Genki 1 2 Textbooks Workbooks Apr 2026

| New grammar points (selected) | Kanji & reading | |-------------------------------|----------------| | Potential verbs, ～てもいい, ～てはいけない, ～なら, 受身 (passive), ～させられる (causative-passive), honorific/humble forms (keigo basics), ～ば conditional, ～そう, ～ために, ～のに, etc. | ~290 kanji total (145 from Genki 1 + ~145 new). Reading passages become longer – emails, diaries, short essays. |

| Section | What it covers | |---------|----------------| | | Natural, everyday conversations (e.g., introducing yourself, shopping, inviting friends). Audio included. | | Vocabulary | ~30–50 new words per lesson. Total ~1,200 words in Genki 1. | | Grammar | Core structures: です, ます, particles (は, が, を, に, で), adjectives (i/na), て-form, た-form, plain past, etc. | | Practice (I–III) | Controlled drills (fill-in, transformation, translation). | | Practice (IV–V) | Pair/group activities (good for self-learners to adapt as writing or shadowing). | | Reading & Writing | Introduces first 15 kanji per lesson (lessons 3–12). Total ~145 kanji in Genki 1. Reading passages use only learned kanji/vocab. | Genki 1 2 Textbooks Workbooks