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 · 3-4
Vocabulary 2: Quality, State & Experience
Expand descriptions for reliability, newness, age, interest, busyness, quietness, health, and technical quality.
- Adjective present forms.
The next lessons move into past descriptions and preferences. A richer adjective set prevents every practice sentence from being 'fast' or 'convenient.'
1. Add dimensions you actually evaluate
Attach each adjective to a natural target.
Natural: a new version
Structure: new — version
い-adjective.
Natural: an old system
Structure: old — system
い-adjective.
Natural: an interesting project
Structure: interesting — project
い-adjective.
Natural: a busy day
Structure: busy — day
い-adjective.
Natural: a quiet office
Structure: quiet — na — office
な-adjective.
Natural: a healthy/energetic person
Structure: healthy — na — person
な-adjective.
Natural: an easy/simple test
Structure: simple — na — test
な-adjective.
Natural: clean code
Structure: clean — na — code
な-adjective trap word.
2. Build a quality dashboard
Think of each adjective as a dimension rather than a vague 'good/bad' score.
3. Quality review homework
Describe one app, one project, one meeting, one day, one office, and one code sample with two adjectives each. Avoid repeating the same adjective.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET
3. Quality review homework
Write 12 adjective+noun descriptions across 6 targets. Label い/な and translate only after writing Japanese.
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3. Quality review homework
Write 12 adjective+noun descriptions across 6 targets. Label い/な and translate only after writing Japanese.
4. Transfer adjectives into reading
Recognition in prose matters more than memorizing a list.
Tsundoku Reading Nook
Why here: Descriptive passages naturally combine adjectives with people, places, and objects.
How to use it for this lesson: Find six adjectives in a beginner reading. Label their class and the noun/state they describe.
Find adjective context →Japanese Adaptive Recall
Why here: Keep only adjectives that remain hard to retrieve.
How to use it for this lesson: Prefer phrase cards such as 静かなオフィス or 新しいバージョン.
Review weak descriptions →Mastery checkpoint
Answer without looking back. Use any miss to identify the exact rule or vocabulary gap that needs another pass.
