By the end
What you'll build
- Read and write all of hiragana and katakana
- Understand why Japanese uses three scripts and what each is for
- Explain kanji on- and kun- readings and why they exist
- Produce correct vowel length and double consonants, which change words
- Keep the mora beat that gives Japanese its rhythm
- Read simple Japanese aloud accurately
The shape of it
How this course works
Short lessons
18 lessons across 3 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.
Practice as you go
Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.
A certificate at the end
Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.
Ready when you are.
Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.