Website for Foreign Nationals
as Residents to Learn Japanese Language

Connect and EnhanceYour Life in Japanese

Bun-chanA website for foreign nationals living in Japan,
where they can learn Japanese useful for daily life.

WebsitePCSPcompatible

tsunagarujp.bunka.go.jp/?lang_id=EN

Using the Website

Language setting
Point

Point

1

Theme and goal

Multilingual

The theme and goal of each scene areindicated.

The website supports ten languages
and Roma-ji.

Keywords

Japanese, English, Chinese (simplified),
Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese,Indonesian, Filipino, Nepali, and Khmer

Point

2

Keywords you can learn from the page arelisted.

3The website offers a large
selection of teaching materials
that are easy to understandboth visually and audibly, suchas videos reenacting scenes
from daily life and videos
explaining sentence structures.

Poin

Video

Specializes in daily life situations

4Videos that correspond with the theme are posted.

The website specializes in the studyof Japanese used in daily life
situations faced by foreign nationals
living in Japan.

Video-focused learning

The basics of theJapanese language
are explained

The website contains muchinformation that is useful to knowbefore studying Japanese, including
characteristics of the Japanese
language and verb conjugations.

Subtitles
The lines are shown in sync with the video. You
can have subtitles displayed from a choice ofJapanese, Roma-ji, and/or other languages.

ScriptAll lines in the video can be viewed in a list.

Useful words
You can see a list of usefulwords related to words used ineach scene.

Remember this phrase(s)You can learn key select phrases used in the video.

Remember these words

Useful information

You can learn keywords used in the video and theirmeanings.

Learn from scenes likeYou can find useful information to know related
to the scene featured in the video.

these!

▼Shopping for Daily Items

Sumimasen. Gyuunyuu wa doko desu ka.

Excuse me, where is the milk?

Gyuunyuu desu ne. Kochira desu.

Milk? It’s over here.

Arigatoo gozaimasu.

Thank you.

Iie, doo itashimashite.

Anytime.

Nenza desu.

▼Going to a Hospital

You sprained your ankle.
Jaa, ofuro ni haittemo ii desu ka.

Then will it be all right to take a bath?

Aa, ofuro wa, ni-san-nichi, hairanaide kudasai.

Please refrain from bathing for two to three days.
Wakarimashita.

OK.

Ways to use the website
The website serves as a learning resource for people striving to self-teach Japanese.
It can also be used in Japanese language classes.

What actual users are saying
Nakanoto International Exchange Association (Ishikawa Prefecture)

PHAN THI HUYNH LIEN Vietnam
I like “Going to a Hospital.” There are people who can’t speak Japaneseand therefore don’t get their illnesses checked out. It’s great that thiswebsite lets you learn content rooted in the needs of daily life. It’s nicethat there are also subtitles which let you check the words you didn’tcatch.

IMARI City Office Urban Development Section (Saga Prefecture)

Zhang Jie China
On this website, you can conveniently study conversational Japanesefor getting used to living in Japan. Learn the necessary “spokenJapanese” according to your Japanese level and enjoy the life in Japanthat awaits you.

Hyogo International Association

ENDO Chisa, Senior Coordinator of Japanese Language Education
These are the teaching materials I have been waiting for. It’s a wonderful
website for people with no access to Japanese classes nearby to study
on their own. Classroom activities can also benefit from the website’s
many videos, foreign language subtitles, explanations of sentence
structures and so on. I will definitely use them in my classes.

Inquiries

Japanese Language Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs
tel : 03-5253-4111 (Main)
email: chiikinihongo@mext.go.jp©Japanese Language Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs

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