Reading
Short, simple passages that build up from hiragana.
At a glance
Built for busy professionals
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01 · Online
Fit lessons around work
Live on Zoom from your office, from home, or from anywhere on the road. No commute, no classroom.
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02 · Private
Your own teacher
Private 1-on-1 with a native sensei who tailors every lesson to your job, industry, and real conversations at work.
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03 · Flexible
Schedule that fits your week
Pick a time that works around meetings and travel. Reschedule when the calendar changes.
HOW IT WORKS
From hello
to speaking, in 4 steps.
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Contact us
Fill in the short form and we’ll get back to you by email.
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Talk with a teacher
Tell us your goals and where you’re starting from. We’ll match you with the right sensei.
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Pick your time
Book your first private lesson at a time that fits your week.
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Start speaking
1-on-1 with your teacher, online, and you’re already using Japanese on the job.
Student voices
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M, 40s · Tokyo
Finally leading meetings in Japanese
I’ve been at my company in Tokyo for years and still switched to English the second a meeting got technical. It was embarrassing. My teacher rebuilt my meeting vocabulary week by week and drilled the phrases I actually use with clients. Four months in, I ran a project kick-off entirely in Japanese and stopped translating things in my head. The confidence at work has been the biggest change.
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T, 20s · Yokohama
No more asking a coworker to check my emails
First job in Japan and I was terrified of Slack. Every message to my manager took me twenty minutes and I’d ask a Japanese coworker to double-check the keigo. My teacher went through my actual work chats with me and taught me the patterns that come up over and over. Now I write on my own without second-guessing every word.
Now imagine…
Join the lessons and
step into this future
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Speak up in meetings
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Handle work chats and email
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Live in Japan with confidence
at work and outside it
From the founder
I’ve lived in Japan for ten years, and I know the pain of not being able to express what you actually want to say. That’s why we built Nihongo Academy.
Mike · Founder