All Japanese learning resources

Inku

Japanese flashcards on iPhone and the web, with ready-made decks, custom cards, pronunciation audio and spaced review.

A Dictionary of Japanese Grammar

A three-volume grammar dictionary for looking up patterns you already met.

Activate Your Japanese!

Japan Foundation and NHK video material about communication strategies and everyday life.

Akane Japanese Class

All-Japanese teacher videos and a podcast on daily life, with transcripts on the site.

AmazingTalker

A tutor marketplace for 1-on-1 Japanese lessons, usually on Zoom.

Anki

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

Ask Japanese

Street interviews in Japan about culture, anime, and daily life.

Bilingual News

Weekly unscripted English-Japanese news podcast. Audio free; transcripts in a paid app.

Bite Size Japanese

Layla's Japanese listening podcast about daily life, culture and language-learning topics.

Bunpo

Multi-language grammar lessons with Japanese, SRS review, and paid Plus or Platinum plans.

Bunpro

Typed grammar and vocabulary reviews inside changing sentence prompts.

Busuu

A general language-learning app that includes a Japanese course.

Clozemaster

Fill-in-the-blank sentence practice for Japanese vocabulary in context.

Comprehensible Japanese

Leveled all-Japanese input videos. The site is now branded Natural Japanese.

Dogen

Comedy-and-phonetics YouTube. Pitch-accent lessons live on Patreon.

Duolingo

A free habit app that can introduce Japanese, but not a complete course.

Easy Japanese Podcast

Masa and Asami's everyday Japanese conversations and focused vocabulary discussions.

Erin's Challenge

Japan Foundation video lessons with skits, culture material and downloadable study resources.

FluentU

Curated Japanese videos with interactive captions, word lookup and vocabulary review.

Forvo Japanese

A searchable collection of contributed Japanese word and phrase pronunciations.

Game Gengo

YouTube and scripts for learning Japanese from video games.

Genki

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

Glossika Japanese

Audio-led Japanese sentence repetition with native-speaker recordings and review.

Gravity

Japanese media, synced transcripts, and review tied to the original scene.

HelloTalk

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

HeyJapan

A guided beginner Japanese app with vocabulary, practical lessons and progress tracking.

Hirogaru

Free A1-A2 Japan Foundation site with interest-topic articles, videos, and kanji practice.

Human Japanese

A paid beginner Japanese app that reads like a patient textbook on your phone.

A free, deep Japanese grammar reference for lookup rather than a first course.

Immersion Kit

Search Japanese words in anime and drama subtitle lines.

Irodori

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

italki

A marketplace for Japanese tutors and language-exchange partners.

Japanese Ammo with Misa

Grammar and everyday-Japanese videos from Misa, with written notes on her site.

Japanese for Busy People

A beginner Japanese textbook series written for working adults with limited time.

Japanese from Zero

Beginner textbooks plus a matching interactive web course and lesson videos.

Japanese Graded Readers

ASK’s よむよむ文庫 print packs with audio, and White Rabbit Press’s 9-story app.

Japanese in Anime & Manga

Japan Foundation activities exploring expressions and character language in anime and manga.

Japanese the Manga Way

Wayne P. Lammers' illustrated grammar guide using examples from published manga.

Japanese with Shun

Beginner Japanese podcast and YouTube that follows Genki grammar.

JapanesePod101

A large catalog of leveled Japanese podcast lessons and transcripts.

JF Japanese e-Learning Minato

The Japan Foundation's course platform, with self-study and tutor-supported Japanese courses.

Jisho

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

Jotoba

A free Japanese dictionary with names, pitch accent, and example sentences.

JPDB

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

Kakitori

Show-based vocabulary, self-written kanji mnemonics with AI feedback, text mining, and SRS review.

Kaname Naito

Spoken Japanese grammar on YouTube, plus free dialogues and paid beginner courses.

Kanji Damage

A free mnemonic kanji guide with a readable order and blunt stories.

Kanji Koohii

Community kanji stories and reviews for Remembering the Kanji users.

Kanji Look and Learn

Japan Times kanji textbook covering 512 characters with mnemonic illustrations.

Kanji Study

An Android kanji workbook with writing practice, quizzes, and JLPT lists.

Kanjipedia

A Japanese-language reference for kanji, readings and word meanings from the Kanken organization.

Kanshudo

Kanji, vocabulary, and grammar in one system, with flashcards attached.

Kiku

Short Japanese clips with word lookup, explanations, and saved-word review.

Kitsun

A paid spaced-repetition app with shared Japanese decks and a modern interface.

Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course

A mnemonic textbook for 2,300 kanji, including all jōyō characters.

kotu.io

Pitch-accent tests plus search, flashcards, and media tools for Japanese study.

LangCorrect

A writing-journal community with sentence-by-sentence native-speaker corrections.

Language Reactor

Dual Japanese subtitles and lookup for YouTube and Netflix in the browser.

Learn Japanese Pod

Conversational Japanese podcast with Alex and Ami, plus Patreon extras.

Learn Japanese with Tanaka san

Short visual Japanese lessons presented through the Tanaka san sushi character.

Let's Learn Japanese from Small Talk

Unscripted Japanese conversation podcast with vocab lists on a Hatena blog.

LingoDeer

A structured Japanese app course with clearer grammar notes than most gamified apps.

Lingopie Japanese

Japanese TV and video learning with subtitle lookup and saved-word review.

LingQ

Import Japanese text, track known words, and read with in-line lookup.

A free Japanese grammar blog with example-heavy, informal notes.

Mango Languages

Conversation-led Japanese lessons with native-speaker audio, grammar notes and possible library access.

Marugoto

Japan Foundation course materials for everyday Japanese communication.

MaruMori

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

MATCHA Easy Japanese

Travel and culture articles rewritten in N4-level easy Japanese with furigana.

Mazii

A Japanese dictionary and study reference with word, kanji, grammar and sentence search.

Memrise

Japanese vocabulary and phrase practice with speaker videos and conversation activities.

Meshclass Japanese

Structured Japanese study, speaking activities and a separate archive of teaching videos.

Migaku

A toolkit for mining Japanese from video and text into review cards.

Migii JLPT

N5 to N1 mock tests and skill drills on web, iPhone, and Android.

Miku Real Japanese

YouTube and podcast lessons, plus a paid grammar and shadowing audio course.

Minna no Nihongo

A classroom Japanese series. Best with a teacher or the translation companion.

Moji

Kanji widgets with readings, example words, writing practice, and review.

Mugi

Native Japanese videos with transcript lookup and spaced review.

Natively

Community-graded Japanese books, movies, and TV by relative difficulty.

NativShark

A guided Japanese course connecting grammar, vocabulary, listening and spaced review.

News in Slow Japanese

Slow news and culture lessons with transcripts and popup glosses.

NHK News Web Easy

Free graded Japanese news with furigana and audio.

NHK World Easy Japanese

Free official beginner Japanese lessons with audio from NHK World.

Nihongo con Teppei

A free beginner Japanese podcast for daily listening.

Nihongo Dictionary

An iPhone and iPad dictionary connecting word lookup, reading clippings and study tools.

Nihongo no Mori

JLPT-focused video classes taught in Japanese, with a paid site and app.

Nihongo So-matome

ASK daily JLPT skill books with translations, from N5 through N1.

NihongoDekita with Sayaka

Sayaka's practical Japanese videos, with a separate live-course offering from NihongoDekita.

Official JLPT practice materials

Free official samples and online workbook materials, plus print copies sold separately.

OJAD

Japanese accent lookup and predicted sentence pitch contours from a free University of Tokyo reference.

Onomappu

Japanese listening videos using daily-life topics, visual context and onomatopoeia.

Organic Japanese with Cure Dolly

Archived YouTube grammar series that treats Japanese as noun-centered.

Pimsleur

Audio-first Japanese lessons designed for spoken recall on the go.

Preply

A tutor marketplace where you can book Japanese lessons.

Quartet

An intermediate Japanese textbook series often used after a beginner course.

Real Kana

Typed hiragana and katakana recall on the web, with a current free iPhone app.

Remembering the Kanji

A book method that teaches kanji meanings and writing before Japanese readings.

renshuu

A Japanese study app with quizzes, SRS, kanji, and grammar in one place.

Rocket Japanese

An audio-led Japanese course with speaking practice, language explanations and writing lessons.

Rosetta Stone Japanese

A structured Japanese course built around visual context, listening and speech practice.

SAKURA TIPS

Beginner listening podcast with Japanese transcripts on the site.

Sambon Juku

Japanese-language explanations of grammar, usage and study questions from Sambon Juku.

Satori Reader

Annotated Japanese articles and dialogues with audio and inline notes.

Sayuri Saying

Everyday Japanese podcasts and videos with conversations, daily-life topics and supporting text.

Shin Kanzen Master

3A exam-prep books for one JLPT skill at a time, from N4 through N1.

Shinobi Japanese

Graded Japanese stories with audio, word lookup, and review.

Shirabe Jisho

An offline Japanese-English dictionary with handwriting input, radical search and word lists.

Skritter

Spaced-repetition handwriting practice for Japanese kanji and words.

Speak Japanese Naturally

Pronunciation, rhythm, and pitch videos from Fumi, plus a paid phonetics course.

Speechling

Record Japanese, compare with a native speaker, and send audio to a pronunciation coach.

Tadoku

Graded Japanese readers for extensive reading, including a free library.

Tae Kim

A free grammar guide from knowing nothing through advanced constructions.

Takoboto

A free Japanese-English dictionary for phones, with a web version.

Tandem

A language-exchange app for text and voice practice with partners.

That Japanese Man Yuta

Street-interview YouTube on Japanese culture and language, with paid courses sold separately.

Tobira

An intermediate Japanese textbook often used after Genki or Minna no Nihongo.

Todaii Japanese

A Japanese news reader with furigana, word lookup, audio and saved vocabulary.

ToKini Andy

YouTube grammar lessons plus a paid companion for Genki and Quartet.

TRY! JLPT

ASK exam-prep books that teach JLPT grammar through texts, then mock the paper.

Tsunahiro

Official Japanese learning videos centered on practical situations in daily life in Japan.

Verbling

A tutor marketplace with a built-in video classroom for Japanese lessons.

WaniKani

A prepared kanji and vocabulary sequence with memory stories and scheduled reviews.

Wasabi Japanese

A free grammar reference and self-study library, plus paid 1-on-1 lessons.

Watanoc

Slow, readable Japanese articles for learners.

Yomitan

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

Yomiwa

A Japanese dictionary with optical character recognition and tools for reading unfamiliar text.

yomujp

Graded extensive reading. New pieces free for 4 weeks, then members-only.

YUYU Nihongo Podcast

Longer Japanese listening episodes about everyday life, ideas and personal experiences.