Japanese teacher Wakako

Wakako

Community Tutor
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Friendly Sensei★Conversation practice! Beginners are welcomed! I can help you in English! 楽しく話しましょう!
From JapanLiving in Other, United States (03:10 UTC-07:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Apr 29, 2025
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Hello!! I'm Wakako!! I'm from Kumamoto, Japan, and I've been living in the United States for about 15 years. I graduated college in the US. I learned English from zero, so I know the excitement and hardships of learning different language! I am friendly and talkative. I enjoy teaching Japanese and sharing our culture. I'll do my best to help you understand and to answer any questions. I may not be a professional teacher, but I want to be like your friend who can enjoy conversations and doesn't make you feel afraid of making mistakes. My main focus is to make you feel confident in Japanese and to teach you real practical Japanese (not just text book style)! ★ Intermediate to Advanced level learners: The lessons are mainly on conversation styles. I believe that the best way to improve language skills is through actual conversations. I would like you to apply the grammar and vocabulary that you have learned and get used to using them. I will teach phrases that fit better and sound more natural in the conversation as we go by. ★ For Beginner learners: We will enjoy having a conversation in Japanese. I'll try to correct the mistakes as we go by and teach you the phrases fit more naturally in the conversation. If you already have some knowledge about Japanese and want to try to use the phrases/words/grammar you learned, this is the lesson for you!
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5.0
Rating
16
Students
132
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate

Japanese Lessons

Trial Lesson
5 lessons completed
USD 7.00+
★Beginners★ Japanese conversation lesson はじめてのにほんごかいわ
A1 -  B1

Language Essentials

25 lessons completed
USD 9.00+
Package with 7% off
★Intermediate to Advanced★ Japanese Conversation Class 日本語でもっと話そう!
B1 -  C2

Conversation

102 lessons completed
USD 8.00+
Package with 5% off

Availability

9 Reviews

Student Julien
Julien
4 Japanese lessons
Another fun lesson! Wakako always makes me feel comfortable speaking freely without worrying about mistakes. Talking with her helped me realise that I can express much more than I originally thought.
May 15, 2026
Student Julien
Julien
4 Japanese lessons
Wakako-sensei was very patient and understood most of my broken Japanese while helping me build correct sentences. The 45 minutes were used mostly chatting about everyday life subjects, like you would with a friend. Wakako is very enthusiastic and never runs out of topics to chat about. She also wrote a corrected version of what I said in the chat for future reference. Looking forward to our next lesson!
May 1, 2026
Student Sonja
Sonja
14 Japanese lessons
Wakako is kind, patient and very thorough. She's calm and focused, which makes it easy to feel comfortable during the lesson. We've done conversation classes and I've really appreciated how she always has a topic suggestion so that I do not need to focus on both speaking and coming up with a topic. I've really enjoyed my lessons with her, thank you Wakako! 💐
Mar 16, 2026
Student Sonja
Sonja
14 Japanese lessons
I've really enjoyed our lessons, Wakako is really easy to talk to and the atmosphere in the lessons is really positive and encouraging. Looking forward to the next lesson 🌸
May 4, 2026
Student Sonja
Sonja
14 Japanese lessons
Fun as always! 🌷 Wakako is a great conversationalist and the lessons have an encouraging atmosphere. Thank you!
Mar 26, 2026
Student Nina
Nina
7 Japanese lessons
I have really enjoyed my lessons with Wakako sensei! She is very patient and encouraging for a beginner like me:)
Nov 4, 2025