Learn Japanese kana,
made easy

How it works

1. 1 Learn new characters — each session introduces a small batch of hiragana or katakana with their romaji readings and audio.
2. 2 Review with flashcards — press Space to reveal the answer, then grade yourself A Again or G Good.
3. 3 Spaced repetition does the rest — characters you find easy appear less often; ones you struggle with come back sooner. Come back when cards are due to keep your memory fresh.
4. 4 Unlock syllables — once you've mastered the right characters, syllables that use those characters are automatically unlocked for you to learn.
5. 5 Build up to words — once you've mastered the right syllables, full words using those syllables are unlocked so you can read real Japanese.

Managing cards

• • Use the ⋮ menu on any review card to manage it.
• • Move to New Cards — sends a card back to the new cards queue so you can start fresh.
• • Retire — hides a mastered card from reviews. You can unretire cards from the Stats page.