Learn Japanese-Listen to Learn
Kana, grammar & AI tutor
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New in 3.0: a kana trainer, 27 grammar lessons, 455 words with spaced repetition, verb forms, speaking practice and an on-device AI tutor.
Learn Japanese from your first kana to real conversations: a kana trainer, short grammar lessons, flashcards with spaced repetition, verb drills, speaking practice, an AI tutor and 15 Japanese podcasts, all in one free app.
START WITH KANA
• All 46 hiragana and katakana, plus the 25 voiced sounds and 33 combinations
• Tap any character to hear it
• A quiz that brings back the characters you miss until you know them all
GRAMMAR, STEP BY STEP
• 27 lessons from beginner to intermediate: です, particles は・を・に・で, the ます form, い and な adjectives, the て-form, plain speech, potential, conditionals, giving and receiving, keigo
• Clear tables and real examples you can listen to
• A short quiz after every lesson that explains each answer
WORDS THAT STICK
• 455 words in 26 decks: greetings, food, travel, counters, polite Japanese, sound words (どきどき, ぺらぺら) and more
• Spaced-repetition flashcards bring each one back just before you'd forget it
• Kana reading and romaji under every word and example, and you can hide romaji once you read kana
VERBS WITHOUT TEARS
• 63 common verbs in 6 forms: present, past, て-form, ている, たい and potential
• Plain and polite, positive and negative, side by side
• A typing drill that accepts kana or romaji
SPEAK AND LISTEN
• Read phrases aloud and get an instant score
• Dictation: hear a sentence, type it, see it marked word by word
• An 80-phrase phrasebook for the konbini, restaurants, trains, hotels and work
AI TUTOR (APPLE INTELLIGENCE)
• Chat in Japanese with a patient tutor that corrects your mistakes kindly
• 12 role-plays: order ramen, buy a train ticket, check into a ryokan, answer the phone at work
• Writing check: get your Japanese corrected and explained
• Runs privately on your device; nothing you write leaves your iPhone
• Requires an iPhone or iPad with Apple Intelligence on iOS 26 or later
LEARN BY LISTENING
• 15 Japanese-learning podcasts, subscribed from day one, from absolute beginner to native speed
• A-B repeat to replay a sentence, bookmarks, listening history, playback speed, sleep timer and offline downloads
STAY MOTIVATED
• Daily goal, streaks and gentle reminders
• Progress charts, kana known and words mastered
Also: an on-device translator (iOS 18+), dark mode, and layouts made for iPad and iPhone Duo.
Learn Japanese is free and supported by ads. Podcasts are streamed from their publishers' public feeds.
Learn Japanese 3.0 is a complete course, built around the kana chart and podcasts you already use:
• Kana trainer: hiragana and katakana quizzes that bring back the characters you miss
• 27 grammar lessons from です to keigo, with audio examples and quizzes
• 455 words in 26 decks, from JLPT N5 to N3, with spaced-repetition flashcards
• Verb forms: 63 verbs in 6 forms, plain and polite, with a typing drill (kana or romaji)
• Kana and romaji under every word and sentence, and you can hide the romaji when you're ready
• Speaking practice with an instant score, dictation, and an 80-phrase phrasebook
• AI tutor and 12 role-plays (konbini, ramen shop, ryokan), privately on your device
• A new bottom bar: Today, Learn, Listen, Practice, Me
Your shows, downloads and the words you'd marked as known are all kept.
The developer, Duc Le, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Duc Le
- Size
- 6.8 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- Copyright
- © Podcasts
