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Absolute Beginner Season 1
Learn how to greet someone both formally and informally
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Lesson LibraryLower Beginner Season 1
Beginner
Lower Beginner Season 1
Follow the story of Ken and Emily, two Australians living and working in Japan.
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Contents
25 Audio Lessons
1

A Formal Japanese Introduction

Learn how to introduce yourself

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
2

Which Famous Tokyo Tower is That?

Learn how to ask questions and say where you are from

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
3

Networking in Japan

Learn how to introduce someone else and give that person's name and place of employment

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
4

Talking about Possession in Japanese

Learn how to use the Japanese particle no

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
5

What's Your Japanese Address?

Learn how to ask what something is

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
6

Which Floor of this Japanese Building Do You Live On?

Learn how to use the Japanese suffix -kai to create the counter for asking for a floor or room number

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
7

Playing by 'The Rules' in Japan

Learn how to use the negative construction AはBじゃない to say "A is not B"

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
8

What's Wrong with this Japanese Spoon?

Learn how to use Japanese adjectives to describe nouns

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
9

The Scariest Little Dog in Japan

Learn how to use negative Japanese adjectives to say things like "not fun" or "not expensive

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
10

Is Being Allergic to Animals Weird in Japan?

Learn how to form negative sentences using -na adjectives

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
11

What's Your Biggest Fear in Japan?

Learn how to combine adjectives such as nagakute muzukashii, etc

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
12

What Day of the Week is it in Japanese?

Learn how to say the days of the week

Audio
 • 17 Minutes
13

Have you Been to a Japanese Festival Before?

Learn how to express that you're doing an action for the first time

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
14

Sample Some Japanese Festival Fare

Learn how to invite someone to do something

Audio
 • 16 Minutes
15

Lucking Out in Japan

Learn about polite Japanese used in stores

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
16

Going on a Weekend Trip in Japan

Learn how to express where you want to go

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
17

Are the Japanese Police Looking for You?

Learn Japanese expressions that you can use while speaking on the telephone

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
18

Dining Out in Japan

Learn about Japanese expressions that you can use while dining at a restaurant

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
19

Getting a New Credit Card in Japan

Learn about past tenses

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
20

Are You Having a Bad Time in Japan?

Learn how to form past tense sentences using adjectives and nouns

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
21

Getting Some Good Japanese News

Learn the phrases you can use to say "someone looks" or "something looks"

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
22

Please Keep the Noise Down in Japan

Learn how to tell time and how to use the expression [adverb] onegai shimasu

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
23

A Japanese Plumbing Emergency

Learn useful Japanese expressions that you can use when you experience problems in your apartment

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
24

Calling a Plumber in Japan

Learn how to introduce a topic of conversation

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
25

Arranging an Appointment in Japan

Learn how to ask and tell what is good for the speaker

Audio
 • 11 Minutes