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Learn hiragana, the 100 most useful kanji, and read real stories in our 100th issue of Makoto, the magazine for learners of Japanese.
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What you get
Hiragana: The Basics of Japanese
- Every hiragana, step by step
- Native Japanese audio included
- The first thing every learner needs
Kanji 100
- The 100 most useful kanji
- Stroke order for every kanji
- Example words and a sentence for each
- MP3s of every reading and example
- PDF and ePub
Makoto #100
- Our 100th issue, after 8 years
- 3 full stories to read and listen to
- Culture, grammar and fun Japanese not found in textbooks
- For beginners and up
Two free newsletters, pick what you like
Included
The weekly newsletter
1 to 3 emails a week with fun (and a little quirky) lessons.
- Short lessons you can read in a few minutes
- Newsletter-only discounts and freebies
- New books, stories and audio first
Optional, next page
A Little Japanese, every morning
A free two-minute lesson each day. One minute of Japanese every day beats a long session once a week.
- One line of real Japanese, with furigana
- Quick vocabulary and one grammar point
- A tiny quiz with the answer one click away
Who we are
We started The Japanese Page in 1999, and it has been one of the web's biggest free Japanese sites ever since. Yumi is from Japan and records the audio; Clay learned Japanese as an adult and remembers what was hard. We also make the Makoto+ membership and the books at TheJapanShop.com.