Hello Patrons,
Things are set for the next lesson with Natsumi Sensei!
The lesson will be held Thursday, March 13 at 11:00 AM Japan time. You can find your local time using 2025-03-12 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons!
Our rescheduled February mini-lesson with Natsumi Sensei will be held Thursday, March 13 at 11:00 AM Japan time. You can find your local time using the link below:
Thursday, March 13 at 11:00 AM Japan time
Please note that this is the resched...
2025-03-10 02:13:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
We regret to inform you that the group lesson on onomatopoeia (sound words in Japanese), scheduled for 8:00 PM on February 28, has been cancelled as Natsumi Sensei is not feeling well and may be unable to teach.
We apologize for the inconvenience and the short notice. To compensate for this cancellation, we will be scheduling two lessons in March instead.
I will edit the previous announcement post about this lesson to remove the date and time. Once Natsumi Se...
2025-02-27 02:43:51 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE: This lesson has been cancelled due to Natsumi Sensei not feeling well. We will reschedule this onomatopoeia lesson for March and update this post with the new date and time once confirmed. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
Hello Patrons!
Our next monthly one-hour mini-lesson with Natsumi Sensei will be held [Note: The original time of Friday, February 28 at 8:00 PM Japan time will be rescheduled for&nbs...
2025-02-21 11:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
We are pleased to announce that the recording of our recent lesson with Natsumi Sensei is now available for viewing!
This topic for this lesson was i-adjectives, which included content from the following lessons:
Hello Patrons,
Things are set for the next lesson with Natsumi Sensei!
The lesson will be held Saturday, January 25 at 12:30 PM Japan time. You can find your local time using 2025-01-24 03:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon Patrons!
I'm excited to announce the pre-launch of Emurse, a Japanese pitch-accent and pronunciation feedback app!
About a month ago, we introduced Emurse in beta to our $15 Patron tier, and since then, we've implemented your feedback and expanded the term lists. Now, we're just a few days away—approximately four to five—from the official release!
Before the public launch, I wanted to share this ann...
2025-01-21 10:07:49 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
Our next monthly one-hour mini-lesson with Natsumi Sensei will be held Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM Japan time. You can find your local time using the link below:
T...
2025-01-17 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
We are pleased to announce that the recording of our recent lesson with Natsumi Sensei is now available for viewing!
This topic for this lesson was sentence level pitch accent, covering several of the important basics in sentence-level pitch accent.
We hope you find this resource helpful in your journey to mastering Japanese phonetics, and hope you can join in on the next lesson with Natsumi Sensei.
If you would like to work with Natsumi Sensei one-on-o...
2025-01-07 08:37:19 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons! Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
Hope to see all of you there!
Note: this stream will be available to watch even after it has ended.
Correction: At 9:31 I say that the ん in 天才 is said as a standard n, but this is incorrect (as was my pronunciation of the word at 9:...
2024-12-29 05:02:51 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Things are set for the next lesson with Natsumi Sensei!
The lesson will be held Sunday, December 22 at 10:00 AM Japan time. You can find your local time using this link. Please remember to confirm the lesson time for your local time zone so yo...
2024-12-21 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
Apologies for the short notice, but our next monthly one-hour mini-lesson with Natsumi Sensei will be held Sunday, December 22 at 10:00 AM Japan time. You can find your local time using the link below:
Sunday, December 22 at 10:00 AM Japan time...
2024-12-18 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
We are pleased to announce that the recording of our recent lesson with Natsumi Sensei is now available for viewing!
This topic for this lesson was “Rhythm in Japanese”, which included some excellent drills for practicing and developing a sense of rhythm in spoken Japanese. Her slides from the lesson are attached to this post.
For those interested, the two textbooks Natsumi Sensei holds up near the end of the lesson are:
Title: 毎日練...
2024-12-18 14:40:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening Patrons!
I am thrilled to finally announce Emurse, a Japanese pitch-accent and pronunciation feedback app!
Main Emurse features:
Easily compare your pitch accent, pronunciation, and rhythm to a native's using real-time recordings and spectrographs
Anki-style spaced repetition for not just pitch accent, but also meaning and reading of over 1...
2024-12-16 13:18:46 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons! Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
Hope to see all of you there!
Note: this stream will be available to watch even after it has ended.
2024-11-30 05:01:32 +0000 UTC View PostGood Morning Patrons, I hope this post finds all of you well.
I wanted to let everyone know I'll be doing an hour-long livestream for $5.00+ patrons today, Saturday, November 30 from approximately 2:00 PM Japan time (check your time here).
For everyone new, in t...
2024-11-30 00:47:56 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Things are set for the next lesson with Natsumi Sensei!
The lesson will be held Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 8:00 AM Japan time. You can find your local time using this link. Please remember to confirm the lesson time for your local time zone...
2024-11-28 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
Our next monthly one-hour mini-lesson with Natsumi Sensei will be held Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 8:00 AM Japan time. You can find your local time using the link below:
T...
2024-11-19 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
We are pleased to announce that the recording of our recent lesson with Natsumi Sensei is now available!
This lesson covered large numbers and large numbers combined with counters, including material from the following lessons:
Japanese Phonetics #66: Pitch accent in numbers greater than ten
Hello Patrons,
Things are set for the next lesson with Natsumi Sensei!
The lesson will be held Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 8:00 AM Japan time. You can find your local time using this link. Please remember to confirm the lesson time for your local time zone so y...
2024-10-29 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
Our next monthly one-hour mini-lesson with Natsumi Sensei will be held Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 8:00 AM Japan time. You can find your local time using the link below:
&nb...
2024-10-23 13:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
Hope to see all of you there!
Note: this stream will be available to watch even after it has ended.
2024-10-22 00:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons, I hope this post finds all of you well.
I wanted to let everyone know I'll be doing a two-hour livestream for $5.00+ patrons tomorrow, Tuesday, October 22nd from approximately 9:00 AM Japan time (check your time here).
For everyone new, in...
2024-10-21 05:12:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
We are pleased to announce that the recording of our recent lesson with Natsumi Sensei is now available for viewing!
This topic for this lesson was counters, which included information covered in the following lessons:
Good morning Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
Hope to see all of you there!
Note: this stream will be available to watch even after it has ended.
2024-09-30 04:46:48 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons, I hope this post finds all of you well.
I wanted to let everyone know I'll be doing a two-hour livestream for $5.00+ patrons tomorrow, Monday, September 30th from approximately 1:45 PM Japan time (check your time here).
For everyone new, ...
2024-09-29 02:53:21 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Things are set for the next lesson with Natsumi Sensei!
The lesson will be held Saturday, September 28 at 10:00 AM Japan time. You can find your local time using 2024-09-27 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons!
Our next monthly one-hour mini-lesson with Natsumi Sensei will be held Saturday, September 28 at 10:00 AM Japan time. You can find your local time using the link below:
Hello Patrons,
We are pleased to announce that the recording of our recent lesson with Natsumi Sensei is now available for viewing!
This topic for this lesson participants practiced reading sentences that include the ~て form, ~た form, and ~ない form. She based this on the following lessons:
19. Pitch-accent patterns for non 平板 conjugations of 平板 verbs <...
2024-09-20 13:54:13 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
Hope to see all of you there!
Note: this stream will be available to watch even after it has ended.
2024-09-10 00:03:33 +0000 UTC View Post