All Japanese learning resources

A maintained library for adult beginners and intermediate learners. Filter by the job you need done, then open a profile before you visit the official site.

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Inku

A guided spaced-review companion for Japanese vocabulary and kanji.

By Study Japanese 101

BeginnerIntermediateFreemiumEasyFlashcards & SRSVocabularyiPhone

Anki

A programmable review system for cards you create, import, or mine.

IntermediateFreeInvolvedFlashcards & SRSWindows, macOS, Linux, iPhone, Android

Bunpro

Typed grammar and vocabulary reviews inside changing sentence prompts.

BeginnerIntermediateFreemiumModerateGrammarWeb, iPhone, Android

Genki

A beginner textbook series covering the four skills, with audio and a workbook.

BeginnerPaidModerateTextbookWeb

HelloTalk

A mobile language-exchange app for text, voice, and corrections.

BeginnerIntermediateFreemiumEasySpeakingiPhone, Android

Irodori

Free Japan Foundation textbooks for daily-life Japanese, with audio.

BeginnerFreeEasyTextbookListeningWeb

italki

A marketplace for Japanese tutors and language-exchange partners.

BeginnerIntermediateFreemiumModerateSpeakingWeb, iPhone, Android

JapanesePod101

A large catalog of leveled Japanese podcast lessons and transcripts.

BeginnerIntermediateFreemiumEasyListeningWeb, iPhone, Android

Jisho

A free Japanese-English dictionary you can search from English, romaji, or kanji.

BeginnerIntermediateFreeEasyDictionaryWeb

JPDB

Frequency-aware Japanese vocabulary and kanji review with media-based ranking.

BeginnerIntermediateFreemiumModerateFlashcards & SRSVocabularyWeb

kotu.io

Pitch-accent ear training with minimal-pair listening practice.

IntermediateFreeModerateListeningWeb

MaruMori

A guided multi-skill path that combines grammar, reading, kanji, and review.

BeginnerIntermediatePaidModerateTextbookWeb, iPhone, Android

NHK News Web Easy

Free graded Japanese news with furigana and audio.

BeginnerIntermediateFreeEasyReadingListeningWeb

Satori Reader

Annotated Japanese articles and dialogues with audio and inline notes.

BeginnerIntermediateFreemiumEasyReadingWeb, iPhone

Tae Kim

A free grammar guide from knowing nothing through advanced constructions.

BeginnerIntermediateFreeEasyGrammarWeb

WaniKani

A guided radical-to-kanji-to-vocabulary course with a managed review queue.

BeginnerPaidEasyKanjiVocabularyWeb, iPhone, Android

Yomitan

A browser popup dictionary for looking up Japanese while you read.

IntermediateFreeInvolvedDictionaryWeb