Genki Flow — Learn Japanese in 5 Minutes

Ep. 33: Wanting To Do — ～たい 08.04.2026 6:41 ↓

Express what you want to do in Japanese. Built from the verb ます stem and conjugates like an い-adjective.

Ep. 34: Review 7 — Likes & Wants 08.04.2026 7:55 ↓

Build your own self-introduction in Japanese using 好き, 上手/苦手, ほしい, and ～たい. Your first real personal expression.

Ep. 35: Doing — する 08.04.2026 7:09 ↓

The most versatile verb in Japanese. する means 'to do' — and the real magic is that it turns nouns into verbs.

Ep. 22: Living Things — います 01.04.2026 6:12 ↓

Learn います — to say that people and animals exist. The living counterpart to あります.

Ep. 23: Negation & Non-existence 01.04.2026 8:37 ↓

Learn to say what doesn't exist and what things are not. ありません, いません, じゃないです.

Ep. 24: Review 5 — Existence & Negation 01.04.2026 7:09 ↓

Walk through an apartment using あります, います, ありません, いません, and じゃない — everything from the last three episodes.

Ep. 25: い-Adjective Forms 01.04.2026 11:46 ↓

Learn to describe things with い-adjectives — present, negative, past, and past negative forms.

Ep. 26: Good & Bad — いい/わるい 01.04.2026 8:46 ↓

Master the irregular adjective いい (good) and its regular counterpart わるい (bad).

Ep. 27: な-Adjectives 01.04.2026 10:38 ↓

Learn な-adjectives — a whole new category of describing words that work differently from い-adjectives.

Ep. 28: Becoming — ～くなる/～になる 01.04.2026 9:09 ↓

Learn to describe change — things getting hotter, neighborhoods becoming lively, wanting to become a teacher.

Ep. 15: Review 3 — The Particle Challenge 23.03.2026 5:46 ↓

Test your knowledge of all 8 particles in a challenge format: は, が, の, に, を, で, から, まで.

Ep. 16: The Verb Unlock — ます 23.03.2026 4:56 ↓

Your first action verbs in Japanese. Learn the polite ます ending and start doing things, not just describing them.

Ep. 17: The Power of No — ません 23.03.2026 3:58 ↓

Learn to say what you don't do with ません — the polite negative verb ending.

Ep. 18: Looking Back — ました 23.03.2026 4:29 ↓

Learn to talk about the past with ました — the polite past tense verb ending.

Ep. 19: When Things Were Different — でした 23.03.2026 4:35 ↓

Learn でした — the past tense of です. Describe what things were, not just what they are.

Ep. 20: Review 4 — Verb Form Mastery 23.03.2026 5:03 ↓

Drill all your verb and copula forms until they're automatic: ます, ません, ました, ませんでした, です, でした.

Ep. 21: Things Are Here — あります 23.03.2026 5:39 ↓

Learn あります — to say that non-living things exist. Describe what's in your room, on your desk, in your bag.

Ep. 8: The Possessive Particle の 13.03.2026 5:46 ↓

Learn の — the particle that connects nouns and shows possession. From 'my family' to 'today's homework', の is everywhere in Japanese.

Ep. 9: Demonstratives: この, その, あの 13.03.2026 4:52 ↓

Learn この (this), その (that near you), and あの (that over there) — demonstratives that point to specific things.

Ep. 10: Review 2: Particles & Demonstratives 13.03.2026 4:36 ↓

Review everything from units 1-5: greetings, です, questions, は/が, の, and この/その/あの.

Ep. 11: The Location & Time Particle に 13.03.2026 4:29 ↓

Learn に — the particle that marks where things are and when things happen.

Ep. 12: The Object Marker を 13.03.2026 4:19 ↓

Learn を — the particle that marks what you eat, drink, read, listen to, and act upon.

Ep. 13: The Means & Action-Location Particle で 13.03.2026 4:27 ↓

Learn で — the particle that marks where actions happen and the means by which you do things.

Ep. 14: More Particles: Range & Until 13.03.2026 4:22 ↓

Learn から〜まで (from...to...) and まで (until/up to) — particles for expressing ranges, distances, and limits.

Ep. 7: The Subject Marker が 11.03.2026 4:32 ↓

Meet が — the particle that marks the subject. Learn when to use が vs は and why it matters.