Learn Japanese Online with Livemocha

Discover a social way to learn Japanese. The best part - it's free!

6 million Livemocha members appreciate our simple, effective approach to Japanese learning. Choose a Livemocha course to build solid language skills. Every language lesson includes reading, writing, and speaking exercises, with courses for every skill level. Our language lessons will help you learn Japanese faster and build confidence to converse with native speakers.

Basic Japanese
Beginner

Beginner Japanese

Learn Japanese online with our beginner level Japanese courses even if you have little or no exposure to Japanese! You'll build a base of Japanese vocabulary and learn to put sentences together, introduce yourself and understand some beginner Japanese phrases. Beginner courses focus on Nouns, Negation, Adjectives, Plurals, Numbers, Careers, Prepositions, Conjugation and many more topics.

Learn Japanese Conversational
Intermediate

Intermediate Japanese

Learn Japanese online with our intermediate Japanese courses. You'll begin to apply your knowledge by carrying on dialogues, following more complicated conversations, and learning more complex Japanese vocabulary and grammar. Intermediate courses focus on describing time, ask questions, people descriptions, give and ask directions, travel vocabulary, verbs and many more topics.

Learn Japanese for Traveling
Learn for Traveling

Learn Japanese for Travel

Going to a Japanese-speaking country? Learn Japanese online with a Travel Crash Course to interact with locals, find your way around, see the sights, conduct business, make travel arrangements, and more. You can also practice Japanese with Japanese speakers from Livemocha's community of over 6 million international members. Put MP3s and videos of travel words and phrases on your iPod or MP3 player and print out vocabulary lists to practice on the go.

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Practice Japanese with Japanese Speakers

The Livemocha experience focuses on conversational proficiency by encouraging Japanese language learners to put their skills into action by connecting with real native speakers online. Each lesson builds on the next, and includes exercises with helpful tips and instructive feedback from native speakers. There’s no better way to learn Japanese than by working with a Japanese speaker online to improve conversational skills, spelling, pronunciation, and grammar – and learn Japanese cultural tips as well!

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Livemocha, unlike Rosetta Stone, offers Japanese courses online for free. Choose a course and learn a new language with native speakers.

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