Irodori
Free Japan Foundation textbooks for daily-life Japanese, with audio.
BeginnerFreeEasyTextbookListeningWeb
Japanese textbooks and courses
A course is useful only if you finish lessons. Choose the format you will sit with.
Genki
A beginner textbook series covering the four skills, with audio and a workbook.
BeginnerPaidModerateTextbookWeb
MaruMori
A guided multi-skill path that combines grammar, reading, kanji, and review.
BeginnerIntermediatePaidModerateTextbookWeb, iPhone, Android
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Textbooks and courses exist to remove the “what next?” problem. They fail when the format does not match your week.
Free structured path
Irodori is a Japan Foundation course with audio. It is built around daily life in Japan.
Classroom standard
Genki is the book many classes and tutors assume. Buy the workbook if you buy the textbook.
App-shaped course
MaruMori keeps several skills in one environment. Test the daily loop before a long subscription.
One course at a time. Adding Genki, Irodori, and MaruMori together is how people stall.