Japanese
Kana before anything else, then beginner grammar with Genki as a spine, kanji as its own habit, and listening from the first week.
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Stage 1 · The two syllabaries, first
Hiragana and katakana
9- 1The Easiest Way To Learn Hiraganayoutube.com
- 2The Easiest Way to Learn KATAKANA #1 │JAPANESE AMMOyoutube.com
- 3The Easiest Way to Learn KATAKANA #2 │JAPANESE AMMOyoutube.com
- 4The Easiest Way to Learn KATAKANA #3 │JAPANESE AMMOyoutube.com
- 5KATAKANA SO vs N vs SHI vs TSU ソンシツ #4 │JAPANESE AMMOyoutube.com
- 6Write Your Countries & Names in KATAKANA ║JAPANESE AMMOyoutube.com
- 7How I Write Hiragana | Hiragana Handwriting | ひらがな | When you write さ, don't write like さyoutube.com
- 8How I Write Katakana | カタカナyoutube.com
- 9How to pronounce hiragana, ひらがな, aiueo, あいうえお〜わをんyoutube.com
Guides that actually teach the kana
2- 10Tofugu — learn hiraganatofugu.com
- 11Tofugu — a ridiculously detailed guide to learning Japanesetofugu.com
Stage 2 · Absolute beginner grammar
Absolute beginner lessons (Japanese Ammo with Misa)
10- 12Japanese Lesson 1: XはYです, こんにちは vs こんにちわ? Particles?┃Absolute Beginneryoutube.com
- 13Japanese Lesson 2: How to Form Questions - XはYですか。/ What is X? これ何 vs 何これ┃Absolute Beginneryoutube.com
- 14Japanese Lesson 3: This & That - これ vs それ vs あれ vs どちら / こちら, そちら, あちら ┃Absolute Beginneryoutube.com
- 15#4 This & That - koNO vs KORE（この / その / あの vs これ /それ / あれ）┃Absolute Beginneryoutube.com
- 16JLPT N5 Adjective Conjugation Test (Negative, Past, Past Negative) ┃Beginner Friendly い形容詞&な形容詞youtube.com
- 17#5 の (no) particle / Posessive particle (of)┃Absolute Beginneryoutube.com
- 18Verb Negative form ない (Plain/Informal)┃JLPT N5 (Absolute Beginner)youtube.com
- 19Japanese Verb Negative Form Review Testyoutube.com
- 20Verb Past Negative なかった┃JLPT N5 (Absolute Beginner)youtube.com
- 21TE Form Conjugation + Test (JLPT N5/4)youtube.com
Absolute beginner Japanese (ToKini Andy)
8- 22ABSOLUTE BEGINNER Japanese - Where to Startyoutube.com
- 23The REAL Most Basic Japanese Sentence Structuresyoutube.com
- 24The Japanese の Particle in 2 minutes!youtube.com
- 25Japanese Question Particle か in 1 minuteyoutube.com
- 26This and That in Japanese in UNDER 2 Minutesyoutube.com
- 27The Difference Between これ and この in UNDER 1 Minuteyoutube.com
- 28The Difference Between そこ and あそこ in UNDER 1 Minuteyoutube.com
- 29How to Ask WHOSE in Japanese in UNDER 1 Minuteyoutube.com
Two free grammar guides
2- 30Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japaneseguidetojapanese.org
- 31Wikibooks Japaneseen.wikibooks.org
Stage 3 · A textbook spine: Genki
Genki, lesson by lesson
12- 32【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 1 Grammar Made Clear | XはYです・Question か・の Particleyoutube.com
- 33【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 2 Japanese Grammar Made Clearyoutube.com
- 34【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 3 Japanese Grammar Made Clear | ます CONJUGATION SIMPLIFIEDyoutube.com
- 35【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 4 Japanese Grammar Made Clear【Chat removed】youtube.com
- 36【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 5 Japanese Grammar Made Clear | Japanese Adjectivesyoutube.com
- 37【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 6 Japanese Grammar Made Clear | The て Form and moreyoutube.com
- 38【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 7 Japanese Grammar Made Clearyoutube.com
- 39【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 8 Japanese Grammar Made Clearyoutube.com
- 40【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 9 Japanese Grammar Made Clearyoutube.com
- 41【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 10 Japanese Grammar Made Clear | COMPARISON in Japaneseyoutube.com
- 42【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 11 Japanese Grammar Made Clearyoutube.com
- 43【N5】Genki 1 Lesson 12 Japanese Grammar Made Clearyoutube.com
Grammar for absolute beginners
12- 44#1 は & です Japanese Grammar Lesson for Absolute Beginnersyoutube.com
- 45#2 This / That + adjectives これ / それ / あれ┃Japanese Lesson for Absolute Beginnersyoutube.com
- 46#3 Noun Negation - Japanese Lesson for Absolute Beginnersyoutube.com
- 47#4 I & NA adjectives┃Japanese Lesson for Absolute Beginnersyoutube.com
- 48JLPT N5 Adjective Conjugation Test (Negative, Past, Past Negative) ┃Beginner Friendly い形容詞&な形容詞youtube.com
- 49#7 Verbs basics & を particle - Japanese Lesson for Absolute Beginnersyoutube.com
- 50#8 *Verb*ing is *adj.*- Japanese Lesson for Absolute Beginnersyoutube.com
- 51#9 Verb Masu (Polite) form ます形┃Japanese Lesson for Absolute Beginnersyoutube.com
- 52#10 Particles at / in / with に / で / と- Japanese Lesson for Absolute Beginnersyoutube.com
- 53#11 negation of masu verbs ません - Japanese Lesson for Absolute Beginnersyoutube.com
- 54#12 past tense & past negative of masu verbs - Japanese Lesson for Absolute Beginnersyoutube.com
- 55TE Form Conjugation + Test (JLPT N5/4)youtube.com
N5 grammar, explained through games
6- 56Casual Past Tense in Japanese「た・かった・だった」 - JLPT N5 Grammar ┃ Genki Lesson 9youtube.com
- 57「の」Indefinite Pronoun 'One' - JLPT N5 Grammar ┃ Genki Lesson 10youtube.com
- 58「になる・くなる」- To Become - JLPT N5 Grammar ┃ Genki Lesson 10youtube.com
- 59「どこか・誰か・何か」- Somewhere / Someone / Something - JLPT N5 Grammar ┃ Genki Lesson 10youtube.com
- 60「誰も・何も・どこも」- No one / Nothing / Nowhere - JLPT N5 Grammar ┃ Genki Lesson 10youtube.com
- 61「～たい」- Want to... - JLPT N5 Grammar ┃ Genki Lesson 11youtube.com
Grammar practice and the dictionary you will live in
2- 62Bunpro — grammar SRSbunpro.jp
- 63Jisho — Japanese dictionaryjisho.org
Stage 4 · Kanji, as its own habit
The N5 kanji course
10- 64Japanese Kanji 101 (and How I’d Learn Kanji Starting Over)youtube.com
- 656 Rules for Writing Japanese Kanji CORRECTLYyoutube.com
- 66The Anatomy of a Japanese Kanjiyoutube.com
- 67【N5】Japanese Kanji 一、二、三、口、四 Meanings and Writingsyoutube.com
- 68【N5】Japanese Kanji 五、六、七、八、九 Meanings and Writingsyoutube.com
- 69【N5】Japanese Kanji 十、日、月、白、百 Meanings and Writingsyoutube.com
- 70【N5】Japanese Kanji 千、万、円、上、下 Meanings and Writingsyoutube.com
- 71Japanese Kanji N5: 人、火、土、水、木 Meanings and Writingsyoutube.com
- 72【N5】Japanese Kanji 王、玉、国、金、休 Meanings and Writingsyoutube.com
- 73【N5】Japanese Kanji 目、見、耳、止、足、正 Meanings and Writingsyoutube.com
Kanji with vocabulary
6- 74Learn Kanji with Vocab for Beginners #1youtube.com
- 75Learn Kanji with Vocab for Beginners #2youtube.com
- 76Learn Kanji with Vocab for Beginners #3youtube.com
- 77Learn Kanji with Vocab for Beginners #4 NUMBERSyoutube.com
- 78Kanji Day 1 for Beginners 心悲忘思亡 (Etymology, Readings, Meanings, Examples)youtube.com
- 79Kanji Day 2 for Beginners 口言辛舌話語 (Etymology)┃Different Types of Kanjiyoutube.com
Systems that make it stick
3- 80WaniKaniwanikani.com
- 81Kanshudokanshudo.com
- 82Anki — the flashcard tool everything else assumesapps.ankiweb.net
Stage 5 · Listening and reading from week one
Lessons in Japanese, by a Japanese teacher
6- 83これで「じゃん」は完璧じゃん！「じゃん」完全マスターYou know right? 4 WAYS to sound like a NATIVE in Japanese using "じゃん"youtube.com
- 84「やばい」の使い方本当にわかってる？youtube.com
- 85日本のお年寄りのバー「スナック」って知ってる？Can you get what they're saying? Easy Japaneseyoutube.com
- 86日本の医学部について全部教えます！ Studying Medicine in Japan - Telling You Everything You Want to Knowyoutube.com
- 87なんで日本人はたくさん謝るの！？ Why do Japanese people APOLOGIZE so much? | Easy Japaneseyoutube.com
- 88レストランでの日本語全部聞き取れる？Useful PHRASES in Japanese RESTAURANTS - an in depth course | Easy Japaneseyoutube.com
Natural Japanese, slowly
10- 891-Minute Japanese Listening Practice | Baseball fieldyoutube.com
- 901-Minute Japanese Listening Practice | Plum Tree and 360° Mountainsyoutube.com
- 911-Minute Japanese Listening Practice | Gas Stationyoutube.com
- 921-Minute Japanese Listening Practice | Supermarketyoutube.com
- 931-Minute Japanese Listening Practice | The Bus to Haneda Airportyoutube.com
- 94Buying language learning books |1-Minute Japanese Listening Practiceyoutube.com
- 95Eng Sub Japanese Listening Practice | Walk and Talk in Jinbouchou in Tokyoyoutube.com
- 96Eng Sub Real Conversation with My Next-Door Neighbor | Japanese Listening Practiceyoutube.com
- 97Eng Sub Walk around in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo | Japanese Listening Practiceyoutube.com
- 98Eng sub Entrance exams in Japan | Japanese Listening Practice | Kyootsuu test | Drive and Talkyoutube.com
Japanese from the streets
5- 99Easy Japanese 19 - Slang wordsyoutube.com
- 100Easy Japanese 18 - Onomatope (II)youtube.com
- 101Easy Japanese 17 - Onomatopeyoutube.com
- 102Easy Japanese 16 - Japanese Menyoutube.com
- 103Easy Japanese 15 - Valentines Dayyoutube.com
Graded readers and easy news
5- 104Tadoku — free graded readerstadoku.org
- 105NHK News Web Easynews.web.nhk
- 106NHK WORLD — Easy Japanese lessonswww3.nhk.or.jp
- 107yomujp — graded reading by levelyomujp.com
- 108TheMoeWay — an immersion guidelearnjapanese.moe
The courses these videos come from
8- 109Japanese Ammo with Misa: NEW ☺Absolute Beginner Japanese Lessons (20 videos)youtube.com
- 110Japanese Ammo with Misa: Grammar Lessons for Absolute Beginners (76 videos)youtube.com
- 111Japanese Ammo with Misa: Japanese Characters (Hiragana & Katakana & Kanji) (18 videos)youtube.com
- 112ToKini Andy: Genki Japanese - Beginner Japanese (23 videos)youtube.com
- 113ToKini Andy: The Complete JLPT N5 Kanji Course! - ToKini Andy (52 videos)youtube.com
- 114Game Gengo ゲーム言語: JLPT N5 Grammar (25 videos)youtube.com
- 115Onomappu: Japanese lessons except for onomatopoeia (30 videos)youtube.com
- 116Speak Japanese Naturally: Walk and Talk (113 videos)youtube.com
How to use this path
1- 117Kana first, and it is not optional