LESSON

01
INTRODUCTION TO
JAPANESE GRAMMAR
 LESSON GOALS

LEARN JAPANESE SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

USE PARTICLE の

CONSTRUCT QUESTION SENTENCES

COUNT FROM 1 TO 1,000,000

TELL TIME AND AGE

 LESSON GOALS

LEARN JAPANESE SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

USE PARTICLE の

CONSTRUCT QUESTION SENTENCES

COUNT FROM 1 TO 1,000,000

TELL TIME AND AGE

ELEMENTS OF A SENTENCE
ELEMENTS OF A SENTENCE

TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

あきらさん は にほんじん です
MR. AKIRA IS JAPANESE.
 ELEMENTS OF A SENTENCE
TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

あきらさん は にほんじん です
MR. AKIRA IS JAPANESE.

SUBJECT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS WHO/WHAT IS BEING

DESCRIBED AND WHO/WHAT PERFORMS THE ACTION
 ELEMENTS OF A SENTENCE
TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

あきらさん は にほんじん です
MR. AKIRA IS JAPANESE.

SUBJECT SOMETIMES CAN BE OMITTED IF IT IS ALREADY

ESTABLISHED OR UNDERSTOOD IN THE CONTEXT.
 ELEMENTS OF A SENTENCE
TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

あきらさん は にほんじん です
MR. AKIRA IS JAPANESE.

は PARTICLE IS USED TO INDICATE THE SUBJECT SO IT’S

CALLED THE TOPIC PARTICLE. YOU MAY THINK OF IT AS
“AS FOR (SUBJECT)”. IT IS READ AS “WA”.
 ELEMENTS OF A SENTENCE
TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

あきらさん は にほんじん です
MR. AKIRA IS JAPANESE.

SUBJECT COMPLEMENT IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE SUBJECT.

IT CAN BE A NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE
 ELEMENTS OF A SENTENCE
TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

あきらさん は にほんじん です
MR. AKIRA IS JAPANESE.

です FUNCTIONS AS A LINKING VERB IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE.

YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS “IS, ARE, AM”. THIS MEANS です
DICTATES THE TENSE AND POLARITY OF THE SENTENCE.
 ELEMENTS OF A SENTENCE
TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

あきらさん は にほんじん です
MR. AKIRA IS JAPANESE.

です ANOTHER FUNCTION IS TO MAKE SENTENCES POLITE.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF POLITENESS IN JAPANESE BUT
CAN BE GENERALLY CATEGORIZED AS CASUAL AND POLITE.
SENTENCE PATTERN

TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

は です
HONORIFICS
 HONORIFICS

TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

あきらさん は にほんじん です
MR. AKIRA IS JAPANESE.
 HONORIFICS
NAME HONORIFICS

あきら さん
MR. AKIRA / MS. AKIRA

さん IS A GENERAL HONORIFIC THAT CAN BE USED WITH ANY

GENDER. IT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF MR. OR MS. IN ENGLISH
 HONORIFICS
NAME HONORIFICS

やまだ せんせい
PROFESSOR/ATTORNEY/DOCTOR YAMADA

せんせい IS AN HONORIFIC THAT IS USED FOR SOMEONE WHO

HAS ACHIEVED A LEVEL OF MASTERY. IT IS USED FOR TEACHERS,
DOCTORS, LAWYER, OR OTHER AUTHORITY FIGURES
 HONORIFICS
SURNAME FIRST NAME

SURNAME GOES FIRST IN JAPAN THEN FIRST NAME. WHEN YOU

WANT TO REFER TO SOMEONE USE SURNAME + HONORIFIC.
COUNTRIES
 COUNTRIES

にほん ちゅうごく かんこく

JAPAN CHINA KOREA
 COUNTRIES

アメリカ カナダ フランス

USA CANADA FRANCE
NATIONALITY
 NATIONALITY

TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

あきらさん は にほんじん です
MR. AKIRA IS JAPANESE.
 NATIONALITY
COUNTRY PEOPLE

にほん じん
JAPANESE

じん IS ADDED AFTER THE COUNTRY TO INDICATE SOMEONE’S

NATIONALITY.
 NATIONALITY
COUNTRY PEOPLE

アメリカ じん
AMERICAN

じん IS ADDED AFTER THE COUNTRY TO INDICATE SOMEONE’S

NATIONALITY.
LANGUAGE
 LANGUAGE
COUNTRY LANGUAGE

フランス ご
FRENCH LANGUAGE

ご IS ADDED AFTER THE COUNTRY TO INDICATE A COUNTRY’S

LANGUAGE
 LANGUAGE
COUNTRY LANGUAGE

かんこく こ
KOREAN LANGUAGE

ご IS ADDED AFTER THE COUNTRY TO INDICATE A COUNTRY’S

LANGUAGE
 NOTES

COUNTRY LANGUAGE

えい こ
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PRONOUNS
 PRONOUN

わたし あなた
I / ME YOU
SAY YOUR NATIONALITY

TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

は です
OCCUPATION
 OCCUPATION

べんごし いしゃ せんせい

LAWYER DOCTOR TEACHER
 STUDENT

がくせい だいがくせい
STUDENT COLLEGE STUDENT
QUIZ TIME
DESCRIBE THE PERSON

BILL GATES

ゲイツさん は アメリカじん です
DESCRIBE THE PERSON

SHINZOU ABE

あべさん は にほんじん です
DESCRIBE THE PERSON

DR. ALEXANDER FLEMING

フレミングーせんせい は いしゃ です
DESCRIBE THE PERSON

ATTY. SATOSHI MURAKOSHI

むらこしせんせい は べんごし です
DESCRIBE THE PERSON

JOHN

ジョンさん は だいがくせい です
CONGRATULATIONS
 LESSON GOALS

LEARN JAPANESE SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

USE PARTICLE の

CONSTRUCT QUESTION SENTENCES

COUNT FROM 1 TO 1,000,000

TELL TIME AND AGE

PARTICLE の
 PARTICLES

の
A POSSESSIVE PARTICLE THAT FUNCTIONS AS ‘S OR OF.

IT IS ALSO USED TO CONNECT 2 NOUNS TO CREATE A MORE

SPECIFIC IDEA
 の PARTICLE

SUPPORTING POSSESSIVE
DETAIL PARTICLE MAIN IDEA

やまださん の レッスン
MS. YAMADA’S LESSON
 の PARTICLE

SUPPORTING POSSESSIVE
DETAIL PARTICLE MAIN IDEA

やまださん の レッスン
LESSON OF MS. YAMADA
 EXAMPLE

SUPPORTING POSSESSIVE
DETAIL PARTICLE MAIN IDEA

わたし の ペン
MY PEN
 EXAMPLE

SUPPORTING POSSESSIVE
DETAIL PARTICLE MAIN IDEA

あなた の ペン
YOUR PEN
 VOCABULARY

ともだち でんわばんご なまえ

FRIEND TELEPHONE NUMBER NAME
QUIZ TIME
01

MR. KIMURA’S
TELEPHONE NUMBER
きむらさん の でんわばんご
02

YOUR FRIEND

あなた の ともだち
03

MY NAME

わたし の なまえ
CONGRATULATIONS
SELF INTRODUCTION
 EXAMPLE

SUPPORTING POSSESSIVE
DETAIL PARTICLE MAIN IDEA

わたし の なまえ
MY NAME
SENTENCE PATTERN

TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

は です
 EXAMPLE

TOPIC SUBJECT LINKING

SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT VERB

わたし の なまえ は NAME です

MY NAME IS “NAME”.
SELF INTRODUCTION

はじめまして。

わたし の なまえ は ____________ です。

よろしくおねがいします。

It’s nice to meet you. My name is _________. I

will be in your care.
QUIZ TIME
01

MS. TANAKA’S FRIEND IS A

DOCTOR.
たなかさん の ともだち は いしゃ
です。
02

MY TELEPHONE
NUMBER IS …
わたし の でんわばんご は …
です。
03

MY TEACHERS NAME IS MR.

KUDOU
わたし の せんせい の なまえ は
くどうさん です。
CONGRATULATIONS
 PARTICLES

の
A POSSESSIVE PARTICLE THAT FUNCTIONS AS ‘S OR OF.

IT IS ALSO USED TO CONNECT 2 NOUNS TO CREATE A MORE

SPECIFIC IDEA
 VOCABULARY

がっこう こうこう だいがく

SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL UNIVERSITY
 の PARTICLE

SUPPORTING POSSESSIVE
DETAIL PARTICLE MAIN IDEA

がっこう の せんせい
SCHOOL TEACHER
 SENTENCE EXAMPLE

SUPPORTING POSSESSIVE
DETAIL PARTICLE MAIN IDEA

きむらさん は がっこう の せんせい です

SUBJECT COMPLEMENT

MR. KIMURA IS A SCHOOL TEACHER.

 SENTENCE EXAMPLE

SUPPORTING POSSESSIVE
DETAIL PARTICLE MAIN IDEA

わたし の ともだち は いしゃ です

SUBJECT

MY FRIEND IS A DOCTOR.
 SENTENCE EXAMPLE
SUPPORTING POSSESSIVE
DETAIL PARTICLE MAIN IDEA

たけしさん の ともだち は
SUBJECT

だいがく の せんせい です
SUBJECT COMPLEMENT

MR. TAKESHI’S FRIEND IS A COLLEGE TEACHER.

 LESSON GOALS

LEARN JAPANESE SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

USE PARTICLE の

CONSTRUCT QUESTION SENTENCES

COUNT FROM 1 TO 1,000,000

TELL TIME AND AGE

QUESTION SENTENCES
 PARTICLES

か
IT FUNCTIONS AS A QUESTION MARK. IT IS CUSTOMARY IN JAPAN
TO USE か INSTEAD OF QUESTION MARK.
 SENTENCE

TOPIC SUBJECT
SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT LINKING VERB

あきらさん は にほんじん です
MR. AKIRA IS JAPANESE.
 YES OR NO QUESTION

TOPIC SUBJECT LINKING QUESTION

SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT VERB PARTICLE

あきらさん は にほんじん です か
IS MR. AKIRA JAPANESE ?
 YES OR NO QUESTION

TOPIC SUBJECT LINKING QUESTION

SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT VERB PARTICLE

あきらさん は にほんじん です か
IS MR. AKIRA JAPANESE ?
YES OR NO RESPONSE

はい いいえ
YES NO
QUIZ TIME
01

IS MS. TANAKA A DOCTOR?

たなかさん は いしゃ ですか。

02

IS PROFRESSOR JOHN AN
AMERICAN PERSON?
ジョンせんせい は アメリカじん ですか。
03

IS YOUR FRIEND A UNIVERSITY

STUDENT?
あなた の ともだち は だいがせい ですか
CONGRATULATIONS
SPECIFIC QUESTION

なに
MEANS WHAT.
IF IT IS USED WITH です,
IT BECOMES なんです
WHICH IS THE POLITE
VERSION OF WHAT
 なに・なん

TOPIC SUBJECT LINKING QUESTION

SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT VERB PARTICLE

ラメン は なん です か
WHAT IS A RAMEN?
SENTENCE PATTERN

TOPIC SUBJECT LINKING QUESTION

SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT VERB PARTICLE

は なん です か
WHAT IS A __________?
QUIZ TIME
01

たこやき は なんですか

TAKOYAKI
02

ぎょざ は なんですか

GYOZA
03

からあげ は なんですか

KARAAGE
CONGRATULATIONS
SPECIFIC QUESTION

なに
MEANS WHAT.
IF IT IS USED WITH
COUNTERS, IT
BECOMES
なん + COUNTER
COUNTERS

じ
A COUNTER USED TO
INDICATE TIME IN
HOUR
COUNTERS

さい
A COUNTER USED TO
INDICATE THE AGE
OF SOMEONE
SPECIFIC QUESTION

なに
MEANS WHAT.
IF IT IS USED WITH
COUNTERS, IT
BECOMES
なん + COUNTER
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

WHAT COUNTER

なん じ
WHAT TIME
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

WHAT COUNTER

なん さい
WHAT AGE
ASKING TIME
 なに・なん

SUBJECT LINKING QUESTION

COMPLEMENT COUNTER VERB PARTICLE

なん じ です か
WHAT TIME IS IT?
IF TIME IS ASKED WITHOUT A SUBJECT, IT IS AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMED
THAT YOU ARE ASKING SUBJECT OF THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION.
 なに・なん

TOPIC SUBJECT LINKING QUESTION

SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT COUNTER VERB PARTICLE

レッスン は なん じ です か
WHAT TIME IS THE LESSON?
TIME RELATIVE EXPRESSION

いま
MEANS NOW.
 なに・なん

TIME SUBJECT LINKING QUESTION

EXPRESSION COMPLEMENT COUNTER VERB PARTICLE

いま なん じ です か
WHAT TIME IS IT NOW?
ASKING AGE
 なに・なん

SUBJECT LINKING QUESTION

COMPLEMENT COUNTER VERB PARTICLE

なん さい です か
WHAT AGE ARE YOU?
(LITERAL TRANSLATION)

HOW OLD ARE YOU?

 なに・なん

TOPIC SUBJECT LINKING QUESTION

SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT COUNTER VERB PARTICLE

ゆきさん は なん さい です か
WHAT AGE IS YUKI?
THIS IS THE LITERAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE SENTENCE
ABOVE. SUBJECT CAN BE OMITTED SINCE IT’S UNDERSTOOD
THAT THE SUBJECT IS THE PERSON YOU’RE ASKING.
 FAMILY

おとうさん おかあさん
FATHER MOTHER
 FAMILY

いもうと おねえさん
LITTLE SISTER OLDER SISTER
 FAMILY

おとうと おにいさん
LITTLE BROTHER OLDER BROTHER
 OWN EXAMPLE

TOPIC SUBJECT LINKING QUESTION

SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT VERB PARTICLE

は です か
 OWN EXAMPLE

TOPIC SUBJECT LINKING QUESTION

SUBJECT PARTICLE COMPLEMENT COUNTER VERB PARTICLE

は です か
 LESSON GOALS

LEARN JAPANESE SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

USE PARTICLE の

CONSTRUCT QUESTION SENTENCES

COUNT FROM 1 TO 1,000,000

TELL TIME AND AGE

COUNT FROM 1 TO 1000000
 ONE TO TEN
Numbers Japanese
ONE いち
TWO に
THREE さん
FOUR よん OR し
FIVE ご
SIX ろく
SEVEN なな OR しち
EIGHT はち
NINE きゅう
TEN じゅう
 TENS
Numbers Japanese
ELEVEN じゅういち
TWELVE じゅうに
THIRTEEN じゅうさん
FOURTEEN じゅうよん
FIFTEEN じゅうご
SIXTEEN じゅうろく
SEVENTEEN じゅうなな OR じゅうしち
EIGHTEEN じゅうはち
NINETEEN じゅうきゅう
TWENTY にじゅう
NUMBERS VISUALIZED

3 X 10 = 30
2 X 1 = 2
32
QUIZ TIME
01
02
03
04
05
CONGRATULATIONS
 HUNDREDS
Numbers Japanese
ONE HUNDRED ひゃく
TWO HUNDRED にひゃく
THREE HUNDRED さんびゃく
FOUR HUNDRED よんひゃく
FIVE HUNDRED ごひゃく
SIX HUNDRED ろっぴゃく
SEVEN HUNDRED ななひゃく
EIGHT HUNDRED はっぴゃく
NINE HUNDRED きゅうひゃく
ONE THOUSAND せん
NUMBERS VISUALIZED

5 X 100 = 500
3 X 10 = 30
2 X 1 = 2
532
QUIZ TIME
01
02
03
04
05
CONGRATULATIONS
 THOUSANDS
Numbers Japanese
ONE THOUSAND せん
TWO THOUSAND にせん
THREE THOUSAND さんぜん
FOUR THOUSAND よんせん
FIVE THOUSAND ごせん
SIX THOUSAND ろくせん
SEVEN THOUSAND ななせん
EIGHT THOUSAND はっせん
NINE THOUSAND きゅうせん
TEN THOUSAND いちまん
NUMBERS VISUALIZED

6 X 1000 = 6000
5 X 100 = 500
3 X 10 = 30
2 X 1 = 2
6532
QUIZ TIME
01
02
03
04
05
CONGRATULATIONS
 TEN THOUSANDS
Numbers Japanese
TEN THOUSAND いちまん
TWENTY THOUSAND にまん
THIRTY THOUSAND さんまん
FORTY THOUSAND よんまん
FIFTY THOUSAND ごまん
SIXTY THOUSAND ろくまん
SEVENTY THOUSAND ななまん
EIGHTTY THOUSAND はちまん
NINETY THOUSAND きゅうまん
HUNDRED THOUSAND じゅうまん
NUMBERS VISUALIZED

4 X 10000 = 40000
6 X 1000 = 6000
5 X 100 = 500
3 X 10 = 30
2 X 1 = 2
46532
QUIZ TIME
01
02
03
04
05
CONGRATULATIONS
BEYOND TEN THOUSANDS
Numbers Japanese
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND じゅうまん
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND にじゅうまん
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND さんじゅうまん
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND よんじゅうまん
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ごじゅうまん
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND ろくじゅうまん
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND ななじゅうまん
EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND はちじゅうまん
NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND きゅうじゅうまん
ONE MILLION ひゃくまん
NUMBERS VISUALIZED

24 X 10000 = 240000
6 X 1000 = 6000
5 X 100 = 500
3 X 10 = 30
2 X 1 = 2
246532
CONGRATULATIONS
 LESSON GOALS

LEARN JAPANESE SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

USE PARTICLE の

CONSTRUCT QUESTION SENTENCES

COUNT FROM 1 TO 1,000,000

TELL TIME AND AGE

TELL TIME
 じゅうにじ
じゅういちじ いちじ

じゅうじ にじ

くじ さんじ

はちじ よじ

しちじ ごじ

ろくじ
 MINUTES
MINUTE Japanese
ONE MINUTE いっぷん
TWO MINUTES にふん
THREE MINUTES さんぷん
FOUR MINUTES よんぷん
FIVE MINUTES ごふん
SIX MINUTES ろっぷん
SEVEN MINUTES ななふん
EIGHT MINUTES はっぷん
NINE MINUTES きゅうふん
TEN MINUTES じゅっぷん
 MINUTES

MINUTE Japanese
ELEVEN MINUTES じゅういっぷん
TWENTY MINUTES にじゅっぷん
THIRTY MINUTES はん
 EXAMPLES

3 : 21
さんじ にじゅういっぷん
EXAMPLES

4 : 30
よじ はん
 EXAMPLES

7 : 45
しちじ よんじゅうごふん
 EXAMPLES

9 : 56
くじ ごじゅうろっぷん
 EXAMPLES

10 : 20
じゅうじ にじゅっぷん
QUIZ TIME
01
02
03
04
05
CONGRATULATIONS
TELL AGE
 AGE
MINUTE Japanese
ONE YEAR OLD いっさい
TWO YEARS OLD にさい
THREE YEARS OLD さんさい
FOUR YEARS OLD よんさい
FIVE YEARS OLD ごさい
SIX YEARS OLD ろくさい
SEVEN YEARS OLD ななさい
EIGHT YEARS OLD はっさい
NINE YEARS OLD きゅうさい
TEN YEARS OLD じゅっさい
 AGE

MINUTE Japanese
ELEVEN YEARS OLD じゅういっさい
TWELVE YEARS OLD じゅうにさい
TWENTY はたち
QUIZ TIME
01

1 YR OLD
01

18 YRS OLD
01

35 YRS OLD
01

20 YRS OLD
01

40 YRS OLD
CONGRATULATIONS
 LESSON GOALS

LEARN JAPANESE SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

USE PARTICLE の

CONSTRUCT QUESTION SENTENCES

COUNT FROM 1 TO 1,000,000

TELL TIME AND AGE

 LESSON

01
END OF LESSON