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1. Hiragana 1
2. Kanji 1
3. The verb to be
4. The topic particle は
5. Reading exercise 1
6. Writing hiragana 1
7. Writing kanji 1
8. Hiragana 2
9. Kanji 2
10. This one and that one
11. The question particle か
12. Reading exercise 2
13. Writing hiragana 2
14. Writing kanji 2
15. Hiragana 3
16. Kanji 3
17. Negating nouns
18. The possession particle の
19. い-adjectives and な-adjectives
20. Here and there
21. The subject particle が
22. There is, there are
23. Reading exercise 3
24. Writing hiragana 3
25. Writing kanji 3
26. Hiragana 4
27. Kanji 4
28. Group 1 verbs, direct and indirect objects
29. Group 2 verbs
30. Writing hiragana 4
31. Hiragana 5
32. Verbs in the past tense
33. Negating verbs
34. Invitations and the particle と
35. Negating past verbs
36. Reading exercise 4
37. Writing kanji 4
38. Kanji 5
39. Nouns and the past tense
40. The group 3 verbs する and 来る
41. The discourse particles ね and よ
42. This and that
43. The location particles に and で
44. The destination particles に and へ
45. Reading exercise 5
46. Writing hiragana 5
47. Writing kanji 5
48. Hiragana 6
49. Kanji 6
50. The origin particle から
51. Relative positions
52. Conjugating い-adjectives
53. Saying however with けど, けれど and けれども
54. Vocabulary expansion 6
55. Reading exercise 6
56. Writing hiragana 6
57. Writing kanji 6
58. Hiragana 7
59. Kanji 7
60. How are you?
61. Conjugating な-adjectives
62. The particle も
63. The word ちょっと
64. Reading exercise 7
65. Writing hiragana 7
66. Writing kanji 7
67. Katakana 1
68. Kanji 8
69. Numbers up to 10
70. Numbers from 11 to 99
71. Numbers from 100 to 999
72. How much is it?
73. Introduction to counters
74. The 回-counter
75. Life, truth and sheep
76. Reading exercise 8
77. Writing katakana 1
78. Writing kanji 8
79. Katakana 2
80. Kanji 9
81. How old are you?
82. Telling time: hours
83. Telling time: minutes
84. The days of the week
85. The months of the year
86. Time and the に-particle
87. Reading exercise 9
88. Writing katakana 2
89. Writing kanji 9
90. Katakana 3
91. Kanji 10
92. Greetings
93. The adjective いい
94. Like and Dislike
95. Using 〜間 to indicate duration
96. Reading exercise 10
97. Writing katakana 3
98. Writing kanji 10
99. Katakana 4
100. Kanji 11
101. Let's and Shall We with the verb stem + ましょう
102. Expressing Desire: Nouns
103. Expressing Desire: Verbs
104. Expressing purpose with the verb stem + に
105. Vocabulary expansion 11
106. Reading exercise 11
107. Writing katakana 4
108. Writing kanji 11
109. Katakana 5
110. Kanji 12
111. Apologizing with すみません and 失礼します
112. Explaining why using から
113. Counting objects and the flat object counter 枚
114. Other usages of の
115. The general counter 〜つ
116. Connecting sentences with そして and nouns with と
117. Reading exercise 12
118. Writing katakana 5
119. Writing kanji 12
120. Katakana 6
121. Kanji 13
122. Indicating ability with the potential form
123. Indicating ability with ことができる
124. Nature
125. Combining も with other particles
126. Reading exercise 13
127. Writing kanji 13
128. Kanji 14
129. Formal denial
130. The -て form and the imperative part 1
131. The -て form and the imperative part 2
132. Reading exercise 14
133. Writing katakana 6
134. Writing kanji 14
135. Kanji 15
136. Relative time expressions
137. どう
138. AM (before noon) and PM (afternoon)
139. Using ごろ and ぐらい for approximation
140. Before and after with 前に and 後に
141. Stem-form + 始める and 終える
142. Reading exercise 15
143. Writing kanji 15
144. Kanji 16
145. て-form + から
146. Introducing yourself
147. Counting thousands
148. Counting ten thousands and higher
149. Reading exercise 16
150. Writing kanji 16
151. Kanji 17
152. Linking verbs and clauses with the て-form
153. Expressions at home
154. Vocabulary expansion 17
155. Reading exercise 17
156. Writing kanji 17
157. Kanji 18
158. The verb 言う
159. Asking permission with て-form + もいいですか
160. Denying permission with て-form + 行けません
161. Vocabulary expansion 18
162. Reading exercise 18
163. Writing kanji 18
164. Kanji 19
165. The present continuous and past continuous
166. Linking adjectives together
167. Vocabulary expansion 19
168. Reading exercise 19
169. Writing kanji 19
170. Kanji 20
171. Using で after a noun to link sentences
172. Family members
173. Children
174. Vocabulary expansion 20
175. Reading exercise 20
176. Writing kanji 20
177. Kanji 21
178. Near, Next to, and Between
179. Dates
180. Using は to indicate possession instead of の
181. The subject particle が revisited
182. い-adjectives with multiple personality disorder
183. Reading exercise 21
184. Writing kanji 21
185. Kanji 22
186. The Plain Form I: Present Tense Affirmative
187. The Plain Form II: Adjectival sentences
188. Reading exercise 22
189. Writing kanji 22
190. Kanji 23
191. The Plain Form III: Present Tense Negative Verbs
192. The Plain Form IV: The past tense
193. The Plain Form V: Past Tense Adjectival Sentences
194. Changing adjectives into adverbs
195. Saying however using でも and しかし
196. Vocabulary expansion 23
197. Reading exercise 23
198. Writing kanji 23
199. Kanji 24
200. Traffic directions and the waypoint particle を
201. Qualifying nouns with subordinate clauses
202. Reading exercise 24
203. Writing kanji 24
204. Kanji 25
205. The four cardinal directions
206. Direct and indirect quotations
207. Vocabulary expansion 25
208. Reading exercise 25
209. Writing kanji 25
210. Kanji 26
211. Listing alternatives with the particle か
212. Negative requests with the plain form + でください
213. Telling it's too much with すぎる
214. が as an object marker
215. Indicating proximity with こちら, そちら, あちら and どちら
216. Vocabulary expansion 26
217. Reading exercise 26
218. Writing kanji 26
219. Kanji 27
220. Converting -すぎる to a noun with -すぎ
221. The body
222. The contrast marker は
223. Combining は with other particles
224. Reading exercise 27
225. Writing kanji 27
226. Kanji 28
227. Usages of the verb する
228. Casual conversation
229. Reading exercise 28
230. Writing kanji 28
231. Kanji 29
232. Colors
233. Apologizing with ごめん なさい
234. Vocabulary expansion 29
235. Reading exercise 29
236. Writing kanji 29
237. Kanji 30
238. Vocabulary expansion 30
239. Expressing intention with つもり
240. Nominalizing verbs using の
241. Verb + の + ability
242. The connecting particle や
243. Home
244. Verb + の + like/dislike
245. Reading exercise 30
246. Writing kanji 30
247. Kanji 31
248. Vocabulary expansion 31
249. Explaining why with から less formally
250. Explain why using ので
251. Explaining why using noun + で
252. Reading exercise 31
253. Writing kanji 31
254. Kanji 32
255. 思う: To think
256. Pluralizing suffixes - たち and ら
257. Vocabulary expansion 32
258. Only - だけ
259. Not only - だけ で なく
260. Not even - だけ + も + negative verb
261. As ... as possible - potential form + だけ
262. 方: the way of doing something
263. Making requests with をください
264. The long, cylindrical object counter 本
265. Reading exercise 32
266. Writing kanji 32
267. Kanji 33
268. Using より to make comparisons
269. Comparisons with より ~ ほうが
270. Asking why with どうして
271. Offering explanation with んです
272. Listing multiple things with ~たり
273. Giving advice: 方がいいです
274. まだ~ていません: have not ... yet
275. Vocabulary expansion 33
276. Reading exercise 33
277. Writing kanji 33
278. Kanji 34
279. Vocabulary expansion 34
280. いっしょに: Together with
281. And, and then, since then with それから
282. Have to do - ないといけない
283. Reading exercise 34
284. Writing kanji 34
285. Kanji 35
286. もう: Already
287. Without doing: ないで
288. Saying when using 時
289. Vocabulary expansion 35
290. 〜て ある: intentional actions with remaining effects
291. Denying permission with verb + ちゃいけない
292. Denying permission with verb + ちゃダメ
293. Reading exercise 35
294. Writing kanji 35
295. Kanji 36
296. Vocabulary expansion 36
297. Levels of certainty
298. Conjecturing with でしょう
299. Conjecturing with だろう
300. Reading exercise 36
301. Writing kanji 36
302. Kanji 37
303. Vocabulary expansion 37
304. あのう
305. Indicating proximity with こっち, そっち, and あっち
306. Reading exercise 37
307. Writing kanji 37
308. Kanji 38
309. Vocabulary expansion 38
310. More family members
311. Asking in what way using どうやって
312. Reading exercise 38
313. Writing kanji 38
314. Kanji 39
315. Asking for what reason using 何故
316. Using の at the end of a sentence
317. Vocabulary expansion 39
318. To have done (before) - た こと が ある
319. The floor counter 階
320. Forming superlatives with 一番
321. Reading exercise 39
322. Writing kanji 39
323. Kanji 40
324. Vocabulary expansion 40
325. Saying other or besides using 他
326. Saying intended for using 〜向け
327. Saying only or nothing but with しか
328. Telling you've decided on something with に する
329. This kind of, that kind of, what kind of
330. Linking negative verbs with 〜なくて
331. Reading exercise 40
332. Writing kanji 40
333. Kanji 41
334. Have to do - 〜なくて は いけない
335. Have to do - 〜なくて は ならない
336. Have to do - 〜なくて は ダメです
337. Have to do 〜なくちゃ
338. Vocabulary expansion 41
339. Reading exercise 41
340. Writing kanji 41
341. Kanji 42
342. To not have to - 〜なくて も いい
343. The informal volitional form
344. Vocabulary expansion 42
345. Plural nouns
346. Reading exercise 42
347. Writing kanji 42
348. Kanji 43
349. The particle なあ
350. Vocabulary expansion 43
351. Reading exercise 43
352. Writing kanji 43

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