Asami

Asami is an excellent and thoughtful conversation partner and instructor for advanced students. She is very open to working with me on my language learning needs (which can often be fluid). She is also open to exploring a wide range of topics (from the serious to the silly) in a way that feels like we're both learning, while also providing me with important tips/corrections/suggestions along the way. I can't recommend her enough!

毎週の週末、Asami先生と一緒に楽しく過ごされて本当によかったです。生活の中で日本語のことをいろいろと勉強になり、とても助かりました。ありがとうございます。

We started a new topic and learned how to order food. I had all kinds of random questions about certain kanji (as always) but Asami-san did her best to try and understand what I meant as I can't speak well at all, haha. Maybe 7AM is too early, haha. I will go through the files and practice as much as I can! がんばります!

Asami is an amazing teacher! She is careful to speak very slowly, in a rate that is just perfect for my current Japanese level. She is incredibly patient in understanding what I'm trying to say and offering more natural phrasings when I get it wrong. In addition, she has many interesting stories and conversation topics. This was my 4th lesson with her (I think), and I feel my Japanese is greatly improving thanks to her.

Thank you once again for a great lesson! I wish I was confident enough to make mistakes and say something more than "はい". It's difficult. We continued the topic of ordering food today and I learned how to talk about allergies, how to order food without certain ingredients using ぬく and how I can use のみ like だけ. We did some math trying to sum up my order and talked about how to pay. I learned that you need to bring the bill to the restaurant staff to pay. Asami-san's laptop seemed to have a hard day as it was quite noisy during this lesson. This was the first time this happened. 素晴らしいレッスンをありがとうございました！もっと自信を持って間違いを恐れず、「はい」以上の言葉が言えたらいいのですが、難しいですね。 今日は食事の注文の続きで、アレルギーの伝え方、特定の食材を除いて注文する「ぬく」の使い方、そして「だけ」のように「のみ」を使う方法を学びました。注文の合計金額を計算する練習もして、支払い方法についても話しました。お会計は、レシートを店員さんにお渡しする必要があることを学びました。 浅見さんのノートパソコンは、今回のレッスン中かなり音がうるさくて大変そうでした。こんなのは初めてです。

I confused Asami-san with けいかん　while trying to say かいけい、ごめんなさい！ I tried to explain how "ndesu" was important for me to understand sentence structure and meaning, based on Sakanaction's song "Kaijuu". We practiced table reservation at an izakaya. I came inside, politely greeted the staff and immediately after I climbed the table, haha. I learned about ざせき　and wanted to mention seats with water underneath the table but didn't know the name of it! Footbath cafes have them! 足湯です！ Thank you again, Asami-sama （：D）