Learn Japanese
Where to start: the kana charts, the kanji by level, the guides, and the games that drill them.
Your Learning Resources
Explore comprehensive guides, character charts, and interactive games designed to make learning Japanese easy and enjoyable for beginners.
- HiraganaMaster the foundation of Japanese writing. Learn all 46 basic characters plus combinations essential for reading native words and grammar.
- KatakanaUnlock the script for foreign words and technical terms. Perfect for reading loan words, brand names, and modern expressions.
- KanjiThe kanji by JLPT level, N5 to N1, with readings, stroke order and the words that use them; guides and the radicals.
- Complete Learning GuideFollow our step-by-step roadmap to Japanese fluency. Learn the best methods, resources, and study techniques from beginner to advanced.
- Writing Systems ExplainedUnderstand when to use hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Master the rules, patterns, and exceptions with clear examples and practical tips.
- Programs and free playKana to N1 a chapter at a time, or pick any set in free play. Smart Review brings back what you're about to forget.
- Japan QuizzesQuizzes about Japan that are Japanese practice too. Start by reading all 47 prefectures in kanji, from 北海道 to 沖縄県.
- GlossaryLook up any word you can play for free: kana words, loanwords, food, signs, prefectures, stations, countries and anime titles, each with its reading, meaning and a recording.
- Track Your ProgressYour day's plan, your streak, what you've met and know, your history, and your league.
Kana is free.
Start with the kana program's first chapter: each new kana comes with its sound. New accounts get 14 days of everything.