9:41
🍂 秋 · November
Okaeri, Kenji.
Tuesday, Nov 18 · Day 23 · claiming your Japanese
Tonight's table phrase 3 min

今日きょうどうだった？

kyō dō datta?

"How was your day?" — start dinner with this tonight.

14
nights at
the table
61
phrases
you own
🔥 23
night
streak
Closes when you say it — not when you open the app.
How did it go?
今日どうだった？ — Tuesday dinner
🔥 24 nights at the table.

You got a reply in Japanese. That's a real exchange — not a drill, not a flashcard.

Worth listening for
Catch the dropped は? (今日はどうだった？ → 今日どうだった？) Particle drop is how casual family speech actually sounds.

Your road to Yamagata

Every phrase ladders up to the trip

Next visit
山形 · your family
112days until you're there
Ready for the dinner table46%
Learning for

The table is the lesson

The native speaker already at home — and how Tadaima speaks to each person.

お母さん · Mom
Native speaker · at home
Answered in Japanese 4 of 7 nights this week. Tonight's phrase is picked to pull one more reply out of her.
Register · who you're talking to
Casual warmth at home
タメ口 — how you talk with Mom & Haruto
Gentle keigo for elders
丁寧語 — for Grandma & Aunt Keiko
How you learn
Ears before eyes
Hear every phrase before you see it written
Streak counts real talk
Nights you spoke at dinner — not app opens
 🔥 23

Live mockup — tap the tabs, log “Said it ✓”, or pick what happened at dinner.