Mini-lessons

Start with Day one — kana and first phrases with pronunciation on. Then particles and grammar.

Day one

Hiragana, katakana, greetings, your first sentence, numbers, and の. Pronunciation stays on.

Hiragana

Five characters. Can you read them at a glance?

Katakana

Five characters. Same sounds, different shapes.

Greetings

Morning, day, night — plus thank you and sorry.

First sentence

わたしは X です — one skeleton, swap the noun.

Numbers

1 through 10 — every reading, no skips.

の

My book. The teacher's car. One particle.

Particles

は vs が, を, に vs で — the small words that change the sentence.

は vs が

Topic or subject? Five sentences, one contrast.

を vs が (potential)

When you can do something — が replaces を.

に vs で

Where you go vs. where you do something.

を

The thing you eat, drink, watch, or read.

Grammar basics

です vs だ, ます, and これそれあれ.

です vs だ

Polite vs plain — same fact, different room.

ます

The polite verb ending you'll actually use.

これそれあれ

Near you, near them, or over there.

Quick review

Hiragana chart

All 46 sounds, voiced marks, and combos. One page.

Katakana chart

Same sounds as hiragana, different shapes.