かず(kazu)

I have been working with かず先生 for the past few months preparing for the JLPT, and he is someone I have been looking for for a very long time. He is very patient, and will give you time to express yourself in your own way. I appreciate that he is adaptive, and will slow down or speed up the materials he provides based on how much he believes how well you know the material, but you can always ask to change the speed or strategy. かず先生 is also open to any questions you may have at any point during the lesson, whether it is related to the current topic or not. He also only speaks Japanese during the lesson, so that is forcing you to understand what he is saying, and for you to speak only in Japanese also. I appreciate all the lessons we have done together, and I am looking forward to continue working with him as much as possible.

I started taking lessons with Kazu-sensei in July 2021. At that time I had already passed N4 but had been stuck in a plateau. Since taking lessons with him I have passed N3 (Dec 2021), and have just found out that I have passed N2 (Dec 2022). I didn't have much free time in 2022 to study. My lessons with Kaz-sensei were the main thing keeping me on track – he carefully provided feedback to me and chose interesting and helpful topics for the lessons. I always enjoyed the lessons and Kaz-sensei was always kind, helpful and patient - I had a lot of bad days where I was tired, and struggled to get my words out, but Kaz-sensei was so helpful. Given this was pretty much my only studying, it speaks volumes to how good the lessons are. I remember a while ago browsing through some N2 textbooks and thinking I would never be able to understand them. Now the same books are interesting, funny, and above all, quite understandable. This is largely due to taking lessons with Kaz-sensei.

I have been taking lessons with Kazu-sensei for about a year, and I have to say they have been incredibly helpful. I have very little time to actually practice Japanese due to my busy work-life, but thanks to Kazu-sensei's well prepared lessons, I have made good progress. Thanks to this, despite my lack of time to practice outside of lessons, I have managed to pass JLPT N2 (and with a reasonably good score at that!) If it works this well for me with almost no time to practice outside of lessons, it speaks volumes about the efficiency of these lessons. I can only recommend this teacher to anyone who wants to learn Japanese, and I'm looking forward to more lessons. N1 awaits!

カズ先生の御授業を二年間いただいた後で、僕の日本語の能力が着々上がっていると感じています。時々難しさがある旅行の間に案内をくださるをどうもありがとうございました。カズ先生と話すことはいつも快適だし、来年次のレッスンをもう楽しみにします！良いお年をお迎えください！

I've been consistently learning with kazu-sensei for a few weeks now. It's always a lot of fun and with good explanations and some homework/checks to make sure it's understood properly, I feel like I learn a lot faster, which is a great help, especially for grammar.

去年から毎週のようにいただきましたカズ先生のレッスンのおかげでかず先生とN3の教科書を勉強し終えたばかりですよ！初めて日本語が全然分かりませんけど、今は読むのとか聞くのとか話すのなど少しずつ理解できるようになっています。そこからペラペラがなるのまでの道がもう長いし、難しいですけど、もしカズ先生のレッスンを戴き続けたら、安心です！心底からどうもありがとうございます。 I've been taking lessons with Kazu Sensei for over a year now, and we've managed to from me not being able to speak or understand almost any Japanese to the end of N3 textbook, which already helps me read books and converse with my friend in Japan. Although, there's still lots of work and practice to be done to become fluent in Japanese, I'm confident in being able to reach it with the help of continued Kazu Sensei's lessons. Therefore I highly recommend taking lessons with this teacher regardless of your current level. Even if you don't understand a single Japanese word right now, Kazu Sensei will make sure to guide you towards fluency without any stress, providing support on all steps along the way!