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LEARN JAPANESE

Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese

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LEARN JAPANESE ONLINE FOR FREE

Welcome to my site for learning Japanese! As a small incentive, here is
something cool or interesting in Japanese that might motivate you to study. It
will be updated often so come again!









Here you will find a wealth of information that will help you learn Japanese,
all for free. This site has two guides to aid you on your way to full Japanese
fluency with no compromises.


THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO JAPANESE

If you’re new to learning Japanese, I recommend you start with the Complete
Guide to Japanese. This guide avoids long and complicated explanations and
teaches you essential grammar and vocabulary through examples, interesting
dialogues, and suggestions for practical applications. Though it’s still a work
in progress, the first five chapters are essentially done. Feel free to give me
a shout if you get near the end and find that it’s still not finished.


GUIDE TO JAPANESE GRAMMAR

If you are taking Japanese classes and you want to get a better understanding of
how things work, the Guide to Japanese Grammar is designed to supplement your
studies and give you a solid understanding of the grammatical structure of
Japanese. It thoroughly explains Japanese grammar by starting with the most
fundamental ideas and building upon it layer by layer. It is much easier to
understand than a traditional Japanese class which will likely skip straight to
the polite forms without explaining where they come from. The grammar guide is
also available as an Android or iOS app.


SO YOU WANT TO LEARN JAPANESE

Ok, I’m not going to go into all the reasons why Japanese is such a fun and
rewarding language to learn because you’re already here and interested in
learning it. If you’re still undecided or afraid that it’s too hard, don’t be!
It can be one of the easier languages to learn in ways that will surprise you.
So here’s what you need to do to teach yourself Japanese and how to do it by
using this site.

 1. Learn Hiragana and Katakana (the Japanese “alphabet”).
 2. Learn vocabulary (with Kanji) and grammar with help from the either the
    Complete Guide or the Grammar Guide.
 3. Practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing with material that is
    interesting to you.
 4. Learn how to use various tools such as online dictionaries.
 5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 with progressively more advanced topics.




RESOURCES AND TUTORIALS



Achieving full fluency of a language requires not just learning the language but
regularly applying what you learned by listening, speaking, reading, and
writing. There are many online tools such as online dictionaries that will help
you read and watch Japanese books, comics, and movies. There are also sites that
will help you connect with native Japanese speakers for language exchange as
well as other sites that will help with correcting your writing. These tutorials
go over how to use these various tools to effectively learn Japanese online.


OTHER LINKS

 * Japanese from scratch youtube channel: Short and simple videos for learning
   Japanese from scratch. These videos eventually make their way into the site
   but will show up here first.
 * My blog: I talk about various topics that are interesting to me, potentially
   useful resources, and other miscellaneous things.
 * Bluesky: My Bluesky profile with random stuff.
 * Facebook Group: My group for sharing things pertaining to learning Japanese.

Tae Kim taekim.japanese@gmail.com


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CATEGORIES

 * ►Complete Guide
    * ►Before you start
      
      
    * ►Writing Systems and Pronunciation
      
      
    * ►Nouns and Adjectives
      
      
    * ►Verbs
      
      
    * ►Verb tenses and clauses
      
      
    * ►Numbers, amounts, and directions
      
      
    * ►Potential and uncertainty
      
      
    * ►Optional and required
      
      
    * ►Other useful expressions
      
      

   
 * ►Grammar Guide
    * ►Before you start
      
      
    * ►The Writing System
      
      
    * ►Basic Grammar
      
      
    * ►Essential Grammar
      
      
    * ►Special Expressions
      
      
    * ►Advanced Topics
      
      

   
 * ►Resources and Tutorials
   
   
 * ►Blog
   
   
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SOCIAL LINKS

 * Facebook
 * Bluesky
 * Youtube


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 * Beginner
 * FAQ
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 * Intermediate
 * Learning Tips
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