GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5

Guided Japanese Course

A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.

HOW THIS COURSE WORKS

Follow the path. Advance by mastery.

Learn→ Write by hand→ Use a tool→ Produce→ Check→ Review

The primary path tells you what to do next. You can still open any available lesson, but completion is based on checkpoints rather than calendar days.

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Tracks 0–10

11 tracks

TRACK 2 · 2-13

Vocabulary 4: People, Objects & Places for Existence

Learn nouns needed to understand ある / いる and location descriptions.

25 min
Before you begin
  • Track 2 particles and routines.
Why this matters

Existence grammar is easiest when you can picture animate and inanimate entities in a workplace.

1. Split the world into animate and inanimate referents

Japanese uses different existence verbs based on referent type.

Existence categories

Animate → いる

人社員猫

Inanimate → ある

サーバーパソコン資料机
person 人 ひと

Natural: person

Structure: person

Animate.

employee 社員 しゃいん

Natural: employee

Structure: employee

Animate.

cat 猫 ねこ

Natural: cat

Structure: cat

Animate.

server サーバー サーバー

Natural: server

Structure: server

Inanimate.

computer パソコン パソコン

Natural: computer

Structure: computer

Inanimate.

document 資料 しりょう

Natural: document

Structure: document

Inanimate.

desk 机 つくえ

Natural: desk

Structure: desk

Inanimate.

room 部屋 へや

Natural: room

Structure: room

Place noun.