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YUI
Japanese
Native
English
Chinese (Mandarin)
Chinese (Other)
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From Japan

Living in Other, Japan

Not textbook Japanese - the Japanese you actually use Hi, I'm Yui! 👋 I'm learning English and Chinese myself, so I know both the excitement and the frustration of language learning. I have a 4-year university degree in Japanese language education, 3 years of teaching at a Japanese language school (since 2016), and 6 years of online teaching. Two things happen in every lesson, at every level. Patterns, not lists 📝 One pattern covers many sentences, so you are not memorizing. For beginners, I break verbs into 6 forms and 3 groups, with practice at every step. For intermediate and advanced learners, it is keigo, 〜んです, and the shapes that make you sound natural. Your own phrases 💬 What I hear most often is "I studied it, but I can't use it." So we collect the phrases you need - from your work, your trip, your interview - and I keep them in a spreadsheet that is yours. It grows every lesson. Then we use them in roleplay: a phone call, a hotel, meeting your neighbours, a job interview. Every 5 lessons I send you a one-page review of what you have built. My students right now are preparing for job interviews, studying for the JLPT, working in Japan, and starting from zero. The approach is the same - only the content changes. I'm a big anime fan 🎬 - Frieren, Blue Lock, Haikyu!!, Apothecary Diaries, Demon Slayer, Chiikawa - often watched in English or Chinese too. Lessons often turn into chats about what you are watching 😊 Let's make steady progress, and have fun doing it! ✨
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Trial Lesson
19 lessons completed
USD 13.00+
Trial Lesson|Level Check + Your First Japanese Phrases (30 min)
A1-B1
Language Essentials
5 lessons completed
USD 17.00+
Regular lesson|Japanese for Real Situations Patterns + Your Own Phrases
A1-C1
Conversation
58 lessons completed
USD 25.00
5% off
Group Trial Lesson|For 2 Students (30 min)
A1-C1
Conversation
0 lessons completed
USD 23.00+
Regular Group Japanese Lesson|For 2 Students
A1-C1
Conversation
0 lessons completed
USD 46.00
5% off
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Darya Poliyenko
1 Japanese lesson
Yui is very patient and has lots of materials for class! She is really good at noticing when you have a certain grammar point that you're not using to sound properly 'natural' and will help you correct/practice it so you don't sound like you're speaking straight out of a textbook which is quite helpful!
Student Pau
Pau
1 Japanese lesson
Yui was very kind and thoroughly prepared a lesson for me. It was a fun trial lesson! I practised my reading and learned a lot of new vocabulary. Thank you so much!
Student Cel
Cel
6 Japanese lessons
yui老师是最棒的老师!她很会因材施教,会了解我的兴趣为我量身打造课件。同时,yui老师的英语也很棒,在我有点难以理解日语语法概念时可以用英语做出相应的解释。yui老师亲和力很强,人也很好,对于偶像文化很了解,会下功夫去了解学生喜欢的东西,让我很惊喜很开心,极大地增强了我的学习兴趣。最最最喜欢yui老师了!今年冬天还想要跟着yui老师一起快乐地学习日语~
Student Alio
Alio
1 Japanese lesson
Yui-san is a really nice teacher! She was so much understandable, supportive and kind through the our lesson. And I so much gratitude to her for the the all her sincere efforts for trying to help me with my difficult question. I would be glad to have another lesson with Yui-san.
Christopher Koo
6 Japanese lessons
YUI is working with me to create a custom curriculum that fits my needs - I'll be travelling in a few weeks to Japan and needed a "boot camp" to work on conversation. My Japanese level is very weird, in that I can understand and read a lot, but my speaking level is inconsistent with existing rating systems. She is very patient and encouraging. She makes me feel at ease and less nervous to get things wrong. She made sure to understand my specific goals and created scenarios/slides for me to study on my own. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but it has been awesome, and I'm glad to have found her as a teacher!
Student Nikuma
Nikuma
3 Japanese lessons
I had another very interesting and useful lesson with Yui sensei. She helped me through morning situations, using the appropriate vocabulary and grammar to speak to a child, and gave helpful feedback where the way I was speaking wasn't the way you'd typically speak to children. Very helpful and practical for my situation, and I'll get to use the language straight away. Thank you.