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Check out the new blog over at and also our new shop at that I mentioned in this episode.

Most of you know this, but for those of you that haven't thought of Japanese beyond just anime. This is a note from me to you.

In this lesson Kanako sensei and I go through our second Sentence Pyramid focusing on JANAI.

Yukari and I ... well I lose control in this episode but we somehow get through the newest compound hiragana words.

My lovely Japanese wife joins us to talk about a new innovation in learning Japanese (hype!) called a "Sentence Pyramid" where we slowly ramp up the complexity of a sentence by making small changes.

In this episode I want to share with you how Japanese From Zero! text book series came into existence and talk about a devastating turn of events that happened today for our business.

We begin to learn some basic sentences while also learning some of the compound hiragana in this episode.

Many students ask about which order they should learn Japanese. This and some other issues will be tackled in this episode of "Secrets of Japanese!"

We will learn our first Japanese particle today to mark topics!

Let's learn a ton more important Japanese words!

In this episode we learn how to ask basic sentences and answer them in Japanese! We are lucky to have our special co-host, Kanako sensei, to help.

This is a re-upload due to initial issues with the episode. Today Kanako sensei is back and we are learning about the next three word groups. Soon we will know all of the hiragana!

In this episode we learn words that contain the "SMALL TSU" which is used to double a consonant sound.

In this episode we learn our VERY first grammar by learning the most basic and possibly most important Japanese grammar.

You won't want to miss this episode. Today I discuss the worst type of teacher that hopefully you can avoid when learning Japanese.

This is a bit longer than normal episodes but it's an important cleanup of the words that we have already learned. Make sure to check the resources page to get the updated information.

My voice is still out, but we have a great episode today from a video made in 2018 with my best friend Kathi where we discuss the 5 language hacks to help you learn a language faster.

My voice is completely shot, but let's discuss 4 important Japanese proverbs that have guided me throughout my life in many language and business endeavors.

In this lesson we introduce the first "Most Important Hiragana Words" List #1 that we will be very important when we begin introducing grammar in the next few lessons. Make sure using sign up for our email list at and check out the resources page How did you do on the quiz?