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Every seat in this cinema leads to Japanese.
Let’s find yours.
この映画館の席は、ぜんぶ日本語に続いています。あなたの席を、いっしょに探しましょう。
Is hiragana still a stranger?
Then the lobby is yours. Japanese Basics walks the whole kana world in ten chapters — hiragana, katakana, sounds, numbers — at your own pace, before any grammar.
まずはロビーへ。ひらがな・カタカナ・音・数字 ── 文法の前に、かなの世界を一周します。
Working through Minna no Nihongo, or aiming at JLPT N5–N4?
Your film is now playing: Midnight Encounter, a spy thriller in 50 lessons — one for each Minna no Nihongo chapter. The numbers match: studying 第14課 at school? Open Lesson 14 here, tonight.
あなたの映画は上映中。50課のスパイ・スリラー ── みんなの日本語と同じ課番号なので、教室の続きを今夜ここで。
Season 1 = N5 (Lessons 1–25) · Season 2 = N4 (Lessons 26–50). Furigana, romaji, four-language vocabulary, and a story voice you can switch on.
Finished N4 and looking for the bridge? Good Morning Tokyo — the N3 series — is in the works; the story will meet you there. Meanwhile, the Story editions let you reread the whole drama at a deeper level.
N4 のさきの橋は、いま編んでいるところ。それまでは Story 版で、同じ物語をすこし深い日本語で。
Passed N1 — and still freeze in meetings?
Then you already know: the real test starts after the test. Reading the Room is an IT business drama for that Japanese — meetings, honest uncertainty, real project documents.
本当の試験は、試験のあとに始まる。会議の日本語・正直な不確かさ・実物の資料 ── そのためのドラマです。
Teaching Japanese?
The projection booth is open to you too. Cheat sheets for your learners, and classroom tools — dice, group makers, timers, quizzes — all free, no sign-up.
映写室は先生にも開いています。教室の道具はぜんぶ無料・登録なしで。
Not sure? Just practice something small
Open the toolbox — flashcards, a three-hint quiz, a one-minute speech timer. Five minutes counts.
迷ったら、小さく練習。5分でも、ちゃんと前に進みます。
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