Learn · Japanese

Learn Japanese for the moments that matter.

Each scenario below is a self-contained rehearsal with a free 60-second preview — pick the moment you actually face, then drill it with Sora until it sounds like the room you walked into.

• Business meeting · 会議

  Business meeting →

  In a Tokyo conference room, ending a status update with the wrong form — です/ます dropping into plain — accidentally signals you are no longer treating the room as the room you opened it with. Saying "できます" instead of "いたします" at a keigo-trailing moment is the kind of slip your Japanese counterpart will catch, mirror back politely, and remember in your review file.

• Doctor visit · 病院

  Doctor visit →

  In a Tokyo clinic, pain description needs an "いつから" (since when) and a body location — both — to land as the symptom the doctor asks the right follow-up about. Saying "頭が痛い" without "きのうから" reads as a complaint, not a clinical fact; the doctor will ask three more clarifying questions you already answered.

• Travel & tourism · 旅行

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  At a Kyoto station, asking "駅はどこですか" instead of "京都駅はどこですか" gets you a polite "ここです" — the answer only works if the station agent can read your intent. Naming the station you want is Japanese pragmatics, not grammar; the politeness markers ride on top.