Chihiro H.

Japanese tutor

From Japan

Cerified tutor with 7 years of teaching experience in Singapore | 2026 April~late June in Spain

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Adaptable

Goal-Focused

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Teaches

Japanese lessons

About me

＊＊＊I’ll be based in Spain from April to late June, but my lesson schedule will remain the same.

Hello! My name is Chihiro. I graduated from university in Kyoto and taught Japanese in Singapore. I love traveling, yoga, cafe hopping, listening music, watching anime, j-drama, K-drama！

Teaching Experience: 7 years at Japanese language school in Singapore. 2 years online Japanese tutor.

Level: JLPT N5-N1.

Text books / materials mainly used:

Beginner -Basic - Intermediate (N5/N4)

→Minnano Nihongo and original materials

Upper Intermediate - Advanced (N3/N2/N1)

→Tobira／Chu-kyu- kara manabu／Jo-kyu-de manabu／Try N3-1／SoumatomeN3-1 / Shin nihongo no chu-kyu- etc.

Conversational Japanese:

→News Web easy (NHK), Easy japanese etc.

I taught in Japanese but I can speak English and a little Chinese.If you have other preferred textbooks or study methods, I will be happy to discuss them with you.

I try my best to ensure that my students have enjoy my lesson and can learn something new. At the first lesson, we will do self-introduction and consulting your studying,

I speak

Japanese

Native

English

Upper-Intermediate B2

Chinese (Mandarin)

Pre-Intermediate A2

Lesson rating

4.8

Reassurance

4.9

Clarity

4.8

Progress

4.9

Preparation

Based on 43 anonymous student reviews

What my students say

5

Based on 20 student reviews

Zachary
May 3, 2026
Chihiro is very patient, knowledgeable, friendly, and is open to veering off the beaten path to answer questions about things you may have seen or heard outside of lessons. Highly recommend.
May
March 14, 2026
Chihiro sensei has been really encouraging in helping me to speak Japanese more confidently. She has many different resources to fit my learning needs and is able to explain different grammar rules and concepts clearly. I enjoy how the lessons are structured but do not feel textbook-ish, so I am able to learn and speak more naturally.
Ivan Yuji
June 16, 2025 (edited)
Chihiro-sensei has a great teaching approach. She engages students in interactive activities and provides meaningful feedback during lessons. Highly recommended!
Richard
June 11, 2025 (edited)
Chihiro is a great communicator and has a really positive attitude, making it really easy and fun to learn and to keep at it.
Milan
March 30, 2025
He’s really nice and and patient with my work even when I can’t pronounce it at the speeding moment, she repeats it for me and continues to teach me and she goes by the small steps that I want to go by and teaches me a lot and she’s a really good sensei
Dee
March 9, 2025
I have been learning with Chihiro-sensei for more than a year now, and I'm so glad and grateful to have her as my teacher! From the start, Chihiro-sensei has always been patient, friendly, and helpful. She always answers my questions in a clear manner, and corrects my Japanese in a way that makes me feel supported, not judged. I also enjoy how we get to spend some time during lessons chatting about our cultures and experiences. Thank you Chihiro-sensei!

Schedule

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May 4 – 10, 2026

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Resume

2010 — 2014
Ritsumeikan University
Bachelor degree in college of letters
Diploma verified

My specialties

Conversational Japanese

I have taught online since 2019. In my conversation classes, we practice a variety of topics about life, hobbies, Japanese culture, as well as recent society and news, according to students' interests.

Japanese for beginners

I have been teaching beginner level Japanese since 2016. I have taught foreigners living abroad, so I have a lot of experience teaching people who are not usually exposed to Japanese. We will start by learning hiragana and simple greeting expressions.

JLPT

I have taught N5 and N4 at school, and can also teach grammar for N3 and above.

Intensive Japanese

I have experience teaching beginner to intermediate intensive courses.

General Japanese

Minna no Nihongo" was used to teach balanced Japanese for reading, listening, writing, and speaking.Other textbooks are also available.

Ap japanese language & culture

Since I live in Japan, I can discuss current realistic information about Japan. I like to travel within Japan and can talk about various places. I also like pop culture such as anime and TV dramas, so I can introduce you many things.

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