# Online Japanese Course: Lessons, Speaking & Writing | Japanese with Maya > An online Japanese course in six paths: 98 lessons, 13 spoken conversations and 428 words, with writing practice and culture. How it works, and pricing. Source: https://en.mayajapan.net/japanese-course-online/ [Home](/) / The course ## An online Japanese course, built around culture 98 short lessons in six paths, from the first letter to keigo, with speaking, writing and culture. On your phone and computer. ### What you will know at the end of the beginners path - Read every hiragana and katakana letter - Write your name in Japanese - Greet, thank and apologize correctly at any time of day - Count, ask a price and tell the time - Introduce yourself and talk about family, days and colors ### How you learn Every lesson takes five to eight minutes. It opens with a new word or letter, read aloud in Japanese with romaji, then a short explanation and a culture tip, and ends with varied practice: - **Multiple choice and matching pairs**, to remember meaning. - **Listening**: hear a word without seeing it, and choose what you heard. - **Speaking out loud**: speech recognition gives you a pronunciation score. - **Writing with your finger** in stroke order, with an accuracy score. Everything you finish goes into spaced review, which brings each word back just as it starts to fade. There are also games built from the words you learned, a daily speaking challenge, and a journey across Japan: every unit you finish moves you one stop, from Tokyo to Miyajima, with a temple stamp for your album. #### The easiest way to understand it is to try it The first unit of every path is free, with no credit card. ### Conversations with characters 13 real situations where a character speaks and you answer out loud: ordering ramen, passport control, buying a train ticket, checking in at a hotel, asking the way, a temple stamp, the pharmacy, a lost wallet, the konbini checkout, a café, a taxi, a new friend at a hostel and a first business meeting. **Passport control at the airport**The immigration officer speaks, you answer out loud パスポートを見せてください。 pasupōto o misete kudasai. Your passport, please. はい、どうぞ。 hai, dōzo. Here you are. 日本へは何をしに来ましたか。 Nihon e wa nani o shi ni kimashita ka. What is the purpose of your visit to Japan? 観光です。 kankō desu. Sightseeing. どのくらい滞在しますか。 dono kurai taizai shimasu ka. How long will you stay? 二週間です。 nishūkan desu. Two weeks. どこに泊まりますか。 doko ni tomarimasu ka. Where will you be staying? 東京のホテルです。 Tōkyō no hoteru desu. At a hotel in Tokyo. はい、どうぞ。よい旅を。 hai, dōzo. yoi tabi o. Here you go. Have a good trip. ありがとうございます。 arigatō gozaimasu. Thank you very much. ### Culture in every lesson 31 articles on etiquette, festivals, food, art and everyday life in Japan, written to be read in a few minutes. ### The six paths Start with one, add others whenever you like. - [BeginnersFrom zero: the writing systems, greetings, numbers and your first sentences.33 lessons](/japanese-for-beginners/) - [IntermediatePolite and casual speech, asking and describing, and your first kanji.14 lessons](/japanese-course-online/#paths) - [AdvancedKeigo, indirect meaning, advanced patterns and real paragraphs with kanji.11 lessons](/japanese-course-online/#paths) - [Japanese for travelRestaurants, trains, hotels, shopping and signs, practiced in spoken conversations.15 lessons](/japanese-for-travel/) - [Japanese for anime fansHonorifics, everyday speech, sound words and the culture you see on screen.13 lessons](/learn-japanese-with-anime/) - [Business JapaneseBusiness cards, titles, meetings, email and business dinners.12 lessons](/business-japanese/) ### Course price Start free. A subscription opens every lesson, on phone, tablet and computer. #### Free $0 Start right away with a Google account - The first unit of all six paths - The first 3 hiragana lessons - Writing practice for the first 10 letters - 6 culture articles and one conversation #### Yearly $149 per year, about $12.42 a month - All 98 lessons in all six paths - All 13 spoken conversations - All 31 culture articles - Writing practice for every letter and kanji - Phone, tablet and computer, one account #### Monthly $14.99 per month, cancel anytime - Everything in the yearly plan - Renews every month - Cancel with one click in your account Payment is secure and handled by SUMIT; we never store your card details. You get a receipt by email. ### Keep reading - [How much the course costs, and what you get](/pricing-plans/) - [Free Japanese lessons: everything open without paying](/free-japanese-course/) - [Japanese for beginners, from the first letter](/japanese-for-beginners/) - [Japanese for travel: phrases and real conversations](/japanese-for-travel/) - [Learn Japanese with anime: what the characters really say](/learn-japanese-with-anime/) - [Business Japanese: meetings, email and etiquette](/business-japanese/) ### Start with the first unit, free.