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 5 · 5-1
Vocabulary 1: Actions for Requests, Procedures & Directions
Build the verb vocabulary needed for て-form: open, close, turn on, turn off, wait, stop, enter, leave, show, send, use, copy, save, connect, and check.
- Track 4 verb-stem confidence and core polite verb forms.
The て-form becomes much easier when the verbs represent actions you can visualize. These actions also map naturally to software procedures, device instructions, workplace requests, and everyday directions.
1. Learn actions you can physically or digitally perform
Treat each verb as an operation. Picture the action instead of memorizing a translation pair.
Natural: open
Structure: open
Open a door, file, or window depending on context.
Natural: close
Structure: close
Close a door/window.
Natural: turn on / attach
Structure: turn-on / attach
Common for devices/lights.
Natural: turn off / erase
Structure: extinguish / erase
Turn off a device/light or erase something.
Natural: wait
Structure: wait
Useful for requests and procedures.
Natural: stop
Structure: stop
Stop a process/device.
Natural: enter
Structure: enter
Enter a room/system area.
Natural: leave / exit
Structure: exit
Leave a room or exit.
Natural: show
Structure: show
High-value collaboration verb.
Natural: send
Structure: send
Email/message/file transfer.
Natural: use
Structure: use
Tools and systems.
Natural: save
Structure: save-do
Files/settings.
Natural: connect
Structure: connection-do
Technical environment.
Natural: check / confirm
Structure: confirmation-do
Procedures and validation.
2. See the verbs as a small operating procedure
A procedure is just an ordered sequence of actions. Track 5 will soon connect these actions with て-form.
3. Action-operation worksheet
Write twelve actions from your workday or device use. For each, add the object that action operates on. Leave the particle blank for now if you are unsure.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET
3. Action-operation worksheet
Create 12 operation pairs such as ファイル + 開けます, 設定 + 確認します, メール + 送ります. Include at least 6 technical and 6 everyday actions.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
3. Action-operation worksheet
Create 12 operation pairs such as ファイル + 開けます, 設定 + 確認します, メール + 送ります. Include at least 6 technical and 6 everyday actions.
4. Reinforce the operations that hesitate
Track 5 is transformation-heavy, so keep vocabulary review selective.
Japanese Adaptive Recall
Why here: Fast verb retrieval keeps your attention on て-form instead of vocabulary lookup.
How to use it for this lesson: Add only the verbs that do not come back quickly. Prefer object+verb chunks such as ファイルを保存します.
Review procedure verbs →Kotoba Fishing
Why here: Whole-word recognition is useful when several verbs share similar-looking endings.
How to use it for this lesson: Use a short round after recall and say the action aloud before checking meaning.
Open Kotoba Fishing →Mastery checkpoint
Answer from memory. If you miss one, identify the exact transformation or sentence role that failed before retrying.
