Learn Japanese vocabulary in one-minute games
Start with 155 everyday Japanese words for beginners (around JLPT N5), with meanings in English. Free, no sign-up.
Which words you practice
Eight groups of words for everyday life:
- Meeting people
- Home and daily routines
- Food and meals
- Time and plans
- Around town and travel
- Shopping and money
- Work and study
- Weather and feelings
Some of the words: 学校、友達、新しい、食べる、ありがとう
How the practice works
- Pick the meaning. Word Tower shows a word and four meanings. Tap the right one.
- Write the word. Later, Word Bridge shows a sentence with the word missing, and you type it.
- Come back tomorrow. Words return just before you would forget them.
Hear every word
Every word and example sentence has a recording in standard Japanese, made with an open text-to-speech voice.
Kana, kanji and your keyboard
This course is for learners who can already read hiragana and katakana. It does not teach them.
Words and sentences are written as in everyday Japanese, with small kana over the kanji of words you do not recognize yet. You can show them always or never in Settings.
To write a word, use your device’s Japanese keyboard and type it in kana or kanji. A word typed in Latin letters does not count.
Preparing for JLPT N5?
Choose JLPT N5 as your goal when you start, or later in Settings. You practice the same Starter pack: everyday words for beginners.
The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is run by The Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services. This product is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, them or any other exam provider. Our Japanese word packs are not official exam lists, and we do not promise a result.