Basic Japanese words
From greetings and numbers to the phrases that save you. Everything is sorted into themes, so start wherever you like. Free, no sign-up.
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Just visiting
Not moving here, just here for a few days. These are the situations you will actually run into.
Needed as soon as you arrive
Everyone goes through these in the first month. There is no way around them.
Every day
Useful today, and the payoff is immediate.
It will come, sooner or later
Rare, but there is no time to look things up when they happen. Worth reading first.
10,000Japanese words, all free
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