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BORDERLESS / PRACTICAL JAPANESE / EST. 2020

DON'T STOP AT
STUDYING
JAPANESE.

Turn it into the power to work, live, and connect.

Small-group lessons, precise feedback, and structured review—built around the Japanese you need outside the lesson.

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LIMITED CAMPAIGN / FREE PERSONAL JAPANESE ROADMAP

SEE YOUR NEXT STEP.
BEFORE YOU COMMIT.

Tell us about your Japanese and the life you want to use it in. Create and download a personal PDF roadmap with your recommended course and learning priorities.

No enrollment required. Download the roadmap directly after the questionnaire; a trial lesson is completely optional.

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01THE GAP

YOU KNOW MORE
THAN YOU CAN SAY.

You understand the grammar, but the words do not come in a meeting. You can follow what others say, but cannot build your own response.

Borderless works on naturalness, context, information order, tone, and your relationship with the listener—not just right and wrong.

01

MEETINGS

Explain an idea, reason, or concern before the moment passes.

02

MESSAGES

Write Slack messages and emails that fit the situation and relationship.

03

DAILY LIFE

Ask for help, describe a problem, and keep the conversation moving.

04

CONNECTION

Move beyond short replies and build deeper relationships in Japanese.

02THE METHOD

YOUR MISTAKES BECOME
YOUR NEXT PRACTICE.

A lesson is one part of the system. We observe your real output, turn it into targeted practice, and help you reuse it in a new situation.

  1. 01OUTPUTSpeak and write
  2. 02OBSERVEFind the real gap
  3. 03FEEDBACKBuild personal practice
  4. 04REUSEUse it in real life
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03PROGRAMS

THREE SKILLS.
ONE CLEAR VOICE.

Build the sentence. Follow the flow. Speak in your own words. Combine courses around the situations that matter to you.

01

Build accurate sentences

Build+

Turn grammar knowledge into accurate sentences about your work, experiences, and ideas.

GrammarVocabularyWriting
02

Follow meaning and logic

Flow+

Read Japanese as a connected flow of meaning—not a pile of separate words.

ReadingExpressionBusiness
03

Speak in your own words

Speak+

Move from short replies to clear explanations with reasons, examples, and opinions.

ConversationPronunciationDiscussion
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04STUDENT STORIES
Jake, Borderless learner

From scripts to paragraphs

“I could not read hiragana or katakana at first. Now I can read and write basic paragraphs, and I look forward to every class.”

Structured study time, constructive feedback, and classmates helped him continue when he had considered stopping.

Jake / United Kingdom · Beginner pathway

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Shintaro Yamashita, founder and lead educator of Borderless
SHINTARO YAMASHITAFOUNDER & LEAD EDUCATOR

05WHY BORDERLESS

BUILT FOR THE MOMENT
YOU NEED YOUR OWN WORDS.

Shintaro teaches like a personal coach: observe the real output, find the gap, design the next practice, and adjust until the Japanese works in life.

Shintaro Yamashita first discovered the value of language while helping international friends follow Japanese-language university classes. Across eight years of teaching, the aim has stayed the same—to turn knowledge into words a learner can actually use with another person.

About Borderless

FIRST CONVERSATION

WHAT DO YOU NEED
TO SAY IN JAPANESE?

Start with your real-life goal—not a placement-test score.

See how to start