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Kana

Japanese

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English

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From Japan

Living in Tbilisi, Georgia

Students Stay 2+ Years | Speak Naturally in Japanese | 15+ yrs Exp Hello! Want to speak Japanese with confidence or don’t know where to start? I specialize in helping beginners to advanced learners build real, lasting Japanese skills—especially for daily conversation, travel, and long-term progress. I hold a Master’s in Applied Linguistics (Japanese) and a Graduate Diploma in Education, with 15+ years of teaching experience (5 years in Melbourne schools + 10+ years on italki). Over 70% of my students continue for 2+ years because my lessons are structured, personalized, and designed to help you actually use Japanese in real life. Let’s make learning practical, fun, and effective—I look forward to meeting you! 一緒に楽しく勉強しましょう！ I adapt my lessons to your level and goals, and we can use both English and Japanese depending on your needs. For beginners to intermediate students, I use structured materials such as Genki, An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese, and Tobira, combined with original worksheets and slides to make learning clear and engaging. For advanced learners, I can design lessons based on your interests, such as news articles, books, or conversation practice. I can provide homework to help you review what we learned, and we will go over it together in the next lesson so you can improve step by step. My goal is to help you feel more confident and comfortable using Japanese in real situations. You will not just study Japanese — you will actually use it. In my lessons, you will actively practice speaking by creating yo...

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Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Articles and news
Quizzes
Homework Assignments

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Travel

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Japanese

Trial Lesson

616 lessons completed

USD 16.00+

11% off

Japanese for Beginners

A1-A2

Language Essentials

12.1k lessons completed

USD 24.00+

7% off

Informal Tutoring

A1-C2

Conversation

872 lessons completed

USD 24.00+

7% off

Japanese - Intermediate I

B1-B2

Language Essentials

4,031 lessons completed

USD 24.00+

7% off

Japanese - Intermediate II

B2-C2

Language Essentials

1,872 lessons completed

USD 24.00+

7% off

Japanese for advanced students

A1-C2

Language Essentials

387 lessons completed

USD 24.00+

7% off

Lessons for 2 people

A1-C2

Language Essentials

617 lessons completed

USD 30.00+

5% off

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Mary

240 Japanese lessons

Teacher’s pick

Kana san patiently listens to me work my way thru Japanese sentences and simple conversation. Lessons are so much fun and I think, slowly but surely, I am improving and working toward a life goal of speaking Japanese. I highly recommend this wonderful teacher !

gabrielgsuarez

78 Japanese lessons

Teacher’s pick

Japanese gets difficult pretty quickly, and I absolutely would have given up on it by now if I didn’t have Kana san’s support and help. Excellent teacher, excellent coach.

Esther ROACHESTHERE

18 Japanese lessons

Kana is always very patient with me, even when I'm struggling over things I should know by now. I really appreciate the way she guides me through the lesson. thank you!

sumarno suhadi

395 Japanese lessons

Teacher’s pick

Excellent sensei . Always challenge the student to improve oneself . Always pushed to improve and upgrade my level . Highly recommend to anyone who seek a sensei who can inspire and motivate their students!

Esther ROACHESTHERE

18 Japanese lessons

It's always nice to see Kana-sensei again ^^ Even though it has been over a month, it's like no time has passed.