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Hand your child’s Japanese studies over to a specialist tutor

Mastering Japanese is a huge undertaking, from the three different writing systems to the unique grammar rules. It is a beautiful language, but notoriously difficult to support at home if you are not a speaker yourself.
By hiring a specialist Japanese tutor, you delegate that academic weight to a professional who knows how to make hiragana, katakana, and kanji finally click. This ensures your child receives the patient, one-to-one focus they need to turn a confusing subject into a genuine skill, while you get the peace of mind that they are finally making real progress.

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Connecting your child with a mentor who understands their specific learning style should not be another task on your to-do list. Instead of you spending your evening scrolling through endless unverified profiles, our Tutor Match service handles the research for you. By understanding your child’s specific hurdles and goals, we provide a hand-picked shortlist of specialists we genuinely trust. We have already vetted the experts—accepting only 1 in 8 applicants—so you skip the guesswork and move straight to a confirmed lesson with a tutor who fits your family.
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The immersive digital classroom

Our online learning space is a purpose-built hub designed to keep your child’s focus sharp and prevent them from zoning out. Within our interactive digital classroom, your child and their tutor work together on a shared whiteboard, practising characters and solving grammar problems in real-time.
This active participation makes the hour fly by and keeps the learning collaborative rather than a lecture. To keep you in the loop, our tutors provide weekly progress reports, giving you a clear update on exactly what your child has mastered and how their confidence is growing.
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£28/hr
5.0
Sally C
Experienced & Patient Japanese Tutor
Hello, everyone! I'm Sally. Nice to meet you :) I'm a qualified CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) teacher (obtained in 2018).I studied in Japan and worked full-time (as a teacher) and part-time jobs in Tokyo, Japan. I’ve taught English in five Japanese public junior high schools for 3 years and tutored private students in Japan before moving to the U.K..I was a part-time tutor in a secondary school in Hong Kong. With 8 years of teaching experience, I understand the challenges that second language learners encounter when learning a new language. Until now, I...
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£23/hr
5.0
Wei T
Japanese Tutor - Education To Suit New Languages
Hello, I am a friendly languages tutor. I am teaching Japanese and Chinese. I have had languages classes teaching how you can speak Japanese fluently in Tokyo and I have worked in Japan for 13 years. My studentslike my gentle teaching style. Also I am a native speaker of Chinese. Now if you are struggling with how you can learn good Chinese or Japanese just ask me , I will do my best to help you improve it in an easy way. And you will not feel it too hard to start learning a new language finding it really interesting. I am teaching online too. If you want to complete your other speaking skills,...
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£54/hr
5.0
Mei K
Experienced Native Japanese Chinese / Japanese tutor
I am a native speaker of Chinese mandarins and native level speaker of Japanese. I provide tailor-made lessons designed to meet each student’s individual learning needs and goals. My teaching style is fun, engaging, and student-centred, aiming to create a relaxed yet stimulating atmosphere where students feel encouraged to express themselves and explore the language confidently.I am a warm, smiley, and friendly teacher who genuinely enjoys meeting new people from all walks of life. Seeing my students make progress brings me great joy, and it warms my heart when they can read my favourite Chinese p...
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£47/hr
4.9
Kurumi F
Experienced & relaxed Japanese tutor for all levels learners
Hi, I'm Kurumi! :)I'm a native Japanese tutor who is originally from Hokkaido, the north island of Japan but currently live in Bristol. I started tutoring since I came to the UK so now I have nearly 5 years of experience. Although I'm originally an engineer, my tutoring carrer began before then, when I was a uni student. At the time I was working as a part time tutor at evening classes and I really enjoyed it.So since I moved to the UK, I decided to start this carrer again. I had several students in Glasgow and since I moved to Bristol, I've got more students and tutoring them every day. My classes...
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£24/hr
5.0
Joanna L
Patient, relaxed, and friendly Japanese Japanese Tutor
Hi! I'm Joanna. I studied Japanese for 4 years for my Bachelor's Degree at university, including a year spent studying in Hokkaido, Japan, and I'm currently studying Translation for my Masters Degree.I want to create lessons tailored to you and your interests. I think it's important to keep lessons engaging, so whether you like playing video games, reading comic books, baking or basketball, we can use those topics when practicing sentence structure, writing, learning new vocabulary, and much more! Learning a language can be intimidating, but we'll move at your pace to suit your schedule and needs...
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£31/hr
5.0
Yuko K
Dedicated Friendly Japanese Native Teacher
Konnichiwa! I'm originally from Tokyo, a native Japanese speaker and a friendly, dedicated London-based Japanese teacher with over five years of experience teaching English speakers of all ages — including teenagers, university students and adults. I hold a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language and have been teaching privately with learners at all levels, from beginner to advanced in person and online. My teaching style focuses on creating tailor-made lessons that meet each learner’s individual needs, goals, and learning pace. Whether students want to master grammar, imp...
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