Welcome to Takako's Self-Learning Japanese Materials!

Tips for Using This Web Site

• Vocabulary: Voc. List & Voc. Checking Drill
• Drills: Mechanical or Situational Drills
• Grammar: Grammar Points

The materials on this web site are independent of any textbook, and the author
(Takako Aikawa) is responsible for any flaw in this site.

Would you like to learn how to write Japanese letters/characters? Then, click here!

For advanced students:Visit here!

This will lead you to Interview Material Site!

Unit 1 Chapter 1 Basic Japanese Sentences: how to construct Japanese sentences? ( Drills in Chapter 1 come with sound!) Break Time! Essential Expressions in Japanese. (This is linked to the NTT's Web Site.) Chapter 2 Making a Request: how to make a request? and how to order food? Your Web Mission #1 Chapter 3 Gerund Forms of Verbs: how to express one's progressive action(s)? Break Time! Greetings in Japanese. (This is linked to the Japanese learning materials created by the 3Web, Japan.)

Unit 2 Chapter 4 Formal Speech Style Your Web Mission #2 Chapter 5 Expressing Desires & More on Making a Request!

Would you like to take a trip to Japan? Here is Traveller's Japanese!

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