Today was my 12-year-old daughter’s 181st lesson with Aki. She has qualified to take a rigorous Japanese class in her middle school next year. Aki has been her only teacher until now. I remember reading Aki’s other reviews at the beginning and noting how so many of her students stayed with her for a long, long time. :) While my daughter will take a break from italki for a while, I will keep Aki’s profile so we can find her again when the right time appears in the future. If you read back in Aki’s reviews you can find my earlier posts from time to time. They all boil down to the fact that I could not have picked a better Japanese teacher for my child. She is simply the best. ありがとうございます, Aki-sensei。またいつか会いましょう!

Aki-Sensei is an excellent teacher. She is attentive to the student and makes the lesson fun and engaging. She also made sure to communicate very well before the day of lesson to get to know a little about my daughter and made the lesson fun for her. Thank you so much! If you book with this teacher, you will not be disappointed! We will book again.

今日のレッスンはいつもどおり素晴らしかったですよ。2週間ぶりに色々なことについて雑談しました。ホノルルセンチュリーライドや色々なサイクリング関係のトピックについて楽しく話しました。思ったよりサイクリング関係の単語はあまり知りませんでした。😂 今日は「1番目に欲しいものか」についても会話してました。あき先生のレッスンはいつも楽しい時から、レッスンの時間早く過ぎてしまいました！あき先生、ありがとうございました😊

My weekly Happy Conversation lessons with Aki Sensei have become a really important part of my study routine. It’s funny how it works - on any given week I often feel like I’m struggling but I can look back to a few months ago and see how much progress I’ve made. Her infinite patience with my clumsy Japanese is much appreciated, and she always gives me enough time to work out what I want to say. She is clearly a gifted and experienced teacher and I’m really glad I found her on this site!

Today’s lesson was a lot of fun as always. Today we talked about some workplace topics that we usually don’t discuss much and Aki Sensei taught me a few new words to help me sound more like an adult. We also talked about a new Japanese drama I started watching and it was fun to explain the story to Aki Sensei. Somehow from there we started talking about dialects and I got to teach Aki Sensei some Hawaiian “pidgin” phrases which was a lot of fun too. I always appreciate the relaxed environment that Aki Sensei creates for each lesson which allows me to improve my speaking without worrying about making mistakes!

Sensei Aki is the best!