I'm Linh. I come from Vietnam. I currently live near a university in Japan. Every Tuesday and Friday, I go to Japanese class. In the class there is one teacher and eight students. Everyone is friendly.

Mẹo: Read the three introductory facts in order: people → origin → place of residence. Topic N5 often asks one of three questions.

Tự làm: Write 3 introductory sentences: name, country, where you live.

• 教室 きょうしつ class
• 近く ちかく close
• 親切 しんせつ friendly
• 毎週 まいしゅう every week
• 学生 がくせい trainees/students

My family has four people. Dad works at the company. Mom sells flowers at a small shop. The younger brother is a high school student. Sunday, I have lunch with my family at the park. My younger brother likes football, so after eating he often plays football.

Mẹo: Here で after 会社 and 店 indicates the place where the action takes place; から after 好きです indicates the reason.

Tự làm: Change characters: write 2 sentences about a family member and their hobbies.

• 家族 かぞく family
• 働く はたらく work
• 売る うる sell
• 昼ごはん ひるごはん lunch
• 遊ぶ あそぶ play

I like Japanese Kanji. Kanji is difficult but resembles a drawing so it's interesting. Every night, I write five words in my notebook. After writing, I looked up how to read on my phone. I also use new Kanji to create short sentences.

Mẹo: が / でも puts two opposite ideas next to each other. After 書いた後で comes the next learning step.

Tự làm: Choose a Kanji you know, write down how to read it, and create a short です sentence.

• 漢字 かんじ Kanji
• 難しい むずかしい difficult
• 絵 え picture/picture
• 調べる しらべる look up
• 文 ぶん sentence

A: What do you do on Saturday? B: I work extra in the morning. In the afternoon I went to the movies with my friends. A: What about evening? B: I called my mother at home. On Sunday I don't do anything. I want to clean my room and read books.

Mẹo: In conversation, milestones 午前・午後・夜 help separate plans. たい indicates a wish, not necessarily completed.

Tự làm: Say your Saturday schedule using 3 markers: 午前、午後、夜.

• 午前 ごぜん morning
• 午後 ごご afternoon
• 映画 えいが movie
• 予定 よてい plan
• 何もしない なにもしない do nothing

I wake up at 6:30. I have breakfast at 7:00 and then leave the house at 7:40. School is 15 minutes by bus from home. Class starts at 8:30 a.m. Today there is a Japanese test, so I also read vocabulary on the bus.

Mẹo: About time: underline all hours and minutes, then match each action with its milestone.

Tự làm: Draw the timeline 6:30 → 8:30 in Japanese.

• 起きる おきる wake up
• 出る でる get out/leave
• 授業 じゅぎょう class time
• テスト てすと test
• 単語 たんご vocabulary

Today I bought a new briefcase. I put textbooks, notebooks, red pens and water in my bag. I also want to put my computer in but it's heavy so I'll leave it at home today. The pair is blue and very light. Tomorrow I will use this bag to go to school.

Mẹo: Don't choose the wrong subject: the heavy one is パソコン, and the light one is かばん.

Tự làm: List the 4 items in your bag using the form N を かばんに入れます.

• かばん かばん briefcase/bag
• 教科書 きょうかしょ textbooks
• 入れる いれる put it in
• 重い おもい heavy
• 軽い かるい light