Coffee Break Japanese
Episodes
CBJ 1.20 | End of unit review
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have reached Lesson 20! This time, we'll be reviewing lots of the topics covered in the last 9 lessons.If you'd like to get more out of the lessons...
CBJ 1.19 | Getting around the town
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the penultimate episode of this season of Coffee Break Japanese, we're talking about getting around the town. Don't miss this useful lesson! I...
CBJ 1.18 | Public Transport
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In lesson eighteen, we’re looking at expressions related to transportation in Japan. By the end of this lesson you'll be able to use transportation-...
CBJ 1.17 | Shopping vocabulary
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're moving on to a new topic in this episode of Coffee Break Japanese! As you may have guessed from the title, we're heading to the shops. 🛍️ J...
CBJ 1.16 | Talking about dates
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In lesson 16 of Coffee Break Japanese, we’re looking at the calendar in Japanese, so you'll learn how to talk about months and days.If you'd like to...
CBJ 1.15 | More about time
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coffee Break Japanese e yōkoso - welcome to Coffee Break Japanese! In lesson fifteen, we’re looking at numbers beyond ten and some additional expre...
CBJ 1.14 | Telling the time
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to lesson 14 of Coffee Break Japanese. We're covering an important topic related to numbers in this episode - we're learning about the time an...
CBJ 1.13 | Japanese food vocabulary
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Coffee Break Japanese! In lesson thirteen, we’ll continue from what we covered in lesson twelve, which focused on vocabulary and expressi...
CBJ 1.12 | Ordering a meal in a restaurant
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Coffee Break Japanese! In lesson 12, we’ll continue from what we covered in lesson 11, which focused on café vocabulary, including food,...
CBJ 1.11 | Ordering drinks in a café
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Coffee Break Japanese! We're returning with Lesson 11 in our series and this time, we're helping you learn how to order drinks and sna...
CBJ 1.10 | End-of-unit review
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Coffee Break Japanese! Join us for lesson 10 and review of all the content we learned from the previous nine lessons of Japanese.If you'd l...
CBJ 1.09 | Talking about language
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another lesson of Coffee Break Japanese! In lesson 9 we continue from the previous lesson and learn some useful phrases and verbs to use in...
CBJ 1.08 | Places in the town
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another lesson of Coffee Break Japanese! This time, we expand on previous lessons by discussing how to talk about locations in town. We als...
CBJ 1.07 | More on numbers and family
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another lesson of Coffee Break Japanese! In this lesson, we will build upon what we learned in the previous lessons by exploring a wider ra...
CBJ 1.06 | Jobs and counting
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another lesson of Coffee Break Japanese! This time, we're continuing from the previous lesson and we're learning how to talk about work and...
CBJ 1.05 | Talking about your family - Kochira wa dare desu ka？こちら は、誰ですか？
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Lesson 5 of Coffee Break Japanese! This time, we're learning how to talk about more family members, such as partners and children.If you'd ...
CBJ 1.04 | Family members - Kochira wa watashi no kazoku desu. マークさん、こちらは、私の家族です。
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break Japanese! In lesson four we’re moving on from the previous lesson and we’ll be learning how to tal...
CBJ 1.03 | Nationalities - Watashi wa Nihon-jin desu. 私は、日本人です。
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're moving on from the previous lesson and learning how to talk about nationalities and where you are from in Japan.If you'd like to get more out of...
CBJ 1.02 | Introducing yourself - Hajimemashite はじめまして
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In lesson two, we’re moving on from the previous lesson and learning how to greet people at different times of the day. We’ll also learn how to in...
CBJ 1.01 | Greetings - Konnichiwa! こんにちは！
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coffee Break Japanese e yōkoso - welcome to Coffee Break Japanese! This series will introduce you to the Japanese language, starting from the basics....
Coffee Break Japanese - Trailer
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coffee Break Japanese Lesson 1 launches on 6th February. Here's a trailer to let you know what you can expect from the series.For all the details on C...
Introducing Coffee Break Japanese
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this short introductory episode of Coffee Break Japanese, teacher Chie and learner Mark explain what’s to come in this series for beginners in Ja...
Coffee Break Japanese: Coming Soon!
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coffee Break Japanese is a podcast for complete beginners in Japanese from Coffee Break Languages. Throughout this 40-lesson series, teacher Chie guid...