Watch Learning Japanese: A Gateway into Culture

2023
1 Season

Experience Japan through the vital influence of its language. In 36 lessons, you will learn not only to speak, read, and write Japanese, but to appreciate the culture as revealed in the language. Your professor teaches with an energy and enthusiasm for her subject that is contagious and her lessons will open a new world to you through the wonders of language.

Learning Japanese: A Gateway into Culture is a series that is currently running and has 1 seasons (36 episodes). The series first aired on November 1, 2023.

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Seasons

36. A Review; Future Intentions; Liking Someone

November 1, 2023

Bring your Japanese language experience to an end with the volitional verb form

35. Talking About What You Can Do; Hibachi

November 1, 2023

Learn the potential forms of verbs, the most common way to express an ability to do something. You

34. Weather, Conjectures, and Visiting Places

November 1, 2023

Learn to use deshou or darou when speaking of something you can

33. Explanations with Feeling; New Year

November 1, 2023

32. Conveying What Others Say; Tanabata Festival

November 1, 2023

Learn the correct vocabulary and verb tenses for describing what someone else has said, including Japanese quotation marks. Learn about Tanabata, the Star Festival, and how it has come to be held in either July or August. You

31. Stating Opinions; Kimono and Washoku

November 1, 2023

Focus on the specific vocabulary and verb forms for asking someone their opinion, and for answering the question when you are asked

30. Making Casual Suggestions; Furusato

November 1, 2023

Learn a new, plain volitional verb form used when making casual suggestions, as well as vocabulary to actively encourage someone to act right now. You

29. Giving Advice; Anime and Akihabara

November 1, 2023

Learn an additional plain form that is used when expressing comparisons, either between nouns or action verbs, and for giving advice in either the positive or negative. You will also discover Akihabara

28. Talking About Past Experiences; Pachinko

November 1, 2023

Develop the vocabulary and syntax to enable you to discuss past experiences, starting with the past affirmative plain form of the verbs, and then adding the negative. You

27. Intentions; Counting People; Shabu-shabu

November 1, 2023

Although present tense is used when speaking of the future in Japanese, in this lesson, you

26. Casual Plain Forms; Obligations; Matcha

November 1, 2023

Further explore casual plain forms of speech and their acceptable usage within family and non-family relationships. While non-native speakers might imagine that casual speech promotes friendliness, in Japanese culture it could be taken as childish or even rude. You

25. Negative Requests; Casual Speech; Age; a Zoo

November 1, 2023

Explore the vocabulary and syntax for making polite negative requests, and the difference between the easier ru-verbs and the more difficult u-verbs. You

24. Describing Uncompleted Actions; Golden Week

November 1, 2023

Discover why naming the months is so much easier in Japanese than in English, but why counting the days is so much more complicated. You

23. Keeping Pets; Wearing Clothes; Traffic Lights

November 1, 2023

Learn the counting words and verbs that apply to keeping small animals to increase your vocabulary when talking about pets. While we use the verb

22. Family and Friends; Handling Compliments

November 1, 2023

Increase your vocabulary related to family, learning the polite and formal, and modest and humble words for parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Given that modesty is valued so highly in Japanese culture, learn how a Japanese person might react to receiving a compliment on their appearance, achievements, or even on their family

21. Asking Permission and Entering a Home

November 1, 2023

In Japan, it is appropriate to ask permission to perform many actions that non-Japanese people might take for granted, such as looking closely at an item in a store or even throwing trash in a trash can. Learn the appropriate vocabulary to use each step of the way, so as not to seem pushy or rude. And be sure to use the genkan whenever entering a home; always remove your shoes.

20. Ongoing Actions and a Shopping Street

November 1, 2023

Explore the differences between English and Japanese present-tense verbs and learn the Japanese progressive form to describe actions that are happening right now. With new dialogue, you

19. Describing an Action Sequence; Ryokan

November 1, 2023

Grasp the important vocabulary you

18. Polite Requests; Honorifics; Train Stations

November 1, 2023

Consider the many different degrees of being polite and gracious in Japanese culture through this vocabulary lesson. While English speakers might use the single word

17. Explaining Procedures; Counting Things; Trains

November 1, 2023

Become familiar with additional verbs and verb forms you can use for better conversational flow. Learn about Japanese descriptive counter words

16. Giving Detailed Descriptions; Kanazawa

November 1, 2023

In English, we use the single word

15. Comparisons; wa versus ga; Mt. Fuji and Hakone

November 1, 2023

Learn how to change adjectives or adverbs into superlatives, and how to best use wa and ga to emphasize the new information in your sentence, communicating more effectively. In this lesson

14. Expressing a Desire; the Seasons

November 1, 2023

Learn how to express your desires using the tai desu form of the verb. You

13. Past Activities and Past Adjectives; Sushi

November 1, 2023

Discover additional ways to speak about the past by using the past-tense forms of i-adjectives, and the aizuchi words that will help your conversation move along more smoothly. You

12. The Past; the Week; the Edo Period; Katakana

November 1, 2023

In this lesson, you

11. Discussing Skills; Contrasts; Sumo

November 1, 2023

Learn how to give your opinion about an individual

10. Likes and Dislikes; Manga

November 1, 2023

Explore the additional grammar and vocabulary necessary for you to describe in detail if you like or don

9. Suggestions; Appearances; Sakura; Kanji

November 1, 2023

Discover how to add new endings onto verbs you already know in order to create the polite volitional form

8. Adjectives and Restaurant Orders

November 1, 2023

Learn the meaning of numerous Japanese i- and na-adjectives, increasing your vocabulary and ability to describe the people around you

7. Shopping; Colors; Big Numbers; Money

November 1, 2023

You

6. U Verbs; Directions and Getting Around Tokyo

November 1, 2023

Discover the U-verbs

5. Negatives; wa and o; Invitations; Harajuku

November 1, 2023

Learn how to ask positive and negative questions, extend an invitation, and identify a direct object in a sentence. As you listen to this lesson

4. Telling Time; Polite Verbs; Kyoto

November 1, 2023

Learn to count to 99 and develop the vocabulary and sentence construction to speak about time. Your grammar lesson will focus on the dictionary non-past-tense of some ru and irregular verbs

3. Question Words and Identifying Objects

November 1, 2023

Get an introduction to the basic interrogatives that will help you when you

2. Meeting People; Pronouns; Hiragana Start

November 1, 2023

As you practice introducing yourself in Japanese using your name and nationality, you will also learn the polite, present, affirmative form of the verb

1. Welcome to Japanese! Saying Words You Know

November 1, 2023

Learn the five vowel and 15 consonant sounds of Japanese, only two of which differ significantly from English. But unlike the English alphabet, each Japanese character can represent a syllable, not just a single sound. Begin to explore the three Japanese writing methods

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Where to Watch Learning Japanese: A Gateway into Culture

Learning Japanese: A Gateway into Culture is available for streaming on the The Great Courses website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Learning Japanese: A Gateway into Culture on demand at Amazon Prime and Amazon.