Let's Learn Japanese

Nov 25, 2024 (en) [28] Min
  • First Air Date
    Nov 25, 2024
  • Production
    The Japan Foundation
  • Rotten tomato
    75%
  • Original title
    Let's Learn Japanese
  • Release
    Nov 25, 2024
  • en
    -

Overview

A video-based Japanese language study course for English speakers. The show uses a drama called "Yan and the Japanese People" for instruction. This drama consists of scenes which focus on the experiences of a young man named Yan, a foreigner living and working in Japan.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Mary Althaus

    Herself - Host

  2. Nick Muhrin

    Yan

  3. Yusuke Mine

    Mine-san

  4. Hiroyuki Kaiho

    Kaihō-san

  5. Miki Sugihara

    Sugihara-san

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 5 / Crews : 1

Season 1 ( )

Let's Learn Japanese (Basic I) consists of twenty-six lessons, one of which will be telecast each time. In addition to the skits about Yan, the lessons include shorter "mini-skits" which show how the expressions being studied are used in a variety of situations, helping to make their meaning clearer.

I'm Yan

Episode: 1

What's that?

Episode: 2

There's a cat

Episode: 3

Where is it?

Episode: 4

Please give me some stamps

Episode: 5

Please turn left at the next corner

Episode: 6

May I look at this?

Episode: 7

May I write with a pencil?

Episode: 8

She gets up at 6 o'clock every morning.

Episode: 9

He doesn't drink milk.

Episode: 10

I went to Nikkō.

Episode: 11

When did you go?

Episode: 12

They're watching a baseball game.

Episode: 13

He's drinking beer while watching TV.

Episode: 14

It's hot every day.

Episode: 15

Is it hot enough?

Episode: 16

I want to drink some cold beer.

Episode: 17

Do you dislike fish?

Episode: 18

Mt. Fuji will come into view before long.

Episode: 19

It looks good.

Episode: 20

I can't speak English.

Episode: 21

Is it possible to see the model room?

Episode: 22

Why aren't cars passing?

Episode: 23

We're a little late so let's hurry.

Episode: 24

What's in the briefcase?

Episode: 25

Do you remember?

Episode: 26

Season 2 ( )

Let's Learn Japanese (Basic II), planned by the Japan Foundation, is a television course for anyone interested in learning the Japanese language and getting to know the Japanese way of life. It is based on Episodes 14-26 of the video drama, "Yan and the Japanese People", which features the experiences of a young foreign man who lives in Tokyo. The use of this drama in the programs makes the task of language learning more enjoyable, and ensures also that the viewers will pick up a great deal of information about contemporary Japanese life. Let's Learn Japanese (Basic II) consists of twenty-six lessons, one of which will be broadcast each time. Each lesson is twenty-five minutes long and, in addition to episodes of Yan's story, includes shorter skits which clarify the meaning of the new expressions and show how they can be used in a variety of situations.

I think I can be there by 4 PM

Episode: 1

Maybe you should go and meet her soon

Episode: 2

He said he's going to Nagasaki today

Episode: 3

I got them from a friend

Episode: 4

We're thinking of singing Beethoven's ninth

Episode: 5

Try reading the Japanese

Episode: 6

It's nice and clean now

Episode: 7

Will you turn up the volume on the TV a little bit?

Episode: 8

Turn the stove off when you leave the room

Episode: 9

I'm so bored I don't know what to do

Episode: 10

Shall I change the towel?

Episode: 11

Mr.Terada has been taking care of me

Episode: 12

If this design is chosen, I'll go back to my country

Episode: 13

You mustn't tell Yan

Episode: 14

He doesn't seem to be there

Episode: 15

Even if we invite him, I don't think he'll come

Episode: 16

I was in a hurry, so I couldn't buy it

Episode: 17

I'm planning to see the sea, visit old houses and so on

Episode: 18

It's hard, working like that in this snow

Episode: 19

What's this fish called?

Episode: 20

The sakura hasn't bloomed yet, has it?

Episode: 21

There's only one bottle left

Episode: 22

We'll miss you when you've gone

Episode: 23

I've never traveled abroad before

Episode: 24

Give it to him when he's come down

Episode: 25

If you're ever in Japan again please stop by

Episode: 26
Nov 25, 2024 (en)
[28] Min
  • First Air Date Nov 25, 2024
  • Production
    The Japan Foundation
  • Rotten tomato 75%
Original Title Let's Learn Japanese
en

Overview

A video-based Japanese language study course for English speakers. The show uses a drama called "Yan and the Japanese People" for instruction. This drama consists of scenes which focus on the experiences of a young man named Yan, a foreigner living and working in Japan.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer