Japanese Learning

Japanese Reading Practice: A Library Closure and a Return Box

Read an invented library notice and distinguish the closed day from the usual opening hours. Find the alternative place to return a book.

Japanese Reading Practice: A Café Order Slip with Quantities and a Total

Read a fictional order slip and calculate a total from stated item prices. The numbers are exercise data rather than current prices at a real café.

Japanese Reading Practice: Rain Changes a Picnic Plan

Follow a short message that changes the place and day of a plan. Distinguish the abandoned picnic from the replacement indoor meeting.

Japanese Reading Practice: A Community Event Invitation

Find the meeting point, required item, and registration deadline in a fictional event invitation. Not every time in the text describes the event itself.

Japanese Reading Practice: A Message About Swapping a Work Shift

Read a fictional exchange between two coworkers. Work out which person will cover each day after the proposed swap is accepted.

Japanese Reading Practice: A Train Notice with a Changed Departure Time

Read a short fictional station notice and distinguish the original departure from the replacement time. Use the final instruction to decide when to arrive.

Japanese Reading Practice: A Part-Time Job Notice and Its Schedule

Find the workdays, start time, and contact instruction in a fictional job notice. Distinguish the actual listed shift from a day the shop is closed.

Japanese Reading Practice: A School Timetable and a Free Period

Read a student’s morning timetable and identify what happens before and after a break. Use the start and end times to calculate the length of one lesson.

Japanese Reading Practice: A Delivery Note with a Date and Contact Detail

Find when a package arrived and how the fictional recipient should request another delivery. Keep the delivery attempt separate from the requested next action.

Japanese Reading Practice: Apartment Rules About Bicycles and Rubbish

Read an invented apartment notice and separate an allowed location from a prohibited one. Find the day and time limit in the rubbish instruction.

Japanese Message Practice: Tell Someone You Will Be Late

Write a brief delay message that includes an apology, the reason, and a usable arrival estimate. The workplace and transport problem here are fictional.

Japanese at Clinic Reception: Appointment, Name, and Where to Wait

Practise identifying yourself and understanding a simple reception instruction. This exercise covers language at the desk, without giving medical advice.

Lost Item Japanese: Describe a Bag and Ask Where to Go

Describe a missing object with a colour and a location. Practise giving useful details instead of relying on the word “lost” alone.

Decline an Invitation in Japanese: A Clear Reply and Another Day

Practise declining a specific invitation while keeping the relationship friendly. Say which day does not work and offer an alternative only if you mean it.

Japanese Café Conversation: Eat Here, Take Away, and Change an Order

Practise responding to a café question about where you will eat. Then correct one detail of an order politely before the conversation ends.

Buying a Train Ticket in Japanese: Destination, Number, and One-Way Travel

Practise a short ticket-counter conversation. State a destination, say how many tickets you need, and check the information you hear before paying.

Hotel Check-In Japanese: Your Reservation, Name, and Breakfast Time

Follow a simple check-in exchange and practise the details that change from one guest to another. The sample name and times are fictional.

Convenience Store Japanese: Bags, Heating, and Payment Questions

Recognise three common kinds of checkout question and give a clear reply. Practise the action requested rather than memorising はい as a universal response.

Ask Someone to Repeat in Japanese: Again, More Slowly, and One Detail

Keep a conversation going when you miss something. Choose between asking for the whole message again, asking for slower speech, and checking one detail.

Restaurant Reservation Japanese: Date, Time, and Party Size

Practise a short reservation call with a fictional restaurant. Give the number of people and repeat the time before ending the conversation.

Kariru vs Kasu: Borrow and Lend with Clear Roles

Borrowing and lending describe opposite sides of one exchange. Identify who gets temporary use of the item before choosing 借りる or 貸す.

Japanese Frequency Words: Itsu Mo, Yoku, Tokidoki, and Amari

Say how often you do something without assigning invented percentages to frequency words. Practise common expressions and the negatives used with あまり and 全然.

Japanese Family Words: Your Family and Someone Else’s

Choose family terms for a specific conversation. When speaking politely about your family to an outsider, some terms differ from the words used for someone else’s family.