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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. Vocabulary expansion 6
54. Reading exercise 6
55. Writing hiragana 6
56. Writing kanji 6
57. Hiragana 7
58. Kanji 7
59. How are you?
60. Conjugating な-adjectives
61. The particle も
62. The word ちょっと
63. Reading exercise 7
64. Writing hiragana 7
65. Writing kanji 7
66. Katakana 1
67. Kanji 8
68. Numbers up to 10
69. Numbers from 11 to 99
70. Numbers from 100 to 999
71. How much is it?
72. Introduction to counters
73. The 回-counter
74. Life, truth and sheep
75. Reading exercise 8
76. Writing katakana 1
77. Writing kanji 8
78. Katakana 2
79. Kanji 9
80. How old are you?
81. Telling time: hours
82. Telling time: minutes
83. The days of the week
84. The months of the year
85. Time and the に-particle
86. Reading exercise 9
87. Writing katakana 2
88. Writing kanji 9
89. Katakana 3
90. Kanji 10
91. Greetings
92. The adjective いい
93. Like and Dislike
94. Using 〜間 to indicate duration
95. Reading exercise 10
96. Writing katakana 3
97. Writing kanji 10
98. Katakana 4
99. Kanji 11
100. Let's and Shall We with the verb stem + ましょう
101. Expressing Desire: Nouns
102. Expressing Desire: Verbs
103. Expressing purpose with the verb stem + に
104. Vocabulary expansion 11
105. Reading exercise 11
106. Writing katakana 4
107. Writing kanji 11
108. Katakana 5
109. Kanji 12
110. Apologizing with すみません and 失礼します
111. Explaining why using から
112. Counting objects and the flat object counter 枚
113. Other usages of の
114. The general counter 〜つ
115. Connecting sentences with そして and nouns with と
116. Reading exercise 12
117. Writing katakana 5
118. Writing kanji 12
119. Katakana 6
120. Kanji 13
121. Indicating ability with the potential form
122. Indicating ability with ことができる
123. Nature
124. Combining も with other particles
125. Reading exercise 13
126. Writing kanji 13
127. Kanji 14
128. Formal denial
129. The -て form and the imperative part 1
130. The -て form and the imperative part 2
131. Reading exercise 14
132. Writing katakana 6
133. Writing kanji 14
134. Kanji 15
135. Relative time expressions
136. AM (before noon) and PM (afternoon)
137. Using ごろ and ぐらい for approximation
138. Stem-form + 始める and 終える
139. Reading exercise 15
140. Writing kanji 15
141. Kanji 16
142. て-form + から
143. Introducing yourself
144. Counting thousands
145. Counting ten thousands and higher
146. Reading exercise 16
147. Writing kanji 16
148. Kanji 17
149. Linking verbs and clauses with the て-form
150. Expressions at home
151. Vocabulary expansion 17
152. Reading exercise 17
153. Writing kanji 17
154. Kanji 18
155. The verb 言う
156. Asking permission with て-form + もいいですか
157. Reading exercise 18
158. Writing kanji 18
159. Kanji 19
160. The present continuous and past continuous
161. Linking adjectives together
162. Vocabulary expansion 19
163. Reading exercise 19
164. Writing kanji 19
165. Kanji 20
166. Family members
167. Children
168. Vocabulary expansion 20
169. Reading exercise 20
170. Writing kanji 20
171. Kanji 21
172. Near, Next to, and Between
173. Dates
174. Using は to indicate possession instead of の
175. The subject particle が revisited
176. い-adjectives with multiple personality disorder
177. Reading exercise 21
178. Writing kanji 21
179. Kanji 22
180. The Plain Form I: Present Tense Affirmative
181. The Plain Form II: Adjectival sentences
182. Reading exercise 22
183. Writing kanji 22
184. Kanji 23
185. The Plain Form III: Present Tense Negative Verbs
186. The Plain Form IV: The past tense
187. The Plain Form V: Past Tense Adjectival Sentences
188. Changing adjectives into adverbs
189. Reading exercise 23
190. Writing kanji 23
191. Kanji 24
192. Traffic directions and the waypoint particle を
193. Qualifying nouns with subordinate clauses
194. Reading exercise 24
195. Writing kanji 24
196. Kanji 25
197. The four cardinal directions
198. Direct and indirect quotations
199. Reading exercise 25
200. Writing kanji 25
201. Kanji 26
202. Negative requests with the plain form + でください
203. Telling it's too much with すぎる
204. が as an object marker
205. Vocabulary expansion 26
206. Reading exercise 26
207. Writing kanji 26
208. Kanji 27
209. Converting -すぎる to a noun with -すぎ
210. The body
211. The contrast marker は
212. Combining は with other particles
213. Reading exercise 27
214. Writing kanji 27
215. Kanji 28
216. Usages of the verb する
217. Casual conversation
218. Reading exercise 28
219. Writing kanji 28
220. Kanji 29
221. Colors
222. Apologizing with ごめん なさい
223. Vocabulary expansion 29
224. Reading exercise 29
225. Writing kanji 29
226. Kanji 30
227. Expressing intention with つもり
228. Nominalizing verbs using の + ability
229. The connecting particle や
230. Home
231. Verb + の + like/dislike
232. Reading exercise 30
233. Writing kanji 30
234. Kanji 31
235. Vocabulary expansion 31
236. Explain why using ので
237. Reading exercise 31
238. Writing kanji 31
239. Kanji 32
240. Pluralizing suffixes - たち and ら
241. Vocabulary expansion 32
242. Only - だけ
243. 方: the way of doing something
244. Making requests with をください
245. Reading exercise 32
246. Writing kanji 32
247. Kanji 33
248. Using より to make comparisons
249. Comparisons with より ~ ほうが
250. Offering explanation with んです
251. Listing multiple things with ~たり
252. Giving advice: 方がいいです
253. Reading exercise 33
254. Writing kanji 33
255. Kanji 34
256. まだ~ていません: have not ... yet
257. いっしょに: Together with
258. And, and then, since then with それから
259. Have to do - ないといけない
260. Reading exercise 34
261. Writing kanji 34
262. Kanji 35
263. もう: Already
264. Without doing: ないで
265. Kanji 36

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