日本語 · Immersion learning
Learn Japanese in the hours you already have.
9 to 5 Japanese is a sustainable, measurable method for acquiring 10,000 words through sentence mining, Anki, and daily immersion, about twenty hours a week, alongside a full-time life.
10,000 words is the destination. Japanese fluency is built on the journey there: thousands of encounters with vocabulary, grammar, and real Japanese over time. The number is the milestone; the acquisition happens along the way.
The Curriculum
The Roadmap
Ten guides, in order. Start at the top if you are new, or jump to wherever you are.
Foundations
Set up your tools and learn the scripts before the loop begins.
The Weekly Loop
The repeatable weekly rhythm the whole method is built on.
The Long Game
Why the target is 10,000 words, and how the years play out.
Techniques & Reference
Hands-on mining walkthroughs and answers to common questions.