Brian prepared for and took the SAT Subject Test in Japanese with Listening, which means he's worked through the grammar structures, kanji recognition, and listening comprehension challenges that define intermediate Japanese study. He approaches language learning with the same systematic thinking he...

Having completed an Asian Languages minor at UCLA, Abrahim brings formal training in Japanese grammar, kanji acquisition, and reading comprehension to his tutoring. He approaches the language methodically — building from particle usage and verb conjugation patterns up to reading authentic texts — wh...

Few Japanese tutors can combine formal academic study with real teaching experience in Japan — Sophie has both. Her East Asian Studies work at Princeton included intensive Japanese language training, and she spent time teaching English in Japan, which gave her deep familiarity with how the two langu...

Having prepared for and taken the SAT Subject Test in Japanese with Listening, Dylan brings practical fluency in grammar structures like particle usage, verb conjugation groups, and honorific registers. He tackles reading comprehension by teaching students to decode kanji compounds in context rather...

Cori is pursuing a Japanese minor at MIT, which means she's actively working through the grammar structures, kanji readings, and particle usage that trip up most learners. That proximity to the learning process gives her a practical sense of what sticks and what needs extra repetition.

As an Asian Studies major at Duke, Caitlin engages with Japanese language in an academic context that goes beyond textbook dialogues — she understands how kanji, hiragana, and katakana each function within the writing system and why particles like は and が trip up English speakers. She walks through ...

Emily minored in Japanese at Texas A&M and continues to engage with the language through media and self-study. She teaches hiragana, katakana, and foundational grammar patterns like particle usage with the same structured approach she applies to her other languages, making the writing systems feel s...

Having majored in Japanese at SUNY Albany, James doesn't just know the language — he understands the grammar architecturally, from particle usage and verb conjugation tiers to the nuances of honorific speech. He teaches reading and writing through cultural context, connecting kanji compounds to thei...

Jacob's degree in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago means his Japanese instruction is rooted in deep study of the culture, history, and linguistic traditions behind the language. He connects vocabulary and grammar to their cultural logic — explaining why certain v...

Growing up attending the Japanese Weekend School of New Jersey while enrolled in American public schools, Hidefusa developed native-level fluency in both languages and a deep understanding of where English speakers stumble with Japanese. He teaches everything from hiragana and katakana basics to kan...

Learning Japanese means juggling three writing systems, unfamiliar grammar structures, and a set of politeness registers that don't exist in English. Katharine brings a methodical, pattern-oriented mindset to breaking down concepts like particle usage, verb conjugation groups, and kanji radicals so ...

Though her degrees are in biology and science education, Sarah lists Japanese among her interests and brings a teacher's instinct for breaking complex systems into learnable parts — useful when students are wrestling with hiragana stroke order or the logic behind particle placement. Her 5.0 rating a...

Zhaleh is actively studying Japanese at Carnegie Mellon University, which means she's navigating the same kanji memorization strategies, grammar particle distinctions, and reading comprehension challenges her students face. She breaks down tricky structures like て-form conjugations and は vs. が usage...

Darin brings an analytical learner's perspective to Japanese, tackling the language's grammar patterns and writing systems with the same systematic approach he applied to his scientific training. For students working through hiragana, katakana, kanji recognition, or verb conjugation, he offers struc...

A drama degree might not scream Japanese fluency, but John's literary work — he's a section editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books and literary manager for two theater companies — means he's deeply attuned to how language shapes meaning, tone, and register. That sensitivity to nuance transfers d...