My Conquer Kana guide shows you exactly how to master Japanese kana (including both hiragana and katakana), complete with stroke order diagrams and links to pronunciation recordings and animated GIFs online. You will learn: ① How to pronounce every kana symbol. ② How to write every kana symbol. ③ How to keep look-alike kana straight. ④ Which tools and resources to use for effective self-guided kana study.

My Conquer Kanji guide shows you how to learn the meaning, writing, and pronunciation of the most common Chinese characters used in Japanese, using a fun, effective, adult-friendly approach that leverages stories and mnemonics instead of tedious repetition and ineffective rote memory.

How Japanese Works provides an easy to read deep dive into the words, patterns, and rules that make Japanese tick, including: ① the origins of Japanese and its unique characteristics, ② Japanese adjectives, adverbs, particles, pronouns, proper nouns, and verbs, ③ how formality, respect, and humility are expressed, ④ how numbers, counter words, and dates work, and ⑤ how Japanese writing works.

Continue your journey to Japanese fluency by mastering the language of travel.

Have your first flowing Japanese conversations in just 30 days (without fear of awkward silences, making mistakes, or running out of things to say).

My free Japanese Immersion Guide shows you how to immerse yourself in Japanese anywhere, anytime. You'll learn which essential tools to use, how to boost comprehension, how to get fluent right at home, and how to master your mindset.

A free 3-page print-ready kana cheat sheet that includes: ① All 46 basic hiragana ② All 46 basic katakana ④ All voiceless & voiced kana ⑤ All palatalized kana combinations

Chinese characters may seem complex at first glance, but they’re built from just 214 basic components called "radicals" (which you can think of like LEGO pieces). Learn these first, and it will be much easier to master all the kanji you need to be literate in Japanese. My free, print-ready cheat sheet includes all of the radicals in the official Kangxi order, plus their meaning and stroke count.

You don’t need a plane ticket, new zip code, or classroom to immerse yourself in Japanese. With the right methods, materials, and attitude, you can reach a high level of fluency right at home. Master Japanese shows you how to create an immersion environment almost as good as being in Tokyo, even if you’re in Tacoma or Topeka.