Grammar starts tomorrow — today, bank the phrases you’ll use hourly: hello, thank you, sorry. Don’t analyze these; memorize them whole, the way you learned “hello” as a kid. They’ll carry you through real situations long before you can build every sentence yourself. (And from today, the romaji training wheels are off — you read real Japanese now, with furigana over the kanji.)
Today's words
言う
to say; to utter
Write today's kanji — tap to replay
言
See it in real sentences
こんにちは。
Hello. / Good afternoon. · seed
おはようございます。
Good morning. · seed
ありがとう。
Thank you. · seed
すみません。
Excuse me. / Sorry. · seed
はじめまして。
Nice to meet you. · seed
さようなら。
Goodbye. · seed
Practice
Recall
Which word means “to say”?
Listen and choose
What did you hear?
What did you hear?
What did you hear?
Your turn — say it, then check
Say: “Hello. / Good afternoon.”
こんにちは。
Say: “Good morning.”
おはようございます。
👀 Today’s input · ~10 min — where fluency actually comes from
Read your first real books
You can read kana now — so read. Open a Level 0 Tadoku graded reader: picture books made for absolute beginners, almost all kana. Sound each page out loud and don’t stop to look up every word; getting the gist is the goal.