Name: Japanese Alphabet for Beginners（HIRAGANA)
Uploaded: 2021-04-01T23:50:12.000Z
Duration: 52 min 35 s
Description: Let's learn HIRAGANA！Once you mastered Hiragana, you can read any Japanese words and phrases because Hiragana is a Phonogram. If you want to learn Japanese, Hiragana is the first step for your journey. And you can avoid mispronounce Japanese words.

Let's learn HIRAGANA！Once you mastered Hiragana, you can read any Japanese words and phrases because Hiragana is a Phonogram. If you want to learn Japanese, Hiragana is the first step for your journey.  And you can avoid mispronounce Japanese words.

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こんにちは。
If you are trying to start learning Japanese, you found a right tutor!! I will get excited and happy if I see people who want to learn and improve their Japanese. I can provide an excellent lessons so that you feel your progress. 

You want to start from the scratch? Or you want to improve your conversation skill? Or you want to reduce a thick accent and want to speak like Native Japanese? Or, maybe you want to prepare JLPT, AP Japanese, and so on?  Or you want to read Manga, watch Anime in Japanese?  I can help all of these.

Hello!  My name is Jinko and I love teaching!  It's a joy for me to see people's progress and success. Being a teacher for 11 years in Japan made me feel this is something I love to do, want to keep doing as long as possible.

I was born and raised in Tochigi, Japan. I have been teaching Japanese since I moved to America in 2001. I started teaching Japanese at community college. Then, local homeschool group asked me to teach Japanese in their community. Also, I was teaching at Saturday school(HOSHUKO) in Bethesda, MD, where students can learn many subjects in Japanese.  At the same time, I am raising 3 children as bilingual.  

I earned B.A. and certified in Japan as a teacher.  11 years of experience as a public school teacher in Japan gave me a joy to see children's success and achievement. That's why I've started teaching in America too.  Learning is fun!  Not only children, but  adults also can have fun to learn something new.  Learning is fun and exciting!! My role is to help and support you to achieve your goals. 

Because I use both languages, I can teach Japanese efficiently, explain details, and provide some useful tips.  I am very good at finding what kind of learning style is effective to you, or you prefer. So that you feel comfortable while you learn with me.  Also, I believe it is one of my talents to find out what each student needs to practice and study in order to improve their skills.  Which means I plan my lessons based on your needs so you can learn efficiently.  In other words, I customize each lesson.  I am very confident that I can provide high quality lessons and make you satisfied. My experience and constant effort to improve my teaching skill is the benefit for you. 

Please read about my policy before you sign up with me. This is very important for both you and me. Please note that my current availability is really limited. If you want to learn Japanese with me, but you don't find any time slot which is convenient to you, don't be discouraged. I can add you in the waiting list and let you know once I have open slot. 

【Cancellation, reschedule and late policy】
I respect your time very much.  Thus, I expect you to respect mine as well.  Lesson cancellations and rescheduling must be done 24 hours in advance before the scheduled lesson. If you do not reach me within the 24 hour period, you will be charged for the lesson. Please remember that you must contact me 24 hours in advance or you will be charged for the lesson. No matter what the reason is.

If you can't make your scheduled lesson for more than two weeks consecutively (for vacation, camp, and so on) I need to give your lesson time to another student. My schedule is very tight since I work with many students. Which means that I can't afford to hold a time slot with a student who can't consistently show up. If you would like to start lessons with me again, please contact me with your preferred time slot from my availability.

If you will be late for your lesson, please contact me by text or email before your lesson starts. I will wait until you log in, but I can't extend your lesson time. No refund will be given for the time you missed.  I need to end your lesson at the scheduled time. Please remember that you have agreed to my policy, if you signed up for lessons with me,  Also, please read The 24 Hour Golden Rule by takelessons.com...
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Japanese Alphabet for Beginners（HIRAGANA)

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I am a native speaker and former school teacher in Japan.  'Learning is fun' -------this is my motto.  When you achieve your goals, you feel a joy from your accomplishment, right? Sometimes, it's difficult to keep motivated. That's why I am here to help you. I want to help you to achieve your goals, keep motivated.  My lesson starts from finding what students really need to learn.  To understand each student is the key to success.  I am very strong in teaching proper Japanese, including reading and writing Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji with fun way.  Also, casual, informal, practical Japanese too. For intermediate, advanced students, I can help you to improve more native-like pronunciation or accent. I have some good methods to reduce foreign accent.

Jinko sensei has been a phenomenal teacher in the time I have been taking Japanese lessons. She has been patient with my ever changing work schedule and flexible when it is necessary. She has also been patient with me as I am a rather slow learner and always finds a way to teach the subject material in a way that is easy to understand. Would recommend her to anyone wanting to learn Japanese.  

Best language teacher I have ever had. Have been learning with her since 2021. 

Jinko Sensei takes the time to tailor each of my lessons to my skill level and is super flexible when it comes to the schedule. I would highly recommend her for anyone looking to learn Japanese.

Additionally, since she is native Japanese we can have very interesting cultural discussions about Japan which really helps with understanding certain aspects of the Japanese language.

Jinko sensei was who I found and reached out to when I truly decided to put my money where my mouth is and start earnestly learning Japanese, and these last three years have been stellar. She brings the experience, methodology and patience of a skilled teacher and combines it with a native speaker's context in very crucial ways. Importantly as well, her willingness to encourage and even help with things like learning via reading Japanese media has been a boon, and never has she turned me away if I come to a class with questions about how to read or interpret a piece of text.

If you're considering learning Japanese, she would absolutely be my recommendation, and I look forward to continuing my studies with her.

I've been learning with Jinko Sensei for several years now, and have now been able to actually have conversations with native Japanese speakers with confidence and understanding. Her attention to detail and ability to explain difficult concepts and grammar points is unparalleled!

Jinko sensei has been teaching me for a little over two years I’m pretty sure and she is the best! Some things that made learning easier was all the talking practice. It gave me a chance to practice talking in a Japanese accent and gain new words. She is so extremely patient and nice I love learning from her. We also did lots of reading practice that helped me learn new characters and I am a thousand times better at reading now than I was at the beginning of the year!

I have had her as my teacher for about 4 years now. I love learning Japanese and I love the classes. She is a very encouraging and patient teacher and I look forward to our lessons every week.

I have learned so much from Jinko-sensei, not just grammar but also how to hold a conversation and understand it. She always helps me learn how to say something that I want to say, and brings Japanese into the context of my own personal life so that I know how to apply it. I really recommend her as a teacher!

I've been studying Japanese with Jinko sennsei for several years. Jinko sennsei invested the learning goals of students and make plans to help to achieve. Her teaching is patient and extremely understandable. If you are interested in learing Japanese, I would highly recommend learning it with Jinko sennsei. She's the best.

Ms. Jinko has really helped me - I stalled out trying to learn Japanese from a textbook alone, but with her help, I continued on.  This will soon be the second New Years I've been under her tutelage, and since last New Year's my goal of improving my reading was reached, and I've become a lot more confident in speaking Japanese out loud even if I have to use a 'katakana word' instead of vocabulary I don't know.

She teaches gently, but still recognizes my weaknesses and helps me improve on them.

It's been 2 years since I've started and I'm already speaking, reading, writing, and listening at an intermediate low level.  If you are ever interested in learning Japanese, I definitely recommend learning it with Jinko.   

Jinko Sensei has been a very helpful and kind Japanese tutor for me for well over a year now, and has helped me so much with my understanding of Japanese. The way she goes over topics is very understandable, as well as fun. I have learned far more with her help than I would have learned on my own!

Jinko sensei is seriously the best. She is incredibly knowledgeable, resourceful, and patient. She is highly invested in the learning goals of students, and guide you every step of the way to help realize your goals. Within two years, I was able begin with no Japanese to passing a highly advanced Japanese reading exam for my PhD program. I cannot recommend Jinko sensei more to students of any levels!

Most of Pokemon is written in KATAKANA. You can learn how to read and write KATAKANA because you love Pokemon. It makes much easier for you to learn, if you love Pokemon. There are more than 100 Pokemon, so there are three videos. This one is the Second one.

Learn KATAKANA with Pokemon! Part2

Most of Pokemon is written in KATAKANA. You can learn how to read and write KATAKANA because you love Pokemon. It makes much easier for you to learn, if you love Pokemon. There are more than 100 Pokemon, so there are three videos. This one is the first one.

Learn KATAKANA with Pokemon! Part 1

This is the second video to show how to say Yummy Japanese food in Japanese. You can learn those names with proper pronunciation with this video. At the same time, you will learn how to read/write those in HIRAGANA and KATAKANA. 

Foods in Japanese Part2

How to say those Yummy Japanese food in Japanese? You can learn those names with proper pronunciation in this class. At the same time, you will learn how to read/write those in HIRAGANA and KATAKANA. 

Foods in Japanese part1

You can learn how to say Family members in Japanese. There are some similar words, so you need to pay attention pronunciation and pitch accent. Also, Japanese use different words between your family and other people's family. This video let you know these important points so that you can say family members with confident.

How to say Family members in Japanese?

You can will learn the second Japanese letter sets which is called KATAKANA. Not only mastering HIRAGANA, but mastering KATAKANA is also really important, because we use lots of foreign words and phrases which needs to be written in KATAKANA. Watch this video many times until you master these!!

Let's learn KATAKANA

You will read JLPT N4 level Kanji with Jinko Sensei. This is the second video which covers about half of the target Kanji characters. You should watch and practice this video many times so that you can retain how to read naturally.  

Kanji Practice JLPT N4 part2

You will read JLPT N4 level Kanji with Jinko Sensei. This is the first video which covers about half of the target Kanji characters. You should watch and practice this video many times so that you can retain how to read naturally.  

Kanji Practice JLPT N4 part 1

You can prepare JLPT kanji questions by watching this video. There are little more than 100 Kanji that you need to know for N5 exam. Read same Kanji words everyday so that you can memorize those easily. This is the second video.

Kanji Practice JLPT N5 part2

You can prepare JLPT kanji questions by watching this video. There are little more than 100 Kanji that you need to know for N5 exam. Read same Kanji words everyday so that you can memorize those easily. 

Kanji Practice JLPT N5 Part1

Learn basic greeting words, like 'Good morning', 'Thank you' and so on. I will explain how you can say these words and Phrases more naturally.  Pronunciation tips were included. Please use this video and practice saying these basic words and phrases many, many times!

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Japanese Alphabet for Beginners（HIRAGANA)

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Learn KATAKANA with Pokemon! Part2

Learn KATAKANA with Pokemon! Part 1

Foods in Japanese Part2

Foods in Japanese part1

How to say Family members in Japanese?

Let's learn KATAKANA

Kanji Practice JLPT N4 part2

Kanji Practice JLPT N4 part 1

Kanji Practice JLPT N5 part2

Kanji Practice JLPT N5 Part1

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