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 3 · 3-1
Vocabulary 1: Describing Systems & Work
Build adjective vocabulary for size, speed, difficulty, convenience, safety, complexity, importance, quietness, and cleanliness.
- Track 2 action/particle foundation.
Track 2 let you say what happens. Track 3 lets you evaluate what things are like—a core skill for discussing software, environments, tasks, meetings, tools, and everyday life.
1. Learn descriptions inside useful noun phrases
Do not memorize a floating English adjective. Attach each description to something you might actually evaluate.
Natural: a large system
Structure: large — system
い-adjective.
Natural: a small bug
Structure: small — bug
い-adjective.
Natural: a fast server
Structure: fast — server
い-adjective.
Natural: a difficult problem
Structure: difficult — problem
い-adjective.
Natural: a convenient/useful tool
Structure: convenient — na — tool
な-adjective.
Natural: a safe environment
Structure: safe — na — environment
な-adjective.
Natural: a complex configuration
Structure: complex — na — setting
な-adjective.
Natural: an important requirement
Structure: important — na — requirement
な-adjective.
2. Turn vocabulary into a review board
Imagine a technical design review. Each card below needs a description: system size, server speed, issue difficulty, tool convenience, environment safety.
3. Description inventory
List ten things from your work or daily life and assign one Japanese adjective to each. Then write five noun phrases without English.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET
3. Description inventory
Create 10 noun+description pairs. Include at least 5 い-adjectives and 5 な-adjectives. Circle the adjective ending/type.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
3. Description inventory
Create 10 noun+description pairs. Include at least 5 い-adjectives and 5 な-adjectives. Circle the adjective ending/type.
4. Reinforce recognition in context
Use recall for weak words and reading for natural pairings.
Japanese Adaptive Recall
Why here: Adjectives must be retrievable before grammar transformations become comfortable.
How to use it for this lesson: Add only adjectives that hesitate, preferably as noun phrases such as 便利なツール.
Review adjective vocabulary →Tsundoku Reading Nook
Why here: Reading shows which descriptions naturally occur with which nouns.
How to use it for this lesson: Find five descriptive phrases and identify the noun each adjective modifies before checking English.
Find descriptions in context →Mastery checkpoint
Answer without looking back. Use any miss to identify the exact rule or vocabulary gap that needs another pass.
