Keisuke

With every class I enjoy this wonderful teacher a little more. He has helped me through learning to decompose Kanji combinations, and is now helping me review the grammar I learned 20 years ago in grad school. My comfort with Japanese is increasing at an astonishing rate, for which I award all the credit to him. If you want a sensei to help you increase your facility in Japanese, it would be almost impossible to do better. I am thrilled with is help, and I am encouraging my son to move to this teacher and start his lessons again.

ありがとうございました。楽しかったです。 (咳が多くて 申し訳ありません。) I have been taking lessons from Keisuke-sensei for more than a year roughly and it has been one of the best decisions for my japanese learning journey. I have taken many lessons with different teachers (japanese but other fields as well) and once in a while, you meet a special teacher. Keisuke-san is this teacher : not only he is very dedicated but also a very nice human being. What I like the most is that we can talk about almost anything (within my language abilities) and it's always a fun experience. He also makes sure to use very clear japanese so his voice is very nice to listen to and soothing (I wish he had his own podcast !) I'm very glad to have met Keisuke-san and will continue taking lessons from him. I would recommend him to anyone willing to get better at speaking and understanding japanese (and japanese culture).

「鴛鴦（えんおう）」とは、コーヒーと紅茶を混ぜた、カフェイン量が半端ない飲み物です。
昔は、力仕事をする人たちにとっての必需品でした。
「茶餐廳（チャーチャンテーン）」と呼ばれる、大衆的なレストランでよく売られています。 飲むと、ふわふわ雲の上を歩いているような気分になるだけでなく、少し渋くて苦い味もか格別です。
機会があれば、ぜひ一度飲んでみてください。 それから、新しい言葉も教えていただき、ありがとうございました。

When I came to italki, I had studied Japanese (both in a classroom and on my own), but it had been a long time since I had practiced speaking Japanese. I had a trip to Japan coming up and I was looking for a tutor with similar interests that I could just practice casually speaking with and could help me feel less nervous about speaking Japanese. Keisuke-sensei is exactly what I was looking for. I have fun talking with him about food, games, anime, and movies and our time passes by quickly. And he helps whenever I have trouble. After our lessons, in the feedback, he gives a list of words/phrases that I struggled with, so I can study them for next time. It's a big help. I definitely recommend him!

I've just had my tenth lesson with Keisuke-sensei and I have learned a lot already since I first started! I feel I have more self-confidence while holding conversations in Japanese, while also having a lot of fun! The feedback and homework he gives is really good and always feels very much suited to my personal studying needs. I am always looking forward to the next lesson and would highly recommend him!

先生はすばらしいです！