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Japanese for real situations.
Each guide gives you the handful of sentences that carry the whole situation, with pronunciation and the cultural notes that keep you from sounding off.
Japanese for restaurants
Everything from the moment you walk in to the moment you pay - being seated, ordering, asking about a dish, and getting …
Japanese for the hotel
Checking in, asking about your room, and the few requests you'll actually make at the front desk - said politely enough …
Greetings & meetings
How to greet people, introduce yourself, and handle the small rituals of a first meeting - the part of Japanese that mak…
Trains & directions
Finding your platform, buying a ticket, and understanding the answer when you ask the way. Japan's trains are superb onc…
Japanese for shopping
Prices, paying, sizes and the polite “just looking”. Shop staff are famously helpful, and a few phrases turn that from i…
Japanese for dating
Asking someone out, getting through a first date, and the phrases that actually come up - plus the etiquette that differ…
Japanese for karate
The dojo commands, counting, techniques and etiquette terms you'll hear in a karate class - what they mean literally, an…
Japanese for judo
Referee calls, throw names, groundwork terms and the etiquette of the judo dojo - enough to follow a class or a contest …
Japanese for aikido
The terms that come up constantly in an aikido dojo: roles, entering and turning, the main techniques, and the etiquette…
Japanese for kendo
Target calls, equipment names, commands and etiquette for kendo - including the shouts you're expected to make yourself.…
Japanese for anime & manga
The words that come up constantly in anime and manga - genre names, the vocabulary of fandom, and the casual speech that…
Japanese for gaming
Menu vocabulary, online play, and the words you need to get through a Japanese-language game without guessing which butt…
Japanese for ceramics & pottery
Studio vocabulary, the main regional styles, and the aesthetic words that come up whenever Japanese pottery is discussed…
Japanese for onsen & bathhouses
What the signs mean, what the etiquette is, and the handful of phrases that make a first onsen visit relaxed rather than…
Japanese for karaoke
Booking a room, working the machine, and the small social rituals of a Japanese karaoke night.…
Japanese at the convenience store
The questions the cashier will ask you, in the order they ask them - plus the vocabulary for the things a Japanese konbi…
Japanese for emergencies
The phrases you hope not to use - feeling ill, getting lost, needing help - plus how to ask for someone who speaks Engli…