Japanese · A1–A2

Beginner path (on this page)

A1–A2 Japanese: kana first, then a tiny polite toolkit. Finishable listening, a small productive vocabulary, and sentences you invent — not streak theatre.

Four-week starter

1. Week 1 — Script with the Hiragana trainer; 20 high-frequency words/day.
2. Week 2 — First 500 through ~160; five spoken sentences/day.
3. Week 3 — Topic deck (travel/food) + 45-second voice note of your day.
4. Week 4 — Re-listen week-1 audio with less support; 60-word week paragraph.

Daily 25 minutes

1. 3 min — yesterday’s three words aloud
2. 10 min — First 500 or script warm-up (open tool)
3. 12 min — graded listening + 30-second retell

Model micro-paragraph:
今週は日本語を勉強して、新しいことばを書きました。もっと話したいです。

Japanese-specific traps

• Kanji collection as productivity theatre
• Anime-only input
• Romanization with no retirement date

Hub: Japanese resources. Next: B1–B2 path.

A solid practice day

Finish one listening or reading piece you can actually complete. Invent three new sentences from today’s words. Record a short spoken retell. If the input is too hard, step down one level — don’t open another app. Repeat on three weekdays before stacking new resources.