Basic Japanese Phrases

Let's learn basic Japanese phrases in this lesson. I introduce the most commonly used Japanese expressions in daily life. I also explain different speech styles in Japanese, and why some phrases come only in Formal speech or Informal speech.

This is a sample lesson of an online course - Japanese 1

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I offer online courses and help you learn Japanese.
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・Japanese 1 - Basic Japanese for Beginners (1)
・Japanese 2 - Basic Japanese for Beginners (2)
・Japanese 3 - Verbs & Particles
・Japanese 4 - Master TE Forms
・Japanese 5 - Master Adjectives
・Japanese 6 - Plain Form & Informal (Casual) Speech
・Listening Course
・Kanji Startup Course

=== Packages (Not always available) ===

＊ Complete Program (1-6 + Listening Course) - 35% OFF
【This package closes in October 2021】

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＊ Individual Courses

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日本語リスニングコース　Listening Course


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I am a Japanese instructor and have been teaching Japanese at colleges/universities in the USA for many years. In my online courses, I design all the lessons and curriculum based on my teaching experience.

Do you want to first check if your learning style matches my teaching style? Try the mini-course below 😊

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E-Book with over 200 Japanese common phrases with MP3s for $1 only.

Hiragana video cards for each letter on Instagram

== Other free materials ==

Hiragana Chart & Practice Sheets

Katakana Chart & Practice Sheets

Nationality & Occupation List

Chart of Japanese Number up to 100.

Japanese Verbs Conjugation Chart

Particle Cheat Sheet

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[YukoSensei]

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[johnnysuzuki]

What a beautiful voice and sound of Japanese is!

[slamdunk]

I’ve been learning Mandarin for two years and am just starting to learn Japanese after having such an amazing trip to Japan this summer! Your channel seems to be an excellent resource for me to mine. I’ve been doing my Mandarin studies on YouTube as well.

[itsmeskyeeeee]

I absolutely love this video! Your voice is so soothing and I'm in love with your illustrations! Thank you very much! ありがとうございます.

[noelia]

Thanks for the video! I'm just starting with Japanese and I found it very helpful 😊

[ADAA]

Thank you very much Yuko Sensei for your helpful teaching method.

[prithvirajchowdhury]

It, s really super easy to learn. Just thank you so much to making this video for us. From today I am a new subscriber to this channel.❤️🥰

[relaxingmusicforthesoulstr]

Thank you for your time and devotion of teaching this language.

[maxkavian]

You are great yuko. Keep up the good work!

[belapps]

Arigato o gozaimasu. What an excellent video to start learning Japanese.

[priyanthamarambe]

It is highly impressive. Very clear to understand. Thank you Yoko Sensei!

[blunderingfool]

This is fantastic, you give a lot more important details than most other people, thank you very much!

[rukhsanaatif]

Arigato gozimasu for explaining in very simple and easy way.Best teacher and magical voice..

[jakamasilly]

Yomu Sensei, Japanese people usually use causal Japanese for daily conversation, and is very difficult for me to understand, please can you make a video by using Japanese causal conversation . Thanks

[midnepaltourstravels]

Its very easy to learn ...I like it very much, I m a beginner student of Japanese language...

[wilsonmassey]

a ri ga to o go za i ma su.
shukriyaa / dhanyavad .
thank you so much.

love from India.

[jpland]

Great Video :),
Arigatou gpzaimasu
ありがとう ございます

[outnya]

thank you so much! this is so helpful! <3