August 2024 update

Here's the monthly update for August 2024!

As a quick summary:

In August, we released/added...

- 20 new NativShark Units
- 1 new Milestone marker
- 3 new Progression badges
- 2 new Japanese with Niko videos
- 3 newsletters to the archive

New Units

We released 20 new Units, from Units 264 to 283!

That means there are...

23 new lessons
87 new lesson sentences
243 new vocab sentences
20 new Dialogues

...available for you to study now

Also, Unit 264 marks a new Milestone!

Milestone 39
Nest Builder
You can nest multiple ideas into one sentence.

After Milestone 39, you'll also get the following new badges:

Unit 268 Progression Badge
Strong as an Ox
You know all kinds of ways that similes can be formed.

Unit 274 Progression Badge
Yakitori
You know all kinds of skewered chicken delicacies.

Unit 281 Progression Badge
Art of the Pour
You know why some people insist on pouring your drink for you.

Japanese with Niko

Niko released these videos in August:

UNPOPULAR OPINION: Japanese customer service isn't so great

What's MOST Difficult About Japanese

Newsletter Archive

We added these newsletters to the archive:

Dealing with the Japanese study blues

Japan's July holiday: what is 七夕?

The struggles of learning Japanese