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.
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.
FULL TARGET CURRICULUM
Tracks 0–10
TRACK 1 · 1-3
Numbers 1–10
Recognize, say, and write the core Japanese numbers 1–10 and begin using them as building blocks.
- Basic kana recognition; no previous number knowledge required.
Numbers appear constantly in dates, times, versions, quantities, ticket counts, floors, servers, and IDs. The first ten are the primitives used to build many larger numbers.
1. Learn the number primitives
Japanese commonly uses Arabic digits in real life, but you still need the spoken Japanese number words. Learn sound ↔ value directly.
2. Some numbers have multiple common readings
Four, seven, and nine have alternate readings. For beginner counting, よん, なな, and きゅう are safe defaults, but fixed expressions such as times, dates, and counters may select another reading. Do not panic about every exception yet; later lessons teach them in context.
Natural: four
Structure: four
Use よん as a beginner default unless a fixed expression teaches otherwise.
Natural: seven
Structure: seven
なな is a useful default.
Natural: nine
Structure: nine
きゅう is a useful default.
3. Attach numbers to technical reality
Practice numbers with things you genuinely count. The counter grammar comes later; here the goal is instant number recognition.
Natural: server 3
Structure: server — three
Think of a server label or environment node.
Natural: 5 bugs
Structure: bug — five
Use a ticket/bug-count mental image.
Natural: test 8
Structure: test — eight
Connect the number to a test case index.
4. Number recall grid
Write 1–10 in random order, then add the Japanese reading from memory. Next reverse it: write the Japanese readings in random order and add the Arabic digit.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET
4. Number recall grid
Complete two rounds: digit → Japanese reading and Japanese reading → digit. Circle any number that takes more than three seconds.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
4. Number recall grid
Complete two rounds: digit → Japanese reading and Japanese reading → digit. Circle any number that takes more than three seconds.
5. Put weak numbers into retrieval
Numbers do not need a giant deck. Only target the readings that hesitate.
Japanese Adaptive Recall
Why here: Spaced retrieval is useful for readings that refuse to become automatic.
How to use it for this lesson: Add only troublesome number readings or short contextual cards such as 7 → なな. Remove or suspend them once retrieval is effortless.
Review weak numbers →Mastery checkpoint
Answer from memory. Use the explanations after checking to debug any miss before moving on.
