Kuma Sensei is a small but growing hub for Japanese learning, with study plans, posts about Japanese language and culture, and resources.
If you’re just getting started or are new here, the 6-Step Study Plan is a good place to begin, and is based on JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) levels for convenience.
If you’re looking for tools and references, the Study Resources page features a collection that I’ve used over the years. They (and the roadmap) are shaped by more than a decade with Japanese, from learning as a complete beginner to later working in Japan and doing translation and interpretation.
The idea behind the site is pretty simple: to make Japanese feel a little less opaque and daunting. I hope that by sharing some practical guidance, useful resources, and writing about the parts of the language and culture that can be hard to make sense of sometimes, I can help make your journey more enjoyable and successful.
Learning Japanese can be slow at times, but it’s also incredibly rewarding. I’m building this site gradually and trying to keep it practical, but if there’s something you’d like help with or want covered here, leave a comment on one of the posts or send me a note via the Contact page. And if you want the posts as they come out, please consider subscribing to the newsletter in the sidebar.
Happy learning!