The hardest part of beginner Japanese isn’t the words. It’s knowing when to be casual. 🍣

We’re Sushiman Japanese, a small Instagram account about beginner Japanese. This is our first PDF, and it’s about exactly that problem.

What it is: 50 everyday phrases across 6 sections — greetings, thank you & sorry, at the table, my family/your family, asking things, and small talk. Most phrases come twice: the version you’d say to a friend, and the version you’d say to your boss. Where a phrase genuinely doesn’t change, the card says “Same in both” instead of inventing a difference.

Every phrase card has the same layout: the moment you’d actually use it, kanji with furigana, the whole line again in hiragana, romaji, natural English, “What you’ll hear back” — one realistic reply — and a tip from Akari-sensei.

Also inside: pronunciation basics and a beat-by-beat rhythm guide (pages 5–6), a one-page “Casual or polite? 3 rules”, 5 mini dialogues with Akari-sensei as one of the speakers, 3 practice pages with a full answer key, a 20-reply cheat sheet, a 2-page all-50 cheat sheet, and a progress tracker.

A short, honest note. Akari-sensei is a fictional character created for Sushiman Japanese — a 100% digital human teacher, not a real person and not a certified teacher. And this is the silent edition: there is no audio. Pages 5 and 6 do the work audio would.

Access: one-time payment, no subscription. The download stays available in your Whop account for as long as this product is offe