✦ N5 ⌄
YOUR JAPANESE STARTS HERE

A little Japanese,
every day.

Take it one sound, one word, one character at a time. You’re right where you need to be.

☼ TODAY’S LITTLE WORD
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Learn characters to unlock a word.
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Say it out loud

A few seconds of speaking helps a new word stick.

YOUR LEARNING PATH

Where would you like to begin?

START SIMPLE · GROW AT YOUR PACE
ひらがな
A GOOD PLACE TO START

Meet your first characters

Hiragana is used everywhere in Japanese. Let’s make it feel familiar.

YOUR PROGRESS

Every step counts

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Characters you’ve learned0 132
Keep going, at your own pace.✦
ことば · WORDS THAT CONNECT USMade for curious beginners ♡
YOUR FIRST SCRIPT

Hiragana ひらがな

The soft, rounded script you’ll see in every Japanese sentence. Tap any character to mark it learned.

あ
0 / 46basic characters learned
✦Start with the vowel sounds. Read each row from left to right: a · i · u · e · o.
ことば · WORDS THAT CONNECT USSmall steps make strong memories ♡
THE WORLD IN JAPANESE

Katakana カタカナ

A sharper-looking script used for borrowed words, foreign names, and sound effects. Tap a character when it feels familiar.

ア
0 / 46basic characters learned
✦You may already know a few! カメラ (kamera) means “camera.”
ことば · WORDS THAT CONNECT USSmall steps make strong memories ♡
MEANING IN EVERY STROKE

Kanji 漢字

Characters that carry meaning. Start with familiar ideas like person, day, mountain, and water.

漢
0 / 40characters learned
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One character can have several readings. Learn it inside a word and the reading starts to make sense.

ことば · WORDS THAT CONNECT USSmall steps make strong memories ♡
WORDS FOR REAL LIFE

Little words,
big connections.

Explore everyday Japanese, grouped by the script you’re learning. Each word includes its reading and meaning.

A FEW USEFUL WORDS

Start with the essentials

0 words
ことば · WORDS THAT CONNECT USSay them out loud and make them yours ♡
LEARN AT YOUR LEVEL

Your JLPT path.

Choose a level to study its characters and unlock words as you learn them.

N5 CHARACTERS

Start with the basics

✦JLPT levels are curated study groupings. The JLPT does not publish fixed official vocabulary or kanji lists.
ことば · WORDS THAT CONNECT USSmall steps make strong memories ♡
A MOMENT TO REMEMBER

Practice, gently.

Choose a JLPT level and practice only its learned characters or words made from characters you’ve learned.

CHOOSE JLPT LEVEL
CHOOSE WHAT TO PRACTICE
CHOOSE A SCRIPT
HIRAGANA · LEARNED ONLYCARD 001
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Mark characters as learned in a chart to start.
Type your answer, then check it.✦

✦ Words cycle endlessly through the words you’ve learned.