Fun, Easy to talk to,Certified teacher🇯🇵/🇺🇸,10+ yrs EXP, Explain in🇯🇵/🇺🇸,Group lesson for 2
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Fun, Easy to talk to,Certified teacher🇯🇵/🇺🇸,10+ yrs EXP, Explain in🇯🇵/🇺🇸,Group lesson for 2
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From JapanLiving in Other, Japan (02:29 UTC+09:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Sep 29, 2017
InterestsFoodTravelGaming
Certified, patient, and dedicated to your progress. Let’s make Japanese feel easy and fun!
✅ Certified Japanese/English Teacher with 15000+ Completed Lessons
Completed 420 hours of the Japanese Teacher Training Course
✅ Open-minded, friendly, a good listener, and easy to talk to
✅ 10+ years of teaching experience - Japanese on/offline
🌸 From Tokyo to You — 12 years in the US means I get your language struggles.
Specializing in grammar & natural conversation, I’ve helped many learners like you with:
✅ Confidence in speaking (mistakes = progress!)
✅ Flexible lessons — Customize lessons to your preferences/needs
My creations
Me as a Teacher
I’m here to help you with;
⭐️Absolute Beginner/Beginner/Intermediate students
⭐️Grammar points: conjugations, particles, etc.
⭐️Conversational skills: natural Japanese with standard pitch accent
⭐️Listening, writing, reading
⭐️Essay editing and proofreading service
⭐️Have confidence in speaking
⭐️JLPT preparation
⭐️Group lesson for 2 people
Please know that it's Okay to make mistakes because that's when you learn more and grow as a language learner.
So don't be afraid of making mistakes.
I make lots of mistakes when I speak English because I'm still learning and practicing, and that's Okay!!
Let's pay more attention to something you could do instead of something you couldn't do.
My lessons & teaching style
🌸 Explanations in English and Japanese
🌸 Focus on conversation practice
🌸 Encouraging
🌸 Teaching style: interactive, customized, informative, fun, encouraging
🌸 Use Google Docs
🌸 In a lesson: grammar exercise, conversation practice, accent reduction, Tokyo pitch accent, etc.
🌸 Guided study using popular textbooks such as Genki 1 & 2 (2nd/3rd edition); Quartet I & II; Tobira; Japanese from Zero 1-5; Speed Master -N5, N4; Shinkansen Master - N3; Nihongo Somatone N5, N4, N3, etc.; websites
I’m very flexible so you can bring anything that you’d like to learn/practice to the lesson.
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*** Cancellations made less than 24 hours before the scheduled lesson time will not be refunded ***
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Audio files
Image files
Video files
Articles and news
Quizzes
Homework Assignments
Graphs and charts
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Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
166 lessons completed
USD 35.00+
⭐️STUDENTS AFTER 2021 ⭐️ Grammar/Conversation/JLPT N5,N4,N3
A1 - C2Language Essentials4,265 lessons completed
USD 34.00+
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⭐️GROUP LESSON⭐️①Grammar for 2 people ②Conversation for 2 people
A1 - C2Language Essentials1,297 lessons completed
USD 41.00+
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⭐️Patreon subscriber ⭐️
A1 - C2Test Preparation426 lessons completed
USD 34.00+
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⭐️CONVERSATION practice⭐️
A1 - C2Language Essentials1,716 lessons completed
USD 31.00+
Package with 7% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
My creations
Podcast (11)
844 Reviews
Krow
132 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
My friend Danny and I have been taking lessons with Mel-san for a over year now. She is an amazing teacher!!!!! She is always incredibly patient and kind no matter how many mistakes we make. Whenever our studies falter when life gets busy, she is always so understanding and willing to work at any pace. Mel-san will also teach native Japanese grammar or phrases that the textbooks can be outdated on. She is good at creating a fun, but productive environment for learning. We've loved classes with Mel-san!!!!
Nov 17, 2023
Kat Lee
128 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Mel 先生 is a really patient and wonderful teacher. Her emphasis on conversational skills has been tremendously helpful in training my brain to become more comfortable and better at using what I’ve learned. Her pacing is also great; I never feel rushed to move past points that I haven’t quite grasped yet. Thank you for another great lesson!
Jan 13, 2023
Kathy Perez
4 Japanese lessons
Excellent lesson! Mel is a very competent teacher!
Jan 30, 2026
Linda
213 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
I have been taking Japanese lessons with Mel-sensei for about a year and a half, and I would never have made the progress I have without her patient and kind help. She's a wonderful teacher and a kind and patient person, and I recommend her highly!
Sep 28, 2023
Kathy Perez
4 Japanese lessons
Mel is an excellent teacher! She chooses the easiest way for me to learn how to say something. She emphasizes important grammar points and I am able to practice them during our conversation lesson. Mel is also a wonderful person. I have enjoyed meeting her!
Feb 13, 2026
Kathy Perez
4 Japanese lessons
Mel is a gracious and patient teacher. She corrects grammar points and sentence structure as you converse. In addition, she provides notes in hiragana so that you can review what you learned. An exceptional teacher!