Azumi has such a wonderful way of teaching Japanese grammar and conversation. There are so many expressions that don't have a direct translation to English and there is no way I could understand their use or meaning without Azumi's insight.

I haven't written a lesson review yet, but I find myself with a little spare time at the moment that I hit the "Lesson Completed" button. Azumi is a fantastic teacher. She has provided a consistent lesson plan that has been gradually exposing me to the Japanese language in a practical and efficient manner. Azumi has also made sure I know that she is available to ask questions to at any time beyond the lesson. This has been helpful on multiple occasions and is very much appreciated.

Azumi was very friendly and professional. Our son loved the lesson!

Every time I finish a lesson with Azumi, it just makes me want to study more. I finish my lesson at 10pm and even if it felt like I was tired before it started, I feel like I could dive into several hours more study right after. In this lesson, we talked about matching question words to the subject they are describing (どこ、なに、いつ) as well as a look at comparatives and superlatives. There was a very big MIND BLOWN moment when Azumi-sensei explained the literal translation of 「のほうが」and suddenly it made so much more sense to me. I would consider myself an upper-beginner with this language, I have a lot of knowledge gaps, but a lot of knowledge either side of those gaps, and each lesson with Azumi has very clearly filled in these gaps. A long road to go, a lot of gaps and even building remains, but it's really enjoyable and really rewarding.

Today we continued with Honorifics and started on the conditional - once again Azumi's insight and explanations helped me enormously not only with the sentence construction but also with understanding how, why and when to use them.

Today we started honorific and respectful expressions - many thanks to Azumi for her very clear explanations.