英語

Website for Foreign Nationals
as Residents to Learn Japanese Language

Connect and EnhanceYour Life in Japanese
A website for foreign nationals living in Japan,
where they can learn Japanese
useful for daily life.

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tsunagarujp.mext.go.jp/?lang̲id=EN

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1 Multilingual

Level setting

Supported languages: Chinese (simplified), Chinese(traditional), English, Filipino, French, Indonesian,
Khmer (Cambodian), Korean, Mongolian, Burmese,Nepali, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Ukrainian,Vietnamese, and Japanese

2 Specializes in daily life situations

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

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language are explained

Language setting

The website supports multiple
languages and Roma-ji.

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4 The basics of the Japanese

3 Video-focused learning

There are different levels so that you canselect a level that is right for you.

The website contains
much information that isuseful to know before
studying Japanese,
including characteristicsof the Japanese language
and verb conjugations.

Theme and goal
The theme and goal of each scene areindicated.

Keywords
Keywords you can learn from the pageare listed.

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5 Learn to read and write too

The Japanese language contains
many types of letters, which a lotof people may find challenging.
The website gives tips on reading
and writing in daily life andintroduces ways to familiarize
yourself with reading and writing.

Videos that correspond with the theme are posted.

Subtitles

The website offers a large
selection of teachingmaterials that are easy tounderstand both visually andaudibly, such as videos
reenacting scenes from daily
life and videos explaining
sentence structures.

The lines are shown in sync with the video. You can havesubtitles displayed from a choice of Japanese, Roma-ji,and/or other languages.

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your6 Check
Japanese level

Before starting, you can check which level
corresponds to your Japanese ability.

Useful words
ScriptYou can see a list of useful words
related to words used in eachscene.

New scenes added regularly

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

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

Remember these words
You can learn keywords used in the video
and their meanings.

Useful information (column)
We interviewed foreign nationals living in Japan about theirexperiences in connection with the themes of our videos andorganized them into interview articles.

Useful information (video)
You can watch a video with useful information related to thelearning topic.

We regularly add new scenes according
to what people want to learn.
This time, we added scenes about raisingchildren, as well as scenes abouteducation.

Learn from scenes like these▼Store with narrow aisle
Start bymemorizing
useful Japanesephrases!

Are you all right?
Daijoobu desu ka.
Thank you.
Arigatoogozaimasu.

▼Are you readyto order?

Are you ready to order?
Gochuumon wa okimari desu ka.
Yes, I would like to order this.
Hai, kore, onegaishimasu.

Level 1

▼ I will ask you to complete

the jumin toroku procedure.

Level 2

Then I will ask you to complete the jumin toroku
procedure.
Dewa, juumin-tooroku no tetsuzuki o onegaishimasu.
What is jumin toroku?
“Juumin…tooroku”…tte, nan desu ka.

▼ He just turned

one month old.

NewLina, do you still feed your baby every three hours?
Rina-san mo mada junyuu wa san-jikan oki desu ka.
Yes, I do. If you feed your baby every three hours,
you can’t sleep well at night.
Soo desu ne. San-jikan oki da to,yoru mo yukkuri nete irarenai desu ne.

Level 3Useful tools

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User Manual

Learning Guide

The website is summarized
in a video. (in multiple languages)

It explains in detail how to use
the website and the availablecontents. (Japanese only)Video on How to Learn Using “TSUNAHIRO”

Inquiries

Japanese Language Education Division; Education Policy Bureau;
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology©Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

The video explains the different ways of learning
using TSUNAHIRO. (in multiple languages)

tel: 03-5253-4111 (Main)
email: chiikinihongo@mext.go.jp
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