How to turn one prompt into a conversation
Use a three-part answer: your direct answer, one reason or example, and a question back. For 'What food do you like?' you might name curry, explain that you enjoy spicy food, describe a restaurant near your home, and ask what the other person recommends. The grammar can stay simple while the conversation becomes real.
On the second attempt, change one element or add a time frame. Talk about what you liked as a child, what you want to try in Japan, or what you cooked last week. A reusable prompt is more valuable than fifty answers memorised once.
Prompts 1 to 10: you and your daily life
- Introduce yourself without using a script.
- What time do you usually wake up, and what do you do first?
- Describe the place where you live.
- What is the busiest part of your day?
- How do you normally travel to work or school?
- What do you always carry in your bag?
- Describe your ideal morning.
- What household task do you dislike, and why?
- What did you do yesterday evening?
- What is one habit you want to change?
Prompts 11 to 20: favourites and opinions
- What Japanese food do you like most?
- Which season is best where you live?
- What music do you listen to when you need energy?
- Do you prefer cities or the countryside?
- What film, book, game, or anime would you recommend?
- Is it better to study in the morning or at night?
- What makes a good friend?
- Which is more useful: cooking well or driving well?
- What is something popular that you do not enjoy?
- If you could keep only one app, which would you choose?
Prompts 21 to 30: memories and short stories
- Tell the story of a meal you still remember.
- Describe the first time you travelled alone.
- What happened on your most recent birthday?
- Tell me about a time you got lost.
- Describe a mistake that later became funny.
- What was your favourite subject at school?
- Who taught you an important skill?
- Describe a day when the weather changed your plans.
- What is the best gift you have received?
- Tell me about the last new thing you tried.
Prompts 31 to 40: plans and imagination
- What are you going to do this weekend?
- Plan a three-day trip to Japan.
- What Japanese skill do you want to improve this month?
- If a friend visited your town, where would you take them?
- What would you buy with an unexpected day off?
- Imagine you open a small café. What is it like?
- Which person from history would you invite to dinner?
- What job would you try for one week?
- If you could live anywhere for a year, where would you go?
- What do you think daily life will be like in ten years?
Prompts 41 to 50: practical Japanese roleplay
- Order a meal and ask for one change to the dish.
- Ask station staff which train reaches your destination fastest.
- Return an item because the size is wrong.
- Call a hotel and explain that you will arrive late.
- Tell a doctor when your symptoms started and how they changed.
- Invite a friend out and agree on a time and place.
- Ask a neighbour to receive a delivery for you.
- Explain to a teacher why you missed a deadline.
- Give a colleague a short progress update and report one problem.
- Ask someone to repeat and clarify directions you did not understand.
Roleplay prompts are ideal for an AI Japanese teacher because the partner can change details and respond differently each time. In Unihongo, choose a related topic or mission, complete the exchange aloud, and review the corrections before repeating it.