Hot Japanese Language & Culture How-Tos
How To: Speak basic Japanese
Learn simple Japanese phrases today in this video series with expert Yuu Asakura. Yuu gives you demonstrations for speaking and recognizing Japanese words in print. You will be able to ask questions conversationally, talk about your job, age, friends, and object around the room.
How To: Learn Japanese phrases for counting and buying
Learn simple Japanese phrases today in this video series with expert Yuu Asakura. Yuu gives you demonstrations for speaking and recognizing Japanese words about counting, currency, and buying things in Japan.
How To: Learn practical Japanese phrases for traveling
Learn simple Japanese phrases today in this video series with expert Yuu Asakura. Yuu gives you demonstrations for speaking and recognizing Japanese words in print. You will be able to arrange subjects and verbs in sentences, say "Please," and get around in Japan.
How To: Count floors in Japanese
Learn how to count the floors of a building in Japanese. It's easy if you can already count in Japanese.
How To: Count from 10 to 10,000 in Japanese
You might know how to count from 1 to 10, but in this lesson, you will learn how to count from 10 to 10,000 in Japanese.
How To: Write in Japanese using katakana
Takanori Tomita shows you how to write in Japanese using katakana. Find out what Katakana is, and how to write names or non-Japanese words in Japanese by using Katakana script.
How To: Speak Japanese in present and past tense
Takanori Tomita teaches you the difference between masu and mashita.
How To: Speak Japanese at a beauty salon
Takanori Tomita teaches you some useful phrases that can be used at a Japanese beauty salon to converse with the stylists.
How To: Read Japanese symbols
Takanori Tomita teaches you about Japanese symbols (Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana) learn when each type of script is used and how foreign words are written in Japanese.
How To: Speak common Japanese phrases
Host Kaz tells you how to pronounce common phrases in Japanese. If you learn these basics, you should be able to get around easily in Japan. Speak common Japanese phrases.