Study Japanese 101 exists because choosing how to study can quietly replace studying.
Adult learners have limited attention, uneven weeks, and a remarkable number of apps asking to become a daily habit. We organize resources around the job they perform: remembering vocabulary, building kanji recognition, retrieving grammar, finding readable input, or getting started without assembling a curriculum from scratch.
What you will find here
The first complete cluster covers flashcards and spaced repetition. It includes a focused shortlist, a direct Anki/WaniKani comparison, a guide to controlling review load, and five resource profiles.
Each cluster is intentionally small. We would rather explain five meaningfully different tools than publish forty-four thin pages that repeat the same feature table.
Who writes the site
Study Japanese 101 is published by a small independent team that also builds Inku, a Japanese flashcard app. That relationship is disclosed wherever Inku appears, including in the site-wide disclosures and the Inku profile.
Editorial pages are maintained as typed, versioned content. Product claims link back to first-party documentation, and every profile shows when those claims were last checked.
What we are not trying to be
We are not a feed of app launches, an affiliate catalog, or a universal ranking of Japanese courses. We do not assume that more features produce a better study system.
The recurring question here is simpler: what is stuck, and what is the smallest next change that could unstick it?