First Year Japanese I

Comprehensive self-study guide covering every aspect of learning Japanese from scratch, including study methods, resource recommendations, and practical strategies for building fluency.

Nikolai Walker

NHK World's official companion guide to their Easy Japanese audio lessons, covering 48 lessons from self-introduction to everyday expressions with vocabulary lists and quizzes.

NHK

Comprehensive Japanese grammar guide covering writing systems, basic to advanced grammar, with clear explanations and examples. The definitive PDF version of Tae Kim's famous guide.

Tae Kim

Clear guide through common grammar problems by university professors. Covers particles, verb forms, and sentence patterns in 80+ short lessons.

Zeljko Cipris & Shoko Hamano

Beginning Japanese textbook from Portland State University designed for professionals, covering essential grammar, vocabulary, and cultural context. Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Emiko Konomi