3 NEW N3 LESSONS • Grammar: たびに・ついでに・最中・ようとする • Vocabulary: shopping trouble & customer service (領収書・再配達・返金・解約) • Kanji: relationships & courtesy (礼・祝・招・誘・約・束・頼・仲・互・許) JLPT EXAMS: N5 TO N1 • Timed mock exams for N4, N3, N2 and N1 join N5 — 60 questions each across vocabulary, grammar & reading, and listening • Listening plays aloud with the text hidden and can be replayed once, like the real test • Pass/fail scoring with a minimum score needed in every section, plus a full answer review with transcripts LISTENING VOICES • Listening now uses natural-sounding voices (AI-generated) instead of the phone's robotic voice • Applies to every Listen & Choose exercise, the Listening Game, and the mock exam listening sections • Voices alternate in dialogues, so it sounds like a real conversation

N1 now has full Grammar, Vocabulary and Kanji, plus 5 new advanced grammar lessons. N1 VOCABULARY & KANJI (NEW!) Two brand-new JLPT N1 tracks join Grammar for the first time. • Vocabulary: formal written connectors, four-character idioms (四字熟語), and precision near-synonym pairs like 顕著 vs 著しい and 意図 vs 目的 • Kanji: ambiguity & precision, process & compromise, and the formal, humble kanji of business writing • 6 new lessons, 75 new flashcards N1 GRAMMAR EXPANDED • 5 new advanced lessons, turning points, exceptions, subtle tendencies, extent, and duty/purpose, bringing N1 Grammar to 13 lessons and 52 patterns 11 new lessons in total: 168 lessons across 17 modules, N5 through JLPT N1. • Simplified the Profile screen, the separate Rate/Feedback rows are gone; the app still asks for a review automatically at the right moment, and Help & Support covers everything else

Listening practice in every lesson, plus a Listening Game that now covers every JLPT level. LISTEN IN EVERY LESSON • All 157 lessons, N5 through N1, now include "Listen & Choose" exercises: hear Japanese spoken aloud with the text hidden, pick what you heard, then see it revealed • 273 new listening exercises built around what each lesson actually teaches, including sound-alike pairs like おじいさん / おじさん and 洗濯 / 選択 • 1,478 practice exercises in total, up from 1,205 LISTENING GAME: N5 TO N1 • Pick your JLPT level, then train with words, sentences or dialogues • 101 audio-only drills, up from 45 (which were N5 only) FIXES & POLISH • Correct answers in listening exercises no longer cluster in the same position

A reading-first lesson flow, 5 new N2 lessons, and 3 fixes. LESSONS NOW TEACH BEFORE THEY TEST • Every lesson opens with the reading content first, then practice exercises — changed after user feedback that jumping straight into exercises felt like "a quiz before the textbook" NEW N2 CONTENT • 5 new N2 lessons: sudden-timing and fitting-expectation grammar, the environment & sustainability, crime/law/the courts vocabulary, and environment kanji • 157 lessons total, N5 through N1 — 1,205 practice exercises, 1,232 flashcards FIXES & POLISH • Match-the-Pairs cards now line up cleanly, with clearer selection states • The Learn path reliably scrolls to your next lesson on open • Fixed long fill-in-the-blank exercises hiding answer options off-screen

Real-life conversation practice in every lesson - plus 5 new N3 lessons on judgement calls, tendency, sustainability, exam culture, and money. CONVERSATION PRACTICE, EVERYWHERE • Every single lesson - all 152 of them, N5 through N1 - now includes a grounded A:/B: dialogue exercise, not just abstract drills • Real exchanges grounded in what that lesson actually teaches: shopping, apologising, doctor visits, small talk about the weather, and more • 170 new practice exercises added across the app — 1,170 total, up from 1,000 NEW N3 CONTENT • 5 new lessons - N3 now has 32 lessons, up from 27 • Grammar: judgement vs. general truths (べきだ・ものだ) and tendency (がち・気味・わりに・にしては) • Vocabulary: Environment & Sustainable Living, and Education & Exams (受験・偏差値・浪人) • Kanji: Money & Value (費・払・得・損・割・料・代) • 152 lessons total, N5 through N1

Lessons are now practice-first — jump straight into interactive questions instead of reading long explanations, plus 5 new N2 lessons and a livelier Learn path. LEARN BY DOING • Lessons now open straight into practice — tap-to-match, fill-in-the-blank, and more — instead of a wall of text to read first • Every explanation is still there — it just comes right when you need it, after each answer, not before • Expanded romaji coverage across dozens of practice exercises, so new vocabulary and grammar patterns are never a guessing game NEW N2 CONTENT • 5 new lessons — N2 now has 23 lessons, up from 18 • Grammar: cause & blame (あげく・ばかりに・せいで) and necessary conditions (てはじめて・からといって) • Vocabulary: Technology & the Digital World, and Health & Medicine • Kanji: Emotion & Character — 悩・怒・喜・驚・恐 and more • N5 through N1 A MORE FUN LEARN PATH • A sparkle burst plays the moment you complete a lesson • Completed lessons show a thin ring in their chapter's color • The trail gently shimmers as you make your way down it

NEW N2 CONTENT • 5 new lessons — N2 now has 23 lessons, up from 18 • Grammar: cause & blame (あげく・ばかりに・せいで) and necessary conditions (てはじめて・からといって) • Vocabulary: Technology & the Digital World, and Health & Medicine • Kanji: Emotion & Character — 悩・怒・喜・驚・恐 and more • N5 through N1 A MORE FUN LEARN PATH • A sparkle burst plays the moment you complete a lesson • Completed lessons now show a thin ring in their chapter's color • The trail gently shimmers as you make your way down it FIXES • Guest mode: flashcard "due" counts on the deck browser now reflect what you've actually reviewed

Every lesson now has practice — plus 27 new lessons across N4, N3 and N2. NEW LESSONS - 27 new lessons, bringing the app to 142 across N5 to N1 - N4 now has 42 lessons — verb pairs, degrees of certainty, timing, ease & excess, health, weather, hobbies, city services, plus school and food kanji - N3 now has 27 — について/に対して/にとって/として, compound verbs, onomatopoeia, describing personality, work and thinking kanji - N2 now has 18 — formal basis & means, possibility & refusal, written vs spoken register, nature & disaster, communication and measurement kanji PRACTICE ON EVERY LESSON - 970 interactive exercises — every one of the 142 lessons now has Quick Practice steps and comprehension checks - Nine older lessons that had no practice have been filled in RICHER CONVERSATIONS - All 14 real-life dialogues roughly doubled in length - More of what you actually hear: the full convenience-store script, a pharmacy visit, izakaya etiquette, a job interview - Key phrases expanded from 3–4 to 6 per scenario EASIER TO FIND - JLPT Level Tests are now on the Practice tab - New deck browser — study any single module's flashcards on its own - Search moved to the Learn tab, where you'd expect it DEEPER N3 - Conditionals, Travel and Health rewritten to genuine N3 level instead of repeating N4 material FIXES - Fixed duplicate quiz IDs that could quietly drop questions from review sessions - Three finished lessons were unreachable in the app — now restored

- New conversation scenarios — order at a café, make weekend plans, ace a job interview, and introduce yourself in Japanese - Romaji added throughout matching-pair practice exercises across every JLPT level (N5–N1), so kana and kanji options are easier to read - General polish and app improvement がんばって! Keep up the great work on your Japanese journey.

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Added new lessons and expanded learning content. Enhanced audio pronunciation for a more accurate listening experience. Improved app performance and overall stability. Thanks for your support!

JLPT N2 has arrived! - New level: Start your N2 journey with two new Grammar lessons covering the わけ family (logic & nuance) and proportional change (ば〜ほど・につれて・にしたがって) — each with practice and flashcards. - More N3 content: Three new N3 lessons — the four conditionals (と・ば・たら・なら), Health & the Body vocabulary, and Body & Health kanji. - Quick Review fix: The final question now correctly shows its answer and explanation before your results. - Polish and stability improvements throughout. Thanks for your support!

9 NEW LESSONS Learn the Japanese you'll actually use: counting & counters, everyday conversation, watching TV & streaming, calling a friend, money & shopping kanji, communication & media kanji, socializing & making plans, reading the news, and reporting/hearsay grammar. JLPT LEVEL TESTS Each level (N5, N4, N3) now ends with a cumulative Level Test drawn from every module. Pass to earn a 合格 badge — untimed, with an explanation after every answer. LISTEN & CHOOSE Listening is now built right into lessons. Hear natural Japanese with the text hidden, pick what you heard, then see it revealed. Train your ear as you learn. SMARTER FLASHCARDS The deck now remembers what you know. Mark a card "I Know It!" and it won't come back until it's due — your progress saves across restarts and devices, so you never grind the same cards twice. Plus 59 new flashcards. A TIDIER LEARNING PATH Collapse JLPT levels to jump straight to where you are, and the path now auto-scrolls to your current lesson when you return. FINISH STRONG The module quiz is now part of your path — give it a go before moving on to lock in what you've learned. Plus more in-lesson practice exercises and various fixes and improvements. がんばって！

15 new lessons across all levels N5 (Beginner): Anime Japanese — unlock the words you already know from watching anime (すごい, かわいい, いただきます and more) Colour Kanji — 赤・青・白・黒 with the stories inside each character (青春, 告白, 花火...) Survival Japanese — the phrases you actually need on day one in Japan (すみません, てもいいですか, ゆっくりはなして) N4 (Intermediate): Everyday N4 patterns — 〜てしまう, 〜ばよかった, 〜みたい and the patterns you'll actually use every day Japanese food culture — texture words (もちもち, ふわふわ, サクサク), restaurant phrases, and the real meaning of いただきます Body and nature kanji with stories — 花火, 言葉, 流れ星, 火山 N3 (Upper Intermediate): のに・くせに・ものの — three ways to say "even though" with totally different emotional feels Real Japanese — やばい, まじで, なるほど, the polite soft no, and idioms native speakers use constantly Emotion kanji — 心・愛・好・悲・怒・笑 with cultural depth and beautiful compound words

v2.6 — JLPT N3 LAUNCH! Intermediate Japanese is here. NEW: JLPT N3 LEVEL (12 new lessons across 3 modules!) N3 Grammar (4 lessons): • "Only" expressions — だけ・しか〜ない・ばかり nuance • Changes & habits — ようになる / ようにする / なくなる • Expectation & reasoning — はず・わけ・つもり • Cause and effect with feeling — ため・せい・おかげ N3 Vocabulary (4 lessons): • Workplace Japanese — 報連相 trio, hierarchy, お疲れ様 culture • Feelings & reactions — びっくり, 安心, イライラ, わくわく • Modern life & tech — スマホ, LINE, 既読スルー, テレワーク • Travel & transport — ICカード, train types, 旅館, お土産 漢Ⅲ N3 Kanji (4 lessons): • Action verbs — 急/始/続/終/変/試/集 • Society & people — 社/会/世/医者/経験 vs 経済 • Nature & environment — 海/空/島/森/林/風/雪 • Time & days — 今朝, 週末, 過去/現在/未来/将来, いつか SMOOTHER LEARNING PATH - Path now winds through curved dotted trails between lessons - Bigger, brighter dots (50% larger) make the path clearer - 4 floating Japan-themed emojis per lesson with stepping stones along the curve - Bonus tappable emojis are 55% bigger and easier to hit - "Reaction" messages (Ganbatte! Sugoi! Yatta!) now display on one clean line ONBOARDING FIX - Returning users who reinstall the app no longer have to redo onboarding - When you log back in, the app detects your existing progress and skips straight to home - Brand new users still get the full welcome experience CONTENT TOTALS - 68 lessons across 11 modules (5 N5 + 3 N4 + 3 N3) - 615 flashcards (up from 495) - 340+ practice exercises (up from 270+) - 90 new N3 flashcards + 30 expansion flashcards - 76 new N3 practice exercises with comprehension checks

v2.4 — More beginner-friendly lessons, interactive learning path, and smoother lesson flow! NEW BEGINNER-FRIENDLY LESSONS (12 new!) - 3 new N5 vocabulary lessons: Counting Things (two number systems, counters), Weather & Seasons (four seasons, hot vs cold words), At the Restaurant (ordering, いただきます culture, no tipping) - 3 new N4 grammar lessons: Making Comparisons (より、いちばん), Expressing Wishes (たい・ほしい・てほしい), Reporting Speech (と言う・と思う・そうです) - 6 new N4 lessons across Grammar, Vocabulary, and Kanji modules from previous update COMPREHENSION CHECKS - New lessons now end with 2-3 Comprehension Check exercises - Must answer correctly to mark the lesson complete — active recall before moving on INTERACTIVE LEARNING PATH - Path now decorated with 24 Japan-themed emojis and more - Tappable bonus emojis between lessons — tap them for a surprise message in Japanese (Ganbatte!, Sugoi!, Yatta!) - Gentle floating animations on all decorations - Hoshi the fox mascot now sits above your current lesson - Pulsing green glow ring highlights where you are SMOOTHER LESSON FLOW - Practice exercises between lessons now reset cleanly — no more carried-over state - "Next Lesson" button after completion jumps you straight to the next uncompleted lesson - Removed the buggy in-lesson quiz step — practice exercises now handle knowledge checks CONTENT TOTALS - 62 lessons across 8 modules - 270+ practice exercises (up from 230+) - 495 flashcards, 45 listening drills, 10 reading stories, 28 stroke practice kanji

v2.3 — JLPT N4 content, more lessons, and a better learning experience! JLPT N4 CONTENT (NEW!) - 3 new modules: N4 Grammar, N4 Vocabulary, and N4 Kanji - 12 intermediate lessons covering passive, causative, potential forms, keigo (polite speech), work & school vocabulary, emotions, travel, and 48+ new kanji - 120 new flashcards for N4 learners - Ready for JLPT N4 preparation MORE N5 CONTENT - 7 new lessons added to Grammar, Vocabulary, and Kanji modules - Body & Health, Home & Daily Routine, Giving & Receiving, Conditionals & Opinions, plus 3 new Kanji lessons - 125 new flashcards across all N5 modules (now 75 per module) - Total: 50 lessons, 495 flashcards across 8 modules BITE-SIZED LESSONS - Lessons split into small focused steps — learn one concept at a time - Progress bar and step counter show how far you are - Practice exercises between teaching steps keep learning active BETTER FLOW - "Next Lesson" button after completing a lesson — jump straight into the next one - Redesigned learning path with anime-style nodes, Hoshi mascot, chapter banners, and floating decorations - Quick Review replaces Daily Challenge — 5 personalised questions daily from your weak areas IMPROVEMENTS - Larger flashcard characters for easy reading (64px for Japanese text) - Flashcard progress saves automatically — resume where you left off - Fixed pair matching exercise — reliable two-column layout - Improved sound effects using correct useSound API

v2.2 — More content, bite-sized lessons, and smarter review! NEW CONTENT - 7 new lessons (38 total): Body & Health, Home & Daily Routine, Giving & Receiving, Conditionals & Opinions, plus 3 new Kanji lessons covering 36 essential characters - 125 new flashcards (375 total) across all 5 modules — dakuten/handakuten, loanwords, grammar patterns, daily life vocab, and JLPT N5 kanji BITE-SIZED LESSONS - Lessons are now split into small, focused steps — learn one concept at a time - Tap CONTINUE to advance through each step with a progress bar at the top - Practice exercises appear between teaching steps to keep learning active - Animated transitions and a summary screen with your practice score QUICK REVIEW - Replaces Daily Challenge with 5 personalised questions each day - Questions pulled from your completed lessons, weighted toward weak areas - Build your review streak and track your improvement over time IMPROVEMENTS - Larger flashcard characters — Japanese text now displays at 64px for easy reading - Flashcard progress saves automatically — resume where you left off - Fixed pair matching exercise — reliable two-column layout, never get stuck - Fixed practice continue button in lessons

v2.1 — More content + better experience! • New lesson complete celebration screen • Stroke practice auto-advances through each row • 5 new reading stories (now 10!) • Nearly doubled listening drills (now 45!) • 18 more kanji for stroke practice (now 28!) • Streak rewards with freeze shields & XP multipliers • Much improved Japanese pronunciation • Flashcard review now works across all modules