JA Sensei: Learn Japanese JLPT

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About this app

All-in-one application to learn Japanese. Hiragana, katakana, kanji, vocabulary, phrasebook, grammar, and MUCH more! Basic to advanced lessons. Smart progress tracking exercises to improve your writing, reading, speaking and listening skills. Discover surprising culture facts to think like a Japanese, and avoid embarrassing situations.


GENERAL IMPORTANT BENEFITS



On-going project since 2011, you are sure to get continuous updates and improvements
★ All audio clips by a native Japanese speaker for authentic Japanese pronunciation. No voice synthesis.
No Internet connection required, almost everything is downloadable
★ Highly customizable quizzes paired with the scientific SRS system that tracks your progress.
★ Adapted for beginners to advanced learners


DETAILED INFORMATION



PROGRESSIVE JAPANESE LESSONS
✓ Ideal introduction to the Japanese language, and quick progress
✓ For each lesson: Japanese dialogue, vocabulary, grammar, exercises, and a culture page
✓ Take the final quiz to validate each lesson
✓ Many entertaining and explanatory illustrations

JAPANESE KANA, KANJI, RADICALS
✓ Phonetic information and audio recordings for each Japanese sound
✓ Over 6,000 kanji with stroke orders, meanings, word examples, and more.
Kanji breakdown to analyze the composition of each kanji and remember it more easily
✓ Powerful kanji search tools by radicals, meanings, on/kun readings, JLPT levels, etc.
✓ Detailed kanji radicals information (Kangxi number, position, meaning, frequency, etc.)
Drawing tool to learn how to write kana/kanji/radicals with the right stroke order
✓ Learn by JLPT, Jouyou, or Kanji Kentai levels
✓ Create and manage your personal lists

JAPANESE PHRASEBOOK
✓ Over 900 Common Japanese phrases for real life communication grouped by themes
✓ Smart quiz to improve your Japanese expression and comprehension skills
✓ Learn Japanese phrases with audio clips and words in context
Each Japanese phrase can be broken down to get a list of words and detailed grammar explanation
Record your voice, and compare it to a native speaker's pronunciation
✓ Create and manage your personal lists

JAPANESE AURAL COMPREHENSION
✓ Listen to entertaining illustrated situations
3 levels of difficulty for each situation. Easy enough for beginners and challenging enough for advanced users
Take the final quiz to validate your comprehension
✓ All words available in the vocabulary module to learn before listening to the text

JAPANESE CULTURE GUIDE
✓ Be ready for a culture shock and avoid embarrassing situations!
✓ Fun and surprising detailed information on various topics of the Japanese culture
✓ Get straight into the Japanese mind to understand how they think and behave. Japanese people will feel more comfortable with you.

JAPANESE VOCABULARY
Thousands of words with audio clips grouped by themes
✓ Take audio, writing, or even speaking quizzes
✓ Comments explain the word when necessary
✓ Search for any word with one easy-to-easy search box
Record your voice, and compare it to a native speaker's pronunciation
✓ Create and manage your personal lists of Japanese words

AND MUCH MORE TO DISCOVER...
Grammar: 185 easy to advanced grammar sheets with examples ordered by JLPT
Japanese Particles: 168 different usages with examples
Japanese Counters: 45 of the main counters with examples
Verbs and Adjectives: basic and advanced conjugation
Numbers: audio quiz, search tool, personal lists, etc.

An in-app paid version is proposed to support the investments for new features and contents
Updated on
20 Apr 2025

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Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

4.6
41.7K reviews
S. Row
6 March 2025
While this isn't my most used app, it is very well done towards learning Japanese. There are structured lessons that not only teach language but also history and culture. It'll take a little time to get used to the UI, but once you play around with it, it becomes easy to navigate. What you study goes into an SRS, but via lessons and other areas, you can requiz often (and it's very customizable). There is also an app companion JA audiobook. Well worth the price for lifetime! Website integrated.
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Nikita Kulesh
20 December 2021
I am actively using the app for a month and so far it feels like one if the best out there. Once you get used to the learning/testing routine, it gets very convenient. What is really important is the ability to use free edition with no annoing ads ruining user experience (which is already a strong motivation to support developer by buying a pro version). Many thanks to the author!
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Andrew Franco
11 March 2025
This new update is great! It helps the learning process alot by allowing speech training and grading as well as better separation of the tabs. I went though a few lessons with my japanese friend and he was very impressed with the lessons provided. If I could give 6 stars I would!
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What's new

Dialogues module update:
- Lesson dialogues integrated
- New Listening Comprehension training tool
- Your favorites are now saved to your JA account