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Memrise Online Japanese (Kanji) Course

Speak everyday Japanese (Kanji) with our free online Japanese (Kanji) course

Speak everyday Japanese (Kanji) with our free online Japanese (Kanji) course

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Start with these lessons designed around real-life scenarios

Conversation Fillers

Hiragana
Hiragana
17 words/phrases to learn
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Introducing Yourself

Introductions
Introductions
13 words/phrases to learn
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Eating with Friends

Food
Food
17 words/phrases to learn
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Survival Questions

Basics
Basics
20 words/phrases to learn
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Katakana for Food 1

Katakana
Katakana
15 words/phrases to learn
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Making Friends Abroad

Travel
Travel
18 words/phrases to learn
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Hobbies 1

Activities
Activities
11 words/phrases to learn
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Introducing Your Family 1

Relationships
Relationships
12 words/phrases to learn
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Calling Up a Friend

Social Life
Social Life
12 words/phrases to learn
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Many traditional learning methods insist on teaching irrelevant words and focusing on grammar. It would take weeks before getting to learn things that you find interesting and useful in the real world. So why not learn phrases about travelling if you love to travel? Or phrases about food if you’re into that. Learning a language through what you already love keeps you motivated, helps you contextualise the language, and makes learning much easier and enjoyable.
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