In this lesson Kanako sensei and I go through our second Sentence Pyramid focusing on JANAI.

Episode 25 - Sentence Pyramid #2 - Working with JANAI

Yukari and I ... well I lose control in this episode but we somehow get through the newest compound hiragana words.

Episode 24 - More Compound Words... this episode is nearly a disaster!

My lovely Japanese wife joins us to talk about a new innovation in learning Japanese (hype!) called a "Sentence Pyramid" where we slowly ramp up the complexity of a sentence by making small changes.

Episode 23 - What is a Sentence Pyramid and How Can it Help Learning Japanese?

In this episode I want to share with you how Japanese From Zero! text book series came into existence and talk about a devastating turn of events that happened today for our business.

Episode 22 - Some of the History Behind The Best Selling Japanese Textbook on Amazon

We begin to learn some basic sentences while also learning some of the compound hiragana in this episode.

Episode 21 - Learning Simple Japanese Sentences and The First Compound Hiragana

Many students ask about which order they should learn Japanese. This and some other issues will be tackled in this episode of "Secrets of Japanese!"

Episode 20 - The Best Order To Learn Japanese and Other Learning Techniques

We will learn our first Japanese particle today to mark topics!

Episode 19 - Let's Learn Japanese Pattern #3, "Is A B?" and "A is B"

Let's learn a ton more important Japanese words!

Episode 18 - Japanese Words That Use MA MI MU ME MO and RA RI RU RE RO

In this episode we learn how to ask basic sentences and answer them in Japanese! We are lucky to have our special co-host, Kanako sensei, to help.

Episode 17 - Asking Simple Questions in Japanese | PATTERN 002

This is a re-upload due to initial issues with the episode. Today Kanako sensei is back and we are learning about the next three word groups. Soon we will know all of the hiragana!

Episode 16 - Words That Use The HA HI FU HE HO Hiragana and More!

Veteran language learner and author of 9 Japanese, and 4 Korean textbooks teaches Japanese and shares hints to improve your listening comprehension, and culture understanding of Japanese.

In this episode we learn words that contain the "SMALL TSU" which is used to double a consonant sound.

Episode 15 - Japanese Words that use the "small TSU"

In this episode we learn our VERY first grammar by learning the most basic and possibly most important Japanese grammar.

Episode 14 - The Most Basic Japanese Sentence Possible

You won't want to miss this episode. Today I discuss the worst type of teacher that hopefully you can avoid when learning Japanese.

Episode 13 - The Worst Type of Teacher

This is a bit longer than normal episodes but it's an important cleanup of the words that we have already learned. Make sure to check the resources page to get the updated information.

Episode 12 - More Hiragana Words and Some Cleaning Up

My voice is still out, but we have a great episode today from a video made in 2018 with my best friend Kathi where we discuss the 5 language hacks to help you learn a language faster.

Episode 11 - 5 Language Learning Hacks with Special Guest Kathi

My voice is completely shot, but let's discuss 4 important Japanese proverbs that have guided me throughout my life in many language and business endeavors.

Episode 10 - 4 Japanese Proverbs That Insure You Become Fluent in Japanese

In this lesson we introduce the first "Most Important Hiragana Words" List #1 that we will be very important when we begin introducing grammar in the next few lessons. Make sure using sign up for our email list at https://www.secretsofjapanese.com and check out the resources page https://www.secretsofjapanese.com/resources. How did you do on the quiz?

In this lesson we introduce the first "Most Important Hiragana Words" List #1 that we will be very important when we begin introducing grammar in the next few lessons. Make sure using sign up for our email list at <a href="https://www.secretsofjapanese.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.secretsofjapanese.com</a> and check out the resources page <a href="https://www.secretsofjapanese.com/resources" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.secretsofjapanese.com/resources</a>. How did you do on the quiz?

Episode 9 - The Most Important Hiragana Words #1 and Special Guest Kanako Sensei

In this episode we talk about the next 2 sets of Hiragana and how to use ちいさい つ (small TSU). And then we discuss the differences between the two versions of ZU and JI.

Episode 8 - Double consonants in Japanese and the two forms of ZU and JI

Now that you have been learning Hiragana for a bit, let's talk about the first two practice sheets from the Secrets of Japanese Resource page.

Episode 7 - Working with the first sets of hiragana

In this episode of Secrets of Japanese we discuss the 5 most important things you should do when you are learning Japanese.

Episode 6 - Do THESE 5 things when learning Japanese!

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