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For JLPT N2–N1 Learners · Founding Cohort

I don't teach
you Japanese.
I refine the
Japanese you have.

あなたはもう、勉強する段階を卒業しています。
次に必要なのは、新しい先生じゃない。話す場です。

You learned it with your eyes. Now you'll own it with your ears and your mouth — shadow it, say it, refine it. That's how fluency actually forms.

You need a stage, not a teacher.

4-week live cohort · Max 4 per group · A personal report every session
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Why this is for you

You can understand
everything.
You've just never
said it out loud.

You're learning Japanese far from Japan, mostly on your own. The grammar's in. The vocab's in. But there's no one around to actually use it with — and a language you never speak never sticks.

You finish an episode with no subtitles — then realize you haven't spoken a word of Japanese in weeks.
聞ける。読める。でも、話していない。
You shadow alone every day. But talking to yourself has a ceiling — and you've hit it.
独り言には、限界がある。
There's no one near you who speaks Japanese. The nearest real conversation is an ocean away.
話す相手が、いない。
Your listening climbs every month. Your speaking hasn't moved in a year. The gap keeps widening.
分かるのに、言えない。その差が開く。
You picture the day a Japanese person finally speaks to you — and you already know you'd freeze.
いざその時、固まる自分が見える。
You don't need another textbook. You have the words. You have nowhere to put them.
言葉はある。出す場所が、ない。

None of this is a study problem. It's a nowhere-to-speak-it problem — and that's exactly what this fixes.

Why this works

You don't have an
input problem.
You have an output problem.

Years of textbooks, drama, Anki, italki lessons — you've poured input in. The wall isn't more knowledge. It's a space to use what's already there.

The traditional path

Input forever. Output never.

Textbook
Anki
Dramas
Podcasts
Input overflow
Plateau (no output)

Even italki lessons get stuck here — a one-hour 1-on-1 doesn't build the reflex of refined output.

The Plus Japanese path

A stage. A loop. Refinement.

Real Convo
Shadowing
Phrase Collection
Live Stage (the missing piece)
Refined Outputloops

The stage closes the loop. Output gets refined in real time, and that feeds the next input. This is how you go from "I know it" to "I can say it without thinking."

話す場
A real stage
90 minutes a week where Japanese is the only option. No fallback to English.
ネイティブの耳
A native ear
A facilitator who hears what's slightly off — the stiffness no textbook teaches you to detect.
磨きのループ
A refinement loop
Live Tweaks → after-session report → next week's input. The cycle compounds for four weeks.
What you get

Output first.
Then the input you
actually needed.

Most courses hand you phrases and hope you'll use them someday. Here, you speak first — then learn the exact phrases you reached for. Input and output, closed into one loop.

01 Output
Discuss the theme
The bulk of the 90 minutes, all in Japanese. You and 3 others talk through the theme — real conversation, real stakes.
02 Live
Refined as you speak
I drop in real-time Tweaks — the small fixes that make you sound natural, without breaking the flow.
03 Input
The phrases you needed
At the end, I teach the exact phrases & grammar for this theme — the ones you just felt yourself missing.
04 Email
Your personal report
Within 24h, a designed report — your phrases refined, with readings, meanings, and alternatives.
Output you can't get alone. Input exactly when it sticks. Four people means everyone speaks — no hiding in the back of a class of twenty.
90 min × 4 weeks · Max 4 / group · Schedule set with your group · Matched by time zone
Before / After
Studying alone · before
  • Input pours in. Output never happens.
  • "I know it — I just can't say it."
  • Phrases memorized, then quietly forgotten.
  • No one to tell you what sounds off.
After 4 weeks
  • You speak Japanese for 90 minutes, every week.
  • You reach for natural phrases without thinking.
  • Phrases earned in real conversation — they stick.
  • A native ear + a personal report, every session.
What you'll talk about

Real themes — chosen fresh for every group.

There's no fixed syllabus. Each cohort's themes are set with the group, around what you actually want to talk about. A few examples:

Self & Identity
Culture & Perceptions
Relationships
Your Japanese Future
The unfair advantage

After every session,
a report that's
only about you.

Within 24 hours of every session, I send you a designed report — built from the exact phrases you used, each one refined into a more natural version.

Not a generic worksheet. Your phrases, refined — with the kanji, readings, meanings, and alternative ways to say it, so every phrase is yours to keep. The kind of feedback only a native ear can give.

  • What's already working — your strengths, noted first
  • Pronunciation & pitch accent — shown on a pitch-accent graph
  • Your phrases, refined — natural, native phrasing, with the why
  • Kanji, readings & meanings — every new word, ready to study
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Plus Japanese
Session report
Personalized Feedback
Refinement — for Maria
✓ STRENGTHS
Carried an abstract theme through to the end — natural use of 「というか」.
1 · PRONUNCIATION 発音
雰囲気
Often slips to ふいんき — keep the order ふ-ん-い-き.
2 · VOCABULARY 語彙
趣のある言葉
You said  すごく綺麗な言葉
Refined  趣のある言葉
「綺麗」 is visual beauty — for emotional richness, 「趣がある」 fits far better.
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Your instinct for picking words is genuinely sharp.
Next theme 本音と建前
Founding Cohort · max 4 per group

The first cohort.
The lowest
it'll ever be.

This is the first-ever Plus Japanese cohort — and the only one at $249. From the next cohort onward, it's $399 for everyone.

You won't be a number in a class of twenty. You'll be one of the first few people I build this around.

First cohort only
What you actually get
  • 4 live discussion sessions
    90 min each · max 4 per group · native facilitator
    $280
  • 4 personalized refinement reports
    your phrases, refined — after every session
    $220
  • Weekly targeted input
    the exact phrases & grammar you reached for
    $80
Total value $580
Regular cohort price $399
$249
Founding price · founding group only
one-time · charged only once your group is set

From the next cohort onward, it's $399 for everyone — this is the one and only time it's $249.

Early applications open
Forming now · founding seats open
No fixed date yet. I open the first cohort the moment 3 founding members are confirmed — then lock the schedule together with the group. Reserve now to hold your spot and the $249 price.
Apply
Reserve your spot
We launch
At 3 confirmed
Charged
Only once set
Q & A

Questions, answered.

What level do I need to be? +

N2 or N1 is the sweet spot. Motivated upper N3 learners are welcome — the short application asks about your level and what you want to refine, so I can place you in the right group.

What timezone are the sessions in? +

There's no fixed time yet. In the application you tell me when you can usually join, and I match people by time zone — then we lock the weekly slot together once your group is formed.

Do I need to live in Japan? +

No. Anyone with stable internet and upper N3+ Japanese can join, anywhere in the world.

How is this different from italki or Preply? +

italki and Preply are 1-on-1 lessons. This is a small-group discussion lab — you learn from your peers' attempts as much as your own, with a native facilitator refining everyone's output. Plus, you get a personalized written report after every session — your phrases refined, with readings, meanings, and alternatives — which doesn't exist on those platforms.

When does the cohort start? +

There's no fixed date yet — this is early-access founding enrollment. I launch the first cohort as soon as 3 founding members are confirmed, then set the exact schedule together with the group. Apply now to reserve your founding spot and lock the $249 price.

When am I charged? +

Not at application. Once we reach the 3-person minimum and lock a schedule, I email a Stripe payment link to all confirmed founding members. Until then, you're not charged anything.

Take the stage

Take the stage.

Reserve your founding spot — no fixed date, no charge yet. It takes under a minute: just your level and where you're based, so I can match you to the right group. No payment now.

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