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 · 1-4
Numbers 11–100
Construct and understand numbers 11–99 compositionally and recognize 100.
- Numbers 1–10.
Once you see the pattern, you do not memorize 89 new words. You assemble numbers from 十 plus the 1–9 primitives—similar to composing values from reusable components.
1. Treat numbers like a tiny composition algorithm
11 is 十一: ten + one. 25 is 二十五: two tens + five. 40 is 四十: four tens. Japanese number construction is highly regular here.
2. 100 introduces 百
100 is 百（ひゃく）. Larger hundreds will later introduce sound changes, but today you only need the boundary value.
Natural: one hundred
Structure: hundred
This becomes the base for the large-number lesson later in Track 1.
3. Use version and count-style contexts
Say the number portion of familiar technical labels: build 42, ticket 17, test 28, server 60. Real Japanese counters come later; this exercise isolates number production.
Natural: 42
Structure: four-tens-two
Imagine build number 42.
Natural: 17
Structure: ten-seven
Imagine ticket 17.
Natural: 68
Structure: six-tens-eight
Imagine test case 68.
4. Number compiler worksheet
Generate ten random values from 11–99. For each, write the kanji composition and kana reading. Then have the app/answer model hidden while you reconstruct five from digits alone.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET
4. Number compiler worksheet
For 10 numbers between 11 and 99, write: Arabic value → kanji components → kana reading. Include 14, 27, 42, 68, and 99 plus five of your own.
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 compiler worksheet
For 10 numbers between 11 and 99, write: Arabic value → kanji components → kana reading. Include 14, 27, 42, 68, and 99 plus five of your own.
5. Use the Language IDE mindset
The point here is not sentence grammar; it is decomposition. Think of 47 as reusable components rather than a single memorized token.
Language IDE
Why here: The IDE reinforces the course habit of decomposing Japanese into meaningful units.
How to use it for this lesson: Open it after the worksheet and type a few numeric labels inside simple noun phrases or notes. Focus on producing the number reading correctly before adding new grammar.
Open Language IDE →Mastery checkpoint
Answer from memory. Use the explanations after checking to debug any miss before moving on.
