Meet Gabriel

I arrived in Japan without knowing Japanese. I studied the language from zero at a Japanese school, learned to get by living here, and years later reached JLPT N1. Gabriel Nihongo Academy exists to help other students walk that same path with a clearer, more practical, and closer structure.

JLPT N1Living in JapanSpanish / English / Japanese

Real language use

From standard Japanese to natural conversation.

Polite

わかりません。

wakarimasen · “I don't understand.”

Casual

わかんない。

wakannai · “I don't get it” with friends

Every lesson covers meaning, formality level, and real context of use, so you know when to use each form. Textbook Japanese is not wrong — it is one of the possible forms, and here you also learn the rest.

Gabriel explaining during an online class, with his notebook and laptop

The full path

Academic roadmap

STARTER

Available now

N5 FOUNDATION

In development

N4 EVERYDAY JAPANESE

Planned

N3 REAL JAPANESE

Planned