Learn to hand over a gift, receive a favour, and never get the two directions backwards again.

These three verbs sit at the centre of Japanese politeness, hospitality and everyday logistics — get them right once and a huge amount of grammar and custom clicks into place.

By the end

You will be able to choose correctly between あげる (ageru — to give), もらう (morau — to receive) and くれる (kureru — to give to me), use them in real sentences, and read the gift-giving customs around them.

Who this is for

Adults who have ever frozen mid-sentence trying to work out who is giving what to whom, and anyone who wants to understand why Japanese thank-you notes and gift shops look the way they do.