Award-Winning Japanese Tutors
serving Reno, NV

Having prepared for and taken the SAT Subject Test in Japanese with Listening, Dylan brings practical fluency in grammar structures like particle usage, verb conjugation groups, and honorific registers. He tackles reading comprehension by teaching students to decode kanji compounds in context rather than relying purely on rote memorization. Rated 5.0 by students.

I am currently finishing my thesis. For the past two years I was an adjunct instructor at The City College of New York, teaching statistics and introductory neuroscience, where I learned the importance of communicating complicated concepts clearly at an individualized level. All of my classes performed above average, and I discovered how satisfying it is to help people understand difficult ideas. I've found that by creating a good rapport with my students I am able to more effectively impart difficult concepts to them while causing them less stress. My passion is people, which first led me to study psychology, leading to my work in statistics, and later into teaching.

Most students learning Japanese hit a wall somewhere between mastering hiragana and actually constructing sentences with particles, verb conjugations, and counters. Kai has been teaching Japanese through the student organization meetings on campus, building lessons that move learners from basic self-introductions to reading short passages and holding simple conversations.

A drama degree might not scream Japanese fluency, but John's literary work — he's a section editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books and literary manager for two theater companies — means he's deeply attuned to how language shapes meaning, tone, and register. That sensitivity to nuance transfers directly to navigating Japanese's layered politeness levels and context-dependent sentence endings. Rated 5.0 by students.

I am studying Chemical Biology in UC Berkeley. One of my passions is Organic Chemistry, which I used to loath but now enjoys after taking a year of it. Also, because I like helping others, I enjoys tutoring/teaching students who are struggling. During high school, I have tutored other high students after school on various subjects such as Math, Physics, Chemistry, and Latin. During college, I have held informal review sessions for General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry for my underclassmen. I tutored my roommate and one of my underclassmen in Organic Chemistry. Finally, with a Graduate Student TA, I co-taught a Organic Chemistry Lab class section , where I answer questions regarding lab material and demonstrate lab techniques. Currently, I am interested in tutoring Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, and Calculus

I would like to work with people who want to advance their Japanese knowledge and capabilities. I have lived for 18 years in Japan and can guide someone through the intricacies of the language. I have certified top level proficiency on the Japan Foundation Japanese Proficiency Test.

A PhD in linguistics means Lewis doesn't just know languages — he understands how they work structurally, which is exactly what you need when Japanese throws you grammar that has zero English parallels. He applies that analytical framework to breaking down sentence-final particles, SOV word order, and the logic behind verb conjugation so the patterns become predictable rather than random. His experience teaching ESL/ELL also means he's practiced at bridging the gap between how English and non-European languages organize meaning.

An Asian Studies degree gave Andrew sustained exposure to Japanese language and culture throughout his undergraduate work, and he pairs that academic grounding with fluency in Mandarin Chinese to bring a comparative lens to East Asian language learning. He's particularly good at creating a low-pressure environment for speaking and reading practice — the kind of space where students actually start producing sentences instead of freezing up over perfect particle placement.

As a dedicated language tutor with several years of experience, I bring both expertise and enthusiasm to every lesson. I specialize in Chinese, Japanese, and basic Arabic, and I have had the privilege of guiding students of diverse ages and backgrounds through their language-learning journeys.

I am a current student at the University of Vermont. I am completing two Bachelors in Linguistics and Japanese, and am a researcher for both departments. From high school to the present day I have tutored people my age and younger, and I have experience working with refugee/ELL students; I have collected 2 years of experience. Though I can tutor several subjects, I am most passionate for Japanese, and feel it is my true calling. In my experience helping those who want to learn a foreign language like Japanese, I have found that scaffolding, or building off of, your interests in film, food, literature and culture has a profound and positive effect on your learning. I love education and learning for the sake of learning, and I will soon graduate and plan to teach English in Japan; sharing language and culture is my way of helping others and the world.

Learning Japanese means juggling three writing systems, unfamiliar sentence structures, and particles that don't map neatly onto English — Rex tackles each layer separately so students can build real reading and conversational ability. His communication design background also gives him a unique perspective on how visual layout and typography work in Japanese media, which keeps lessons engaging and culturally grounded.

Having majored in Japanese at SUNY Albany, James doesn't just know the language — he understands the grammar architecturally, from particle usage and verb conjugation tiers to the nuances of honorific speech. He teaches reading and writing through cultural context, connecting kanji compounds to their historical roots so students retain them long-term rather than cramming and forgetting. Rated 4.9 by students.

Studying Japanese as a minor at Columbia — with plans to eventually work in Japan's renewable energy sector — Shin uses the language as a living tool, not just a classroom exercise. He teaches everything from hiragana and katakana basics to intermediate grammar patterns like ～てしまう and ～ことにする, adjusting to each student's level and building real conversational confidence alongside written accuracy.