About these lessons

These lessons started as a course for one English speaker living in Japan who had taken plenty of lessons that didn't stick. They focus on what you actually say and hear: at home, at the shops, at the station, and in letters from the school.

Every sentence is everyday spoken Japanese in the standard Tokyo style, checked by a native speaker.

Using the lessons

• Tap the speaker next to any line to hear it.
• Use the bar at the bottom of a lesson for a hands-free drill. The screen stays on while it plays.
• Cards hide the English. Tap a card, or "Show English", to check yourself.

If you hear no Japanese voice

• Android: Settings → System → Languages → Text-to-speech output. Choose Google's engine and install the Japanese voice.
• iPhone: Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Voices → Japanese, and download a voice.

Lines recorded by a native speaker play those recordings instead.

Questions or corrections: contact@maudric.com.