Your first action verbs in Japanese. Learn the polite ます ending and start doing things, not just describing them.

JLPT Level: N5 | Duration: 04:56

Grammar covered: Masu Polite

Vocabulary: 食べます, 飲みます, 行きます, 読みます

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Test your knowledge of all 8 particles in a challenge format: は, が, の, に, を, で, から, まで.

JLPT Level: N5 | Duration: 05:46

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Learn から〜まで (from...to...) and まで (until/up to) — particles for expressing ranges, distances, and limits.

JLPT Level: N5 | Duration: 04:22

Grammar covered: Kara Made Range, Made Until

Vocabulary: から, まで, 授業, 会社, 歩く, 駅, 遠い, 図書館, 借りる

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Learn で — the particle that marks where actions happen and the means by which you do things.

JLPT Level: N5 | Duration: 04:27

Grammar covered: De Means Location

Vocabulary: で, 部屋, 宿題, 家, 晩ごはん, スーパー, 牛乳, 買う, 電車, 学校, 行く

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Learn を — the particle that marks what you eat, drink, read, listen to, and act upon.

JLPT Level: N5 | Duration: 04:19

Grammar covered: Wo Object Marker

Vocabulary: を, 水, コーヒー, 飲む, 朝ごはん, 食べる, 新聞, 読む, 音楽, 聞く

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Learn に — the particle that marks where things are and when things happen.

JLPT Level: N5 | Duration: 04:29

Grammar covered: Ni Location Time

Vocabulary: に, 庭, 猫, 台所, 冷蔵庫, 七時, 起きる, 寝る, 母

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Review everything from units 1-5: greetings, です, questions, は/が, の, and この/その/あの.

JLPT Level: N5 | Duration: 04:36

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Learn この (this), その (that near you), and あの (that over there) — demonstratives that point to specific things.

JLPT Level: N5 | Duration: 04:52

Grammar covered: Kono Sono Ano Demonstratives

Vocabulary: この, その, あの, りんご, かばん, いくら, 時計, 高い, ケーキ, 甘い, 店, 安い

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Learn の — the particle that connects nouns and shows possession. From 'my family' to 'today's homework', の is everywhere in Japanese.

JLPT Level: N5 | Duration: 05:46

Grammar covered: No Possession

Vocabulary: の, 家族, かばん, 重い, おいしい, 多い, 宿題, 学校, 近く

Key sentences:

• 私の名前はミキです。

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Meet が — the particle that marks the subject. Learn when to use が vs は and why it matters.

JLPT Level: N5 | Duration: 04:32

Grammar covered: Ga Subject Marker

Vocabulary: が, 猫, 好き, いる, ある

Key sentences:

• 猫がいます。
• 猫が好きです。
• 誰が来ましたか。
• 水がありますか。

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