YAHHO! First Japanese with Kimi

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Welcome to First Japanese with Kimi. This podcast is for complete beginners, especially if you’re planning a trip to Japan or starting from zero. Learn simple, practical Japanese with easy English explanations and build confidence step by step. Book a lesson with me on italki: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/6340545

Episode Date
EP119 How to Use “Demo” (でも) in Japanese 🇯🇵 | “But” Made Easy
Oct 01, 2026
EP118 Don’t Just Ask “What Are Your Hobbies?” 🇯🇵 | A More Natural Japanese Question
Oct 01, 2026
EP117: When to Use “Toki” in Japanese 🇯🇵 | Taberu Toki, Tabeta Toki
Sep 29, 2026
EP116 Why Are Japanese Weekdays About Planets? 🇯🇵 | Getsu, Ka, Sui…
Sep 26, 2026
EP115 “Dochira kara Kimashita ka?” 🤔 | What Do They REALLY Mean?
Sep 24, 2026
EP114: How to Start a Conversation in Japanese 🇯🇵 | Genki? Saikin Dou?
Sep 22, 2026
EP113 How to Talk About the Weather Naturally in Japanese 🇯🇵
Sep 19, 2026
EP112 Have You Tried Tabehoudai in Japan? 🇯🇵 | All-You-Can-Eat & Drink
Sep 17, 2026
EP110 Japanese Listening Challenge 🇯🇵 | A Little Announcement
Sep 16, 2026
EP110: The Secret to Sounding More Japanese 🇯🇵
Sep 14, 2026
EP109 How Do Japanese People React When They’re Surprised? | Ehh? Uso? Maji?
Sep 11, 2026
EP108 How to Say “VERY” in Japanese 🇯🇵 | Totemo, Sugoku, Meccha & More!
Sep 10, 2026
EP107 How to Say “Good Luck!” in Japanese | Ganbare!
Sep 09, 2026
EP106 Get Well Soon! Japanese Phrases 🇯🇵
Sep 08, 2026
EP105 Japanese Celebration Phrases 🇯🇵 Omedetou!
Sep 07, 2026
EP104 Japanese Challenge 🇯🇵 Easy Comprehensible Input
Sep 06, 2026
EP103: Gas Station in Japan | Self-Service
Sep 04, 2026
EP102: Gas Station Japanese | Full-Service Practice
Sep 03, 2026
EP 101: At a Gas Station (Full-Service) | Practical Japanese #1
Sep 02, 2026
EP100 🎉 Find What Works for You | A New Language Learning Challenge
Sep 01, 2026
EP118 Don’t Just Ask EP118:“What Are Your Hobbies?” 🇯🇵 | A More Natural Japanese Question
Sep 01, 2026
EP99: Future Tense Practice | Japanese Grammar
Aug 31, 2026
EP98: Future Tense | Japanese Grammar
Aug 30, 2026
EP97 :Nai Form Practice | Japanese Grammar
Aug 28, 2026
EP96 : Nai Form | Japanese Grammar: How to Say “Don’t” in Japanese
Aug 26, 2026
EP95: Node Practice | Japanese Grammar
Aug 25, 2026
EP94: NODE Japanese Grammar | Give a Reason
Aug 24, 2026
EP93: Tari Tari Shimasu Practice | Japanese
Aug 23, 2026
EP92: Tari Tari Shimasu | Japanese Grammar
Aug 22, 2026
EP91 :Japanese Challenge 4: When You Don’t Feel Well
Aug 21, 2026
EP90: Japanese Hospitals in Japan: What to Expect
Aug 20, 2026
EP89: Japanese at a Drugstore: How to Buy Medicine
Aug 19, 2026
EP88: Japanese Health Expressions Practice
Aug 17, 2026
EP87 Japanese for When You Don’t Feel Well
Aug 16, 2026
EP86 Japanese Te-form Practice
Aug 14, 2026
EP85 Japanese Te-form: Connect Actions
Aug 13, 2026
EP84 Japanese Only Challenge 3: My Daily Life
Aug 12, 2026
EP:83 Do You Feel Different Speaking Japanese?
Aug 10, 2026
EP82 Wear & Take Off Practice
Aug 09, 2026
EP81 | Take Off in Japanese — nugu, toru, hazusu
Aug 08, 2026
EP:80 How to Wear Clothes in Japanese | Kiru? Haku? Kaburu? Kakeru?
Aug 07, 2026
EP79 There was / There were Practice | いました・ありました Practice
Aug 06, 2026
EP78: There was / There were in Japanese (imashita / arimashita)
Aug 05, 2026
EP:77 What Does “Sugoi” Really Mean? 🇯🇵 | Japanese Reactions
Aug 04, 2026
EP:76There Is / There Are Practice 🇯🇵 | Arimasu & Imasu
Aug 03, 2026
EP:75 There Is? Have?|Arimasu & Imasu
Aug 02, 2026
EP:74Japanese Only Challenge Japanese Seasons
Jul 31, 2026
EP:73 What Does “Straight” Mean in Japanese?|すとれーと
Jul 30, 2026
EP71: Te Form Practice ています てました
Jul 29, 2026
EP70: Te Form | How to Use ています
Jul 28, 2026
Japanese Only Challenge | Self Introduction
Jul 27, 2026
EP68 Drive vs ドライブ | What’s the Difference?
Jul 26, 2026
EP67 Katakana Quiz | Can You Guess These Words?
Jul 24, 2026
EP66 Does Pitch Accent Really Matter?
Jul 23, 2026
EP65 Practice: Answer “Have You Ever?”
Jul 22, 2026
EP64 Answer “Have You Ever?” Naturally | Japanese Conversation
Jul 21, 2026
EP63 Practice: Have You Ever? | Speak Japanese
Jul 19, 2026
EP62 Have You Ever? | Japanese Conversation Pattern
Jul 18, 2026
EP61 Practice: Hot, Cold & Warm in Japanese
Jul 17, 2026
EP60: How to Say Hot and Cold in Japanese
Jul 16, 2026
EP59|Online Lesson Japanese Practice|Useful Phrases for Beginners
Jul 15, 2026
#58Japanese Lesson Phrases You Need!| もういちど おねがいします & More
Jul 14, 2026
EP57| Japanese Partner Words|つま・おくさん・だんなさん
Jul 13, 2026
EP56 | How to Say “Husband” and “Wife” in Japanese 🇯🇵|だんな?しゅじん?おくさん?つま?よめ?
Jul 12, 2026
EP55 | Family Words Practice! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 | Musume? Musume-san? Ani? Onii-san? | Learn Real Japanese with Kimi
Jul 11, 2026
EP54|Japanese Family Words Explained 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Father, Mother, Brother, Sister & Family Culture | Learn Real Japanese
Jul 10, 2026
EP53 | Practice Japanese: Express Likes Naturally | すき・だいすき・にがて・むり【Japanese Listening & Speaking Practice】 #53
Jul 09, 2026
EP52 | Japanese People Don’t Usually Say “I Hate It”… Here’s What They Say Instead 🇯🇵 #EP52
Jul 08, 2026
EP51 | Japanese Taste Words Practice | Sweet, Sour, Spicy & Bitter 🇯🇵 #EP51
Jul 07, 2026
EP50 | Japanese Taste Words 🍛 あまい・からい・すっぱい・にがい + 甘口・中辛・辛口 Explained
Jul 06, 2026
EP49: Why Japanese Don’t Say “Anata” — and How to Call People Naturally
Jul 05, 2026
EP48 | Japanese Supermarket Practice | かいます・のみます・たべます・きります・やきます
Jul 02, 2026
EP47|Japanese Supermarket Tour 🇯🇵 Learn Food Vocabulary & Shopping Culture
Jul 02, 2026
EP46 | Japanese Aizuchi Practice | Sound More Natural in Japanese Conversations
Jul 01, 2026
EP45 | Practice Japanese Particle 「で」| Place & Transportation Practice
Jun 30, 2026
EP44 | Aizuchi in Japanese: How to Sound Natural in Conversations
Jun 29, 2026
EP43 | Japanese Particle で | Places & Transportation in Japanese
Jun 25, 2026
EP42 | Japanese Train Station Survival 🇯🇵 | Asking for Directions at the Station
Jun 24, 2026
EP41 | Imagination Japanese #3 🏨 Hotel Check-in Challenge | Can You Understand Real Hotel Japanese?
Jun 23, 2026
Episode 40 | Situation Japanese #2 – Café Challenge ☕ | Can You Order in Japanese?
Jun 22, 2026
Episode 39 | Situation Japanese #1 – Restaurant Challenge 🍜 | What Would You Say in Japanese?
Jun 21, 2026
EP38: Past Time Words Practice in Japanese | きのう・せんしゅう・せんげつ・きょねん
Jun 20, 2026
EP37: Past Time Words in Japanese | きのう・せんしゅう・せんげつ・きょねん
Jun 19, 2026
EP36: 〜ました Practice | にほんしゅを のみました・ラーメンを たべました
Jun 18, 2026
EP35: Japanese Past Tense (〜ました) | I Ate, I Drank, I Went
Jun 17, 2026
EP34: Japanese Convenience Stores (コンビニ) | Onigiri, Nori, Suica & Travel Tips
Jun 16, 2026
EP33 Convenience Store Conversation Practice|Japanese Listening for Beginners
Jun 15, 2026
EP 32|Practice: まいにち・まいあさ・よく・ときどき|Frequency Words in Japanese
Jun 13, 2026
Ep31: Frequency Words in Japanese|まいにち・まいあさ・よく・ときどき
Jun 12, 2026
EP30|Practice: を + ます | Japanese Sentence Training
Jun 11, 2026
EP29|〜を 〜ます | Simple Japanese Sentences
Jun 10, 2026
EP28|ます | Polite Japanese Verbs
Jun 09, 2026
EP27|あいうえお and ます | Japanese Vowel Sounds
Jun 08, 2026
EP26|コーヒーについて|Coffee in Japan
Jun 07, 2026
EP25|おつかれさまです | A Very Japanese Phrase
Jun 05, 2026
EP24|じゃないです | Negative Japanese with desu
Jun 04, 2026
Ep.23|ですか? | Asking Questions in Japanese
Jun 03, 2026
Ep.21|How to Learn Japanese Better? | My Thoughts on Language Learning
Jun 02, 2026
Ep.22|です・でした | Introducing Yourself in Japanese
Jun 02, 2026
Ep.20|これは なんですか? | What Is This? | Food & Allergy Japanese
May 31, 2026
Ep.19|さいずで ちゅうもん | Ordering with Sizes in Japanese
May 31, 2026
Ep.18|さいず | Size in Japan | S・M・L? おおもり?
May 30, 2026
Ep.17|〜たいです | I Want to in Japanese
May 30, 2026
Ep.16|とても〜です | Very in Japanese
May 29, 2026
Ep.15|いただきます & ごちそうさまでした | Japanese Meal Greetings
May 29, 2026
Ep.14|わかります? わかりました! | I Understand Japanese
May 28, 2026
Ep.13|だいじょうぶです | I’m Okay / Is It Okay?
May 28, 2026
Ep.12|いじょうです | That’s All
May 27, 2026
Ep.11|みぎ・ひだり・まっすぐ | Directions in Japanese
May 25, 2026
Ep.10|どこですか? | Where Is It?
May 25, 2026
Ep.9|これはいくらですか? | How Much Is This?
May 25, 2026
Ep.8|ありますか? | “Do you have…?” in Japanese
May 23, 2026
EP. 7 Japanese Money | 日本のおかね | Learn Yen, Coins, Cash & Big Numbers
May 22, 2026
EP. 6: かず② | Counting People in Japanese
May 22, 2026
EP. 5: かず① | Counting for Ordering
May 21, 2026
EP. 4: おねがいします | Please in Japanese
May 20, 2026
EP3|すみません — Japan’s Most Useful Word
May 18, 2026
EP2|ありがとう — Thank You in Japanese
May 18, 2026
EP1|こんにちは — Hello in Japanese
May 18, 2026
EP0|Welcome to Real Japanese with Kimi
May 18, 2026