Japanese in ten apps
Ten apps for learning Japanese, each about one thing: grammar, reading, conjugation, particles, counters, casual speech, keigo, pitch accent and mimetics.
Which problem, which app
| If this is your problem | App |
|---|---|
| Mixing up similar patterns? See them side by side in real sentences, not just in prose. Plus scanning Japanese from a photo and an AI check on sentences you write. | Kaname: Japanese GrammarJLPT practice: N5 N4 N3 N2 N1 |
| You know the kanji. You know the word. But can you read it when it turns up inside a sentence? That is a different memory — and this trains it. | Bunmyaku — Japanese ReadingRead Japanese in Context |
| Verb forms come from rules, not from memory. Drill them until 書いて arrives before you have finished thinking about it. | Katsuyokei: ConjugationJapanese Forms & Drills |
| Knowing what に means is not the same as knowing when it is で. Nine hundred sentences, one blank, four particles — until the right one arrives on its own. | Joshi: Japanese ParticlesDrills for は, が, に, で |
| Stop guessing how Japanese counters are read. 三本 is さんぼん, 六本 is ろっぽん — and there is a rule behind it. | Kazoekata: Japanese CountersMaster Japanese Counters |
| Textbooks teach 〜ている. People say 〜てる. Kuzushi drills that gap: recognising a contraction and producing one are scored apart, because they are two different skills. | Kuzushi: Casual JapaneseAnime, drama and slang |
| Nine apps teach one thing each. None of them can tell you which one you actually need. One sheet under a clock, and the answer stops being a guess. | Shindan: Japanese Level TestComing to the App StoreJLPT placement: N5 N4 N3 N2 N1 |
| Knowing the form is not the same as knowing who to use it on. Too much keigo is a mistake exactly as much as too little – and that half is what nobody teaches. | Keigo: Polite JapaneseComing to the App StoreFormal Japanese for work |
| Japanese hides a layer the kana does not write. 箸 and 橋 are spelled the same and are not the same word – and the difference is a rule you learn, not a list you memorize. | Kifuku: Japanese Pitch AccentComing to the App StorePronunciation and listening |
| Japanese onomatopoeia are not arbitrary. 濁点 makes a thing bigger, heavier and less pleasant – understand that and you can guess a word you have never seen. | Onomatope: Japanese MimeticsComing to the App StoreManga and anime vocabulary |
All apps
Kaname: Japanese Grammar要Kaname teaches Japanese grammar the way real command of a language works: it does not ask whether you remember a rule, but whether you can use it.


Joshi: Japanese Particles助詞Joshi drills Japanese particles until the right one stops being a decision.




Kifuku: Japanese Pitch Accent起伏Kifuku teaches Japanese pitch accent – the layer of the language that kana does not write down.
