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
Marugoto
Japan Foundation course materials for everyday Japanese communication.
BeginnerIntermediateFreemiumModerateTextbookCourseWeb, Print
Minna no Nihongo
A classroom Japanese series. Best with a teacher or the translation companion.
BeginnerIntermediatePaidInvolvedTextbookPrint
Tobira
An intermediate Japanese textbook often used after Genki or Minna no Nihongo.
IntermediatePaidInvolvedTextbookPrint, Web
MaruMori
A guided multi-skill path that combines grammar, reading, kanji, and review.
BeginnerIntermediatePaidModerateTextbookWeb, iPhone, Android
LingoDeer
A structured Japanese app course with clearer grammar notes than most gamified apps.
BeginnerFreemiumEasyCourseiPhone, Android, Web
Duolingo
A free habit app that can introduce Japanese, but not a complete course.
BeginnerFreemiumEasyCourseiPhone, Android, Web
Quartet
An intermediate Japanese textbook series often used after Genki.
IntermediatePaidInvolvedTextbookPrint
Japanese for Busy People
A beginner Japanese textbook series written for working adults with limited time.
BeginnerPaidModerateTextbookPrint
Human Japanese
A paid beginner Japanese app that reads like a patient textbook on your phone.
BeginnerPaidModerateCourseTextbookiPhone, Android
Busuu
A general language-learning app that includes a Japanese course.
BeginnerFreemiumEasyCourseiPhone, Android, Web
A Dictionary of Japanese Grammar
A three-volume grammar dictionary for looking up patterns you already met.
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedPaidModerateGrammarTextbookPrint, Digital
NHK World Easy Japanese
Free official beginner Japanese lessons with audio from NHK World.
BeginnerFreeEasyListeningCourseWeb
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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. If you are choosing between Genki and Minna no Nihongo, read Genki vs Minna no Nihongo first.
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.