For workers
Visa Japanese
Understand the Japanese-language side of working in Japan: 技術・人文知識・国際業務, customer-facing roles, interviews, job descriptions, proof of ability, and practical N2 readiness.
Go to Visa Japanese →Japan has changed. Japanese now matters more.
Learn Japanese for visas, work, interviews, and real life in Japan.
Nihongo.co.jp helps beginners and serious learners build the Japanese needed for daily life, employment, customer-facing work, JLPT progress, and Japan immigration readiness.
We are not an immigration law firm. We help learners understand the Japanese-language side of readiness. Always confirm visa requirements with official Japanese government sources or a qualified immigration professional.
2026 focus: Japanese is infrastructure. It connects visas, jobs, employers, apartments, schools, hospitals, banks, and daily trust.
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Hiragana on the front page
The homepage should teach immediately. Before visas, JLPT, interviews, or work Japanese, every learner needs the first foothold: the sounds of Japanese.
Start with these five rows. Read them out loud. Then go straight to the kana game. That simple rhythm — see it, say it, play it — makes Japanese feel readable.
あa
いi
うu
えe
おo
かka
きki
くku
けke
こko
さsa
しshi
すsu
せse
そso
たta
ちchi
つtsu
てte
とto
なna
にni
ぬnu
ねne
のno
First lesson:
あ・い・う・え・お are not symbols to memorize silently. They are sounds to say out loud:
あ = a, い = i, う = u, え = e, お = o.
For learners
JLPT Roadmap
Move from kana to N5, N4, N3, and N2 with a clean study path focused on reading, listening, grammar, vocabulary, and test confidence.
Start JLPT Roadmap →For offices
Work Japanese
Practice interviews, email, meetings, phone calls, polite requests, customer language, apology language, and the Japanese tone workplaces expect.
Practice Work Japanese →Choose your path
What kind of Japanese do you need?
The site should not treat every learner the same. A tourist, a spouse, a student, a software engineer, and a customer-facing employee need different Japanese.
01
I want to work in Japan
Visa readiness, job descriptions, interviews, office Japanese, and N2-level planning.
02
I need JLPT N2
A serious route from N3 to N2: grammar, kanji, reading speed, listening, and test timing.
03
I live in Japan now
City hall, rent, bank, hospital, school, phone contracts, trains, and neighborhood Japanese.
04
I am a complete beginner
Start with hiragana, katakana, basic grammar, survival phrases, and confidence drills.
From zero to serious
The Nihongo.co.jp learning ladder
The goal is not only to pass a test. The goal is to become believable in Japanese: at work, at immigration, at city hall, and in ordinary daily life.
N5
FoundationKana, basic greetings, simple sentences, numbers, time, places, and survival phrases.
N4
Daily lifeDaily life grammar, simple conversations, train language, shopping, eating, and directions.
N3
Bridge levelPractical workplace foundations, longer reading, natural listening, explanations, and requests.
N2 / B2
Work-ready targetWork-ready Japanese: interviews, office communication, customer-facing language, reading speed, and proof of ability.
First workplace phrase
Useful Japanese before theory
The first job of this site is confidence. Learners should meet phrases they can use immediately, then build the grammar, kana, kanji, listening, and reading skill behind them.
すみません。確認させてください。
Sumimasen. Kakunin sasete kudasai.
Excuse me. Please let me confirm.
This is powerful workplace Japanese. It is polite, safe, and useful in interviews, offices, city halls, banks, schools, hotels, and customer conversations.
Editorial mission
Nihongo is no longer just “language.” It is belonging.
Japan needs foreign workers, students, spouses, creators, engineers, service professionals, caregivers, entrepreneurs, and families. But daily life in Japan still runs through Japanese: the city hall counter, the apartment application, the workplace meeting, the hospital intake form, the train announcement, the polite apology, the interview, the renewal, and the quiet sentence that makes someone trust you.
Nihongo.co.jp should become the bridge: friendly enough for beginners, serious enough for visa-minded adults, practical enough for employers, and human enough for anyone trying to build a real life in Japan.
Memory
Keep the games
Kana games, phrase games, train games, and polite Japanese games should remain. But they now support the larger mission: memory, repetition, and confidence.
Play Learning Games →Hiring
Add employer pages
Employers need simple explanations too: job description language, interview Japanese, onboarding vocabulary, and study support for foreign workers.
For Employers →Proof
Add a checklist
Learners need a practical checklist: certificates, JLPT plan, study history, school records, job language requirements, and interview preparation.
Read Checklist →The new position
Japanese is now infrastructure.
It is not only a language class. It is the bridge to visas, jobs, trust, housing, interviews, workplaces, schools, hospitals, and real life in Japan.