30 minutes a day,
from kana to N1 and Business Japanese
A complete Japanese path for learners worldwide: one lesson, one review session and one listening & speaking drill a day, with progress tracked automatically. Full furigana on every sentence, a translation for every line of Japanese (in English or Chinese, hidden until you tap), high-quality male and female voice audio, and sync between computer and phone.
Sign up to try everything · Syncs between computer and phoneHave you hit these walls learning Japanese?
Most learners get stuck in the same places: kanji readings, grammar conjugations, listening and keigo (honorific language). Chinese speakers get a head start because they already know the characters — but they hit the same walls.
「生」 has more than a dozen readings, and 「手紙」 means "letter", not "toilet paper" as it would in Chinese. Knowing what a character means isn't the same as reading and using it.
「ので」 vs 「から」, 「ばかり」 vs 「ところ」… each one looks familiar, but in a real sentence you can't tell them apart.
You know every word in the textbook, but in a listening test all you catch is 「えーと」. The moment someone speaks quickly, your mind goes blank.
Your keigo comes out wrong, you don't know how to open an email, and phone calls are even more nerve-racking.
One meaning, three ways to say it
The course takes you from N5 polite speech all the way to workplace keigo: first learn to say it correctly, then learn to say it appropriately.
ちょっと待って。Wait a sec. (plain form — for friends and family)
少々お待ちください。Please wait a moment. (teineigo — for customers and strangers)
恐れ入りますが、少々お待ちいただけますでしょうか。I'm terribly sorry, but would you mind waiting a moment? (keigo — for clients and superiors)
In Japanese, who you're talking to matters as much as what you say. Every example sentence, dialogue and business expression in the course is labelled with its speech register and when to use it, so you sound right both in the exam room and at work.
What you'll learn
Every JLPT question type, plus the Business Japanese you actually need to work in Japan. Every line of Japanese has a translation — hidden by default, one tap to reveal.
Daily lessons
- Vocabulary → Kanji → Grammar → Practice
- A reading or dialogue every 3–5 lessons
- Spaced-repetition reviews scheduled automatically
- Mistake notebook and site-wide search
Library
- Kana (character-origin mnemonics + drills)
- 8,034 words · 2,211 kanji · 812 grammar points
- 66 topic guides
- 540 idioms / onomatopoeia · 220 sets of synonyms
Exam & speaking practice
- 25 full JLPT exams (5 each for N5–N1)
- Timed mock tests, automatic scoring, pass estimate
- 79 situational speaking drills · model answers for school / job interviews
- 1,000-question quick-quiz bank + random questions from the full exams
Business Japanese
- Keigo tables (sonkeigo / kenjōgo / teineigo)
- 260 business expressions · 32 email templates
- 50 workplace dialogues
- 36 Japanese-company interview Q&As
Your daily routine
About 30 minutes a day. Follow the schedule for a year and a half and you can go from zero to N1.
Today's lesson
Listen to the pronunciation, study example sentences and rate how well you know each item; grammar comes with conjugation rules, explanations and a JLPT-style mini quiz.
Review due cards
Vocabulary, kanji and grammar are scheduled on a forgetting curve: what you forget quickly comes back more often, and what you've mastered is spaced out automatically.
One listening & speaking drill
Line-by-line dialogue shadowing, example-sentence shadowing and mock listening tests — so you understand spoken Japanese and can say it yourself.
How you can use it
A few typical ways to use the app.
Spend two weeks on kana and pronunciation, then follow the N5 course one lesson a day; asking for directions, ordering food and shopping from the dialogues are useful right away.
Set your exam date in the study plan and follow the daily pace it calculates; take one full mock exam a week, and drill your mistakes in the mistake notebook.
Go through the keigo tables first, then use the email templates to write your first business email; before interviews, use the 36 Q&As to prepare your own answers.
These are example scenarios, not real learner reviews.
Seven stages, one path
Start from zero, or jump in at any stage if you already have a foundation. Set your exam date and the site works out your daily study pace.
Kana & pronunciation
Hiragana · Katakana · long vowels & double consonants · pitch accent
Build the foundation
About 1,500 words · all verb conjugations · everyday conversation
Read it, hear it
About 3,900 words · 380 grammar points · newspaper commentary and natural-speed speech
Advanced & workplace
Argumentative essays · specialist texts · keigo · email · meetings · interviews
Pricing
Try it first and subscribe only if it helps. All new content added during your membership is included at no extra cost.
Prices in Chinese yuan (CNY). Payment: scan the WeChat Pay QR code and enter the order number generated by the site in the payment note; your membership is activated after we verify the payment (usually within 12 hours).
FAQ
Can I start as a complete beginner?
Yes. The first stage starts with the Japanese writing system, kana and pronunciation rules. Every kana can be tapped to hear it, and there are mini-games for kana practice.
I don't know any kanji. How are they taught?
Every kanji is shown with its on'yomi / kun'yomi readings, and sentences carry furigana, so you can start without knowing a single character. If you read Chinese, you already know most of them — the hard part is the readings and the differences in meaning, so we flag meanings and character forms that differ from Chinese (e.g. 手紙 = letter, 勉強 = study, 気 vs 气).
Is all the Japanese translated?
Yes. Example sentences, reading passages, dialogues, and mock-exam questions and answer options all come with translations, hidden by default and shown with one tap; you can also set them to always show in Settings.
Are there past JLPT papers?
The copyright in past papers belongs to the exam organisers, so we don't republish them. Instead we offer 25 original full exams written to match the official question types, number of questions and time limits; the exam guide page links to the official free sample questions and the official workbook (公式問題集) downloads.
Does it work on my phone? Is my progress synced?
Yes. Just open it in your phone's browser — you can also "Add to Home Screen" to use it like an app. Once you're logged in, progress syncs automatically between computer and phone, and you can keep studying offline.
Will I be charged automatically when the trial ends?
No. The website doesn't store any payment method; your membership is activated only after you scan to pay and submit an order yourself.
Start today, 30 minutes a day
From your first kana to an N1 certificate — and to meetings in Japanese at a Japanese company.
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If the English and Chinese versions differ, the Chinese version prevails.
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