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Free taster · JLPT N5

The Japanese Gengo

Learn Japanese with style — survival-first, story-driven, led by a cast you'll love. Try a few pages, free.

MarinaPick any card — tap to hear it, reveal it, collect it. Then come find the whole book! 📸

Kanji card: Hito

A kanji isn't a symbol — it's a character with a story. Tap to hear & collect it.

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はじめ

Dialogue: はじめまして

Meet the cast. Tap each line to hear it & reveal the meaning — then introduce yourself.

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花札

Culture: Hanafuda

Twelve months, twelve flowers — the calendar you can hold. Tap each card to hear it.

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Quest 1: "I just arrived"

Tick what you can already do. Finish it and a shy little owl might just say hello…

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Numbers: count to ten

Ten kanji that unlock prices, times & dates. Tap to hear them, then count the pile.

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天気

Weather: read the sky

はれ・くもり・雨・雪 — tap to hear, plus the manga-style sounds of rain & snow.

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方角

Compass: which way?

Box the four directions (東 is the sun in the trees!) — then a quick which-way quiz.

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一日

Your day in verbs

Five verbs, morning to night — tap each, then flip the whole day into the past.

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Colours: the quartet

白黒赤青 — tap to hear, unlock the 青 = blue/green secret, then match the swatch.

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お金

Money: read the price

Climb the ladder to 万, then read real ¥ price tags out loud. 🛍️

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📖 These are 10 free tasters from a two-volume JLPT N5 book — 105 kanji as characters, a full cast of five, and the whole story from "hello" to graduation.

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