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ありがとう

ありがとう

thank you

手伝ってくれてありがとう。

Thank you for helping me.

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Hiragana course

Can't read kana yet? Start with five.

Each lesson adds a handful of characters, each with a picture to remember it by. Practice after every lesson keeps the old ones fresh.

16 short lessons

Lesson 1 · The five vowels

あ (a) mnemonic drawing

Attention! says the drill sergeant, with the kana hidden in his face.

Practice

Test your knowledge.

Short drills for the details that make Japanese stick.

An illustrated reader curled up in an armchair with a novel

Reader

Read Japanese you actually care about.

  1. 01

    Paste any Japanese

    A story, an article, or song lyrics, split into passages you can take one at a time.

  2. 02

    Read with furigana and lookups

    Turn on readings above every kanji and hover a word to see what it means.

  3. 03

    Translate with feedback

    Write each line in your own words and get a score and suggestions from Kana.

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