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Every single letter at a glance

A strong foundation to get started with learning Japanese effectively is to learn Kana. The chart is organised by vowel sounds attached to consonants in a hierarchy. Each kana comes with a little visual instruction on how to write it and two different voices for correct pronunciation.

Automagically managed and intuitive learning

Nihongo Life intelligently reminds you when it's best to study a certain topic. There's no set of cards or decks to manage. The more you study, the smarter you and the app gets. It's the most efficient way to learn lots of new vocabulary! Over 31400 cards and counting.

High frequency, conversational words

Nihongo Life has hand-selected the vocabulary list based on how common it is in speech. This narrows down what you need to remember when speaking and helps you to be a more effective communicator.

Celebrate your progress as you go with badges and levels

Climb the ranks of the leaderboard and win special badges for certain milestones as you study. You can accumulate points and level-up your rank to show off you new language skills. To make the dashboard yours, you can also customise your avatar, just how you like.

A smart screen bringing what you need when you need it

A tidy workspace is the bast workspace and the Dashboard stays out of your way to surface information just when you need it. It's the best place to access all of our study tools and quizzes.

Understand pronunciation and master loan words

Katakana is a funny beast when transliterating and trying to understand special sounds that don't appear in normal Japanese use. The Katakana chart is thoughtfully organised with example pronunciations and drawing samples to assist your learning.

Test your grammar and vocabulary knowledge simultaneously

Nihongo Life has over 1000 thoughtfully put together example sentences to power our grammar study and give more context to vocabulary and Kanji. We firmly believe you learn best when knowledge is used in context.

Get over your plateau and break Kanji down with handy context

With over 2000 individual Kanji in a newspaper, it's all too easy to get stuck in your studies. The Kanji chart acts as a helpful reference with on-yomi and kun-yomi readings, translations and stroke order with a quick search function to find what you need quickly.

Hear real native speakers and ace your enunciation

Some syllables in Japanese, or the inflections are different from how we work in English so Nihongo Life endeavours to bring you auditory examples to augment your studies you you can speak with confidence.

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Nihongo Life offers a subscription for more advanced tools and to join our ever-growing community of students leaning Japanese together.

Quickly learn the basics and move on

Kana can successfully be learnt in around two weeks. That's a reality when you can quickly jump on a test and then only have to recall what you didn't get right. Learn what you need to learn and skip the rest.

Check patterns until it's second nature

Tenses in Japanese follow simple patterns which you can master with our arranged tests on verbs. We give you a little bit of context to get started and you can challenge yourself!

We grow with you and are evolving

Nihongo Life is always listening to our community and your thoughts. We're built by our community and what you need to succeed with your studies in Japanese. There's plenty of places to quickly send us a note.

Need one more try? Study just what you need

Having to go over the same ground is incredibly frustrating so we've removed that. Nihongo Life will resurface what you need to recap and push anything else to be recalled later. So you don't forget.

If you have a question you can get in touch directly

With a built in messaging feature, you can quickly get in touch with us if something doesn't make sense or isn't working. You'll receive a welcome message with a tour of how we work and where to find things.

Your data is yours. We don't snoop or sell it

We don't believe in ads on the site or apps. Your data is held safely in our database and your connection is always backed by SSL.

Tailored content to reduce procrastination

Spaced Repetition is a well-known method to study. Medical students use the technique to remember all the technical terms they need and we've applied this to our curriculum. Yuki-sensei's years of teaching has made Nihongo Life's teaching successful and efficient.

Free, members-only and supplementary guides to the language

Nihongo Life adds content constantly to help broaden and deepen your understanding of the language in other contexts.

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Available 24/7 wherever, whenever, however

We constantly post new study materials to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube so you can keep learning whenever and however suits you.

Meet modern learning and learn your way

We have thousands of free videos and exercises to improve your Japanese comprehension and speed up your understanding of grammar structures in no time.

Coming back after a break?

Skip what you already know and jump ahead. We don't lock lessons and make you traverse what you already know.

Makes your head hurt!

Learning Japanese is hard, coming for English. We know, you know, your head knows.