JLPT N5日本語能力試験11-Chapter Story Curriculum

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Hear how Yuki and Kenji introduce themselves. Real native voice acting, natural conversational pacing, and line-by-line translation.

Yuki
おはようございます！
Good morning!
Kenji
おはようございます。ゆきさんですか。
Good morning. Are you Yuki?
Yuki
はい、そうです。はじめまして、ゆきです。
Yes, that's right. Nice to meet you, I'm Yuki.
Kenji
はじめまして。けんじです。よろしくおねがいします。
Nice to meet you. I'm Kenji. Pleased to meet you.
Yuki
こちらこそ、よろしくおねがいします。
Likewise, pleased to meet you too.

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Core conversations from Yuki's first days at school. Watch the YouTube video, read the full lesson notes, and replay any line at your own pace.

Chapter 1: First Words

第1章

7 open lessons

Episode 1
Japanese Greetings & Introducing Yourself
おはよう・はじめまして
How to say good morning, hello and good evening in Japanese, and how to introduce yourself to someone you are meeting for the first time.
5 linesWatch & Practice →
Episode 2
Sorry & Thank You in Japanese
すみません・ありがとう
How to say sorry and thank you in Japanese: すみません when you get in somebody's way, and ありがとうございます when someone helps you.
8 linesWatch & Practice →
Episode 3
Say Who You Are in Japanese
私は〜です
How to say who you are in Japanese with 私〜です, how to ask a question with か, and how to say what you are not.
10 linesWatch & Practice →
Episode 4
What Is It & Whose Is It
何ですか・だれの
Ask what a thing is and who it belongs to, with the three words Japanese uses for pointing: これ near me, それ near you, あれ over there.
12 linesWatch & Practice →
Episode 5
How to Say "That Hat's Mine Too" in Japanese
この・その・あの・も
Put the thing straight after この, その or あの to name what you are pointing at, say that one is mine too with も, and hear how a brother and sister drop the polite endings.
10 linesWatch & Practice →
Episode 6
Japanese Convenience Store Conversation for Beginners
Understand the five questions a convenience store clerk asks, about your point card, heating your bento, a bag, how you will pay and the receipt, answer them, and catch a price in yen.
27 linesWatch & Practice →
Episode 7
Japanese at the Train Station: What Time, Which Platform
Ask when, what time and which platform at a Japanese train station, catch the answer by ear, and learn the hours and the days of the week.
21 linesWatch & Practice →

シラバス11 Chapters

Complete 11-Chapter Curriculum

From your very first words to natural everyday conversations. Follow Yuki's school year through the seasons.

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First words
April
Yuki's first days at school — new faces, new words, and a big brother who turns up.
5 lessons14 grammar points
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Grammar in this chapter
Greeting and thanking
Say hello at any time of day, introduce yourself when you meet someone for the first time, and both say sorry and thank you and reply when someone says them to you.
Introduce yourself
Introduce yourself, check whether someone is who you think, and say what you are not.
Point things out
Point things out, ask what they are, and ask whose they are.
At home
Say the set phrases of a day at home: when you leave and when someone comes back, before and after a meal, a quick sorry to family and friends, and good night.
In the classroom
Get by in the classroom: ask how something is read and what it means, say you do not understand, ask for it one more time, say you have a question, and check that you got it right.
Numbers & time
late April
Numbers move into everyday life — age, clock times, and the days of the week.
2 lessons13 grammar points
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Numbers & age
Count to ninety-nine, say how old someone is, and ask for a phone number.
Clock & weekdays
Say the time and what day it is, say when something happens, and ask when.
Your world
May into June
Yuki's world grows — at home, in the shop, and the things she likes.
3 lessons28 grammar points
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Where things are
Say where things and animals are.
Shopping in a store
Shop in a small store.
Liking & being able
Say what you like and what you can do.
Describe & do
June, the 梅雨 rains
Words pick up colour and speed — describing things and saying what you do.
4 lessons17 grammar points
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Describing things (i-adj)
Describe how things are, and how they were.
Describing things (na-adj)
Describe places and people, and tell the two kinds of adjective apart.
Everyday verbs (ます)
Say what you do — politely to a teacher, casually to a friend — and say from when until when.
Where & how often
Say where, when and how often you do things.
Out into town
July
School's out and the four part at the gate — and the next day they meet at the station, all heading the same way by three different means.
2 lessons9 grammar points
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Where are you off to?
Say where you're going, ask where someone else is going, and say you're heading home.
With whom, and how?
Say what you're travelling by and who you're going with.
Count & compare
mid-July, the last week of term
The day before the outing and the day of it — a packing list that will not add up, and a market where everything gets measured against everything.
2 lessons11 grammar points
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How many?
Count things and people with the right counter, say roughly how much, and say what you have.
Which one's best?
Compare two things, say something isn't as ___ as something else, and pick a favourite out of many.
The holiday begins
late July, the first days of 夏休み
Term ends on a Friday and the summer holiday opens the next morning at the sea — everyone wants something different from it, and by evening a few kind requests and one shared song have made all of it happen.
3 lessons12 grammar points
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Say what you want
Say what you want to do and what you want to have — and go somewhere to do it.
Join two actions
Say two things you do in one sentence — and use the same form on its own as a friendly “look!” or “listen!”.
- Verb (て-form)Connective Verb Form: て-form (Chaining actions & structural hub)
- RU-verb, U-verb, or irregular?The three verb families: Godan, Ichidan, and Irregular
Ask and suggest
Ask someone to do something, ask them to slow down or repeat, and suggest doing things together.
At the siblings'
August, deep in the holiday
First visit to Yuki and Kon's place — house rules get tested, and Yuki's first-ever curry gets tasted.
2 lessons10 grammar points
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May I? You may not!
Ask for permission, give it or refuse it, and say why something isn't allowed.
Try it!
Say you'll try doing something, and say whether it's easy or hard to do.
The city trip
late August
The four take the train to the big city — a ramen lunch ordered all by themselves, a way asked and found, and a very formal owl at the hotel desk who offers a guest English before she has said a word.
3 lessons17 grammar points
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Table for four
Order food and drink at a restaurant, ask for something more and ask for the bill.
Which way to the hotel?
Ask how to get somewhere and follow the directions — right, left, straight on.
Say where you're from
Say which country you are from and which language you speak, answer when someone asks if you are Japanese, and say that Japanese is fine when English is offered.
The sleepover
the last night of August
Term two starts in the morning, so the four pile into Kenji's for the last night of the holidays — the evening the course names the switch it has been using since L9: ます for Mori-sensei on the street, and not one です once the door is shut. Then a midnight fridge with nothing in it at all.
2 lessons7 grammar points
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Friends drop the です
Switch into casual speech with friends — short verbs, だ, and questions that ride on tone alone.
- いきます → いく · です → だTalk casually with friends: The plain register (普通体)
- それ + はRefer to a thing near the listener: それ
Nothing in the fridge
Say what you don't do and what there isn't — and ask whether there is something with なにか.
First day back
early September, the first week of the new term
September. The four walk back into Mori-sensei's classroom with a whole summer to tell — what they did, what they did not do, what Kenji still has not finished — and the photos from the seaside trip go up on the wall, each one needing a clause to say what it is.
2 lessons13 grammar points
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The summer in the past
Tell what you did and did not do — politely to your teacher, plainly to your friends — and say what is not finished yet.
The picture on the wall
Describe a thing or a person with a whole clause in front of it — the photo we took at the sea, the ramen Kon ate — and give the reason inside the sentence.

Meet the Cast

登場人物 · Cast

The curriculum follows Yuki, her big brother Kon and their friends Kenji and Nami through the school year and the summer holidays, guided by Mori-sensei.

Yuki
ゆき
White rabbit
Curious, cheerful student starting school
Kon
こん
Orange fox
Yuki's clever, teasing big brother
Kenji
けんじ
Brown bear
Calm, gentle and a little sleepy friend who never hurries you
Nami
なみ
Penguin
Cool on the outside, soft inside; says little, and it lands
Mori-sensei
もり先生
Deer teacher
Patient teacher guiding the class through first year

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The Complete JLPT N5 Japanese Course

Listen to a Sample Dialogue

Curriculum & Video Lessons

Chapter 1: First Words

Japanese Greetings & Introducing Yourself

Sorry & Thank You in Japanese

Say Who You Are in Japanese

What Is It & Whose Is It

How to Say "That Hat's Mine Too" in Japanese

Japanese Convenience Store Conversation for Beginners

Japanese at the Train Station: What Time, Which Platform

Complete 11-Chapter Curriculum

First words

Greeting and thanking

Introduce yourself

Point things out

At home

In the classroom

Numbers & time

Numbers & age

Clock & weekdays

Your world

Where things are

Shopping in a store

Liking & being able

Describe & do

Describing things (i-adj)

Describing things (na-adj)

Everyday verbs (ます)

Where & how often

Out into town

Where are you off to?

With whom, and how?

Count & compare

How many?

Which one's best?

The holiday begins

Say what you want

Join two actions

Ask and suggest

At the siblings'

May I? You may not!

Try it!

The city trip

Table for four

Which way to the hotel?

Say where you're from

The sleepover

Friends drop the です

Nothing in the fridge

First day back

The summer in the past

The picture on the wall

Meet the Cast

Download and Start Learning

Hanamaru Quiz

The Complete JLPT N5 Japanese Course

Listen to a Sample Dialogue

Curriculum & Video Lessons

Chapter 1: First Words

Japanese Greetings & Introducing Yourself

Sorry & Thank You in Japanese

Say Who You Are in Japanese

What Is It & Whose Is It

How to Say "That Hat's Mine Too" in Japanese

Japanese Convenience Store Conversation for Beginners

Japanese at the Train Station: What Time, Which Platform

Complete 11-Chapter Curriculum

First words

Greeting and thanking

Introduce yourself

Point things out

At home

In the classroom

Numbers & time

Numbers & age

Clock & weekdays

Your world

Where things are

Shopping in a store