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Spaced-repetition
Naturally absorb the material as you progress through the lesson, due to the spaced-repetition lesson structure. Perfect to use while exercising, taking a walk, driving, or any other activity you can do while listening to audio.
Real Japanese for Real Conversations
Immediately access, practice, and internalize real Japanese that you will use with actual Japanese people in fun and engaging conversations. Our material is rigorously tested on and by native speakers.
Cultural Insights
Each lesson contains cultural explanations that go far deeper than the linguistic surface. Understanding language means understanding culture.
“This course has helped me have engaging, exciting conversations with Japanese people that I didn't think were possible! I wouldn't have been able to do it without the ‘Dating & Relationships’ course!”
– Michael E.
“This was incredible! I've learned more from ‘Mini-course 1’ about Japanese language and culture than I learned taking Japanese classes for 6 months!”
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“The structure and design of this course is simply amazing. It makes it so easy to internalize the Japanese and the cultural insights that go with it. TOTALLY worth it!”
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Mini-course #1
Learn Japanese: Dating & Relationships
Dating & Relationships - Mini-Course 1
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- How do you talk about dating and relationships in Japanese?
- What is the courtship culture that shapes how Japanese people think and speak?
- This course is for learners looking to study romance, dating, and relationship Japanese or
- To learn Japanese through talking about romance, dating, and relationships!
- It is in audiobook format, centered on dialogue between Andrew, an American (who speaks perfect Japanese), and Yui, a Japanese woman.
- Explore the language and culture as Andrew and Yui discover the contrast between the West and Japan.
- Do you know the difference between デートに行く (dēto ni iku), デートがある (dēto ga aru), and デートする (dēto suru)?
- Or the past-tense usage restrictions on デートがある?
- Culturally, when is using デート unacceptable even if you are going on a date?
- How do you describe "hanging out" (遊ぶ / asobu) but not make it sound like you want "to fool around" (遊ぶ / asobu)?
Our mini-course is filled with grammatical and cultural explanations that answer these questions—tested rigorously with native speakers.
"Dating and Relationships in Japanese" employs a space-repetition model to ensure that you learn and remember what you study.
- Dialogues are broken into digestible pieces that are then repeated, recalled, and remembered.
- You develop a more complex understanding as you progress from lesson to lesson.
- As you practice, you are also taught the cultural circumstances and nuance that make the Japanese terms relevant, ready for you to use with native speakers in exciting and engaging conversations.
Mini-course 1 focuses on the 告白 (こくはく / kokuhaku), or "confession," in Japanese dating culture. The こくはく is an essential part of Japanese romance. Yui explains to Andrew what the こくはく is, and they discuss Japanese dating practices.
- This mini-course consists of the main lesson, which has 21 sections, and is (approximately) 1 hour and 15 minutes long.
- AND it contains a drill and practice version, that allows for direct repetition and practice without cultural or grammatical explanations;
- AND ALSO, in the third part, there is even a version for listening without repetition, which allows you to review the conversation and its linguistic and cultural explanations at times when you cannot speak out loud or want a more passive learning experience.
Caution: This is an upper beginner to advanced-level course, meant for N4 to N1 learners. Upper beginner learners will find it more challenging, but not impossible. For reference, if you only just finished Genki 1, you will find the course extra challenging. If you are not quite N4, but working your way there, this course may be appropriate for your level, but will require patience and diligence.
This is a digital audio course (digital delivery via streaming through the Kajabi platform; no physical product). All GoGen courses are digital delivery only.
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Useful Vocabulary
The full course includes ~220 unique content words. And, most importantly, words are explained in ways you've never learned before, but that are fundamental to speaking and interacting like a native.
Actionable Japanese
Nuanced explanations of words you thought you knew and important words you'll never find in textbooks.
Nouns ~130 unique
Dating‐related nouns, from simple to complex.
Verbs ~50-60 unique
Do you know the particle rules for キスする? Three different particles are possible depending on context.
Details You Missed in Class
Learn essential details that Japanese teachers and textbooks never explain.
Function Words ~150 unique (particles, auxiliaries, copulas, conjunctions, etc.): は, が, を, に, で, も, って, と, から, だ, です, ない, なる, いっさい, んだ, など, etc. These words are some of the hardest words to grasp, and we provide unique explanations to help you use them more like a native.
Interjections / Fillers / Onomatopoeic ~5–10 unique:
うーん, まじで, え, ああ, まぁ, んー…
These "words" are crucial to expressing yourself naturally in Japanese, but often ignored by teachers, textbooks, and other formal sources.
Linguistic breakdown
This chart represents an approximate content breakdown of the full course. We scrutinized and labored over the vocabulary and structures that were chosen for every single sentence of every lesson. Every line was methodically reviewed by a team of linguists, professional translators, and native speakers of Japanese and English. We also tested our material with normal, everyday Japanese people—to make sure it is real, natural Japanese.
Dating & Relationships - Mini-Courses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 (Full Course)
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$12.99 (USD) if you pre-order now
Your $2.49 purchase of Mini-course 1 will be credited towards the full course (your purchase automatically triggers a coupon code sent via email).
Expected release for Mini-course 2: April 15th.
Mini-Course 1 - Introduces the concept of こくはく / 告白 (Romantic confession).
Mini-Course 2 - Explains how the こくはく affects Japanese notions of a "couple" and "official couple" and "serious relationship."
Mini-Course 3 - Introduces the cultural concept of チャラい (charai), an essential idea in Japanese dating and relationship culture and how it is a label for non-serious or playboy-like behavior.
Mini-Course 4 - Deepens understanding of the intimacy boundaries created by こくはく culture and articulates the American/Western vantage point of dating in Japanese.
Mini-Course 5 - Further articulates in Japanese language the American/Western take on dating and how couples are formed.
Mini-Course 6 - Discusses more globally how Japanese and Western dating culture contrast, in terms of norms and standards.
This is a digital audio course (digital delivery via streaming through the Kajabi platform; no physical product). All GoGen courses are digital delivery only.
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You bet there is! If you are not satisfied with "Dating & Relationships - Mini-course 1" after trying it out, then contact us within 7 days for a full refund!
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