Grammar and Vocabulary

Alphabet Both syllabaries in full, laid out the way they are taught, with every character playable. Hiragana Katakana Kanji Drill Numbers Ten digits and four rank words make every number — apart from the five that change sound. Counting things, too, with lessons and a drill in both directions. Digits Ranks Sound changes Counters Learn Drill Verbs Three classes, and the class decides everything. Every form of twenty verbs laid out side by side, lessons that teach the forms ten at a time, and a drill that asks you to produce them. Godan Ichidan Irregular 16 forms Learn Drill Adjectives Two kinds, and the kind decides every form. Eleven forms of each, いい and the words that end in い without being i-adjectives, and lessons that teach the common ones ten at a time. i-adjectives na-adjectives 11 forms Learn Particles The small words that say what each part of the sentence is doing. What each one marks, the pairs that get mixed up, lessons that teach what each is for, and a drill that fills in the blank. は が を に で へ Confusable pairs Learn Drill This and that こ near me, そ near you, あ over there, ど the question — and the three shapes each of them comes in. Which one attaches to a noun, which stands alone, and lessons for all twelve words. これ それ あれ この + noun ここ どこ Mix-ups Learn