🇯🇵 🎌 Culture · Almost a beginner (A0)

🎬 Anime Japanese

🎯 Understand and use common anime expressions (and know which ones not to use in real life!)

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

すきなアニメは？ (Favorite anime?)
アニメでおぼえたことばは？ (Words you learned from anime?)

🔑 Key phrases

すごい！ (sugoi!)Amazing!
やった！ (yatta!)I did it! / Yay!
まさか… (masaka…)No way… / It can't be…
がんばって！ (ganbatte!)Do your best! / Good luck!
だいじょうぶ？ (daijōbu?)Are you okay?
ありがとう、たすかった (arigatō, tasukatta)Thanks, you saved me

📚 Useful words

せんぱい (senpai) — senior (at school/work)
なかま (nakama) — comrades, friends
ゆめ (yume) — dream
つよい (tsuyoi) — strong
〜くん / 〜ちゃん (-kun / -chan) — name endings (boy / cute, close)
おれ / ぼく / わたし (ore / boku / watashi) — I (rough / boyish / neutral)

⚡ Speaking challenges

React to 5 scenes with the right phrase.
Say a famous line from your favorite anime and explain it.
Change an anime line into polite Japanese.
Explain -kun, -chan, -san, -sama.

🎭 Role-play

A 'dub the scene' game: the tutor describes a scene (a hero wins a battle, a friend is hurt).

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

React with the right anime phrase for each scene, with feeling!

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

Describe 6 dramatic scenes. Then explain which words sound rude in real life (おまえ, てめえ, ore in formal places).

🌀 Twist (halfway through): Real-life check: the student must say the same thing politely to a teacher.

🗣️ Discussion questions

どのキャラクターがすき？ (Which character do you like?)
アニメのにほんごはふつう？ (Is anime Japanese normal?)
せんぱいはいますか？ (Do you have a senpai?)

📌 Homework

Watch one episode and write down 5 phrases you understoodアニメを1話見て、聞き取れたフレーズを5つ書く