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 10 · 10-9
Integrated Reading: Stop Translating One Word at a Time
Read a controlled professional passage by locating clause boundaries, head nouns, particles, and communicative functions.
- Tracks 0–9 grammar architecture.
The course should transfer into reading—not only sentence production.
1. Use a structural reading pass
Pass 1: identify sentence ending. Pass 2: mark particles. Pass 3: box embedded clauses. Pass 4: find head nouns. Pass 5: identify function. Only then refine the English.
2. Analyze a controlled project note
昨日変更した → 設定We checked the settings changed yesterday.とき + 回 counterWhen we tested, an error appeared once.まだ + possibilityWe don't know the cause yet, but it might be a network issue.purposeWe'll test again today in order to investigate the problem.conditional + requestIf the error appears again, please save the logs.3. Structural annotation worksheet
Copy the passage by hand, then annotate it before translating.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET
3. Structural annotation worksheet
For each sentence: underline ending, circle particles, box embedded clause, draw arrow to head noun where relevant, label FUNCTION, then write natural English. Add 3 original sentences with the same architecture.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
3. Structural annotation worksheet
For each sentence: underline ending, circle particles, box embedded clause, draw arrow to head noun where relevant, label FUNCTION, then write natural English. Add 3 original sentences with the same architecture.
4. Move into Manabi Kōbō's real reading tools
Use the linked Manabi Kōbō tools to transfer the lesson into active production.
Side by Side Reader
Why here: You now have enough grammar to test structural reading against authentic/controlled web text.
How to use it for this lesson: Use the five-pass method on a short paragraph. Do not reveal the English side until your structural pass is complete.
Open structural reading →Furigana Lens
Why here: Unknown kanji pronunciation should not force you to abandon grammar analysis.
How to use it for this lesson: Use furigana only to unlock pronunciation; still identify particles and clause structure yourself.
Use Furigana Lens →Jōyō Kanji Hub
Why here: Kanji study now has context from real sentences.
How to use it for this lesson: Take only recurring kanji from your reading rather than randomly expanding the study list.
Review recurring kanji →Mastery checkpoint
Answer from memory and repair any weak structure before moving on.
