日本語

Learn Japanese free, 40 words at a time

Instead of a course that starts with fruit and farm animals, LingoMatrix asks what you need Japanese for — convenience-store trips, polite introductions, train stations — and builds a 40-word matrix around it. Those 40 words recombine into roughly 10,000 sentences you would actually say.

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How the Japanese matrix works

  1. Say what you need Japanese for, and pick your level.
  2. Get 10 pronouns, 10 verbs, 10 adjectives and 10 nouns in Japanese, each with an English translation and phonetic spelling.
  3. Pick one word from each column — the grammar engine conjugates and agrees everything for you, then reads the sentence aloud.
  4. Hit the randomizer when you want a short surprise sentence to practise.

Useful Japanese phrases

  • Hello.

    こんにちは。

    kon-nichi-wa

  • A coffee, please.

    コーヒーをください。

    koo-hii o kudasai

  • Where is the station?

    駅はどこですか。

    eki wa doko desu ka

  • I don't understand.

    わかりません。

    wakarimasen

  • How much is it?

    いくらですか。

    ikura desu ka

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Counting 1–10 in Japanese

ichi · ni · san · yon · go · roku · nana · hachi · kyū · jū

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