Japanese: Pre-Form + as “Let’s VERB” or “Shall we VERB”05m
Exercise: _What is the meaning of the sentence "anime o mimashoka?"
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? Noun Verbs/Verbal Nouns04m
Exercise: How do you form a noun-verb in Japanese using the verb 'to do'?
Video class: Learn Japanese Polite Past Tense Form of Verbs (Ta-Form)06m
Exercise: _What is the polite past tense form in Japanese?
Video class: Learn Japanese: How to Say “I Intend/Plan to VERB” with VERB + tsumori05m
Exercise: What is the Japanese grammar pattern used to express intention?
Video class: Learn Japanese: How to Say Won’t You/Would You Like to VERB? with Pre-Masu Form VERB + Masen ka?03m
Exercise: _What is the purpose of using the premos form of a verb followed by "masenka" in Japanese?
Video class: Learn Japanese: X as Y02m
Exercise: What does the Japanese grammar pattern 'X wa Y ga arimasu' mean?
Video class: Learn Japanese: X ? Y as because of CLAUSE X, CLAUSE Y04m
Exercise: _What is the structure of the kata grammar pattern in Japanese?
Video class: Learn Japanese: How to Say Why is that? or How come?02m
Exercise: What does 'Doushite' typically imply in Japanese conversation?
Video class: Learn Japanese: Listing Nouns Indefinitely with NOUN X and NOUN Y02m
Exercise: _What is the particle used to separate each of the nouns in a list when expressing "and so on" or "etc" in Japanese?
Video class: Learn Japanese: Use Mou as already and Mada as yet03m
Exercise: What does the Japanese particle 'mada' mean in a simple sentence?
Video class: Learn Japanese: Negative Form (Verb Conjugation)08m
Exercise: _What is the negative knife form of the verb "iku"?
Video class: Learn Japanese: How to say Go/come/return to do VERB with Pre-Masu Form VERB + Ni + (Iku/Kuru/Kaeru)04m
Exercise: What is the grammar pattern explained in this Japanese lesson?
Video class: Learn Japanese: How to Say I Can VERB with Dictionary Form VERB + Koto ga Dekiru03m
Exercise: _What is the structure used to express the ability to do something in Japanese?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? Answering to Negative Yes-No Questions03m
Exercise: How do responses to negative questions differ in Japanese compared to English?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? Introduction to Adjectives (?-adjectives and ?-adjectives)19m
Exercise: _What is the negative form of the e-adjective "kawaii" which means cute in Japanese?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? Basic Introduction to the Particles ? and ?05m
Exercise: What is the main difference between the Japanese particles 'wa' and 'ga'?
Video class: Learn Japanese: X Y as “There is Y (an activity) in/at X”02m
Exercise: _What does the phrase "x de y ga aru" mean in Japanese?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? Introduction to Adverbs - Common Degree Adverbs09m
Exercise: Which adverb is more casual and commonly used in Japanese conversation?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? The Particle ? as “But/However”03m
Exercise: _What is the meaning of the particle "ga" in Japanese?
Video class: Learn Japanese: Using X as How is X?03m
Exercise: What are the Japanese expressions for asking 'How is X' in both formal and casual contexts?
Video class: Learn Japanese: What Kind of Y is X?02m
Exercise: What is the Japanese phrase for 'What kind of person is your friend'?
Video class: Learn Japanese: Kochira/Sochira/Achira as “this/that way”08m
Exercise: Which phrase is used to denote an entity in the speaker's presence?
Video class: ?Learn Japanese? Introduction to the ?-Form (Verb Conjugation)10m
Exercise: _What is the correct way to conjugate the uverb "korosu" into the te form?
Video class: Learn Japanese: How to Say Please do VERB (TE-Form VERB + KUDASAI/NEGAI)06m
Exercise: What is meant by "Shashin o totte kudasai masenka" in Japanese?
Video class: Learn Japanese: How to Say am/is VERBing” (Ongoing Action) (-te Form VERB + iru)03m
Exercise: _What does the grammar construct te form of verbs plus ido mean in Japanese?
Video class: Learn Japanese: The Particle Mada as still02m
Exercise: What does the particle 'mada' signify in an affirmative Japanese sentence?
Video class: Learn Japanese: How to Say I Like/Love/Hate Y with X04m
Exercise: _What is the grammatical structure used to convey "x likes y" and "x hates y" in Japanese?
Video class: Learn Japanese: How to Say X is Good/Bad at Y03m
Exercise: What is the difference between 'josu' and 'tokui' in Japanese grammar?
Video class: Learn Japanese: X as decide on X04m
Exercise: _What does the sentence "oh soy desu kaiketsu wa ashta ni shimasu" mean?
Video class: Learn Japanese: How to Request an Object with X02m
Exercise: What is the purpose of using 'kudasai' in a sentence in Japanese?
Video class: Learn Japanese: -Form VERB + ta koto ga aru as “have VERB-ed before”04m
Exercise: _What is the general format for asking if someone has done something before in Japanese?
Video class: Learn Japanese: Phrases for It Costs X/It Takes X Time03m
Exercise: How is the verb 'kakaru' used in Japanese?
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