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GENKI Videos げんきな動画
GENKI Dialogue Videos (げんき会話ビデオ)
These live-action recreations of the Dialogues in GENKI present the textbook’s familiar faces interacting in real-world settings.
Video Collection of GENKI Sentence Patterns
(げんき文型ビデオ集)
The sentence patterns studied in GENKI are presented in 132 short video skits covering one pattern each. This video collection can be readily used for a wide range of classroom learning and self-study.
Video Clips for Culture Note(Culture Noteのビデオクリップ)
Video clips related to “Culture Note” columns in the Dialogue & Grammar section of GENKI. All scenes were shot in Japan.
(by Elizabeth Armstrong/Eric Faden [Bucknell University])
GENKI Apps げんきなアプリ
The official GENKI apps are excellent tools for firmly mastering vocabulary, kanji, and conjugation, with the aid of native recordings and fun illustrations
GENKI Drills げんきなドリル
GENKI 1
Drills | Videos | |||
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Lesson | Vocabulary | Conjugation | Kana / Kanji | |
Before L1 | Greetings Numbers |
Hiragana Chart
Katakana Chart |
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Lesson 1 | Vocabulary | Hiragana | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 2 | Vocabulary | Katanana | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 3 | Vocabulary | Verb Masu-form | Kanji | Dialogue Video |
Lesson 4 | Vocabulary | Kanji | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 5 | Vocabulary |
Adjective Present Negative Adjective Past Affirmative Adjective Past Negative |
Kanji | Dialogue Video |
Lesson 6 | Vocabulary | Verb Te-form | Kanji | Dialogue Video |
Lesson 7 | Vocabulary | Kanji | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 8 | Vocabulary |
Short Form Verb Present Negative Short Form Adjective Present Negative |
Kanji | Dialogue Video |
Lesson 9 | Vocabulary |
Short Form Verb Past Affirmative Short Form Adjective Past Affirmative Short Form Verb Past Negative Short Form Adjective Past Negative |
Kanji | Dialogue Video |
Lesson 10 | Vocabulary | Kanji | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 11 | Vocabulary | Kanji | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 12 | Vocabulary | Kanji | Dialogue Video |
GENKI 2
Drills | Videos | |||
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Lesson | Vocabulary | Conjugation | Kana / Kanji | |
Lesson 13 | Vocabulary | Verb Potential Form | Kanji | Dialogue Video |
Lesson 14 | Vocabulary | Kanji | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 15 | Vocabulary | Verb Volitional Form | Kanji | Dialogue Video |
Lesson 16 | Vocabulary | Kanji | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 17 | Vocabulary | Kanji | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 18 | Vocabulary | Kanji | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 19 | Vocabulary | Kanji | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 20 | Vocabulary | Kanji | Dialogue Video | |
Lesson 21 | Vocabulary | Verb Passive Form | Kanji | Dialogue Video |
Lesson 22 | Vocabulary | Verb Causative Form | Kanji | Dialogue Video |
Lesson 23 | Vocabulary | Verb Causative-Passive Form | Kanji | Dialogue Video |
Links リンク集
Please note that some of the following websites are based on the contents of GENKI 2nd Edition.
A website that offers a set of interactive exercises for practicing kanji learned in GENKI. It helps you recognize the kanji through multiple choice and gap-fill exercises, jumble modules, and crosswords. (by Edith Paillat [Victoria University of Wellington])
Web-based tool to help Japanese-language learners read and write kanji. It contains a database of 1,235 kanji. Students can easily search for kanji in a certain lesson of GENKI by inputting the lesson number. (by Kanji Alive Team [The University of Chicago])
uPal: Associative Kanji Learning
This website offers essential information on every kanji that appear in the major Japanese language textbooks for elementary level. You can easily access kanji that appear in GENKI I and II, and learn their reading, meaning, stroke order (animations), and relational kanji knowledge. Kanji Matching Quizzes for these kanji are also offered. (by Joji Miwa)
MyKikitori―Practice Your Japanese Listening Skills
A listening practice site that contains original dialogues based on the grammar and vocabulary introduced in GENKI I. Two speeds, natural and slow, are available for each dialogue, and all the dialogues are accompanied by comprehension questions in audio format. (by Aiko Sato [San Francisco State University])
36 original short, animated videos, 3 episodes each for Lesson 1 to Lesson 12.
Both the Japanese and English transcripts are accessible on the website.
There is a link to some interactive listening comprehension exercises. [Created by Nihongo Kikusasaizu Project Team.]