Kimi

Kimi is a talented teacher. I came to her with absolutely zero knowledge of Japanese and only a month of time to prepare for a work trip to Japan. I feel that she has done an excellent job in preparing me as best as possible. I especially like the time she allows for review. While she is teaching, she draws on previous lessons and asks me lots of questions, which forces me to recall what I've learned. I think this has really reinforced a lot of the material in my mind. She also has good resources! We follow https://www.irodori.jpf.go.jp/en/ and she takes notes during the lesson which she shares with me after. Because I am a predominantly visual learner, I find the text and her notes extremely helpful. 11 out of 10, I would highly recommend taking classes with Kimi.

Lessons with Kimi-san are always fun, enjoyable, and educational. Time flies in conversation, and I still can't believe I am able to converse in Japanese now! Kimi-san is good at putting her students at ease, and she is also great at helping you practice grammar points when needed. She encourages written homework which has helped me level up enormously over the past months. She's a great teacher! I highly recommend her classes.

My lesson with Kimi was great! I hadn't had a lot of time during the week to decide what I wanted to cover in this lesson, but Kimi was really good at giving me questioning prompts to keep the conversation going, and we didn't have any moments where we were struggling to keep the lesson flowing. Thank you, Kimi!

Another great lesson, and a great end of the year discussion. already looking forward to more lessons in 2025!

I would always recommend Kimiさん to anyone wanting Japanese lessons. It's always a good experience and I feel so positive about my learning goals afterwards. Great!

I have had over six lessons now with Kimi sensei, using a textbook to learn Japanese grammar. I find it difficult to learn when lessons are too conversational, but Kimi sensei is very good at using conversation to enhance the content of the text book. It has been rather engaging to talk about everyday experiences as part of these lessons, and through these familiar topics (hobbies, travelling, cooking, work, etc) develop a wider vocabulary and expression in Japanese. The pacing of the lessons has been great. Material from previous lessons are often revised through homework exercises and discussed at the beginning of subsequent lessons. Kimi sensei has a good balance between allowing me to make mistakes and offering helpful suggestions when I struggle with grammar and reading Japanese. While it is easy to simply want to learn by conversation alone, I have found that with Kimi sensei’s help, time spent reading Japanese text has been indispensable in learning the language overall.