A step-by-step path from your very first character to fluency. You always know exactly what to do next.
Your learning system
Practice
Study material
Stroke-by-stroke animations, meanings, readings, the parts each character is built from, and the words it appears in.
Look something up
Everything you saved
Stuck on a sentence or a grammar point? Ask in plain English and get a clear explanation at your level.
Speaking & listening
Text helpers
Discover
Kanji, kana, grammar, writing, counters and place names — taught through games you want to play again. Most need no prior knowledge.
Kanji
Hiragana & katakana
Grammar & words
About Japan
The whole story from ancient Japan to the present day — and on every page, the Japanese name explained character by character.
Where to start
The great eras
Browse by subject
Japanese place names are hard to read even for Japanese people. Every town here comes with its characters, its reading, and where the name came from.
Places
Culture
Read real Japanese characters and fill customer orders. The only game with 300+ real dishes — from sushi and ramen to rare regional specialties from every corner of Japan.