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Certified Tutor
6+ years
Few Japanese tutors can combine formal academic study with real teaching experience in Japan — Sophie has both. Her East Asian Studies work at Princeton included intensive Japanese language training, and she spent time teaching English in Japan, which gave her deep familiarity with how the two langu...
Princeton University
Bachelor of Fine Arts

Certified Tutor
Dylan
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...
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Certified Tutor
9+ years
Brian
Brian prepared for and took the SAT Subject Test in Japanese with Listening, which means he's worked through the grammar structures, kanji recognition, and listening comprehension challenges that define intermediate Japanese study. He approaches language learning with the same systematic thinking he...
University of California-Santa Cruz
PHD, Technology & Information Mgmt (Indef. deferred)
California Institute of Technology
Bachelors in Economics and Computer Science

Certified Tutor
8+ years
Caitlin
As an Asian Studies major at Duke, Caitlin engages with Japanese language in an academic context that goes beyond textbook dialogues — she understands how kanji, hiragana, and katakana each function within the writing system and why particles like は and が trip up English speakers. She walks through ...
Duke University
Current Undergrad Student, Asian Studies

Certified Tutor
10+ years
Jacob
Jacob's degree in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago means his Japanese instruction is rooted in deep study of the culture, history, and linguistic traditions behind the language. He connects vocabulary and grammar to their cultural logic — explaining why certain v...
University of Chicago
Bachelor's in East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Certified Tutor
James
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 thei...
SUNY University at Albany
Bachelor of Science, Economics and Japanese
Washington University in St. Louis
Current Grad, Physical Therapy

Certified Tutor
14+ years
Katharine
Learning Japanese means juggling three writing systems, unfamiliar grammar structures, and a set of politeness registers that don't exist in English. Katharine brings a methodical, pattern-oriented mindset to breaking down concepts like particle usage, verb conjugation groups, and kanji radicals so ...
University of Chicago
Bachelor in Arts, Mathematics

Certified Tutor
9+ years
Sho teaches Japanese with attention to the details that trip up English speakers most — particle usage, verb conjugation groups, and the shift between casual and polite registers. Whether a student is learning hiragana for the first time or working through intermediate kanji and grammar patterns, he...
Cornell University
Bachelor of Science

Certified Tutor
4+ years
Abrahim
Having completed an Asian Languages minor at UCLA, Abrahim brings formal training in Japanese grammar, kanji acquisition, and reading comprehension to his tutoring. He approaches the language methodically — building from particle usage and verb conjugation patterns up to reading authentic texts — wh...
University of California Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
Medical College of Wisconsin
Doctor of Medicine, Premedicine

Certified Tutor
John
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 d...
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drama
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