日本語 — Japanese

My journey from Japanese 0 → JLPT N5 → N1.

Goals

• Understand Japanese grammar structurally
• Read Japanese without relying on romaji
• Build a strong vocabulary and kanji foundation
• Understand basic spoken Japanese
• Reach JLPT N5 and continue toward N1

Learning philosophy

• Understand before memorizing
• Learn grammar through examples
• Learn vocabulary in context
• Learn kanji through words
• Record mistakes
• Review regularly

Current level

Pre-N5 - Beginner (working toward JLPT N5)

Lessons

Pronunciation and Kana

No.	Lesson
001	Japanese Sound System
002	Hiragana Foundations
003	Hiragana Dakuten and Handakuten
004	Hiragana Yoon
005	Hiragana Sokuon
006	Hiragana Nasal Mora
007	Hiragana Long Vowels
008	Katakana Foundations
009	Katakana Dakuten and Handakuten
010	Katakana Yoon
011	Katakana Sokuon
012	Katakana Nasal Mora
013	Katakana Long Sounds
014	Katakana Foreign-Word Patterns

Grammar

Sentence Patterns

No.	Lesson
015	Japanese Sentence Structure
027	Noun Sentences with です
028	Negative Noun Sentences with ではありません
029	Question Sentences with か
045	Polite Past Noun Sentences (でした・ではありませんでした)
046	Plain Noun Sentence Forms (だ・じゃない・だった・じゃなかった)

Particles

No.	Lesson
016	Topic Particle は
017	Subject Particle が
018	Object Particle を
019	Particle に
020	Particle で
021	Particle の
022	Particle も
023	Particle と
024	Particle へ
025	Particle から
026	Particle まで

Demonstratives

No.	Lesson
030	Demonstratives: これ・それ・あれ
031	Demonstratives: この・その・あの
032	Demonstratives: ここ・そこ・あそこ

Question Words

No.	Lesson
033	Question Word: どこ
034	Question Word: 何（なに・なん）
035	Question Word: 誰（だれ）
036	Question Word: いつ
037	Question Word: いくら
038	Question Word: どの
039	Question Word: どれ

Verbs

No.	Lesson
041	Verb Dictionary Form and ます-Form
042	Polite Negative Verb Form (～ません)
043	Polite Past Verb Form (～ました)
044	Polite Past Negative Verb Form (～ませんでした)
047	Plain Negative Verb Form (～ない)
048	Plain Past Verb Form (～た)
049	Plain Past Negative Verb Form (～なかった)
050	Verb て-Form Formation (～て)
051	Requests with ～てください
052	Continuing Actions and States (～ています)
053	Permission with ～てもいいです
054	Prohibition with ～てはいけません

Adjectives

No.	Lesson
055	Introduction to い-Adjectives and な-Adjectives
056	Negative い-Adjectives (～くない)
057	Past い-Adjectives (～かった)
058	Past Negative い-Adjectives (～くなかった)
059	Negative な-Adjectives (～じゃない)
060	Past な-Adjectives (～だった)

Kanji

No.	Lesson
040	Introduction to Kanji