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Yoshito Hiroi

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Teaches

Japanese

Native

Speaks

Korean

English

French

Polish

Chinese (Mandarin)

Teaches

Japanese

Native

Speaks

Korean

English

French

Polish

Chinese (Mandarin)

About Me

Me as a Teacher

My lessons & teaching style

From JapanLiving in Taichung, Taiwan, China (10:34 UTC+08:00)

About Me

italki teacher since Apr 16, 2021

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こんにちは！僕の名前は善土です。日本の高知出身です。僕と一緒に楽しく日本語を勉強しましょう！趣味は映画、外国語、旅行です。海外の文化が好きで、ウェールズ、フランス、韓国、ポーランドに住んでいたこともあります。好きな映画は「サイコ」、「東京物語」、「シェルブールの雨傘」、「COLD WAR」、「パラサイト」などなど。言語の勉強が大好きで、英語、フランス語、韓国語、ポーランド語を勉強していました。今は中国語を勉強中です。 My name is Yoshito. I'm from Kochi, Japan. I love travelling and cultural exchange. I lived in Cardiff, Wales, France, Korea and Poland. My favourite films are "Psycho", "Tokyo Story", "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg", "Cold War", "Parasite" etc... Too many to name! I love learning languages as well. I'm mainly focusing on Mandarin at the moment. J'ai vécu en France pendant un an et c'était la meilleure expérience de ma vie. Cela m'a aidé à améliorer mon français.

Me as a Teacher

I’m patient, encouraging and understanding. During my Polish and Korean lessons on iTalki, I say "I don't understand." "Can you say it again please?" hundreds of times and make tons of mistakes. It's a process of language learning! During our lessons, I repeat and paraphrase as many times as you wish until you understand. I want my lessons to be a place where you can make mistakes and you don’t feel any pressure. Please consider our lessons as conversation with a Japanese friend. I’d like to focus on having fun. I’m not here to practice my English but to help you learn Japanese, so I’d like to talk with you in Japanese as much as possible. However, I wouldn’t force you to speak Japanese.

My lessons & teaching style

僕のレッスンは会話中心です。皆さんが好きなトピックについて楽しく話しましょう！文法の説明は少しにして、できるだけ会話の練習をしたいです。 I put a great emphasis on conversation practice. I mainly speak Japanese so that you can immerse yourself in the language. I believe that this immersion will help you improve your Japanese. If you don't understand, I'll use lots of drawings, photos and gestures. I respect how you want to learn Japanese. As a language learner myself, I like experimenting with methods and I think people should learn languages as they wish, so I’d like to tailor my lessons to your needs and interests. During our lesson I'll write down new words and expressions in our Google Doc file. Hope it will be useful when you review.

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Japanese Lessons

Trial Lesson

402 lessons completed

USD 6.00+

会話の練習 Conversation Practice

A1 - C2

Conversation

3,083 lessons completed

USD 8.00+

Package with 10% off

Comprehensible Input

A1 - B1

Language Essentials

1,058 lessons completed

USD 9.00+

Package with 6% off

Structured Conversation Practice/Coaching

B1 - C2

Conversation

268 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

Package with 15% off

Availability

486 Reviews

Carter

111 Japanese lessons

Teacher’s pick

Yoshito 先生 is seriously an amazing teacher! His ability to understand english yet communicate ideas and teach entirely in Japanese is a powerful way to boost your comprehension. I always find myself learning a lot while also having a laugh here and there. Yoshito 先生, Thank you for all your efforts! I look forward to any of the next lessons!

Jan 13, 2025

Rachel M.

58 Japanese lessons

Teacher’s pick

Yoshitoさん is a really kind and down-to-earth teacher! What I enjoy most is that I can take my time to find the words I'm looking for in my head without feeling stressed. Great for those who feel very nervous about speaking in their target language. Definitely recommend!

Jun 8, 2021

George Maffett

2 Japanese lessons

My first session with Yoshito Sensei was very enjoyable. He asked questions that were at my level and rephrased the one or two questions that I didn't immediately understand. I was nervous at the start, but the half hour flew by and I booked another lesson right away. I recommend him to anyone wanting to speak Japanese for the first time!

Mar 21, 2026

Liam

68 Japanese lessons

Teacher’s pick

Great as always! If anyone wants to work on pitch accent/pronunciation then Yoshito-sensei is the teacher to see. He has far more knowledge about pronunciation than any other teacher I know.

Aug 6, 2021

George Maffett

2 Japanese lessons

It was our second session and we did a cross talk session. I felt very comfortable talking in English while Yoshito spoke Japanese. He found ways to explain things only in Japanese when I did have questions. It was a very helpful approach to Comprehensible Input.

Mar 27, 2026