Kaname: Japanese Grammar要
JLPT practice: N5 N4 N3 N2 N1
App Store →iOSFree app with an in-app purchase
Turn Japanese grammar into sentences you can use. Practise similar patterns, build your own examples and review at your pace. All N5 exercises are free.
What it looks like
Fill the gap, recognize patterns, compare meanings
Practice starts with what you mix up
Description from the store
Use Japanese grammar with confidence, from JLPT N5 to N1. Practise choosing the right pattern, telling similar constructions apart and writing your own sentences. Start with all of N5 for free.
FOUR SCORES PER PATTERN
- Recognition – what it adds to a sentence
- Cloze – the right form in a gap
- Contrast – telling it apart from a similar one
- Production – your own sentence, unprompted
Each skill has its own review schedule.
CONTRAST PAIRS
なら or たら? はず or わけ? Two similar patterns in one situation, and why only one fits.
SPACED REVIEW
From 4 hours to 180 days, based on your results. “Mastered” needs every score plus three successful reviews over at least three weeks. A new level opens once the previous one is in review.
HELP WITH WORDS
Tap a marked word in an N5 or N4 example to see its meaning. Readings and sentence translations have separate controls.
SCAN AND YOUR OWN SENTENCES
Photograph a sentence from a manga or textbook. Your phone reads the text; the photo goes nowhere. A saved sentence comes back in reviews as your own example.
AI ANALYSIS (OPTIONAL)
Write a sentence and the model tells you what is off and why. It also spots patterns in pasted text. Without AI the app works the same.
FREE
All of N5 with every exercise type. No limits, no ads. A few AI analyses a month.
TO BUY
N4–N1 one by one, in bundles or all at once: one purchase, forever, no account. Earlier Premium buyers have N2 and N1.
Optional AI analysis is available with a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. See the current price in the app before purchasing. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings.
PRIVACY
No account, ads or tracking. Progress stays on your phone and study works offline. AI sends the pattern and your sentence only when you request it. Optional usage statistics require consent: session types, learning stage and approximate counts, without identifiers or content. Withdraw consent in Settings. Reporting a problem sends the exercise, your answer and an optional comment only after you choose Send.
Explanations and example sentences were written for this app.
Kaname (要) is the rivet holding a folding fan together; figuratively, “the crux”.
By the same author: Bunmyaku, Katsuyokei, Joshi, Kazoekata, Kuzushi, Keigo, Onomatope, Kifuku and Shindan.
TERMS
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App Store →iOSFree app with an in-app purchase
Common questions
What does Kaname teach?
Use Japanese grammar with confidence, from JLPT N5 to N1. Practise choosing the right pattern, telling similar constructions apart and writing your own sentences. Start with all of N5 for free.
What does Kaname cost?
All of N5 with every exercise type. No limits, no ads. A few AI analyses a month.
N4–N1 one by one, in bundles or all at once: one purchase, forever, no account. Earlier Premium buyers have N2 and N1.
Does it work without an account or a network?
No account, ads or tracking. Progress stays on your phone and study works offline. AI sends the pattern and your sentence only when you request it. Optional usage statistics require consent: session types, learning stage and approximate counts, without identifiers or content. Withdraw consent in Settings. Reporting a problem sends the exercise, your answer and an optional comment only after you choose Send.
Explanations and example sentences were written for this app.
Learning Japanese
- Japanese N5 grammar – every point on the level – Seven groups of N5 grammar, from the sentence skeleton to tone – each point with its meaning, formation and examples.
Documents
The other apps
- Bunmyaku: Japanese Reading — Vocabulary, kanji, furigana
- Katsuyokei: Conjugation — Verbs, adjectives and drills
- Joshi: Japanese Particles — Grammar drills for the JLPT
- Kazoekata: Japanese Counters — Counting, kanji and drills
- Kuzushi: Casual Japanese — Anime, drama and slang
- Shindan: Japanese Level Test — JLPT placement: N5 N4 N3 N2 N1
- Keigo: Polite Japanese — Formal Japanese for work
- Kifuku: Japanese Pitch Accent — Pronunciation and listening
- Onomatope: Japanese Mimetics — Manga and anime vocabulary