Coffee Break Japanese

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Learn Japanese with teacher Chie and her student Mark. Each lesson is like going for a coffee with your friend who happens to speak Japanese and is helping you learn in a relaxed, enjoyable way.Coffee Break Japanese is not a simple series of "listen and repeat" audio programmes: in each lesson Chie explains how the language works, helping Mark - and you - to manipulate the language and use it in practical situations. As a learner, Mark asks questions, and makes mistakes, so through Chie's explanations, corrections and pronunciation tips you'll build your confidence and begin to understand and sp...

CBJ 1.13 | Japanese food vocabulary
#13
08/21/2025

Welcome to Coffee Break Japanese! In lesson thirteen, we’ll continue from what we covered in lesson twelve, which focused on vocabulary and expressions to use at a restaurant. In this lesson, we’ll take a closer look at Japanese food.


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CBJ 1.12 | Ordering a meal in a restaurant
#12
08/07/2025

Welcome to Coffee Break Japanese! In lesson 12, we’ll continue from what we covered in lesson 11, which focused on café vocabulary, including food, snacks, and drinks. This time, we look at practical Japanese expressions which you can use in a restaurant setting instead.


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CBJ 1.11 | Ordering drinks in a café
#11
07/24/2025

Welcome back to Coffee Break Japanese! We're returning with Lesson 11 in our series and this time, we're helping you learn how to order drinks and snacks in Japanese! By the end of this lesson you'll have the knowledge and confidence to place your order in a café.


If you'd like to get more out of the lessons then check out our online course which provides access to video versions of the lesson, lesson notes, review audio consolidation lessons, and quizzes to test your understanding. Click here to find out more.

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CBJ 1.10 | End-of-unit review
#10
06/12/2025

Welcome to Coffee Break Japanese! Join us for lesson 10 and review of all the content we learned from the previous nine lessons of Japanese.


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CBJ 1.09 | Talking about language
#9
05/29/2025

Welcome to another lesson of Coffee Break Japanese! In lesson 9 we continue from the previous lesson and learn some useful phrases and verbs to use in Japan. Ready? Let's get started!


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CBJ 1.08 | Places in the town
#8
05/15/2025

Welcome to another lesson of Coffee Break Japanese! This time, we expand on previous lessons by discussing how to talk about locations in town. We also learn how to ask for directions to places and how to say 'here' and 'there'.


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CBJ 1.07 | More on numbers and family
#7
05/01/2025

Welcome to another lesson of Coffee Break Japanese! In this lesson, we will build upon what we learned in the previous lessons by exploring a wider range of numbers and their uses in everyday conversations. We'll also learn vocabulary related to family, helping you to describe relationships and express your connections to others.


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CBJ 1.06 | Jobs and counting
#6
04/17/2025

Welcome to another lesson of Coffee Break Japanese! This time, we're continuing from the previous lesson and we're learning how to talk about work and numbers from zero to ten.


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CBJ 1.05 | Talking about your family - Kochira wa dare desu ka?こちら は、誰ですか?
#5
04/03/2025

Welcome to Lesson 5 of Coffee Break Japanese! This time, we're learning how to talk about more family members, such as partners and children.


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CBJ 1.04 | Family members - Kochira wa watashi no kazoku desu. マークさん、こちらは、私の家族です。
#4
03/20/2025

Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break Japanese! In lesson four we’re moving on from the previous lesson and we’ll be learning how to talk about family and different family members.


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CBJ 1.03 | Nationalities - Watashi wa Nihon-jin desu. 私は、日本人です。
#3
03/06/2025

We're moving on from the previous lesson and learning how to talk about nationalities and where you are from in Japan.


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CBJ 1.02 | Introducing yourself - Hajimemashite はじめまして
#2
02/20/2025

In lesson two, we’re moving on from the previous lesson and learning how to greet people at different times of the day. We’ll also learn how to introduce ourselves and ask other people “what is your name?”


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CBJ 1.01 | Greetings - Konnichiwa! こんにちは!
#1
02/06/2025

Coffee Break Japanese e yōkoso - welcome to Coffee Break Japanese! This series will introduce you to the Japanese language, starting from the basics. By the end of this series you'll be able to use the language in many situations and understand what native speakers say to you.


In this first lesson you'll learn how to introduce yourself and say how you are feeling. You'll also learn about Japanese pronunciation along the way.


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Coffee Break Japanese - Trailer
01/30/2025

Coffee Break Japanese Lesson 1 launches on 6th February. Here's a trailer to let you know what you can expect from the series.


For all the details on Coffee Break Japanese, including our online course, visit https://coffeebreaklanguages.com/japanese.

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Introducing Coffee Break Japanese
01/28/2025

In this short introductory episode of Coffee Break Japanese, teacher Chie and learner Mark explain what’s to come in this series for beginners in Japanese. We hear more about the types of topics that will be covered to help us when travelling to Japan. We also get to know more about Chie and Mark and their language-learning backgrounds.

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Coffee Break Japanese: Coming Soon!
01/22/2025

Coffee Break Japanese is a podcast for complete beginners in Japanese from Coffee Break Languages. Throughout this 40-lesson series, teacher Chie guides learner Mark from the very beginning of his Japanese-learning journey and equips him (and you as the listener!) with the skills required to communicate in Japanese. We'll learn to communicate confidently with native speakers through a range of topics associated with common travel situations such as introducing ourselves, ordering food and drink, checking into a hotel, and asking for directions.


In this short introduction to the series, Chie and Mark introduce themselves and share...