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Online Japanese JLPT N5 Course (All 15 Lessons)
Build a confident Japanese foundation from the first character to your first everyday conversation.


Practice & Methods (Live Interactive)
Skills Covered
What you'll learn
Course syllabus
6 sections • 15 live lessons
This course includes
Live cohort enrollment is open
Learn live, then review on your schedule.
Attend instructor-led classes and keep the notes and recordings for practice between sessions.
Live cohort experience
Join live classes through Google Meet or Zoom, practise with a small cohort, and receive feedback between lessons. Questions about schedules, group size, or level placement? Email our team.
Requirements
- Mastering pronunciation and writing of Japanese hiragana and katakana.
- Printing the Online Japanese PDF textbook and consulting it during class.
- Knowing the notation rules explained in “How to use these study materials”.
- Pausing the practice corner in video clips when more thinking time is needed.
- Using the N5 vocabulary, expressions, and grammar lists for preparation and review.
- Learners who have not mastered hiragana and katakana should begin with the Online Japanese Beginner Course (All 12 lessons).
- Learners who have not mastered N5-level kanji should study the Online Japanese Kanji Character Course first.
Who this course is for
- (Essentials) Learners who understand English and whose native language is not Japanese.
- (Essentials) Learners who have, to an extent, mastered hiragana and katakana.
- Learners who want to take the JLPT N5.
- Learners who want to study business Japanese.
- Learners who want to become proficient in conversational Japanese.
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