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).

今日はレッスンありがとうございました！ 年末年始もいろいろ教えていただき、本当に勉強になりました。 新しい年、先生にとっていい年で金持ちになれるように そして平和な世界になりますように。 ちなみにマーラータンも自分で作ることができるようになりました。これからも(電子レンジ)料理を長く楽しみますね。

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!

「お腹が空いた」は中国語で「肚子饿了」と言います。 発音のコツ： 肚（dù）子（zi） → 「ドウ・ズ」のように聞こえます。英語の "do"（ドゥ）＋ "z"（ズ） を組み合わせたような音です。 饿（è）了（le） → 「ア・ラ」に近い音です。英語の "early" の "ear"（アー）＋ "learn" の "lear"（ラー） を短くしたイメージです。 意味のポイント： 「肚子」 は文字通り「お腹」を指します。 「饿了」 は、日本語の「お腹が空いた」と同じく、「空腹で食べ物が欲しい」という自然な体の感覚です。 友達や家族に「何か食べたいな」「ごはん作ってほしいな」と伝えたい時に、気軽に使える表現です。 例文:我肚子饿了，给我做点好吃的吧～ 紹介させてくれてありがとうございます。 とても楽しかったです。

I always look forward to my classes with keisuke San ! I feel more and more confident to just let the conversation flow and he creates an environment that allows me to make mistakes without feeling bad. I highly recommend!