Genki Flow
Learn Japanese in 5 Minutes
Speak Japanese from day one. Each bite-sized episode builds your skills with real grammar, real sentences, and real pronunciation. Pause, repeat, and practice — the listener is the student.
14 episodes
Ep. 1: Your First Japanese Words
Learn essential Japanese greetings and introduce yourself with the XはYです pattern in this 5-minute lesson.
Ep. 2: Greetings for Every Occasion
Learn Japanese greetings for evening, goodbye, and apology plus talk about your nationality with the desu pattern.
Ep. 3: Your First Self-Introduction
Combine greetings, the desu pattern, and daily expressions into a full Japanese self-introduction.
Ep. 4: Asking Your First Questions
Learn the question marker か and essential question words: how are you, are you okay, where, and what time.
Ep. 5: Review 1 — Everything So Far
Drill greetings, self-introduction, daily expressions, and questions from episodes 1-4.
Ep. 6: The Topic Marker は
Understand what は really does — it marks the topic of your sentence, the thing you're talking about.
Ep. 7: The Subject Marker が
Meet が — the particle that marks the subject. Learn when to use が vs は and why it matters.
Ep. 8: The Possessive Particle の
Learn の — the Japanese particle that connects nouns and shows possession, from 'my family' to 'today's homework'.
Ep. 9: Demonstratives この, その, あの
Learn この (this), その (that near you), and あの (that over there) — Japanese demonstratives for pointing at specific things.
Ep. 10: Review 2 — Particles & Demonstratives
Review greetings, です, questions, は/が, の, and この/その/あの in this comprehensive drill episode.
Ep. 11: The Location & Time Particle に
Learn に — the particle that marks where things are and when things happen in Japanese.
Ep. 12: The Object Marker を
Learn を — the Japanese particle that marks what you eat, drink, read, and act upon.
Ep. 13: The Means & Action-Location Particle で
Learn で — the particle that marks where actions happen and the means by which you do things.
Ep. 14: More Particles — Range & Until
Learn から〜まで (from...to...) and まで (until/up to) — particles for ranges, distances, and time limits.