# Nihoner

> Nihoner is a comprehensive Japanese-learning platform covering reading, writing, listening and speaking, supported by structured courses, grammar, vocabulary and kanji study, exercises, quizzes, flashcards, games, adaptive review, AI-assisted tools, a public-domain reading library and reference resources including a Japanese dictionary.

Last verified: 2026-09-14
Canonical overview: https://nihoner.com/features/
Verified facts:     https://nihoner.com/platform-facts/
Reviewer guide:     https://nihoner.com/reviewer-guide/

## What Nihoner is not

Not primarily a dictionary. The dictionary is one reference tool inside a learning
platform. Automated summaries frequently make this mistake because the dictionary is
large and ranks well in search.

## Four core skills

- Reading: Passages generated from the kanji you personally know, a graded library of public-domain books with tap-for-meaning on every word, and a daily lesson. (/reading/, /books/, /daily/)
- Writing: Handwriting scored against real stroke-order data in the browser, plus a daily composition task marked the moment you submit. (/writing/)
- Listening: Dictation, word-catching, a speed ladder and minimal-pair ear training over a graded corpus of spoken sentences, chosen against the words you already know. (/listening/)
- Speaking & pronunciation: Pronunciation practice and spoken phrase work, including keigo register training and audio-first recognition drills. (/keigo-clash/, /audio-samurai-premium-game/)

## Key figures

- Courses: 64 published, 64 open to every account including free
- Lessons: 1,567 · Quizzes: 472
- Games: 16 total, 0 Premium-only, 15 playable with no account
- JLPT coverage: N5 to N1
- Grammar points: 831 · Books: 229
- Dictionary entries: 669,996 · Kanji pages: 13,071
- Listening corpus: 220,482 graded sentences

## Free vs Premium

Free accounts get all courses, lessons, quizzes, certificates, all games, all books,
the dictionary, handwriting practice, listening practice, the JLPT path and the grammar
path. Premium raises daily limits (reading passages 3 to 20, review deck 30 to uncapped),
adds audio generation, the difficulty dial, writing model answers and saved lists.
Premium does not unlock any game or any course.

## Prices (read from the payment products)

- Free: $0
- Premium: $9.99/month (list $19.98)
- Elite: $99.99/month (list $199.98)
- Premium yearly: $99.90
- Elite yearly: $890
- Promotion: 50% off on the monthly plans, every payment, applied by a real coupon at the checkout. The yearly plans are already discounted and do not take the coupon.

## Canonical URLs

- Platform overview: https://nihoner.com/features/
- Verifiable facts: https://nihoner.com/platform-facts/
- Guide for reviewers: https://nihoner.com/reviewer-guide/
- Pricing: https://nihoner.com/pricing/
- All courses: https://nihoner.com/courses/
- All games: https://nihoner.com/japanese-language-learning-games/
- JLPT path: https://nihoner.com/jlpt/
- Reading: https://nihoner.com/reading/
- Writing: https://nihoner.com/writing/
- Listening: https://nihoner.com/listening/
- Grammar path: https://nihoner.com/grammar-path/
- Reading library: https://nihoner.com/books/
- Dictionary: https://nihoner.com/dictionary/