Japanese Study Book

Master Hiragana, the foundational Japanese writing system. Learn to read and write the 46 base characters, voiced marks (Dakuten/Handakuten), and essential vocabulary.

Learn Katakana, the Japanese script for foreign loanwords and names. Master all 46 base characters, long vowel marks, voiced sounds, and essential practical words.

Start learning Japanese Kanji with 23 essential characters. Master numbers 1-10000, days of the week, basic nature vocabulary, and understand On'yomi vs. Kun'yomi.

Expand your Kanji knowledge with characters for people, directions, sizes, and nationalities. Master the readings for relative positions.

Start speaking immediately! Learn the most common Japanese greetings, formal introductions, apologies, and essential phrases for daily life.

Learn the foundational grammar particles that connect words in Japanese sentences. Master the topic marker 'wa', subject 'ga', object 'o', and possession 'no'.

Expand your sentences by adding locations, destinations, times, tools, and companions using Japanese particles ni, de, e, to, mo, kara, and made.

Master counting, telling time, days of the week, and dates in Japanese. Learn the logical math system and irregular calendar days.

Learn how to say 'A is B' and master the four forms of the Japanese 'to be' verb. Distinguish between polite and plain speech styles.

Learn the first major group of Japanese adjectives (i-adjectives) and how they conjugate themselves for tense and negativity without relying on the copula.

Discover the second group of Japanese adjectives: adjectival nouns (na-adjectives) that rely on the copula and the particle な to modify other words.

Unlock the master key to Japanese grammar by learning how to classify verbs into three groups based on their dictionary forms (u-verbs, ru-verbs, irregular).

Learn how to conjugate verbs into polite present and past tenses using the ます-form (masu-form) and talk about daily actions in Japanese.

Learn how to politely decline, state what you didn't do, and make negative requests using the ない form (nai-form) and polite ません (masen).

Learn how to express that something exists and describe where it is using the verbs iru (animate) and aru (inanimate) with position words.

Learn how to express desire for objects with hoshii, desire for actions with the tai-form, and how to politely request things.

Master the essential Japanese question words to ask Who, What, Where, When, and Why without changing the sentence word order.

Master the most important conjugation in Japanese: the て-form (te-form). Learn how to link actions together and make polite requests.

Learn how to compare items without changing adjectives, ask 'which is more?' using dochira, and express the degree of an adjective.

A comprehensive review of the entire N5 curriculum, synthesizing your knowledge of particles, verbs, adjectives, the te-form, and daily dialogue.