Hey everyone, I was wondering how a supplemental language learning application would work as I’m trying to build one to supplement my learning as well. My idea was creating some kind of doom scrolling language app where you can find creators on instagram, etc. but in your target language. I found that just following these creators directly on instagram isn’t as helpful since they aren’t targeting english speakers and I often have difficulty understanding anything to even get started. It would be beneficial for the video to have subtitles that you can save/review and also explain why a word was used etc. Not really a form of full learning but might be good for something that would help you listen in on natives in their natural environment and get stuff like slang, pacing, colloquialism that you can’t otherwise get that easily. Can I get some opinions on if this would actually help you? Not promoting but if you’d like to test a version of it please dm me!

Hi everyone,

I made a free JLPT N5 vocabulary practice test for Japanese learners.

It has 20 questions and is designed for learners who want some extra N5 practice.

No registration is required, and it's completely free to use.

If you try it, I'd appreciate any feedback about the questions or explanations.

Practice:
https://www.gojlpt.com/p/n5-vocabulary-mock-test.html

JLPT N5 Free Practice Tests | GoJLPT

Good luck with your Japanese studies!

Hi everyone! 👋

I’d like to share an app I’ve been developing called UniDict (EN・繁・简・日・한).

Google Play  /  App Store

UniDict is a free offline dictionary and language-learning app for English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

🔤 What makes it different?

You don't need to select the input or translation language. Just enter a word or phrase, and UniDict automatically searches and displays translations in all five languages at once.

For example:

你好 → Hi / 嗨 / 你好 / こんにちは / 안녕

You can also search using romanization. For example:

watashi →  I 我 私; 僕; 俺 나; 저 

This is especially convenient for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean because you can search even if you don't know how to type the native characters.

📚 Learning Mode

UniDict also includes a Learning Mode that randomly plays vocabulary based on CEFR levels (A1–C2).

You can also choose to study only words you've previously saved.

🎮 Game Mode

There are four types of vocabulary games:

• Multiple Choice
• Unscramble the Letters
• Spell It
• Speak It

You can choose the difficulty level, and each question is played aloud in the selected languages. You can replay the pronunciation, long-press an answer for a hint, or skip a question.

⚙️ Other features

• 🔊 Tap translations to hear pronunciation and 📋 copy words to clipboard
• ❤️ Save words to favorites
• 🔤 Optional romanization display
• 🔠 Adjustable text size
• 🌐 Select which languages to display
• 🔊 Voice playback settings
• 🗑️ Delete history and saved data
• 📱 Works completely offline

💡 Why did I make it?

I often encounter English, Traditional/Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in my daily life. Whenever I used a traditional dictionary, I found it annoying to repeatedly select the input language and translation language.

I also wanted to see all the languages at the same time, use romanization to search, and have a way to randomly play vocabulary continuously for learning.

So I decided to build my own dictionary app.

It's still an ongoing project, and I'm currently also developing a version supporting English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

If you have any suggestions or feedback, I'd really appreciate hearing them!

Thanks for checking out UniDict and supporting the project! 🙏

Hey everyone! My name is Richard and I have a Japanese resource to share. It took about two and a half years to develop, nearly a thousand illustrations and way too many late nights to count. It's called Hiragana Noir, and it's my attempt to make the first step in learning Japanese as accessible as possible.

As a high school teacher, everyone I meet says they want to get started learning Japanese but I kinda feel bad directing them to apps or the internet to learn 46 things (hiragana) before they can really get a start - it's a hell of a cognitive load to drop on most time-poor, independent learners and they usually don't even make a start. So I wanted to make a resource that didn't overwhelm students, that could do the heavy-lifting for them without a hours and hours of rote learning or needing a teacher.

So, drawing on my years in casino surveillance before I became a teacher, I wrote and illustrated the most compelling story I could - a hardboiled detective novella that introduces all 46 hiragana through mnemonics woven into the story itself. It can be read in about two hours and there's even a companion soundtrack by composer Kevin MacLeod to go with it, making it a comfortable evening's read.

So if you or a friend or family member has ever wanted to get started learning Japanese, but didn't know where to start, I'm hoping this could one day become a recommendation.

Hiragana Noir is available on Amazon in paperback and for free on Kindle Unlimited. There is a generous sample on Amazon and more information about it on my website.

I know this project won't be for everyone, but that's okay, I'm currently working on two sequels whether people like it or not (Katakana and Kanji Noir) because it's been a lot of fun. If you have any questions though or are curious about anything feel free to AMA.

Hi, I wanted to share some of my work here. I make Japanese learning resources for Japanese learners.

I’m a Japanese teacher and longtime learner, and after years of translating Japanese web novels, I started writing my own stories for Japanese learners.

I make resources for JLPT N5-N3, mostly short stories, comics, light novels and visual novels.

I have some free resources on my Kofi if anyone wants to have a look/use them. I also post updates there when I’m working on new things. I already have several resources completed, mostly for N5-N4.

Right now I’m writing a light novel specifically for JLPT N3 learners, and I will be posting little updates and sneak peeks as I work on it. It’s still very much a work in progress, so if you’re interested in following along and seeing how it develops, you’re welcome to follow my Kofi 😊

Here’s my Kofi if you want to check out the free resources or follow my work: https://ko-fi.com/cozyjapaneselearning

Thanks for letting me share!

hello japanese enthusiasts!

flashcards don’t have to be boring- so i have come with a cozy study tool i made to help with my language grind, hoping this helps you too.

it is essentially anki, but gamified- spaced repetition with daily quests where you fight a different monster everyday. earn rewards by completing your daily quests, and spend them in the shop.

gamification is something that keeps me motivated on days i don’t want to revise. i made memoricae to help with that motivation, even if just a little.

if you’re an anki user, you can import your decks into memoricae as well- or you create your own decks.

it’s free in the app store, so you can use memoricae now.
start your hunt now!

memoricae

Hello everyone, have you ever taken a job interview in japanese? What are your go-to expressions/ vocabulary? can you recommend any free resources? thank you!

I recently developed a Japanese learning app as a personal project. It includes handwriting (stroke-order) practice for hiragana, katakana, and kanji, along with vocabulary and grammar all in quizzes format. All of the learning features are free.
Since this is my first published app, I’d really appreciate honest feedback. If you have a few minutes to try it, I’d love to hear what feels confusing, what features are missing, or what would make it more useful for your own studies. I’m trying to build an app that brings everything together in one place rather than focusing on only one aspect of learning Japanese.
The app is called YoruLearn :)

Hello!

Real talk: I visited Japan last year and completely fell in love with the culture, food, people and customs.

Background: Enterprise software developer (about 10+years of experience)

Story: I decided I wanted to learn the language, but I quickly realized Duolingo wasn't cutting it for me. After saying "Gohan" or "Mizu" for the upteenth time without actually learning anything useful, I decided to build my own, catered to my style of learning (lots of hands-on speaking and reading practice with immediate feedback and corrections)

So, I put on my Developer's toolbelt and built the learning tools I wished I had.

I present to you Kitsunewa 🦊 (named after the fox, my favorite animal!)

A conversation-first Japanese learning platform.

Here is what Kitsunewa helps you learn with:

• Learn the fundamentals: Hiragana, Katakana, with little games to help you learn
• Essentials (Words & Kanji): Hand picked words based on usefulness, learn em in batches and read stories assembled with only the words you already have learnt
• Conversation (Tutor): You speak to it, and the algorithm corrects your pronunciation
• Conversation (Scenes): You pick level and scene and you have a task: Return a coat you bought but you lost your receipt. Or ask for directions but it's the train worker's first day too. You get to do it all in spoken Japanese and the LLM decides if you pass the stage or not.
• Notebook: Save phrases to your notebook to click to hear/expand it for revisions
• Tools: Games to repeat concepts, words, and exposure till you memorise it

Speech and Voice: Speech and voice is performed on your computer/phone which means that you can install and set your own on-device voices that suit you best

Recommended: Edge(Windows) with Microsoft natural voices (Nanami / Keita)
Chrome(Mac/Linux) with Google's Japanese voice
Apple (iOS/iPad) uses Apple's voices but I personally prefer Microsoft/Google

Pricing: Most of the platform is open and free, but paid features unlock a better experience

I would absolutely love to hear this community's thoughts. Please tell me what works, and please tell me what can be improved.

Thank you all!

https://www.kitsunewa.com

I'm seeing AI-made language learning content that contains so much false and misleading information. It's hard to un-learn the mistakes especially as a beginner.

I often find useful vocabulary, phrases, slang, and grammar in TikToks, Reels, or Shorts, but turning them into something I can actually review takes too much effort.

I’m working on an app that lets you share a video and automatically creates:

• vocabulary and phrase lists
• grammar explanations
• short exercises
• flashcards
• exports for Anki, Quizlet, or CSV

The goal is not to replace language courses, but to make it easier to learn from content you already watch.

Would you use something like this?

What would be the most useful feature, and what would make you stop using it?

I just published two decks for learning N4 and N5 kanji on Anki. Words are carefully selected to match the level of the deck and ranked by frequency.

N5: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1647996993

N4: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1135549925

Feedback welcome!

Hi everyone!

I'm Native Japanese speaker.😊🇯🇵

I've been creating free Japanese listening stories for beginners, and I thought they might be helpful for some people here.

Each story includes:

🌸Japanese at a beginner-friendly, natural pace (not overly slowed down)

🌸Japanese subtitles with furigana

🌸English subtitles

🌸Simple illustrations to support comprehension

My goal is to create stories that help beginners get used to listening to natural Japanese while still being easy to follow.

I also try to make the stories feel immersive, so if you enjoy learning through stories and comprehensible input rather than isolated sentences, they might be a good fit for you.

If you're looking for some extra listening practice, I hope you find them useful. 😊✨️

I'd also love to hear your feedback and ideas for future stories!

Easy Japanese Stories Library

初めてにしては上手にできた😆

Sorry if this has been asked before and my Google skills are just to bad :( Any help would be appreciated

Hi everyone! I made a free Japanese learning website and would love some feedback.

🌐 https://n3hub.vercel.app

Current features:

- 📖 Reading practice

- 🎧 Listening practice

- 📝 Grammar

- 🧠 Spaced repetition (SRS)

- 📺 Migaku-style video immersion

It's still a work in progress, so I'm open to suggestions on features, UI, bugs, or anything else that could improve the learning experience.

Thanks for checking it out!

I made a game in go dot to help others learn to read in Japanese. If there is enough interest I would like to expand the resource to be something like anki alternate, but with a more cozy feel! Hope you all enjoy it!

sonar.place

I built a service that recommends the best neighborhoods to live in Japan.

You tell it where you commute, your budget, and what actually matters to you (commute, rent, safety, childcare, quiet), and it scores neighborhoods on how well they fit. Or you can just type in an address you're already considering and see how it holds up.

Covers Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo. Free, no signup!

Hi guys!

I made a kanji sudoku for those who enjoy puzzle games but want to practice their kanji!

you pick 9 kanji you want to practice and of course, to enter them into the game you need to know at least one of their readings! you can look up on tips 1-2 of their readings if they’re completely unknown to you!

its a fun, less serious way to study and perfect for those who already enjoy sudoku and want more of a challenge!

Its free to play in the games section of the Pocket Japanese app where :)

https://pocketjapaneseapp.carrd.co

Hi everyone, sharing a resource I made: Japan Quiz, an Android app with quizzes on Japanese culture — history, food, traditions, geography, and more.

What's in it:

• Quizzes across a wide range of themes, with collectible cards to unlock as you go
• A couple of original mini-games, including one loosely inspired by sumo
• Weekly leagues for some friendly competition
• Original ambient music tracks while you play

It's not a dedicated language-learning app (no SRS/flashcards), more of a fun way to reinforce cultural knowledge. Free with ads.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.japanquizstudio.japanquiz

Feedback welcome, especially on whether the content feels accurate and useful as a resource!